Olympus Defends Fees Paid to Advisers
Date: 18 October 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Responding to accusations of fraud, the company says that fees amounting to $391 million were not excessive and followed accounting procedures.
Replaying Monday, October 17, 2011
The October 17, 2011 was a Monday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 289 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 14 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, October 17, 2025, 230 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, October 17, 2026, in 134 days. You have lived for 5,344 days, or about 128,273 hours, or about 7,696,416 minutes, or about 461,784,960 seconds.
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17th of October 2011 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 17, 2011
Good News! No, Really!
Date: 17 October 2011
By Bill Keller
Bill Keller
Glimmers from the rest of the world.
A Hostage-Taker Calls, and a French News Blog Begins Tweeting
Date: 17 October 2011
By J. David Goodman
J. Goodman
What began as a straight news story evolved into a more complicated test of the way news should, and perhaps should not, be made.
News From the Advertising Industry
Date: 17 October 2011
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Account assignments, executive appointments and miscellaneous news from advertising agencies.
John Miller to Join CBS, Bolstering ‘The Early Show’
Date: 17 October 2011
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
John Miller, whose trajectory has veered between journalism and law enforcement, is about to join the well-ballasted CBS “Early Show.”
Debates Sway Media Coverage, Study Finds
Date: 17 October 2011
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
Research by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that the presidential candidate debates “have coincided with some notable shifts in tone” of media coverage.
Ending Speculation, Michael Wolff Leaves Post at Adweek
Date: 17 October 2011
By Jeremy W. Peters and Stuart Elliott
Jeremy Peters
Some speculation about Mr. Wolff’s departure was related to his aggressive coverage about the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed the News Corporation.
Detroit Beats New York, in Baseball and in Terror Trials
Date: 18 October 2011
By Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman
The Day: Detroit managed to put Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on trial with little to none of the political wailing that we have been subjected to in New York. Also, what City Room is reading in other newspapers and blogs.
Long-Term Care Insurance and Our Collective Denial
Date: 17 October 2011
By Ron Lieber
Ron Lieber
The Class Act is dead, Medicare doesn’t pay for what many elderly people really need and the cost of paying out of pocket is astonishing.
Corrections: October 17
Date: 17 October 2011
Corrections appearing in print on October 17, 2011.