'60 Minutes' Producer Aims Bitter Blast at Ex-Colleague
Date: 04 June 2000
By Alex Berenson
Alex Berenson
Simmering five-year debate over how television program 60 Minutes handled controversial report about tobacco industry erupts again as executive producer Dan Hewitt attacks role of former producer Lowell Bergman in making film version, The Insider; Hewitt's speech to journalists' meeting sparks spirited debate; photo (S)
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CRESTLINE CAPITAL AND BEDROCK PARTNERS TO BUY HOTELS
Date: 03 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Crestline Capital Corp signs letter of intent to form joint venture with Bedrock Partners II LLP to buy hotels worth $250 million in coming two or three years (S)
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CELOTEX SELLS GYPSUM WALLBOARD AND CEILING TILE UNITS
Date: 03 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Celotex Corp sells its gypsum wallboard and ceiling tile businesses to British firm BPB PLC for $345 million (S)
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REORGANIZATION BY SAP
Date: 03 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
German business-management software manufacturer SAP plans reorganization of program-development unit following complaints from customers about faulty products (S)
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AIRBUS JUMBO ORDERS
Date: 03 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Airbus Industrie expects commitments by airlines to purchase as many as 50 A3XX superjumbo liners; jet would be world's largest passenger airplane; photo (S)
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NIPPON MINING ENDS TALKS
Date: 03 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nippon Mining and Metals, Japan's largest copper refiner, calls off plans to merge with oil refiner Japan Energy only hours after talks are announced; graph (S)
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Estee Lauder Buys Stake in Hair Salon
Date: 03 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Estee Lauder Companies purchases majority stake in Bumble & Bumble LLC hair salon and cosmetics manufacturing business for undisclosed price (S)
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Getting the Facts
Date: 04 June 2000
KPIX-TV reporter Bill Schechner letter disputes Andrea Thompson's view in May 21 article that television news should focus on human interest rather than basic reporting (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 04 June 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-14 Clinton and Putin Meet In Prelude to Negotiations President Clinton and Russia's new leader, Vladimir V. Putin, dined at the Kremlin palace where they began discussing a range of topics, including antimissile defense strategies, the ongoing conflicts in the Balkans and the Caucasus, international trade and the state of the Russian economy. 1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 03 June 2000
INTERNATIONAL A3-6 Putin Suggests New Way To Foil Missile Attacks President Vladimir Putin of Russia, seeking to recast a security debate just before his summit meeting with President Clinton, has suggested an alternative to the proposed American system for defending against missile attacks by nations like North Korea. Mr. Putin hinted that the United States and Russia could collaborate on new ways to shoot down missiles soon after they were launched, rather than in space. A1
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