UBS AG's cost to resolve a case stemming from the sale of Lehman Brothers Holdings notes, before Lehman's collapse, is $10.75 million. The Financial Briefing Book in Tuesday's Money & Investing section incorrectly said $10.75 billion. Link Report an error
From NewsFirst5.com: Imagine waking up and checking the Sunday paper to find that you've won the lottery, but then learning that the newspaper printed the wrong numbers. That's just what happened to a Pueblo couple this weekend. Jim and Dorothy Sprague say they experienced a lot of joy and a lot of heartbreak all in [...]
Reports on the recent warm weather went a bit astray on temperature conversion and geography. An article about Jersey's claim to be the warmest place "in the British Isles" – Scilly pours cold water on Jersey's warmer boast, 11 April, page 7 – rendered the island's mean minimum temperature of 8.9C as (a freezing) 32F. [...]
A picture caption last Thursday with an article about the West Texas desert home of John Wells misstated the volume of water captured by the gutters on a shack. It is 140 gallons from an inch of rainfall, not 1,500 gallons. Link Report an error
Because of an editing error, an article on Tuesday about measures to rethink computer technology for the coming era of nanoelectronics misstated the amount of energy needed to keep a 100-watt bulb lighted for an hour. It is 360,000 joules, not eight million joules. Link Report an error
The pope's 2010 visit to Britain was put at an awesome £7bn in early editions of a report on the forthcoming state visit by Barack and Michelle Obama. That was meant to be £7m (Watch out for the corgis, 18 February, page 3). Link Report an error
There were two errors in supermarket prices given in reports on the government's alcohol policy and in a Datablog item. We said that Asda sold Grant's whisky for £11 in its stores just before Christmas. The supermarket has asked us to make clear that the lowest price for Grant's whisky in that period was £15.97, [...]
State Sen. Malama Solomon (D, Hilo-Honokaa) said the state is facing an $850 million shortfall. A Page A1 article yesterday quoted her as saying the shortfall was $850 billion. Report an error
In a Jan. 27 story about the Better Place electric car project, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Better Place has raised $700 billion. The correct figure is $700 million. Link And: In a Jan. 26 story about President Obama's tours of Wisconsin businesses, The Associated Press erroneously reported the size of a small business [...]
There's a lot of conflicting information flowing about today's deadly attack at a Moscow airport. Note the mismatched headline and lead in this story from KTNV ABC in Las Vegas: Update January 24: They fixed the headline ("31 dead in Russian attack"). Fast work, but no correction. Thanks, @chrishogg! Report an error
Ken Auletta's latest article in the New Yorker — a long feature about the new AOL — set off a lot of online chatter. One statistic in particular was highlighted by the Consumerist and Business Insider. The former writes: A New Yorker profile this week details how 80% of AOL's revenue comes from subscriptions, and, [...]
Golden Globes: A critic's notebook on the Golden Globes in the Jan. 18 Calendar, about how passion and quality can pay off in the movie business, described "Barney's Version" as "a $3-million adaptation of Mordecai Richler's acerbic novel and largely backed by Canadian interests." In fact, the budget was $30 million. Link Report an error
APOLOGY: In Monday's Industrial column, we reported that Manchester City council announced 12,000 job cuts. In fact the 12,000 workforce have been told their jobs are at risk and the council has already announced 2,000 job cuts with more to come. Link Report an error
Correction: Because of a production error, over the past several days wrong years appeared for events featured in “This Day in History,'' published in the “g'' section. The events and correct years are as follows: The United States closed its embassy in Yemen (2010); Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffered a stroke (2006); John [...]
An article on Tuesday about research into the mechanics of bird flight misstated the number of hummingbird species. It is about 350, not about 9,000. (There are approximately 9,000 species of birds over all.) Link Report an error
An article last Sunday about regulations in Britain aimed at reducing the environmental effects of excess packaging misstated the number of tons of carbon dioxide emissions that were saved as a result of a voluntary government program to reduce food and packaging waste. The amount was 3.6 million tons, not 3.6 tons. Link Report an [...]
In recent weeks, NPR hosts, reporters and guests have incorrectly said or implied that WikiLeaks recently has disclosed or released roughly 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables. Although the website has vowed to publish "251,287 leaked United States embassy cables," as of Dec. 28, 2010, only 1,942 of the cables had been released. Link NPR's ombudsman has [...]
In the September/October Elms, the article "Lies, Damned Lies, and Stats" misreported the amount of money mistakenly thought to be grossed annually by the drug trade. It is $500 million. Link Thanks, Chris! Report an error
According to the U.S. Census's New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey, apartments with four or more bedrooms represented more than 12% of owner-occupied units in New York City in 2008, compared with 12.8% in 2005. A Property article Tuesday incorrectly said that apartments with four or more bedrooms accounted for 1% of the owner-occupied [...]
Owing to an editing error, we said that Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall slept with more than 1,000 women in a three-year period during the mid-80s. That was meant to be more than 1,000 a year, based on his estimate of an average of three such encounters a day, as stated elsewhere in our stories [...]
In the Nov. 30 "Green Lantern," Brian Palmer stated that a treadmill produces 110 tons of carbon dioxide annually. It's 110 pounds. Link Report an error
A recent Post story said that of the $1.3 million the D.C. Salvation Army collected during its annual Red Kettle fundraising drive last year, about $667,000 came from outside local Giant supermarkets. "That's a little less than half of the group's holiday total," The Post reported. "It's actually a little more than half," an annoyed [...]
THE Bulletin wishes to clarify that the new rockpool at Southport Broadwater Parklands cost Gold Coast City Council $3 million to build, not $50 million as reported in yesterday's edition. At the official opening on Saturday Mayor Ron Clarke told the Bulletin the rockpool had cost $50 million. The entire Parklands development, including the rockpool, [...]
On Nov. 4, Anderson Cooper did the country a favor. He expertly deconstructed on his CNN show the bogus rumor that President Obama’s trip to Asia would cost $200 million a day. This was an important “story.” It underscored just how far ahead of his time Mark Twain was when he said a century before [...]
An article on Monday about the magazine The Nation, using incorrect information from the Media Industry Newsletter, overstated the magazine's loss of advertising pages so far this year. Advertising pages are down 5 percent, not 30 percent. And because of that incorrect information, the article erroneously attributed a distinction to the magazine. It is not [...]
