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All four of largest banking groups in Japan return to black in first half of their fiscal year, in sign that Japan's biggest banks may have turned a corner; all four posted record losses last year; banks benefit from improved economy; bank groups are Mizhuo Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group and UFJ Holdings; photos (M)
Lawmakers and lobbyists said the energy bill fizzled in the last days of Congress because it had too many benefits for industry, cost too much, was written without enough Democratic help and was overshadowed by the Medicare bill. Even last-minute intervention by President Bush could not save the bill, which would have brought the first significant changes to national energy policy in a decade.
Invention for 900 Hands column, sixth in series following one Steinway concert grand piano through production, discusses Steinway's embattled infrastructure, downgrade by Standard & Poor's, steep decline in sales and pending union negotiations; photos (L)
Dozens of people offer their kidneys to New Jersey Nets player Alonzo Mourning, who announced he must retire from basketball because of worsening chronic kidney disease; those who have offered will be screened for blood type and motive for donating (M)
London Stock Exchange says fees to clear trades will drop 25 percent in January because of new agreement with London Clearing House (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 26, 2003, covering November 26, 2003.
Jay-Z
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G Unit
Josh Groban
Toby Keith
2003Soulja Slim, American rapper (born 1977)[†]
James Adarryl Tapp Jr., better known by his stage name Soulja Slim, was an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known for writing Juvenile's 2004 single "Slow Motion", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100. Eight years prior, he signed with Master P's No Limit Records to release his debut studio album Give It 2 'Em Raw (1998), which peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200. It was followed by three albums until the single's posthumous release, which was in memory of his unsolved murder.
2003Stefan Wul, French surgeon and author (born 1922)[†]
Stefan Wul was the nom de plume of the French science fiction writer Pierre Pairault, born in Paris.
2003The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.[†]
Concorde is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Studies started in 1954, and France and the United Kingdom signed a treaty establishing the development project on 29 November 1962, as the programme cost was estimated at £70 million . Construction of the six prototypes began in February 1965, and the first flight took off from Toulouse on 2 March 1969. The market was predicted for 350 aircraft, and the manufacturers received up to 100 option orders from many major airlines. On 9 October 1975, it received its French certificate of airworthiness, and from the UK CAA on 5 December.
In 2003, the world population was approximately 6,420,361,634 people[†]