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Date: 21 May 2004
By James Brooke
James Brooke
Prime Min Junichiro Koizumi of Japan orders security to be heightened following reports in news media that French citizen Lionel Dumont, said to be linked to Al Qaeda, has repeatedly entered country from Malaysia using fake passport; police are investigating whether Dumont tried to set up terrorist cell in Japan; Japan has tightened rail security in wake of Madrid train bombings; photo (M)
Date: 22 May 2004
By Adam Liptak (NYT)
Adam NYT
Grand jury subpoenas Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper in its inquiry into whether someone in Bush administration disclosed identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame (S)
Date: 22 May 2004
By George Vecsey
George Vecsey
George Vecsey Sports of the Times column discusses history of pessimism and alarmist journalism surrounding Summer Games, as media frets about logistics, security and beauty of each approaching Olympics (M)
Date: 22 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Procter & Gamble Cop wins approval from FDA for expanded use of its fat substitute Olean in microwave popcorn (S)
Date: 21 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Group of 13 HealthSouth bondholders rejects company offer to delay some payments and filings as company tries to restructure $3.34 billion of debt (S)
Date: 22 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Northrop Grumman Corp says that it won $1.39 billion contract to prepare for construction of Navy's next-generation nuclear aircraft carrier, CVN-21 (S)
Date: 22 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Dynamics Corp says it will hire 325 engineers in Michigan to do research for Army's Future Combat Systems program of satellite-linked tanks and troops (S)
Date: 22 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Adolph Coors Companies says its British subsidiary, Coors Brewers, agreed to transfer ownership and management of kegs and casks to unit of TrenStar; 15-year contract is expected to lower Coors's net income by about $3 million, or 8 cents a share because of higher income taxes from selling containers; Trenstar will pay Coors $50 million for 1.2 million kegs (S)
Date: 22 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Verizon Communications says that it agreed to sell its phone line business in Hawaii to Carlyle Group for $1.65 billion; transaction includes equity of Verizon Hawaii, which operates 707,000 access lines (S)
Date: 22 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Respironics, maker of treatments for breathing disorders, agrees to buy its British distributor, Profile Therapeutics, for about $44.6 million (S)