Fresh StuffThis is a joke, right?(Untitled)- March 25, 2003 Co-President at Goldman Announces His Retirement. John L. Thornton, the co-president of Goldman Sachs, surprised Wall Street by announcing his retirement to become a professor in China. By Landon Thomas Jr. and Joseph Kahn.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100103/2003/03/25.html#a12639 (Untitled)- March 25, 2003 CSX Filing Details Payments to Snow. Treasury Secretary John Snow, who led the CSX Corporation for 14 years, received $60.8 million in cash, stock and pension money when he resigned last month to join the government, according to a report filed today by the company.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100103/2003/03/25.html#a12654 (Untitled)- March 25, 2003 Groups Lose Challenge to Government's Broader Use of Wiretaps. An effort by a coalition of civil liberties groups to challenge the government's use of expanded surveillance authority under a post-Sept. 11 statute failed. By Linda Greenhouse.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100103/2003/03/25.html#a12655 (Untitled)- March 25, 2003 Carefully, Democrats Press On for Presidency. Democratic presidential candidates say they are weighing what is appropriate to do or say at a time when the nation is absorbing endless images of soldiers in combat. By Adam Nagourney with Richard A. Oppel Jr..http://radio.weblogs.com/0100103/2003/03/25.html#a12656 (Untitled)- March 25, 2003 Sticking to Plans on Madison Ave.. Madison Avenue is cautiously forging ahead with business as usual or as usual as possible given the war against Iraq. By Stuart Elliott.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100103/2003/03/25.html#a12657 (Untitled)- March 25, 2003 'Gangs' Not All There on Big Miramax Night. Miramax Films went into the Oscars with 40 nominations and came away with nine awards. There was at least one big lump in the gravy, though. By Rick Lyman.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100103/2003/03/25.html#a12659 (Untitled)- March 25, 2003 Some Consolidation by AstraZeneca Unit. Some Consolidation By AstraZeneca Unit The United States operation of AstraZeneca in Wilmington, Del., which sells drugs like the stomach-acid treatment Nexium, said yesterday that it had consolidated most of its creative duties in the United States, which had been handled by nine agencies. Though billings were not disclosed, AstraZeneca spent nearly $199 million to advertise in major media last year, according to CMR, a division of Taylor Nelson Sofres.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100103/2003/03/25.html#a12658 (Untitled)- March 25, 2003 From China to the American Dream. Bill Moyers's new PBS documentary crams nearly two centuries of tangled Chinese-American history into a few engrossing hours. By Dwight Garner.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100103/2003/03/25.html#a12660 (Untitled)- March 25, 2003 TV Images Confirm Fears of Prisoners' Kin. The number of American prisoners of war increased as Iraqi television showed video images of two men who it said were captured pilots. By Jim Yardley.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100103/2003/03/25.html#a12661 (Untitled)- March 25, 2003 A Night to Restore a Faith in Movies. It is always dangerous to read too much meaning into the Oscars, but this year's awards do suggest that ambitious, accessible movies can still find audiences and honors. By A. O. Scott.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100103/2003/03/25.html#a12662 |