Black Life, In Black And White; Court Ruling Frees the Legacy Of a Tireless News Photographer
Date: 07 February 2001
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
Collection of 84,000 photographs taken by Charles H (Teenie) Harris of Pittsburgh Courier chronicling daily life of black people in Pittsburgh from 1930's to his death in 1998 is being reviewed by scholars now that it has been tranferred to Carnegie Museum of Art thanks to federal court decision breaking agreement that kept them in hands of Pittsburgh photo dealer, Dennis Morgan; is being hailed as largest documentation of African-Americn urban life in existence; photos (M)
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Hughes Nears Deal to Create Giant Satellite TV Network
Date: 07 February 2001
By Andrew Ross Sorkin and Geraldine Fabrikant
Andrew Sorkin
Hughes Electronics Corp, satellite television unit of General Motors Corp that owns DirecTV, moves closer to reaching deal with News Corp to create global satellite network worth as much as $70 billion; under preliminary terms of deal, GM would spin off Hughes as separate, independently traded company, and then Hughes would merge with News Corp's satellite unit, Sky Global Networks; Microsoft plans to take as much as $4 billion stake in combined company and possibly help develop future digital set-top boxes; Hughes's shareholders would control about 65 percent of new company and News Corp's shareholders would control 35 percent (M)
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THE MARKETS: Market Place; Murdoch's satellite TV goals raise doubts about the timing.
Date: 08 February 2001
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
Market Place column on impending satellite television deal between Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and Hughes Electronics, part of General Motors Corp; stock analysts are questioning timing of deal because satellite TV business appears to be slowing and economic slowdown could compound problem (M)
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Two Opposition Leaders Are Arrested in Zimbabwe Crackdown
Date: 08 February 2001
By Rachel L. Swarns
Rachel Swarns
Police in Zimbabwe arrest two political opposition leaders, Gibson Sibanda and Nelson Chamisa, on charges of inciting violence during speeches at weekend rallies; government of Pres Robert Mugabe intensifies its attacks on journalists, judges and other critics (M)
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Thousands March in Kiev Over Political Crisis
Date: 07 February 2001
By Patrick E. Tyler
Patrick Tyler
Thousands of protesters stream into Kiev, demanding resignation of Ukrainian Pres Leonid Kuchma; political crisis is being fueld by continuing release of tapes of his private talks with aides, in which Kuchma is heard ordering abduction of journalist, threatening judge and discussing protection of energy company head who pocketed huge sums (S)
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Topics of The Times; Al Gore, Off the Record
Date: 08 February 2001
Topics editorial criticizes former Vice Pres Al Gore for requesting that remarks to students at Columbia University's School of Journalism be off the record; says Gore should realize that what young journalists need is training in art of disemminating information, not withholding it from broader community; cautions against embrace of new Interior Sec Gale Norton, despite her polished public relations performances vowing to enforce various laws protecting endangered species, and to do nothing to threaten wildlife and national treasures; notes her long association with right-wing property-rights groups (M)
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RAYTHEON SHARES FALL ON NEWS OF JET-APPROVAL DELAY
Date: 08 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Raytheon Co says Federal Aviation Administration will not approve design of its Premier business jet until second quarter, later than investors had hoped; agency has concerns that wheels might burst under certain landing conditions (S)
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EXECUTIVE IS PROMOTED TO CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF AT CNBC
Date: 07 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Electric Co promotes Bill Bolster, president of its CNBC financial news channel, to newly created position of chairman and chief executive of unit; also announces promotion of Pamela Thomas-Graham to president and chief operating officer of CNBC (S)
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CORNING PLANS OPTICAL FIBER PLANT IN OKLAHOMA
Date: 08 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Corning plans to invest about $400 million to build optical fiber plant in Oklahoma City; plans to increase its fiber manufacturing capacity by about 25 percent a year from 2002 to 2004 (S)
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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS TAKES STEPS TO CUT COSTS
Date: 08 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Verizon Communications president Lawrence T Babbio Jr says company plans to cut some jobs, limit overtime and dismiss contractors in effort to reduce costs (S)
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