November 28, 2003

China and US are engaged in trade dB

Decisions by Howard Dean and Sen John Kerry to withdraw from campaign finance system are sharply altering early Democratic presidential nominating battles in Iowa and New Hampshire, as both candidates pump large sums into those small states in search of decisive early victory; Dean and Kerry say that pulling out of spending limits program would allow them to be competitive with Pres Bush; aides to each candidate say that as important, decision liberates them from state-by-state primary and caucus spending limits that are lesser-noticed part of campaign finance law; photos (L)

Daimler's acquisition of Chryler in 1998 creating DaimlerChrysler AG is subject of Federal trial, beginning Dec 1, in Wilmington, Del; Kirk Kerkorian, largest shareholder of premerger Chrysler, is suing DaimlerChrysler because he contends company officials misinterpreted transaction as 'merger of equals' that would lead to two semiautonomous companies, one German and one American; says DaimlerChrysler has become German company and struggling Chrysler division is run by executives dispatched from DaimlerChrylser's corporate headquarters in Stuttgart; DaimlerChrysler chairman Jurgen E Schrempp is expected to testify; Kerkorian is seeking $1 billion to $2 billion in compensatory damages; photo (M)

Miami Dolphins defeat Dallas Cowboys, 40-21 (M)

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