25. toukokuuta 1999 oli tiistaina tähtimerkin ♊ alla. Se oli 144 päivä vuodesta. Yhdysvaltain presidentti oli William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 26 May 1999
By Carlotta Gall
Carlotta Gall
NATO beams own televison into Serbia every evening from American Hercules plane; broadcasts, apparently aimed at countering Governent monopoly on television news and information, are hard to find and seem to arouse more irritation than positive response from Serbs angry over NATO bombing (M)
Date: 25 May 1999
By Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse
Supreme Court rules unanimously in Wilson v Layne and Hanlon v Berger that police violate 'right of residential privacy at the core of the Fourth Amendment' when they take journalists and photographers into people's homes to witness searches or arrests; decision sharply curbs popular but increasingly disputed practice in which journalists accompany police into private homes and get dramatic shots of law enforcement in action (M)
Date: 26 May 1999
Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, administered by University of California at Los Angeles, are announced; staff of New York Times wins award for beat reporting on deadline for newspaper's coverage of near-collapse of Long-Term Capital Management in 1998; award for commentary is given to Walter S Mossberg of Wall Street Journal; in network and large-market television category, Mike Wallace and Walt Bogdanich of CBS program 60 Minutes wins for investigative piece on international pharmaceutical industry; other winners noted (M)
Date: 25 May 1999
Editorial criticizes Clinton Administration for sponsoring Organization of American States declaration that would endorse limits on media freedoms in Latin American countries; notes that draft was written and introduced by US mission to OAS last year and then was modified by some of governments most hostile to press freedom
Date: 26 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Intel Corp agrees to take $200 million stake in Williams Communications Inc and plans to use Williams's high-speed network in its server farms that will host Web sites; Intel will use Williams's fiber optic network to connect Intel Internet Data operations (S)
Date: 25 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Belden Inc agrees to buy Cable Systems International Inc, for $180 million in cash (S)
Date: 25 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Radisys Corp acquires Texas Micro Inc for $115 million in stock (S)
Date: 25 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ziff-Davis Inc is considering sale of its marketing services unit to reduce debt and raise its stock price (S)
Date: 26 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Autonation Inc, largest US auto retailer, hires Merrill Lynch & Co to explore various options for its Internet business, where sales are rising faster than expected (S)
Date: 26 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
C-Cor Electronics will buy Silicon Valley Communications Inc for more than $50 million in stock and assumed debt (S)