Television in Review
Date: 25 August 1997
By Caryn James
Caryn James
Caryn James reviews UPN TV program Good News; photo (M)
Le 25 août 1997 était un lundi sous le signe astral du ♍. C'était le 236ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 28 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le lundi 25 août 2025, il y a 291 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le mardi 25 août 2026, dans 73 jours. Vous avez vécu 10 518 jours, soit environ 252 446 heures, ou environ 15 146 772 minutes, ou environ 908 806 320 secondes.
Date: 25 August 1997
By Caryn James
Caryn James
Caryn James reviews UPN TV program Good News; photo (M)
Date: 26 August 1997
By David W. Chen
David Chen
Cable News Network plans to double number of television monitors broadcasting its CNN Airport Network inside New York area's three major airports by end of Aug (S)
Date: 26 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
National City Corp of Cleveland plans to close or reorganize 200 of its 750 full-service branches in next three years as it weeds out its least profitable offices; bank expects to close or sell 30 offices (S)
Date: 26 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dow Chemical Corp says Sentrachem Ltd of South Africa has accepted sweetened bid of 11.75 rand a share, or 2.32 billion rand ($495 million), paving the way for Dow to compete against Monsanto's best-selling weed killer, Roundup (S)
Date: 25 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stocks trade lower in Tokyo on Aug 25; benchmark Nikkei index of 225 stocks is down 75.41 points, to 18,574.76, at midday break (S)
Date: 26 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Household International Inc agrees to buy ACC Consumer Finance Corp for about $200 million in stock and cash (S)
Date: 25 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japan Sky Broadcasting Co, fledgling Japanese satellite television venture in which Rupert Murdoch owns big stake, is expected to join forces with rival, PerfecTV, to improve their position against competitor, DirecTV; companies are exploring an alliance, not a merger (S)
Date: 26 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
South Korean Government more than doubles its bank bailout fund to almost $4 billion, offering special loans to Korea First Bank and investments banks at prime interest rates in effort to prevent bankruptcies from crippling financial industry (S)
Date: 26 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Cor Therapeutics Inc surge as new research appears to strengthen company's drive to win approval for its primary heart drug called Integrelin (S)
Date: 26 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sears, Roebuck & Co agrees to stop recruiting salaried managers at Montgomery Ward Holding Corp while Montgomery Ward is in bankruptcy-law proceedings (S)