Go East, Not-So-Young Man
Date: 04 October 1998
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
Media giant Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp, moves his base of operations from Los Angeles to downtown Manhattan (S)
Replaying Sunday, October 4, 1998
The October 4, 1998 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 276 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 27 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, October 4, 2025, 275 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, October 4, 2026, in 89 days. You have lived for 10,137 days, or about 243,297 hours, or about 14,597,846 minutes, or about 875,870,760 seconds.
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4th of October 1998 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 4, 1998
Read It and Weep
Date: 04 October 1998
Tim Wilson, trade magazine publisher in Crossville, Tenn, launches Y2K News Magazine devoted to glitches that are expected to occur when computers programmed recognize two-digit numbers for years will automatically roll over to '00' on January 1, 2000; is spreading word of possible doom and is offering practical tips; photo (S)
Media Talk; Anti-Drug Group Sues Writer Who Made Up Some Sources
Date: 05 October 1998
By Bernard Stamler
Bernard Stamler
DARE America, anti-drug group, has filed suit against Stephen Glass, associate editor dismissed by The New Republic; Glass has admitted making up people, quotes and situations in several articles he wrote, including critique of DARE that appeared in New Republic and Rolling Stone; DARE is not suing magazines involved; photo (S)
Speaking for the President, With Knowing Humor
Date: 05 October 1998
By Melinda Henneberger
Melinda Henneberger
Interview with Joseph Lockhart, Pres Clinton's new press secretary; photo (M)
The Big City; All's Well That Ends
Date: 04 October 1998
By John Tierney
John Tierney
Final column for New York Times Magazine by John Tierney after nearly five years examines some lessons he learned as writer and how he may have changed world for better; says one great discovery is that people pay no attention to columnists; photo (M)
Media Talk; California Law Will Allow Celebrities to Sue Paparazzi
Date: 05 October 1998
By Christian Berthelsen
Christian Berthelsen
Gov Pete Wilson of California signs bill intended to allow celebrities to sue paparazzi for invasion of privacy; law will allow photographers to be found liable for invasion of privacy if they trespass or use telephoto lenses to capture images of people engaging in personal or familial activity; it provides for hefty damage awards against photographers and their organizations (S)
Now Is the Time the Bears Have Their Picnic
Date: 04 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bloomberg Fund Performance survey of 1,860 American mutual funds ranks Prudent Bear fund first in third-quarter 1998 (S)
Switzerland's Phone Giant Sets Offering
Date: 05 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Swisscom AG, Switzerland's state-owned, dominant telephone company, sets price for shares that will begin trading in eighth-largest initial stock offering of all time and biggest in Europe this year; Swisscom hopes to raise $5.5 billion; sale sets value for company at about $18.45 billion, which is 80 percent of what it would be if share price were at top of range (M)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 04 October 1998
INTERNATIONAL 3-17 Crisis-Striken Nations Gather for I.M.F. Meeting Finance ministers of the world's largest industrial nations agreed tonight to explore President Clinton's proposal on Friday to change the strategy of the International Monetary Fund and allow it to intervene earlier in propping up economies that are at risk of being swept into the global financial turmoil. 1
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 05 October 1998
INTERNATIONAL A3-11 Japan's Banking Crisis Severe, Officials Say Japan's top financial officials have described their country's banking system as acutely short of capital, with even the largest banks in far deeper trouble than Washington and the financial markets had known, according to United States Government officials familiar with a private meeting between top American and Japanese officials. But other senior Japanese officials disputed that characterization. A1 Milosevic Placates the West President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia has ordered most units of his army back to their barracks and may well avoid an attack by NATO, military observers and diplomats say. Mr. Milosevic acted as the European Union, NATO and the United Nations prepared for a review today of possible military intervention. A1