Corrections
Date: 02 March 2001
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Afront-page picture caption on Sunday about Palestinians who walked on the beach in Gaza after Israeli bulldozers severed the main road misstated the direction in which most were moving. It was north, not south.
Replaying Friday, March 2, 2001
The March 2, 2001 was a Friday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 60 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 25 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, March 2, 2026, 105 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, March 2, 2027, in 259 days. You have lived for 9,236 days, or about 221,664 hours, or about 13,299,846 minutes, or about 797,990,760 seconds.
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2nd of March 2001 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on March 2, 2001
SBC COMMUNICATIONS TO CUT JOBS AT TELECOM UNIT
Date: 03 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SBC Communications Inc will eliminate unspecified number of jobs at its SBC Telecom unit to reduce expenses (S)
KAYDON BUYS ACE CONTROLS FOR $70 MILLION
Date: 02 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kaydon Corp, maker of bearings, filtration products and seals, acquires ACE Controls Inc and ACE Controls International Inc, makers of industrial shock absorbers and valves, for about $70 million (S)
JOHNSON & JOHNSON BUYS BABYCENTER FROM ETOYS
Date: 03 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Johnson & Johnson, already an operator of Web sites for parents of young children, buys BabyCenter site from eToys Inc, which is about to file for bankruptcy protection (S)
E.D.S. WINS CONTRACTS VALUED AT $350 MILLION
Date: 02 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Electronic Data Systems Corp, computer-services provider, signs five-year, $300 million contract to provide software maintenance for Telstra Corp of Australia; also signs contract with Canadian Pacific Railway, and extends one for three years with Canadian National Railway Co; terms of railway contracts are undisclosed (S)
U.S. FOODSERVICE AGREES TO BUY MUTUAL WHOLESALE
Date: 03 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Foodservice, unit of Koninklijke Ahold, agrees to but Mutual Wholesale Co in order to expand into Florida (S)
EMERY WORLDWIDE MAY BE FINED FOR SAFETY VIOLATIONS
Date: 02 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Emery Worldwide air-freight unit of CNF Inc faces possible $698,000 in fines proposed by Federal Aviation Administration for safety violations (S)
PG&E REFINANCES DEBT WITH A LOAN OF $1 BILLION
Date: 03 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PG&E Corp refinances its debt with $1 billion loan from General Electric Capital Corp and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc (S)
GOOD GUYS TO LAY OFF WORKERS AND MOVE HEADQUARTERS
Date: 02 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Good Guys Inc, operator of consumer electronics stores in West, will lay off 450 employees, or 10 percent of its work force, and move its headquarters to East Bay of San Francisco from Brisbane, Calif, to cut costs (S)
PENNEY IS PLANNING TO CUT NUMBER OF ITEMS IN ITS STORES
Date: 03 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
J C Penney will reduce number of items offered for sale in its stores as part of attempt to reverse its earnings slump (S)