In South Africa, It's Press vs. the President, Black Executives Say
Date: 20 May 2001
By Rachel L. Swarns
Rachel Swarns
Prominent black executives charge South Africa's white-owned newspapers seek to discredit Pres Thabo Mbeki's government, newspaper advertisement; see coalition of right-wing forces trying to undermine black leadership; most whites and some blacks dismiss charge, holding Mbeki spurred negative publicity; talk of right-wing conspiracy, involving elements in news media, opposition politics and business world, is gaining credence in South Africa (M)
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Stanley I. Tannenbaum, 73, Ad Executive, Dies
Date: 20 May 2001
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Stanley I. Tannenbaum, a longtime top executive at the advertising agency Kenyon & Eckhardt and an educator at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, died on Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He was 73.
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What Has Become of William
Date: 20 May 2001
By Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan article profiles William Hague, British Conservative Party, who is challenging Prime Min Tony Blair in June 7 election; polls predict something close to debacle for Hague, while British press has all but written him off and is openly speculating about who might succeed him; describes Hague as old-school political leader in sense that he is curiously immune to modern image-making, but also deeply modern representative of new breed of working- and middle-class politicians who are infiltrating ranks of formerly aristocratic Tory party; suggests that Hague will endure, but may need to suffer a genuine defeat before voters can see beyond his veneer of easy success to deeply able and humane man beneath; photos (M)
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AOL TIME WARNER AGREES TO ACQUIRE INFOINTERACTIVE
Date: 19 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AOL Time Warner agrees to buy InfoInterActive Inc of Canada for $28.2 million to gain software that alerts people that they have phone call while they are on Internet (S)
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BID MADE FOR ALL OF ARGENTINE CIGARETTE MAKER
Date: 19 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Philip Morris Companies offers to pay $34.7 million for outstanding shares it does not already own of Argentine cigarette maker Massalin Particulares; shares will be bought from Reemtsma Cigarrettenfabriken, German firm (S)
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AUTODESK STOCK FALLS 11% AFTER WARNING ON PROFIT
Date: 19 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Autodesk Inc, maker of design software for architects, says second-quarter earnings will not meet analysts' forecasts; its shares fall 11 percent, to $33.60 (S)
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SHARES OF PALM DROP AS SALES OF HAND-HELD DEVICES FALL
Date: 19 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Palm Inc fall after it says sales will be about half its already-reduced forecasts; shares drop $2, to $5.05 (S)
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Suit Against Drug Maker
Date: 19 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TAP Pharmaceutical Products, joint venture of Abbott Laboratories and Takeda Chemical Industries, is sued on behalf of Medicare recipients over accusations that it overcharges for its prostate cancer drug, Lupron (S)
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World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Utility Posts Results
Date: 19 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
EON AG, largest German utility, says first-quarter operating profit in its main energy unit fell 6 percent, to $430 million; graph (S)
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