The May 8, 1997 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 127 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 Friday, May 8, 2026, 48 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, May 8, 2027, in 316 days. You have lived for 10,640 days, or about 255,378 hours, or about 15,322,694 minutes, or about 919,361,640 seconds.
Date: 08 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
News Corp says earnings rose roughly fourfold in its third fiscal quarter; net income was $330 million (Australian), or $257 million (US), up from $77 million (Australian); sales rose 23 percent, to $3.7 billion (Australian) (M)
Date: 09 May 1997
By Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman comments on funeral service for Murray Kempton at St Ignatius Episcopal Church on West 87th Street (M)
Date: 08 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US dollar falls for second day after Japanese news agency reports that central banks of Japan, Germany and US are preparing to sell it in an effort to halt its two-year rally (S)
Date: 09 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Alamco Inc says it is in talks about 'a possible business combination' (S)
Date: 09 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PNC Bank Corp is in talks to acquire Oppenheimer & Co, the Wall Street brokerage firm, for about $500 million (S)
Date: 09 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cyrk International will buy closely held promoter Simon Marketing for as much as $63 million in stock and cash (S)
Date: 09 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Union Palnters Corp agrees to acquire Magna Bancorp Inc for $323 million in stock, expanding its franchise and making it third-largest bank in Mississippi (S)
Date: 08 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Republic Industries says it sold 15 million shares of ADT Ltd for $412.5 million, making a 38 percent profit in little more than a month (S)
Date: 08 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp's Saturn division sold about 100 cars in its first month of sales in Japan (S)
Date: 09 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bay View Capital Corp agrees to buy America First Eureka Holdings for $300 million in cash and stock, in combination of two banking organizations in San Francisco Bay area (S)