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November 15, 2000

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THE MARKETS: Market Place; Accounting Firms Accept Rule to Limit Conflicts of Interest

By Floyd Norris

Securities and Exchange Commission reaches agreement with four leading accounting firms on new rule regarding independence that will substantially reduce the amount of consulting work that the firms can do for their audit; firms are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Arthur Andersen and Deloitte & Touche; requirement of increased disclosure, as well as new limitations on the nature of the consulting work the firms can do, is likely to mean that some companies will choose to shift nonaccounting work from their auditing firm to a competitor; agreement is significant victory of Arthur Levitt, SEC chairman (M)

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DEMOCRATS WANT SHARE OF SENATE

By Lizette Alvarez

Sen Tom Daschle, minority leader of Senate, says Democrats will demand equal number of seats on committees and possibly co-chairmanships if the Senate winds up evenly divided, and are willing tie up the Senate if demand is not met; Democrats maintain that a comittee's ratio must reflect the makeup of the Senate; Sen Trent Lott, majority leader, says he will not entertain the notion of a 50-50 split because he is confident that Sen Slade Gorton, Republican of Washington, will be re-elected; power-sharing arrangement would be unprecedented in Congress and would strain the bounds of bipartisanship (M)

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JUDGE UPHOLDS HAND RECOUNTS IN FLORIDA; 2 COUNTIES ARE FACING NEW STATE DEADLINE

By Todd S. Purdum

Sec of State Katherine Harris of Florida says she will comply with Judge Terry P Lewis's order to consider results of further recounts in disputed presidential election, but she gives Palm Beach and Broward Counties a deadline of 2 pm on Nov 15 to explain in writing their reasons for moving ahead with or considering a time-consuming hand recount; says that as of legal deadline, 5 pm on Nov 14, Gov George W Bush leads Vice Pres Al Gore by 300 votes; both sides say Judge Lewis's ruling should soon settle question of who will carry Florida's 25 electoral votes; chronology of the day's events; photos (L)

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 15, 2000, covering November 15, 2000.

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    Album cover for The Dynasty Roc La Familia (2000 -- ) by Jay-Z

    The Dynasty Roc La Familia (2000 -- )

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    Album cover for Stankonia by OutKast

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    Album cover for All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

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    Album cover for Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit

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    Album cover for Awake by Godsmack

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Notable Deaths

2000Edoardo Agnelli, son of industrialist Gianni Agnelli, converted to Shia Islam (born 1954)[†]

Edoardo Agnelli was the eldest child and only son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat S.p.A., and of Marella Agnelli, who was born Donna Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto. He converted to Shia Islam when he was living in New York City, and changed his name to Hisham Aziz. In mid-November 2000, he was found dead under a bridge on the outskirts of Turin.

Historical Events

Antonov An-24

2000A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.[†]

The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by the Kyiv, Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude Aviation Factories. It was the first of a future family of turboprops by Antonov. The An-30 came next with a cartographic configuration, then the An-26 with a military configuration and the An-32 modernized version. The An-132 was intended to be the next member of the An-24 family, but Saudi Arabia's Taqnia left the project and canceled their orders and the only prototype was destroyed, which led to the project being canceled. A Chinese licensed-built version, the Xi'an Y-7, is heavily based on the An-24, but is not a member of the family.

Jharkhand

2000Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.[†]

Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It is the 15th largest state by area, and the 14th largest by population. Hindi is the official language of the state. The city of Ranchi is its capital and Dumka its sub-capital. The state is known for its waterfalls, hills and holy places; Baidyanath Dham, Parasnath, Dewri and Rajrappa are major religious sites. Jharkhand is primarily rural, with about 24% of its population living in cities as of 2011.

Historical Context for November 15, 2000

In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]