Pay up settlement targets Wall Street brokers over biased ratings
Ten major securities firms will pay about 1.4 billion dollars in fines after a prolonged SEC and state investigation into biased stock ratings. Citigroup Merrill Lynch and J P Morgan Chase are named among those affected. An analyst from Citigroup faces a 15 million dollar penalty while a Merrill Lynch analyst pays 4 million. The agreement includes reforms and denies or admits no wrongdoing.
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Wall Street
Securities and Exchange Commission
New York
Eliot Spitzer
Citigroup
Merrill Lynch
J.P. Morgan Chase
Jack Grubman
Grubman
Henry Blodget
Baghdad remarks and mixed quotes on Iraq transition
Retired Lt Gen Jay Garner urges democratic planning in Baghdad as Iraq moves toward nation building. A Chinese shopper surnamed Tang notes crowds thinning due to SARS impacts in a shopping district. An 18 year old Mohammed Taher comments on an uncensored Baghdad screening of a low budget film. Before Saddam’s fall censored versions were shown.
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Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Jay Garner
Baghdad
Tang
China
Mohammed Taher
Historical Highlights From April 29 Across Years
Today in history reflects key events on April 29 across years including the liberation of Dachau in 1945, Hitler's marriage to Eva Braun, Joan of Arc's entry into Orleans in 1429, Maryland secession vote in 1861, New Orleans fall in 1862, the Easter Rising collapse in 1916, Japanese war-criminal indictments in 1946, Nixon transcript release in 1974, Harold Washington's 1983 oath, the 1992 Los Angeles riots aftermath, Colby drowning in 1996, and the 1997 Chemical Weapons Treaty going into effect.
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Dachau
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Karl Doenitz
Joan of Arc
Orleans
Maryland
House of Delegates
New Orleans
Nixon
White House
Harold Washington
Chicago
Los Angeles
Simi Valley
Calif
Rodney King
CIA
William Colby
Telegram invites reader feedback and contact options
The Pulse Reader Forum invites feedback via email fax and phone. Contact Attn Editor at Garden City Kansas location, 310 N Seventh St, Garden City KS 67846 or use the online portal at www gctelegram com for submissions.
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Garden City
Bush leadership shielded Bush from Democratic attacks
The briefing notes and pundit commentary show President Bush's leadership remains his strongest asset, even as Ted Kennedy framed sharp economic critiques. Polls mark high trust in Bush's decisive leadership, complicating Democratic bids to unseat him despite opposition on economy and Iraq.
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Ted Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
Bush
United States
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Public Opinion Strategies
Bill McInturff
Baghdad
McIntorff
Gallup
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Afghanistan
George Bush
McInturff
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Arizona
World shrinks as SARS changes global view of masks
Ellen Goodman argues SARS reshapes how we live and move across borders. Global health networks mobilize quickly, mapping the virus genome and racing toward diagnostics and treatment while nations confront openness, cooperation, and shared vulnerability.
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Hong Kong
Beijing
Toronto
London
Singapore
World Health Organization Network
Vancouver
Atlanta
Julie Gerberding
CDC
New England Journal of Medicine
China
America
Aftermath of Iraq War Demands Patience and Unity
The piece argues rebuilding Iraq after Baghdad victory will be harder than combat. It urges patience from Iraqis and world acceptance of US British leadership shaping a new government, recalls looting at the National Museum, and notes demonstrations seeking unity among Shiite Sunni Arab Kurdish groups. It calls for world help to keep the peace and rebuild a prosperous Iraq.
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Iraq
Baghdad
Saddam Hussein
U.S
Saddam
America
Britain
National Museum of Antiquities
Mesopotamia
Raqi
U.N
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Washington Post
Ellen Goodman
Ellengoodman
Gobe.com
Brett Riggs
Riggs
RAF
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