17. maaliskuuta 2002 oli sunnuntaina tähtimerkin ♓ alla. Se oli 75 päivä vuodesta. Yhdysvaltain presidentti oli George W. Bush.
Jos olet syntynyt tänä päivänä, olet 24 vuotta vanha. Viimeisin syntymäpäiväsi oli tiistaina 17. maaliskuuta 2026, 84 päivää sitten. Seuraava syntymäpäiväsi on keskiviikkona 17. maaliskuuta 2027, 280 päivän kuluttua. Olet elänyt 8 850 päivää tai noin 212 408 tuntia tai noin 12 744 510 minuuttia tai noin 764 670 600 sekuntia.
Date: 18 March 2002
By Jane L. Levere
Jane Levere
Wall St analyst Leland Westerfield (UBS Warburg) sees advertising industry upturn; forecasts 1 percent rise in advertising spending in 2002 and 4 percent gain in 2003; analyst Jason Helfstein (CIBC World Markets) sees improving advertising environment (S)
Date: 18 March 2002
By DON KIRK
Don KIRK
Hynix Semiconductor creditors, led by Korea Exchange Bank, near accord to yield control of company to Micron Technology; deal reportedly is contingent on credit terms for proposed Korea Micron (M)
Date: 18 March 2002
By RICHARD LEZIN JONES
Richard JONES
Interview with Mark Vincent Serrano, former altar boy sexually molested by Roman Catholic priest Rev James T Hanley at church in Mendham, NJ, from 1974 to 1981; Serrano says abuse started when he was 9 years old; says he told church officials in 1985; Hanley was removed as priest in 1986, but law enforcement authorities were not notified; Serrano and family sued Diocese of Paterson and quietly settled out of court for more than $241,000 nearly decade after incident was made public; state has since enacted law requiring church officials to inform law enforcement authorities of any reports of sexual abuse of minor; recent accusations against priests and criticisms of church for protecting them in handling cases of pedophilia discussed; photo (M)
Date: 18 March 2002
By CHRIS GAITHER
Chris GAITHER
Odyssey survey finds 39 percent of United States households do not own computers, same as previous year; finds most holdouts say they see no compelling reasons to own PCs; company blames basic flaw in PC marketing strategy; graph (M)
Date: 18 March 2002
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr
James McKINLEY
Campaign records show that people donating money to New York State Comptroller H Carl McCall's candidacy for governor are mix of black businessmen and celebrities, usual list of Democratic donors and several people who do business with state pension fund; last group could give McCall the most trouble politically; photo (M)
Date: 18 March 2002
Jazz at Lincoln Center names Hughlyn F Fierce to new post of president and chief executive officer (S)
Date: 18 March 2002
By CHARLIE NOBLES
Charlie NOBLES
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte passes bullpen test and believes he will not miss any more of season due to sore elbow (M)
Date: 18 March 2002
By Jane L. Levere
Jane Levere
*Arnold Worldwide names Kristin Volk to new post of chief marketing officer at its Arnold McGrath unit; Natalie Perkins resigns as president at Trone Advertising's Greenboro, NC, office (S)
Date: 18 March 2002
By JOSEPH KAHN and TIM WEINER
Joseph KAHN
Pres Bush and world leaders from 57 other nations will gather, Monterrey, Mex, to rethink strategy to help speed economic growth in developing countries, which are much poorer than at end of cold war despite fast economic integration of 1990's; Bush administration has promised to increase US foreign aid budget by 15% per year, or $5 billion over three years in first real expansion in more than decade, but administration as well as European leaders and poverty experts are deeply divided about wha