The April 7, 2000 was a Friday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 97 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 Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 66 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, April 7, 2027, in 298 days. You have lived for 9,562 days, or about 229,501 hours, or about 13,770,091 minutes, or about 826,205,460 seconds.
Date: 07 April 2000
By Tabitha Soren
Tabitha Soren
Tabitha Soren Op-Ed article on controversy over ABC's consideration, since withdrawn, of airing Leonardo DiCaprio's interview with Pres Clinton on global warming; asks why is it that journalism police are so upset with idea of movie star interviewing a politician (M)
Date: 07 April 2000
By Adam Nagourney With Marjorie Connelly
Adam With
Latest New York Times/CBS News Poll finds that Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani's response to shooting of Patrick M Dorismond has resulted in his lowest job approval ratings in seven years in office, jolting his campaign for United States Senate while catapulting Hillary Rodham Clinton into the lead for first time in a year; poll finds that Giuliani's attempt to discredit Dorismond after he was shot by New York City police officer has raised concerns about Giuliani's temperament and qualifications, while voters' perceptions of Cinton have improved; she now enjoys 49 percent to 41 percent lead over Giuliani; when undecided voters are pressed to state their leaning, Clinton moves a full 10 points ahead of Giuliani, 52 percent to 42 percent; strikingly, Giuliani is now tied with Clinton upstate, where he is drawing just 44 percent; tables, graphs illustrate poll findings (L)
Date: 08 April 2000
By Andrew Pollack
Andrew Pollack
Jury in Los Angeles rules that Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, made several false statements in article and at news conference in which it branded Isuzu Motors Ltd's Isuzu Trooper sport utility unsafe because of tendency to tip over when swerving to avoid an object in the road; despite ruling, Consuemrs Union wins defamation case because jury either finds false statements were not made maliciously or had not damaged Isuzu; analysts say verdict is one that allows both sides to claim share of victory, with real victor being freedom of the press (M)
Date: 07 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Meritor Automotive Inc and Arvin Industries agree to merge; deal values Arvin at about $670 million; Meritor holders will own about 66 percent of new company called ArvinMeritor Inc (S)
Date: 07 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Intel Corp acquires Kuck & Associates for undisclosed price; Kuck's chairman-chief executive David Kuck will join Intel as general manager in its microprocessor products group (S)
Date: 07 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mitchell Energy and Development Corp says it will remain independent, and it expects this year's earnings to top analysts' forecasts by more than 30 percent; Mitchell hired investment bankers in October to explore possible sale or merger; company now plans to combine its Class A and Class B stock into single class in late June and buy back as many as 2.5 million shares, or about 5 percent of total outstanding (S)
Date: 08 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Prison Realty
Date: 08 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AT&T Corp says it will lay off workers in consumer long-distance division after retirements and resignations failed to reduce staff sufficiently; company is seeking to cut $2 billion in costs this year (S)
Date: 08 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CompUSA Inc, whichwas bought last month by Grupo Sanborns SA of Mexico, plans to dismiss 1,500 employees, or 7.5 percent of its work force, to reduce expenses; company is eliminating 2,150 back-office and other support staff while adding 650 in sales and customer service (S)/
Date: 08 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Gtech Holdings Corp, number 1 maker of lottery systems, calls off its $48.6 million purchase of On-Point Technology Systems Inc after On-Point says it will restate its 1997 and 1998 earnings (S)