More Prime Time News
Date: 06 January 1999
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
ABC is giving yet another hour of prime time to a news program, tentatively called ABC News Thursday Night; program will take over 10-to-11 PM time slot (S)
1999. január 5., kedd újrajátszása
A 1999. január 5. egy kedd volt a ♑ csillagjegy alatt. Ez volt az év 4 napja. Az Egyesült Államok elnöke William J. (Bill) Clinton volt.
Ha ezen a napon születtél, akkor 27 éves vagy. Az utolsó születésnapod 2026. január 5., hétfő, 184 napja volt. A következő születésnapod 2027. január 5., kedd napon lesz, 180 nap múlva. 10 046 napot élt, vagy körülbelül 241 110 órát, vagy körülbelül 14 466 649 percet vagy körülbelül 867 998 940 másodpercet.
Néhány ember, aki megosztja ezt a születésnapot:
5th of January 1999 News
A New York Times címlapján megjelent hírek 1999. január 5.
On-Line Giant May Link To CBS News
Date: 05 January 1999
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
CBS News will announce deal with America Online Inc later this week to become exclusive broadcast news provider for on-line service; when completed, it will mean that CBS will replace ABC News as provider of news in text, video and audio on America Online (M)
An Analytical Channel
Date: 06 January 1999
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Freedom Forum, nonpartisan foundation focused on media studies, and WETA, public-television station serving Washington area, join to start cable channel devoted to analyzing and interpreting news; Ed Turner is named president of new channel, to be called Forum Network (S)
500 Are Massacred in Congo, Missionaries Report
Date: 06 January 1999
By Ian Fisher
Ian Fisher
Missionary Service News Agency reports that about 500 people were massacred in eastern Congo during New Year holiday; if report is true, it would be largest massacre since start of rebellion in Aug against Congo Pres Laurent Kabila; Roman Catholic news agency says killings were carried out by soldiers aligned with rebels, who are led by Tutsi; map (M)
INVESTORS WANT CORPORATE EXPRESS CHAIRMAN REMOVED
Date: 05 January 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Marlin Partners I LP and Brahman Management LLC, group that is major investor in Corporate Express Inc, urges company to replace its chairman, Jrika Rysavy, and hire investment banker to help consider alternatives like a merger; group wants title of chairman transferred to Robert L King, currently chief executive (S)
MANY EXECUTIVES CHOOSE TO STAY WITH NEW BANKAMERICA
Date: 06 January 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BankAmerica Corp says about 80 percent of 1,134 of executives eligible to leave under change-of-control agreements touched off by recent merger with Nationsbank Corp are still with combined bank; while not all executives of former BankAmerica were offered positions, 900 of 918 top executives who did not receive such offers have agreed to stay (S)
POOL ENERGY OPENS TALKS WITH NABORS INDUSTRIES
Date: 05 January 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pool Energy Services Co begins talks with Nabors Industries about $444 million takeover offer that Pool had previously rejected as inadequate (S)
MEDITRUST SELLS 34 NURSING AND ASSISTED-LIVING HOMES
Date: 05 January 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Meditrust Companies sells 34 nursing and assisted-living homes for $232 million in separate transactions as part of plan to sell as much as $1 billion of assets and cut debt; sells 25 assisted-living properties operated by Emeritus Corp for $155 million; buyer is not identified; remaining nine properties are nursing homes and are sold to three closely held companies for $77 million (S)
AMERICA ONLINE ENLARGES ITS STAKE IN TEL-SAVE.COM
Date: 06 January 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
America Online Inc enlarges its share of ownership in Tel-Save.com Inc to about 15 percent and says it has extended its marketing agreement with Tel-Save by two years; America Online says it will make $55 million investment in Tel-Save.com common stock at $19 a share and will exchange about $19 million in Tel-Save.com warrants for common stock; investment will add to America Online's current holding of about 8 percent (S)
ANTITRUST SUIT SAYS DENTSPLY RESTRICTED TOOTH TRADE
Date: 06 January 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dentsply International Inc, world's top maker of artificial teeth, is accused by Justice Department of illegally restricting competition among denture distributors; antitrust suit says Dentsply sells 70 percent of artificial teeth in US and has enforced restrictive arrangements affecting more than 80 percent of distributors; in December, Dentsply sued Justice Department, noting it had been under investigation since 1995 and asking for ruling that it was not a monopoly and did not illegally restrain trade (S)