17. мај 1998. је био недеља под знаком звездице ♉. Био је 136 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 28 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био недеља, 17. мај 2026., пре 25 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је понедељак, 17. мај 2027., за 339 дана. Живели сте 10.252 дана, или око 246.061 сати, или око 14.763.688 минута, или око 885.821.280 секунди.
Date: 18 May 1998
By Matthew J. Rosenberg
Matthew Rosenberg
Daily News and New York Post restart their presses for first time in years to announce Frank Sinatra's death; photo of revised front pages of Daily News and New York Post (S)
Date: 18 May 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Competitive pressures among three leading video news agencies may be making it increasingly tempting for them to ignore ethical distinctions; in one recent incident, Red Cross workers taken hostage in Somalia claim cameraman ignored requests that there be no filming and pushed armed guard toward one hostage, sparking tense moments caught on film; camera crew was from APTV, arm of Associated Press, that has made its mark with combination of high-quality video and prices initially intended to undercut Worldwide Television News and Reuters; photojournalists, who are inviting targets encumbered by their equipment, risk their own lives as well in danger spots around world to bring back dramatic pictures; four AP photographers have died in last 5 years; photos (M)
Date: 17 May 1998
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Profile of George Whipple 3d, in-house counsel for investment banking firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette who is celebrity reporter for New York 1, all-news cable channel; Whipple comments; photo (M)
Date: 17 May 1998
By Vivienne Walt
Vivienne Walt
Article on top five business schools as ranked by US News & World Report: Harvard University, Stanford University, Columbia University, MIT Sloan School of Management and University of Pennsylvania Wharton School; says job offers are aplenty for graduates of these schools; chart; photo (M)
Date: 17 May 1998
By Celestine Bohlen
Celestine Bohlen
Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Siberian region of three million people with reputation as Russia's political bellwether, has been center ring of Russian politics in recent weeks, in which no-holds-barred political biases of Russia's national newspapers and television channels have been on full display; media has been focused on ugly campaign between incumbent Gov Valery Zubov, Kremlin candidate, and challenger Aleksandr Lebed, former paratroop general and ousted Kremlin aide; movie stars, pop singers, image makers and dirty-tricks artists have been peddling campaign skills (M)
Date: 17 May 1998
By Anita Gates
Anita Gates
Anita Gates comments on dysfunctional office families that are settings for number of television shows, including Spin City, Just Shoot Me, News Radio and The Drew Carey Show; notes that at time when Americans are devoting more and more hours to work, they see workplace reflected in prime time as hotbed of neurosis, 'with a little psychosis thrown in'; photos (L)
Date: 17 May 1998
By Richard L. Berke
Richard Berke
Referendum in Northern Ireland on proposed peace agreement is being conducted without television commercials that are so overwhelmingly present in US elections; provisions of complex treaty are not flashed on screen, distorted beyond recognition in tiny soundbites; two sides, instead, present their arguments on billboards, posters and in leaflets, and in full-page newspaper ads; photo (S)
Date: 18 May 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Internal Revenue Service reports tax refunds are up 7.1 percent thus far in 1998, compared with corresponding 1997 period (S)
Date: 18 May 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Stock Exchange is submitting details of its proposed merger with National Assn of Securities Dealers, parent of Nasdaq, to its members for make-or-break vote; vote requires two-thirds majority for combination to be completed; under plan, Amex would become wholly owned subsidiary of Nasdaq, nation's No 2 stock market; basic terms of transaction said to be unchanged from March, when Amex released outline to members, with one exception: Amex increased 'seat stabilization' fund paid out to members after five years to $50 million, from $30 million (M)
Date: 17 May 1998
INTERNATIONAL 3-15 Indonesian Leader Sees Different Reality President Suharto of Indonesia faces some agonizing choices in responding to the snowballing movement against him. Yet one reason for the turmoil is that the perceptions that frame his decision-making are a world apart from those that invigorate his opponents. 1