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Date: 09 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
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Egyptian government raises 4.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($782 million) in initial offering of national telephone monopoly, Telecom Egypt (S)
Date: 09 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
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Electricite de France plans to cut as many as 6,500 jobs in next two years by not replacing most of its retiring workers (S)
Date: 10 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
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The United States will make new offers to cut tariffs on cotton next week at global trade talks in Hong Kong, the United States trade representative said yesterday. ''We must give the least-developed countries some assurances of what they get out of this round'' of negotiations, Rob Portman, the representative, said yesterday, the day before leaving for 10 days in Hong Kong.
Date: 10 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Consumer confidence rose in the last month, a second straight monthly increase, according to an index published yesterday by the University of Michigan. The university's preliminary index of consumer sentiment rose to 88.7 from a November reading of 81.6. It reached a 13-year low of 74.2 in October after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the combined two-month increase since then has been the biggest since April and May 2003.
Date: 10 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly & Company, the drug maker, forecast yesterday that 2006 earnings per share would rise 63 percent on expanding sales of its newest products. Lilly said net income next year would increase to $3.10 to $3.20 a share from this year's projected $1.90 to $1.96, which includes 90 cents in product liability costs. Earnings in 2004 were $1.81 billion, or $1.66 a share.
Date: 09 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
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Macquarie Bank of Australia says it may make bid of 1.48 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) for London Stock Exchange (S)
Date: 09 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
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Saks Inc shareholders vote against annual elections of company's directors, who currently serve three-year terms; change was proposed by New York City Employees' Retirement System (S)
Date: 09 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
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German industrial production rises 1.1 percent in October (S)
Date: 09 December 2005
By Bloomberg News
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Date: 10 December 2005
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 Chinese Villagers Claim Police Killed Protesters Residents of a village near Hong Kong said as many as 20 people were killed this week by paramilitary police officers in a clash that marked an escalation in the widespread social protests roiling the Chinese countryside. A1 Bush Says History Will Judge President Bush suggested that history would vindicate his decision to invade Iraq, saying he believed that a half century from now it will be regarded as important a transition for the world as the democratization of Japan was after World War II. A10 U.S. Denies Access to Detainees The United States said it would continue to deny the International Committee of the Red Cross access to some prisoners who are held in secret around the world, saying that they are terrorists and are not guaranteed rights under the Geneva Conventions. A10 Peace Prize Winner Warns Iran Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency and new Nobel Peace Prize winner, warned Iran to stop hindering an investigation into the country's nuclear energy program. A8 SCIENCE U.S. and China Reject Gas Curbs The United States and China, the world's current leaders in greenhouse gas emissions, refused to agree to mandatory steps to curtail them as United Nations talks on global warming neared an end. A1 NATIONAL A11-13, 16 Lieberman, Odd Man Out, Draws Criticism from Party Five years after running as the vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket and a year after his own presidential bid, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut appears to be an increasingly unwelcome figure within his party, with some Democrats saying he is more of a wayward son than a favorite son. A1 Plane Accident Investigation The Southwest Airlines plane that slid off the end of a runway at Midway Airport apparently touched down closer to the end of the runway than normal. A12 Hurricane Katrina Deaths Louisiana officials released a detailed list, which they cautioned was incomplete and uncorrected, of locations where bodies of Hurricane Katrina victims had been found. A11 Smokers Exiled in Washington A Washington State law not only bans indoor smoking in public accommodations but also requires people who light up to stay at least 25 feet from the door of any such place. A12 Northeast Blanketed by Snow A powerful, fast-moving storm left a trail of heavy, wet snow from the Great Lakes to New England, causing hazardous road conditions, flight delays and school cancellations. A12 False Results From H.I.V. Test Health officials in New York and San Francisco said a widely used rapid test for H.I.V. has been producing too many false-positive results, frightening healthy people into thinking they might be infected. A16 NEW YORK/REGION B1-7 Moves to Ban the Prom Strike a Chord Nationwide Two Roman Catholic high school principals on Long Island who decided to cancel proms for the class of 2006 -- citing exasperation with what the educators described as a decadent ''prom culture'' -- seem to have struck a nationwide chord, as if they finally said what many had feared to say. A1 Corzine Names Menendez Governor-elect Jon S. Corzine officially named Representative Robert Menendez to complete the remaining year of Mr. Corzine's term in the United States Senate. B1 9/11 Aid Lost to Fraud Two former employees of the city medical examiner's office were accused of diverting at least $10 million in federal aid intended to help with identification of Sept. 11 victims. B1 Religion Journal B7 SPORTSSATURDAY D1-7 OBITUARIES B8 ARTS B9-20 Chris Rock Out of Oscars The comedian Chris Rock, who gave the often staid Academy Awards a jolt this year by mocking movie stars and taking a camera crew into a black neighborhood to talk to moviegoers, will not be returning as host of next year's Academy Awards, his spokesman said. B9 BUSINESS DAY C1-13 Cell Surveillance Challenged In recent years, law enforcement officials have turned to cellular technology as a new tool for easily and secretly monitoring the movements of individuals. But this kind of high-tech surveillance has now come under tougher legal scrutiny. A1 Viacom Buys DreamWorks Viacom Inc. closed a deal to pay $1.6 billion for DreamWorks SKG, the Hollywood studio founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, according to an executive involved in the negotiations. C1 Business Digest C2 EDITORIAL A14-15 Editorials: Illegal, immoral and pointless; Hugo Chávez and his helpers; Republicans acting Democratic; the flu moat. Columns: Maureen Dowd, John Tierney. Bridge B16 Crossword B19 TV Listings B20 Weather C14