2005년 10월 18일은(는) 화요일의 별 기호 아래에 있는 **♎**입니다. 올해의 290일이었습니다. 미국 대통령은 George W. Bush입니다.
이 날에 태어났다면 당신은 20살입니다. 마지막 생일은 2025년 10월 18일 토요일, 232일 전이었습니다. 다음 생일은 2026년 10월 18일 일요일일 후 132입니다. 당신은 7,537일, 약 180,894시간, 약 10,853,676분 또는 약 651,220,560초 동안 살았습니다.
Date: 18 October 2005
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
ABC News president David Westin announces that Terry Moran, Cynthia McFadden and Martin Bashir will succeed Ted Koppel as hosts of Nightline; says move is aimed at building on its 'great legacy' even as it ushers in what he calls 'new era' for program; photos (M)
Date: 19 October 2005
By Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas Friedman
Thomas Friedman Op-Ed column accuses Bush administration of setting bad example for Iraqis trying to learn democracy; cites White House invocations of Christianity to support Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, after two years of lecturing Iraqis about separating mosque and state; also points to Bush's opposition to bill banning torture of prisoners and to Bush's scripted videoconference with some US soldiers, reminiscent of Saddam Hussein's staged talks with his troops (M)
Date: 19 October 2005
By David Johnston and Richard W. Stevenson
David Johnston
Special prosecutor Peter J Fitzgerald reportedly has no plans to issue final report in CIA leak case, heightening expectation he will bring indictments; focus remains fixed on senior White House aides Karl Rove and I Lewis Libby, both of whom talked with reporters about CIA officer, Valerie Plame, whose name was later publicly disclosed; Fitzgerald reportedly leans toward indictments as he weighs thousands of pages of documents and testimony before grand jury term expires (M)
Date: 18 October 2005
By John Tierney
John Tierney
John Tierney Op-Ed column says original justifications for special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation of 'outing' of CIA operative have vanished; says he might still indict I Lewis Libby or Karl Rove for perjury or obstruction of justice--crimes that occurred only because of his investigation; says lesson for public might be to stop appointing special prosecutors, because that job can turn reasonable lawyer into insatiable inquisitor (M)
Date: 18 October 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
By Bloomberg News.
Date: 19 October 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Swiss drug maker Novartis says third-quarter earnings rose greater-than-expected 13 percent, to $1.67 billion; sales rose 19 percent, to $8.4 billion (S)
Date: 19 October 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Viacom said that its split into two businesses would probably be complete by the end of the year, slightly ahead of its estimate.
Date: 19 October 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shanghai Automotive says its quarterly net income fell 9 percent, to 341.1 million yuan ($42 million); sales rose to 1.9 billion yuan, from 1.5 billion yuan (S)
Date: 18 October 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Royal Philips Electronics reports 23 percent increase in third-quarter profit, to 1.44 billion euros ($1.74 billion); sales rose 5 percent, to 7.63 billion euros ($9.2 billion) (S)
Date: 19 October 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AstraZeneca says Ranbaxy Laboratories of India has applies to US Food and Drug Administration to make version of AstraZeneca's ulcer drug Nexium; AstraZeneca has 45 days to sue Ranbaxy, which would at least temporarily prevent FDA from approving request (S)