AUSTRALIANS TO INVESTIGATE BERKSHIRE UNIT
Date: 15 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Reinsurance Australia, unit of Berkshire Hathaway, will be investigated by Australian regulators examining reinsurance policies disguised as loan to prop up earnings; Estelle Pearson of Finity Consulting is hired to investigate General Re's complex financial products (S)
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S PAY FALLS AT WAL-MART
Date: 16 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
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Wal-Mart Stores says pay of its chief execut
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FUNERAL HOME COMPANY REDUCES PROFIT FORECAST
Date: 16 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Service Corporation International, owner of funeral homes and cemeteries, records pretax charge of $310 million and reduces its profit forecast for year as result of shift in accounting (S)
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UNIT OF PARMALAT THAT SELLS MILK EXITS BANKRUPTCY
Date: 15 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US unit of Parmalat Finanziaria exits bankruptcy with plan to continue selling milk in New York, New Jersey and Michigan (S)
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INSPECTOR GENERAL TO REVIEW THREE BOEING CONTRACTS
Date: 15 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Three space program contracts in which Boeing Co either shares work with Lockheed Martin Corp or its prime contractor will be reviewed by Pentagon's inspector general to ensure that they were not tainted from actions by former Air Force acquisition official, Darleen A Druyun, who was convicted of federal conflict-of-interest laws (S)
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES QUARTERLY PROFIT NEARLY TRIPLED
Date: 15 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Southwest Airlines says first-quarter profit almost tripled; net income rose to $76 million from $26 million year earlier; sales rose 12 percent, to $1.66 billion (S)
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F.D.A. APPROVES BOSTON SCIENTIFIC'S STENT SYSTEM
Date: 15 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boston Scientific Corp says Food and Drug Administration has approved delivery system company plans to use with its next generation of stents; agrees to buy 46 percent of Rubicon Medical Corp, maker of medical devices, for about $71.7 million (S)
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Debate Rekindles Over Government-Produced 'News'
Date: 15 April 2005
By Anne E. Kornblut and David Barstow
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A California Democrat accused the Bush administration on Thursday of failing to cooperate fully with the inspector general at the Education Department in an investigation of the government's hiring of Armstrong Williams, a prominent conservative commentator, to promote the president's signature education legislation. The comments of the Democrat, Representative George Miller of California, came as the Federal Communications Commission and the Senate stepped into a second controversy over the public relations policies of the Bush administration, and moved toward strengthening the rules that govern how video news releases are produced and broadcast.
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Kay Gardella, 82, Daily News TV Critic, Dies
Date: 15 April 2005
Kay Gardella, Daily News columnist and television critic, dies at age 82 (S)
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Inventories Rose in February, as Sales Fell
Date: 15 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
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Commerce Department reports 0.5 percent increase in stockpiles held by manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers and 0.4 percent decline in sales; reports inventory-to-sales ratio increased to 1.31 months from 1.3 months in January, matching record low; Labor Department reports that initial jobless claims fell 10,000 last week, to 330,000, suggesting that hiring pace remains sluggish; reports US added about 159,000 jobs a month so far this year, compared with 183,000 in 2004 (M)
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