Go East, Not-So-Young Man
Date: 04 October 1998
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
Media giant Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp, moves his base of operations from Los Angeles to downtown Manhattan (S)
4. lokakuuta 1998 oli sunnuntaina tähtimerkin ♎ alla. Se oli 276 päivä vuodesta. Yhdysvaltain presidentti oli William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Jos olet syntynyt tänä päivänä, olet 27 vuotta vanha. Viimeisin syntymäpäiväsi oli lauantaina 4. lokakuuta 2025, 251 päivää sitten. Seuraava syntymäpäiväsi on sunnuntaina 4. lokakuuta 2026, 113 päivän kuluttua. Olet elänyt 10 113 päivää tai noin 242 727 tuntia tai noin 14 563 638 minuuttia tai noin 873 818 280 sekuntia.
Date: 04 October 1998
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
Media giant Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp, moves his base of operations from Los Angeles to downtown Manhattan (S)
Date: 04 October 1998
Tim Wilson, trade magazine publisher in Crossville, Tenn, launches Y2K News Magazine devoted to glitches that are expected to occur when computers programmed recognize two-digit numbers for years will automatically roll over to '00' on January 1, 2000; is spreading word of possible doom and is offering practical tips; photo (S)
Date: 05 October 1998
By Bernard Stamler
Bernard Stamler
DARE America, anti-drug group, has filed suit against Stephen Glass, associate editor dismissed by The New Republic; Glass has admitted making up people, quotes and situations in several articles he wrote, including critique of DARE that appeared in New Republic and Rolling Stone; DARE is not suing magazines involved; photo (S)
Date: 05 October 1998
By Melinda Henneberger
Melinda Henneberger
Interview with Joseph Lockhart, Pres Clinton's new press secretary; photo (M)
Date: 04 October 1998
By John Tierney
John Tierney
Final column for New York Times Magazine by John Tierney after nearly five years examines some lessons he learned as writer and how he may have changed world for better; says one great discovery is that people pay no attention to columnists; photo (M)
Date: 05 October 1998
By Christian Berthelsen
Christian Berthelsen
Gov Pete Wilson of California signs bill intended to allow celebrities to sue paparazzi for invasion of privacy; law will allow photographers to be found liable for invasion of privacy if they trespass or use telephoto lenses to capture images of people engaging in personal or familial activity; it provides for hefty damage awards against photographers and their organizations (S)
Date: 04 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bloomberg Fund Performance survey of 1,860 American mutual funds ranks Prudent Bear fund first in third-quarter 1998 (S)
Date: 05 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Swisscom AG, Switzerland's state-owned, dominant telephone company, sets price for shares that will begin trading in eighth-largest initial stock offering of all time and biggest in Europe this year; Swisscom hopes to raise $5.5 billion; sale sets value for company at about $18.45 billion, which is 80 percent of what it would be if share price were at top of range (M)
Date: 04 October 1998
INTERNATIONAL 3-17 Crisis-Striken Nations Gather for I.M.F. Meeting Finance ministers of the world's largest industrial nations agreed tonight to explore President Clinton's proposal on Friday to change the strategy of the International Monetary Fund and allow it to intervene earlier in propping up economies that are at risk of being swept into the global financial turmoil. 1
Date: 05 October 1998
INTERNATIONAL A3-11 Japan's Banking Crisis Severe, Officials Say Japan's top financial officials have described their country's banking system as acutely short of capital, with even the largest banks in far deeper trouble than Washington and the financial markets had known, according to United States Government officials familiar with a private meeting between top American and Japanese officials. But other senior Japanese officials disputed that characterization. A1 Milosevic Placates the West President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia has ordered most units of his army back to their barracks and may well avoid an attack by NATO, military observers and diplomats say. Mr. Milosevic acted as the European Union, NATO and the United Nations prepared for a review today of possible military intervention. A1