Elmer Lower, Former President of ABC News, Dies at 98
Date: 01 August 2011
By Dennis Hevesi
Dennis Hevesi
Mr. Lower, who led ABC News at a time of expansion in the 1960s and early ’70s, was responsible for recruiting the anchor Peter Jennings, among others.
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Sales of Pain Drugs Help Pfizer’s Profit Beat Forecasts
Date: 02 August 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sales of the company’s Lyrica pain pill and its Enbrel arthritis medicine topped analysts’ predictions.
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NYSE Profit Declines on Lower Revenue
Date: 02 August 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
NYSE Euronext, the exchange company that Deutsche Börse is planning to buy, said its second-quarter profit fell on lower revenue from European derivatives and United States equity trading.
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Latest Arrest Highlights a Tabloid’s Cash Payments
Date: 02 August 2011
By Jo Becker and Ravi Somaiya
Jo Becker
The arrest of Stuart Kuttner, a former managing editor of The News of the World, raised questions about the tabloid’s habit of giving reporters cash to pay sources.
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M. Wells Needs a Home, Motorino Needs an Engineer, and Other Restaurant News
Date: 02 August 2011
By The New York Times
M. Wells and Motorino Williamsburg shut down; Bubby’s chef, Curtis Brown, opens his own place.
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New Arrest in British Phone Hacking Scandal
Date: 02 August 2011
By J. David Goodman
J. Goodman
The police in London arrested a 71-year-old man in connection with the British phone hacking scandal, and news reports named him as Stuart Kuttner, a former News of the World managing editor.
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Al Jazeera English Arrives on N.Y. Cable
Date: 01 August 2011
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
The Qatar-based Al Jazeera has struggled to secure American outlets for its English-language TV news channel.
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Hayes to Host MSNBC’s Weekend Morning Show
Date: 01 August 2011
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
Christopher L. Hayes of The Nation magazine will host a weekend morning show for MSNBC beginning in September.
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Maddow Agrees to a New Contract With MSNBC
Date: 02 August 2011
By Bill Carter and Brian Stelter
Bill Carter
MSNBC said Tuesday that it had signed its top star, Rachel Maddow, to a new multi-year contract, cementing her position at the cable news channel for several years.
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A Text From Woods to Clarke Stays Private
Date: 02 August 2011
By Larry Dorman
Larry Dorman
Darren Clarke has been badgered for a little more than two weeks now to reveal what Tiger Woods might have said in his text messages to Clarke to help inspire the big man to win the British Open at Sandwich, England, in mid-July.
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