8 mei 2001 was een dinsdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♉. Het was de 127e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 25 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op vrijdag 8 mei 2026, 32 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op zaterdag 8 mei 2027, in 332 dagen. Je hebt 9.163 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 219.927 uur, of ongeveer 13.195.651 minuten, of ongeveer 791.739.060 seconden.
Date: 09 May 2001
By Kenneth N. Gilpin
Kenneth Gilpin
Northrop Grumman Corp makes unsolicited offer to buy Newport News Shipbuilding Inc for $2.1 billion, 25 percent in cash and 75 percent in stock; General Dynamics Corp has made competing $2.1 billion offer, all cash, but that offer faces likely opposition from Navy, because merger of General Dynamics and Newport News would combine Navy's only two nuclear shipyards (M)
Date: 08 May 2001
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
Hundreds of reporters, photographers, technicians and commentators from around world will be outside penetentiary near Terre Haute, Ind, on morning of May 16, waiting for first word of execution of Timothy J McVeigh for Oklahoma City bombing; some news people are grappling with question of what exactly so many of them will be doing there; producers and news executives say they are determined to observe solemnity of occasion and keep it from taking on carnival atmosphere; question is whether media event so complex, involving so many people, can avoid spilling over into excess; photo (M)
Date: 09 May 2001
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HALE HOUSE INQUIRY WIDENS The state attorney general's office said yesterday it would investigate allegations that donations to Hale House, the Harlem children's shelter, were used to shore up a failing off-Broadway musical produced by the husband of the charity's president. The Daily News reported yesterday that Dr. Lorraine E. Hale and her husband, Jesse DeVore, funneled $500,000 to Mr. DeVore's show, "Faith Journey," which was based on the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Both Dr. Hale and Mr. DeVore, the charity's public relations director, agreed earlier this week to resign from Hale House, and a new interim board of directors was named. It is expected to name Edna Wells Handy, a former general counsel for the city's Health and Hospitals Corporation, as the charity's interim executive director.
Date: 09 May 2001
By Steven Levitsky and Cynthia Sanborn
Steven Levitsky
Op-Ed article by Profs Steven Levitsky and Cynthia Sanborn says Peruvians face difficult choice in upcoming presidential runoff election pitting Alejandro Toledo, inexperienced leader dogged by personal credibility problems, against ex-president Alan Garcia, who still faces charges of corruption and responsibility for gross human rights violations and who generated worst economic crisis in Peruvian history; says what is being overlooked by international media is impressive steps being taken by interim Pres Valentin Paniagua in rooting out corruption and strengthening public institutions; says this process may be critical to laying foundation for democracy no matter who wins election (M)
Date: 09 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cargill raises salt prices for second time in eight months (S)
Date: 08 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
L-3 Communications Holdings buys KDI Precision Products, maker of fuses designed to prevent inadvertent firing or detonation of miliary weapons during handling, for some $67.5 million (S)
Date: 08 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BNP Paribas, France's largest bank, plans to buy 55 percent of BancWest Corp it does not already own for $2.45 billion (S)
Date: 09 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Carter-Wallace will sell itself in two pieces, with Church & Dwight and Kelso & Co venture buying consumer division for $739 million and MedPointe Capital Partners LLC buying drug and test unit for $408 million (S)
Date: 09 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fab Industries Inc, textile maker, will close two factories and cut about 150 jobs, 15 percent of its work force, by end of year (S)
Date: 09 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dow Chemical Co raises its bid for British chemical maker Ascot PLC by 2 percent, to 311 million pounds ($443 million) (S)
Date: 09 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Playboy Enterprises opens Gibraltar-based online betting site, PlayboySportsBook.com, where gamblers outside United States can wager on sports and events related to Playboy magazine (S)
Date: 08 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Guidant Corp shares rise after Food and Drug Administration says it was incorrect in saying Guidant's press release on results of clinical study of new implantable heart defibrilator might have violated law (S)