20 oktober 1999 was een woensdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♎. Het was de 292e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 20 October 1999
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Harold Evans, editorial director of The New York Daily News and US News & World Report, says he will leave both publications at end of year to work on two book projects likely to become television documentaries; no successor has been named at publications (M)
Date: 21 October 1999
By Benjamin Weiser
Benjamin Weiser
Amsterdam News and Rev Al Sharpton file legal papers supporting right of Ku Klux Klan group to demonstrate in lower Manhattan; say Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani was wrong to block rally (M)
Date: 20 October 1999
By Carey Goldberg With Marjorie Connelly
Carey With
New York Times/CBS Poll finds fear and violence have diminished significantly among American teen-agers in recent years, even though just over half believe murderous rampage could erupt at their schools, and just under half say they know someone their age who tried to commit suicide; teen-agers reported fewer problems with violence both at school and in streets in 1994 and correspondingly fewer worries; percentage who feared being victimized dropped to 24 percent from 40 percent in 1994; among contingent coming of age during nation's long economic boom, general adolescent suffering seemed to be down as well; 43 percent said they believe it is harder for them to grow up than their parents, compared with 70 percent in 1994; other findings of poll noted (M)
Date: 20 October 1999
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
Cheung Man-yee, director of Government-owned Radio Television Hong Kong, is abruptly reassigned in move that has stirred new fears about freedom of press in former British colony; is named economic and trade representative to Japan; her outspokenness in defense of station's editorial autonomy noted (M)
Date: 21 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ferrofluidics Corp to be acquired by Ferrotec of Tokyo for about $40.4 million (S)
Date: 21 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citadel Communications expects to spend at least $250 million to acquire radio stations in next six months; at least some of purchases are likely to come from Clear Channel Communications, which intends to sell as many as 125 stations, worth as much as $4 billion, as part of proposed purchase of AMFM Inc (S)
Date: 21 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst will buy one-third of Grupo Minsa, large Mexican corn flour maker, for $67.8 million from controlling shareholder, Promotora Empresarial del Occidente; Hicks Muse will also buy stakes in other Promotora Empresarial subsidiaries for undisclosed amount (S)
Date: 21 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fleming Companies, one of biggest US wholesale grocery operations, plans to cut 700 jobs, or almost 2 percent of its work force, to cut costs (M)
Date: 20 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Entrade Inc acquires Nationwide Auction Systems for about $540 million in cash, stock and notes (S)
Date: 20 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ralston Purina Co will spin off its Eveready and Energizer battery unit in April; Ralston shareholders will get one share in battery business for every three Ralston shares they own; new company, Energizer Holdings Inc, will be led by Ralston chairman William Stiritz (S)