MOODY'S WILL BUY KMV FOR $210 MILLION
Date: 12 February 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Moody's Corp agrees to buy KMV, closely held firm that analyzes risks of bonds, loans and credit derivatives for $210 million (S)
Replaying Monday, February 11, 2002
The February 11, 2002 was a Monday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 41 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
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11th of February 2002 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 11, 2002
SCHERING-PLOUGH'S ALLERGY DRUG GETS WIDER APPROVAL
Date: 12 February 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Schering-Plough Corp's Clarinex allergy drug wins Food and Drug Administration approval for treatment of hives and reactions to dust and animal dander; expanded uses may attract patients now taking medicine's predecessor, Claritin, before it loses its patent protection (S)
FEDERATED SAYS IT HAS RECEIVED A BID FOR FINGERHUT UNIT
Date: 12 February 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federated Department Stores Inc is reviewing formal offer for its Fingerhut catalog and Internet business, one month after saying it expected to close unit; is reducing its Web operations and has hired Credit Suisse First Boston to sell businesses (S)
ICAHN SAYS HE IS READY TO MAKE OFFER FOR REIT
Date: 12 February 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Financier Carl Icahn is prepared to offer $157.5 million for Shelbourne Properties real estate investment trusts in his latest attempt to acquire control of their commercial real estate assets (S)
Working to Unite Stars and Factions at ABC News
Date: 11 February 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
ABC News president, David Westin, is attempting to instill team spirit in his anchors and producers, whom his predecessor, Roone Arledge, encouraged to fight with one another for exclusive news; has told Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer to stop undermining each other; has teamed, Walters, who represents the more entertainment-minded wing of newsroom, with John Miller, a hard-news investigative correspondent, as co-anchor of 20/20 program; photos (M)
White House Letter; Presidential Travel: It's All About Local News
Date: 11 February 2002
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Article on recent Presidential trips and intense coverage of them by local newscasts (M)
World Business Briefing | Europe: Italy: Auditor Suspended
Date: 12 February 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pricewaterh ouseCoopers is ordered by market regulator Consob to suspend one of its auditors, Luca Redaelli, after Banca Popolare di Novara failed to report $50 million loss; Redaellis is barred from working as auditor for two years; ban is related to loss that Popolare Novara found in its 1999 first-half earnings (S)
Technology Briefing | Telecommunications: Charter Reports Wider Loss
Date: 12 February 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Charter Communications reports loss of $305.7 million in fourth quarter, compared with loss of $241.1 million year earlier; sales were $1.1 billion, up 23 percent from year earlier (S)
World Business Briefing | Asia: Hong Kong: Airline Expands In Macao
Date: 12 February 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
China National Aviation Co will buy 51 percent of Air Macau Co, 26 percent of Macao airport handling company and 20 percent of aircraft maintenance provider (S)
Kmart's Debt to Sara Lee
Date: 12 February 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sara Lee Corp, in Securities and Exchange Commission filing, says Kmart Corp owed it $40 million at time discount retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month (S)