17. tammikuuta 1998 oli lauantaina tähtimerkin ♑ alla. Se oli 16 päivä vuodesta. Yhdysvaltain presidentti oli William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 17 January 1998
James Murdoch, younger son of media and entertaiment mogul Rupert Murdoch, is named deputy publisher of New York Post; Rupert Murdoch's company, Australia-based News Corp, publishes New York Post; photo of James Murdoch (S)
Date: 18 January 1998
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel article on his decision not to sign statement of concern about crisis in journalism discusses nature of news; says journalists assemble their publications and newscasts to suit their presumed audiences; cites need to point to good and bad media practice, not abstract principles; drawing (M)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Alan Cowell
Alan Cowell
Lower house of German Parliament approves constitutional change that would give police greater powers to bug private homes in order to combat organized crime and money laundering; authorities are currently allowed to tap telephones only in exceptional circumstances relating to crime and terrorism and may use listening devices only to monitor emergencies like hostage-taking; move draws outcry from civil rights campaigners and from journalists, doctors and lawyers fearful that conversations with news sources, patients or clients can now be overheard; only priests, defense lawyers meeting accused criminals and legislators will be protected by law from eavesdropping (M)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Richard Severo
Richard Severo
Harriet Van Horne, pioneer radio and television critic who had wide following in New York World-Telegram and other Scripps-Howard newspapers, dies at age 77; photo (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Verifact Inc, based in Toronto, agrees to buy Checkmate Electronics Inc of United States for stock valued at $50 million (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Texas Industries says it bought closely held Riverside Cement for $120 million, increasing its cement-production capacity 60 percent and expanding its operations in California (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nestle SA says that it bought some dairy products units in Latin America and elsewhere from Borden Inc to increase its sales in emerging markets (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Central and South West Corp's Southwestern Electric Power Co increases its offer to bail out bankrupt Cajun Electric Power Cooperative by 19 percent, to $905 million in cash (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Corporate Express Inc will pay up to $150 million to buy back as much as 25 percent of its stock for a premium (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Deutsche Telekom AG says in preliminary report that its profit fell 6 percent in second half of 1997 to 1.5 billion marks; graph (S)