The March 4, 2002 was a Monday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 62 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 24 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 101 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, March 4, 2027, in 263 days. You have lived for 8,867 days, or about 212,811 hours, or about 12,768,694 minutes, or about 766,121,640 seconds.
4th of March 2002 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on March 4, 2002
In Siberia, Serious TV News Fights to Survive
Date: 04 March 2002
By Sabrina Tavernise
Sabrina Tavernise
Aleksandr Karpov's Afontovo television station, which introduced Western style of TV news to Krasnoyarsk, Russia, is struggling to survive; offers balanced and polite news coverage; is losing viewers to scandal-mongering rival station; plight is typical of some 600 local stations across Russia's provinces, which must chose between staying afloat or staying honest; state takeovers of two countrywide networks that supplied many regional stations with free programming have made survival harder; map; photos (M)
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Koppel's 'Nightline' Caught in Cross-Fire
Date: 04 March 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Staff of Ted Koppel's Nightline program reportedly is devastated by ABC's efforts to replace news program with David Letterman's talk show or another entertainment program; Koppel appears stoic; many at ABC News division hope he will strike blow for quality news coverage against corporate pressures for profits with defiant stance (M)
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In a Response, Koppel Writes That 'Nightline' Still Fills a Need
Date: 05 March 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Ted Koppel issues carefully worded response to ABC's efforts to replace his news program Nightline with show starring David Letterman; Koppel, in article published in March 5 article in Op-Ed page of New York Times, says he hopes program will not lose its time slot; he hints that if if does, it might find another home, but not necessarily at ABC; criticizes executives for saying program is outdated; Koppel's response comes as Robert A Iger, president of Walt Disney Co, parent of ABC, meets with Koppel in Washington; photo (M)
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World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Under Pressure, Magazine Apologizes
Date: 05 March 2002
By Seth Mydans (NYT)
Seth NYT
Far Eastern Economic Review apologizes for recent article about Thailand's government and monarchy; police weigh lifting expulsion orders for two of magazine's reporters (S)
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Marvin Frankel, Federal Judge and Pioneer of Sentencing Guidelines, Dies at 81
Date: 05 March 2002
By Steven Greenhouse
Steven Greenhouse
Marvin E Frankel, outspoken litigator, judge and legal scholar whose views helped to establish sentencing guidelines for federal courts, dies at age 81; Frankel was instrumental in drafting brief for New York Times in landmark First Amendment case, Times v Sullivan, which set sharp limits on libel suits brought by public figures; in March 1960, with sit-ins and civil rights marches spreading across South, New York Times ran advertisement seeking contributions for Rev Martin Luther King Jr and other civil rights leaders; ad included several inaccuracies: it incorrectly said that student dining hall had been padlocked to starve students into submission; jury found ad libelous, but Supreme Court, in unanimous 1964 decision, overruled that decision, saying press could not satisfy need for vigorous debate of issues if it had to prove accuracy of every statement about public official; photo (M)
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WASTE MANAGEMENT SAYS IT WILL CUT 2,000 JOBS
Date: 05 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Waste Management will cut 2,000 jobs, or 3.5 percent of its work force (S)
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FLORSHEIM FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY AND SELLS MOST ASSETS
Date: 05 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Florsheim Group seeks bankruptcy protection after four years of losses and say it has found buyer for most of its assets; Weyco Group acquires Florsheim's domestic wholesale business, related assets and some of its 155 stores for about $44.8 million, plus assumption of certain debts; also agrees to buy some of Florsheim's foreign units, bringing transaction value to more than $47 million (S)
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CITIGROUP PLANS $4 BILLION TRAVELERS OFFERING
Date: 05 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Travelers Property Casualty Corp, subsidiary of Citigroup Inc, will offer investors 210 million shares in initial public offering worth as much as $4 billion, largest ever for insurance company (S)
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STOP AND SHOP AND PATHMARK BID FOR 26 SHOPRITE STORES
Date: 05 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stop and Shop Supermarket Co, unit of Royal Ahold NV, teams with Pathmark Stores Inc to bid for 26 ShopRite stores from creditors of Big V Holding Corp's Big V Supermarkets; Pathmark wil pay $71 million plus unspecified amount for inventory to acquire nine of outlets in New York; Stop and Shop does not disclose how much it will pay (S)
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World Business Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: Credit Outlook Improving
Date: 05 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Standard & Poor's says Malaysia's credit rating may be raised for first time in more than two years, citing resilience of nation's currency peg and government progress in returning ailing company's to health; raises its outlook on Malaysia's rating to positive from stable, first step toward upgrade (S)
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Scholastic Buys Publisher
Date: 05 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Scholastic Corp acquires publisher Klutz from Corus Entertainment of Canada for initial payment of about $43 million; additional payments are possible based on Klutz's financial performance in next three years (S)
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