Computer News in Brief
Date: 29 May 2000
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Weill's Big Wireless Bet
Date: 28 May 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citicorp chmn and chief exec Sanford Weill, a director of AT&T, bought 20,000 AT&T Wireless Mobile shares shortly after their initial public offering in April, at $29.50 a share, or total of $590,000, but shares have fallen 11 percent since then, to $26.3125, cutting value of his holding to $526,250 (S)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 28 May 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-12 Building Missile Defense May Start Arms Race American intelligence officials are warning that building a limited national missile defense could set off a cold-war-style arms race between China, India and Pakistan, administration officials say, as President Clinton nears a decision on whether to build such a system. 1
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 29 May 2000
INTERNATIONAL A3-8 Peruvian President Wins In Protest-Filled Election President Alberto K. Fujimori of Peru, in a runoff vote long on protest but short on suspense, swept to victory against an opponent who had urged his supporters to abstain because of what he called vote fraud and campaign irregularities. A1 Internet Transforms East Asia From Taiwan to Thailand, the region's most powerful families have started a blizzard of online ventures. Asia's tycoons are seizing on the Internet in hopes of expanding their reach and making even more money. In the process, the Internet is transforming the way business is done throughout the region. A1
Nassau's Good News: Tax Challenges Fall
Date: 28 May 2000
By Stewart Ain
Stewart Ain
Nassau County (NY) officials, citing increase in property values and effort to tackle backlog, reports decline in challenges to property taxes in 2000 for first time in decade (M)
At Parade, Mayor Gets A Birthday Greeting
Date: 29 May 2000
Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani is serenaded on 56th birthday by group of Forest Hills, Queens, residents at local Memorial Day parade (S)
Reports From Faraway Places That Brought War Home
Date: 28 May 2000
By Roger Cohen
Roger Cohen
Roger Cohen tribute to Kurt Schork, Reuters correspondent killed in ambush in Sierra Leone; photo (M)
Taiwan Leader Goes Nameless in China
Date: 29 May 2000
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Elisabeth Rosenthal
Chinese state press has been filled with reporting about Taiwan and its new government since March, but is not alloed to mention name of Pres Chen Shui-bian; authorities avoid any concrete evidence of Taiwan's boisterous election or of Chen's euphoric inauguration; photo of Taiwanese pop star Chang Huei-mei, who joined banned list after she sang at inauguration (M)
A NIGHT OUT WITH/Michael Caruso; Second Happiest Guy
Date: 28 May 2000
By Anthony Lappe
Anthony Lappe
Party at Central Park boathouse celebrates launching of Maximum Golf, News Corp magazine founded and edited by Michael Caruso; photo (M)
A Plot Twist for Two Giuliani Biographies
Date: 29 May 2000
By Corey Kilgannon
Corey Kilgannon
Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani's withdrawal from New York Senate race against Hillary Rodham Clinton forces last-minute changes to forthcoming biographies by Andrew Kirtzman and Wayne Barrett and raises doubts about their sales prospects; photo (S)