كان ١٨ أغسطس ٢٠٠٠ الجمعة تحت علامة النجمة ♌. كان هذا هو يوم 230 من السنة. كان رئيس الولايات المتحدة William J. (Bill) Clinton.
إذا كنت قد ولدت في هذا اليوم ، فأنت تبلغ٪ s سنة. كان عيد ميلادك الأخير في 25 ، الاثنين، ١٨ أغسطس ٢٠٢٥ يوم مضى. عيد ميلادك القادم في 295 ، بعد الثلاثاء، ١٨ أغسطس ٢٠٢٦ يوم. لقد عشت لمدة 69 يوم ، أو حوالي ٩٬٤٢٦ ساعة ، أو حوالي ٢٢٦٬٢٢٨ دقيقة ، أو حوالي ١٣٬٥٧٣٬٦٩٠ ثانية.
Date: 19 August 2000
By Leslie Wayne
Leslie Wayne
Internet sites set up to cover presidential conventions fail to live up to expectations; technological problems cause many to crash or to abandon promised features; some sites find expenses so high and visitors so low at Republican convention that they drastically scale back operations at Democratic convention; even traffic to Web sites with brand names and long track records is disappointly low; photo (M)
Date: 18 August 2000
By John Tierney
John Tierney
John Tierney The Big City column on inaccuratge, misleading and sometimes sensational reporting about supposed dangers of pesticides in produce consumed by Americans; notes that John Stossell has apologized for erroneous report on ABC, and contrasts refusal of CBS and Ed Bradley to correct erroneous 1989 report on Alar-treated apples, which cost apple growers more than $100 million(M)
Date: 19 August 2000
By David Johnston
David Johnston
Judge Richard D Cudahy of federal appeals court in Chicago says he was the source of a report that a new grand jury has been impaneled by Robert Ray, independent counsel investigating Pres Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky; says he inadvertently mentioned the new grand jury to a reporter from Associated Press (M)
Date: 18 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd plans to lift restrictions for foreign shareholders and open itself to investors to help it expand outside of Singapore; company is 75 percent-owned by Singapore government (S)
Date: 19 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shareholders of Cohoes Bancorp reject plan to merge with Hudson River Bancorp (S)
Date: 19 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stocks and bonds of Finova Group fall along with its credit ratings (S)
Date: 18 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Reliance Group Holdings, controlled by financier Saul P Steinberg, sells its accident and health business to unit of Aon Corp; sale price is still to be negotiated (S)
Date: 18 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Rentals, largest US equipment-rental company, is in talks to buy Horizon High Reach and Equipment, supplier of forklifts and hydraulic lifts for construction industry, for $90 million (S)
Date: 18 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ivax Corp, maker of generic drugs whose stock fell 42 percent this week on possible delay in popular cancer drug Taxol, will repurchase as many as 10 million shares (S)
Date: 18 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GlobalNet Financial.com Inc to buy Telescan Inc for about $115.4 million in stock (S)