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)
Rejouer samedi 18 décembre 1999
Le 18 décembre 1999 était un samedi sous le signe astral du ♐. C'était le 351ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 26 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le jeudi 18 décembre 2025, il y a 197 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le vendredi 18 décembre 2026, dans 167 jours. Vous avez vécu 9 694 jours, soit environ 232 673 heures, ou environ 13 960 402 minutes, ou environ 837 624 120 secondes.
Quelques personnes qui partagent cet anniversaire:
18th of December 1999 News
Nouvelles telles qu'elles sont apparues à la une du New York Times le 18 décembre 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)