The November 21, 2003 was a Friday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 324 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 22 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, November 21, 2025, 228 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, November 21, 2026, in 136 days. You have lived for 8,264 days, or about 198,352 hours, or about 11,901,141 minutes, or about 714,068,460 seconds.
Date: 21 November 2003
By Seth Mydans (NYT)
Seth NYT
Russian Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandr Chekalin reports police are investigating 18 killings of journalists; Reporters Without Borders lists Russia as most dangerous country in Europe for journalists (S)
Date: 22 November 2003
By David D. Kirkpatrick
David
Pulitzer Prizes board decides not to revoke 1932 prize awarded to New York Times reporter Walter Duranty for 1931 series of articles about Soviet Union that were later discredited as too credulous of Soviet propaganda; cites lack of evidence of deliberate deception by Duranty; award has been subject of protests by Ukrainian and other groups angry over his failure to report vast famine of 1932-33; board calls famine 'horrific' and notes it deserved more international attention; Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr lauds board; admits defects in Duranty's journalism; Ukrainian Congress Committee of America official Tamara Gallo Olexy scores decision (M)
Date: 22 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Videoconferencing equipment maker Polycom Inc to acquire Voyant Technologies for $110.7 million (S)
Date: 21 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ford Motor Co will invest as much as $325 million at plants in Michigan and Ohio to produce new, more fuel-efficient transmission (S)
Date: 22 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Textile maker Galey & Lord, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2002, sells London-based Klopman International Group to BS Private Equity for $47 million (S)
Date: 21 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Exxon Mobil says its profit this quarter will increase by $2.2 billion as result of refunds from settlement of dispute over tax deductions for natural gas sales (S)
Date: 21 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Bankruptcy Judge Arthur J Gonzalez gives Enron Corp permission to sell its 40 percent stake in power plant near Oswego, NY, to RCMF Debt, RCP Debt and Sithe/Independence Equity for $225 million; Enron can also begin accepting bids to sell debt it holds in East Coast Power, which owns power plant in Linden, NJ (S)
Date: 21 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Foot Locker rise 13 percent after third-quarter profit tops analysts' forecasts and Nike agrees to restart shipments of some of its most popular sneakers, ending dispute that has hurt both companies (S)
Date: 21 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Apparel retailer Wet Seal says it will report loss of as much as 21 cents per share in fourth quarter because of price cuts and that its chief financial officer William Langsdorf has resigned; executive vice president Joseph Deckop will serve as interim chief financial officer (S)
Date: 21 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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