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Date: 24 October 2004
By Jake Mooney
Jake Mooney
Neighborhood leaders in Dumbo section of Brooklyn laud decision by David Walentas not to build 16-story apartment tower at foot of Brooklyn Bridge; explore possibility of seeking zoning change to restrict height of buildings at site in order to preserve views of bridge and its walkway (M)
Date: 24 October 2004
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich looks at hypocrisy of Wall Street Journal and Fox newscasters' 'appalled' charge that John Kerry exploited candidate's 'child' by 'outing' Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter, Mary; points out that 'child' is 35-year-old who lives openly with her partner and is paid director of vice presidential operations for Bush campaign; believes that administration is trying to retain right-wing voters who are rabidly anti-gay, at same time that it pays lip service to 'tolerance' of homosexuality to appease sw ing voters; accuses Carl Rove and Mrs Lynne Cheney of playing worst kind of game for political gain; predicts civil war within Republican Party not only on issue of homosexuality, but about all sexuality; photos (M)
Date: 23 October 2004
By Virginia Heffernan
Virginia Heffernan
Virginia Heffernan reviews CNN documentary The Fight Over Faith; photo (M)
Date: 23 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Gillette Co board proposes that all directors be elected annually (S)
Date: 23 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Comcast Corp will pay federal government $225,000 to settle accusations that it violated rules on keeping records available for public inspection (S)
Date: 23 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Adelphia Communications, bankrupt cable television operator, wins court approval for asset auction to raise money for creditors; plans to sell its assets in seven regional cable groups averaging about 750,000 subscribers each (S)
Date: 23 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
DirecTV Group, satellite television service, expects to take cash charge against earnings of $1.4 billion to $1.6 billion to write down value of two satellites (S)
Date: 23 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Texas jury finds that Dow Chemical's Union Carbide unit did not supply misleading information about risks of asbestos-laden product it sold to Kelly-Moore Paint Co, which sought $1.5 billion in damages (S)
Date: 23 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Havas, advertising company, says a Belgian investor, Albert Frere, bought stake of less than 5 percent of company (S)
Date: 23 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Moody's Investors Service raises credit rating of Vivendi Universal one level, to investment grade; photo (S)