4 augustus 2001 was een zaterdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♌. Het was de 215e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
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Date: 05 August 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN is revamping its Headline News in aggressive bid to meet advertisers demands for younger audience; is promising splashier graphics, multisectioned screen and rock background music; has hired Andrea Thompson, actress with little news experience, as anchor; Jamie Kellner and Garth Ancier helped develop approach; photos (M)
Date: 04 August 2001
By Erik Eckholm
Erik Eckholm
Conflicting versions of recent tin mine disaster in Guangxi province reflects creeping disorder in China's state-run press; major newspaper says 70 bodies have been recovered, and up to 200 more miners are feared lost, after mine is flooded; another newspaper reports that 200 men are trapped in mine; Chinese journalists working in region say they are being harassed by local authorities and warned not to write about flooding; China has world's worst record of mine safety, with up to 10,000 deaths per year, many unreported (M)
Date: 05 August 2001
By Kirsty Sucato
Kirsty Sucato
Article on Mike Booth, who parlayed ownership of Atlanticville weekly newspaper in Long Branch, NJ, into windfall when Greater Media Inc offered more than $1 million, and controlling interest in Asbury Park paper Coaster; residents there hope Booth can boost redevelopment efforts; photo (M)
Date: 04 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Electronic Data Systems will buy remainder of Unigraphics Solutions, software maker, for $172.3 million in cash (S)
Date: 04 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pathmark Stores is in talks to buy Big V Supermarkets Inc, currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, for more than $200 million (S)
Date: 04 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nicholas Lopardo retires as chairman of State Street Global Advisors; Timothy B Harbert replaces him (S)
Date: 04 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Unilever reports 36 percent fall in second-quarter profit, to $433 million (S)
Date: 04 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
South Korea's largest cellular phone company, SK Telecom, reports second-quarter profits nearly doubled, to $181 million (S)
Date: 04 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Jean-Claude Trichet, council member of European Central Bank, expresses concern about inflation in dozen countries that use euro; photo (S)
Date: 04 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Petroleo Basiileiro, Brazil's state-controlled oil company, reports 42 percent surge in second-quarter net income, to $1.25 billion (S)