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Date: 31 July 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
News Corporation's broadcast and cable news networks, Fox and Fox News Channel, decide not to accept any advertisements or program sponsorships for their coverage of one-year anniversary of Sept 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington; many advertisers fear their sunny, everyday, 30-second spots will seem crass in contrast to somber coverage (S)
Date: 01 August 2002
By Pamela Licalzi O'Connell
Pamela O'Connell
Online Diary column; Tom Rogers's Web site, www.intuitor.com/moviephysics, tracks scientific gaffes in movies, explaining how things shown on big screen could not possibly work in real life; Web site discussion group tries to discern truth behind blind gossip items that appear in newspapers; online discussion group, Harry Potter for Grownups, offers proofreading service intended for those with impaired sight or other disabilities that might make meticulous posting difficult; online sites devoted to librarians in various media noted; miscellaneous interesting and silly Web sites noted; drawing (M)
Date: 01 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Versicor, California-based biotechnology company, agrees to buy Italian partner, Biosearch Italia, for $261 million in newly issued stock to expand its line of antibiotic drugs (S)
Date: 31 July 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Philadelphia Suburban Corp, water utility owner, agrees to buy investor-owned water businesses of DQE Inc for about $205 million (S)
Date: 01 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Transkaryotic Therapies wins British appeals court reversal of ruling that its anemia drug, Dynepo, infringes on patent for Amgen's $2 billion Epogen treatment (S)
Date: 01 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chubb Corp, leading business insurer, wins approval from Indian government to buy 26 percent of nonlife insurance venture with Housing Development Finance Corp, India's largest mortgage lender; venture will focus on auto, accident and household insurance policies (S)
Date: 31 July 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Guidant Corp, developer of surgical supplies, agrees to buy Cook Group, its partner in development of drug-coated stents, for as much as $3 billion in stock (S)
Date: 31 July 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Beverly Enterprises, biggest nursing home company in nation, says it is investigating billing of government programs by its home-medical-equipment business, MK Medical; company says it has hired independent auditor to review books of MK Medical (S)
Date: 31 July 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Comdisco Inc wins approval of federal bankruptcy judge for Chapter 11 recovery plan that will repay bondholders and other creditors almost all of more than $4 billion they are owed (S)
Date: 01 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Harrah's Entertainment agrees to buy part of JCC Holding Co it does not already own for $54 million in stock, ending fight with company, which Harrah's New Orleans Casino (S)