Media Talk; President Retires At Headline News
Date: 15 January 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Bob Furnad retires as president of CNN's Headline News after 17 years' service; he will teach journalism at University of Georgia; photo (M)
Replaying Monday, January 15, 2001
The January 15, 2001 was a Monday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 14 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 Thursday, January 15, 2026, 179 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, January 15, 2027, in 185 days. You have lived for 9,310 days, or about 223,462 hours, or about 13,407,760 minutes, or about 804,465,600 seconds.
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15th of January 2001 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on January 15, 2001
Tears and a Confession From Another Rev. King
Date: 16 January 2001
By David Firestone
David Firestone
Rev Bernice A King, youngest daughter of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr, addresses reverent crowd at her father's old church in Atlanta, Ga, at family's annual King Day service; admits it was sometimes hard being his child and living with criticism and ridicule, persecution and misunderstanding he endured; King family has come under criticism for suing news organizations and scholars who use excerpts from King's speeches without paying family; Bernice King forcefully defends family's actions, saying family's only desire is to ensure that Dr King's legacy is presented properly; says it is not about money; Bernice King was 5 when her father was assassinated; she is only one of four children to have followed her father into ministry, and is often said to have inherited his oratorical gifts; photo (M)
A Truck Leasing Company Buys Another
Date: 16 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Penske Truck Leasing acquires Rollins Truck Leasing Corp for about $754 million in cash to expand in US and Canada (S)
SCHNEIDER TO ACQUIRE LEGRAND
Date: 16 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Schneider Electric, French maker of industrial controls, agrees to buy Legrand, maker of electrical and electronic fittings, for 6.7 billion euros ($6.4 billion) in stock; will also assume 1.5 billion euros ($1.4 billion) in Legrand debt (S)
APPETITE FOR KLOCKNER UNITS
Date: 16 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ThyssenKrupp, Germany's leading steel maker, is considering bidding for some units of Klockner & Co, metals distribution and trading company owned by E.ON, now that E.ON has begun selling Klockner in pieces; photo (S)
SONY TO DOUBLE PLAYSTATION 2 PRODUCTION
Date: 16 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sony Corp will double production of its PlayStation 2 in next three months (S)
INFOBANK TAKES ONE-TIME CHARGE OF $:1.7 MILLION
Date: 16 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Infobank International Holdings PLC, which makes software enabling businesses to trade on Internet, will take one-time charge of about 1.7 million pounds ($2.5 million) in fourth-quarter costs to move into new building and update its product; says sales rose 86 percent, to 1.3 million pounds from 700,000 pounds; graph (S)
British Retailer Says It Still Plans Spinoff
Date: 15 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kingfisher PLC, third-largest British retailer, says that it will consider offers for divisions not involved in its primary home improvement and electronics businesses (M)
Florida Redux
Date: 16 January 2001
Peter Samton letter predicts that when and if news organizations recount Florida votes and find that Al Gore really won 2000 presidential election it will have little effect on Bush administration, but will be major embarrassment to Supreme Court (S)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 16 January 2001
INTERNATIONAL A3-11 U.S. Allies Assert Bush Should Not Quit Kosovo Senior NATO generals, United Nations officials and Western diplomats said in interviews that the American role in Kosovo was as crucial as ever and that they regarded President-elect Bush's expressed desire to pull American troops out of the Balkans as both ill-timed and damaging. A1