7 oktober 1998 was een woensdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♎. Het was de 279e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 27 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op dinsdag 7 oktober 2025, 257 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op woensdag 7 oktober 2026, in 107 dagen. Je hebt 10.119 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 242.873 uur, of ongeveer 14.572.396 minuten, of ongeveer 874.343.760 seconden.
Date: 08 October 1998
By Dow Jones
Dow Jones
GTC Transcontinental Group Ltd says its Transcontinental Publications Inc unit has acquired Hockey Business News, trade publication covering ice, in-line and street hockey industries; terms are not disclosed; seller is Straight Line Communications (S)
Date: 08 October 1998
By Adam Nagourney With Marjorie Connelly
Adam With
New York Times/CBS News Poll finds Rep Charles E Schumer leads Sen Alfonse M D'Amato in extraordinarily tight Senate race, with outcome apparently resting on small group of undecided voters, including many who pay no attention to contest; finds 60 percent of respondents offer no opinion of Schumer, while sizable number, including some D'Amato supporters, have reservations about D'Amato's ethics and ideology; graphs; tables (M)
Date: 07 October 1998
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Jon Lovitz, close friend and comedy partner of John Hartman, describes his anguish over Hartman's murder and emotional conflict arising from request that he replace Hartman on the television show News Radio; photo (M)
Date: 07 October 1998
By James Barron With Alex Kuczynski and G. S. Bourdain
James With
Public Lives column describes scene at celebration marking restored Grand Central Terminal; Richard R Aurelio to resign as head of New York 1 News; Jim Watkins to replace Jack Cafferty as anchor for WPIX-TV news; soprano Camilla Williams attends luncheon announcing release of 12-compact disk album of complete symphonies of Mahler broadcast by New York Philharmonic Orchestra; photo (M)
Date: 07 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
News Corp's Fox Entertainment Group Inc to sell 13.4 percent of its common stock to investors, providing first indication of size of its initial public offering since it was announced in June; stock offering will consist of 85 million Class A common shares, and could raise between $1.5 billion and $2 billion (S)
Date: 07 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Allegiance Corp, one of largest United States suppliers of medical products, to acquire closely held International Medical Products Group BV of Netherlands to expand its product lines and presence in Europe (S)
Date: 08 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Drug wholesaler Bergen Brunswig Corp says it will take fourth-quarter charges of $91 million, after taxes (S)
Date: 07 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sports Authority Inc, largest United States sporting-goods chain, says it will report third-quarter loss that is wider than expected because of weak sales; also plans to close 18 unprofitable stores; expects loss before a charge of 27 cents to 32 cents a share for quarter ending Oct 25 (S)
Date: 08 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc says it plans to sell radio and television stations with value of about $500 million; does not identify which of its 56 TV stations and 54 radio stations it will sell (S)
Date: 07 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lucent Technologies Inc buys Quadritek Systems Inc, a closely held maker of network-management software, for about $50 million in cash (S)