Beijing in a Rear-Guard Battle Against a Newly Spirited Press
Date: 15 September 2002
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Elisabeth Rosenthal
Chinese government is taking steps to rein in increasingly freewheeling state news media; dozens of aggressive small newspapers and magazines, as well as regional and satellite television stations, have emerged in last decade, and while they are nominally state-owned and would not dare venture into critical reporting of central government, they are eager to feed public hunger for news about financial scandals, sex, natural disasters, corruption, lawsuits against government and other topics that government does not want aired; conflicts between press and government are certain to increase because journalism schools at top universities, which enjoy relative independence from day-to-day government interference, now aim to train fledgling reporters in Western-style journalism; photo (M)
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Hong Kong Plan for Sedition Law Alarms Democracy Advocates
Date: 15 September 2002
By Keith Bradsher
Keith Bradsher
Hong Kong government will pursue legislation to that would allow filing sedition charges against individuals or news organizations that repeatedly criticize Chinese government or advocate secession; democracy advocates criticize move as unnecessary and danger to civil liberties; government has been wary of damage that such legislation could do to economy, which relies on serving as financial center where information abut China can be freely shared (M)
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Glorious Recycling: Paris; Cheese bars make the scene and Diana's flame shines anew
Date: 15 September 2002
By Alan Riding
Alan Riding
Alan Riding travel article on cheese bars opened by Maison Androuet cheese retailer in Paris, newly opened Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome Hotel and large golden flame statue, replica of Statue of Liberty's, commemorating 100th anniversary of founding of International Herald Tribune, which stands above underpass where Princess Diana died; photo (M)
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McDONALD'S FRANCHISE OPERATORS SUPPORT AN OVERHAUL
Date: 14 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Owners and operators of McDonald's restaurants approve plan to remodel restaurants and change menus across America (M)
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STARWOOD TO SELL MORE HOTELS TO CUT DEBT
Date: 14 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide will increase sales of its properties to reduce debt and raise cash (S)
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AOL TIME WARNER NAMES HEAD OF MARKETING ARM
Date: 14 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AOL Time Warner Inc hires Michael Kelly to head marketing group (S)
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LILLY SUES TEVA OVER GENERIC PSYCHIATRIC DRUG
Date: 14 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly & Co sues to block Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc from selling generic version of its schizophrenia drug Zyprexa until after patent expires in 2011 (S)
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80 HOG FARMERS FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST TYSON FOODS
Date: 14 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Group of 80 hog farmers from 3 states sues Tyson Foods Inc, contending company defrauded them when it scaled back its live swine operations as part of restructuring; farmers raised hogs under contract for Tyson (S)
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TEXTRON WINS $300 MILLION AIRCRAFT ORDER FROM NETJETS
Date: 14 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cessna aircraft unit of Textron Inc wins $300 million order from NetJets Inc for as many as 112 airplanes (M)
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World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Porsche Sees Rising Profits
Date: 14 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Porsche predicts profits will rise significantly in 2002, bolstered by its Cayenne, 911 and Boxster models; photo (M)
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