International Economic Events in October 2000

Dr. James J. Heckman (University of Chicago) and Dr Daniel L. McFadden (University of California, Berkeley) awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics.

U.S Senate passes legislation to provide six lakh new visas over the next three years for overseas workers.

`The Garage', a one-car garage from where Mr. David Hewlett and Mr. William Packard launched their electronics company, bought by Hewlett-Packard Company for $ 1.7 million.