The October 18, 2000 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 291 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 25 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, October 18, 2025, 251 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, October 18, 2026, in 113 days. You have lived for 9,382 days, or about 225,185 hours, or about 13,511,154 minutes, or about 810,669,240 seconds.
Date: 19 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
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ITT Educational Services Inc says its compensation of student recruiters is being investigated by US Education Department; offers associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees, and nondegree programs; company's shares fall 24 percent, to $16.69 (S)
Date: 19 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
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FrontLine Capital Group, which invests in real estate and technology-related companies, says it will stop making investments and will separate its temporary-office-leasing business, HQ Global Workplaces, from its other businesses; move comes after 83 percent drop this year in shares of company (S)
Date: 19 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
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Station Casinos Inc, whose casinos in Missouri have been subject of investigation by the state, agrees to sell those properties to Ameristar Casinos Inc for $475 million; Ameristar will acquire properties in St Charles and Kansas City; Ameristar will sell its Reserve casino in Henderson, Nev, to Station for $70 million (S)
Date: 19 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
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Vlasic Foods International Inc, maker of Vlasic Pickles and Swanson frozen entrees, says review by Lazard Freres & Co will probably result in sale of all or part of company (S)
Date: 19 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
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Eastman Kodak Co says fourth-quarter profit will fall below analysts' forecast; also says third-quarter profit fell 7.7 percent, to $430 million, compared with $466 million a year ago (S)
Date: 19 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
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Boeing Co says third-quarter profit rose 20 percent, to $622 million; sales fell 11 percent, to $11.88 billion (S)
Date: 18 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
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Sunrise Medical Inc agrees to be acquired by investor group that includes its chief executive, Michael Hammes, and other senior managers in transaction that values Sunrise at about $224.4 million; group also includes Park Avenue Equity Partners and Vestar Capital Partners (S)
Date: 18 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
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SCC Communications Corp, provider of 911 services to telephone carriers, agrees to buy public safety systems unit of Lucent Technologies Inc for about $41 million (S)
Date: 18 October 2000
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Hercules Inc says third-quarter profit will be lower than expected; chief executive Vincent Corbo resigns (S)
Date: 19 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
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Media Arts Group Inc, art and home-decor concern, says Thomas Kinkade, board member and co-founder, has offered to buy all of shares of company that he does not already own for about $62.9 million (S)
Date: 18 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
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American BioScience Inc, owner of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's cancer treatment drug Taxol, sues Food and Drug Administration for second time over its approval of Ivax Corp's generic version of drug; asks judge to make FDA accept Bristol-Myers' latest application to list American BioScience patent on Taxol; listing patent with regulatory agency would effectively delay Ivax's introduction of generic version of drug (S)