Metro Business Briefing | Daily News Names Business Editor
Date: 28 June 2001
By Jayson Blair (NYT)
Jayson NYT
David Andelman is named business editor of The Daily News (S)
Replaying Thursday, June 28, 2001
The June 28, 2001 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 178 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
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28th of June 2001 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on June 28, 2001
Daily News Lures Back Ads From at Least 2 Supermarkets
Date: 28 June 2001
By Jayson Blair
Jayson Blair
Daily News carries ads for C-Town and Bravo, two of supermarkets that withdrew advertising after series the newspaper published said their markets were too dirty to meet state standards; decision by Krasdale Foods, operator of two markets, to return to News comes a week after News published and paid for a highly unusual four-page advertising supplement, with complimentary coverage of supermarket industry; supermarket executives estimate that during height of boycott, News was losing $50,000 to $100,000 a week in ad revenue (M)
Chairman Decides to Leave As CNN Is Prepped for Change
Date: 29 June 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Tom Johnson resigns as chairman of CNN but will continue with network as adviser to its executives, who are retooling CNN's look and schedule (M)
World Briefing | Asia: China: Reporter Sent To Prison
Date: 28 June 2001
By Elisabeth Rosenthal (NYT)
Elisabeth NYT
Jiang Weiping, reporter working in China for Hong Kong magazine, is sentenced to four years in prison for implicating local officials in series he wrote about corruption scandals in northeast China (S)
ASTRAZENECA DROPS TESTING OF RESPIRATORY DRUG
Date: 28 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AstraZeneca PLC drops development of respiratory treatment Viozan after late-stage tests show it does not have benefits of rival medicines already on market (S)
AMERICAN AIRLINES AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO TALK
Date: 28 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Airlines and its flight attendants are set to resume talks to try to reach contract before midnight June 30 (S)
SCHLUMBERGER TO SELL NATURAL GAS UNIT TO HANOVER
Date: 29 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Schlumberger Ltd sells part of its business that compresses natural gas for shipping and storage to Hanover Compressor Co for as much as $761 million; Schlumberger will own 10 percent of Hanover as part of agreement (S)
LIBERTY MEDIA WILL INVEST $60 MILLION IN ON COMMAND
Date: 28 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Liberty Media Corp agrees to invest as much as $60 million in On Command Corp, leading provider of movies for hotel rooms; Liberty, which controls On Command, will own 71 percent of company with investment (S)
RITE AID NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE AND CLOSES REFINANCING
Date: 29 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rite Aid Corp hires Mark Panzer, former executive of Albertson's Inc, as executive vice president for store operations; company is completing $3 billion in debt refinancing (S)
PINNACLE SAYS IT WILL POST LOSS ON WEAK CASINO RESULTS
Date: 28 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pinnacle Entertainment Inc, casino operator, will report loss in second quarter on weaker-than-expectged results in Indiana and Louisiana (S)