The January 16, 2003 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 15 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 Friday, January 16, 2026, 167 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, January 16, 2027, in 197 days. You have lived for 8,568 days, or about 205,652 hours, or about 12,339,148 minutes, or about 740,348,880 seconds.
Date: 17 January 2003
By Paul Meller (NYT)
Paul NYT
News Corp gives new concessions to European Commission in bid for regulatory approval for its planned acquisition of Italian pay TV channel Telepiu (S)
Date: 17 January 2003
By Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse analysis of Bush administration's handling of its Supreme Court brief on affirmative action at University of Michigan: masterly piece of political stage management that allowed Pres Bush to dominate prime-time news with strong denunciation of affirmative action and then followed up with briefs that diverge substantially from his rhetoric; says that while briefs do ask court to strike down university's undergraduate and law school admissions programs, they do so by means of legal analysis that, far from insisting that any consideration of race is impermissible, does not even ask justices to overturn Bakke decision of 1978, which ushered in generation of affirmative action in public and private college admissions by allowing race to be used as 'plus factor' (M)
Date: 16 January 2003
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Jonathan Randel, former Drug Enforcement Agency analyst, is sentenced to year in prison for taking unclassified information from agency databases and files and giving it to freelance British reporter, who was helping London Times on reporting project; sentencing comes as federal agencies are increasingly closing access to information that is not classified but is deemed 'sensitive' (M)
Date: 16 January 2003
By Marc Santora
Marc Santora
Some New York city taxis now feature television; company officials are optimistic that screens will be in thousands of cabs in coming months, even though program is in testing stage; seven systems are being considered with some featuring interactive technology that offer news as well as listings of movies, restaurants and other advertisements; other systems and features discussed; drivers express mixed feelings, including concern about vandalism; photo (M)
Date: 16 January 2003
By Paul Meller
Paul Meller
European Commission antitrust officials are investigating broadcast-rights deals between Hollywood film studios and some European subscription TV companies; commission spokeswoman Amelia Torres says officials are focusing on duration of exclusive contracts that seven largest movie companies has with one European pay TV company; does not identify company, but analysts believe it is Canal Plus of France; officials also suspect that prices for pay TV rights may have been inflated by collusion; companies like Canal Plus, British Sky Broadcasting and Sogecable of Spain have signed identical contracts with seven largest studios agreeing to pay high prices to all of them in return for exclusive rights in their territories; Walt Disney and BSkyB, controlled by News Corp, confirm they have been approached by commission as part of investigation (M)
Date: 16 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
McDonald's Corp names Ralph Alÿ
Date: 16 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Automatic Data Processing Inc cuts 2003 earnings forecast because of slumping demand, and says profit fell in its second quarter for first time since it went public in 1961; net income fell 1.1 percent, to $261.7 million from $264.6 million year earlier (S)6
Date: 17 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Paper takes after-tax charge of $278 million in fourth quarter to increase reserves used to settle claims that it made defective siding and roofing; company has raised reserve at least three times to pay customers who say company's former Masonite unit made building products that swelled and fell apart when wet; has $507 million to pay claims from three-class action lawsuits, which were settled in 1998 and 1999 (S)
Date: 17 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ICAP PLC, world's largest interbank securities brokerage firm, is buying BrokerTec Global for about 181 million pounds ($290 million) in stock to gain foothold in electronic bond trading (S)
Date: 17 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Jones Apparel Group will lay off 2,100 people, or 14 percent of work force; says 1,500 job cuts will be made in Mexico, where it is closing three plants; also closing warehouses in El Paso; will convert some stores to lower-price brand (S)
Date: 16 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Genzyme Corp and BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc wins support of Food and Drug Administration advisory panel for Aldurazyme, drug that treats rare and often fatal disorder called MPS-1 that can damage organs and deform bones; panel says company's research shows drug offers benefits, like protecting lungs, in patients with condition (S)