In 2003 GDP was estimated to have grown by 2 percent, a slight improvement over 2002, the last year for which firm figures are available, when GDP expanded by 1. 8 percent in real terms to about US $ 600 million.

Three factors are generally cited that enabled Schröder to win the elections despite poor approval ratings a few months before and a weaker economy: good handling of the 100-year flood, firm opposition to the USA's 2003 invasion of Iraq, and Stoiber's unpopularity in the east, which cost the CDU crucial seats there.

In 2003 Tranz Rail was purchased by Australian freight firm Toll Holdings, which renamed the company Toll NZ.

The Hameetman Science Center, designed by the firm of Anshen + Allen and built in 2003 to provide new research facilities for Occidental's geology and physics departments also deviates from the original architecture with its large glass windows and metal balconies.

Two other site plans for the city center were prepared in 2003 and 2010 by French Architecture Studio, and Belgian architectural firm 51N4E respectively.

* Rod Bryden-chief executive of World Heart Corporation, co-founder of the Ottawa high-tech firm Systemhouse, and until 2003, owner of the Ottawa Senators hockey team

Three designers are widely considered the pioneers of that movement and of logo and corporate identity design: The first is Chermayeff & Geismar, which is the firm responsible for a large number of iconic logos, such as Chase Bank ( 1964 ), Mobil Oil ( 1965 ), PBS ( 1984 ), NBC ( 1986 ), National Geographic ( 2003 ) and others.

Modern New Keynesian models address this issue by assuming that the labor market is segmented, so that the expansion in employment by a given firm does not lead to lower profits for the other firms ( see Woodford 2003 ).

In 2003, Montara Water and Sanitary District purchased its water system from the German industrial firm RWE.

She graduated from Harvard Law School in 2003 and became an associate attorney at the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell.

In August 2003, Corel was bought out by the private equity firm Vector Capital for $ 1. 05 a share ( slightly more than the cash in the company ).

In August 2003, the firm Osirusoft, an operator of several DNSBLs including one based on the SPEWS data set, shut down its lists after suffering weeks of near-continuous attack.

In 2003, with backing from the banking firm UBS, the orchestra opened LSO St Luke's, its music education centre, in a former church near the Barbican.

From July 2003 to June 2004, an American firm, Custer Battles, secured the airport under a contract from the Coalition Provisional Authority ( CPA ).

As of 2003 IHT is completely owned by The New York Times Company, after that firm purchased the 50 % stake owned by

Polshek and his firm, Polshek Partnership, were involved since 1978 in four phases of the Hall's renovation and expansion including the creation of a Master Plan in 1980 ; the actual renovation of the main hall, the Stern Auditorium, and the creation of the Weill Recital Hall and Kaplan Rehearsal Space, all in 1986 ; the creation of the Rose Museum, East Room and Club Room ( later renamed Rohatyn Room and Shorin Club Room, respectively ), all in 1991 ; and, most recently, the creation of Zankel Hall in 2003.

Following his death in 2003, control of the firm was gradually passed to his grandson and chosen heir, John Elkann.

The refurbishment of 2003 – 2004 was designed by the London architectural firm Jestico + Whiles.

Payouts to his wife's firm were $ 68, 630 in 2003 and 2004, and $ 224, 000 in 2005 and 2006.

After losing his bid for re-election in 2003 to Republican challenger Haley Barbour, Musgrove returned to private practice with the law firm of Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, P. A.

On 16 December 2003, the U. S. private equity firm Blackstone Group announced a takeover offer for Celanese, after two years of wooing management.

" A firm is said to have a competitive advantage when it is implementing a value creating strategy not simultaneously being implemented by any current or potential player " ( Barney 1991 cited by Clulow et al. 2003, p. 221 ).

To gain competitive advantage a business strategy of a firm manipulates the various resources over which it has direct control and these resources have the ability to generate competitive advantage ( Reed and Fillippi 1990 cited by Rijamampianina 2003, p. 362 ).

* November 22: 2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: An Airbus A-300 freighter belonging to German courier firm DHL is forced to make an emergency landing with an engine fire, after being struck by a portable shoulder-fired SA-14 missile.

The firm has a London-based international arm, King & Spalding International LLP, which opened in 2003, and office or affiliates in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Paris, Riyadh, Singapore and Moscow.

The Bronze Star Medal was established by Executive Order 9419, 4 February 1944 ( superseded by Executive Order 11046, 24 August 1962, as amended by Executive Order 13286, 28 February 2003 ).

In November 2003, an Ecuadorian United Nations Training Centre was established under the name of: ( La Unidad Escuela de Misiones de Paz “ Ecuador ”).

Following the band's breakup, Rollins established the record label and publishing company 2. 13. 61 to release his spoken word albums, as well as forming the Rollins Band, which toured with a number of lineups from 1987 until 2003, and during 2006.

Kiribati established diplomatic relations with Taiwan in November 2003.

On 7 November 2003, Kiribati established diplomatic relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan.

With relations first established with the PRC in 1980, Kiribati had been the home to a satellite tracking base for China's space program from 1997 until 2003, a week before ties were formally severed.

In June, 2006, the United Nations ended its embargo on Liberian timber ( effective since May 2003 ), but continued its diamond embargo ( effective since March 2001 ) until an effective certificate of origin program was established, a decision that was reaffirmed in October 2006.

Category: Companies established in 2003

The Central Taiwan Science Park ( CTSP ) was established more recently in 2003.

On November 7, 2003, ties were established with Kiribati.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority ( TRA ) of the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) was established according to the UAE Federal Law by Decree No. 3 of 2003.

On 23 January 2003, a Garden of the Righteous was established in Monte Stella to commemorate those who opposed genocides and crimes against humankind.

Category: Musical groups established in 2003

Another important Haredi institution of charity is Yad Sara, established by Uri Lupolianski ( mayor of Jerusalem 2003 – 2009 ) in 1977.

In imitation of the land-grant colleges ' focus on agricultural and mechanical research, Congress later established programs of sea grant colleges ( aquatic research, in 1966 ), urban grant colleges ( urban research, in 1985 ), space grant colleges ( space research, in 1988 ), and sun grant colleges ( sustainable energy research, in 2003 ).

The Royal University of Bhutan ( known as the RUB ) located in the city was established in 2003.

In 2003, the Darryl Kile Good Guy Award was established and is presented annually to the Astros player and Cardinals player who best exemplify Kile's traits of " a good teammate, a great friend, a fine father and a humble man.

In Canada, it was formally recognized in 2003, and a formal training program ( a fellowship ) is currently being established under the auspices of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Category: Organizations established in 2003

Another depicted the rear end of a 1954 Beetle ( the year Volkswagen was established in Mexico ) in the left side of the ad, reading " Erase una vez ..." ( Once upon a time ...) and the last 2003 Beetle in the right side, reading " Fin " ( The end ).

The Outset Contemporary Art Fund was established in 2003, by Tate patrons Yana Peel and Candida Gertler.

When the Republic of China established diplomatic relations with Kiribati in 2003 the ROC officially declared that Kiribati could continue to have diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.

The National Postal Service was established in 1854, privatized in 1997, and partly re-nationalized in 2003.

Throughout the years the band has been established, they have had little radio or television exposure, although a cult following began to build behind the group with the release of albums such as 1991's Butchered at Birth and 1992's Tomb of the Mutilated which both reached over one million in worldwide sales by 2003, including 558, 929 in the United States, making them the top-selling death metal band of all time in the US.

It was established in 2003, it is an inter-university The institute focus on Estuarine Ecology and Human Health, Coastal Processes and Engineering, Public Policy and Coastal Sustainability, and Maritime Heritage.