The April 24, 2008 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 114 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 18 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, April 24, 2026, 78 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, April 24, 2027, in 286 days. You have lived for 6,652 days, or about 159,661 hours, or about 9,579,672 minutes, or about 574,780,320 seconds.
Date: 25 April 2008
By Cara Buckley
Cara Buckley
The Detectives’ Endowment Association exacted revenge on The Daily News for what it called unfavorable coverage of Michael Oliver, one of the three detectives who was acquitted in the Sean Bell shooting trial.
Date: 25 April 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The drug maker AstraZeneca, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Bayer reported declines in first-quarter profit on generic competition and costs from cutting jobs.
Date: 24 April 2008
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
The show had debuted an “Obama Watch” graphic five weeks ago, complete with the tick-tock sound and split-screen effect used on the Fox counterterrorism drama “24.”
Date: 25 April 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Progenics Pharmaceuticals and Wyeth have won federal approval for the first drug to treat constipation caused by powerful opioid painkillers like morphine.
Date: 24 April 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boeing said its profits rose 38 percent, to $1.21 billion. General Dynamics said its net income jumped 32 percent, to $572 million.
Date: 24 April 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mr. Garretson developed the concept of “refereeing the defense” and had a career that included more than 2,000 N.B.A. games and spanned 31 years.
Date: 25 April 2008
By Mike Nizza
Mike Nizza
An F.D.A. hearing with some unhappy patients.
Date: 25 April 2008
By Dealbook
Dealbook
The head of Goldman Sachs‘s mortgage division, Dan Sparks, is leaving after helping the firm avoid the worst of the subprime mortgage maelstrom.
Date: 25 April 2008
By Dealbook
Dealbook
Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the owner of The Daily News in New York, believes that he can snatch Newsday from Rupert Murdoch and the News Corporation without offering a dime more than the $580 million already on the table.
Date: 24 April 2008
By Beth Knobel
Beth Knobel
NEW YORK — If he hadn't smoked himself to an early death, Edward R. Murrow would have turned 100 years old on Friday. There couldn't be a better time to remember America's most famous reporter and his legacy - advocacy journalism.