4. октобар 1999. је био понедељак под знаком звездице ♎. Био је 276 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 26 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био субота, 4. октобар 2025., пре 259 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је недеља, 4. октобар 2026., за 105 дана. Живели сте 9.756 дана, или око 234.152 сати, или око 14.049.176 минута, или око 842.950.560 секунди.
Date: 04 October 1999
Robert Rivard declines offer to become executive editor of Miami Herald, saying he will stay on as editor and senior vice president of The San Antonio Express-News, noting its parent, Hearst, promised infusion of several million new dollars into paper's payroll and expense budget (M)
Date: 04 October 1999
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Lou Dobbs, financial news anchor and executive, makes deal with NBC for joint venture that would create both financial newsletter and radio program and would enable him to appear periodically on NBC and CNBC programs; these appearances will be deemed guest visits, avoiding conflict with clause in Dobbs's severance agreement with Cable News Network which prevents him from taking job with any other television entity for three years; Dobbs's deal with NBC also sets up their potential future relationship, once Dobbs is legally able to work on television again; Dobbs was president of CNN's financial news cable channel, CNNfn, until his departure last June; Dobbs says details about newsletter and radio program are still being worked out; photo (M)
Date: 05 October 1999
Cable News Network executives, reacting to Lou Dobbs's partnership deal with NBC, note he has contract with CNN; contract bars him from working on television for three years; NBC hopes to skirt contract by having him appear on NBC programs to promote financial newsletter he will publish with NBC (S)
Date: 05 October 1999
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Gemstar International Group to buy TV Guide for about $9.2 billion in stock; new company will be called TV Guide International; deal ends Rupert Murdoch's 11-year association with magazine through his News Corp, which owns 44 percent stake; Liberty Media also owns 44 percent; deal also ends legal battles between Gemstar and TV Guide over patents for program guides (M)
Date: 05 October 1999
By Donald G. McNeil Jr
Donald McNeil
Results of Austria's national elections remain too close to call and Austrian citizens are accusing foreign media of inflating dangers posed by right-wing Freedom Party led by Jorg Haider; Social Democratic Party is holding on to first place, as it has for decades; second place finish, by either Freedom Party or business-oriented People's Party, is undecided (M)
Date: 05 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Intraware Inc to acquire Bitsource Inc for $11 million in cash and stock and Internet Image Inc for $37 million in cash and stock (S)
Date: 05 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kimberly-Clark Corp says it plans to buy more health care businesses to triple size of its medical operations to $2 billion in next few years (S)
Date: 05 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
JDS Uniphase Corp to buy Epitaxx Inc for $400 million in stock; Epitaxx is majority owned by Nippon Sheet Glass Co unit (S)
Date: 05 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Iomega Corp says it will lay off about 140 workers and take $25 million to $30 million charge; will take about $20 million of charge in third quarter, resulting in pretax loss of $5 million in quarter; will stop production at Avranches, France, plant (S)
Date: 05 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
France Telecom SA to buy 17.2 percent stake in German wireless company E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH for $1.86 billion in cash from Vodafone Airtouch PLC; will seek to buy rest of E-Plus from its three other shareholders (S)