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Date: 09 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
European Commission approves ConocoPhillips's $370 million acquisition of 30 percent stake in Naryanmarneftegaz, exploration and production unit of Russian oil company Lukoil (S)
Date: 09 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb announces it will acquire $25 million stake in Medarex's experimental melanoma treatments; under terms of agreement, company will pay Medarex additional $25 million in cash and may pay up to $205 million for meeting regulatory goals and $275 million for reaching sales targets (S)
Date: 09 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Property and casualty insurer Chubb Corp discloses that it has received subpoenas or requests for information from North Carolina, Connecticut and Ohio in connection with insurance bid-rigging investigation by New York State Atty Gen Eliot Spitzer (S)
Date: 09 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citigroup announces that it will build a call center in South Carolina; facility will be for CitiFinancial consumer credit business; company may hire as many as 1,000 new staff to work at site (S)
Date: 09 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Asset manager Alliance Capital Management Holding discloses that it has been subpoenaed by Securities and Exchange Commission and National Assn of Securities Dealers in connection with undisclosed incentive payments made to brokerage firms that sell its mutual funds (S)
Date: 09 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Canadian fund Onex Partners agrees to acquire 90 percent of fragrance and cosmetic maker BMP/CEI Holdings from Brockway Moran & Partners for $113 million; Onex Partners is operated by Canadian buyout firm Onex Corp (S)
Date: 08 November 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Fox's cable news channel dramatically consolidated its ratings gains of past few years on Election Night, drawing 8.1 million viewers, more than tripling its own election night prime-time performance in 2000 and clobbering other cable news networks; Nielsen Media Research says CBS, ABC and NBC lost millions of viewers; Fox News came closer to CBS in ratings than CNN did to Fox News; top rating among cable news channels will make it harder for Fox News to present self as scrappy underdog and could undercut its claim to serve as alternative to what its executives and some of its on-air talent distainfully call media establishment; chairman Roger Ailes comments on identity crisis, phone interview; ratings graphs; photos (M)
Date: 09 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citigroup to acquire 16.4 percent stake in China-based Silver Grant International Industrials, specialist in non-performing loans, for $109 million (S)
Date: 09 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
European Union threatens it will take action through World Trade Organization to force US and Canada to drop $126 million in tarrifs imposed on European exports; tariffs were in retaliation for ban on hormone-treated beef (S)
Date: 08 November 2004
INTERNATIONAL A3-12 U.S. Troops Begin Raid Into Rebel-Held Falluja American troops seized control of two strategic bridges, a hospital and other objectives in Falluja in the first stage of a long-expected invasion of the city, considered the center of the Iraqi insurgency. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi formally proclaimed a state of emergency for 60 days across most of Iraq. A1 Hard-Liners Crack Down in Iran Iran continued its crackdown on journalists, with two arrests in the past week, as well as moving against pro-democracy Web sites, with hundreds of sites blocked in recent months and several arrests made. The crackdown suggests that hard-liners are determined to curtail freedom on cyberspace. A10 Afghan Militants Attempt Talks Militants holding three foreign United Nations workers hostage in Afghanistan said that they had negotiated with Afghan government and United Nations officials, but that the meeting had ended without result. A7 Arafat Aides Will Go to France Yasir Arafat's deputy in the Palestine Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qurei, will go to France to speak to Mr. Arafat's doctors and ascertain the status of his health. Mr. Arafat is variously described as on his death bed or recovering. A9 Albanian Referendum Failing A referendum to end the autonomy granted to Macedonia's ethnic Albanian minority appeared headed toward defeat because of insufficient voter turnout. The defeat would be a victory for Macedonia's multiethnic coalition government, which had urged voters to boycott it. A8 Implications of Dutch Murder It has been five days since a Dutch-Moroccan man killed the outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh, and intelligence officials say they are investigating a possible international dimension to what many Dutch see as the country's first Islamic terrorist attack. A10 French Protester Killed by Train A French anti-nuclear protester died in eastern France after his leg was severed by a train carrying radioactive waste to Germany. The incident occurred down the rails from where two other anti-nuclear protesters had earlier chained themselves to the track, briefly delaying the train. A4 More French Troops in Abidjan France sent hundreds more troops to the Ivory Coast commercial capital of Abidjan, as government loyalists went on a violent rampage targeting the homes and businesses of French citizens in the city, a day after an air strike by government jets killed 9 French peacekeepers. A3 Mexico Pushes for Reforms Mexico will urge the Bush administration to pay more attention to Latin America in its second term and to move forward on proposals that would give legal status to millions of illegal migrants. A12 NATIONAL A14-19 Fresh Off Victory, Bush Has Hopeful Agenda President Bush's advisers say that his re-election has made him more confident and that he will try to prove there is such a thing as a ''compassionate conservative'' and it's possible to promote democracy in the Middle East. A1 Tribunals at Guantánamo Briskly conducted tribunals constitute the Bush administration's principal answer to the Supreme Court's ruling in June that the detainees who have been imprisoned at Guantánamo deserve a fair hearing in a neutral setting. A1 United States military officials have concluded that at least 11 Chinese held at Guantánamo are eligible for release, but the prisoners have said they do not want to be returned to China, sending American officials scrambling to find a country willing to accept them. A17 Ambitious Environmental Push Congress and the Bush administration are moving ahead with ambitious environmental agendas that include revamping signature laws on air pollution and endangered species and reviving an energy bill that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to energy exploration. A14 More State and U.S. Inmates The number of inmates in state and federal prisons rose 2.1 percent last year, even as violent crime and property crime fell, according to a study released by the Justice Department. Almost 10 percent of American black men ages 25 to 29 were in prison, the study said. A14 New Talks on Intelligence Chief Congressional negotiators seeking a bill to create the job of national intelligence director say they are resuming their talks in earnest and believe the legislation can be pushed through Congress during this month's lame-duck session. A18 Stocking Helps Weak Heart A mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size, according to a study described at an American Heart Association conference. A19 Parishioner Forcibly Removed A two-month-old sit-in campaign by Roman Catholics trying to stop the closings of churches in the Boston Archdiocese led this weekend to a parishioner's being forcibly removed from one of the churches. A19 Gulf War Veteran Sues Army A veteran of the first Persian Gulf War is suing the Army after it ordered him to report for duty 13 years after he was honorably discharged from active duty and eight years after he left the Reserves. He says he completed his eight-year obligation to the Army long ago. A19 OBITUARIES A21 Howard Keel The star of the Hollywood musicals ''Showboat'' and ''Kiss Me Kate'', and later the television show ''Dallas,'' he was 85. A21 NEW YORK/REGION B1-8 Advertisements Seek Reopening of 9/11 Inquiry A $3 million advertising campaign financed by a California millionaire suggests a government cover-up of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. One commercial being broadcast in New York and Washington implies that no plane flew into the Pentagon and another suggests that 7 World Trade Center, which collapsed late in the afternoon that day, was detonated from within. B3 Ground Zero Death a Suicide An autopsy and a police investigation confirmed that a Georgia research aide found dead at the World Trade Center site on Saturday had killed himself with a shotgun blast to the head. But much about the death remained a mystery, including the victim's motive and the way the heavily guarded site was penetrated. B1 SPORTSMONDAY D1-10 Woods Falters in Atlanta Retief Goosen captured the PGA Tour Championship with a six-under-par final-round 64 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, while Tiger Woods failed to win the Tour's season-ending event from a position where he used to be unbeatable. D2 Eagles Taste First Defeat The Pittsburgh Steelers handed the Philadelphia Eagles their first defeat of the season in a 27-3 game in which Jerome Bettis rushed for 149 yards. D1 ARTS E1-10 'Incredibles' Opening Weekend The computer-animated family move ''The Incredibles,''the latest joint effort from Pixar and the Walt Disney Company, struck a resounding chord this weekend, taking in an estimated $70.7 million nationwide. The film joined a string of successes for the Pixar-Disney alliance, even as their partnership deteriorates. E3 Met Understudies' Triumph At age 40, Angela M. Brown is ascending to stardom on stage at the Metropolitan Opera as Aida, the Ethiopian princess of the Verdi opera. A1 BUSINESS DAY C1-10 Brokerage Firm Inquiries The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating about a dozen brokerage firms on suspicion that they failed to secure the best available price for stocks they were trading for their customers, according to people who have been briefed on the inquiry. C1 Federal Rates Not a Sure Bet When the Labor Department reported on the employment surge in October, market speculators raised their bets that the Federal Reserve would not pause in its process of gradually raising interest rates. But Fed officials appear to be keeping their options open for the future. C1 Fox: No Longer an Underdog Having presented Fox News as the underdog since its inception , network executives acknowledge that such a tactic becomes trickier when the network is ranked No.1 among cable news channels. C1 Microsoft's Halo 2 In Release The anticipated release of Halo 2, the sequel to Microsoft's bestselling 2000 game, is the latest and perhaps the best indication of how the blockbuster mentality of Hollywood has pervaded the videogame industry. C1 Music With Customized Ads The cable programming company Music Choice plans to display commercials that are selected for each user based on behavior. C1 Business Digest C1 EDITORIAL A22-23 Editorials: More troops for Iraq; Airbus and corporate welfare; Carolyn Curiel on how Hispanics voted. Columns: William Safire and Bob Herbert. Autos D9 Bridge E6 Crossword E8 Metro Diary B2 TV Listings E9 Weather D10