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Toshiba Corp chairman Taizo Nishimuro says company will lose less than anticipated for quarter ending June 30 (S)
World Business Briefing: Brazil: TV Concern Restructures Dek
Singapore's nonoil exports fell 0.6 percent in June from June 2001, to $4.5 billion; exports of electronics fell 9.6 percent; shipments of semiconductors, single biggest export item, dropped 18.9 percent; chemical exports rose 26.5 percent (S)
Former police officer Charles Schwarz is convicted of perjury in denying he led Abner Louima to bathroom in Brooklyn station house where he was assaulted by officer Justin Volpe, but jury deadlocks on second perjury charge and two civil rights charges; partial verdict in federal case assures that bitterly fought case will continue, with prosecutors saying they will bring Schwarz back to court; photos; two previous convictions were overturned; jurors are unable to decide whether Schwarz lied about being present in bathroom; Schwarz again declares innocence and vows to continue fight (M)
Corporate Wrongdoing Is the Focus on Two Fronts In testimony to Congress, Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, pointed to a corporate culture blighted by ''infectious greed'' as the cause of the breakdown in confidence among investors. With political pressure growing and the stock market falling, the House hurriedly passed a measure that would toughen criminal fraud penalties intended to curb corporate wrongdoing. [Page A1.]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 17, 2002, covering July 17, 2002.
Nelly
Eminem
Various Artists
Aerosmith
Avril Lavigne
2002Jordan Lawlar, American baseball player[†]
Jordan Jeffrey-Joseph Lawlar is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
2002Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1911)[†]
Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP), now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), diplomat, and jurist. He is the longest serving Secretary General of NATO, having served in the position from 1 October 1971 until 25 June 1984.
In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]