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Ben Brantley reviews Circle in the Square's revival of Sam Shepard play True West, directed by Matthew Warchus; Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C Reilly star; photos (M)
Gov George W Bush finds himself in a classic predicament, one that poses significant test to his leadership skills: how does he win over Sen John McCain--and his crucial block of independent and Democratic loyalists--without antagonizing Republican establishment that pulled Bush to victory; it is seen as ticklish spot, as Bush cannot win November election unless large numbers of McCain supporters rally behind him (News Analysis) (M)
Georgetown beats Syracuse, 76-72, in quarterfinals of Big East basketball tournament; photo (M)
Stock market regulators censure and fine Prudential Securities Inc $100,000 over allegations company tried to avoid competing on price to manage 1996 initial public offering of First Alliance Corp; regulatory arm of National Association of Securities Dealers contended that Prudential asked regional investment bank, Friedman Billings Ramsey, to step aside as lead manager of $60 million public offering and instead accept secondary role to Prudential; because Prudential planned to charge more than Friedman Billings, Prudential's plan would have cost issuer, California mortgage lender, about $600,000; NASD says Friedman Billings refused to do so, kept its fee at 6 percent rather than 7 percent Prudential would have charged, and won the deal; Prudential, in paying fine, neither admits nor denies wrongdoing; chart (M)
Nannies in Larchmont, NY, are flocking to parks and playgrounds with their toddlers in suburban ritual as weather gets warmer; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 8, 2000, covering March 10, 2000.
Santana
Dr. Dre
Christina Aguilera
Kid Rock
Eiffel 65
2000Nick Bolton, American football player[†]
Nicholas Bolton is an American professional football linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Missouri Tigers, and was selected by the Chiefs in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft. Bolton has won two Super Bowl titles, LVII and LVIII, having been a starter in the 2022 and 2023 Chiefs teams. He also scored a defensive touchdown from a fumble recovery in the first win.
2000The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.[†]
The dot-com bubble was a stock market bubble that ballooned during the late-1990s and peaked on Friday, March 10, 2000. This period of market growth coincided with the widespread adoption of the World Wide Web and the Internet, resulting in a dispensation of available venture capital and the rapid growth of valuations in new dot-com startups. Between 1995 and its peak in March 2000, investments in the NASDAQ composite stock market index rose by 80%, only to fall 78% from its peak by October 2002, giving up all its gains during the bubble.
In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]