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16th of January 2006 News
Nyheter som framträdde på New York Times framsida den 16 januari 2006
To News Parodies, Ban on Using Debate Film Is Not Funny
Date: 16 January 2006
By Ian Austen
Ian Austen
Canada's television satirists oppose agreement between main television networks and country's largest political parties that blocks fake news shows from using film clips from political debates; main television networks reached agreement several years ago in exchange for promise that campaigns would not use debate clips in their ads; fake news shows, as result, use impersonators to create mock versions of debates; photos (M)
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Bad News About Bad News
Date: 17 January 2006
Dr Elizabeth B Dreesen letter on Jan 10 article about teaching doctors how to convey bad news applauds efforts to improve difficult situation and teach doctors better communication skills (S)
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Ad Executive Seeks Apology From Agency
Date: 17 January 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Former Lowe Group chairman Sir Frank Lowe calls for parent company, Interpublic Group of Cos, to withdraw accusations of client poaching and threatens possible litigation; Interpublic plans to seek injunction against Lowe through American Arbitration Assn (S)
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World Business Briefing | Europe: Russia: Lukoil Shares Hit a High
Date: 17 January 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Lukoil, Russia's biggest oil producer, had their biggest jump in more than a year after the company said last week that higher prices and production spurred record earnings in the third quarter. Lukoil shares rose $4.85, or 7.2 percent, to $72 on the Russian Trading System, climbing for a sixth consecutive session. The stock has increased more than 21 percent during the streak. Third-quarter net income soared 58 percent to $2.21 billion, Lukoil said Friday.
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Flarion Purchase Cleared
Date: 17 January 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Qualcomm, the world's second-largest maker of chips for cellphones, said yesterday that the Justice Department had ended an antitrust review of its acquisition of Flarion Technologies, clearing the transaction. The purchase should close in a few days, Qualcomm, based in San Diego, said in a statement. The department in September sought more information on the purchase. Qualcomm, which is second to Motorola in cellphone chips, said in August that it was buying the closely held Flarion, based in Bedminster, N.J., for $600 million in cash and stock to gain wireless technology used in new high-speed Internet services. The price could rise by $205 million if Flarion met certain milestones.
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World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Revisions on Internet Sharing
Date: 17 January 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The government is reworking a proposed copyright bill as it tries to allay concerns of media companies and consumers over the sharing of music and movie files via the Internet. A proposal from the culture minister, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, above, makes a distinction between illegal downloads by individuals and the offerings of mass copyrighted material. It also limits copy protection measures, the government said. The bill, intended to put a European Union directive on intellectual rights into French law, is being reworked after consumer groups balked at provisions that made file-sharing akin to counterfeiting, punishable by up to three years in prison and fines of up to 300,000 euros ($364,000).
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Sale of Zurich Financial Unit Is Canceled After Overcharges
Date: 17 January 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Zurich Financial Services scraps plan to sell Universal Underwriters Group unit, based in Overland Park, Kan, after regulators find that company incorrectly applied pricing models; company plans to integrate Universal into its North American unit, allowing it to combine administrative tasks; photo (M)
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Israeli Bank Puts Chief of N.Y. Unit on Leave
Date: 16 January 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Israel Discount Bank Ltd puts New York unit chief executive Arie Sheer on indefinite leave after settlement of US money-laundering probe; executive vice president Haim Bar-Ziv will succeed Sheer (M)
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World Business Briefing | Europe: Revenue Rose in 2005 for Eurotunnel
Date: 17 January 2006
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Eurotunnel, which is negotiating with creditors to cut debt and avoid bankruptcy, said that revenue last year rose 1 percent as more freight haulers and buses used the company's shuttle trains linking Britain and France. Sales rose to £541 million ($962 million) from £538 million ($956 million) in 2004, Eurotunnel said. Revenue in 2005 from shuttle trains that carry cars, buses and trucks through the tunnel rose 4 percent, to £295 million ($524 million), on greater use by trucks and buses, Eurotunnel said.
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Bad News About Bad News
Date: 17 January 2006
Judith A Erlen letter on Jan 10 article about doctor training programs compares communication techniques learned to those taught to nursing students; photo
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