Correction: Stocks in the News
Date: 03 August 2003
The text with a chart last Sunday in Stocks in the News carried incorrect information about the reason for the rise in Igen International's shares the previous week. Igen International NNM: IGEN Roche agreed to aquire Igen International for $1.26 billion, then give nearly the whole company back to Igen's shareholders in exchange for a license to use Igen's amino acid-based technology without paying royalties. Igen will also receive a working-capital payment from Roche, raising the value of the deal to about $1.4 billion. CLOSE (JULY 25): $59.25 WEEKS CHANGE: +74.83% EST. '03 P/E: --
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 03 August 2003
INTERNATIONAL 3-8 Sons of Hussein Buried By Family Near Tikrit Uday and Qusay Hussein were buried in their hometown by members of Saddam Hussein's family. The funeral touched off an outpouring of nostalgia for their fugitive father and angry calls to rid the country of American occupiers. 1
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Alarming Us With News
Date: 03 August 2003
By Stephen Metcalf
Stephen Metcalf
Stephen Metcalf reviews book Open Shutters: Poems by Mary Jo Salter (M)
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Judge Says Lehman Can Keep $83 Million
Date: 04 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Judge David O Carter rules Lehman Brothers Holdings does not have to return $83 million it collected as creditor in First Alliance Corp's bankruptcy; rules Lehman's conduct was not contributing factor to either bringing about bankruptcy or determining order of creditors; federal jury has ordered Lehman to pay $5.1 million for aiding First Alliance, aggressive home equity lender, defraud clients (S)
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English Teams Earn More Than Rivals on the Continent
Date: 03 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The $1.6 billion spent by top English soccer teams over the past 10 years to build and upgrade stadiums has extended the Premier League's lead as Europe's richest.
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Other Women in the News
Date: 03 August 2003
By Micheline Maynard
Micheline Maynard
Mary Meeker is named co-leader of Morgan Stanley's technology research...Anne Mulcahy, Xerox Corp, basks in second-quarter perfornance that beats analysts' expections...Linda J Morgan will leads transportation group at Covington & Burling, Washington law firm (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 04 August 2003
INTERNATIONAL A2-7 With Iraqi Courts Gone, Young Clerics Judge A group of clerics wanting to establish an Islamic system of government in Iraq have set up courts in Najaf and Baghdad, but the decisions and sanctions being promulgated are not recognized by either the American occupation forces or Iraq's other Muslim religious authorities. A1 Hunger Rises in Liberia As the food supply in government-held parts of Monrovia, the Liberian capital, dwindles to dire levels, childhood malnutrition is rising and hospitals are scrambling to feed patients. The World Food Program has distributed no food since mid-July. Its supplies are stuck at the port, and may have been looted. A1
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The Week in the News: July 27-Aug. 2
Date: 03 August 2003
NO global environmental problem captured the world's attention as quickly as the erosion of the ozone layer, a molecular veil that shields Earth from ultraviolet radiation. Recognition that most of the damage came from a group of synthetic chemicals — chlorofluorocarbons, or CFC's — led in 1987 to the passage of a treaty, the Montreal Protocol, phasing out the substances.
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The Week in the News: July 27-Aug. 2
Date: 03 August 2003
NO global environmental problem captured the world's attention as quickly as the erosion of the ozone layer, a molecular veil that shields Earth from ultraviolet radiation. Recognition that most of the damage came from a group of synthetic chemicals — chlorofluorocarbons, or CFC's — led in 1987 to the passage of a treaty, the Montreal Protocol, phasing out the substances.
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News Boxes In a Face-Off, Sort of
Date: 03 August 2003
By Judy Tong
Judy Tong
New York Press's new sister paper, New York Sports Express, and new L Magazine, free bimonthly guide to events, spar over their bright orange newsstand boxes; New York Press editor in chief Jeff Koyen rejects challenge of boxing match with L Magazine editor in chief and publisher Scott Stedman; photo (M)
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