Times and PBS Win a Reporting Prize
Date: 19 March 2004
New York Times and PBS program Frontline win Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for joint project in 2003 that traced injuries and deaths of factory workers to their employers' disregard of safety rules; Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism is given to Linda Greenhouse, Times's Supreme Court correspondent; awards are presented by Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy (S)
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BOLDFACE NAMES
Date: 19 March 2004
By Joyce Wadler
Joyce Wadler
Boldface Names column; Kelly Gang, whose members share that name, hold St Patrick's Day party honoring Michael Kelly, journalist killed in Iraq last April; Donald Trump also attends; Diane Keaton reminisces with director Nancy Meyers at US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen (S)
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USA Today Says Reporter Faked Stories
Date: 19 March 2004
By Christine Hauser
Christine Hauser
Journalists who examined the work of Jack Kelley found evidence that he made up portions of at least eight major articles.
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2 COMPANIES TO FORM INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE GROUP
Date: 18 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wilbur Ross, who bought Cone Mills Corp out of bankruptcy, will combine company with his Burlington Industries to create International Textile Group; two companies will have combined annual revenue of about $900 million (S)
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WARNACO AND S.E.C. DISCUSS SETTLEMENT OF COMPLAINT
Date: 19 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Warnaco Group says Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed settlement of its investigation into company's financial statements (S)
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ALLEGIANCE TO END BANKRUPTCY WITH SALE TO XO
Date: 19 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Allegiance Telecom Inc files plan to emerge from bankruptcy that would sell most of its assets for $631 million to XO Communications, controlled by Carl C Icahn (S)
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INVISION IS SUBJECT OF S.E.C. TRADING INVESTIGATION
Date: 18 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating suspected insider trading in options of InVision Technologies in days before General Electric announced it would buy company (S)
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ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES IS RAISING PRODUCT PRICES
Date: 18 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Allegheny Technologies Inc says its ATI Allvac unit will increase prices on nickel- and cobalt-based products by 6 to 12 percent and on titanium-alloy products by 8 to 12 percent (S)
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CMS ENERGY AGREES TO RESOLVE TRADING ACCUSATIONS
Date: 18 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CMS Energy Corp, owner of Michigan's largest utility, and former executives Terry Woolley, Preston D Hopper and Tamela C Pallas are accused by Securities and Exchange Commission of engaging in more than $5 billion in sham energy trades (S)
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COURT EXAMINER FINDS FOR UAL ON RETIREE BENEFITS
Date: 19 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Court-appointed examiner finds UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, did not mislead employees about possible changes in medical benefits to persuade workers to retire early; unions representing flight attendants, baggage handlers and mechanics say that thousands of employees agreed to retire before July 1, 2003, believing that if they did so, their benefits would remain intact (S)
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GENERAL DYNAMICS TO BUY MAKER OF SATELLITE PARTS
Date: 19 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Dynamics Corp acquires Spectrum Astro Inc, maker of satellite components, to gain business in missile defense and space technology (S)
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PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM TAKES OVER MAIDENFORM
Date: 19 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ares Management acquires women's lingerie maker Maidenform (S)
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