Judge Unseals Court Ruling On Leaks in Torricelli Inquiry
Date: 16 June 2001
By Thomas J. Lueck
Thomas Lueck
Federal Judge John J Lifland unseals finding that Justice Department official, indirectly identified as Alan Gershel, may have leaked confidential grand jury information on probe of Sen Robert Torricelli's 1996 fund-raising (S)
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World Briefing | Asia: Nepal: Editor Charged But Released
Date: 16 June 2001
By Celia W. Dugger (NYT)
Celia Dugger
Editor and two publishing executives of Nepal's largest daily newspaper are charged with sedition for printing article by Maoist rebel who calls royal massacre foreign-inspired conspiracy (S)
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NEW YORK BOOKSHELF/CRIME
Date: 17 June 2001
Excerpts from recent crime books set in New York City: Bad News by Donald E Westlake, Hollowpoint by Rob Reuland, Murder Me Now: An Olivia Brown Mystery by Annette Meyers and Corpse de Ballet: A Nine Muses Mystery: Terpsichore by Ellen Pall (M)
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Ideas & Trends: When Lies Kill; In China, the Right to Truth Meets Life and Death
Date: 17 June 2001
By Erik Eckholm
Erik Eckholm
AIDS epidemic in China's Henan province, which local officials have tried to cover up and have done little to relieve, reveals how government controls on information and political choice jeopardize people's most basic welfare, to which Chinese leaders claim to give a priority; China's most widespread human rights violations afflict country's poor masses most of all, endangering their physical as well as political welfare, and official silence about such bitter truths undermines public faith in political system itself; photo (M)
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FALSE FILINGS BY SBC COMMUNICATIONS ARE INVESTIGATED
Date: 16 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Regulators investigate more admissions by SBC Communications that it filed false information with the FCC as it sought government approval to sell long-distance phone service in Kansas and Oklahoma (S)
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McDONALD'S EXPECTS DROP IN PROFIT TO DEEPEN
Date: 16 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
McDonald's Corp expects that second-quarter profits will drop more than anticipated (S)
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INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER WARNS IT WILL MISS FORECASTS
Date: 16 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Demand for International Rectifier Corp's computer chips weakens and fiscal fourth-quarter sales will fall short of forecasts (S)
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GENERAL SEMICONDUCTOR SAYS IT EXPECTS LOWER SALES
Date: 16 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Demand for General Semiconductor's power-management components remains weak, second-quarter sales will be lower than first quarter's, and company expects 1 cent to 3 cents profit a share (S)
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CONSECO TO ISSUE $400 MILLION IN NOTES TO RETIRE DEBT
Date: 16 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Conseco, life insurance and finance company, will issue $400 million in senior notes in order to retire bank debt (S)
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VLASIC FOODS, MAKER OF PICKLES, FILES BANKRUPTCY PLAN
Date: 16 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Vlasic Foods International, leading US pickle fabricator, files bankruptcy plans under which shareholders would receive nothing and unsecured creditors little; Hicks, Muse Tate & Furst Inc's Pinnacle Foods will receive most liquidation proceeds (S)
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