Spanning the Borough With News and Smokes
Date: 19 December 1999
By Allison Fass
Allison Fass
Universal News magazine and tobacco chain opens eighth location in Manhattan and plans two more (S)
S'està reproduint dissabte, 18 de desembre de 1999
El 18 de desembre de 1999 era un dissabte sota el signe estrella de ♐. Era el 351 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Si vas néixer aquest dia, tens 26 anys. El teu darrer aniversari va ser el dijous, 18 de desembre de 2025, fa 175 dies. El teu proper aniversari és el divendres, 18 de desembre de 2026, d'aquí a 189 dies. Heu viscut durant 9.672 dies, o unes 232.139 hores, o uns 13.928.376 minuts, o uns 835.702.560 segons.
Algunes persones que comparteixen aquest aniversari:
18th of December 1999 News
Notícies tal com van aparèixer a la portada del New York Times el 18 de desembre de 1999
Gorazdevac Journal; Strangers in a Familiar Land: The Serbs of Kosovo
Date: 18 December 1999
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Some 600 Serbs are living in Gorzdevac, Kosovo, surrounded by hostile ethnic Albanians and protected by Italian troops from international peacekeeping force; demoralized Serbs say they are cut off from goods that are flowing into rest of Kosovo, without access to media, and shot at by Albanians if they try to leave; map; photo (Groazdevac Journal) (M)
E.D.S. PLANS $1.5 BILLION INTERNET INVESTMENT FUND
Date: 18 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Electronic Data Systems Corp says it is forming fund with its A T Kearney unit that will invest in Internet-based companies in next five years; says $1.5 billion fund, called EDS-A T Kearney Ventures will invest mainly in EDS consulting clients and partners (S)
GOODRICH MOVES TO DISMISS 24% OF ITS WORK FORCE
Date: 18 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
B F Goodrich Co says it will dismiss 500 workers, close one plant and partly close another to cut costs (S)
TOYOTA SHARES SOAR
Date: 18 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Toyota Motor Corp, Japan's largest automaker, post their biggest one-day gain in 11 years on optimism that increased investments in telecommunications will help Toyota develop new car-navigation technology (S)
ONE IMPEDIMENT TO DEBT SWAP
Date: 18 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bondholders of failed Chinese holding company Guangdong Enterprises say they are in disagreement over currencies offered by Guangdong government for swapping company's debt for equity and new credit; committee representing investors who own $900 million of Guangdong Enterprises bonds say they have agreed to substantially all of the exchange terms (S)
ESAT TAKEOVER DOUBTFUL
Date: 18 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Swedish and Norwegian phone companies Telia and Telenor are expected to drop their hostile bid of $1.6 billion for Esat Telecom Group, Ireland's No. 2 phone company, after final proposal by Swedish industry minister, Bjorn Rosengren, resulted in the two companies deciding to dissolve merger of their own companies; photo (S)
Long Wary, Buffett Dips A Toe Into Technology
Date: 19 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
In the past, Warren E. Buffett, chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he avoided technology stocks because he didn't understand them. No more. Mr. Buffett, the Omaha billionaire, has invested in a computer services company, buying a 5.3 percent position in Bell Industries. Mr. Buffett said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that he held 506,700 Bell shares as of Dec. 1. At Friday's closing price of $6.25, the stake is worth $3.2 million.
Sale of Stock in AltaVista Is Planned
Date: 18 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CMGI Inc, which invests in several online companies, files to sell its AltaVista Co to the public and says it may sell shares in its venture fund unit (S)
I Liked a Pol
Date: 19 December 1999
Mark Allison letter says friendship between journalists and the politicians they cover is recipe for conflict of interest (Nov 21 Michael Lewis article)