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Rescue operation at World Trade Center in Manhattan is funeral procession of sorts for truck drivers who transport tons of debris to Staten Island landfill; twisted steel and concrete also contain human remains that federal agents must rake through and tag for later identification (M)
Securities and Exchange Commission and German investigators probe financial trades made before terrorist attacks to see if people who knew of pending attacks tried to profit from them; possibly suspicious activity includes trading in European insurance companies, in shares of eSpeed, electronic bond trading network based in World Trade Center, and in put options on stock index; German probers report finding no trading irregularities (M)
Pakistan sends high-ranking military delegation to Afghanistan to demand that Taliban government hand over accused terrorist Osama bin Laden and his top associates to US or face almost certain American military action; Pres Pervez Musharraf agrees to relay ultimatum after days of intensive discussions with American officials; officials caution chances of Taliban bowing to American demand are slim; Pakistani officials say administration warned US will use every lever short of war to punish Pakistan unless it cooperates; choice between confronting Taliban or cooperating with US is wrenching one for Musharraf, who leads chronically unstable and nuclear armed nation dependent on ties to West but increasingly lured by radical Islam; map; photo (M)
Michael Kimmelman Critic's Notebook article on museums as places of solace in wake of terrorist attacks; photos (M)
Deepening three-year-old recession has made almost every Argentine somewhat poorer, and changed many shopping habits; worries about future swell ranks of bargain hunters; all but very wealthiest are flocking to discount outlets and convenience stores; shopping center sales are down 12 percent so far this year in comparison with weak 2000; supermarket sales are down 2 percent; per capita income in Argentina has declined 12 percent over last three years; one beneficiary is Coto, traditionally supermarket chain of lower clasess, which has suddenly become store for everybody; it is planning aggressive expansion over next three years; experts wonder whether new buying trends represent temporary belt-tightening or whether they add up to deeper cultural shift; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 12, 2001, covering September 17, 2001.
Aaliyah
Mary J. Blige
Slipknot
Alicia Keys
Maxwell
2001The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.[†]
The New York Stock Exchange is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is the largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization, exceeding $25 trillion in July 2024. The NYSE is owned by Intercontinental Exchange, an American holding company that it also lists. Previously, it was part of NYSE Euronext (NYX), which was formed by the NYSE's 2007 merger with Euronext. According to a Gallup poll conducted in 2022, approximately 58% of American adults reported having money invested in the stock market, either through individual stocks, mutual funds, or retirement accounts.
2001George W. Bush, president of the United States, delivers remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington praising Muslim Americans and condemning Islamophobia in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.[†]
George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Bush family and the Republican Party, he is the eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, and was the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]