January 24, 2004

Judge Says She Is Satisfied With Microsoft's Actions A federal judge said that she was generally satisfied with Microsoft's efforts to comply with the settlement terms in the government's antitrust case, after the software maker announced steps to make it easier for companies to license its technology. The judge's comments come a week after the Justice Department, along with 16 states and the District of Columbia, said the November 2002 decree had ''fallen short'' in nurturing competition in the industry. [Page C14.]

New York Rangers trade right wing Anson Carter to Washington Capitals for right wing Jaromir Jagr; photos (M)

Conrad Black moves to block Hollinger International, in which he holds a controlling interest, from selling any of its newspaper properties; changes Hollinger International bylaws to require that asset sales or mergers in excess of $1 million receive unanimous board approval; Black, who is attempting to sell his controlling interest in Hollinger International for $178 million to company owned by Barclay brothers of Britain, is embroiled in dispute with Hollinger over its charges that he and associates received more than $200 million from Hollinger in unauthorized payments; photo (M)

AT&T Wireless' decision to sell company could threaten turnaround made by equipment companies such as Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nortel Networks and Nokia; sale would at minimum delay investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in equipment, although in long run it may lead to larger investments by heightening competition within industry; potential buyers include Cingular Wireless, Nextel Communications, NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone Group; graph; photo (M)

Pakistan Pres Pervez Musharraf says scientists from his country appear to have sold nuclear designs to other nations; denies that government knew of sales; diplomats and US officials say documents recently obtained from Libya and Iran relating to their nuclear activities undercut years of Pakistani denials; believe that Pakistan received missile parts from North Korea in return for nuclear aid; International Atomic Energy Agency dir gen Mohamed ElBaradei comments; Musharraf photo (M)