Den 23 september 1996 var en måndag under stjärntecknet ♍. Det var 266 e dagen i året. Förenta staternas president var William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 23 September 1996
By Robin Pogrebin
Robin Pogrebin
Time, Newsweek and US News & World Report are giving less coverage to foreign news, primarily because there has been a gradual but significant lessening of interest in matters overseas since Vietnam and even more so since the end of cold war; editors say Americans have become more concerned about other issues, like the economy, technology and culture; photo (M)
Date: 24 September 1996
By Steven A. Holmes
Steven Holmes
Coalition of business groups, led by US Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers, begins running radio and television advertisements in support of over 20 House Republicans; after House voted 225 to 179 to delay release of special counsel's report on whether Speaker Newt Gingrich violated tax laws, Democratic candidates began showering news organizations with faxes condemning Republicans who voted to protect Gingrich; recent survey by Rocky Mountain Media Watch, Denver-based media monitoring organization, finds that local TV news programs are devoting vast majority of their political coverage to Presidential race and little time to Congressional campaigns (M)
Date: 24 September 1996
By James Bennet
James Bennet
Several of North Carolina's major newspapers and television and radio stations have agreed on what real concerns are for residents this year, and working together, they are trying to force candidates to address them; among newspapers, coordination is so tight that they have begun publishing virtually identical articles by same reporters each Sunday; reports describe Presidential and statewide candidates' stands on issues that residents consider important; Rick Thames, public editor of Charlotte Observer, comments; photo (M)
Date: 24 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Exide Electronics Group Inc shares soar after firm wins Air Force contract that could be worth up to $625 million; firm makes devices that protect electronic equipment from electrical power loss (S)
Date: 24 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Moog Inc to buy Moog Controls Inc from International Motion Control for $48.6 million in cash (S)
Date: 24 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sterling Software Inc board approves spinoff of Sterling Commerce unit (S)
Date: 24 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Richard C Breeden, former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, to form own firm, Richard C Breeden & Co (S)
Date: 23 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ogden Corp and Sony Corp of America plan to co-produce two large-format films a year, beginning with the release of Mark Twain's America in fall of 1997 (S)
Date: 24 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dow Jones industrial average rises 6.28 points, to record 5,894.74, on New York Stock Exchange trading volume of 300.3 million shares; table (M)
Date: 24 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Anheuser-Busch Cos, which adopted Budweiser name of small Czech brewery over century ago, breaks off talks with Czech Government in decades-long trademark dispute (S)