The February 9, 1998 was a Monday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 39 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 Monday, February 9, 2026, 135 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, February 9, 2027, in 229 days. You have lived for 10,362 days, or about 248,709 hours, or about 14,922,593 minutes, or about 895,355,580 seconds.
Date: 10 February 1998
By Janet Elder
Janet Elder
Several recent polls show that Americans think Pres Clinton has said enough for now about accusations involving Monica Lewinsky; show that Americans want Kenneth W Starr to drop whole matter; many people feel that Starr is conducting partisan investigation using questionable means; NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll puts Clinton's job approval rating at 79 percent (S)
Date: 09 February 1998
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
British tabloids are recycling news about late Princess Diana and are casting about for stand-in figures to halt flagging circulation; photo (M)
Date: 10 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
FirstFederal Financial Services Corp agrees to buy First Shenango Bancorp of New Castle, Pa, for $104 million in stock (S)
Date: 10 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Safety-Kleen Corp rejects revised $30-a-share stock-and-cash bid by Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc because an all-cash offer of $27 a share from Philip Services Corp is less risky; Safety-Kleen, which has agreed to $1.9 billion acquisition by Philip Sevices and American partners Apollo Advisors and Blackstone Group, delays Feb 11 shareholder vote on that proposal to Feb 25 (S)
Date: 10 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Loehmann's Inc says that it expects to report fourth-quarter loss of about 40 cents a share and that it will close 10 stores to cut costs (S)
Date: 10 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Schering AG, a German maker of drugs, says its fourth-quarter 1997 net income rose 23 percent as weakening German mark buoyed exports during company revamping; profits rose to 96 million marks ($53 million) from 78 million marks a year ago; net income for full year rose to 446 million marks ($246 million) from 362 million marks a year ago (S)
Date: 09 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Domestic orders for machine tools rise 15.1 percent in December to estimated $787.43 million, wrapping up 1997 with fifth straight year of positive annual growth; for all of 1997, estimated orders for tools total $8.6 billion, up 24 percent from 1996; figures are from Assn for Manufacturing Technology and American Machine Tool Distributors' Assn (S)
Date: 10 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
British Airways PLC says profit fell 24.5 percent in its third quarter, eroded by strong British pound and lingering effects from flight attendants' strike last summer; net income for quarter ended Dec 31 fell to 71 million pounds ($117 million), from 94 million pounds a year earlier (S)
Date: 10 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Veeco Instruments Inc agrees to buy Digital Instruments Inc for about $150 million in stock (S)
Date: 10 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Credit Suisse Group fall, paring some of 7.3 percent advance on Feb 6, after Deutsche Bank AG chief executive Rolf Breuer says German and Swiss banks do not plan to merger (S)