15. prosince 2000 bylo pátek pod hvězdičkou ♐. Byl 349 den v roce. Prezidentem Spojených států byl William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Pokud jste se narodili v tento den, je vám 25 let. Vaše poslední narozeniny byly pondělí 15. prosince 2025 před 177 dny. Vaše další narozeniny jsou úterý 15. prosince 2026, za 187 dní. Žili jste 9 308 dní nebo přibližně 223 411 hodin nebo přibližně 13 404 666 minut nebo přibližně 804 279 960 sekund.
Date: 16 December 2000
By Andy Borowitz
Andy Borowitz
Andy Borowitz humorous Op-ed article says NBC's choice of news executive Jeff Zucker to run network's entertainment division is latest episode in disturbing trend: the ongoing intrusion of news into entertainment (M)
Date: 16 December 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Judge Tena Campbell rejects request to block MediaNews Group from its $200 million acquisition of The Salt Lake Tribune from AT&T; Tribune's managers and editorial staff fear that new owner may give Tribune's relationship with its business partner and editorial rival, the Mormon-owned Deseret News, undue influence on its business and editorial operations (S)
Date: 15 December 2000
By James Barron With Elisabeth Bumiller and Linda Lee
James With
Some, but not all, of television networks begin taking down sets they built for election night; CNN says it will not remove its 'Election 2000' logo from behind Bernard Shaw and Judy Woodruff on late-afternoon program Inside Politics until after Electoral College votes on Dec 18 (S)
Date: 16 December 2000
Co-workers say Cao Maobin, leader of workers at silk factory in Jiangsu Province, China, who tried to form independent labor union, has been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital; detention comes one day after Cao spoke with Western reporters about workers' grievances (M)
Date: 16 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bradlees Inc is negotiating with lenders and considering liquidating itself (S)
Date: 16 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Black & Decker Corp says that fourth-quarter profit will fall as much as 27 percent (S)
Date: 16 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Antec Corp says it will lose 9 cents to 13 cents a share due to cancelled orders from its largest customer, AT&T Corp (S)
Date: 15 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Abbott Laboratories agrees to buy Knoll, pharmaceutical unit of BASF AG of Germany, in transaction worth about 13 billion marks ($6 billion) (S)
Date: 16 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Thales SA and Raytheon Company create joint venture, Thales Raytheon Systems, to manufacture military electronic products (S)
Date: 15 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Harveys Casino Resorts and Pinnacle Entertainment, in separate statements, say Harveys Casino is delaying takeover of Pinnacle; neither company gives reason (S)