News From the Advertising Industry
Date: 18 March 2012
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Account assignments, executive appointments and other news from the advertising agencies.
Replaying Saturday, March 17, 2012
The March 17, 2012 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 76 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 14 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 99 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, March 17, 2027, in 265 days. You have lived for 5,212 days, or about 125,093 hours, or about 7,505,604 minutes, or about 450,336,240 seconds.
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17th of March 2012 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on March 17, 2012
The Week’s Business News in Pictures
Date: 17 March 2012
A renewed interest in food on airlines and a highly public resignation by a Goldman Sachs executive director were among the week’s top stories.
Vatican: Leaks Set Off Inquiry
Date: 17 March 2012
By Elisabetta Povoledo
Elisabetta Povoledo
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed an investigative panel to determine how high-level documents at the Holy See were leaked to the Italian news media, according to an article published by the Vatican newspaper.
North Korean Missile Could Be in Japanese Cross Hairs
Date: 18 March 2012
By Mark McDonald
Mark McDonald
The last time North Korea said it was launching a satellite using a long-range missile, Japan said it had the right to shoot the thing down. Government officials in Tokyo are now considering a similar warning, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, after the North said it was gearing up for another satellite launch. Meanwhile, the North’s recent deal for U.S. food aid seems to have about as much chance of being completed as the satellite achieving orbit.
Santorum Won’t Be Pinned Down on Brokered Convention
Date: 18 March 2012
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Katharine Seelye
Rick Santorum is pressed on how far he will go to extend the nominating fight.
C-Span Founder to Step Down as Chief Executive
Date: 18 March 2012
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
Brian Lamb will hand over management of C-Span, the public affairs cable network, to Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain, while remaining as executive chairman.
Militants Free American No One Knew Was Missing
Date: 18 March 2012
By Jack Healy
Jack Healy
The American, identified as Rand Hultz, said he was kidnapped last June by a group loyal to the anti-American cleric Moktada al-Sadr.
In Need of a Game Change, Santorum Plays Small Ball
Date: 17 March 2012
By Nate Silver
Nate Silver
Rick Santorum is trying to use his resources to limit Mitt Romney’s advantage in the delegate count. The problem with that strategy is that it is almost certain to be a losing one.
Belarus Censured for Executing 2 in Subway Bombing
Date: 18 March 2012
By Michael Schwirtz
Michael Schwirtz
Word of the executions prompted condemnation from Western officials and human rights groups who voiced serious doubts that the men were guilty of a subway bombing last year.
Majerus Is Back, and Reporters Are Happy
Date: 18 March 2012
By Mark Viera
Mark Viera
Rick Majerus has brought his freewheeling sense of humor back to the N.C.A.A. tournament.