Liberties; Le Tout Swivet
Date: 01 July 1998
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column on US News & World Report owner Mort Zuckerman's dismissal of editor James Fallows (M)
Replaying Wednesday, July 1, 1998
The July 1, 1998 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 181 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, July 1, 2026, 2 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, July 1, 2027, in 362 days. You have lived for 10,229 days, or about 245,507 hours, or about 14,730,443 minutes, or about 883,826,580 seconds.
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1st of July 1998 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on July 1, 1998
Cincinnati Enquirer Workers Subpoenaed in Chiquita Case
Date: 01 July 1998
By Dirk Johnson
Dirk Johnson
Special prosecutor issues subpoenas to some Cincinnati Enquirer employees in wake of apology by newspaper for illegally obtaining voice mail messages used in expose of Chiquita Brands International Inc; Enquirer publisher Harry M Whipple declines to identify who has received subpoenas or how many were issued; Enquirer, which has also agreed to pay at least $10 million to Chiquita, had accused company of bribery scheme in Colombia and imperiling public health in Central America with pesticides on its banana crops (M)
A Muckraking Program Draws 300 Million Daily
Date: 02 July 1998
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Elisabeth Rosenthal
Focus, Chinese television news magazine on which Pres Clinton gives interview, is wildly popular in China, drawing audience of over 300 million people; its hard-hitting probes and interviews show how far Chinese media has come since days when they provided little more than Communist Party dogma; sophisticated, state-owned show offers great drama and confronts wide range of sensitive topics, but is also in many respects a newfangled propaganda instrument (M)
Web Offers Wide Menu For Sports
Date: 02 July 1998
By Victor Mather
Victor Mather
Fans of the biggest American sports have certainly benefited from explosion of information provided by the World Wide Web, but it has probably made the greatest difference to enthusiasts of lesser-known sports that receive limited or no regular media coverage; several Web sites noted (M)
Soccer and Savagery
Date: 02 July 1998
By Tunku Varadarajan
Tunku Varadarajan
Times of London bureau chief Tunku Varadarajan Op-Ed article deplores overreaction by British fans and tabloids to foul by player David Beckham that cost Britian World Cup soccer game against Argentina (M)
SUNBEAM REVIEWING EARNINGS AND MAY RESTATE
Date: 01 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sunbeam Corp hires Deloitte & Touche LLP accounting firm to determine whether it must restate 1997 earnings; also weighs restating 1998 first quarter earnings (S)
CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY SELLING TALLEY BUSINESSES
Date: 01 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Carpenter Technology Corp sells John J McMullen Associates Inc, owned by its recently acquired Talley Industries, in leveraged buyout; agrees to sell Talley's Waterbury Cos to Waterbury's management team (S)
LIBERTY MUTUAL IN DEAL TO ACQUIRE FLORIDA INSURER
Date: 01 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Liberty Mutual Group to buy Summit Holding Southeast Inc for $222.4 million, including assumption of $14.3 million of debt (S)
PULTE EXPANDS SOUTHEAST OPERATIONS BY BUYING DIVOSTA
Date: 02 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pulte Corporation, nation's biggest home builder, acquires closely held Florida builder DiVosta & Company; terms not disclosed (S)
EASTMAN KODAK SELLS A CHAIN OF PHOTOGRAPHY STORES
Date: 02 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eastman Kodak Co, in cost-cutting move, sells chain of 450 photography stores it bought 20 months ago to Wolf Camera Inc for undisclosed sum; move keeps business out of hands of archrival, Fuji Photo Film Co (S)