CBS Realigns Entertainment Divisions
Date: 08 September 2004
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Viacom's co-president Leslie Moonves realigns management of company's CBS entertainment division and Paramount television production studio, promising smoother and greater interaction between two; plan is for Paramount to produce more series specifically designed to satisfy needs of CBS schedule; Moonves promotes David Stapf to position of president of Paramount studio, succeeding Garry Hart; also promotes his long-time second-in-command at CBS Entertainment, Nancy Tellem, to president of CBS Paramount Entertainment Group; promotes Nina Tassler to position of president of CBS Entertainment (M)
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Grief in Russia Mixes With Harsh Words for Government
Date: 07 September 2004
By Seth Mydans
Seth Mydans
Russia begins two days of national mourning for victims of school siege in Beslan, as criticism mounts over government's handling of wave of terrorism that has taken more than 500 lives in past two weeks; newspapers and independent commentators take unusually harsh tone, saying government of Pres Vladimir V Putin failed to protect its citizens from escalating campaign of terrorism or to be honest about that campaign's roots in decade-long war in Chechnya; images of death and mourning seem to embolden newspapers to take to task government that has been working hard to tame public criticism; frightened, unshaven man, identified on state teleivision as captured hostage-taker, says attack on school had been intended to set off war in Caucasus region; photo (M)
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7 U.S. Marines and 3 Iraqis Are Killed in a Car Bomb Attack
Date: 07 September 2004
By Sabrina Tavernise
Sabrina Tavernise
Car bomb tears through convoy of American and Iraqi troops near Falluja, killing seven marines and three Iraqis in single deadliest attack on American troops in four months; American soldier is killed and another wounded when roadside bomb hits their convoy near Baghdad; elsewhere, week of silence over fate of two French hostages is broken when Al Jazeera reports that Islamic militant group holding men demanded ransom of $5 million, and that France declare truce with Osama bin Laden and make French companies quit doing business in Iraq; group, Islamic Army of Iraq, has reportedly issued 48-hour deadline for demands to be met; photo (M)
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Mining the Courts for Truths Untold
Date: 08 September 2004
By Stacey Stowe
Stacey Stowe
Interview with Donald S Connery, veteran foreign correspondent who has specialized in false confessions and wrongful convictions, subject he first chronicled in 1970's case of Peter Reilly in Canaan, Conn; Reilly was convicted but later exonerated for murder of his mother; photo (M)
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HEALTHSOUTH NAMES A NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Date: 08 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
HealthSouth corp names John Workman chief financial officer, succeeding Guy Sansone (S)
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ARTHROCARE WILL BUY OPUS TO ADD MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Date: 08 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ArthroCare Corp acquires Opus Medical for $130 million in cash and stock (S)
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BRITISH AIRWAYS PLANS TO SELL STAKE IN QANTAS AIRWAYS
Date: 08 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
British Airways plans to sell its 18.25 percent stake in Qantas Airways, valued at 1.1 billion Australian dollars ($764 million), to improve its balance sheet and to finance possible takeovers (S)
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World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Index Forecasts Growth
Date: 08 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japan's index of leading economic indicators is 66.7 percent in July, same as June's revised figure; reading above 50 percent singals growth in three to six months (S)
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World Business Briefing | Asia: China: Credit Suisse Names Chief
Date: 07 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Credit Suisse First Boston hired Zhang Liping to head bank's China business; Zhang succeeds Wei Christianson, who resigned (S)
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Sales Rise at Circuit City
Date: 08 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Circuit City Stores says sales increased $2.35 billion in second quarter ended Aug 31; company's $284 million purchase of Canada's InterTan in May added about $118 million in sales for quarter (S)
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