24 augustus 2002 was een zaterdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♍. Het was de 235e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
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Date: 25 August 2002
By Erika Kinetz
Erika Kinetz
New York City Council unanimously approves legislation giving Department of Transportation power to levy fines and remove news boxes that do not comply with new standards; Mayor Bloomberg is expected to sign bill, ending decade-long debate pitting public safety concerns against First Amendment rights (M)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Leonard Koppett
Leonard Koppett
Houston Rockets No.1 draft pick Yao Ming impresses coaches, players and media in US debut while playing for Chinese national team; photo (M)
Date: 25 August 2002
By Joe Drape
Joe Drape
Joe Drape news analysis discusses weaknesses and strengths of Bowl Championship Series ranking, computerized formula used to determine two best college football teams, which ideally offsets possibility of human error incurred by voting of coaches and journalists (M)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Steven A. Holmes
Steven Holmes
FBI asks all 17 senators on joint Senate-House intelligence committee to turn over appointment books, schedules, phone records and electronic calendars in effort to determine if they may have spoken with journalists about National Security Agency intercepts of telephone conversations by suspected members of Al Qaeda on day before Sept 11 attacks (S)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TiVo Inc reports second-quarter loss narrowed to $3.04 million, down from $34.5 million year earlier; sales rose almost sixfold, to $23.9 million (S)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tenet Healthcare says it will spend $1 billion in year ending May 2003 on capital projects at its 115 hospitals (M)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pennsylvania Atty Gen Mike Fisher asks state judge to bar Hershey Trust Co from selling Hershey Foods until authorities decide whether court approval is necessary (M)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Network Associates Inc wins support from McAfee.com board of directors to buy remainder of company's shares for $224 million in cash and stock; offer has been revised four times (M)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United States and Russia resolve dispute over chicken parts that had blocked US exporters from selling to their largest overseas market for six months; new veterinary certificate will accompany poultry exports to calm Russian fears about American chickens (M)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Procter & Gamble Company, the largest United States maker of household goods, more than doubled the salary and bonus of its chief executive, A. G. Lafley, to $3.62 million.