15 iulie 1993 era un joi sub semnul stelut al lui ♋. Era ziua 195 din an. Președintele Statelor Unite a fost William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Dacă te-ai născut în această zi, ai 32 ani. Ultima ta zi de naștere a avut loc acum marți, 15 iulie 2025, 353 zile. Următoarea ta zi de naștere este pe miercuri, 15 iulie 2026, peste 11 zile. Ați trăit 12.041 zile sau aproximativ 288.999 ore sau aproximativ 17.339.962 minute sau aproximativ 1.040.397.720 secunde.
Date: 15 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Delta Air Lines Inc. today announced an international air fare sale, cutting up to 30 percent off fall and winter advance-purchase round-trip fares to Europe. The airline, based in Atlanta, also extended its European peak-season fare until August 31. The promotion was to expire on Thursday.
Date: 16 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Home Shopping Network Inc. said yesterday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had upgraded its investigation of the company to a formal inquiry. The cable-television retailer had said in April that it was the target of an informal S.E.C. investigation prompted by lawsuits and publicity.
Date: 15 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Cincinnati Microwave Inc. doubled in value yesterday on news it had developed a tiny, inexpensive high-speed wireless modem for use with new packet data networks being built by McCaw Cellular Communications and others. The stock rose $2.625, to $5, in Nasdaq trading. Until yesterday, the stock had attracted little attention on Wall Street. No investment analysts have followed the company, Jacques Robinson, the president of the company, said. The company announced on Tuesday that it had teamed with McCaw to market packet data products and services to corporate data users. The modem, which will sell for less than $300, will allow mobile users to send and receive information on the Cellular Digital Packet Data networks, which are faster than current technology.
Date: 16 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of the Progressive Corporation jumped 13.7 percent yesterday after the personal auto insurer reported a 68 percent surge in its second-quarter earnings from operations. Progressive shares gained $4.50, to $37.375, a high for the year, on the New York Stock Exchange. The shares did not open for trading on the Big Board until after 11 A.M. because of an order imbalance.
Date: 15 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bowater Inc., the largest manufacturer of newsprint in the country, said yesterday that it would cut annual newsprint production by 16 percent because demand remained weak and the business was not profitable. The production cut would lower the total amount of newsprint manufactured in North America by about 1.5 percent, according to a Salomon Brothers analyst, Chip Dillon. The move would also cut excess inventories by about 60 percent, he said. The company, based in Darien, Conn., said it would trim production by 264,500 short tons, to about 1.44 million tons.
Date: 15 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AST Research Inc. said yesterday that it had completed its purchase of the Tandy Corporation's Grid and personal computer manufacturing divisions for about $160 million. As a result, AST said it planned to take a fourth-quarter pretax charge of $125 million and post a loss for the quarter and the year. Company officials declined to define the size of the loss. AST had been expected to post earnings of 40 cents a share for the fourth quarter ended July 3, and $1.45 a share for the year, according to the Institutional Brokers Estimate System. AST shares were down 87.5 cents, to $15.125, in Nasdaq trading yesterday.
Date: 15 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Paging Network Inc., based in Plano, Tex., rose 8.8 percent yesterday after Prudential Securities Research promoted the stock to its regional brokers on Tuesday. In addition, an analyst at Volpe, Welty & Company, Eric Zimits, upgraded his recommendation on the shares of Paging Network to "buy" from "hold." Shares of Paging Network rose $2.75, to a record high of $34, in Nasdaq trading.
Date: 16 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
William J. McDonough is expected to be named to succeed E. Gerald Corrigan as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, people with knowledge of the selection said today. Mr. McDonough is executive vice president of the New York Fed in charge of open market trading. He is also a protege of Mr. Corrigan.
Date: 15 July 1993
By Kathryn Jones
Kathryn Jones
Even as its sales continue to surge, the Dell Computer Corporation provided more evidence today that it was having a terrible year, saying it expected to report its first quarterly loss ever. Dell, which rose from obscurity to become the fourth-largest personal computer maker in America, said it ould have a loss of $1.65 to $1.85 a share for the second fiscal quarter. Analysts had been estimating that Dell would earn an average of 29 cents a share, and the company's announcement sent its stock price skidding.
Date: 16 July 1993
ELF SANOFI S.A., increased its stake in Hungary's Chinoin Pharmaceutical and Chemical Works to 51 percent from 40 percent.