Amid Tight Secrecy, a Tip: Bush Is Going to Baghdad
Date: 28 November 2003
By Jacques Steinberg and Jim Rutenberg
Jacques Steinberg
Pres Bush's aides say that extraordinary steps White House took to conceal Bush's whereabouts during surprise trip to Baghdad were undertaken primarily to ensure his safety; but several of editors, news directors and producers responsible for directing coverage of Bush administration say they found aspects of White House strategy to be deceptive, excessively secretive and disruptive of relationship between writer and editor (M)
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Amid Tight Secrecy, a Tip: Bush Is Going to Baghdad
Date: 28 November 2003
By Jacques Steinberg and Jim Rutenberg
Jacques Steinberg
Editors responsible for directing coverage of the Bush administration said that they found aspects of the White House strategy to be deceptive.
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ONLINE DIARY
Date: 27 November 2003
By Pamela Licalzi O'Connell
Pamela O'Connell
Online Diary column; Web searches for Thanksgiving recipes reveal changes in American culinary tastes; several sites cater to users searching for positive news; more than 26,000 people have signed up to write novels online during National Novel Writing Month; miscellaneous Web sites noted; drawings (M)
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Putting the Bulls Behind Him
Date: 28 November 2003
By Ira Berkow
Ira Berkow
Former Chicago Bulls general manager Jerry Krause, who was often controversial for feuding with star player Michael Jordan and misleading media, prepares to return to scouting; photos (M)
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London Journal; Palace Snoop Reveals All, Down to (Gasp!) Tupperware
Date: 27 November 2003
By Lizette Alvarez
Lizette Alvarez
London Journal on Daily Mirror's undercover look at royal family's domestic life in Buckingham Palace, as observed by reporter Ryan Parry, who worked there as footman for eight weeks; photo; revelations, such as description of queen eating breakfast from Tupperware containers and dining from tray in front of television, brings royal lawsuit; paper agrees not to publish any more photos and to pay queen's legal fees; photo (M)
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ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS DEBT IS DOWNGRADED
Date: 27 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Standard & Poor's Corp cuts debt rating of Enterprise Products Partners, pipeline company, and warns that further cut is possible; partnership says it plans to sell $100 million of Class B nonvoting limited units to affiliate in December and use proceeds to cut debt (S)
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J.P. MORGAN CHASE TO PURCHASE CITIGROUP UNIT
Date: 27 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
J P Morgan Chase & Co will buy Citicorp Electronic Financial Services, which sells prepaid payment cards used in place of food stamps, for $380 million (S)
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NORDSTROM FAMILY WILL SELL UP TO 5.4 MILLION SHARES
Date: 27 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nordstrom department store chain says Elmer and Katherine Nordstrom Family Interests will sell up to 5.4 million of its 8.2 million Nordstrom shares to diversify its holdings; partnership holds about 6 percent of Nordstrom shares (S)
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K2 TO BUY FOTOBALL USA FOR $17.2 MILLION
Date: 27 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
K2 will buy Fotoball USA, sports souvenir maker, for $17.2 million in stock and assumption of undetermined amount of debt (S)
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TENET SAYS COURT CUTS EXECUTIVE'S DAMAGES AWARD
Date: 27 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tenet Health Corp says California appeals court cut to $148 million from $253 million damages it must pay former executive John C Bedrosian by cutting interest portion of award (S)
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