Court Filings Hold Messages For Al Qaeda, Officials Say
Date: 20 September 2002
By Philip Shenon
Philip Shenon
Federal prosecutors warn that Zacarias Moussaoui might be issuing coded messages to other followers of Al Qaeda through handwritten court motions and urge federal judge to bar him from filing documents that might contain secret messages; Judge Leonie M Brinkema has refused to make public several of Moussaoui's recent court filings, saying she will keep them under seal because they contain racist and threatening remarks; prosecutors urge judge to go further and instruct court clerk to refuse to accept into court record any filing from Moussaoui that contains 'threats, racial slurs, calls to action' among other things; news organizations are asking judge to reconsider her original order and agree to unseal court motions currently shielded from public view; those motions are said to include inflammatory language in attacking judge, his court-appointed legal advisers, FBI, Jews, among others (M)
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World Briefing | Americas: Brazil: Arrest In Reporter's Killing
Date: 20 September 2002
By Larry Rohter (NYT)
Larry NYT
Rio de Janeiro police, after siege of more than week, arrest powerful gang leader, Elias Pereira da Silva, and charge him with murder of Tim Lopes, prominent television reporter; Lopes was kidnapped and killed early in June, just as he was beginning investigation of drug trafficking in slum neighborhoods controlled by gang (S)
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CIGARETTE SHARES FALL AS LAWSUIT PROCEEDS
Date: 21 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Share prices of cigarette makers fall after Judge Jack Weinstein certifies consolidated, nationwide class-action lawsuit against them (M)
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BERKSHIRE INVESTS $212 MILLION IN LLOYD'S UNIT
Date: 20 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Berkshire Hathaway, holding company run by Warren E Buffett, is investing $212 million in Lloyd's of London's unit Trenwick Managing Agents' Syndicate 839 that will enable unit to sell more insurance and take advantage of price increases for insurance (S)
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G.M. TO RESUME NO-INTEREST LOANS ON 2002 MODELS
Date: 20 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp will offer 60-month no-interest loans on remaining 2002 models, matching rivals' offers (S)
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ORACLE EXECUTIVE QUITS AS A DIRECTOR OF APPLE COMPUTER
Date: 21 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lawrence J Ellison, founder and chief executive of Oracle Corp, resigns from Apple Computer's board of directors to devote more time to reversing Oracle's sales slump (S)
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MEDTRONIC AND BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SETTLE PATENT DISPUTE
Date: 21 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Medtronic Inc agrees to pay Boston Scientific Corp $175 million to end dispute related to patent on delivery system for stents inserted following angioplasty procedures (M)
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GOODRICH PLANS LESS EQUITY FINANCING FOR TRW DEAL
Date: 20 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Goodrich Corp, maker of aircraft landing gear, plans to sell assets to reduce amount of equity financing it will need for its $1.5 billion purchase of TRW Inc (S)
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DELAY IN POWER PLANTS HURTS DUKE ENERGY'S PROFITS
Date: 21 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Duke Energy Corp's 2002 profits will fall more than forecast because conditions forced company to halt work on three new power plants (M)
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FURNITURE MAKER SAYS IT WILL LAY OFF 425 WORKERS
Date: 20 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Furniture Brands International will lay off 425 workers and close plant in Thomasville, NC (S)
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