The October 28, 2002 was a Monday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 300 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 23 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 239 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, in 125 days. You have lived for 8,640 days, or about 207,365 hours, or about 12,441,920 minutes, or about 746,515,200 seconds.
Date: 28 October 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Executives of ABC News and CNN expect to renew discussions soon about forming joint news operation; end result could be news organization of unrivaled size which would eclipse CBS's television news operations (M)
Date: 29 October 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Fox News Channel's program Hannity & Colmes, politically oriented talks show with Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes as co-hosts, beats out Larry King Live for first time since that program made its debut 16 years ago; Nielsen Media Research says Hannity & Colmes squeaked by Larry King Live with average audience of 1.65 million people this month; King has been watched by audience of 1.58 million people so far this month; reversal of fortune further solidifies Fox News Channel's new standing as most-watched cable news network, title it took from CNN for first time in January (M)
Date: 28 October 2002
By John F. Burns
John Burns
Iraq's Information Ministry launches charm offensive to convince Western news media that Iraq is not hostile to Western news coverage; flurry of enhanced amiability seems part of wider effort by Pres Saddam Hussein to present more moderate image to world in face of American war threats; comes amid signs of uncertainty among high-level officials over how far Iraq should go in its efforts at describing itself as something other than repressive state; follows criticisms of ministry by Hussein's son Uday for overreacting in its handling of CNN, whose staff is being expelled for wide coverage of scattered street protests in Baghdad; photos (M)
Date: 29 October 2002
By Dave Anderson
Dave Anderson
Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column discusses Philadelphia Eagles fans, among league's most notorious and hostile, who jumped at chance to taunt New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey for his criticism of Eagles during radio interview before game; photo (M)
Date: 29 October 2002
By Steven Greenhouse
Steven Greenhouse
Ebullient mood of American workers during 1990's boom has evaporated over last two years, victim of recession, rising unemployment, hobbled stock market and corporate scandals; workers now feel anxiety that takes many forms; some who were confident they would climb corporate ladder now worry that their companies will implode and they may find themselves unemployed; many baby boomers looking forward to prosperous early retirement are being forced to rethink that dream; some employees question whether it is worth going extra mile for senior executives who may be looking out for themselves, not their corporations; for first time in two decades, most workers surveyed in New York Times/CBS News Poll say they would vote to join union if they could, looking to unions as way to gain coveted protections on the job; charts (Special Section, Working) (L)
Date: 29 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings says it will probably not seek Food and Drug Administration approval for experimental drug MorphiDex after drug fails to show significant benefit in studies (S)
Date: 29 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Schering-Plough Corp and Merck & Co rise after drug makers win Food and Drug Administration approval of Zetia, cholesterol treatment that analysts expect to have annual sales of $1 billion or more (S)
Date: 29 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp fall 14 percent after UBS Warburg analyst Kenneth Weakley cuts his rating on stock because of concern about government health care reimbursement to Tenet; Weakley says Tenet is more dependent than its rivals are on special Medicare payments for patients whose treatments cost much more than average (S)
Date: 29 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Grant Prideco agrees to buy drill-bit maker Reed-Hycalog from Schlumberger for about $345 million in cash and stock to add to its line of oil field tools (S)
Date: 29 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fannie Mae expects to sell record $290 billion of long-term debt next year to finance growth in its loan portfolio; sales will include as much as $30 billion of callable benchmark notes (S)