8 януари 1999 г. беше петък под звездния знак на ♑. Беше 7 ден от годината. Президент на Съединените щати беше William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Ако сте родени на този ден, вие сте на 27 години. Последният ви рожден ден беше на четвъртък, 8 януари 2026 г., преди 177 дни. Следващият ви рожден ден е на петък, 8 януари 2027 г., след 187 дни. Живял си за 10 039 дни, или около 240 944 часа, или около 14 456 659 минути, или около 867 399 540 секунди.
Date: 09 January 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kirch Group gives potential investors--Mediaset SpA, News Corp and Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia--document that estimates its net value at 15 billion marks ($9 billion); Kirch has said it will divide into three holding companies to make it easier to attract investors and to pave the way for selling shares to the public (S)
Date: 09 January 1999
By Katharine Q. Seelye and Lizette Alvarez
Katharine Seelye
Senate agreement on how to proceed with impeachment trial was reached in Old Senate Chamber, location which added sense of dignity and historical resonance to proceeding; photo (M)
Date: 09 January 1999
Historians' comments on CNN television series Cold War noted (S)
Date: 09 January 1999
By John Lewis Gaddis
John Gaddis
John Lewis Gaddis, historian who is consultant to CNN on television series Cold War, gives insider's account of documentary's preparation; notes that every scrap of film has been authenticated, and there was careful coordination with Cold War International History Project and National Security Archive; argues that series explores era's moral ambiguities without asserting any moral equivalency between US and Soviet Union; photos (M)
Date: 09 January 1999
By Ronald Radosh
Ronald Radosh
Ronald Radosh reviews CNN television series Cold War; finds it does well portraying evils of Soviet system, but says it too often equates Soviet Union's moral failings with those of US; photos (M)
Date: 09 January 1999
By Lloyd C. Gardner
Lloyd Gardner
Historian Lloyd C Gardner reviews CNN television series Cold War from perspective that questions inevitability of East-West confrontation; notes that CNN, not surprisingly, emphasizes systemic Soviet weaknesses while faulting US mainly for miscalculations; photos (M)
Date: 09 January 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Integrated Electrical Services Inc will acquire five unnamed electrical companies with combined annual revenue of $66 million as it follows its strategy of growth through purchases (S)
Date: 08 January 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Cendant Corporation, a franchiser and direct marketer, agreed yesterday to settle a class-action lawsuit by investors for $350 million. Cendant, based in Parsippany, N.J., agreed to raise by $350 million the market value of securities it issued last year to help finance a bid to buy American Bankers Insurance Group Inc. Plaintiffs contended that the company's executives had misled investors by failing to disclose accounting fraud in April that resulted in a drop in Cendant's share price. The accounting troubles also caused the $3.1 billion purchase of American Bankers Insurance to fall through. Cendant stock rose 50 cents yesterday, to $19.9375.
Date: 09 January 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cendant Corp agrees to settle class-action lawsuit by investors for $350 million; company agrees to raise by $350 million market value of securities it issued last year to help finance failed bid to buy American Bankers Insurance Group Inc; plaintiffs contended company's executives misled investors by failing to disclose accounting fraud in April that resulted in drop in Cendant's share price (S)
Date: 08 January 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Finova Group will acquire Sirrom Capital Corp for about $379 million in stock (S)