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Date: 19 September 2004
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Pres Bush in interview says questions about authenticity of documents relating to his National Guard service need to be answered; says he fulfilled his obligations; documents critical of Bush were used in CBS News report but are now widely suspected as fakes; CBS is conducting its own investigation and leaning on its sources for more information (M)
Date: 19 September 2004
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich column deplores partisan bias in cable television news, calling FOX News an arm of Republican Party and criticizing CNN for allowing James Carville and Paul Begala to stay on as hosts of Crossfire after they joined Sen John Kerry's presidential campaign; photo (L)
Date: 19 September 2004
By Terry Golway
Terry Golway
Fox Television announces that WWOR/Channel 9, which moved from New York to Secaucus, NJ, after losing court battle in mid-1980's and was absorbed by Fox in 2001, will move much of its Secaucus operations into Rupert Murdoch's News Corp headquarters in midtown Manhattan in 2005; change means that Channel 9 presence in New Jersey will be reduced to news bureau; New Jersey lawmakers send letter urging Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell to evaluate relocation because of Channel 9's mandated relationship with northern New Jersey; photo (M)
Date: 19 September 2004
By Daniel Akst
Daniel Akst
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Date: 18 September 2004
By Richard W. Stevenson and Raymond Bonner
Richard Stevenson
Bush administration makes public letter from former Pres George Bush, then a Congressman, to Texas Air National Guard Maj Gen G B Greene Jr, thanking him for praise of his son George W Bush, who had just completed basic training; letter suggests younger Bush received considerable attention from military leaders who were well aware of his family connections; photograph of Bush with his basic training unit and news releases from his Guard unit were also released (M)
Date: 18 September 2004
By Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder
Adam Nagourney
Results of New York Times/CBS News poll show Pres Bush taking 8-point lead over Sen John Kerry among registered voters; many respondents feel country is headed in wrong direction and are distressed about how Bush has handled economy, yet majority feel Kerry has not laid out his case and worry about his ability to manage international crisis; neither candidate is strongly trusted on his military record; Kerry fares little better than Bush on economy; recent polls with different findings suggest electorate is in flux; findings suggest that Kerry has been hurt by attack ads from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth; graphs (M)
Date: 19 September 2004
By Rick Lyman
Rick Lyman
DESPERATELY SEEKING DICK CHENEY**Article on difficulty of covering Vice Pres Dick Cheney when New York Times does not have seat on Air Force Two during presidential campaign; crew of about 10 reporters flies with him, representing all television networks, wire services and two or three newspapers; Times normally maintains seat (paid for handsomely) on campaign planes, but Cheney spokeswoman told him that other publications got their names on list before Times; photos (M)
Date: 18 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SLM Corp, student-loan company known as Sallie Mae, buys majority stake in Arrow Financial Services; financial terms undisclosed (S)
Date: 18 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The General Electric Capital Corporation and Citigroup Inc. gave the United States unit of Parmalat Finanziaria, Italy's biggest food company, two more weeks to file a plan to leave bankruptcy and avoid default. The unit, Parmalat USA Corporation, has until Sept. 30 to file the plan and until Dec. 31 to win court confirmation, the company said in papers filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court in New York. The filing deadline had been yesterday. ''The company is trying hard to meet the new deadline, but can't guarantee it will,'' said Stephen B. Selbst, Parmalat USA's bankruptcy lawyer. ''We informed the court we may need additional extensions, but we're working hard to try and meet this deadline.'' Parmalat is using funds from G.E. and Citigroup to pay employees and vendors.
Date: 18 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Coca-Cola Co sets salary and bonus of chief executive E Neville Isdell at $4.5 million, less than his predecessor's, amid sluggish sales; will pay Isdell base salary of $1.5 million and bonus of up to $3 million (S)