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Date: 17 April 2002
By Carla Baranauckas
Carla Baranauckas
Sig Gissler, an associate professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and former editor of The Milwaukee Journal, will be the next administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes.
Date: 17 April 2002
By Max Rodenbeck
Max Rodenbeck
Max Rodenbeck Op-Ed article says never have ordinary Arabs so identified with Palestinian conflict as they do today, largely result of coverage by Arab television; says some may dismiss such passions as product of propaganda, and it is true that region's news media are hardly beyond reproach, but Arab reporting is not really much more one-sided than that of American or Israeli television; says imagery saturating Arab screens, of tanks crushing ambulances and helicopters rocketing refugee camps, is unfortunately all to real (M)
Date: 17 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Discovery Communications, owner of Discovery Channel on cable television, is starting digital cable network with 24-hour high-definition picture quality; network, called Discovery HD Theater, will begin service on June 17 on digital cable and satellite TV systems; will also start video-on-demand service that allows digital cable subscribers to order individual Discovery programs (S)
Date: 18 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TRW rejects Northrop Grumman's $12.2 billion takeover offer and says it will start providing confidential information to other interested bidders (S)
Date: 17 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Johnson & Johnson says first-quarter profit rose 18 percent; net income was $1.83 billion, up from $1.55 billion year earlier; sales were up 11 percent, to $8.74 billion (S)
Date: 17 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Navistar International Corp promotes Daniel Ustian to president, chief operating officer and member of board; chief financial officer Robert Lannert is named vice chairman; two will share new office of chairman (S)
Date: 17 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Calpine Corp, power plant developer and energy trader, sells Wisconsin electricity generator to WPS Resources Corp for $120 million and agrees to supply utility owner with power for decade; WPS also agrees to buy about $250 million in power from Calpine's Sherry Energy Center near Marshfield, Wis, for 10 years (S)
Date: 18 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bank of New York Co says first-quarter profit fell 5.7 percent; net income was $362 million compared with $384 million year earlier; net interest income after taxes fell to $425 million from $441 million (S)
Date: 18 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SBC Communications, which sells local telephone service in Midwest and West, and EchoStar Communications, cable TV provider, agree to sell each other's services to compete with cable TV; financial terms undisclosed; SBC will sell EchoStar's Dish network in its 13-state region starting in May; EchoStar will sell SBC's high-speed Internet access (S)
Date: 18 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boeing Co reports first-quarter loss of $1.25 billion compared with net income of $1.24 billion year earlier; loss is first in more than four years; sales rose 4 percent, to $13.8 billion (S)
Date: 18 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pfizer Inc says first-quarter profit rose 22 percent, but expects growth to slow in second quarter; net income rose to $2.36 billion from $1.93 billion year earlier; revenue rose 11 percent, to $8.42 billion from $7.58 billion (S)