5. март 1999. је био петак под знаком звездице ♓. Био је 63 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 четвртак, 5. март 2026., пре 98 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је петак, 5. март 2027., за 266 дана. Живели сте 9.960 дана, или око 239.050 сати, или око 14.343.056 минута, или око 860.583.360 секунди.
Date: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Canadian Media Guild says that as many as 3,000 reporters and producers of Canadian Broadcasting Corp vote to join technical workers in what would be largest strike ever at state-owned broadcaster (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: 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: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Winsloew Furniture Inc says it agreed to be acquired for about $223.5 million in cash by management group led by its chmn, Earl Powell (S)
Date: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CompUSA Inc shares fall 22 percent to lowest level in almost four years, as largest United States personal computer retailer warns of unexpected losses for two quarters because of weak sales (S)
Date: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Berkshire Realty Co, owner of apartment properties in South, calls $1.15 billion buyout offer from group of investors led by its chmn, Douglas Krupp, insufficient, and says it has received other offers (S)
Date: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Insignia Financial Group Inc buys British real estate services firm St Quintin for $32 million, expanding is British subsidiary, Richard Ellis Group Ltd; New York-based Insignia says expansion of its London-based unit, to be renamed Richard Ellis St Quintin, will add 3 cents a share to its annual net incoe and 21 cnts to net cash flow (S)
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: 05 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Caraustar Industries agrees to buy Connecticut paper mill from International Paper Co for $108.3 million (S)