12 februari 2000 was een zaterdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♒. Het was de 42e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 26 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op donderdag 12 februari 2026, 116 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op vrijdag 12 februari 2027, in 248 dagen. Je hebt 9.613 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 230.720 uur, of ongeveer 13.843.223 minuten, of ongeveer 830.593.380 seconden.
Date: 13 February 2000
By Seth Mydans
Seth Mydans
Indonesia's press is freed from censorship by authorities, but breakdown of law and order and the fear of the mob have led to self-censorship; press is perhaps the Indonesia's most transformed institution; countless newspapers and radio stations have sprouted up, but they contribute to a brand new sense that anything goes; photo (M)
Date: 12 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Andrx Corp will acquire Valmed Pharmaceutical Inc, distributor of generic drugs; terms not disclosed (S)
Date: 12 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
WestPoint Stevens Inc chief executive Holcombe Greene Jr offers to take company private in transaction that values company at about $1.12 billion (S)
Date: 12 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Swedish Match AB will buy brands owned by closely held National Tobacco Co for $165 million (S)
Date: 12 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Atlantic Richfield Co will sell oil pipelines, connections and storage tanks near Cushing, Pa, to eliminate obstacle to proposed $30 billion buyout by BP Amoco (S)
Date: 12 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Policy Management Systems Corp, software maker, will lay off 350 people, or 6 percent of work force (S)
Date: 12 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
France Telecom SA, Europe's second biggest telephone company, is seeking to acquire Orange PLC to strengthen its international business and better compete with Vodafone AirTouch (S)
Date: 12 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
German consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in January 2000, raising annual infaltion rate to highest level in two years (S)
Date: 12 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hong Kong Association of Banks follows lead of US Federal Reserve and raises interest rates by quarter point (S)
Date: 12 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts Inc to acquire Wassall PLC for $1 billion in cash as it seeks to create biggest company in Europe's fragmented lighting business; graph shows price of Wassall's shares (S)
Date: 12 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA and Telefonica SA, Spain's largest bank and biggest phone company, will swap shares and appoint vice chairmen to each other's boards as part of broad alliance to develop online banking; photo (S)