Revamping Lags for Polling Service Tied to Flawed Data in 2000
Date: 31 October 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Voter News Service, which provides news media with information about how and why major blocs vote the way they do, may not operate fully on Nov 5, resulting in incomplete picture of electorate's mood and motivation; has not completely refurbished its computer system since providing information in 2000 presidential election that led networks to erroneously declare winner in Florida -- once as Al Gore and later as George W Bush (M)
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BOLDFACE NAMES
Date: 31 October 2002
By James Barron
James Barron
James Barron Boldface Names column discusses network news producer Alexandra Pelosi, who aired clips she gathered while covering George W Bush's 2000 campaign for media intelligentsia; Disney chairman Michael D Eisner foregoes Anaheim Angels victory parade to attend Jewish Home and Hospital gala as honoree; many gather to meet photojournalist Diana Walker, who held signing for new book Public and Private at Orsay restaurant (NYC); animal rights activists come to opening of Chie, fur store by designer Chie Imai; photos (M)
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BOLDFACE NAMES
Date: 01 November 2002
By James Barron
James Barron
Boldface Names column; General Electric chairman Bob Wright attends roast in his honor arranged by Center for Communication, which arranges educational programs featuring media personalities; weather forecaster Irv Gikovsky will run in New York City Marathon; Cuba is popular destination for celebrities of every stripe, and film director Steven Spielberg is latest to accept invitation; Aaron Nir and fashion designer Satoko Miyake have baby (M)
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Ignorance Perpetuates the Chechen War
Date: 01 November 2002
By Masha Gessen
Masha Gessen
Op-Ed article by Masha Gessen says Chechen war that started in 1994 has become more and more dangerous to cover--because Chechen rebels take journalists hostage, and because Russian authorities put heavy pressure on press to stop publishing or broadcasting anything but official reports; says result is that young Russians know nothing about people of Chechnya or roots of this war, and their peers in Chechnya are in similar predicament; says Movsar Barayev, 23-year-old leader of group who took hundreds of people hostage in Moscow theater, probably believed that Russians would stop war if people in Moscow were made to suffer as Chechens have been suffering; says after hostage crisis, each group is even less likely than before to see other as anything but crazed, dangerous enemy (M)
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Sports of The Times; What Counts Lies Under The Facade
Date: 31 October 2002
By Selena Roberts
Selena Roberts
Selena Roberts Sports of The Times column contends that fabricated images and air-brushed reputations of NBA players do not fool fans, and only point out ridiculousness of public relations efforts to conceal players' often unsavory behavior from media; photo (M)
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ALBERTSON'S LOWERS QUARTER AND FULL-YEAR FORECASTS
Date: 01 November 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Supermarket chain Albertson's lowers third-quarter earnings expectations on about 2 percent drop in sales; share price falls almost 19 percent (S)
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GUESS WILL CUT JOBS AND CLOSE STORES IN REVAMPING
Date: 01 November 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Clothing retailer and designer Guess will eliminate jobs, close underperforming stores and sell corporate sites after 8.5 percent third-quarter sales drop, its seventh consecutive quarterly fall in sales; reports that income in third quarter more than doubled to $3.37 million, or 8 cents a share, on lowered sales of $157.8 million (M)
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PRIMEDIA POSTS A QUARTERLY PROFIT OF $14.4 MILLION
Date: 01 November 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Primedia, publisher of more than 250 magazines, reports $14.4 million third-quarter profit, or loss of 1 cent a share after payment of preferred dividends; sales rise less than one percent, to $400 million (M)
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DRUG MAKER TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR EYE TREATMENT
Date: 31 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc rise 54 percent after company says it will seek Food and Drug Administration approval of ophthalmic treatment for dry eye syndrome; Inspire's drug is called INS365 (S)
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BAYER SEEKS EXPANDED MEDICAL USE FOR CIPRO IN U.S.
Date: 31 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bayer AG will ask Food and Drug Administration to approve its best-selling antibiotic Cipro to treat complicated urinary tract infections (S)
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