3M RAISES FORECAST OF QUARTERLY EARNINGS
Date: 16 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
3M Co raises its first-quarterly profit forecast (S)
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15th of March 2004 News
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RETAILER TO SETTLE S.E.C. COMPLAINT FOR $10 MILLION
Date: 16 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dollar General Corp will pay $10 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into accounting irregularities; says fourth-quarter profit fell 4.9 percent (S)
JUDGE APPROVES BRIDGESTONE'S SETTLEMENT OF TIRE SUIT
Date: 16 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Judge Donald J Floyd in Beaumont, Tex, approves Bridgstone Corp's $149 million settlement of lawsuits stemming from recall of more than 10 million tires that safety officials linked to more than 271 highway deaths; more than 40 named plaintiffs in suit will get $2,500 each; settlement is on behalf of consumers who were not injured and had not suffered property damage linked to failure of tires (S)
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES TO BUY GERMAN REFRIGERATION UNIT
Date: 16 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Technologies Corp acquires refrigeration unit of Linde of Germany for 325 million euros ($398 million) to gain customers and expand product range (S)
UNION URGES NORTHWEST PILOTS TO TAKE $200 MILLION IN CUTS
Date: 16 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Air Line Pilots Association recommends that Northwest Airlines Corp pilots agree to $200 million in annual cost cuts through 2006, less than half company's proposal to trim expenses (S)
Study Finds a Waning Appetite for News
Date: 15 March 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Project for Excellence in Journalism, which is associated with Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, reports that immediate prospects for newspapers and broadcast television news are bleak; says circulation of English-language newspapers in US has declined by 11 percent since 1990; says combined audience of three major cable news channels -- Fox News, CNN and MSNBC -- has been flat since late 2001; questions whether so-called new media can succeed on scale large enough to plug losses being incurred by old; says Spanish-language newspapers, alternative weeklies and news Web sites are bucking negative trend; photo (M)
U.S. Videos, for TV News, Come Under Scrutiny
Date: 15 March 2004
By Robert Pear
Robert Pear
Federal investigators scrutinize segments prepared for local television news programs in which Bush administration paid people to pose as journalists praising benefits of new Medicare law and its prescription drug benefit; segments were created by Home Front Communications production company for Health and Human Services Department; government also provided scripts for news anchors to use to introduce segments; General Accounting Office lawyers discovered materials while looking into use of federal money to pay for fliers and advertisements publicizing Medicare law; administration defends propriety and legality of materials, but some Democrats disagree; photos of TV segments featuring Pres Bush and Health and Human Services Sec Tommy G Thompson (M)
Good News for Kerry
Date: 15 March 2004
By Carl Hulse
Carl Hulse
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld revealed that President Bush had given instructions that Mr. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell were not to play a role in the presidential race.
Good News for Kerry
Date: 15 March 2004
By Carl Hulse
Carl Hulse
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld revealed that President Bush had given instructions that Mr. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell were not to play a role in the presidential race.
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 16 March 2004
INTERNATIONAL A3-17 Spain's New Leader Vows Closer Ties to Europe The newly elected Socialist prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero promised to break with the policies of his predecessor, shifting allegiance away from Washington to Paris and Berlin, a move that could lead to a reduction of American influence in Europe. American intelligence officials said that they were now increasingly convinced that Muslim militants were responsible for the bombings in Madrid. A1 Senior European and United Nations officials complained that their governments felt misled by the government of Prime Minister José María Aznar in the way it initially blamed the Basque separatist organization ETA for last week's bombing attacks in Spain. A17
World Business Briefing | Asia: India: Oil Stake Sold
Date: 16 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
India will sell 10 percent stake in Oil and Natural Gas Corp at 750 rupees ($16.60) a share, raising about $2.3 billion (S)