The Presidential Bubble
Date: 25 September 2003
Editorial says country has chief executive who has embraced presidential bubble; cites suits filed against Bush administration by four progressive political groups, charging that Secret Service systematically keeps protesters away from Pres Bush's public appearances; says he also closes himself off from news media; says it is worrisome that Bush takes pains to insist that he gets his information on what world is saying not from newspapers or TV but only in predigested bits from his appointees; suggests that Bush burst bubble he has been inhabiting and take hard look at real world
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N.B.A. Rookies Get Lessons in Life Skills
Date: 26 September 2003
By Chris Broussard
Chris Broussard
NBA rookies are given crash course in life skills to prepare them for myriad of issues, including gambling, drug abuse, nutrition, media training and ethics; photo (M)
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COURT BLOCKS SEVERANCE PAYMENT BY VIVENDI
Date: 25 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Securities and Exchange Commission wins court order blocking $22.9 million severance payment to Vivendi Universal's former chief executive Jean-Marie Messier while agency investigates company; Federal Judge Kevin T Duffy bars Vivendi from transferring money to Messier, ordering company to put payment in escrow account (S)
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HUMAN GENOME STOPS STUDY OF DRUG FOR WOUNDS
Date: 26 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Human Genome Sciences will stop studying experimental drug repifermin for treatment of skin wounds after medicine fails in study (S)
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FORMER TRIANGLE EXECUTIVE IS NAMED CHIEF OF INTERMUNE
Date: 26 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
InterMune's board names Daniel G Welch, former chief of Triangle Pharmaceuticals, as its chief executive and president, succeeding interim chief William R Ringo, who will remain chairman; founder Scott Harkonen is leaving board will become consultant to company (S)
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FEDERAL SIGNAL CUTS ITS PROFIT FORECASTS
Date: 26 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Signal reduces its forecasts for third quarter and year, setting off 14 percent decline in its share price (S)
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A. O. SMITH SHARES FALL ON PROFIT WARNING
Date: 25 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
A O Smith Corp cuts its profit forecasts for third quarter and 2003, setting off 14 percent decline in its share price (S)
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TUPPERWARE REVISES PROFIT FORECAST; SHARES FALL 15%
Date: 26 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tupperware forecasts third-quarter loss and decline in annual profit as result of falling sales in US, setting off 15 percent decline in its share price (S)
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SELLER OF MEDICAL GEAR GETS BIG AWARD IN SUIT
Date: 25 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Beckman Coulter Inc, which sells testing equipment to medical laboratories and drug companies, wins $934 million jury verdict, which includes $931 million in punitive damages, from Flextronics International Ltd; jury concludes that Flextronics defrauded Beckman by forcing it to pay $655,000 and concealing $355,000 overpayment (S)
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MAKER OF AUTO EXHAUST SYSTEMS TO SHUT INDIANA FACTORY
Date: 25 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ArvinMeritor Inc, maker of automotive exhaust systems, will close Franklin, Ind, factory by September 2004, eliminating 850 jobs; work will be shifted to plants in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, South Carolina and Mexico (S)
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