12 Journalists Get Michigan Fellowships
Date: 25 May 2003
Twelve American journalists are awarded fellowships for coming academic year by University of Michigan's Knight-Wallace Fellows Program (S)
Replaying Sunday, May 25, 2003
The May 25, 2003 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♊. It was the 144 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
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25th of May 2003 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on May 25, 2003
Stephanopoulos Is Slow To Win Sunday Viewers
Date: 26 May 2003
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
ABC's program This Week finishes in third place among Sunday morning network news programs as George Stephanopoulos completes first season as sole host; show's audience fell 16 percent in latest season to average of 2.75 million viewers; ratings leader among networks in category is NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert; photos (M)
There's No Exit From the Matrix
Date: 25 May 2003
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich comment connects genius of public relations strategy used to boost audiences for Matrix Reloaded to potential danger of concentration of power in hands of five immense media companies who posses ability to control content of news reaching public; photo (M)
Saudis Re-Examine an Islamic Doctrine Cited by Militants to Condone Jihad
Date: 25 May 2003
By Neil MacFarquhar
Neil MacFarquhar
Saudi newspaper columnist Mansour al-Nogaidan drops philosophical bombshell with column charging that Wahhabi doctrine of Islam is root cause of violence fomented in name of Islam in Saudi Arabia and around the world; terrorist attacks in heart of Riyadh transform discussion about religious roots of Islamic militancy and how it spreads through mosques, schools, state television and other official institutions; religious establishment is thrown on defensive by repeated accusations that denigrating anything they do not like as 'infidel' has helped breed generation of Saudis whose radical fringe thinks it is acceptable to kill Westerners and even Muslims who get in way; photo of Nogaidan (M)
Turkish Cypriot Publisher Goes to Press, and Court, Almost Daily
Date: 26 May 2003
By Marlise Simons
Marlise Simons
Interview with Sener Levent,l
Holders of Telecom Italia Approve Merger
Date: 26 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Telecom Italia shareholders approve merging company with parent Olivetti; move will pave way for sale of assets and reduction of debt (S)
Swiss National Airline May Reduce Fleet Because of Declining Demand for Travel
Date: 26 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Swiss International Air Lines may reduce up to 41 percent of its fleet to cut costs; cites dwindling air travel resulting from economic slump, as well as fears over terrorism and severe acute respiratory syndrome (S)
Japanese Bank Seeking Bailout Must Tell How Capital Shrank
Date: 26 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Resona Holdings, a Japanese bank set to receive a bailout of about $20 billion from the government, must adopt a more transparent management style and explain how its capital fell below the minimum level, the financial services minister said yesterday. The government ''will require the bank to create a strict framework,'' Heizo Takenaka, Japan's financial services and economy minister, said on Asahi Television's ''Sunday Project'' program. ''The important thing is how to create a governance structure.''
BMW, Shielded This Year, Sees '04 Currency Risk
Date: 26 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Continued strength of euro versus dollar may hurt earnings of BMW in 2004 when company is no longer fully hedged against currency risk; rival Volkswagen suffered 68 percent profit decline in first quarter 2003 due in part to currency fluctuations (M)
Campaign Candor? No!
Date: 26 May 2003
Sharon Aucoin reply to May 19 letter says Teresa Heinz Kerry cannot simply ignore 24-hour news cycle that governs campaigning