4. март 1999. је био четвртак под знаком звездице ♓. Био је 62 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 27 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био среда, 4. март 2026., пре 99 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је четвртак, 4. март 2027., за 265 дана. Живели сте 9.961 дана, или око 239.084 сати, или око 14.345.090 минута, или око 860.705.400 секунди.
Date: 04 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Newport News Shipbuilding Inc and Science Applications International Corp form new company called Amsec LLC to expand their fleet-services business; financial terms undisclosed; Science Applications will own 55 percent of new company and Newport News will own 45 percent; Carl Albero, founder and chief executive of Amsec, will be chairman and chief executive of new company (S)
Date: 05 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rupert Murdoch and Canal Plus SA break off talks on possible merger of Europe's two biggest pay-television broadcasters, marking another setback in Murdoch's efforts to gain foothold in Continental Europe; Canal Plus executive tells Murdoch that company will consider merger with British Sky Broadcasting PLC, which is 40 percent controlled by Murdoch's News Corp only if Canal Plus retains management control (S)
Date: 04 March 1999
By Ian Austen
Ian Austen
Ian Austen evaluates Velo News Internet site on cycling (www.greatoutdoors.com/velonews) (M)
Date: 04 March 1999
By Randy Kennedy
Randy Kennedy
PUBLIC LIVES: 50 Years of Perps, With Speed and Flash**Public Lives column profiles career of Marty Lederhandler, long-time Associated Press photographer; he discusses so-called 'perp walks', parading of crimninals before press; photo (M)
Date: 05 March 1999
By David Brooks
David Brooks
Op-Ed article by David Brooks appraises Monica S Lewinsky's appearance on ABC interview with Barbara Walters; says it is striking how seamlessly she blends into prime-time publicity machine; calls her a media-savvy victim, quintessentially of our age; says she is almost beyond shame and embarrassment, and notes that Walters got nowhere when she sought to ask Lewinsky to talk about morality of her behavior; says Lewinsky affair and mountain of media output it produces leaves us in world of entertainment values, beyond reach of anything important (M)
Date: 05 March 1999
By Blaine Harden
Blaine Harden
FBI has warned Robert I Friedman, free-lance journalist who writes about Russian organized crime in New York, that Russian organized crime leader has taken out contract on his life; Friedman has demanded that FBI take action against Vyacheslav Kirillovich Ivankov, one of Russian mobsters who has threatened him; Ivankov, who Federal authorities describe as most powerful Russian mobster in US, was convicted of extortion in 1996, and is serving nine-year, seven-month sentence; he has been transferred from medium-security prison near Lake Placid, NY, to Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, maximum-security prison near Harrisburg, Pa; photos (M)
Date: 04 March 1999
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire Op-Ed column discusses alternatives to Independent Counsel Act, which expires in June; contends that Congress must press prosecutors to do their anti-corruption job; says media should reduce their dependence on prosecutorial leaks, and invest more in original investigative stories (M)
Date: 05 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AT&T Corp to buy about a third of Metronet Communications Corp in deal valued at about $1.4 billion (Canadian), or $918 million (US) (S)
Date: 04 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Southwest Airlines is expected to announce that it will begin flying from Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina later this year; airline is scheduled to begin service from MacArthur Airport on Long Island next week (S)
Date: 04 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Allstate Corp agrees to form joint venture with Putnam Investments to sell type of stock-linked retirement saving plan that has becoming top-selling form of life insurance (S)