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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
Mayor Bloomberg

Summary: Senator Charles E. Schumer and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg clashed yesterday over competing visions for rebuilding ground zero in a rare display of tension between two of the state's most powerful politicians. Mr. Bloomberg said at a City Hall news conference that they were not going to put Liberty Bonds into something that would, two or three years from now, come to a grinding halt. But Mr. Bloomberg has increasingly moved to insert himself in the debates about the rebuilding of downtown, which is largely controlled by Gov. To that end, Mr. Bloomberg also opened up another front yesterday in his critique of the progress of the ground zero rebuilding effort, saying he hoped that the people involved in the fund-raising for the memorial there were up to the ambitious task of raising what may be $1 billion for the project.

Summary: Senator Charles E. Schumer and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg clashed yesterday over competing visions for rebuilding ground zero in a rare display of tension between two of the state's most powerful politicians. Mr. Bloomberg immediately rejected the suggestions, after reacting to Mr. Schumer's remarks, using the more combative tone that has become a hallmark of his nascent second term. Mr. Bloomberg said at a City Hall news conference said that they are not going to put Liberty Bonds into something that would, two or three years from now, come to a grinding halt.


Summary: Gov. George E. Pataki and the Port Authority own the site. Mr. Pataki, who is considering a run for president when his term ends in December, has insisted on an April groundbreaking for the Freedom Tower, which is expected to cost more than $2 billion.


Summary: Anthony R. Coscia, chairman of the Port Authority, has proposed his own solution for speeding up the rebuilding process and dealing with the financial shortfalls at the site. He said Mr. Silverstein should proceed with building the 2.6-million-square-foot Freedom Tower and a second tower but relinquish control of two other building sites on Church Street and a major portion of the site in exchange for a drastic reduction in rent, which is now $140 million a year.

Summary: Anthony R. Coscia, chairman of the Port Authority, with support from Mayor Bloomberg, has proposed his own solution for speeding up the rebuilding process and dealing with the financial shortfalls at the site. He said Mr. Silverstein that he should proceed with building the 2.6-million-square-foot Freedom Tower and a second tower but to give away control of two other building sites on Church Street and a major portion of the site in exchange for a drastic reduction in rent, which is now $140 million a year.


Summary: Mr. Bloomberg said at a City Hall news conference that they were not going to put Liberty Bonds into something that would, two or three years from now, come to a grinding halt.

Summary: Mr. Bloomberg said at a City Hall news conference that they are not going to put Liberty Bonds into something that would, two or three years from now, come to a grinding halt.


Summary: Senator Charles E. Schumer and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg clashed yesterday over competing visions for rebuilding ground zero in a rare display of tension between two of the state's most powerful politicians. Senator Schumer said the mayor's proposal to build apartments and a hotel at ground zero instead of office space does not make sense and reflected a lack of confidence in downtown. He called on the Bloomberg administration to commit $1.75 billion in tax-exempt financing, known as Liberty Bonds, to commercial development at ground zero. Mr. Schumer also demanded that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey move its offices to the Freedom Tower, the most symbolic and expensive of five proposed office towers, and abandon its efforts to move to another tower at ground zero.

Summary: Senator Charles E. Schumer and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg clashed yesterday over competing visions for rebuilding ground zero in a rare display of tension between two of the state's most powerful politicians. Senator Schumer said the mayor's proposal to build apartments and a hotel at ground zero instead of office space does not make sense. He called on the Bloomberg administration to commit $1.75 billion in tax-exempt financing, known as Liberty Bonds, to commercial development at ground zero. Mr. Schumer also demanded that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey move its offices to the Freedom Tower, and abandon its efforts to move to another tower at ground zero.


Port Authority of New York
Port Authority

Summary: Mr. Schumer also demanded that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey move its offices to the Freedom Tower, the most symbolic and expensive of five proposed office towers, and abandon its efforts to move to another tower at ground zero. His comments came just slightly more than two weeks before the March 14 deadline, imposed by Governor Pataki, for Mr. Silverstein and the Port Authority to resolve their differences over who will build what at the site, and when. Mr. Silverstein said he could not be more supportive of recommendations that he gets all the remaining Liberty Bonds to rebuild the towers and that the Port Authority should serve as the anchor tenant for the Freedom Tower.

Summary: Mr. Schumer also demanded that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey move its offices to the Freedom Tower, the most symbolic and expensive of five proposed office towers, and abandon its efforts to move to another tower at ground zero, which he said that it was better suited for corporate tenants. George E. Pataki and the Port Authority, which owns the site. His comments came just slightly more than two weeks before the March 14 deadline, imposed by Governor Pataki, for Mr. Silverstein and the Port Authority to resolve their differences over who will build what at the site, and when.


Summary: Mr. Bloomberg said that the fundamental problem at ground zero would remain even if the Port Authority became the anchor tenant at the Freedom Tower not enough money to make this project move forward. He also said that he thought the time to address this issue is before construction starts, right then, not when you're halfway done. The city currently issued a report concluding that Larry A. Silverstein, the developer who controls the lease at the World Trade Center site, would run out of money for the project in 2009, then default on his lease and walk away with hundreds of millions of dollars in profit.

Summary: The city recently issued a report concluding that Larry A. Silverstein, the developer who controls the lease at the World Trade Center site, would run out of money for the project in 2009, then default on his lease and walk away with hundreds of millions of dollars in profit. Mr. Schumer did not spare Mr. Silverstein from criticism either. He called on Mr. Silverstein to slash his development fee in half.


Summary:
Lynn Krogh, who is a spokeswoman for the governor, embraced Mr. Schumer's proposals, in a statement released yesterday.
She said that they are glad that Senator Schumer agrees that all the remaining Liberty Bonds should be dedicated to ground zero, that it is appropriate to house government offices in the Freedom Tower and that construction should commence on an expedited basis.

Summary: Lynn Krogh, a spokeswoman for the governor, embraced Mr. Schumer's proposals. She said they were glad that Senator Schumer agrees that all the remaining Liberty Bonds should be dedicated to ground zero, that it is appropriate to house government offices in the Freedom Tower and that construction should commence on an expedited basis.


Summary: Senator Schumer called on the Bloomberg administration to commit $1.75 billion in tax-exempt financing, known as Liberty Bonds, to commercial development at ground zero. Mr. Bloomberg said that they were not going to put Liberty Bonds into something that would, two or three years from now, come to a grinding halt. Mr. Silverstein, who contends that he is willing and able to build four towers at ground zero, said he could not be more supportive of recommendations that he gets all the remaining Liberty Bonds to rebuild the towers and that the Port Authority should serve as the anchor tenant for the Freedom Tower.

Summary: Senator Schumer called on the Bloomberg administration to commit $1.75 billion in tax-exempt financing, known as Liberty Bonds, to commercial development at ground zero. Lynn Krogh, a spokeswoman for the governor, said that they were glad that Senator Schumer agreed that all the remaining Liberty Bonds should be dedicated to ground zero, that it was appropriate to house government offices in the Freedom Tower and that construction should commence on an expedited basis. Mr. Bloomberg said at a City Hall news conference, said that they were not going to put Liberty Bonds into something that would, two or three years from now, come to a grinding halt.


Summary: The Justice Department has threatened to sue, warning in a letter to state officials last month that New York had fallen ''further behind'' every other state in complying with the Help America Vote Act. The board closed part of its meeting to the public, saying that members planned to discuss the proposed settlement with the federal government and that the Justice Department had requested secrecy.

Summary: The Justice Department has threatened that they will take a legal action, and they send warning in a letter to state officials last month that New York had fallen further behind related to every other state in complying with the Help America Vote Act, which was passed after the 2000 presidential election. Douglas A. Kellner, a co-chairman of the Board of Elections said that The Department of Justice has been telling them every day for the last three weeks that they're going to take legal actions against them if they don't agree to the last version of the consent order.


Summary: Douglas A. Kellner, a co-chairman of the Board of Elections said that the Department of Justice has been telling us every day for the last three weeks that they're going to sue us tomorrow if we don't agree to the last version of the consent order. Mr. Kellner said the negotiations centered on the federal law's requirement that state voting systems be accessible to disabled voters. Mr. Kellner said that he does not understand the need for secrecy.

Summary: Douglas A. Kellner, a co-chairman of the Board of Elections, said that the Department of Justice had been telling them every day for the last three weeks that they were going to sue them the next day if they didn't agree to the last version of the consent order. Mr. Kellner said that he does not understand the need for secrecy, and that even if the state and the federal government agree on a settlement, he will not vote on it until a week after a draft of the order has been released to the public. He further said that so if they wanted to take the position that all the negotiations had to go on behind closed doors, then they had to realize that it was going to be another week before they were going to get me to vote yes.


Summary: Gilles Frydman, the president of the Association of Cancer Online Resources, a group that sends 1.5 million e-mail messages a month to cancer patients, said he was joining the protest because he did not believe that AOL and Yahoo would continue to deliver his group's messages without requiring payment.

Summary: Gilles Frydman, the president of the Association of Cancer Online Resources, said he was joining the protest because he did not believe that AOL and Yahoo would continue to deliver his group's messages without requiring payment. He asked if  he had ever seen a company that offered two services, one free and the other paid, provide as good a service to the free one.


Summary: A group of nonprofit and public interest groups is beginning a campaign today to protest plans by America Online and Yahoo, which each offer e-mail services. AOL and Yahoo are working with Goodmail, a Silicon Valley company. Yahoo will begin testing the service several months later and will charge fees only to deliver messages related to purchases or financial transactions.

Summary: AOL and Yahoo are working with Goodmail which plans to charge between a quarter-cent and a cent for each message. Yahoo will begin testing the service several months later and will charge fees only to deliver messages related to purchases or financial transactions. An alliance of nonprofit and public-interest groups is aiming a protest at America Online; while the groups also object to e-mail fees planned by Yahoo, they have not organized a protest against it.


Summary: Nicholas Graham, a spokesman for AOL, said the company would continue to deliver mail from political and charitable groups as it has in the past, using technology and people to sort legitimate mail from unwanted junk mail. Mr. Graham said AOL had no incentive to degrade the regular e-mail service that is provided to users and that it is guaranteed that the quality of service for those who do not pay will go down.

Summary: Nicholas Graham, who is a spokesman for AOL, said that the magic of the Internet is that it is free and open to everybody so small ideas can become big ideas. He said the company would continue to deliver mail from political and charitable groups as it has in the past, using technology and people to sort legitimate mail from unwanted junk mail. He said to AOL that it is guaranteed that the quality of service for those who do not pay will always go down. And also said that he had no incentive to degrade the regular e-mail service it provided to users. In any cases, the company stands to earn is only about as much of a revenue stream as setting up a lemonade stand on the corner from the Goodmail fees, he said.


Summary: Adam Green, a spokesman for MoveOn.org Civic Action, said that  the fee will be a disadvantage to charities, small businesses, and even families with mailing lists that will have no guarantee their e-mail will be delivered.

Summary: Adam Green, a spokesman for MoveOn.org Civic Action, said that charities, small businesses and even families with mailing lists will have no guarantee their e-mail will be delivered, the group's nonpolitical arm.


Summary: AOL and Yahoo are working with Goodmail. Richard Gingras, chief executive of Goodmail, said the company planned to offer unspecified discounts to nonprofit senders of e-mail. Messages from senders in the paid Goodmail program will be highlighted as AOL Certified.

Summary: AOL and Yahoo are working with Goodmail, a Silicon Valley company, which plans to charge between a quarter-cent and a cent for each message.  AOL will start using the Goodmail system within a month. Messages from senders in the paid Goodmail program will be highlighted as ''AOL Certified'' and will display images and links to Web sites automatically.


Summary: A group of nonprofit and public interest groups is beginning a campaign which is being organized by MoveOn.org, a liberal advocacy group that uses its list of three million e-mail addresses to influence public opinion and raise money, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an Internet civil liberties group.

Summary: The campaign is being organized by MoveOn.org, a liberal advocacy group that uses its list of three million e-mail addresses to influence public opinion and raise money, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an Internet civil liberties group. They have enlisted about 50 other supporters including the Gun Owners of America, the Democratic National Committee, and the National Humane Society.


Summary: A group of nonprofit and public interest groups is beginning a campaign today to protest plans by America Online and Yahoo, which each offer e-mail services, to charge high-volume senders of e-mail fees to guarantee preferred delivery of their messages. AOL and Yahoo are working with Goodmail, a Silicon Valley company, which plans to charge between a quarter-cent and a cent for each message. Messages from senders in the paid Goodmail program will be highlighted as 'AOL Certified' and will display images and links to Web sites automatically.

Summary: A group of nonprofit and public interest groups is beginning a campaign today to protest plans by America Online and Yahoo, which each offer e-mail services, to charge high-volume senders of e-mail fees to guarantee preferred delivery of their messages. AOL and Yahoo are working with Goodmail. AOL will start using the Goodmail system within a month.


Summary: The novelist Geraldine Brooks learned a hard lesson about child care on a book tour in New Zealand when her son was just a year old. Before arriving in Wellington, she spoke by phone with a publicist there who offered to watch the boy, Nathaniel, while she appeared at events promoting 'Foreign Correspondence.' Brooks, whose latest novel 'March,' was published this month in paperback by Penguin.

Summary: The novelist Geraldine Brooks learned a hard lesson about child care on a book tour when her son was just a year old. Before arriving in Wellington, she spoke by phone with a publicist there who offered to watch the boy, Nathaniel. Brooks, whose latest novel ''March,'' was published this month in paperback by Penguin.


Summary: Traveling between New York and Los Angeles, she started taking her third child, Michael, to California once or twice a month, for a week at a time, and continued to do so for several years. Ostroff said that the downside is that now Michael expects nothing less than Peninsula level of service all the time. Even well-prepared women discover that the life on the road can be difficult for them and their children, said Elizabeth S. Grumbach of East Greenwich, the founder of KidQuest L.L.C., which publishes various city guides entitled ''We're There!'' When she travels with her children, now 9, 7 and 4, she carries an emergency backpack filled with games, crayons, coloring books, crackers, water and M&M's.

Summary: Traveling between New York and Los Angeles, Dawn Ostroff started taking her third child, Michael, then a newborn, to California once or twice a month, for a week at a time, and continued to do so for several years. Ms. Ostroff said that the downside is that now Michael expects nothing less than Peninsula level of service all the time.


Summary: According to the studies sponsored by Wyndham International, the percentage did not change from 1999 to 2003, and conducted by the Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management at New York University.

Summary: According to studies sponsored by Wyndham International and conducted by the Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management at New York University, the percentage of female business executives taking their offspring along on trips did not change from 1999 to 2003.


Summary: Marlene M. Coleman, pediatrician and author of ''Safe and Sound: Healthy Travel with Children'' said that they were all a little cranky by the end of the flight, before packing the emergency bag, parents should determine whether their child is ''travelworthy'' or not. Her three criteria for determining travelworthiness are whether the child is willing to follow instructions quickly without argument or whether the child can control impulsive behavior and whether the child has patience with minor inconveniences. He said, it is to the both of them to be prepared and expect the unexpected. But some temptations negate the best intentions of even well-behaved children, which Jill Fung, found out.

Summary: A Newport Beach, Calif., pediatrician and author of "Safe and Sound: Healthy Travel with Children", Marlene M. Coleman, said that before packing the emergency bag, parents should determine whether their child is travel worthy. Her three criteria for determining travel worthiness are whether the child is willing to follow instructions quickly without argument, whether the child can control impulsive behavior and whether the child has patience with minor inconveniences. When asked for any general advice, Dr. Coleman said that it is to both be prepared and expect the unexpected.


Summary: Ruben Barrales, the president's director of intergovernmental affairs, and Kevin Marshall, deputy assistant attorney general said they were recommending that Congress set yet another voting procedure for the islanders to decide their future, at least this is how it sounded when two task force members. During the task force briefing, Mr. Barrales explained that the administration was simply trying to help move the process forward.

Summary: That's how it sounded when two task force members, Ruben Barrales, the president's director of intergovernmental affairs, and Kevin Marshall, deputy assistant attorney general, said they were recommending that Congress set yet another voting procedure for the islanders to decide their future. During the task force briefing back in December, Mr. Barrales explained that the administration was simply trying to help move the process forward.


Summary: The administration's tendency to sidestep accountability for lawless actions by resorting to secrecy and claims of national security is on sharp display in the case of a Syrian-born Canadian, Maher Arar, who spent months under torture because of United States action. Mr. Arar, a 35-year-old software engineer whose case has been detailed in a pair of columns by Bob Herbert, was detained  while on his way home from a family vacation. He was held in solitary confinement in a Brooklyn detention center and interrogated without proper access to legal counsel. Finally, he was send to a Syrian prison.

Summary: The administration's tendency to dodge accountability for lawless actions by resorting to secrecy is on sharp display in the case of a Syrian-born Canadian, Maher Arar, who spent months under torture because of United States action. Mr. Arar, a 35-year-old software engineer, was detained at Kennedy Airport in 2002. Finally, he was shipped off to a Syrian prison. The maltreatment of Mr. Arar would be reprehensible and illegal under the United States Constitution. The judge in the case, David Trager of Federal District Court, did not dispute that United States officials had reason to know that Mr. Arar faced a likelihood of torture in Syria.


Summary: Joe Osha, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, wrote in a report that Sony, because of manufacturing challenges and the complexity of its high-definition Blu-ray technology, might not have the PlayStation 3 ready until 2007. He said that if the console is delayed it would jeopardize the $2.9 billion in PlayStation 3 software sales he had projected for next year.

Summary: Joe Osha, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, wrote in a report that Sony, because of manufacturing challenges and the complexity of its high-definition Blu-ray technology, might not have the PlayStation 3 ready until 2007. If the console is delayed, Mr. Osha said, it would jeopardize the $2.9 billion in PlayStation 3 software sales he had projected for next year.


Summary: Evan Wilson, a video game industry analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, said that in 2005, sales of video game software fell 4.7 percent from the previous year. He projected that sales could rise slightly in 2006, but only because the industry was coming off such a disappointing year. Over time, he expects the industry to prosper because the increasingly sophisticated consoles are capable of playing richer games and doubling as home-entertainment centers. But he says he worries that investors are not taking seriously the threat that delays could cut into the growth of 15 to 20 percent that they project will materialize in 2007.

Summary: Evan Wilson, a video game industry analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, said that sales of video game software fell 4.7 percent from the previous year in 2005. He projected that sales could rise slightly in 2006, but only because the industry was coming off such a disappointing year. He expects the industry to prosper because the increasingly sophisticated consoles are capable of playing richer games and doubling as home-entertainment centers.


Summary: Supply shortages have bedeviled Microsoft since it released its latest Xbox last November, and Sony announced last week that it could not rule out a delay of its own next-generation console, the PlayStation 3. Joe Osha, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, wrote in a report that Sony, because of manufacturing challenges and the complexity of its high-definition Blu-ray technology, might not have the PlayStation 3 ready until 2007.

Summary: Supply shortages have harassed Microsoft since it released its latest Xbox in the last November, and after that Sony announced in the last week that it could not allow delay to release of its own next-generation console, the PlayStation 3. According to Joe Osha, who is an analyst at Merrill Lynch, Sony because of their manufacturing challenges and the complexity of its high-definition Blu-ray technology, might not have the PlayStation 3 ready until 2007.


Summary: Supply shortages have bedeviled Microsoft since it released its latest Xbox last November, and Sony announced last week that it could not rule out a delay of its own next-generation console, the PlayStation 3. They are not selling as many next-generation games as planned, but are getting little relief from sales of games for the legacy systems like the original Xbox and PlayStation 2 because consumers are saving their money for the new stuff.

Summary: There is bad news on the outlook for the video game industry: Ibe Ozobia Jr. is considering selling his Xbox 360 console. Supply shortages have worried Microsoft since it released its latest product Xbox, and Sony announced recently that it could not rule out a delay of its own next-generation console, the PlayStation 3. They are not selling as many next-generation games as planned, but are getting little relief from sales of games for the legacy systems like the original Xbox and PlayStation 2 as the consumers are liking the products and are saving their money for the new stuff.


Summary: Ibe Ozobia Jr. is considering selling his Xbox 360 console. Mr. Ozobia, 32, of Las Vegas, an avid gamer who spends 25 hours a week roaming and shooting in virtual worlds, was ecstatic last November when he picked up his new 360. But something has gone wrong as too few good games have been produced for the console and he is bored.

Summary: Ibe Ozobia Jr. is considering selling his Xbox 360 console. Mr. Ozobia, 32, of Las Vegas, an avid gamer who spends 25 hours a week roaming and shooting in virtual worlds, was ecstatic last November when he picked up his new 360. But something has gone wrong: too few good games have been produced for the console, he said, and he is bored.


Summary: Late last month, two elderly women from Brooklyn phoned Safeway Car Service of Sheepshead Bay because they needed a lift to the North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, in Nassau County. But after their car crossed the border from Queens to Nassau, it was seized by that county's taxi inspectors because it hadn't been registered with the county, and the women and the driver were left stranded on the sidewalk. President of the car service and vice president of the Livery Owners Coalition of New York, Barbara Pero, said that she sent one of her mechanics in her own car to pick those poor little ladies up.

Summary: In the last month, two elderly women from Brooklyn called Safeway Car Service of Sheepshead Bay because they needed a lift to the North Shore University Hospital. But after their car crossed the border from Queens to Nassau, it was seized by that county's taxi inspectors because there is no registration of the county, and the women and the driver were left stranded on the sidewalk. Barbara Pero, president of the car service and vice president of the Livery Owners Coalition of New York said that he sent one of his mechanics in his own car to pick these poor little ladies up. Pero's Safeway Car Service bought seven Nassau County licenses in the last week.


Summary: There is the obvious side of government, with the Legislature debating more in the open these days and Gov. George Pataki dragging legislative leaders into public discussions of the budget. Governor Pataki set up a Commission on Public Authority Reform, with Ira Millstein as its chairman.

Summary: George Pataki pulls legislative leaders into public discussions of the budget. And then, Governor Pataki set up a Commission on Public Authority Reform, with Ira Millstein as its chairman. Mr. Pataki, conducted appointment with Mr. Millstein and his commission which has offered some hope of progress, should now make certain that the commission's recommendations are carried out faithfully, both in state agencies and in cooperation with the Legislature.


Summary: Comptroller Alan Hevesi began systematically auditing the 700 or so authorities, corporations or other entities that borrow billions of dollars each year with little oversight or public notice. Mr. Hevesi has noted that nobody knows exactly how many contracts public authorities enter into annually or the exact dollar value and terms of those contracts. Mr. Hevesi also reported that while most authorities have procurement guidelines, they tended to ignore them when it was inconvenient or when a competitive process might have produced other than predetermined, desired results. Mr. Hevesi proposed that his office be allowed to oversee authority contracts, and gave examples of what happens when contracts are unsupervised.

Summary: Alan Hevesi who is the comptroller, began systematically auditing the 700 or so authorities, corporations or other entities that borrow billions of dollars each year with little oversight or public notice. He audit unearthed many problems. One big problem is that which Mr Havesi has long complained about, involved the way authorities amass debt with little oversight.


Summary: Brenna Gethers of Mount Vernon and Becky O'Donohue of Dobbs Ferry were among the 12 women who competed for 10 slots in the most recent round of "American Idol." On Tuesday night, Ms. O'Donohue, a 25-year-old who was once captain of the girls' varsity basketball team at Dobbs Ferry High School and has since gone on to a career in entertaining and modeling, belted out Patti Smith's song "Because the Night." Ms. O'Donohue, who attended Niagara University on a full athletic scholarship, said she chose the song because it reminded her of the old days when she sang and danced around her family's Maple Street house with her twin sister, Jessie, and their younger sister, Allie.

Summary: Brenna Gethers of Mount Vernon and Becky O'Donohue of Dobbs Ferry was among the 12 women who competed for 10 slots in the most recent round of ''American Idol.'' Ms. O'Donohue, who attended Niagara University on a full athletic scholarship, said she chose the song because it reminded her of the old days.


Summary: Brenna Gethers of Mount Vernon and Becky O'Donohue of Dobbs Ferry were among the 12 women who competed for 10 slots in the most recent round of "American Idol." On Tuesday night, Ms. Gethers, a feisty 25-year-old whom one judge, Randy Jackson, called a "New Yorker with attitude," sang an uncharacteristically subdued version of the romantic Stevie Wonder hit "You Are the Sunshine of My Life." She dedicated it to her mother, Robin Summers. Simon Cowell, the toughest of the three judges, said he had liked Brenna better when she sang more passionate songs.

Summary: Brenna Gethers of Mount Vernon competed for 10 slots in the most recent round of ''American Idol.'' Ms. Gethers, a feisty 25-year-old sang an uncharacteristically subdued version of the romantic Stevie Wonder hit ''You Are the Sunshine of My Life.'' She dedicated it to her mother, Robin Summers. Ms. Gethers, a graduate of Brandeis University, promised to be back next time with the claws out.


Summary: Lawyers in the San Francisco office of the Camelback Research Alliance, who issued the subpoena, are examining accusations that a research firm, Gradient Analytics, and its predecessor company, Camelback Research Alliance, have worked with short sellers and hedge funds to manipulate the share prices of several companies.

Summary: Lawyers in the San Francisco office of the S.E.C., who issued the subpoena, are examining accusations that a research firm, Gradient Analytics, and its predecessor company, Camelback Research Alliance, have worked with short-sellers and hedge funds to manipulate the share prices of several companies. The former employee, Robert Ballash, worked at Camelback Research Alliance from 2001 to 2004.


Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission took the rare step of issuing a subpoena to two journalists, Carol S. Remond and Herb Greenberg, two weeks ago when it ordered columnists at two Dow Jones publications to provide information about conversations that they had with stock traders and analysts. Mr. Greenberg's columns have moved the share prices of some of the companies at issue, particularly Overstock.com, and as a result, he has rankled some executives.

Summary: The subpoena had been issued to Carol S. Remond and Herb Greenberg, who disclosed its existence. The S.E.C. subpoena sought information from Mr. Greenberg about columns that he wrote for MarketWatch.com and from a columnist, Ms. Remond, for Dow Jones Newswires, about articles that have contributed to stock declines at several companies. His columns have moved the share prices of some of the companies at issue, particularly Overstock.com, and as a result, he has rankled some executives.


Summary: The S.E.C. subpoena sought information from Mr. Greenberg about columns that he wrote for MarketWatch.com and from Ms. Dow Jones, the owner of MarketWatch as well as The Wall Street Journal.

Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission subpoena sought information from Mr. Greenberg about columns that he wrote for MarketWatch.com. Dow Jones, the owner of MarketWatch as well as The Wall Street Journal, had raised objections to the subpoena but had not received a reply until S.E.C. officials began to receive questions from reporters.


Summary: John Nester, said that it was a regular complaint of companies that they were the subjects of a short-selling campaign and people had been feeding all sorts of nonsense about them. But he couldn't think of an instance of a subpoena being issued to the press in such a case. Under longstanding practice, the S.E.C. generally subpoenas journalists only when it is absolutely necessary and after careful thought and consideration.  A subpoena is a demand for information and does not imply that the recipient is anything more than a possible witness.

Summary: A former general counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission, David Becker, said that he's surprised at the instance of a subpoena being issued to the press in such a case since it's a regular complaint of companies that they are the subjects of a short-selling campaign and people have been feeding all sorts of nonsense about them.


Summary: Magazines like Maxim may be juvenile but at least they add a dash of self-irony that makes their puerility a bit easier to swallow. Office Pirates, the Webzine introduced by Time Warner and run by a former editor of Maxim, is an online version of that guy in your office who makes a lot of bad jokes and doesn't let the fact that nobody is laughing slow him down.

Summary: MAGAZINES like Maxim may be sophomoric but at least they add a dash of self-irony that makes their puerility a bit easier to swallow. The  Webzine introduced this week by Time Warner and run by a former editor of Maxim, is an online version of that guy in your office who makes a lot of bad jokes and doesn't let the fact that nobody is laughing slow him down.


Summary: Denis J. McElligott, is an assistant state attorney general who said that the agency would decide whether Crossings owner Frank Buonanotte, would have any access to the clinics or their records.

Summary: An assistant state attorney general, Denis J. McElligott, said the agency would decide whether Frank Buonanotte, the Crossings owner, would have any access to the clinics or their records.


Summary: The State of New York took the control over nine substance-abuse treatment centers scattered all around Long Island. The action ended a three-day State Supreme Court hearing in which state officials, who revoked the centers' operating certificates, were seeking control. The agency had cited Crossings for 174 violations of state regulations, including inadequate medical care and supervision, and inappropriate treatment.

Summary: The State of New York took control of nine substance-abuse treatment centers scattered around Long Island on Thursday. The action ended a three-day State Supreme Court hearing in which state officials, who had revoked the centers' operating certificates, were seeking control. The agency had cited Crossings for 174 violations of state regulations, including inadequate medical care and supervision, and inappropriate treatment.


Summary: Crossings Recovery Systems, is the company that owns the centers, who was facing a $6.9 million fine by the state's Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services for what the agency said that they was a failure to properly manage and staff the centers. The agency had cited Crossings for 174 violations of state regulations, including inadequate medical care and supervision, and inappropriate treatment. The clinics served a total of 1,200 to 1,500 patients.

Summary: Crossings Recovery Systems was facing a $6.9 million fine by the state's Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services for what the agency said was a failure to properly manage and staff the centers. The agency cited Crossings for 174 violations of state regulations, including inadequate medical care and supervision, and inappropriate treatment. The company disputed the state's allegations, but agreed on Thursday to a voluntary receivership under which the state's substance abuse agency will operate the clinics and supervise the Crossings employees who agree to stay.


Summary: Mark W. Read said that the police drove against traffic on a one-way street, most likely Vanderbilt Avenue, and that as bicycles moved west along 45th Street, one S.U.V. followed them. Mr. Read also added that the S.U.V. had gone up onto the sidewalk and driven on the sidewalk for 15 or 20 feet, then dropped back onto the street. Mr. Read was later arrested on 43rd Street and Broadway and charged with parading without a permit.

Summary: Mark W. Read, one of the riders whom the police officers in two black sport utility vehicles chased 12 to 20 riders near Grand Central Terminal, said that the police drove against traffic on a one-way street, most likely Vanderbilt Avenue, and that as bicycles moved west along 45th Street, one S.U.V. followed them. Mr. Read, 38, a filmmaker and adjunct instructor at New York University, whose account was first reported in The Village Voice, said that the S.U.V. went up onto the sidewalk and drove on the sidewalk for 15 or 20 feet, then dropped back onto the street. It was unbelievable, a high-speed chase, something you think would be reserved for serious criminals, for people fleeing a murder scene or bank robbery. Mr. Read was later arrested on 43rd Street and Broadway and charged with parading without a permit.


Summary: Paul J. Browne, the Police Department's chief spokesman, said that the officers were not seriously hurt and that the accident was provoked by bicycle riders who were breaking the law. He also said that it would not have occurred if Critical Mass participants observed the law. Mr. Browne declined to comment on any specific chase, saying in general that the descriptions are the exaggerated, self-serving statements of individuals engaged in breaking the law or opposed to police enforcement of it and when asked about videotapes that show the chases, he said that he stood by his comments.

Summary: Paul J. Browne, the chief spokesman of Police Department, said that the officers were not seriously hurt and that the accident was provoked by bicycle riders who were breaking the law. According to Mr. Browne, it would not have occurred if Critical Mass participants observed the law. He declined to comment on a note saying in general that the descriptions are the exaggerated, self-serving statements of individuals engaged in breaking the law or opposed to police enforcement of it. He asked about videotapes that show the chases, he said that he stood by his comments.


Summary: Shortly after the motorcycle collision, on Jan. 27, Rebecca Heinegg, 23, arrived and recognized one of the injured officers. Ms. Heinegg, a law student, said that he was her arresting officer last February, and was as nice as someone arresting someone can be.

Summary: Shortly after the motorcycle collision, Rebecca Heinegg, 23 years old, who arrived and recognized one of the injured officers. Ms. Heinegg, who was a law student said that Mr. Hamilton was his arresting officer last February, and was as nice as someone arresting anyone can be.


Summary: An eight-member team from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including two epidemiologists, along with F.B.I. agents, took samples yesterday from the Manhattan apartment of the man who had contracted anthrax, the Brooklyn warehouse where he used animal skins to make drums for his African dance troupe and a Dodge van that he is believed to have used to transport the skins, which are a suspected source of the bacteria.

Summary: An eight-member team from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with F.B.I. agents, took samples yesterday from the Manhattan apartment of the man who had contracted anthrax, the Brooklyn warehouse where he used animal skins to make drums for his African dance troupe and a Dodge van that he is believed to have used to transport the skins, which are a suspected source of the bacteria. A C.D.C. spokesman, Thomas W. Skinner, said officials expected to collect more samples today. Dr. Denis Nash, an associate professor of epidemiology in the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, said that it was actually, he thought, quite remarkable how quickly communication had happened and information was transmitted from the diagnosing entity the local hospital, to the state health department, the C.D.C. and then the F.B.I.


Michael R. Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Mayor Bloomberg

Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg again sought to reassure the public yesterday that there was no wider health risk to the city and no indication of terrorism. None of the seven people are believed to be at risk of contracting anthrax, Mr. Bloomberg said, adding that antibiotics were an appropriate cautionary measure. Mr. Bloomberg said there was no general health risk from handling treated animal hides and pelts.

Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg again sought to reassure the public that there was no wider health risk to the city and no indication of terrorism. The mayor said that he wanted to stress again and again and again: there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that this is anything other than a tragic accident. None of the seven people are believed to be at risk of contracting anthrax, Mr. Bloomberg said, adding that antibiotics were an appropriate cautionary measure. Mr. Bloomberg said that there was no general health risk from handling treated animal hides and pelts. He added that once these skins are treated, then they will be perfectly safe.


Summary: Vado Diomande, who is 44, the anthrax patient, has been hospitalized since he collapsed after an African dance performance at Mansfield University. He was in stable condition previously at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pennsylvania. Officials believe he inhaled the anthrax while working with untreated animal hides brought over from Africa. Dr. Veronica V. Urdaneta, who is the state epidemiologist, coordinating the state investigation into the case said that the family is grateful to everyone for all the loving, kind words we have seen and thoughts that they, the hospital members can feel. He interviewed Mr. Diomande at the hospital.

Summary: Vado Diomande, 44, the anthrax patient, has been hospitalized in Pennsylvania since he collapsed after an African dance performance at Mansfield University on Feb. 16. He was in stable condition yesterday at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa. Officials believe he inhaled the anthrax while working with untreated animal hides brought over from Africa.


Summary: Acknowledging the multitude of Hurricane Katrina failures, the Bush administration on Thursday advocated giving federal agencies from the Pentagon to the Department of Justice a greater role in the nation's disaster response playbook. The Justice Department, which now shares responsibility for disaster law enforcement efforts with the Homeland Security Department, would be primarily charged with that even in less severe disasters. The Justice Department, which is in charge of the F.B.I. and has longstanding relations with the local and state police, may be able to more rapidly deploy huge numbers of law enforcement officers to help maintain public order.

Summary: Knowing the multitude of Hurricane Katrina failures, the Bush administration advocated giving federal agencies from the Pentagon to the Department of Justice a greater role in the nation's disaster response playbook. The Justice Department, which shares responsibility for disaster law enforcement efforts with the Homeland Security Department, would be primarily charged with that even in less severe disasters. The Justice Department, which is in charge of the F.B.I. and has longstanding relations with the local and state police, may be able to more rapidly deploy huge numbers of law enforcement officers to help maintain public order.


Summary: The Department of Health and Human Services, would take back the disaster medical teams from FEMA as it is used to supervise before the Department of Homeland Security was established. And the Department of Housing and Urban Development would be expected to find temporary housing for victims, a duty which is also now handled by FEMA, which Ms. Housing and Urban Development, for example, already works with 2,500 public housing authorities across all over the United States and indirectly with thousands of landlords, so it may able to find more quickly the housing alternatives for disaster victims than FEMA.

Summary: The Department of Health and Human Services would take back from FEMA the disaster medical teams it used to supervise before the Department of Homeland Security was established. And the Department of Housing and Urban Development would be expected to find temporary housing for victims, a duty also now handled by FEMA. Housing and Urban Development, for example, already works with 2,500 public housing authorities across the United States and indirectly with thousands of landlords, so it may be able to more quickly find housing alternatives for disaster victims than FEMA.


Summary: The Department of Housing and Urban Development would be expected to find temporary housing for victims, a duty which is also handled by FEMA, which Ms. Housing and Urban Development, for example, already works with 2,500 public housing authorities across all over the United States and indirectly with thousands of landlords, so that it may able to find out more quickly the housing alternatives for disaster victims than FEMA.

Summary: The Department of Housing and Urban Development would be expected to find temporary housing for victims, a duty also now handled by FEMA. Housing and Urban Development, for example, already works with 2,500 public housing authorities across the United States and indirectly with thousands of landlords, so it may be able to more quickly find housing alternatives for disaster victims than FEMA.


Summary: The Bush administration on Thursday advocated giving federal agencies from the Pentagon to the Department of Justice a greater role in the nation's disaster response playbook. The Justice Department, which now shares responsibility for disaster law enforcement efforts with the Homeland Security Department, would be primarily charged with that even in less severe disasters. The Justice Department is in charge of the F.B.I. and has longstanding relations with the local and state police and may be able to more rapidly deploy huge numbers of law enforcement officers to help maintain public order.

Summary: Knowing the multitude of Hurricane Katrina failures, the Bush administration advocated the federal agencies from the Pentagon to the Department of Justice a greater role in the nation's disaster response playbook. The Justice Department, which now shares responsibility for disaster law enforcement efforts with the Homeland Security Department, would be primarily charged with that even if there is less severe disasters. The Justice Department, who is in the charge of the F.B.I. and has longstanding relations with the local and state police, may be able to more rapidly deploy huge numbers of law enforcement officers for helping and maintaining the public order.


Summary: Frances Fragos Townsend, President Bush's domestic security adviser, said that enlisting help from federal agencies made sense. The Homeland Security Department and its Federal Emergency Management Agency will continue to be the lead federal player in disaster response efforts, according to the blueprint proposed by Ms. Townsend. Townsend said the White House would in fact create a Disaster Response Group to make sure that if there are any disagreements or any bureaucracy, there's a mechanism here at the White House to break through that.

Summary: Frances Fragos Townsend, President Bush's domestic security adviser, said that enlisting help from federal agencies made sense. Ms. Townsend said the White House would in fact create a Disaster Response Group to make sure that if there are any disagreements or any bureaucracy, there's a mechanism there at the White House to break through that. A new National Operations Center that provides situational awareness for all federal agencies would also be set up, taking away some of the duties now handled by the Homeland Security Operations Center, which only opened in July 2004.


Summary: Michael Greenberger, a law professor and domestic security expert at the University of Maryland, said that this might simply be rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Professor Greenberger also said the changes might dilute the homeland security secretary's powers. Mr. Greenberger further added that the pendulum was swinging, and it was swinging to someone being in charge of the response by the whole government, working out of the White House, not in the Department of Homeland Security.

Summary: Michael Greenberger, a law professor and domestic security expert at the University of Maryland, said that the changes might dilute the homeland security secretary's powers. In his words the pendulum is swinging, and it is swinging to someone being in charge of the response by the whole government, working out of the White House, not in the Department of Homeland Security.


Summary: Michael Greenberger, a law professor and domestic security expert at the University of Maryland, said that this may simply be rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Summary: Michael Greenberger, a law professor and domestic security expert at the University of Maryland, said that this might simply be rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.


Summary: This new approach, which could send troops to a disaster zone, has provoked opposition by some governors, including Jeb Bush of Florida and Haley Barbour of Mississippi, who have argued that the states should lead the response.


Summary: David Heyman, director of the Homeland Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that once the changes were in place, the Homeland Security Department would have more reliable federal partners to orchestrate its response.

Summary: David Heyman, director of the Homeland Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a research group in Washington, said that once the changes were in place, the Homeland Security Department would have more reliable federal partners to orchestrate its response.


Homeland Security Department
Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security
Homeland Security Program
Homeland Security Operations Center

Summary: The Homeland Security Department and its Federal Emergency Management Agency will continue to be the lead federal player in disaster response efforts. The Justice Department, which now shares responsibility for disaster law enforcement efforts with the Homeland Security Department, would be primarily charged with that even in less severe disasters. David Heyman, director of the Homeland Security Program, said that once the changes were in place, the Homeland Security Department would have more reliable federal partners to orchestrate its response.

Summary: Frances Fragos Townsend said the White House would create a Disaster Response Group to make sure that if there are any disagreements or any bureaucracy, there's a mechanism there at the White House to break through that. A new National Operations Center that provides situational awareness for all federal agencies would also be set up, taking away some of the duties now handled by the Homeland Security Operations Center, which only opened in July 2004.


Summary: Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff did not attend. The White House inquiry provides little detailed criticism of the performance of top leaders after the storm, including President Bush and his staff, Mr. Chertoff and Michael D. Brown, the former FEMA director.

Summary: Unlike a report released last week by a House committee that investigated the response to the hurricane, the White House inquiry provides little detailed criticism of the performance of top leaders after the storm, including President Bush and his staff, Mr. Chertoff and Homeland Security Secretary, Michael D. Brown, the former FEMA director.


Summary: President Nursultan Nazarbayev, struggling to stem a deepening political crisis, accepted the resignation of his chief national security officer one day after five members of an elite national security squad were arrested in connection with the killing of a leading opposition politician.

Summary: President Nursultan Nazarbayev, struggling to stem a deepening political crisis, accepted the resignation of his chief national security officer on Wednesday, one day after five members of an elite national security squad were arrested in connection with the killing of a leading opposition politician.


Summary: Ronald A. Safran, who was the senior partner in the Xerox audits of 1998 and 1999, agreed to pay $150,000 fines. In addition to the fines, he was also suspended from practicing before the S.E.C. Mr. Safran remains a KPMG partner.

Summary: Michael A. Conway along with Ronald A. Safran, who was the senior partner in the Xerox audits of 1998 and 1999, agreed to pay $150,000 fines each. In addition to the fines, they were suspended from practicing before the S.E.C., which means that they could not audit public companies. Mr. Safran could reapply in three years. Mr. Safran remained a KPMG partner.


Summary: Paul R. Berger, associate director of enforcement for investigations, added that the Xerox fraud was a wide-ranging four-year scheme to defraud investors.

Summary: The associate director of enforcement for investigations, Paul R. Berger, said that the Xerox fraud was a wide-ranging four-year scheme to defraud investors.


Summary: Ashok Nayyar, worked in Citigroup's leveraged finance area for 17 years. At Citigroup, clients of Mr. Nayyar, 44, included Cablevision and Koch Industries, the industrial company.

Summary: Morgan Stanley said yesterday that it had hired two senior bond executives from competitors Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. Ashok Nayyar, who worked in Citigroup's leveraged finance area for 17 years, will join Morgan Stanley as a managing director and co-head of leveraged and acquisition finance. At Citigroup, clients of Mr. Nayyar, 44, included Cablevision and Koch Industries, the industrial company.


Summary: Morgan Stanley, in a bid to bolster its growing high-yield business, said yesterday that it had hired two senior bond executives from competitors Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. Ashok Nayyar, who worked in Citigroup's leveraged finance area for 17 years, will join Morgan Stanley as a managing director and co-head of leveraged and acquisition finance. At Citigroup, clients of Mr. Nayyar, 44, included Cablevision and Koch Industries, the industrial company.

Summary: Morgan Stanley said that it had hired two senior bond executives from competitors Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. Ashok Nayyar, who worked in Citigroup's leveraged finance area for 17 years, will join Morgan Stanley as a managing director and co-head of leveraged and acquisition finance.


Summary: Morgan Stanley's chief executive, John J. Mack, to attract a new wave of investment banking talent to build a business in areas he has targeted for growth. For Mr. Mack, the new hires counter a series of senior executive departures to rival banks and start-up investment boutiques. Charged with the daunting task of revamping Morgan Stanley's struggling brokerage division, Mr. Gorman, had a meeting with Mr. Mack.

Summary: The hires reflect a renewed push by Morgan Stanley's chief executive, John J. Mack, to attract a new wave of investment banking talent to build business in areas he has targeted for growth. For Mr. Mack, the new hires counter a series of senior executive departures to rival banks and start-up investment boutiques run by former Morgan Stanley bankers. Charged with the daunting task of revamping Morgan Stanley's struggling brokerage division, Mr. Gorman, after an initial meeting with Mr. Mack last Friday, has spent the week meeting with the firm's top-producing brokers.


Summary: At Citigroup, clients of Mr. Nayyar, 44, included Cablevision and Koch Industries, the industrial company. Last year he helped arrange $11 billion in financing for Koch's acquisition of Georgia-Pacific.


Summary: Farid Dawood, a market strategist, and a financial analyst said it would be abnormal if such a big deal did not meet any criticism, but Dubai Ports can do a better job than anyone.

Summary: Farid Dawood, a market strategist and financial analyst based in Dubai, said that it would be abnormal if such a big deal did not meet any criticism, but Dubai Ports could do a better job than anyone.


Summary: Steven Brill, the founder of Verified Identity Pass, which has run a pilot program in Orlando, Fla., since last June, has said that those who pay an annual fee to undergo a background check and get an electronic identity card probably will not have to remove their shoes and jackets, will not have to take laptops out of their cases and will get an expedited passage through security.

Summary: Steven Brill, the founder of Verified Identity Pass, has said that those who pay an annual fee to undergo a background check and get an electronic identity card probably will not have to remove their shoes and jackets, will not have to take laptops out of their cases and will get an expedited passage through security.


Summary: The president of the Air Transport Association, an airline industry trade group, said at a recent Senate Commerce Committee hearing, that the Registered Traveler program has turned into a shifting and dispiriting exercise. Mr. May said that it had not yet been demonstrated that the program would protect the privacy of those who enroll after submitting to a background check.

Summary: James C. May, the president of the Air Transport Association, said at a recent Senate Commerce Committee hearing that the Registered Traveler program has turned into a shifting and dispiriting exercise. Mr. May said that it had not yet been demonstrated that the program would protect the privacy of those who enroll after submitting to a background check.


Summary: The church was filled with members of the Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus, and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sat at the center of the altar, right next to the minister. When the time came to recognize the elected officials, State Senator Malcolm Smith of Queens introduced the attorney general as "Governor Spitzer," which received spirited applause.

Summary: The church was filled with members of the Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus, and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sat at the center of the altar, right next to the minister. When the time came to recognize the elected officials, State Senator Malcolm Smith of Queens introduced the attorney general as ''Governor Spitzer,'' which received spirited applause. The man expected to challenge Mr. Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for governor, Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County executive, had to settle for a seat in the front pew on Sunday, alongside many other elected officials.


Summary: When the time came to recognize the elected officials, State Senator Malcolm Smith of Queens introduced the attorney general as "Governor Spitzer," which received spirited applause. Mr. Smith, who organized the economic development panel, said that only mayors were invited to speak this year.

Summary: State Senator Malcolm Smith of Queens introduced the attorney general as ''Governor Spitzer,'' when the time came to realise the elected officials, which received spirited applause. The man was expected to challenge Mr. Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for governor, Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County executive, who had to settle for a seat in the front pew, alongside many other elected officials. Mr. Smith, who organized the economic development panel, said that only mayors were invited to speak this year.


Summary: The church was filled with members of the Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus, and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sat at the center of the altar, right next to the minister.

Summary: The members of the Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus filled the church, and Eliot Spitzer, who was the Attorney General, sat at the center of the altar, right next to the minister. Mr. Suozzi's aides noted that he had been told that he could not speak on a panel discussing economic development, even though he had spoken on similar panels at the caucus gathering for several years.


Summary: The man expected to challenge Eliot Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for governor, Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County executive, had to settle for a seat in the front pew on Sunday, alongside many other elected officials.

Summary: Thomas R. Suozzi, who was the governor, the Nassau County executive, was expected to be challenged by the man who had to settle for a seat in the front pew, alongside many other elected officials. 5,000 regular people are there, and they're very interested in the things he has to say as a government reformer, which was said by Mr. Suozzi, to attend an engagement in Nassau County.


Summary: Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, the chairman of Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, a nonprofit organization that sponsored the weekend gathering, denied any effort to exclude Thomas R. Suozzi from any activities and said he resented the allegation even being made. Mr. Pretlow said that if there was no room for Mr. Suozzi's reception, it was simply because the rooms were booked.

Summary: Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, the chairman of Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, a nonprofit organization that sponsored the weekend gathering, denied any effort to exclude Mr. Suozzi from any activities and said that he resented the allegation even being made. If there was no room for Mr. Suozzi's reception, Mr. Pretlow saidon that it was simply because the rooms were booked. Mr. Pretlow, a Westchester Democrat added that his plan is to say that he's an outsider because he can go out there and said that he is not with those people.


Summary: The man expected to challenge Eliot Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for governor, Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County executive, had to settle for a seat in the front pew on Sunday, alongside many other elected officials. It was not the only time during the weekend gathering that Mr. Suozzi appeared to fall outside the circle of influence. Mr. Suozzi's aides noted that he had been told that he could not speak on a panel discussing economic development, though he had spoken on similar panels at the caucus gathering for several years.

Summary: The man expected to challenge Mr. Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for governor, Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County executive, had to settle for a seat in the front pew. And after being told there was no room for his reception at the conference hotel, where other candidates were campaigning, Mr. Suozzi held one at a restaurant across the street. If there was no room for Mr. Suozzi's reception, Gary Pretlow, the chairman of the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators said, it was simply because the rooms were booked.


Summary: Attorney General Eliot Spitzer was simply reaping the benefits of choosing a running mate as lieutenant governor who came from the ranks of the black and Puerto Rican caucus, David A. Paterson, a state senator from Harlem. Mr. Paterson, who sat on the other side of the minister at the Wilborn Temple Church of God in Christ, said that there's a sense that now they can have a seat at the table. Both Mr. Paterson and Mr. Spitzer spoke to the gathering on Sunday night.

Summary: Mr. Spitzer was simply reaping the benefits of choosing a running mate as lieutenant governor who came from the ranks of the black and Puerto Rican caucus, David A. Paterson, a state senator from Harlem. Mr. Paterson at the Wilborn Temple Church of God in Christ said that here was a sense that then they could have a seat at the table. Mr. Spitzer said that David was an icon in this party and the fact that David and he were joined together certainly speaks volumes about the issues we will take to the public.


Summary: The Senate was about to pass even stronger legislation calling for the Puebla State governor, Mario Marín, to step down, when the members of his party marched out of the session, denying the other parties a quorum.

Summary: The Senate was about to pass even stronger legislation calling for Mr. Marín to step down, when the members of his party marched out of the session, denying the other parties a quorum.


Summary: The writer, Lydia Cacho, was charged under state law with defaming a textile businessman, Kamel Nacif, in her book, 'The Demons of Eden.' Defamation and slander are criminal charges in Mexico, and Ms. Cacho was held briefly in jail before being released while state prosecutors began their investigation into the charges.

Summary: The writer, Lydia Cacho, was charged under state law with defaming a textile businessman, Kamel Nacif, in her book, ''The Demons of Eden.'' In her book, Ms. Cacho wrote that Mr. Nacif was a friend of Jean Succar Kuri, a man accused of pederasty in Cancún, and was paying for his legal defense. Cacho's arrest between two male voices had been identified as the Puebla State governor, Mario Marín, and Mr. Nacif. Cacho, using an expletive to refer to her. She said that state officials had gone so far as to threaten her with beatings and rape when she was released from jail.


Summary: Cacho's arrest between two male voices that the journalists from the newspaper and the radio station said had been identified as the Puebla State governor, Mario Marín, and Mr. Nacif. Governor Marín has denied that the voice on the tape is his. Members of the lower house of Congress from the other two major parties passed a resolution demanding Governor Marín's resignation, then passed legislation calling for a congressional investigation, arguing that the governor had violated Ms. Cacho's constitutional rights and should be impeached.

Summary: The audiotape that was given to a Mexican radio station and a national newspaper, La Jornada contains recording carrying an ugly conversation celebrating Lydia Cacho's arrest between two male voices that the journalists from the newspaper and the radio station said had been identified as the Puebla State governor, Mario Marín, and Kamel Nacif. Governor Marín has denied in a statement that the voice on the tape is his. Members of the lower house of Congress passed a resolution on Tuesday demanding Governor Marín's resignation, then passed legislation calling for a congressional investigation, arguing that the governor had violated Ms. Cacho's constitutional rights and should be impeached. The Senate was about to pass even stronger legislation calling for Mr. Marín to step down.


Summary: Someone gave an audiotape to a Mexican radio station and a national newspaper, La Jornada, that renewed the debate over Ms. Cacho's arrest.

Summary: Last week someone gave an audiotape to a Mexican radio station and a national newspaper, La Jornada, that renewed the debate over Lydia Cacho's arrest. She told La Jornada that she thinks that the case against her will be dropped, because it was a vengeful act.


Summary: Rubén Aguilar, a spokesman for President Vicente Fox, denounced the statements on the tape as brutal and undignified and announced that the case might be assigned to a newly appointed special prosecutor for crimes against journalists.

Summary: Rubén Aguilar, a spokesman for President Vicente Fox, denounced the statements on the tape as "brutal and undignified" and announced that the case might be assigned to a newly appointed special prosecutor for crimes against journalists.


Summary: The writer, Lydia Cacho, was then charged under state law with defaming a textile businessman, Kamel Nacif, in her book, ''The Demons of Eden.'' Ms. Cacho wrote that Mr. Nacif was a friend of Jean Succar Kuri, a man accused of pederasty in Cancún, and was paying for his legal defense. Cacho's arrest between two male voices that the journalists from the newspaper and the radio station said had been identified as the Puebla State governor, Mario Marín, and Mr. Nacif.

Summary: The writer, Lydia Cacho, was charged under state law with defaming a textile businessman, Kamel Nacif, in her book, 'The Demons of Eden' where she wrote that Mr. Nacif was a friend of Jean Succar Kuri, a man accused of pederasty in Cancún, and was paying for his legal defense.


Summary: Roberto Madrazo suggested that the Fox administration was using the scandal to hurt his campaign, though he later called for an investigation into Mr. Marín's role in Ms. Cacho's arrest.

Summary: Rubén Aguilar, a spokesman for President Vicente Fox, denounced the statements on the tape as "brutal and undignified" and announced that the case might be assigned to a newly appointed special prosecutor for crimes against journalists. The party's candidate for president, Roberto Madrazo, suggested that the Fox administration was using scandal to hurt his campaign, though he later called for an investigation into Mr. Marín's role in Ms. Cacho's arrest.


Summary: Carol Berkman's judgment has overturned the Court of Appeals. She said from the bench to observe Mr. Goldstein with his previous trial counsel, and it appeared to her that he enjoyed an excellent relationship with his attorney. Justice Berkman told Mr. Goldstein that Legal Aid would continue being his lawyer on appeal.

Summary: Andrew Goldstein was back in a Manhattan court last week before the judge, Carol Berkman, whose judgment the Court of Appeals overturned. She had extended opportunity to observe Mr. Goldstein with his previous trial counsel, and it appeared to her that he enjoyed an excellent relationship with his attorney. Lawrence T. Hausman, a Legal Aid lawyer, said that he had spoken to Mr. Goldstein and the defendant's estranged father, a doctor living in Delaware, by telephone, and that they both preferred Legal Aid. Justice Berkman told Mr. Goldstein that Legal Aid would continue being his lawyer on appeal.


Summary: Lawrence T. Hausman, a Legal Aid lawyer, said that he had spoken to Andy Goldstein and his estranged father by telephone and that they both preferred Legal Aid. Mr. Goldstein said that he preferred Legal Aid because they won the appeal. Justice Berkman told Mr. Goldstein that Legal Aid would continue being his lawyer on appeal.

Summary: For these unsung, underfinanced lawyers, there's the Legal Aid Society on one side, and a court-appointed lawyer, Kevin Canfield, the sole practitioner, appointed by the court as a lawyer for the indigent, who represented Mr. Goldstein before the jury that convicted him, on the other to represent Andrew Goldstein in his appeal. Apologetically, he added that he had assured Mr. Canfield that anything could change in the future on this and that he might still stand a chance. Mr. Goldstein said he preferred Legal Aid, because they won the appeal. Apologetically, he added that he had assured Mr. Canfield that anything could change in the future on this and that he might still stand a chance.


Summary: The case, which the prosecution wants to take to the United States Supreme Court, raises the question of whether the underlying basis of expert witnesses' opinions should be examined or what one lawyer likened to a debate.

Summary: The case, which the prosecution wants to take to the United States Supreme Court, raises the question of whether the underlying basis of expert witnesses' opinions should be examined, what one lawyer likened to an "earth is flat" debate.


Summary: Andrew Goldstein was not, by most lights, a desirable client. He had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, and he was one of the state's most notorious murderers until his conviction was overturned late last year. Mr. Goldstein was convicted of pushing Kendra Webdale, an aspiring journalist, to her death in front of a speeding train on Jan. 3, 1999. The state's highest court overturned his conviction on Dec. 20, saying he had been denied his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him. Mr. Goldstein chose Legal Aid as his counsel because they won his appeal. Apologetically, he added that he had assured Mr. Canfield that anything could change in the future on this and that he might still stand a chance.

Summary: Andy Goldstein was convicted of pushing Kendra Webdale to her death in front of a speeding train. The state's highest court overturned his conviction saying that he had been denied his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him. A prosecution psychiatrist testified at trial that he pushed Ms. Webdale not because he was insane, but because she resembled a blond woman who had spurned him. Mr. Goldstein said that he preferred Legal Aid because they won the appeal. Apologetically, he added that he had assured Mr. Canfield that he might still stand a chance.


Summary: Mr. Goldstein was back in a Manhattan court last week before the judge, Carol Berkman, whose judgment the Court of Appeals overturned. Justice Berkman pronounced herself indifferent to the wishes of the family but said she did not want to disrespect Mr. Goldstein's wishes. Justice Berkman told him to choose his counsel. Justice Berkman told Mr. Goldstein that Legal Aid would continue being his lawyer on appeal.

Summary: Carol Berkman's judgment was overturned by the Court of Appeals. She said from the bench, to observe Mr. Goldstein with his previous trial counsel, and it appeared to her that he enjoyed an excellent relationship with his attorney. Justice Berkman told Mr. Goldstein that Legal Aid would continue being his lawyer on appeal.


Summary: Six years ago, Mr. Goldstein was convicted of pushing Kendra Webdale, an aspiring journalist, to her death in front of a speeding train on Jan. 3, 1999. The problem came when a prosecution psychiatrist testified at trial, quoting conversations with people who knew Mr. Goldstein, that he pushed Ms. Webdale not because he was insane, but because she resembled a blond woman who had spurned him.

Summary: Mr. Goldstein was convicted of pushing Kendra Webdale to her death in front of a speeding train. A prosecution psychiatrist testified at trial that he pushed Ms. Webdale not because he was insane, but because she resembled a blond woman who had spurned him.


Summary: Kevin Canfield, the sole practitioner, was appointed by the court as a lawyer for the indigent, who represented Mr. Goldstein before the jury. In a hearing earlier this month, Mr. Canfield, a tall, ruddy man, argued that he had a warm and deep relationship with Mr. Goldstein. Mr. Goldstein, speaking slowly, said he preferred Legal Aid when asked by the judge to choose his legal counsel. Apologetically, he added that he had assured Mr. Canfield that anything could change in the future on this and that he might still stand a chance, and with that, Mr. Canfield turned and walked swiftly out of the courtroom, never looking back.

Summary: Kevin Canfield, a tall, ruddy man with a graying crew cut, argued that he had a warm and deep relationship with Mr. Goldstein, cultivated over the course of a long trial. The Court officers led him to his seat at the defense table, where Mr. Canfield stood on one side and a Legal Aid lawyer stood on the other. Mr. Goldstein chose Legal Aid because they won the appeal.  Apologetically, he added that he had assured Mr. Canfield he might still stand a chance.


Summary: Describing on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's disclosure on last month that city planners were drafting a strategy to cope with this expected growth, Daniel L. Doctoroff, the deputy mayor for economic development, said the city could accommodate a million additional people or maybe more, but only if it began planning for their needs now. He said that they have the capacity through rezoning and underutilized land to go well over that number. Mr. Doctoroff said that it opens up great opportunities only if the growth is smart, if we have the things that make cities worth living in. he said the strategy would explore opportunities for growth both citywide and in 188 individual neighborhoods.

Summary: Elaborating on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's disclosure, Daniel L. Doctoroff, the deputy mayor for economic development, said the city could accommodate a million additional people or more, but only if it began planning for their needs now. Mr. Doctoroff said the strategy would explore opportunities for growth both citywide and in 188 individual neighborhoods. Among the goals of the plan, Mr. Doctoroff said, are to produce greater geographic diversity more jobs in Downtown Brooklyn, Flushing, and Jamaica in Queens, the South Bronx, Harlem, and the Far West Side and to preserve manufacturing jobs.


Summary: Elaborating on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's disclosure last month that city planners were drafting a strategy to cope with this expected growth, Daniel L. Doctoroff, the deputy mayor for economic development, said that the city could accommodate a million additional people or more, but only if it began planning for their needs now. He added that  they have the capacity through rezoning and underutilized land to go well over that number. In his State of the City address last month, Mr. Bloomberg said that he will be presenting a ''strategic land use plan'' in April.

Summary: Elaborating on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's disclosure, Daniel L. Doctoroff, the deputy mayor for economic development, said the city could accommodate a million additional people or more, but only if it began planning for their needs now. In his State of the City address, Mr. Bloomberg said that he would present a strategic land use plan that will explore the potential for growth, identify the constraints and recommend how to provide housing, transportation, energy, and other public works, including parks, to accommodate a larger population, the mayor said.


Summary: When the members of Congress attack the executives of Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Cisco Systems at a hearing about their China operations, there were three important people who couldn't attend. Microsoft has also been timid, but nothing like Yahoo. Microsoft responded to a Chinese request by recently shutting down the outspoken blog of Michael Anti (who currently works for the New York Times Beijing bureau).

Summary: Congress pilloried executives of Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, and Cisco Systems at a hearing about their China operations. Microsoft responded to a Chinese request by recently shutting down the outspoken blog of Michael Anti. Microsoft also censors sensitive words in the Chinese version of its blog-hosting software, the blogger Rebecca MacKinnon found that it rejected the title ''I Love Freedom of Speech, Human Rights and Democracy" as prohibited language. Microsoft could publish a list of the political terms that it blocks as prohibited language.


Summary: Microsoft also censors sensitive words in the Chinese version of its blog-hosting software; Rebecca MacKinnon, who is the blogger found that it rejected as ''prohibited language'' the title ''I Love Freedom of Speech, Human Rights and Democracy.'' Cisco sells equipment to China used for maintaining censorship controls, but as far as I can tell similar equipment is widely available, including from Chinese companies like Huawei.

Summary: Blogger Rebecca MacKinnon found that Microsoft censors sensitive words in the Chinese version of its blog-hosting software when it rejected the title ''I Love Freedom of Speech, Human Rights and Democracy as prohibitive language.


Summary: Let imagine that Anne Frank had maintained an e-mail account while in hiding in 1944, and that the Nazis had asked Yahoo for cooperation in tracking her down. Chris Smith, who is the representative, called the hearing and drew the Anne Frank analogy, has introduced a bill to regulate Internet companies abroad, but that's an overreaction.

Summary: Suppose that Anne Frank had maintained an e-mail account while in hiding in 1944 and that the Nazis had asked Yahoo for cooperation in tracking her down. Representative Chris Smith, who called the hearing and drew the Anne Frank analogy, has introduced a bill to regulate Internet companies abroad.


Summary: It looks like, which is based on Yahoo's behavior in China, that it might have complied. But when members of Congress attack the executives of Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Cisco Systems at a hearing about their China operations, there were three important people who couldn't attend. And those three people were -  Shi Tao, Li Zhi and Jiang Lijun, three Chinese cyberdissidents whom Yahoo helped send to prison for terms of 10 years, 8 years and 4 years, respectively.

Summary: Members of Congress pilloried executives of Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Cisco Systems at a hearing about their China operations. They were Shi Tao, Li Zhi and Jiang Lijun, three Chinese cyberdissidents whom Yahoo helped send to prison for terms of 10 years, 8 years and 4 years, respectively. But Chinese court documents in each case say that Yahoo handed over information that was used to help convict them. Yahoo has acted disgracefully, but the bigger picture is that the Internet is taking pluralism to China and profound change may come sooner rather than later, for unrest is stirring across the country.


Summary: Members of Congress pilloried executives of Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, and Cisco Systems at a hearing about their China operations. Google has offered a censored version of its Chinese search engine, which will turn out the kind of results that the Communist Party would like and thus will not be slowed down by filters and other impediments that now make it unattractive to Chinese users. But Google also kept its unexpurgated and thus frustratingly slow Chinese-language search engine available, so in effect, its decision gave Chinese Web users more choices rather than fewer.

Summary: When members of Congress attacked executives of Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Cisco Systems at a hearing about their China operations, there were three important people who couldn't attend. But it's a mistake to think of all the American companies as Google appears to have done nothing wrong at all. Google strikes Rebecca as innocent of wrongdoing. Google has offered a censored version of its Chinese search engine, which will turn out the kind of results that the Communist Party would like (and thus will not be slowed down by filters and other impediments that now make it unattractive to Chinese users).


Summary: Representative Chris Smith, who called the hearing and drew the Anne Frank analogy, has introduced a bill to regulate Internet companies abroad, but that is probably an overaction.

Summary: Representative Chris Smith, who called the hearing and drew the Anne Frank analogy, has introduced a bill to regulate Internet companies abroad, but that's an overreaction.


Summary: When members of Congress attack executives of Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Cisco Systems at a hearing about their China operations, there were three important people who couldn't attend. Cisco also enthusiastically peddles its equipment to the Chinese police. Cisco in China is a bit sleazy but nothing like Yahoo.

Summary: But when members of Congress pilloried executives of Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, and Cisco Systems at a hearing about their China operations on Wednesday, there were three important people who couldn't attend. Cisco also enthusiastically peddles its equipment to the Chinese police. In short, Cisco in China is a bit sleazy but nothing like Yahoo.


Summary: Maria C. Tagliaferro, a company spokeswoman, said that Analog Devices had made the disclosure because they wanted to be completely transparent to their shareholders. She said that the interest rate paid by the company is based on the cost that Analog Devices pays to borrow money. Tagliaferro defended Mr. Fishman's deferred compensation, by saying that it reflected the climb in Analog Devices' stock price during the 11 years, starting in 1995, that his millions multiplied.

Summary: Maria C. Tagliaferro, a company spokeswoman, said that Analog Devices had made the disclosure because it wanted to be completely transparent to its shareholders. Tagliaferro said the interest rate paid by the company is based on the cost that Analog Devices pays to borrow money. Tagliaferro defended Mr. Fishman's deferred compensation, saying that it reflected the climb in Analog Devices' stock price during the 11 years, starting in 1995, that his millions multiplied.


Summary: Jerald G. Fishman, the chief executive, had backed up his truck to corporate headquarters late last year and loaded up the $144.7 million that he was owed in deferred compensation, those who bothered to read the company's proxy, filed on Feb. 2, saw in glorious black and white. In keeping with a practice that is widespread in corporate America and that the Securities and Exchange Commission hopes to change soon is the company had previously not disclosed the amount of Mr. Fishman's deferred-compensation balance as it grew each year. Under the proposed deal, Mr. Fishman agreed to pay $1 million and make an unspecified disgorgement payment.

Summary: Jerald G. Fishman, the chief executive, had backed up his truck to corporate headquarters late last year and loaded up the $144.7 million that he was owed in deferred compensation. Under the proposed deal, Mr. Fishman would pay $1 million and make an unspecified disgorgement payment. In calculating Mr. Fishman's total pay, Analog Devices' compensation committee said it took into account his strong leadership in guiding A.D.I. through the downturn in the semiconductor industry, his position as a leading executive in the semiconductor industry, and A.D.I.'s performance over the past fiscal year relative to its peer companies. As for linking pay to performance, the committee said Mr. Fishman's bonus was calculated based on the company's operating profit before tax as a percentage of its revenue.


Summary: Analog Devices, a semiconductor maker in Norwood, Mass. The revelation that struck Analog Devices' shareholders is to learn how much of their money is being siphoned off by their company's leaders. Analog Devices is also in the midst of settling a matter that was initiated in late 2004 by the S.E.C. related to its compensation practices specifically, to the timing of the company's stock option grants to its employees, officers, and directors. Analog Devices has lost 6.55 percent, annualized, versus a decline of 3.38 percent for the index. In calculating Mr. Jerald G. Fishman, the chief executive's total pay, Analog Devices' compensation committee said it took into account his strong leadership in guiding A.D.I. through the downturn in the semiconductor industry, his position as a leading executive in the semiconductor industry and A.D.I.'s performance over the past fiscal year relative to its peer companies.

Summary: Consider the owners of Analog Devices, a semiconductor maker in Norwood, Mass. The revelation that struck Analog Devices' holders is known in executive payland as a holy-cow moment, that electrifying instant when shareholders learn how much of their money is being siphoned off by their company's leaders. Give Analog Devices a gold star for disclosing the deferred compensation earned by its executives and directors before regulators required it.


Summary: Consider the owners of Analog Devices, a semiconductor maker. Those who bothered to read the company's proxy, filed on Feb. 2, saw in glorious black and white that Jerald G. Fishman, the chief executive of the company, had backed up his truck to corporate headquarters late last year and loaded up the $144.7 million that he was owed in deferred compensation. The revelation that struck Analog Devices' holders is known in executive pay land as a holy-cow moment, that electrifying instant when shareholders learn how much of their money is being siphoned off by their company's leaders.

Summary: Analog Devices, a semiconductor maker in Norwood, Mass. The revelation that struck Analog Devices' shareholders is to learn how much of their money is being siphoned off by their company's leaders. Analog Devices is also in the midst of settling a matter that was initiated by the S.E.C. related to its compensation practices specifically, to the timing of the company's stock option grants to its employees, officers, and directors. Analog Devices' proxy statement, the $144.7 million included gains on stock options he had exercised between 1997 and 2003. The proxy stated that the interest rate paid to Analog Devices' executives in fiscal 2005 was 6.48 percent well above the average long-term rate of 4.64 percent that United States Treasury bonds paid last year. Analog Devices has lost 6.55 percent, annualized, versus a decline of 3.38 percent for the index.


Summary: The proxy stated that the interest rate paid to Analog Devices' executives in fiscal 2005 was 6.48 percent well above the average long-term rate of 4.64 percent that United States Treasury bonds paid last year.

Summary: The proxy stated that the interest rate paid to Analog Devices' executives in fiscal 2005 was 6.48 percent, well above the average long-term rate of 4.64 percent that United States Treasury bonds paid last year.


Summary: Jerald G. Fishman, the chief executive, was seen by those who bothered to read the company's proxy, filed on Feb. 2, was saw in glorious black and white, had backed up his truck to corporate headquarters late last year and loaded up the $144.7 million that he was owed in deferred compensation. In keeping with a practice that is widespread in corporate America and that the Securities and Exchange Commission hopes to change soon, the company had previously not disclosed the amount of Mr. Fishman's deferred-compensation balance as it constantly grew each year. Under the proposed deal, Mr. Fishman would agreed to pay $1 million and make an unspecified disgorgement payment.

Summary: Jerald G. Fishman, the chief executive, had backed up his truck to corporate headquarters late last year and loaded up the $144.7 million that he was owed in deferred compensation. Under the proposed deal, Mr. Fishman would pay $1 million and make an unspecified disgorgement payment. In calculating Mr. Fishman's total pay, Analog Devices' compensation committee said it took into account his strong leadership in guiding A.D.I. through the downturn in the semiconductor industry, his position as a leading executive in the semiconductor industry and A.D.I.'s performance over the past fiscal year relative to its peer companies. The committee said Mr. Fishman's bonus was calculated based on the company's operating profit before tax as a percentage of its revenue.


Summary: In 2000, many college endowments and public pension funds, including Calpers, did not participate in the initial public offering of PetroChina, a subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Company, because of PetroChina's involvement in oil extraction from Sudan.


Summary: David J. Edmondson, the embattled chief executive of RadioShack, offered two apologies to investors yesterday, one for the performance of the company and the other for having lied about his educational background. Mr. Edmondson said that RadioShack failed to achieve its financial objectives in 2005. The company's board initially supported Mr. Edmondson after the newspaper published its report on Tuesday, quoting the college's registrar as saying Mr. Edmondson had attended the school but had not graduated. Since Mr. Edmondson became president of the retailer in 2000, the shares are down 62 percent.

Summary: David J. Edmondson, the embattled chief executive of RadioShack, offered two apologies to investors, one for the performance of the company and the other one is for having lied about his educational background. He said in announcing that earnings were well below Wall Street expectations, said that RadioShack failed to achieve its financial objectives in 2005. But they must move at a much faster pace with a greater sense of urgency. He said the turnaround plan would cost as much as $100 million.


Summary: Gary Balter, an analyst for Credit Suisse said that the results point to a company in a virtual state of collapse. But he did not change his neutral view on the stock.

Summary: Gary Balter, an analyst for Credit Suisse, said that the results are point to a company in a virtual state of collapse. But he did not change his neutral view on the stock.


Summary: Mr. Edmondson said that RadioShack had failed to achieve its financial objectives in 2005 and also added that earnings were well below Wall Street expectations. RadioShack shares fell $1.67, to $19.08, hitting a three-year low of $18.80. The company said it had suspended its share repurchase program, which was greatly increased in 2005, when it spent $625.8 million on repurchases at an average price of about $25 a share, up from $251.1 million at a price of more than $36 a share the year before. The company said part of the shortfall in profit came from a write-down of $62 million in its inventory as part of the revamping plan.

Summary: RadioShack's stock fell to a three-year low. RadioShack shares fell $1.67, to $19.08, hitting a three-year low of $18.80. RadioShack, which failed to meet even its own reduced expectations, said it would no longer offer profit forecasts. The company said it had suspended its share repurchase program, which was greatly increased in 2005, when it spent $625.8 million on repurchases at an average price of about $25 a share, up from $251.1 million at a price of more than $36 a share the year before.


Summary: Delphi's biggest union, the United Automobile Workers, has threatened to strike the parts company if Delphi seeks to terminate its contracts. The U.A.W. said that there were 'many significant issues' to be resolved in the negotiations involving Delphi, G.M. and the union. U.A.W. members earn as much as $67 an hour in wages and benefits, the same as their counterparts at G.M. The U.A.W. reacted angrily to Mr. Miller's initial proposal, which Delphi subsequently withdrew, and workers threatened to strike the company if it asked a judge for the ability to void its labor agreements.

Summary: Delphi's biggest union, the United Automobile Workers, has threatened to strike the parts company if Delphi seeks to terminate its contracts. In its statement, the U.A.W. said that there were many significant issues to be resolved in the negotiations involving Delphi, G.M., and the union. U.A.W. members earn as much as $67 an hour in wages and benefits, the same as their counterparts at G.M.


Summary: Robert S. Miller, Delphi's chief executive, said that this deadline should provide them sufficient time to deal with the complexities inherent in fashioning practical and workable solutions, and an effective agreement that worked for all of them. Mr. Miller, who joined Delphi in July after leading restructurings at a number of other companies, said Delphi could not survive without sharply lower wage and benefit rates. Initially, Mr. Miller said members of the U.A.W. should earn as little as $9.50 an hour, compared with the $27 an hour paid at U.A.W. represented plants.

Summary: Delphi's chief executive, Robert S. Miller, said, this deadline should provide them sufficient time to deal with the complexities inherent in fashioning practical and workable solutions, and an effective agreement that works for all of them. Mr. Miller, who joined Delphi in July after leading restructurings at a number of other companies, said Delphi could not survive without sharply lower wage and benefit rates. Mr. Miller said members of the U.A.W. should earn as little as $9.50 an hour, compared with the $27 an hour paid at U.A.W. represented plants.


Summary: The Delphi Corporation operating in bankruptcy said that it would keep talking with its unions and General Motors in a bid to reach a deal on lower wage and benefit rates. Delphi, which was part of G.M. until 1999, filed for Chapter 11 protection in October. G.M. lost $8.6 billion in 2005, and it announced a plan in November to close all of or part of 12 plants, and cut 30,000 jobs. G.M. estimated that Delphi's bankruptcy could cost it up to $12 billion.

Summary: The Delphi Corporation, which is operating in bankruptcy, said that it would keep talking with its unions and General Motors in a bid to reach a deal on lower wage and benefit rates. A strike at Delphi, which is G.M.'s biggest supplier, would probably cripple G.M. within days and would come at a time when G.M. is struggling. G.M. lost $8.6 billion in 2005, and it announced a plan in November to close all of or part of 12 plants, and cut 30,000 jobs. G.M. has estimated that Delphi's bankruptcy could cost it up to $12 billion.