The August 22, 2000 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 234 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 Friday, August 22, 2025, 302 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, August 22, 2026, in 62 days. You have lived for 9,433 days, or about 226,402 hours, or about 13,584,160 minutes, or about 815,049,600 seconds.
Date: 22 August 2000
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Daily News will begin distributing free evening newspaper aimed at commuters starting Sept 12; executives say new paper will be called Daily News Express (S)
Date: 22 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Thermo Terra Tech agrees to sell its Lancaster Laboratories unit to Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison Inc for about $72 million cash (S)
Date: 23 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Active Apparel Group Inc agrees to buy Everlast, making of boxing gear, for about $60 million; Active Apparel will rename itself Everlast Worldwide (S)
Date: 22 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Washington Mutual Inc agrees to buy Bank United Corp for about $1.49 billion in stock to sell more financial services in Texas (S)
Date: 23 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Paper Co is in talks to sell its Masonite Corp unit to Premdor Inc (S)
Date: 22 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Heartland Advisors, which has 27 percent stake in Donnelly Corp, urges company to consider sale of company or other action to increase its stock price (S)
Date: 22 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boeing Co wins approval from Defense Department to buy Hughes Electronics Corp's satellite-making business; $3.75 billion transaction will make Boeing world's largest maker of commercial satellites; regulators at FTC and European Commission are reviewing purchase to ensure that Boeing does not use acquisition to push customers to its own launching vehicles (S)
Date: 22 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tim Raines, who had over 2,500 hits and over 800 stolen bases during 21-year career in majors, says that he is disappointed with US Olympic baseball officials for leaving him off squad (S)
Date: 22 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boston Scientific Corp settles Securities and Exchange Commission case over accounting problems at its Japanese unit; SEC found Japanese unit recorded thousands of false sales totaling more than $75 million in 1997 and 1998 (S)
Date: 23 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Deere & Co forms joint venture with China's Tianjin Tractor Manufacturing Co to improve sales by expanding geographically; Deere will own 51 percent of John Deere Tiantuo Co, which will make and sell four models of tractors in China (S)