Forecast-Beating Profits Sustain a Market Rally
Date: 18 February 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United States stocks have risen three consecutive days, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index to a 32-month high.
Replaying Thursday, February 17, 2011
The February 17, 2011 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 47 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 15 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 128 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, February 17, 2027, in 236 days. You have lived for 5,607 days, or about 134,582 hours, or about 8,074,935 minutes, or about 484,496,100 seconds.
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17th of February 2011 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 17, 2011
Allen Stanford, Indicted Financier, Sues Authorities
Date: 18 February 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
In his lawsuit, R. Allen Stanford contends that the federal government used more than $51 million of his assets to pursue cases against him.
Start Spreading the News
Date: 18 February 2011
By Ted Widmer
Ted Widmer
How Lincoln won over a skeptical New York crowd – and a local poet.
Morning Buzz | Bloomberg’s ‘Good News’
Date: 18 February 2011
By Alice Speri
Alice Speri
Also in the news: School principals must spend it or lose half of it; the Police Department is quitting a bank robbery task force that teamed with the F.B.I., and other regional developments.
A Long Weekend, and a Long List of News
Date: 18 February 2011
By Steven Davidoff Solomon
Steven Solomon
Ahead of Presidents’ Day, the Deal Professor looks at the state of play at companies ranging from J. Crew to Abercrombie & Fitch to NYSE Eurotext.
ABC Correspondent Attacked in Bahrain
Date: 17 February 2011
By Anahad O'Connor
Anahad O'Connor
Miguel Marquez was not seriously injured, but it was the latest instance of an American journalist coming under attack in the region.
Bloomberg Offers ‘Good News’ on New York’s Budget
Date: 17 February 2011
By Javier C. Hernández
Javier Hernández
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg unveiled his budget as the city’s forecast for tax revenues increased by $2 billion, making severe cuts unnecessary.
Turkey Jails 3 Journalists in Coup Investigation
Date: 18 February 2011
By Sebnem Arsu
Sebnem Arsu
The journalists were charged with membership in an illegal network, disclosing state documents and inciting public animosity.
MSNBC Hosts Settle In After Olbermann
Date: 18 February 2011
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Lawrence O’Donnell, who replaced Keith Olbermann on MSNBC last month, has seen a decline in the number of viewers between the ages of 25 and 54, but a slight increase in the total number of viewers.
A Glimpse of Tehran's Crackdown
Date: 18 February 2011
By Alan Cowell
Alan Cowell
A media blackout in Iran meant that the world did not see its uprising the way they saw Egypt’s. For that and other reasons, Tehran was able to act with impunity.