Reports on Soldier's Capture Are Partly Discounted by Paper
Date: 18 June 2003
By David D. Kirkpatrick
David
Washington Post, first news organization to publish reports that Pfc Jessice Lynch heroically resisted captors in Iraq, publishes lengthy investigation discrediting some of initial accounts, including its own report that she fired back at attackers; front-page article says story is far more complex and remains shrouded in mystery because of Army concerns for her privacy and her own limited memory of events; says Lynch's weapon jammed, she did not kill any Iraqis and was herself neither shot nor stabbed (M)
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Wooing Private Lynch
Date: 18 June 2003
Editorial on scramble by news and entertainment companies to land story of Private Lynch, who suffered severe injuries when her convoy was intercepted by Iraqi soldiers in first days of war; urges her story be told correctly
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Pentagon Voice (and Index Finger) Is Retiring
Date: 17 June 2003
By Thom Shanker
Thom Shanker
Victoria Clarke, highly-visible Pentagon spokeswoman for Sec Donald Rumsfeld, will retire; photo (S)
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The Lessons of a Year
Date: 18 June 2003
By Laurie Goodstein
Laurie Goodstein
News analysis of Frank Keating's resignation from Roman Catholic lay review board as illustrating that bishops still have all the power to reassign or remove abusive priests, ignore or carry out new accountability policies and withhold or release information about abusers; Prof R Scott Appleby notes that board works for and is beholden to bishops, and only recourse is to go to media, as Keating did when he sharply criticized some bishops' response to sexual abuse scandal; Appleby adds that Catholic bishops have never before subjected themselves to lay oversight, and do so only under political legal and financial pressure; Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony's objections to detailed survey of his diocese led to Keating remarks (M)
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World Briefing | Asia: Laos: Diplomats See Imprisoned Journalists
Date: 17 June 2003
By Seth Mydans (NYT)
Seth NYT
Western diplomats are allowed to meet with two European journalists and an American who were imprisoned June 4 in Laos after visiting insurgents from Hmong minority and accused of involvement in killing of village guard; Laotian foreign minister says charges will be filed soon (S)
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HOLLINGER INVESTIGATES CHARGES OVER EXECUTIVES' PAY
Date: 18 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hollinger International sets up committee to investigate shareholder Tweedy Brown's accusations that chief executive Conrad Black and other managers used company to enrich themselves; committee will be led by Hollinger director Gordon Paris and advised by former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Richard C Breeden; Brown claims Black and other officers received at least $200 million from management fees and side deals (S)
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CHARLES SCHWAB RAISES QUARTERLY PROFIT EXPECTATIONS
Date: 18 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Charles Schwab Corp lifts second-quarter earnings forecast as customers increased their trading 20 percent in May from April; chief financial officer Christopher Dodds comments (S)
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G.M. SETS FURTHER CUT IN OUTPUT OF SATURN ION
Date: 18 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp will stop producing Saturn Ion car for two weeks because of slower-than-expected sales; will halt assembly line for four weeks, beginning June 23, including two previously scheduled weeks for company's nationwide annual summer shutdown; Ion production will resume July 21 (S)
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CHUBB TO SELL SHARES AND EQUITY UNITS FOR $1.2 BILLION
Date: 17 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chubb Corp, property and casualty insurer, to sell $1.2 billion worth of new equity (S)
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DELTAGEN STUDIES ALTERNATIVES AFTER 2 EXECUTIVES QUIT
Date: 17 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Deltagen Inc, biotechnology company that markets tools and services to pharmaceutical companies, says it lacks funds to repay $5 million loan; reports Joseph M Limber resigns as chief executive and John Varian as interim chief financial officer, but will continue as consultants; weighs bankruptcy, other options (S)
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ZIMMER WILL MAKE FORMAL OFFER TO BUY IMPLANT MAKER
Date: 17 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Zimmer Holdings Inc plans to offer about $3.1 billion in cash and stock for rival medical-implant maker Centerpulse (S)
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