The February 7, 2000 was a Monday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 37 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 26 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, February 7, 2026, 125 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, February 7, 2027, in 239 days. You have lived for 9,622 days, or about 230,939 hours, or about 13,856,374 minutes, or about 831,382,440 seconds.
Date: 08 February 2000
By Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman NYC column discusses importance of newspaper headline editors to Presidential candidates; notes that screaming headlines favor politicians with catchy nicknames; contends Republican primary candidate John McCain does not have enough name recognition for readers to identify him by any other name but McCain (M)
Date: 07 February 2000
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
Publicity avalanche set off by his New Hampshire victory in 2000 presidential primary has swept Sen John McCain onto covers of national newsweeklies Newsweek, Time and US News & World Report--rare journalistic hat trick that capped week of unusual attention; photos (M)
Date: 07 February 2000
By Paul Zielbauer
Paul Zielbauer
Maureen Dennis, presiding judge in murder case against Michael Skakel, is to meet with lawyers for five newspapers that have asked her to open proceedings to public and news media; newspapers argue that court does not need to shield Skakel, an adult, from public exposure, as they would a juvenile defendant; Skakel is being charged as juvenile in 1975 murder of Martha Moxley (M)
Date: 07 February 2000
Editorial says First Lady Hillary Rodham gave polished speech and made smooth beginning in announcing her candidacy for US Senate seat from New York; says real test will be whether she can extend professionalism into other aspects of campaign by fully elaborating her issues and becoming more available to press and public (M)
Date: 08 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
UtiliCorp United Inc to buy TransAlta Corp's Alberta electric utility for $450 million to expand its reach in Canada (S)
Date: 08 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Akamai Technologies Inc, maker of software that speeds Web browsing, agrees to buy InterVU Inc for about $2.8 billion in stock to offer more audio and video services over Internet (S)
Date: 08 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Credit rating of Japan-based Nissan Motor Co is lowered below investment grade by Standard & Poor's Corp after company says weak performance in its home market will pull down its operating profit (S)
Date: 08 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Axa SA, world's largest insurer, says fourth-quarter revenue rose to 18.6 billion euros ($18.3 billion), or 22 percent, from 15.3 billion euros a year earlier; full-year revenues rose 17 percent, to 66.5 billion euros, or 10 percent when adjusted for acquisitions (S)
Date: 08 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Real Estate broker survey finds that increase in buyers from outside New York and short supply of apartments have pushed average price of Manhattan home to $569,005, from about $499,300 in fourth quarter last year; number of apartments sold rose 18 percent (S)
Date: 08 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Semiconductor Industry Association says worldwide sales of semiconductors jumped 19 percent last year, to a record $149 billion, fueled by demand for mobile phones and computer memory; chip sales rose 23 percent in December from year ago to record $14.7 billion; group expects chip sales to rise 20 percent in 2000 and 21 percent in 2001 (S)