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...took GE perfectly positioned into the 21st century," Brokaw says. "My heart kind of sank when I heard GE was buying NBC and I always thought of it as a home appliance manufacturer, a buyer of big products and turbines. It's now this company that does everything from capital [to] entertainment...
...scenario would provide some temporary political relief for the White House; it won't change the President's approach. The Bush-Cheney plan is certain to focus on increasing energy production. After all, you won't find any tree huggers in the White House: just a proud Texan who sank a few wells in the oil patch and his deputy, Cheney, a Texas transplant who made millions as CEO of Halliburton. Those ties give critics plenty to latch onto as the President and the Veep stump for achieving greater capacity by opening a pristine Alaskan preserve for oil drilling...
RESIGNED. SCOTT WADDLE, 41, skipper of the submarine Greeneville, which sank the Japanese trawler Ehime Maru, killing nine; from the U.S. Navy, with full rank and pension; in Honolulu. A court of inquiry ruled that Waddle had breached proper procedure in the hours preceding the accident, but officials decided against a court-martial...
...resale. Mao contemplates the latest street buzz: AOL is rumored to be trying to acquire community portal Netease, while Microsoft is said to be eyeing Sina. Across town, Charles Zhang, the founder of rival Sohu, is fighting to prevent a humiliating ejection from NASDAQ after Sohu's share price sank below $1 recently...
Along with the Japanese training boat Ehime Maru, the U.S. submarine also sank the credibility of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who continued to play golf after getting news of the fatal accident. TETSURO UMEJI Ube, Japan...