El 24 d’abril de 1994 era un diumenge sota el signe estrella de ♉. Era el 113 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Si vas néixer aquest dia, tens 32 anys. El teu darrer aniversari va ser el divendres, 24 d’abril de 2026, fa 57 dies. El teu proper aniversari és el dissabte, 24 d’abril de 2027, d'aquí a 307 dies. Heu viscut durant 11.745 dies, o unes 281.892 hores, o uns 16.913.534 minuts, o uns 1.014.812.040 segons.
24th of April 1994 News
Notícies tal com van aparèixer a la portada del New York Times el 24 d’abril de 1994
THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Television; Ratings for News Programs Slip Amid Prime-Time Glut
Date: 25 April 1994
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Just three months ago, when two networks were offering air time by the truckload to Diane Sawyer, the news magazine was considered television's hottest programming genre. But by last week, when the official network season ended, the ratings for the nine news magazines now on the air were down not only for the entire season, but sharply in the second half. The decline is raising concern that the news magazine format may have reached a saturation point with viewers.
Full Article
Newspaper Wars of Litchfield County
Date: 24 April 1994
By Anne Longley
Anne Longley
IN just six months, Torrington's once mild-mannered daily paper has gone from covering the news to making it, angering readers, devastating longtime employees and providing a field day for the local and national press.
When the Journal Register Company of Trenton, N.J., bought the paper, The Register Citizen, in October, it immediately cut about 20 jobs from a total of around 130, made employees contribute more to health insurance payments, refused to honor contracts with composing room and press room employees and cut some workers' pay.
Full Article
New York Area Economy Faces Struggle to Keep Up
Date: 25 April 1994
By Tom Redburn
Tom Redburn
Despite being driven by leading industries of the future that provide the New York metropolitan area with building blocks for a stronger economy, that economy has failed to gain as much ground as other regions, according to a new report to be released tomorrow. The study, prepared for the Regional Plan Association by the economic consulting firm DRI/McGraw-Hill, offers one of the most detailed looks in recent years at the economy of the immense urban conglomeration of New York City and its surrounding area. It makes for sobering reading.
Full Article
A Historic Name, a Futuristic Vision
Date: 25 April 1994
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
As the publishers of the country's largest newspapers gather here today for their annual convention, one of their official hosts is likely to draw special attention: the witty, mustachioed 44-year-old publisher and editor of the smaller of this city's two dailies, The San Francisco Examiner. His name, William Randolph Hearst 3d, resonates with American newspaper history.
Full Article
Halliburton Contract
Date: 25 April 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Halliburton Company said today that its Brown & Root Inc. unit had won a contract for work on a $3.2 billion natural gas pipeline project to link the United Arab Emirates with southwest Asia. Brown & Root will be responsible for engineering, project management, procurement and construction.
Full Article
Stake Raised in Genentech
Date: 25 April 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Roche Holdings Inc. invested $95.4 million this week in Genentech Inc., lifting its stake in the biotechnology company to 63.9 percent from 62.1 percent. Roche, part of Roche Holdings Ltd. of Switzerland, bought 2.06 million redeemable shares of Genentech, based in South San Francisco, Calif., on the New York Stock Exchange. The average price was $46.25 a share, according to two Securities and Exchange Commission documents filed on Thursday and Friday.
Full Article
Barnett Sues Ex-Employees
Date: 25 April 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Barnett Banks Inc. has sued four of its former public finance specialists, accusing them of stealing corporate documents and breaching fiduciary duties when they went to work for a unit of the First Union Corporation. The suit, filed on Thursday in Florida state court in Jacksonville, seeks damages exceeding $15,000 from the former employees of Barnett Securities Inc. The four -- Eugene Cahalan, Philip Roberts, Mark Galvin and David Kasdin -- had no immediate comment.
Full Article
Reporters Keep Faith With Kurds in Iraq
Date: 24 April 1994
To the Editor: The year 1993 was a grim one for journalists, as the annual report of the Committee to Protect Journalists shows. The current year's toll is already mounting.
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 24 April 1994
International 3-18 ATTACK AND RETREAT AT GORAZDE Despite a NATO ultimatum to the Bosnian Serbs, they continued their attack on Gorazde. But United Nations officials said some Serbs began to pull back and promised compliance as the deadline approached. 1 CLINTON'S NEW FOREIGN FOCUS President Clinton has been forced to shift his focus to respond to the situation in Bosnia and to try to salvage his Haiti policy, and it has brought a new level of involvement for him in foreign policy. 14
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 25 April 1994
International A2-9 BOWING TO NATO, SERBS PULL BACK Bosnian Serb forces, bowing to a NATO ultimatum, retreated from Gorazde but blew up the town's water treatment plant as they left. The U.N. and NATO determined that air strikes against the Serbs were no longer warranted. A1
Full Article