Jennings Is Expected to Remain ABC Anchor
Date: 26 August 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Peter Jennings has reportedly agreed to new contract with ABC and is expected to remain World News Tonight anchor; edge program may gain from Tom Brokaw's planned retirement in two years from rival NBC Nightly News may have helped Jennings in contract talks; photos (M)
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What They Don't Teach At J-School
Date: 27 August 2002
By Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman NYC column comments on recent announcement that Columbia University president Lee C Bollinger has suspended search for dean of its journalism school; offers humorous suggestions about what students learn in journalism program (M)
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BOLDFACE NAMES
Date: 27 August 2002
By Joyce Wadler
Joyce Wadler
Magician Criss Angel has himself immersed in tank of water for 24 hours; publicity junket for new movie The Four Feathers described; photos (M)
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Excerpts From the Ruling Against Secret Hearings
Date: 27 August 2002
Excerpts from ruling by United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that Bush administration illegally held hundreds of deportation hearings in secret
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JUDGE APPROVES XO BANKRUPTCY PLAN
Date: 27 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
XO Communications wins bankruptcy judge's approval of reorganization plan, clearing way for company to try to enforce $800 million investment agreement with Forstmann Little & Co and Telefonos de Mexico; two companies once planned to invest $400 million each in XO, but backed out in June, citing XO's deteriorating finances (S)
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GENERAL DYNAMICS TO SELL SPACECRAFT-PROPULSION UNIT
Date: 27 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Dynamics Corp sells its spacecraft-propulsion and fire-suppression businesses to GenCorp for about $90 million (S)
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ORION SEEKS F.D.A. APPROVAL OF PARKINSON'S DRUG
Date: 27 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Finland's Orion files application with Food and Drug Administration for combination treatment for Parkinson's disease; unnamed drug combines three existing medicines, levodopa, carbidopa and entacapone; Orion expects to start marketing new therapy in US in 2003 (S)
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RED ROBIN RESTAURANT CHAIN TO ADD 17 FRANCHISES
Date: 27 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers plans to add 17 restaurants in next seven years to expand in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Michigan (S)
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WILLIAMS ENERGY TO BUY OIL PIPELINE AND 4 TERMINALS
Date: 27 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Williams Energy Partners acquires Midwest oil-product pipeline and four terminals for $110 million from Tesoro Petroleum Corp; Northern Great Plains Product System includes pipeline from refinery in Mandan, ND, to Minneapolis (S)
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ALKERMES, DRUG MAKER, CUTS ITS STAFF BY 23%
Date: 27 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Alkermes, which makes long-acting drugs, lays off 122 people, or 23 percent of its staff, after federal regulators rejected schizophrenia treatment Risperdal Consta last month that it had developed with Johnson & Johnson (S)
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