Shifting Documentaries
Date: 10 September 1997
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Turner Broadcasting decides to drop most original documentaries from TBS and steer them to CNN (S)
Replaying Wednesday, September 10, 1997
The September 10, 1997 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♍. It was the 252 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 28 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 297 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, September 10, 2026, in 67 days. You have lived for 10,524 days, or about 252,584 hours, or about 15,155,065 minutes, or about 909,303,900 seconds.
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10th of September 1997 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on September 10, 1997
Diana's Hunters: How Quarry Was Stalked
Date: 10 September 1997
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
Paparazzi who made their living from the endless pursuit of Diana, Princess of Wales, and who may be implicated in her death in Paris car crash, chased her at every moment, day and night, to point where it is hard to imagine any target who would not have cracked under pressure; Mark Saunders and Glenn Harvey, two hard-core pursuers, published book last year, called Dicing with Di, that is stubbornly unapologetic in describing relentless chase for photos to sell to tabloids; photos; two called her 'The Loon' for moments when she would crack and flail wildly at photographers for making her life a misery; Harvey, in interview, recalls following Diana for years, paying off informants in restaurants and gyms; defends his pursuit, saying Diana had no right to privacy when public had such an appetite for photos of her; says princess wanted to use media herself when she wished, and her attitude depended on mood; recalls car chase in London (M)
Lawyer Says 3d Test Confirms Diana's Driver Was Drunk
Date: 10 September 1997
By Craig R. Whitney
Craig Whitney
Third blood test confirms earlier findings that Henri Paul, driver in Paris crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales, had level of alcohol produced by drinking eight or nine glasses of wine, more than three times legal limit in France; latest test reportedly shows 0.18 percent alcohol level and traces of anti-depressant drugs that could have compounded effect; lawyer for Mohamed al-Fayed, Ritz Hotel owner whose son also died in crash, says photo taken by one of pursuing paparazzi moments before crash shows Paul dazzled by camera flash from motorcycle (S)
NORTHERN TELECOM TO HIRE 1,000 IN MONTREAL EXPANSION
Date: 11 September 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Northern Telecom Ltd to hire 1,000 high-technology employees and spend $196 million in Montreal over four years to expand output of high-speed fiber optic equipment to supply communications companies worldwide; will build Montreal plant and update and expand existing operations (S)
UNITED INTERNATIONAL TO SELL CABLE ASSETS IN ARGENTINA
Date: 11 September 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United International Holdings Inc agrees to sell its Argentina assets, including eight cable television systems and options to buy other properities, to Supercanal Holding SA for $225 million (S)
CISCO TO CUT PRICES ON KEY NETWORKING PRODUCT
Date: 11 September 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cisco Systems Inc shares fall after Cisco reports plan to cut prices on remote-access concentrators, devices used to link hundreds of phone callers to Internet (S)
INVACARE PLANS TO TAKE A $39 MILLION AFTER-TAX CHARGE
Date: 10 September 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Invacare Corp will take third-quarter pretax charge of about $61 million as it accelerates its plan to lower operating costs (S)
COLONIAL BANCGROUP PLANS TO BUY UNITED AMERICAN BANK
Date: 10 September 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Colonial Bancgroup to buy United American Bank of Central Florida for $70 million in stock, expanding Colonial's banking business in central Florida to more than $850 million in assets and 33 branches (S)
MAGNA TO BUY A DIVISION OF GERMAN AUTO PARTS MAKER
Date: 10 September 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Magna International Inc agrees to buy plastic-products division of German auto parts maker Ymos AG for $101 million (US); unit supplies exterior and interior parts to large European car makers; Magna is a leading supplier of parts to auto makers around the world (S)
FINOVA AGREES TO PAY $90 MILLION FOR MORTGAGE LENDER
Date: 10 September 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Finova Group Inc agrees to buy commercial mortgage lender, the Belgravia Capital Corp, for about $90 million in cash and Finova stock plus additional payments of as much as $90 million over next three years (S)