8 maart 1999 was een maandag onder het sterrenbeeld ♓. Het was de 66e 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 zondag 8 maart 2026, 104 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op maandag 8 maart 2027, in 260 dagen. Je hebt 9.966 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 239.204 uur, of ongeveer 14.352.262 minuten, of ongeveer 861.135.720 seconden.
Date: 08 March 1999
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Advertising column describes efforts of 24-hour cable news television networks to lure viewers in post-Monica Lewinsky era; says goal of CNN, MSNBC and Fox News is to tempt channel surfers to tune in whether or not there is major continuing news story being covered (M)
Date: 08 March 1999
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
MSNBC promotions urge viewers watching Barbara Walters's interview with Monica S Lewinsky on ABC to use picture-in-a-picture mode to also view MSNBC's Hockenberry; Joe Klein, journalist, appears on Ted Koppel's Nightline program to criticize media coverage of Clinton-Lewinsky story; Koppel says blame belongs with Clinton, not media; photo (M)
Date: 09 March 1999
By Michael Janofsky
Michael Janofsky
Federal District Judge Alexander Williams Jr sentences Larry Matthews, editor for National Public Radio and former reporter for Washington, DC, radio stations, to 18 months in prison for distributing child pornography over Internet; Matthews contends that he was researching article on child molesters (M)
Date: 09 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Analysis and Technology Inc agrees to be acquired by Anteon Corp for about $104 million in cash (S)
Date: 09 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eastman Kodak Co says it might sell its unprofitable Eastman Software division, which was acquired two years ago from Wang Laboratories for $260 million (S)
Date: 09 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Landry's Seafood Restaurants Inc drops its plan to buy Consolidated Restaurant Companies, citing disapproval of some shareholders and fall in its stock price (S)
Date: 09 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Renong Bhd, Malaysia's biggest industrial company, says its cash-rich toll road unit will sell 8.4 billion ringgit ($2.2 billion) in bonds to bail out parent company, after Renong fails to secure state-backed rescue (S)
Date: 09 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TransTexas Gas Corp hires Jefferies & Co as its financial adviser because it is considering asset sales, strategic alliances and cost-cutting measures in effort to raise cash (S)
Date: 09 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Philippine Airlines Inc expects to raise $200 million in fresh capital within three months to meet demands of secured creditors; airline will submit new plan to regulators on March 15 (S)
Date: 09 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sunrise Television Corp, affiliate of buyout firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc, to sell Rochester, NY, television station WROC to Nexstar Broadcasting Corp for $46 million (S)