24 december 1997 was een woensdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♑. Het was de 357e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 28 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op woensdag 24 december 2025, 175 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op donderdag 24 december 2026, in 189 dagen. Je hebt 10.402 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 249.665 uur, of ongeveer 14.979.905 minuten, of ongeveer 898.794.300 seconden.
Date: 24 December 1997
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
PBS morning news program, World Watch, is planned for spring, produced in London by Independent Television News, and anchored by Arthur Kent; photo; program was envisioned by Steve Antoniotti, of Detroit's public television station, to address dearth of international news coverage on television; show will have four 15-minute segments which stations can use as they wish; underwriters are being sought (S)
Date: 24 December 1997
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Evening news programs on three major television networks have retained share of viewers from last year, even posting slight gain; differences in programming noted (S)
Date: 24 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ocean Energy Inc and United Meridian Corp agree to merge, creating ninth-largest American company exclusively exploring for oil and gas and giving them resources to pursue deep-water projects in Gulf of Mexico and off coast of West Africa; merged company will be called Ocean Energy Inc and will be based in Houston (S)
Date: 24 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Apple South Inc says that it will sell its 264 Applebee's restaurants and concentrate on expanding its other restaurant chains; restaurant operator based in Madison, Ga, says it has agreements to sell 92 restaurants for $208.4 million and plans to sell the rest during next 12 to 18 months (S)
Date: 25 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Psinet Inc lowers its takeover offer for Istar Internet Inc by 38 percent, to $21.8 million (Canadian), or $15.3 million (US), in cash in wake of 61 percent drop in Istar's stock price since Nov 10 agreement between two companies (S)
Date: 25 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SFX Broadcasting Inc agrees to acquire Pace Entertainment Corp for about $130 million; will also buy two-thirds of Pavilion Partners, which owns 11 amphitheaters, that it does not already own from Viacom Inc and Sony Music Entertainment (S)
Date: 25 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ivax Corp is selling its Golden Glades pill-making factory and other assets to Goldstar Pharmaceuticals Inc for $21 million (S)
Date: 24 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GE Capital Services agrees to buy Bank Prokredit, consumer credit and auto lender, from Swiss Bank Corp for undisclosed amount (S)
Date: 25 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TRW Inc agrees to sell Pentagon engineering and technical assistance business as condition of antitrust clearance for its $975 million acquisition of BDM International Inc; in settlement with Federal Trade Commission, TRW agrees to sell part of BDM's business that provides engineering and technical assistance to Defense Department's ballistic missile defense program (S)
Date: 25 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Treasury prices fall in shortened session, first decline in bonds in five sessions; price of 30-year Treasury bond falls 19/32, to 103; yield rises to 5.91 percent from 5.87 percent on Dec 23; graph (M)