18. август 1999. је био среда под знаком звездице ♌. Био је 229 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 понедељак, 18. август 2025., пре 303 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је уторак, 18. август 2026., за 61 дана. Живели сте 9.800 дана, или око 235.222 сати, или око 14.113.351 минута, или око 846.801.060 секунди.
Date: 19 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cisco Systems Inc agrees to buy Maxcomm Technologies Inc for $143 million in stock; Cisco says it paid $49 million for 4 percent stake in Akamai Technologies Inc (S)
Date: 18 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Planet Hollywood International Inc plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; company says it is trying to get creditors to approve plan that would bring new capital of $30 million from group that includes two of its largest shareholders, Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia and Ong Beng Seng, a Singapore hotelier; group would own 70 percent of reorganized company (S)
Date: 18 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Callaway Golf Co appoints Chuck Yash president, succeeding Ely Callaway, company's founder; Yash will also succeed Callaway as chief executive by Dec 31, 2000, or when Callaway quits active management of company; Yash, president and chief executive of Callaway Golf Ball Co, will continue to head subsidiary (S)
Date: 18 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tyco International Ltd sells some nonvalve portions of its flow-control business for undisclosed price to company formed by DLJ Merchant Banking Partners II LP, merchant banking fund of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Inc; businesses sold include Mueller Co and Grinnell Supply Sales and Manufacturing units (S)
Date: 18 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fenway Partners Inc, investment firm with majority stake in Simmons Co, bedding maker, acquires retailer Mattress Giant Corp for undisclosed price (S)
Date: 19 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cel-Sci Corp says it has received unsolicited cash offer of $124 million from unidentified persion in Argentina; Cel-Sci says it has been unsuccessful in trying to reach person who made offer and that it is unable to determine whether offer is legitimate (S)
Date: 19 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Liz Claiborne Inc says in regulatory filing that it will pay as much as $135 million for its 85 percent stake in Lucky Brand Dungarees Inc; Liz Claiborne completed its purchase of Lucky Brand on June 8 (S)
Date: 18 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Meadowbrook Golf Group Inc teams up with financier Leon Black to acquire KSL Fairways Golf Corp, golf course unit of KSL Recreation Corp; terms undisclosed (S)
Date: 18 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bank of New York agrees to buy Estabrook Capital Management; terms undisclosed (S)
Date: 19 August 1999
By Andrew Pollack
Andrew Pollack
News Corp's earnings before extraordinary item fell 20 percent in its fourth fiscal quarter; reports after-tax earnings of $214 million for three months ended June 30, down from $266 million in year-earlier quarter; revenue for quarter edged up to $3.27 billion from $3.24 billion in 1998; Fox Entertainment Group, which is 83 percent owned by News Corp, says net income in quarter ended June 30 jumped to $35 million from $3 million a year earlier; revenue increased more than 12 percent, to $1.97 billion from $1.75 billion (M)