Be Patient With Matsui, Torre Urges News Media
Date: 18 February 2003
By Tyler Kepner
Tyler Kepner
New York Yankees Notebook discusses heightened expectations for Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui by Japanese media; center fielder Bernie Williams is spending less time in weight room this year to loosen muscles; infielder Todd Zeile returns to New York and will play first and third base after leaving New York Mets for Colorado Rockies; reliever Steve Karsay expects to be ready for opening day after full recovery from back surgery; photo (M)
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Behind The Great Divide
Date: 18 February 2003
By Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says news coverage is large part of reason why US and Western European nations are at such odds over Iraq; says European media have pervasive anti-American bias that leads them to distort news, even in countries that are pro-Bush, while US media outlets have taken it as their assignment to sell war, not to present mix of information that might call justification for war into question (M)
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Journalists Are Assigned to Accompany U.S. Troops
Date: 18 February 2003
By Ralph Blumenthal and Jim Rutenberg
Ralph Blumenthal
Journalists covering any United States attack on Iraq will have assigned slots with combat and support units and accompany them throughout conflict; media mobilization is first since World War II and is on scale never before seen in American military; it requires vast logistical planning of its own, involving at least 500 reporters, photographers and television crew members, about 100 of them from foreign and international news organizations, including Arab network Al Jazeera; photos (M)
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Reuters to Cut 3,000 More Jobs After Record Loss in 2002
Date: 19 February 2003
By Alan Cowell
Alan Cowell
Reuters announces its largest loss; posts net loss for 2002 of 394 million pounds, or $631 million, in contrast to profit of 46 million pounds in 2001; says revenue will slip 9 percent in first half of 2003, before sliding even more steeply in second half; says revenue for 2002 fell 8 percent, to 3.58 billion pounds; chief executive Tom Glocer says additional 3,000 jobs will be cut, reducing work force to 13,000; graph (M)
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Jeter's Focus Is on the Game, Not Fun and Games
Date: 18 February 2003
By Tyler Kepner
Tyler Kepner
New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter insists that he is focused, contrary to what team owner George Steinbrenner has said recently in comments to media suggesting that Jeter devotes too much time to philanthropy and nightlife; photos (M)
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War Planners Begin to Speak Of War's Risks
Date: 18 February 2003
By David E. Sanger and Thom Shanker
David Sanger
Senior Bush administration officials are now openly discussing what could go wrong in war with Iraq and also in aftermath of invasion; aides say Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld has four- to five-page list of risks that he refers to constantly, updating it with his own ideas and suggestions from senior military commanders, and discussing it with Pres Bush; Rumsfeld says major concern is that Saddam Hussein would use weapons of mass destruction against his own people and blame it on US: says another concern is that Hussein would detonate oil fields; American postwar planning is counting on Iraqi oil revenues to help pay for rebuilding nation; Rumsfeld refuses to discuss issue of American casualties; administration planners are known to be haunted by thought of protracted conflict, which could lead to increased casualties; Rumsfeld document also warns of Hussein hiding his weapons in mosques or hospitals or cultural sites, and using his citizenry or captured foreign journalists as human shields; photo (M)
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FARMLAND SEEKS TO SELL ITS FERTILIZER BUSINESS
Date: 19 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Farmland Industries Inc sells its Farmland MissChem Ltd fertilizer business to Koch Industries for $270 milion in cash and assumed debt (S)
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MAKER OF LOW-TOXIN CIGARETTES AGREES TO SELL BUSINESS
Date: 19 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Star Scientific Inc, maker of discount, low-toxin cigarettes, agrees to sell cigarette business operated by its Star Tobacco unit to North Atlantic Trading Co for $80 million in cash (S)
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NEW LINE AT CAMPBELL TO INCLUDE PIZZA-FLAVORED SOUP
Date: 19 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Campbell Soup Co will broaden its ready-to-eat soup in July; seventeen microwavable soups, including one tasting like pizza, will be introduced (S)
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BIG STEEL MAKER TO RAISE SHEET PRICES BY 8.6%
Date: 19 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nucor Corp will raise steel-sheet prices by $30 per ton next quarter because of higher raw material costs and more demand in Asia (S)
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