Brash, Hard-Driving Executive Steers CNBC to Top of Cable News
Date: 10 July 2000
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Profile of Bill Bolster, president of CNBC, who has made network the highest-rated news and information network on cable television, surpassing CNN, in just three years; he is widely described as a tyrannical bully who often offends colleagues, but he is admired as a TV genius gifted not only at packaging and promoting programming but also at selling it to advertisers at top dollar; graph; photos (M)
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Times Is Sued By N.B.A. Over Sale of Photos
Date: 11 July 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
National Basketball Association sues New York Times Co for selling collection of five photographs from 1999 NBA playoffs, saying that sale violated terms of contract written on back of press passes of newspaper photographers; lawsuit argues press credentials limit The Times's 'use of NBA photographs to news coverage of specific games for which the credential was issued'; suit reflects new battlefront in continuing struggle between news organizations and sports leagues, arenas, theaters and other entertainment forums over line between news gathering protected under First Amendment to the Constitution and infringement of property rights of people paying for and producing events that journalists cover (M)
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Paper Seen as Villain in Abuse Accusations Against Rabbi
Date: 10 July 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Jewish Week, largest Jewish newspaper in America, is criticized by some of its readers for publishing an article by Gary Rosenblatt, its editor and publisher, extensively documenting accusations that Rabbi Baruch Lanner of Paramus, NJ, abused teenagers in his charge emotionally, sexually and physically and that Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations shielded him for decades; other Jewish newspapers are put in the same sort of bind when they the publish article that might cause dissension or embarrassment within the Jewish community; photos (M)
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Justice Dept. Details Its Case Against Former Starr Spokesman
Date: 11 July 2000
By Adam Clymer
Adam Clymer
Justice Department details case against Charles G Bakaly III, former spokesman for independent prosecutor Kenneth W Starr who is accused of lying when he denied leaking information to New York Times about possible indictment of Pres Clinton relating to affair with Monica Lewinsky; says his false answers to government lawyers obstructed justice by delaying federal judge's investigation into news leaks and causing unnecessary work and costs for court and others; Bakaly's lawyers deny allegations; say Bakaly discussed subject with reporter for Times, but nothing that was not already public knowledge (M)
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Helen Thomas Is Back as a Columnist With Hearst
Date: 10 July 2000
By Greg Winter
Greg Winter
Helen Thomas joins Hearst Newspapers as columnist on national affairs four months after resigning from United Press International, where she covered the White House for four decades (S)
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FOREST OIL AGREES TO BUY FORCENERGY, A RIVAL
Date: 11 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Forest Oil Corp acquires Forcenergy Inc for about $615 million in stock to add wells in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico (S)
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ASSOCIATES FIRST CAPITAL TO BUY ZALE'S CREDIT BUSINESS
Date: 11 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Associates First Capital Corp acquires $630 million credit card portfolio from Zale Corp jewelry chain (S)
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INTUIT TO BUY REST OF BILL-PAYMENT SYSTEM JOINT VENTURE
Date: 11 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Intuit Inc, maker of personal finance software, plans to buy for up to $150 million in cash the portion it does not own of joint venture called Venture Finance Software Corp, which developes software for online bill payment (S)
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An Increase in Tool Orders
Date: 10 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Orders for machine tools increase in May as demand picks up in almost all regions (S)
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Metro Business; Major Sale for Comverge
Date: 11 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Data Systems & Software says its Comverge Technologies unit has made substantial sale of digital air-conditioning control devices to Commonweath Edison, which uses them to cycle air-conditioner compresses on and off to cut peak demand for electricity (S)
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