CNN Hires A New Anchor From ABC
Date: 31 May 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN hires ABC News anchor Aaron Brown for new flagship nightly newscast, as well as anchor for important breaking events at any time during day (M)
Replaying Thursday, May 31, 2001
The May 31, 2001 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♊. It was the 150 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 Sunday, May 31, 2026, 33 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, May 31, 2027, in 331 days. You have lived for 9,164 days, or about 219,949 hours, or about 13,196,980 minutes, or about 791,818,800 seconds.
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31st of May 2001 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on May 31, 2001
World Briefing | Asia: Sri Lanka: Government Lifts Censorship
Date: 31 May 2001
By Barry Bearak (NYT)
Barry NYT
Sri Lankan government lifts news media censorship, which has hamstrung reporting about nation's civil strife for better part of three years (S)
Metro Business Briefing
Date: 31 May 2001
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AD EXEC CHARGED WITH $5.5 MILLION THEFT An advertising executive with the Syms Corporation , the clothing discounter, was charged yesterday with stealing more than $5.5 million in an elaborate scheme of overbilling and false invoices, said the Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau. The executive, Douglas C. Meyer, the vice president for marketing at Syms Advertising, a subsidiary, funneled the money to sham corporations he established with the help of two accomplices, who were also charged with grand larceny, Mr. Morgenthau said. A lawyer for Mr. Meyer did not return a call seeking comment.
Appeal for Privacy After Bush Twins Are Cited for Alcohol
Date: 01 June 2001
By Frank Bruni
Frank Bruni
White House beseeches reporters to give Bush family privacy following report that Pres Bush's 19-year-old twin daughters have been charged with violating Texas liquor laws; daughters, Barbara and Jenna, receive misdemeanor citations; Barbara is charged for underage possession of alcohol and Jenna with using false identification to try to buy alcohol; matter throws White House and press corps into turmoil, each trying to define what is and what is not appropriate for public examination; Ari Fleischer, White House press secretary, says family's conversations or emotions about matter are off limits to press; twins will visit with their parents at Camp David this weekend (M)
Financial Journalists Chosen For 2001 Gerald Loeb Honors
Date: 01 June 2001
Floyd Norris of New York Times and Rebecca Smith of Wall Street Journal are among winners of Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, which are administered by Anderson School at University of California at Los Angeles; Allan Sloan, Wall Street editor of Newsweek magazine, is awarded Lifetime Achievement Award; other winners noted (M)
AIDS Crusader's International Award Wins Scowls in China
Date: 31 May 2001
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Elisabeth Rosenthal
Dr Gao Yaojie, retired gynecologist who has become one of China's foremost AIDS fighters, is denied permission to travel to United States to attend ceremony at which she is to be honored for her work and presented with award from Global Health Council, nonprofit organization based in US; Gao organized one-woman crusade to help poor farmers in Henan Province who became infected with HIV in 1990's through selling their blood at collection stations whose unsanitary practices fostered spread of diseases; HIV infections are sensitive topic, because health officials in Henan often ran collection stations and profited from them; local officials have prohibited local journalists from covering it and warned Gao not to speak out; HIV-infected farmers have begun to speak out; some of them have traveled to Beijing, hoping for treatment and publicity about their plight (M)
CANTEL MEDICAL TO BUY MINNTECH FOR $70 MILLION
Date: 01 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cantel Medical Corp acquires Minntech Corp for $70 million to gain its equipment and chemicals for disinfecting kidney dialysis machines (S)
LARGE MANUFACTURER OF DENTAL SUPPLIES TO BUY A RIVAL
Date: 31 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dentsply International Inc, leading maker of dental products acquires dental unit of Degussa AG of Germany for about $494 million (S)
REGULATORS BLOCK BURLINGTON GAS FIELD PURCHASE
Date: 01 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
$385 million purchase of Canadian gas properties by Burlington Resources Inc from Atco Ltd is blocked by Alberta Energy and Utilities Board regulators who say deal is not in public interest (S)
DEBT RATING OF UNITED AIRLINES IS REDUCED BY MOODY'S
Date: 31 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Airlines' senior unsecured debt is lowered to junk status by Moody's Investors Service, part of downgrade affecting $12.9 billion in debt securities for company, operating unit of UAL Corp (S)