The March 28, 1997 was a Friday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 86 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 29 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, March 28, 2026, 88 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, March 28, 2027, in 276 days. You have lived for 10,680 days, or about 256,335 hours, or about 15,380,156 minutes, or about 922,809,360 seconds.
Date: 28 March 1997
By LAWRIE MIFFLIN
Lawrie MIFFLIN
Paul Friedman, who had been in line to succeed Roone Arledge as head of ABC-TV's news division, agrees to step back into his former position as executive producer of World News Tonight, the evening newscast; Kathryn Christensen, executive producer of the evening news, will become its managing editor, responsible for long-term planning and story development (M)
Date: 28 March 1997
Vacation Break USA Inc scales back its purchase of rival time-share resort developer, Berkley Group, to buy just the company's resorts for $122.8 million in stock and cash; Vacation Breaks says it will soon settle a complaint by attorneys general in five states who said company violated consumer protection laws (S)
Date: 29 March 1997
Gateway 2000 Inc agrees to buh Amiga Technologiesm, whose Amiga computer was a PC multimedia pioneer decade ago (S)
Date: 29 March 1997
General Motors Corp says that United Auto Workers had ratified agreement that ends 13-day strike at company's pickup truck plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana; under agreement, GM will hire 276 workers; new workers, though full time, will be used mainly to fill in for people who are on vacation, in training or otherwise temporarily absent (S)
Date: 29 March 1997
Developers Diversified Realty Corp says that it had acquired additional 299,751-square-foot portion of Arizona shopping center project from Vestar Development Co for $38.8 million (S)
Date: 29 March 1997
NPC International Inc says that it acquired 126 restaurants from Pizza Hut Inc for $56 million (S)
Date: 28 March 1997
Coca-Cola Co says it expects worldwide case sales to rise from 7 percent to 8 percent in first quarter compared with corresponding period a year ago; also expects worldwide gallon sales to rise from 5 percent to 6 percent in three months ending on March 31 (S)
Date: 28 March 1997
AT&T will lay off 800 managerial employees in a division that designs long-distance programs for business customers; layoffs will occur this summer; majority of layoffs will be in New Jersey, where division has its headquarters in Bernards Township (S)
Date: 29 March 1997
LaSalle Re Holdings Ltd say it will buy back 3.7 million of its common shares for $27 to $30 a share, or a total of about $100 million (S)
Date: 28 March 1997
Intel Corp will increase its common stock repurchase by up to 30 million shares, bringing its current buyback plan to 140 million shares (S)