Archive for Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Verdict Creates Instant Millionaire

• Microsoft Joins Search Race By Joseph Menn and Chris Gaither

• Changes May Speed Cargo Processing By Ronald D. White

• Ex-Scientist at Brown & Williamson Testifies

• Mattel Sees Results From Barbie Makeover By Melinda Fulmer

• Actions ‘Shameful,’ Insurance Broker Says By Walter Hamilton

• Hilton’s Profit Falls 3%; Forecast for Year Cut By Debora Vrana

• SBC Weighing a Name With a Ring By James S. Granelli

• Adelphia Auction Attracts 2 Major Bids By Sallie Hofmeister

• HBO to Sell 78 ‘Sopranos’ Episodes to A&E By Scott Collins

• T-Bill Rates at Highest in More Than 3 Years

• Disney’s Earnings Rise, Beat Forecasts By Richard Verrier

• Lawsuit Alleging Beer Ads Target Teens Is Tossed Out By Myron Levin

• Merger Activity Picks Up Steam By Josh Friedman

• Witness: Ebbers Wasn’t Involved in Accounting

• News From Iraq, Wave of Mergers Push Up Stocks

• Also

• Exxon Profit Jumps 27%; Sales Rise 26%

• State’s Average Gas Price Is Back Above $2 a Gallon By James F. Peltz

• Barclays’ Social Fund Excludes Tobacco Stocks

• NASD Bars Eberhard From Securities Industry

• Court Rejects L.A., Oakland Predatory Lending Laws By Annette Haddad

• Briefly

• No Paper Trail Linking Scrushy to Fraud

• Viacom CFO Resigns in Executive Overhaul By Sallie Hofmeister

• Lee Enterprises Buys Pulitzer for $1.46 Billion

• FERC Staff Proposes Enron Fine By Jonathan Peterson

• Venture Capitalists’ Fundraising Surges

• Court OKs UAL Wage Cuts

• Coming Soon to Tiny Screen Right by You By Jon Healey

• MetLife to Acquire Travelers

• Sales of New Homes Rise to All-Time High in 2004