For the record - June 12, 2013
Dole Food Co.: In the June 10 Section A, a Monday Business stock spotlight article about Dole Food Co. said that Chief Executive David A. DeLorenzo stepped down to run Itochu Corp. He joined Itochu Corp. to run the newly acquired Dole Asia Holdings. Also, the article said Dole’s profit in 2011 was $42 billion; the profit was $42 million.
Power from dairy waste: In the June 9 Business section, an article about dairy farmers exploring the use of systems that convert cow manure into energy identified Stacey Sullivan as policy director at San Francisco environmental group Conservation California. The group’s name is Sustainable Conservation.
Heinrich Rohrer: In the May 24 LATExtra section, the obituary of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Heinrich Rohrer said that he and Gerd Binnig produced an image of the letters “IBM” in xenon atoms on a nickel crystal. In fact, Donald M. Eigler and Erhard Schweizer were the scientists responsible for that feat. Rohrer and Binnig patented the electron microscope used in the experiment.
Baseball draft: In the June 7 Sports section, a photo caption said that University of San Diego third baseman Kris Bryant was chosen by the Colorado Rockies in the Major League Baseball draft on Thursday. As the accompanying article correctly said, Bryant was selected by the Chicago Cubs.
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