Newspaper Publisher Buys Into Mavericks
Date: 25 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Belo Corp, publisher of Dallas Morning News, agrees to
Le 25 juillet 1999 était un dimanche sous le signe astral du ♌. C'était le 205ème 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 vendredi 25 juillet 2025, il y a 333 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le samedi 25 juillet 2026, dans 31 jours. Vous avez vécu 9 830 jours, soit environ 235 925 heures, ou environ 14 155 516 minutes, ou environ 849 330 960 secondes.
Date: 25 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Belo Corp, publisher of Dallas Morning News, agrees to
Date: 25 July 1999
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel comments on media's apparent need to race ahead of political news, rushing electoral calendar by two, five, even nine years (M)
Date: 26 July 1999
By Deborah Sontag
Deborah Sontag
Israeli media devotes extensive coverage to death of King Hassan II of Morocco, describing decades of covert close relations between Hassan and Israel and paying tribute to Arab leader it says started life with Jewish wet nurse; Prime Min Ehud Barak and other top-echelon Israeli leaders attend funeral in Rabat (M)
Date: 26 July 1999
By Celia W. Dugger
Celia Dugger
Ordeal of Najam Sethi, outspoken Pakistani journalist critical of Govt, continues; he was released from prison after 25 days in detention after charges of sedition were dropped, but currently faces income tax probe and possible revocation of standing of Muslim and loss of voting rights; his passport has been confiscated; treatment has left many Pakistani journalists wary of criticizing Govt; map; photo (M)
Date: 25 July 1999
By Richard L. Berke
Richard Berke
Other Republican Presidential contenders are hoping for missteps by frontrunner, Texas Gov George W Bush, who has most money, fanciest endorsements, highest poll ratings, most admiring press and 'scent of a winner'; photo (M)
Date: 26 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Australian Government says it will sell 16.6 percent of Telstra Corp, nation's No 1 telecommunications company, raising estimated $16 billion (Australian) or $10.4 billion (US); after sale, scheduled for October, Government will continue to hold about 51 percent of Telstra (S)
Date: 26 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
NCR Corp will introduce software to improve companies' ability to track their customers' behavior (S)
Date: 25 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Survey by Russell Reynolds Associates and Association of Investment Management and Research of 8,600 money management employees finds that highest paid are men working for mutual fund companies in New York or Boston who focus on global investing and who earn average of $150,000 a year (S)
Date: 26 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Elf Aquitaine SA abandons its plans to eliminate 1,300 jobs in France; this is seen as first sign that company may be prepared to enlist union support in its attempt to ward off $51 billion hostile takeover offer from French rival, Total Fina SA (S)
Date: 25 July 1999
INTERNATIONAL 3-13 Kosovo Killings Likely To Undermine Peace The discovery of the mutilated bodies of 14 Serbian farmers, the worst single assault against Serbian civilians since NATO troops arrived in Kosovo last month, seemed likely to undermine still further the effort to keep Serbs from fleeing. 1 A leading Serbian opposition leader made an emotional attack on NATO, saying it had allowed the purging of Serbs from Kosovo and the creation of an Albanian state there. 9