The April 10, 1998 was a Friday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 99 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 Friday, April 10, 2026, 88 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, April 10, 2027, in 276 days. You have lived for 10,315 days, or about 247,581 hours, or about 14,854,905 minutes, or about 891,294,300 seconds.
Date: 11 April 1998
By Alan Finder
Alan Finder
Justice Bernard J Fried orders New York City to give reporters access to names and addresses of people who have left welfare; New York Times, which brougth suit, plans random interviews with many former recipients to see if they have gotten jobs and how they are managing; city plans appeal (S)
Date: 10 April 1998
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Russell Baker Op-Ed column contends that media will not abandon White House sex scandal story because it is entertaining and gets high ratings (M)
Date: 10 April 1998
By Alison Mitchell
Alison Mitchell
Alison Mitchell analysis contends that tobacco industry, with its defiant decision to go on offensive against tobacco legislation that is taking shape in Congress, has gambled that it can muster enough allies to stop or reshape legislative process over which it has lost control; maintains that public relations campaign that began on April 10 shows that industry is hoping to peel off Republican votes in particular; holds that full-page advertisements in leading newspapers seek to muster anti-tax arguments and sentiment against Federal bureaucracies that resonate particularly with Republican base (M)
Date: 10 April 1998
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Volvo Car Corp signs worldwide television deal with CNN unit of Time Warner Inc; three-year, multimillion-dollar programming partnership will introduce World Beat, weekly music show to begin in June on various CNN networks; International Paper Co signs $3 million agreement with National Geographic Society and its National Geographic magazine to co-sponsor society's Geography Awareness Week in November and Teacher Summer Institute, program to promote geographical education; International Paper also agrees to minimum two-year ad program with National Geographic (S)
Date: 11 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Compucom Systems Inc to buy Dataflex Corp for $24.4 million in cash; completes acquisition of Computer Integration Corp for $17.25 million (S)
Date: 11 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Morrison Restaurants Inc holds talks with several undisclosed companies about its possible sale; posts loss of $90,000 in fiscal third quarter ending Feb 28, compared with year-earlier profit of $701 million (S)
Date: 11 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Convergent Capital Management Inc acquires about 80 percent of Philip V Swan & Associates, leaving rest with Swan employees (S)
Date: 10 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boeing Co, which has already cited production problems for $2.6 billion in charges, says it will take additional pretax charge of $350 million in first quarter for its 737 jetliner and that it might have to take further charges for it later (S)
Date: 10 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bell Sports Corp, sports helmet maker, says that HB Acquisition Corp has reduced its offer for company to $10.25 a share from $10.50 a share in wake of product liability verdict against Bell Sports; amended deal is valued at about $163.75 million (S)
Date: 11 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Inc hires Goldman, Sachs & Co to explore possible sale of its Remington Arms Co; Remington may also form strategic alliance or pursue acquisitions (S)