Interview With the Interviewer (Hands to Yourself)
Date: 26 June 2003
By Robin Finn
Robin Finn
Profile of Soledad O'Brien, new co-anchor of CNN's American Morning; photo (M)
Replaying Thursday, June 26, 2003
The June 26, 2003 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 176 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, June 26, 2026, 15 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, June 26, 2027, in 349 days. You have lived for 8,416 days, or about 202,002 hours, or about 12,120,143 minutes, or about 727,208,580 seconds.
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26th of June 2003 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on June 26, 2003
German TV Host Finds Shoe on Other Foot
Date: 27 June 2003
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
Michel Friedman, abrasive television interviewer whose in-your-face style has earned him as many enemies as admirers in Germany, has last episodes of his program cancelled after drug raid on his home in Frankfurt turns up what police say appears to be traces of cocaine; scandal has been catnip for German news media, with its delectable story line of righteous crusader brought low by same moral lapses he deplores among society's wealthy and powerful; fact that Friedman is Jew gives story added piquancy, given enduring question of what constitutes 'normality' in German-Jewish relations 60 years after Holocaust; Friedman has refused to comment until prosecutor's investigation is completed; photo (M)
The Importance of Being Fabulous
Date: 27 June 2003
By Ginia Bellafante
Ginia Bellafante
NBA draft candidates carefully select their draft night wardrobes, aware of importance of statement they are making with their presentation to media and fans; photos (M)
Bush Escapes Fury That Batters Blair
Date: 26 June 2003
By David E. Sanger With Warren Hoge
David Sanger
Government of British Prime Min Tony Blair has been barraged with angry accusations that it misled Parliament and public by embellishing evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, but Pres Bush has laregley brushed off questions about the intelligence as work of 'revisionist historians'; his Republican allies, unlike Blair's divided Labor Party, have managed to keep Congressional hearings behind closed doors and protective press aides have been successful at shielding him from many questions; photo (M)
U.S. STEEL'S PURCHASE OF SERBIAN COMPANY IS CHALLENGED
Date: 26 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Group of foreign creditors of Serbia's Sartid steel company challenges government's sale of company to US Steel Corp, seeking new public tender, in bid to recoup their $100 million claim (S)
WPP GROUP REACHES AGREEMENT WITH CORDIANT LENDER
Date: 27 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
WPP Group says last remaining lender to Cordiant Communications Group has agreed to sell its debt for 90 million pounds ($149.5 million) including fees, paving way for WPP's acquisition of company (S)
BIOVAIL AND GLAXO EXPECT F.D.A. TO GIVE CONSENT TO DRUG
Date: 27 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Canadian drug maker Biovail Corp and British partner GlaxoSmithKline expect Food and Drug Administration approval of longer-lasting version of antidepressant drug Wellbutrin in second half of year (S)
HEAD OF A ROYAL AHOLD SUPERMARKET CHAIN IN U.S. RESIGNS
Date: 26 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Frank Curci resigns as chief executive of Royal Ahold's Tops supermarket chain in US after company discovers that unit used promotional allowances to inflate profit last year; will be succeeded by Max Henderson (S)
DELAY IS FORCING RAYTHEON TO TAKE $90 MILLION CHARGE
Date: 27 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Raytheon Co will record costs of $90 million in second quarter because completion of power plant in Weymouth, Mass, will be delayed by as much as month (S)
MOODY'S CUTS RATING ON TENET DEBT TO JUNK STATUS
Date: 26 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tenet Healthcare Corp's debt is cut to junk, or below investment grade, by Moody's Investors Service (S)