The February 3, 2003 was a Monday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 33 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, February 3, 2026, 127 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, February 3, 2027, in 237 days. You have lived for 8,528 days, or about 204,676 hours, or about 12,280,597 minutes, or about 736,835,820 seconds.
Date: 04 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wendy's International cuts its 2003 profit forecast because of falling prices, rising costs and less spending by customers; sales at company-owned restaurants open at least one year in US declined 3.5 percent in January (S)
Date: 04 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nestle, bottler of Perrier mineral water, acquires Powwow bottled water division of Hutchison Whampoa for 560 million euros ($604 million) in cash and debt (S)
Date: 04 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Plains Exploration and Production Co acquires 3TEC Energy Corp for $333 million in cash and stock to expand its holdings of drilling properties (S)
Date: 04 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
FNB Corp agrees to buy Charter Banking Corp for $150.3 million to expand in Tampa Bay, Fla (S)
Date: 04 February 2003
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Aaron Brown, who has anchored much of CNN coverage of major breaking news events for last 18 months, is at golf tournament in California at time of space shuttle Columbia disaster; finally appears on screen more than 36 hours after news of shuttle catastrophe breaks (S)
Date: 04 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
WorldCom Inc will cut 5,000 more jobs, or 8.3 percent of its work force, as part of plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection by third quarter; will also close offices and reduce line costs, or fees paid for network use, by 12.5 percent (S)
Date: 04 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Oakland Raiders center Barret Robbins says he has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder after checking into hospital when team suspended him for missing Super Bowl practices (S)
Date: 04 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Southcorp, Australia's biggest winemaker, fires chief executive Keith Lambert; photo (S)
Date: 03 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Beatrice Welles, daughter of maker of film Citizen Kane in 1941, sues AOL Time Warner Inc; seeks profits from father Orson Welles' work; he died in 1985 (M)
Date: 04 February 2003
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
NASA's investigation of space shuttle Columbia disaster is more open and agency is presenting different, less-veiled face than it did 17 years ago following destruction of Challanger space shuttle; as questions about necessity of manned space travel are raised anew, NASA's openness could help it take some of edge off criticism of its operations; Sean O'Keefe, NASA administrator, has been regular presence on news programs since disaster struck and other NASA officials have been holding two news briefings a day, answering most questions thrown their way; by contrast, in weeks and months after Challenger disaster NASA refused to answer even most basic questions; photo (M)
Date: 04 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mattel Inc says fourth-quarter profit rose 35 percent; net income climbed to $186.1 million from $138 million year earlier; sales increased 6.9 percent, to $1.67 billion (M)
Date: 04 February 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Teamsters union says workers voted overwhelmingly to strike against Roadway Corp, Yellow Corp. Arkansas Best Corp and unit of USFreightways Corp if sides fail to reach agreement on contract by Mar 31; companies are among country's largest trucking firms; union represents 65,000 workers (S)