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...highlighting the continuing possibility of terrorist attacks, says Indra Piliang, a political analyst at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, "it may even help him get more support from the U.S. in the war on terror." With such threats still very real, better ties are more important than ever...
...indirect association with a news organization that the State Department accuses of having a "clear pattern of false and inflammatory reporting" that endangers the lives of Americans, particularly U.S. personnel in Iraq. "There is no baggage heavier than anything that is related to 9/11," says Tom Wolzien, a media analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein in New York City. "Advertisers would be very careful in figuring out what the implications are to their product." Says Steve Tatham, author of a forthcoming book on Arab media reporting from Iraq: "People associate al-Jazeera with anti-Western sentiment." It doesn't help things...
...Three (Toyota, Honda and Nissan) led Asia's automakers to a record 37.5% share, according to market-research firm Autodata Corp. "The Japanese are moving into new segments [like hybrids and small SUVs], while the Americans are struggling to update their aging product lines," says Nikko Citigroup analyst Andrew Phillips. At the head of the pack: Nissan, with a 32% gain in sales compared with April 2004. --By Jim Frederick/Tokyo
...where the bases are located. Rumsfeld proposed closing 33 of the Pentagon's 318 major military bases, along with shuttering or realigning 775 smaller facilities, to save nearly $49 billion over the next 20 years. But what's "striking" about the base-closing plan, says Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the nonpartisan Lexington Institute think tank in Arlington, Va., is "the geographical migration of the military out of the Frost Belt and into the Sun Belt." Northern states such as Connecticut, Maine and New Jersey will lose more than 19,000 military and civilian jobs at the facilities...
...Fair Trading last month ended Associated's exclusive rights to London Underground stations to distribute Metro, clearing the way for rivals to offer a free afternoon paper through the same channels. Whoever wins, "We think the Evening Standard would have to go free pretty quickly" afterward, warned Deutsche Bank analyst Mark Braley in a January research note, though Associated swats away the suggestion. How do free papers make money? By aggregating enough eyeballs - generally young and urban - to lure advertisers. Many newspapers already rely more heavily on ad revenues than on circulation; ad sales represent almost two-thirds of total...