The October 7, 2002 was a Monday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 279 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 7, 2025, 256 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, in 108 days. You have lived for 8,657 days, or about 207,770 hours, or about 12,466,257 minutes, or about 747,975,420 seconds.
Date: 07 October 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN Headline News injects slang and hip-hop phrases into its coverage; continues aggressive attempt to make network hipper for its increasingly younger audience; photo (M)
Date: 08 October 2002
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Spokesman says Repr Dick Armey, House majority leader, was acting in best interest of his constituents when he tried to promote bill that would force Belo Corp, parent company of Dallas Morning News, to divest one of its three media properties in Dallas-Forth Worth area; rider was not attached after objections by Rep Chet Edwards; Armey was quoted earlier in year as claiming Morning News had 'vendetta' against him that it was taking out on his son, Scott Armey, during son's unsuccessful primary campaign to win Republican nomination for his father's seat, which he lost (M)
Date: 07 October 2002
By Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder
Adam Nagourney
New York Times/CBS News Poll finds majority of Americans feel nation's economy is in its worst shape in nearly decade and that Pres Bush and Congressional leaders are spending too much time dealing with Iraq while neglecting problems at home; signs of economic distress cut across party and geographic lines, and nearly half of all Americans are worried that they or member of household will lose job within year; number who said they believe economy is worse than two years ago has increased markedly since summer; 41 percent who approve of way Pres Bush is handling economy is lowest in his presidency; many Americans worry that war with Iraq will disrupt already unsettled economy; despite emphasis by Pres Bush since Labor Day on need to move against Saddam Hussein, support for such policy has not changed appreciably since then; other findings of poll detailed; charts; graphs (M)
Date: 07 October 2002
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
Britain says Northern Ireland peace accord is in danger of imminent collapse and that prompt action by Sinn Fein, political wing of Irish Republican Army, is necessary to save it; Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid describes situation as critical; says accumulation of incidents point to continued IRA military activity at time when guerrilla organization claims it is committed to peace; rejects Sinn Fein's assertions that that raids were politically motivated and staged for news media; his comments follow police raid on homes and legislative offices of Sinn Fein workers, confiscating documents and computer disks and arresting Denis Donaldson, high-ranking Sinn Fein official; prosecutors say documents from Donaldson's home contained information that could be of use to terrorists; Sinn Fein's chief negotiator Martin McGuinness dismisses police action as contrivance; photo (M)
Date: 08 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Celera Diagnostics will cooperate to develop treatments and tests for heart disease and diabetes; companies plan to focus on genes that may be linked to illnesses (S)
Date: 08 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
West Pharmaceutical Services cuts its forecasts for third-quarter and full-year profit (S)
Date: 08 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Steve Wynn plans to raise $470 million for his latest casino venture by selling stock in slowest market for initial public offerings in 25 years; wants to sell about one-third in Wynn Resorts; proceeds will help pay for Le Reve, $2.4 billion casino to be built on north end of Las Vegas Strip (S)
Date: 08 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Developers Diversified Realty Corp agrees to buy rival shopping-center developer JDN Realty Corp for $436 million to expand into Southeast (S)
Date: 08 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
World Business Briefing
Date: 08 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ScanSoft, maker of document- and photo-scanning software, acquires speech-recognition unit of Royal Philips Electronics for $35.4 million (S)
Date: 08 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Aluminum maker Pechiney will cut 202 jobs at its unprofitable Ravenswood plant in West Virginia by end of year at cost of about $9 million in fourth quarter (S)
Date: 08 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japan's Toshiba Corp says demand for its products might slow in first half of 2003 (S)