BOOKS IN BRIEF: NONFICTION
Date: 02 September 2001
By Douglas A. Sylva
Douglas Sylva
Douglas A Sylva reviews book Bad News: Where the Press Goes Wrong in the Making of the President by Robert Shogan (S)
Alicja Śliwicka Fødselsdag, fødselsdato
Alicja Śliwicka (born 1 September 2001) is a Polish chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster in 2024.
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- lørdag 1. september 2001
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1st of September 2001 News
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Pressed by Media, China Accuses Mine Officials of Cover-Up
Date: 01 September 2001
By Erik Eckholm
Erik Eckholm
Eleven mine officials and four Nandan County, China, political leaders are arrested in probe of July flooding at tin mine in which 81 workers drowned and of attempted cover-up; mine officials are charged with mismanagement, illegal extraction, chaotic digging and illegal blasting; disaster attracted wide attention because of role of unusually dogged Chinese newspaper reporters in drawing lurid picture of local kingpin Li Dongming, reporting he got rich running mines with backing of armed gang and government officials he bribed; more arrests are expected (M)
It's About Time to Face the Facts
Date: 02 September 2001
By
This week's letters addressed the Rolando Paulion All-Stars, coverage of the Little League World Series, and the signing of Eric Lindros to the Rangers
Dogfight for Dollars On Capitol Hill
Date: 02 September 2001
By James Dao
James Dao
Major decisions due this fall on defense spending and defense contracts set off multimillion-dollar advertising and lobbying effort by contractors, including Boeing, General Dynamics, Northrup Grumman, Newport News Shipbuilding, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, TRW and United Defense; among weapon systems at stake are Joint Strike Fighter, DD-21 destroyer, mobile artillery system known as Crusader and V-22 Osprey aircraft; defense industry hoped Pres Bush would return spending to heyday of Reagan administration, but his tax cut and slowing economy have sharply squeezed fedral surplus, leaving little money for significant military spending increases for years to come; photos; graph (M)
SOUTHTRUST TO BUY BANK OF TIDEWATER IN VIRGINIA
Date: 01 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SouthTrust Corp will buy Bank of Tidewater for $67.8 million in stock (S)
MAYTAG TO SELL COMMERCIAL COOKING UNIT TO MIDDLEBY
Date: 01 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Maytag Corp sells its commercial-cooking business, G S Blodgett, to Middleby Corp for $95 million in cash and notes, less than Maytag paid for it four years ago (S)
PRIMESOURCE IN DEAL TO BE BOUGHT BY FUJI PHOTO FILM
Date: 01 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PrimeSource Corp is in talks to buy Fuji Photo Film Co for $63.6 million (S)
CORINTHIAN COLLEGES STOCK FALLS ON LOWER FORECAST
Date: 01 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Corinthan Colleges Inc shares fall $13.50, to $39.35, after company forecasts fiscal first-quarter earnings will be at low end of analyst estimates (S)
INVESTOR WANTS CHANGES AT AMERICAN MEDICAL SECURITY
Date: 01 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Caxton Associates, leading investor in American Medical Security Group, calls for company to be sold or undergo change in management; Bruce Kovner, whoc controlls Caxton, says American Medical shares are undervalued (S)
WESTVACO TO TAKE $26 MILLION PRETAX CHARGE
Date: 01 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Westvaco Corp, which has agreed to merge with Mead Corp, will take $26 million pretax charge in its fiscal fourth quarter to close paper mill in Tyrone, Pa, which employs 265 workers (S)