News, Not Chatter
Date: 11 May 2010
By Philip B. Corbett
Philip
Here’s the latest of my increasingly desperate pleas to stem the flood of colloquialisms in news stories. Stodginess is not the goal. But we take the news seriously, and our news report should sound serious — not like teenage slang, TV happy-talk or Twitter chatter.
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ABN Amro Admits Wrong, and Will Pay $500 Million
Date: 11 May 2010
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The bank, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland, admitted that it altered payment documents from 1995 through 2005.
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News, Not Chatter
Date: 11 May 2010
By Philip B. Corbett
Philip
Here’s the latest of my increasingly desperate pleas to stem the flood of colloquialisms in news stories. Stodginess is not the goal. But we take the news seriously, and our news report should sound serious — not like teenage slang, TV happy-talk or Twitter chatter.
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Cisco Sales Rise, Beating Estimates
Date: 12 May 2010
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The results for the maker of networking equipment were helped by orders from corporate customers that had surging video and Internet traffic.
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European Bank Stocks Soar on News of the Rescue Plan
Date: 11 May 2010
By David Jolly
David Jolly
The rates at which banks lend to one another in the money markets remained low, a sign of fragile confidence in the financial sector.
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Full Text of British Coalition Agreement and Video of Cameron and Clegg News Conference
Date: 12 May 2010
By Robert Mackey
Robert Mackey
Minutes before British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg held a joint news conference, the full text of the coalition agreement between their two parties was published online.
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For Chernin, an Empire of His Own
Date: 12 May 2010
By Michael Cieply
Michael Cieply
Peter A. Chernin, the subject of much speculation since his departure from the News Corporation, appears to be building his own ambitious media enterprise.
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CNN Pundit Draws Ire From All Sides
Date: 11 May 2010
By Shaila Dewan
Shaila Dewan
As liberal critics track Erick Erickson’s right-wing comments on CNN, a conservative blogger also scolds Republicans.
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For Chernin, an Empire of His Own
Date: 12 May 2010
By Dealbook
Dealbook
Peter A. Chernin, who last year left the News Corporation as Rupert Murdoch’s second in command, is in the early stages of assembling his own enterprise, a company of considerable ambition.
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A Trillion for Europe, With Doubts Attached
Date: 11 May 2010
By Landon Thomas Jr. and Jack Ewing
Landon Thomas
Some analysts challenged the wisdom of the rescue package’s main component, a promise of new loans to bail out European economies.
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