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Swiss Reinsurance Co reports its first annual profit since 2000 and forecasts improved results this year; net income was 1.7 billion Swiss francs ($1.33 billion) compared with loss of 91 million francs in 2002; graph (S)d
Vodafone Group's former chief executive Sir Christopher Gent, testifying in Germany's first criminal trial over executive pay, denies discussing bonuses with Mannesmann's former chief Klaus Esser during takeover talks; Sir Christopher takes stand in what is prosectors' last chance to prove Mannesmann management was bribed into accepting Vodafone's bid; former members of Mannesmann's compensation committee--Joachim Funk, Josef Ackermann, Klaus Zwickel, and Jurgen Ladberg--are charged with aggravated breach of shareholders' trust for their role in approving 57 million euros ($69 million) in bonuses and other payments during takeover; Esser and former employee Dietmar Droste are charged with aiding and abetting suspected breach of trust; all six defendants deny wrongdoing; photo (M)
World Business Briefing: Br
Article on Maycroft, 120-year-old estate on 43.5-acre waterfront property in North Haven on Long Island's East End; property, including 18-room Queen Ann-style manor, built for merchant James Herman Aldrich and his wife, was bequeathed in 1921 to Episcopal Diocese of Long Island and used by Anglican order of nuns as mother house and school; diocese and nuns, in settlement of lawsuit, seek to sell property for $25 million; potential buyers include town of North Haven, celebrities and developer who wants to subdivide estate; photos (L)
Lufthansa expects ne
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 24, 2004, covering March 26, 2004.
Norah Jones
Various Artists
Jessica Simpson
Evanescence
Kenny Chesney
2004Awra Briguela, Filipino actor and comedian[†]
Awra Briguela, is a Filipino actor and comedian who gained recognition after starring in FPJ's Ang Probinsyano (2016–2019), personally chosen for the role by the show's lead actor Coco Martin. Briguela's life was featured in a titular episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya in 2016. In 2017, Awra was declared champion in the first season of the Filipino version of Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids.
2004Jan Sterling, American actress (born 1921)[†]
Jan Sterling was an American film, television and stage actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s, Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the Mighty (1954) as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Her best performance is often considered to be opposite Kirk Douglas, as the opportunistic wife in Billy Wilder's 1951 Ace in the Hole. Although her career declined during the 1960s, she continued to play occasional television and theatre roles.
In 2004, the world population was approximately 6,503,377,772 people[†]