New Economy; Yahoo charts the spread of the news by e-mail, and what it finds out is itself becoming news.
Date: 29 January 2001
By Pamela Licalzi O'Connell
Pamela O'Connell
Yahoo News feature that tracks items most frequently forwarded by readers of its Internet news site to others via e-mail has become something of cult favorite among heavy consumers of news; most e-mailed stories tend toward quirky and bizarre; items favored in most-viewed list, another feature, tend to be breaking news; photos (M)
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Media Talk; Mock Logos, Talk of Feud and CNN Layoffs
Date: 29 January 2001
By Corey Kilgannon
Corey Kilgannon
Media Talk: Mock Logos, Talk of Feud and CNN Layoffs**New York Post business editor Jon Elsen denies coverage of Cable News Network is biased by Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp owns Post and who has long feuded with CNN founder Ted Turner; defends illustrations with stories on CNN layoffs that mocked CNN as Cheap News Network and Cruel News Network (M)
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Media Talk; Journalists Differ on Use of Child's Picture
Date: 29 January 2001
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
News outlets disagree on whether it is appropriate to show face of Rev Jesse L Jackson's baby; National Enquirer obscured baby's face in its article; Time magazine published photograph; photo (M)
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Talk Show Debut Suggests Cheney Role
Date: 29 January 2001
By Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt
Vice Pres Dick Cheney, after dutifully giving quiet support to Pres George Bush's headliner act during first week in office or reinforcing administration's message without making front-page news himself, offers glimpse of how he will exert his considerable influence; will give interviews every week to select media outlets, and will spend sessions on Capitol Hill listening to lawmakers, mapping legislative strategy and casting tie-breaking vote in Senate when necessary; photo (M)
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A Grisly Mystery in Ukraine Leads to a Government Crisis
Date: 30 January 2001
By Patrick E. Tyler
Patrick Tyler
Political stability in Ukraine is threatened by growing crisis involving Pres Leonid D Kuchma and adbuction and possible murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze; scandal sets off anti-Kuchma demonstrations in dozens of cities, as well as counter demonstrations by state workers ordered into streets or bused to pro-Kuchma rallies; is touched off by discovery of headless body, believed to be Gongadze's, and release of secret recordings made under Kuchma's couch by security agent in which Kuchma appears to order Gongadze's abduction or worse; has touched off fractious brawl in Parliament, where Kuchma's political majority has been upended by defections and formation of new centrist opposition; photo (M)
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EDSTROM, BAUSCH & LOMB EXECUTIVE, RESIGNS
Date: 30 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hakan Edstrom resigns as president of Americas division of Bausch & Lomb (S)
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GOLDMAN SACHS AGREES TO BUY MARKET MAKER
Date: 30 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Goldman Sachs Group agrees to buy Benjamin Jacobson & Sons LLC for about $250 million in cash and stock to expand its floor-trading operation on New York Stock Exchange (S)
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SOVEREIGN TO SELL 18 OFFICES TO FULTON FINANCIAL
Date: 30 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sovereign Bancorp sells 18 offices in Delaware, southern New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Fulton Financial Corp (S)
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WESTPOINT STEVENS TO CLOSE PLANT AND CUT 468 JOBS
Date: 30 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
WestPoint Stevens Inc, leading maker of bedding and towels, will close plant in Seneca, SC, and cut 468 jobs as it consolidates manufacturing to reduce costs (S)
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POLYONE TO CLOSE FOUR PLANTS AND LAY OFF 65 WORKERS
Date: 30 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PolyOne Corp, which makes plastics and vinyl, will close four plants and lay off 65 workers to save about $6 million per year (S)
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