Sports Producer Named by NBC to Run 'Today'
Date: 21 April 2005
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
NBC names Jim Bell as executive producer of Today show, succeeding Tom Touchet, who was forced out by NBC's management, which has been checking latest morning ratings with increasing alarm; NBC counts on program to generate about $250 million in profits a year; also names MSNBC executive Phil Griffin as executive in charge of program; is expected to bring news expertise to program, which will be run day to day by Bell, whose career thus far has been in sports production (M)
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Arts, Briefly; Authors' Accolades
Date: 22 April 2005
By Pam Kent
Pam Kent
Publishing News bestows book of the year award on Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code; Brown, in recorded speech, emphasizes that book is purely fiction; Bill Clinton's book My Life is named biography of year; other winners noted; photo (S)
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What Does British Press See in Pope? Just a German
Date: 22 April 2005
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
British press headlines about Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's selection as pope are dominated by allusions to his wartime past, citing his membership in Hitler Youth; this reflects Britain's ongoing obsession with Germany's role in war, at least as expressed in its news media (M)
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World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: News Vendor Reverses A Loss
Date: 22 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
British newsstand operator W H Smith earned 43 million pounds ($82.5 million) in first half of its fiscal year, reversing year-earlier loss; sales fell 13 percent, to 1.37 billion pounds (S)
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BEARINGPOINT FINDS ERRORS IN FINANCIAL REPORTS
Date: 21 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BearingPoint says nine executives will leave company and that it has found errors in financial statements spanning last two years; Securities and Exchange Commission has begun investigation into its accounting and requested documents on company's internal controls; company says it will postpone financial statements for first three quarters of 2005 (S)
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MONSANTO RECEIVES SUBPOENA FOR PRICING DOCUMENTS
Date: 21 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Monsanto says Illinois attorney general has subpoenaed information about pricing and licensing gene-modified seeds; some of requested documents pertain to 1999 federal antitrust lawsuit in which courts consistently ruled for Monsanto (S)
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MBNA ISSUES WARNING ON PROFIT FOR YEAR
Date: 22 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MBNA Corp says profit will be significantly below its 10 percent growth target for 2005 because customers are paying off more debt (S)
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CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT ENZON STEPPING DOWN
Date: 22 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Enzon Pharmaceuticals' chief financial officer Kenneth J Zuerblis to resign for personal reasons (S)
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ACCENTURE TO BUY CAP GEMINI'S HEALTH PRACTICE UNIT
Date: 21 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Accenture acquires Cap Gemini's North American health practice unit for $175 million to expand its services to hospitals and health systems; about 600 employees of Cap Gemini will join Accenture's Health & Life Sciences practice (S)
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BLACK HILLS TO SELL FIBERCOM UNIT FOR $103 MILLION
Date: 21 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Black Hills Corp plans to sell communications unit for $103 million; PrairieWave Communications agrees to buy unit, FiberCom (S)
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