18 mei 2000 was een donderdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♉. Het was de 138e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 19 May 2000
By Neil MacFarquhar
Neil MacFarquhar
WCBS-TV and The Daily News announce that they will begin producing a joint morning news segment as first step toward collaborating on a range of reporting projects (M)
Date: 18 May 2000
By Floyd Norris
Floyd Norris
Decision by The Street.com to cancel its cable television program sets off dispute with Fox News Channel, cable channel, which contends TheStreet.com has no right to cancel it; controversy started when James J Cramer, co-founder of TheStreet.com went on cable program and plugged TheStreet.com's own stock; result was battle over ethics of stock promotion that may result in cancellation of program; TheStreet.com has agreed to keep producing the program for an undetermined period; Cramer, who is hedge fund manager as well as commentator for TheStreet.com, mentioned number of stocks on program in addition to TheStreet.com; Dave Kansas, the editor-in-chief of TheStreet.com, publishes column criticizing Cramer for making the comment; Cramer is not available for comment (M)
Date: 19 May 2000
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
USA Networks Inc acquires digital cable channels North American Television Inc, a Canadian concern that owns Trio network, and News World International for about $100 million; USA Networks chairman Barry Diller comments (S)
Date: 19 May 2000
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
About 20,000 people gather again in Belgrade to protest Serbian government's seizure of main opposition television station, Studio B; policemen in riot gear charge into crowd, using truncheons and tear gas; demonstrators respond with homemade firebombs; at least 19 people are hurt; smaller rallies are held in other Serbian towns controlled by opposition; in Belgrade, continuing absence of opposition leader Vuk Draskovic becomes topic of increased discussion; some politicians say privately that Draskovic is in Montenegro, fearing arrest or attempt on his life; Draskovic had criticized Democratic Party's leader, Zoran Djindjic, for going to Montenegro when he felt his life was threatened during NATO bombing war last year (M)
Date: 18 May 2000
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Serbian government seizes control of main opposition television station, accusing it of advocating uprising; opposition politicians call immediate protest rally and talk of beginning of outright dictatorship under Pres Slobodan Milosevic; rally attracts 20,000 demonstrators in Belgrade, even though opposition media could not broadcast word of it; seized television station, Studio B, is controlled by Serbian Renewal Movement of Vuk Draskovic; its seizure is attack on him; he is said to be in Montenegro, for his safety; photo (M)
Date: 18 May 2000
By Adam Clymer
Adam Clymer
Latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows Americans have little sense of power over presidential nominating process; only fifth of them say primary voters selected Gov George W Bush and Vice Pres Al Gore; vast majority of those polled say they would prefer single national primary to present system, which they feel confers too much influence to states holding early presidential primaries; nearly 60 percent of public calls presidential campaign dull, rather than interesting; poll shows overall interest in campaign has dropped sharply in two months since nominations of two major parties were decided (M)
Date: 18 May 2000
Editorial scores Army for brushing off new reports that American forces needlessly attacked retreating Iraqi troops after cease-fire was declared in Persian Gulf war; notes that officers familiar with American assault have offered detailed testimony that Gen Barry McCaffrey, one of country's most decorated commanders, ordered punishing and unwarranted attack; says Army's internal inquiries are not adequate answer; calls on Defense Sec William Cohen to appoint independent review panel, and, failing that, Senate or House should conduct its own probe; supports Walter Cronkite's complaint, in recent letter, about Pentagon's efforts to restrict news coverage of war
Date: 18 May 2000
Steven Erlanger of The New York Times wins award for European reporting from German Marshall Fund of the United States; Erlanger is one of few American journalists to have spent almost all of last year in war zones of Serbia and Kosovo (S)
Date: 19 May 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PaineWebber Group Inc to close its investment-banking unit J C Bradford & Co, brokerage firm it agreed to buy for $620 million last month; plan will eliminate about 90 positions in Nashville (S)
Date: 19 May 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pantry Inc to buy 19 Big K convenience stores in Mississippi for undisclosed price to add its first stores in that state; chain is being acquired from Tip Top Convenience Stores Inc (S)