Why Good Hearts Must Go Public
Date: 19 April 2002
By Mariane Pearl
Mariane Pearl
Op-Ed article by Mariane Pearl, whose journalist husband Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and killed by fundamentalists in Pakistan in early 2002; says after his capture many of her Pakistani neighbors shut their windows and doors to her, perhaps out of fear; says she was comforted by individual Pakistanis and Muslims who showed courage and graciousness during her five-week ordeal, as she waited for her husband's return; says when she finally had to acknowledge his 'bloody murder,' she remained in Pakistan to show defiance against fear, and it was then that she finally heard from majority in Pakistan as it abandoned its silence and wrote to her; agrees with one letter-writer who called Pearl's murders 'a crime against the people of Pakistan'; asks people of Pakistan to act on sentiments they expressed in their letters and build memorial for Daniel Pearl in Karachi; drawing (M)
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States Are Told to Keep Detainee Information Secret
Date: 19 April 2002
By Danny Hakim
Danny Hakim
Bush administration orders state and local officials not to release information about immigration detainees even as government loses crucial related battle in federal appeals court; federal appeals court in Cincinnati says government must release transcripts of past immigration court hearings in case of Rabih Haddad, detainee and co-founder of Muslim charity whose assets government has frozen; Michigan newspapers have sued to open hearing of Haddad, native of Lebanon who lives in Ann Arbor; in Haddad's case, government will now have to appeal to Supreme Court to withhold transcripts of past hearings (M)
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ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS WARNS OF POSSIBLE DELISTING
Date: 20 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Adelphia Communications shares fall 11 percent after company says it may be delisted from Nasdaq Stock Market (S)
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JUDGE APPROVES FRUIT OF THE LOOM RECOVERY PLAN
Date: 20 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Judge Peter Walsh approves recovery plan for Fruit of the Loom, underwear maker owned by Berkshire Hathaway (S)
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NORTHROP GOES ALONG WITH DELAY ON ITS TRW BID
Date: 20 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Northrop Grumman Corp will not appeal court ruling that allows TRW Inc to delay meeting on Northrop's $12.2 billion hostile bid for company until May 3 (S)
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MATTEL REPORTS FIRST-QUARTER LOSS OF $256 MILLION
Date: 19 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mattel Inc says first-quarter loss widened to $256.2 million from $34 million year earlier; sales rose to $742 million from $715.2 million (S)
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YAHOO NAMES WARNER BROS. ONLINE CHIEF AS DIVISION HEAD
Date: 20 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Yahoo Inc names James Moloshok senior vice president for its media and information division (S)
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Z-TEL TECHNOLOGIES LAYS OFF 350 AS IT CLOSES AN OFFICE
Date: 19 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Z-Tel Technologies lays off about 350 employees, or 27 percent of its staff, as it closes customer service center in Minot, ND; will move customer service to office in Atmore, Ala (S)
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AMERICAN EXPRESS SAYS FIRST-QUARTER PROFIT ROSE 15%
Date: 19 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Express says first-quarter net income rose 15 percent, to $618 million from $538 million; revenue climbed 3 percent, to $5.5 billion (S)
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PPG INDUSTRIES TO CUT 1,000 JOBS AS EARNINGS FALL 39%
Date: 19 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PPG Industries will cut 1,000 jobs, or about 3 percent of its work force, after first-quarter earnings fell 39 percent; net income fell to $34 million from $56 million; revenue fell 11 percent, to $1.88 billion from $2.1 billion; plants in Detroit and Troy,. Mich, will be closed and production will be greatly reduced at plant in Birmingham, Eng (S)
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