Le 31 janvier 2001 était un mercredi sous le signe astral du ♒. C'était le 30ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était George W. Bush.
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Date: 01 February 2001
By David Hoffman
David Hoffman
David Hoffman Op-Ed article urges Pres Bush and policymakers at State Department and Pentagon to put American support of uncensored news outlets, and unfettered access to Internet, at top of foreign policy agenda; says nothing raises more fear in repressive regimes than challenges to control of information; drawing (M)
Date: 31 January 2001
By Erik Eckholm
Erik Eckholm
Chinese authorities broadcast grisly police videos of five members of Falun Gong setting themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Jan 23 and issue new condemnations of the spiritual movement; disclose that one of badly burned people was 12-year-old daughter of woman who died in flames; are clearly aiming to stir up public outrage against Falun Gong and its leader, Li Hongzhi, who lives in US; Falun Gong spokesman in New York questions whether protesters were genuine members of movement, but official Chinese accounts appear to offer detailed evidence that protest was undertaken by ardent Falun Gong believers who had plotted it together; photo (M)
Date: 01 February 2001
By Frank Bruni
Frank Bruni
Pres Bush jokingly tells group of Roman Catholic leaders that he would reward his brother's performance in delivering Florida vote by making him ambassador to Chad; Bush is unaware that microphone is turned on, and his joke reaches unintended audience--press corps in nearby room; this recalls incident during campaign when Bush uttered vulgarity about reporter near open mike (M)
Date: 31 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Canadian National Railway Co agrees to buy Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp for $800 million; purchase will connect Wisconsin Central's 2,850 miles of track in Midwest with Canadian National's 15,000 miles, which run across Canada and south to New Orleans (S)
Date: 01 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
McDonald's to acquire 33 percent stake in Pret A Manger; sandwich-store chain's founders and shareholders will keep majority ownership and management control (S)
Date: 31 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sonoco Products Co, which makes containers for food and consumer products, plans to cut 487 jobs, or 3 percent of its work force, and close some plants to reduce costs (S)
Date: 31 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Appeals Court rules financier Carl C Icahn's tender offer for senior ntoes of Reliance Group Holdings can go forward; refuses to extend order that blocked Icahn from buying more bonds of troubled insurance company (S)
Date: 31 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pitney Bowes, which makes postage meters, will eliminate 700 to 800 jobs and reduce its first-quarter and 2001 profit projections because country's economic expansion is slowing and company's technology is changing; company reports earnings of $148 million in fourth quarter, down from $178 million year earlier (S)
Date: 01 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Korea Development Bank and other bank creditors agree to supply Daewoo Motor Co 180 billion won ($143 million) by end of Feb; approve Daewoo's plan to cut 997.3 billion won ($789.3 million) in costs (S)
Date: 31 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Securities and Exchange Commission plans to unveil improvements to its Web site, including new search engine for its electronic document disclosure system (S)