21 ตุลาคม ค.ศ. 1998 เป็น วันพุธ ใต้เครื่องหมายดาวของ ♎ เป็นวันที่ 293 ของปี ประธานาธิบดีแห่งสหรัฐอเมริกาคือ William J. (Bill) Clinton
ถ้าคุณเกิดในวันนี้ แสดงว่าคุณอายุ 27 ปี วันเกิดล่าสุดของคุณคือเมื่อ วันอังคารที่ 21 ตุลาคม ค.ศ. 2025, 236 วันที่ผ่านมา วันเกิดครั้งต่อไปของคุณคือวันที่ วันพุธที่ 21 ตุลาคม ค.ศ. 2026 ในอีก 128 วัน คุณมีชีวิตอยู่ได้ 10,098 วัน หรือประมาณ 242,371 ชั่วโมง หรือประมาณ 14,542,319 นาที หรือประมาณ 872,539,140 วินาที
Date: 21 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Video Satellite Group Inc says $480 million sale of its satellite television programming unit to Primestar Inc has been terminated in continuing fallout from Primestar's failed purchase of News Corp's American Sky Broadcasting Co (S)
Date: 21 October 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Committee of Concerned Journalists study finds major news organizations showed reasonable care with facts in their coverage of probe into Pres Clinton's relationship with Monica S Lewinsky, but sometimes placed unreasonable credence in investigators' speculation; cites possible effort by prosecutors to float stories designed to intimidate Lewinsky and other witnesses; Ann L McDaniel of Newsweek says story was particularly hard to cover because most data came from accusers, many of Clinton's allies refused to talk and Clinton himself lied (M)
Date: 21 October 1998
By Mike Allen
Mike Allen
Connecticut Supreme Court decides to consider appeal of Alex Kelly's rape conviction directly instead of waiting for it to go first through state's Appellate Court; appeal is based in part on argument that constant and sometimes lurid news coverage of trial polluted minds of jurors who convicted them; Kelly's lawyers argue that jury should have been sequestered; photo (M)
Date: 22 October 1998
Editorial accuses Yugloslav Pres Slobodan Milosevic of stifling dissent, citing passage of new law aimed at media and threats and other actions against dissenters; scores West for not sufficiently criticizing crackdown, arguing that independent activists are essential to development of democratic Serbia--which is best way to break Milosevic's power
Date: 22 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Peoplesoft Inc's shares plunge 23 percent after maker of business management software warns that its sales growth will plummet by half because of stronger competition (S)
Date: 21 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Transaction Network Services Inc says it has been approached by potential acquirer; says no agreement has been reached and that issues such as financing remain unresolved; reports third-quarter net income fell to $2.1 million from $2.3 million a year earlier (S)
Date: 22 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Southwest Bancorporation of Texas Inc acquires Fort Bending Holding Corp for $65 million in stock (S)
Date: 21 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Integrated Circuit Systems Inc says it will not accept possible buyout offer from group of managers because bid of $17.50 a share is too low (S)
Date: 21 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SBC Communications Inc will buy 4 percent of Concentric Network Corp for about $21.9 million as part of deal to sell Concentric's Internet-based data services to SBC's business customers (S)
Date: 22 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Spyglass Inc shares rise 10 percent after General Instrument Corp agrees to buy 5 percent of Spyglass stock (S)