Word for Word/Newsboy Nostalgia; Flash! Street Urchins Hawk Tabs on City Streets!
Date: 17 September 2000
By Joe Sharkey
Joe Sharkey
Article on history of street newsboy in wake of return of 'newsies' on New York City streets with Daily News' publication of free afternoon paper, Daily News Express; photos (M)
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Clinton Doubts Scientist's Race Influenced Case
Date: 16 September 2000
By Marc Lacey
Marc Lacey
Pres Clinton says he does not think Wen Ho Lee was singled out for prosecution because he is Chinese-American; says he will talk with Atty Gen Janet Reno about concerns that Los Alamos nuclear scientist was not treated properly by prosecutors; holds it would have been wrong to raise concerns with Reno while charges were pending; stresses seriousness of charges against Lee; his aides blame news media, especially New York Times, and members of Congress for pressures that spurred prosecutors (M)
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BCE and Thomson Form Canadian Media Giant
Date: 16 September 2000
By Timothy Pritchard
Timothy Pritchard
Thomson Corp, owner of The Globe and Mail newspaper, and BCE Inc, whose subsidiaries include television and Internet units, form joint venture, that will be 70.1 percent-owned by BCE and 20 percent-owned by Thomson (M)
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SINGER REORGANIZES AND EMERGES FROM BANKRUPTCY
Date: 16 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Singer Co completes reorganization and emerges from bankruptcy protection (S)
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ALTAVISTA TO CUT A QUARTER OF ITS WORK FORCE
Date: 16 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AltaVista--search engine unit of CMGI Inc--will eliminate 225 jobs, 25 percent of its workforce (S)
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BOISE CASCADE ADDING UNITS OF U.S. OFFICE PRODUCTS
Date: 16 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boise Cascade Corp plans to buy Australian and New Zealand units of US Office Products Co (S)
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KOREAN STEEL CONCERN
Date: 16 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
South Korean government attempts for third time to sell its stake in Pohang Iron & Steel Company (S)
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I.O.C. Anticipates TV Bidding
Date: 16 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Olympic Committee says it will open biding on next American television contract (S)
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Price for Crude Oil Gains More Than 5%
Date: 16 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Crude oil rises greater than 5 percent; graph (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 17 September 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-17 Peru's President Calls For Immediate Elections President Alberto K. Fujimori of Peru announced that he would call an immediate new general election and that he would not run for re-election. He made a televised address amid an escalating corruption scandal involving the head of his spy service. 1
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