Spain Holds News Magnate as Russia Sought
Date: 13 December 2000
Spanish authorities, acting on request from Moscow, arrest Vladimir Gusinsky, embattled Russian news media magnate, at house in southern Spain; Moscow issued warrant after Gusinsky failed to appear for court hearing on fraud charges (S)
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CNN Revamps Night Schedule
Date: 13 December 2000
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN announces it is revamping its prime-time schedule; Wolf Blitzer, Washington-based anchor, will be host of his own show, general news interview program; Greta Van Susteren will be host of half-hour news analysis and interview program; photo of Blitzer (M)
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Medical Journal Bars Authors' Prepublication Comments
Date: 13 December 2000
By Lawrence K. Altman
Lawrence Altman
Journal of American Medical Assn, in move renewing debate over when new research findings should be disclosed to public, tightens rules on what scientists and research institutions can say before results are published; bars authors from participating in press conferences, issuing press releases before publication or granting interviews unless journalists agree to embargo information until journal publishes it; new rules revise 1991 policy, under which journal's stated preference was for new findings to be released to public at time they are published; editor Dr Catherine D DeAngelis says new regulation simply details what has been working but largely unwritten policy in recent years (M)
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THE 43rd PRESIDENT: THE BATTLEGROUND; After All, Only Memories Of Vote's Extended Refrain
Date: 14 December 2000
By Richard Perez-Pena
Richard Perez-Pena
Tallahassee, Fla, ratchets down several notches from frenetic scenes that made it center of world's attention for past few weeks; makeshift offices that were Bush and Gore headquarters for recounts and lawsuits are emptied by weary campaign workers; circuit court has taken custody of more than 1.1 million punch-card ballots cast in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties; several news organizations, including The New York Times, are in talks about coordinating hand count, not to proclaim anybody the winner of popular vote count but to lay out data, according to Times's managing editor, Bill Keller; other news organizations are Associated Press, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Time magazine (M)
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India, Beauty Superpower, Is Becoming Jaded
Date: 13 December 2000
By Barry Bearak
Barry Bearak
India basks in glow of recent victories of its entries in Miss Universe and Miss World beauty pageants for second time in six years, but adoration is mixed with sarcasm in press, where contestants have been derided as bimbos and pageants as third-world fare; pageants are less than every Indian's concept of propriety, appealing mainly to affluent members of urban middle class, but are regarded by most as needed boost to drooping national self image; victories of Priyanka Chopra in Miss World and Lara Dutta in Miss Universe contests discussed; photos (M)
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Once Again, the TV Mystery Prevails as Late-Night Fare
Date: 13 December 2000
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
US Supreme Court's complex and voluminous ruling on disputed presidential votes in Florida is announced at 10 pm, and task of digesting and summarizing it sorely taxes ability of television news; some anchors and reporters are quick to declare it a definitive victory fo Gov George W Bush, but others find in it hope for Vice Pres Al Gore; photo (M)
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DOW CHEMICAL WILL NOT BID FOR BRAZILIAN PLANT
Date: 14 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dow Chemical says it will not bid for control of Petroquimica do Nordeste, Brazil's petrochemicals plant, at auction (S)
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G.E. TO TAKE $4 BILLION CHARGE FOR HONEYWELL
Date: 13 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Electric Co will take $4 billion in pretax charges for purchase of Honeywell International; raises its estimated annual savings from acquisition by two-thirds, to $2.5 billion (S)
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SOUTHWEST AIR TO REDUCE TRAVEL AGENT COMMISSIONS
Date: 13 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Southwest Airlines Co will join rest of industry and reduce commission it pays travel agents to 5 percent, from 10 percent for paper tickets and 8 percent for electronic tickets; new commission rates include $30 cap on one-way fares and $60 on round trips (S)
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CARLSBERG MAKES COKE CONCESSIONS TO SECURE ORKLA
Date: 14 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Carlsberg agrees to stop selling Coca-Cola products in Sweden to win antitrust approval for its purchase of Orkla's breweries (S)
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