30th of November 2005 News
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NBC Names Ex-Producer to Head News Unit
Date: 30 November 2005
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Nearly a year after shepherding the handoff from Tom Brokaw to Brian Williams as the executive producer of ''NBC Nightly News,'' Steve Capus was promoted yesterday to president of the network's news division. The appointment, which was announced by Jeff Zucker, president of NBC Universal Television Group, caps a meteoric year for Mr. Capus, 42, who was promoted to senior vice president of the news division in June and acting president in September.
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News Summary
Date: 30 November 2005
INTERNATIONAL A3-14 Bush Expected to Reveal Detailed Iraq Exit Strategy President Bush will put forward for the first time a public version of what the White House calls a comprehensive strategy for victory in Iraq. In a related effort to begin extricating American forces next year, military officials said they would seek billions of additional dollars to better train Iraqis to defend the country. A1 A prominent German archaeologist and aid worker was kidnapped by insurgents who threatened to kill her unless Germany withdrew its support for the Iraqi government. The abduction was the latest in a new wave of kidnappings. A1 U.S. Answers Europe on Camps The Bush administration, responding to European alarm over allegations of secret detention camps and the transport of terror suspects on European soil, insisted that American actions complied with international law but promised to respond to formal inquiries from European nations. A3 Support for Sharon's New Party Shimon Peres plans to quit the left-leaning Labor Party and back Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new centrist party in March parliamentary elections, Israeli television reported. A14 Britain Debates Energy Policy Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that Britain may reverse its current reluctance to build new nuclear power plants, despite opposition from environmental groups. A12 Vatican Defends Ban on Gays The Vatican officially released a new document that strongly reinforced its ban on ordaining homosexuals as priests, and a cardinal, making the church's first public comment, rejected the contention that the decree was discriminatory. A6 China Calls Spill Contained Water drawn from the Songhua River to supply almost four million people in the northern city of Harbin was fit to drink, the state news media reported, almost a week after pumping was suspended because of a massive chemical spill. A14 EDUCATION B9 Schools Look to Change Image Across the country, colleges are trying to raise their national profiles. But perhaps nowhere is this more challenging than in the South, where university officials often find themselves struggling to temper Confederate imagery without alienating alumni and donors. A1 ARTS E1-12 Deadheads Bummed Out The Grateful Dead, the business, is testing the loyalty of longtime fans of the Grateful Dead, the jam band, by cracking down on an independently run Web site that made thousands of recordings of its live concerts available for free downloading. E1 NATIONAL A19-29 Governor Stays Execution; Loss of Evidence Is Cited Gov. Mark Warner of Virginia granted clemency to a convicted killer, declaring that the loss of a crucial piece of evidence had convinced him that the defendant should not be put to death as scheduled. A19 Dealing With Difficult Doctors In an era where doctors, under pressure to see more patients, are spending less and less time with each one and are replacing long discussions with laboratory tests and scans, some physicians are blatantly ignoring patients' requests. A1 Hurricane Season Tapers Off One of the most extraordinary hurricane seasons on record will end soon, but forecasters are warning that the period of intense storms could continue for years to come. The Atlantic Ocean is in a cycle of frenetic hurricane activity that started a decade ago. A19 Disgraced Lawmaker Criticized President Bush and other Republican leaders, concerned that former Representative Randy Cunningham's admission that he took bribes and evaded taxes could damage the party's prospects, issued harsh denunciations of his actions. A29 Bush's Immigration Push President Bush traveled to the front lines of the fight to deter illegal immigration, standing along the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, to emphasize his message that he intends to strengthen the border. A26 NEW YORK/REGION B1-10 Developers Agree to Pay Millions for Manhattan Air Two city developers have agreed to pay $430 per square foot, a record-setting amount, for unused air rights over Christ Church and the Grolier Club at Park Avenue and East 60th Street. A1 E.P.A. Scales Back Cleanup The Environmental Protection Agency said it would clean, at no cost, any apartment south of Canal Street with unacceptable levels of contaminants from the collapse of the World Trade Center. B1 Pirro Urged to Quit Race Jeanine F. Pirro's Republican bid to unseat Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered an embarrassing setback when Senator Joseph L. Bruno, the New York Legislature's most powerful Republican, said she should run for state attorney general instead. B1 Neediest Cases B7 SPORTSWEDNESDAY D1-6 DINING IN F1-14 OBITUARIES C19 Stan Berenstain The author who with his wife, Jan, wrote more than 250 Berenstain Bears children's books, he was 82. C19 BUSINESS DAY C1-18 Economic Outlook Uncertain By most measures, the economy appears to be booming. But investors fear that the latest positive figures will lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates even more aggressively, which in turn could further slow the housing market, dampen consumer spending and crimp corporate profits. A1 Increase in Online Shopping American consumers spent 26 percent more money online over the holiday weekend than they did in 2004, according to figures released by ComScore Networks. C1 Business Digest C2 EDITORIAL A30-31 Editorials: The next abortion decision; trying Saddam, and his system; AIDS, and homophobia, in Jamaica; the Duke shames the Capitol. Column: Maureen Dowd. Crossword E4 Weather D7 TV Listings E10
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World Business Briefing | Americas: Canada: Airline Woes Hurt Bombardier
Date: 01 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
World Business Briefing: Canada:
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World Business Briefing | Europe: Honduras to Challenge Banana Ruling
Date: 30 November 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Honduras said that it would lodge a World Trade Organization challenge against the European Union's plan to more than double the tariff that Latin American banana exporters pay to sell their fruit in the 25-nation bloc. The European Union, the world's biggest banana importer, said Friday that it would replace quotas with a duty of 176 euros ($208) a metric ton. The bloc is trying to end a nine-year squabble with the largest exporting countries, including Ecuador, Panama and Costa Rica, as well as the United States, which filed the original W.T.O. complaint. Latin American producers say the planned tariff, which will take effect Jan. 1, is too high. European governments backed the levy.
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Redskins Boss Close to Running Six Flags
Date: 30 November 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Six Flags Inc., the theme park operator, said yesterday that the owner of the Washington Redskins, Daniel Snyder, and two associates were elected to the board, moving his group one step closer to control of Six Flags. In addition to Mr. Snyder, Mark Shapiro and Dwight Schar were elected to the board, succeeding the chief executive, Kieran Burke; the chief financial officer, James Dannhauser; and a board member, Stanley Shuman, Six Flags said.
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New WellPoint Chairman
Date: 01 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
WellPoint's chairman
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Concern Over Higher Rates Pushes Share Prices Lower
Date: 01 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dow Jones industrial average falls 82.29 points, or 0.8 percent, to 10,805.87; Standard & Poor's 500-stock index drops 8 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,249.48; Nasdaq composite index is little changed, rising 0.11 point, to 2,232.82; price and yield for 10-year US Treasury note noted; graph; chart on key US interest rates (M)
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Profit Increases at Tiffany
Date: 01 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tiffany & Co says third-quarter profit rose 37 percent; net income climbed to $23.8 million from $17.4 million year earlier; sales rose 8.4 percent, to $500.1 million (S)0
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Producer of Syringes Is Sued Over Firing
Date: 01 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The former director of immunization at Becton, Dickinson & Company, which makes hypodermic syringes, has filed a lawsuit against the company saying that he was wrongfully terminated. The former director, Zeil Rosenberg, said in a complaint filed yesterday in Superior Court in Bergen County, N.J., that he was fired in December 2004 because he objected to the company's shipping medical supplies to Iraq in 2001 without the approval of the federal government and because he disagreed with marketing plans for a new syringe.
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Lawyer Denies Hollinger Fraud
Date: 30 November 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mark Kipnis, a former corporate counsel at Hollinger International, pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges accusing him of helping Conrad M. Black steal $51.8 million from the company. Mr. Kipnis, 58, entered the plea to each of nine counts of mail and wire fraud at a hearing in Federal District Court in Chicago, said Randall Samborn, a spokesman for the United States attorney's office there.
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U.S. Is Urged to Raise Rates
Date: 30 November 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said yesterday that the Federal Reserve should keep raising interest rates but urged central banks in Europe and Japan to keep rates low to foster economic growth. Strong demand and rising prices in the United States will push the Fed to increase its benchmark rate to 4.75 percent, the organization said in its semiannual economic outlook. The absence of an inflation threat means the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan should leave rates unchanged, it said.
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Economy Shows Some Resilience in Quarter
Date: 01 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Commerce Department reports economy grew at 4.3 percent annual rate in third quarter, fastest since first quarter 2004 and evidence of resilience in face of hurricanes and record energy costs; revised figure is higher than 3.8 percent initially estimated by government; Federal Reserve says in its regional survey of businesses that retailers are optimistic about holiday shopping season; report shows that consumer prices 'remained stable or experienced generally modest increases'; finds strengthening economy caused wages to rise and made it harder for some companies to find workers; National Association of Purchasing Management survey of executives shows manufacturing in Chicago area remained robust for third consecutive month in November; chart (M)
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World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Factory Output and Household Spending Rise
Date: 30 November 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japanese industrial production and household spending rose in October as higher exports and wages sustained growth. Production increased an adjusted 0.6 percent from September, as companies met demand by reducing inventories. Production of general machinery, including semiconductor-related devices, rose 5.2 percent, while electric machinery, including air-conditioners and chip-measuring equipment, increased 3.2 percent, the trade ministry said. Spending by households climbed 1.2 percent, a separate government report released in Tokyo showed. Households spent 18.1 percent more on clothes and footwear, and spending for furniture rose 10.6 percent. Income for households in the survey rose 0.6 percent.
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