The November 2, 1998 was a Monday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 305 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 Sunday, November 2, 2025, 244 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, November 2, 2026, in 120 days. You have lived for 10,106 days, or about 242,562 hours, or about 14,553,741 minutes, or about 873,224,460 seconds.
Date: 02 November 1998
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Edward Kosner, former editor of Esquire magazine, has been negotiating with New York Daily News owner Mortimer B Zuckerman to become editor in charge of revitalizing New York Daily News's Sunday newspaper; photo (S)
Date: 02 November 1998
By Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfield Op-Ed article on controversy at ABC News over network's decision to ask Oliver Stone to develop prime-time special based on 1997 crash of TWA Flight 800; drawing
Date: 02 November 1998
By Anthony Depalma
Anthony Depalma
Toronto's newspaper dailies prepared for newspaper war by fortifying their staffs and adding sections with entry of Conrad Black's new daily, The National Post; The Globe and Mail, Black's primary competition both in Toronto and nationally, switched to color photographs and expanded its sports section; all three existing dailies ran sensational special reports; Torstar Corp, publisher of Toronto Star, shook things up even more last week with $486 million (US) hostile takeover bid for Toronto Sun and 14 other Canadian papers owned by Sun Media Corp; Black says he expects to lose about $40 million during next four years on his new Canadian newspaper; photos (M)
Date: 02 November 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Article on demise of urban newspaper columnist; focuses on Mike Royko, Jimmy Breslin and Herb Caen, who tied themselves to their cities' emotional geography, which they then reproduced through their distinctive writing styles; photos (M)
Date: 03 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Servicemaster Co to buy Landcare USA Inc for more than $250 million in stock and assumed debt and will combine acquisition with its Trugreen-Chemlawn unit (S)
Date: 03 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Phillips Petroleum Co completes agreement with Petroleos de Venezuela SA, state oil company, to build $450 million coker at Phillips's refinery in Sweeny, Tex (S)
Date: 03 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Texaco Inc and Chevron Corp combine their marine fuels and lubricants operations in joint venture, called Fuel and Marine Marketing LLC, to reduce costs and gain market share; venture, proposed in March, receives approval from European regulators (S)
Date: 03 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Boole & Babbage Inc rise 13 percent after BMC Software Inc announces it will buy company for about $877 million in stock (S)
Date: 03 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Celestica Inc acquires International Manufacturing Services Inc for about $160 million; price includes assumption of $20 million in debt and its stock options (S)
Date: 03 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Empire Co to acquire Oshawa Group for about $1.5 billion (Canadian), or $972 million (US) in cash and stock (S)