Ideas & Trends; Zombies and Other Creatures of the Media
Date: 12 July 1998
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Article on disgraced journalists--some of whom have managed to find new careers; photos (M)
Reluare sâmbătă, 11 iulie 1998
11 iulie 1998 era un sâmbătă sub semnul stelut al lui ♋. Era ziua 191 din an. Președintele Statelor Unite a fost William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Dacă te-ai născut în această zi, ai 27 ani. Ultima ta zi de naștere a avut loc acum vineri, 11 iulie 2025, 335 zile. Următoarea ta zi de naștere este pe sâmbătă, 11 iulie 2026, peste 29 zile. Ați trăit 10.197 zile sau aproximativ 244.745 ore sau aproximativ 14.684.755 minute sau aproximativ 881.085.300 secunde.
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11th of July 1998 News
Știri așa cum au apărut pe prima pagină a New York Times la 11 iulie 1998
What's Behind the Forecast? Pure Poetry
Date: 12 July 1998
By E. Kyle Minor
E. Minor
Article on CBS-TV news weatherman Ira Joe Fisher, whose avocations are poetry, entertaining and essay writing; photo (M)
Liberties; Tina!
Date: 12 July 1998
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column on thunderous news that Tina Brown is leaving The New Yorker to become 'Miramax Multimedia Prncess'; muses on meaning of media's babble about 'synergy' and 'content' (S)
TEAMSTERS TOLD THAT PROMISED JOBS ARE HALTED
Date: 11 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Parcel Service of America Inc tells teamsters' union it will not create 2,000 full-time jobs as promised in accord that settled national strike last year because number of package deliveries has not returned to pre-strike levels (S)
LAIDLAW IS PLANNING TO DISMISS 700 EMPLOYEES
Date: 11 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Laidlaw Inc to dismiss 700 employees of its American Medical Response Inc unit, about 3 percent of staff, by end of Aug to cut costs (S)
SOFTBANK OF JAPAN IN $400 MILLION ON-LINE DEAL
Date: 11 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Softbank Corp acquires 27.2 percent of E*Trade Group Inc for $400 million (S)
SUNBEAM GRANTED MORE TIME ON LOANS BY LENDERS
Date: 11 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sunbeam Corp reaches accord with lenders to avert default on $1.7 billion in loans until at least end of year (S)
SCOTTS AGREES TO PURCHASE OF RHONE-POULENC UNIT
Date: 11 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Scotts Co to buy Rhone-Poulenc SA's law and garden unit, Rhone-Poulenc Jardin, and ASEF for total of about $220 million (S)
Acquisition Gives Roche Big Jump in Revenue
Date: 11 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Roche Holding AG's implied second-quarter sales rose 37.7 percent, to 6.69 billion Swiss francs ($4.33 billion) (S)
SAP, Software Maker, Says Profit Pace Slows
Date: 11 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SAP AG releases data showing profit growth slowed in second quarter to 26 percent from 71 percent in first quarter; second-quarter pre-tax profit rose to 504 million marks ($276 million); SAP expects pretax profit for full year to rise 30 percent to 35 percent (S)