15 december 2000 was een vrijdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♐. Het was de 349e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 25 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op maandag 15 december 2025, 180 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op dinsdag 15 december 2026, in 184 dagen. Je hebt 9.311 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 223.468 uur, of ongeveer 13.408.113 minuten, of ongeveer 804.486.780 seconden.
Date: 16 December 2000
By Andy Borowitz
Andy Borowitz
Andy Borowitz humorous Op-ed article says NBC's choice of news executive Jeff Zucker to run network's entertainment division is latest episode in disturbing trend: the ongoing intrusion of news into entertainment (M)
Date: 16 December 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Judge Tena Campbell rejects request to block MediaNews Group from its $200 million acquisition of The Salt Lake Tribune from AT&T; Tribune's managers and editorial staff fear that new owner may give Tribune's relationship with its business partner and editorial rival, the Mormon-owned Deseret News, undue influence on its business and editorial operations (S)
Date: 15 December 2000
By James Barron With Elisabeth Bumiller and Linda Lee
James With
Some, but not all, of television networks begin taking down sets they built for election night; CNN says it will not remove its 'Election 2000' logo from behind Bernard Shaw and Judy Woodruff on late-afternoon program Inside Politics until after Electoral College votes on Dec 18 (S)
Date: 16 December 2000
Co-workers say Cao Maobin, leader of workers at silk factory in Jiangsu Province, China, who tried to form independent labor union, has been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital; detention comes one day after Cao spoke with Western reporters about workers' grievances (M)
Date: 16 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bradlees Inc is negotiating with lenders and considering liquidating itself (S)
Date: 16 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Black & Decker Corp says that fourth-quarter profit will fall as much as 27 percent (S)
Date: 16 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Antec Corp says it will lose 9 cents to 13 cents a share due to cancelled orders from its largest customer, AT&T Corp (S)
Date: 15 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Abbott Laboratories agrees to buy Knoll, pharmaceutical unit of BASF AG of Germany, in transaction worth about 13 billion marks ($6 billion) (S)
Date: 16 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Thales SA and Raytheon Company create joint venture, Thales Raytheon Systems, to manufacture military electronic products (S)
Date: 15 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Harveys Casino Resorts and Pinnacle Entertainment, in separate statements, say Harveys Casino is delaying takeover of Pinnacle; neither company gives reason (S)