NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 16 February 1989
LEAD: International A3-21
El 16 de febrero de 1989 fue un jueves bajo el signo estelar de ♒. Era el día 46 del año. El presidente de los Estados Unidos fue George Bush.
Si naciste en este día, tienes 37 años. Su último cumpleaños fue el lunes, 16 de febrero de 2026, hace 123 días. Su próximo cumpleaños es el martes, 16 de febrero de 2027, en 241 días. Ha vivido durante 13.637 días, o aproximadamente 327.300 horas, o aproximadamente 19.638.032 minutos, o aproximadamente 1.178.281.920 segundos
Date: 17 February 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A2-13 The bomb that blew up an airplane over Scotland in December was hidden in a radio-cassette player, British authorities announced. American airlines have been told to increase their inspections of such goods. Page A1
Date: 16 February 1989
By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times
Bill Keller
LEAD: Soviet officials had repeatedly vowed that their men would not leave Afghanistan in disarray, like the last Americans clambering onto helicopters from the roof of their embassy as Saigon fell around them.
Date: 17 February 1989
LEAD: Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation of America said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire a half interest in Premiere, the monthly entertainment magazine that it began jointly in the United States with Hachette Publications.
Date: 17 February 1989
LEAD: With the Roger Clemens contract negotiations behind them, the Boston Red Sox got the news they were dreading yesterday. Penthouse magazine announced that it would publish in its April and May issues the interview with Margo Adams, the woman with whom Wade Boggs has acknowledged having had an affair for four years.
Date: 17 February 1989
Reuters
LEAD: British Aerospace P.L.C. said its Dynamics Ltd. subsidiary will cut 2,500 jobs by the end of 1990 and reduce its significant sites to four from six. The unit's chairman, Richard Evans, said the move came after a review of the company's operations. The unit has about 16,000 employees and is primarily involved in British Aerospace's missile programs, including the Rapier system.
Date: 16 February 1989
LEAD: *3*** COMPANY REPORTS ** *3* News Corp Ltd (NYSE) Qtr to Dec 31 1988 1987 Revenue 1,654,467,000 1,133,577,000 Net inc b224,253,000 c127,013,000 Share earns 1.35 .80 6mo rev 2,929,077,000 2,094,910,000 Net inc b357,370,000 c231,165,000 Share earns 2.18 1.43
Date: 16 February 1989
Reuters
LEAD: The General Cinema Corporation signed a definitive agreement for the previously announced $1.75 billion sale of its soft-drink bottling business to Pepsico Inc. The company said the transaction remained subject to clearance by the Federal Trade Commission under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.
Date: 16 February 1989
Reuters
LEAD: Envirodyne Industries, a Chicago food-packaging company, said it had held preliminary talks with Donald P. Kelly, the former chairman of the Beatrice Company, about a possible takeover. Envirodyne said it had not received a formal offer from Mr. Kelly and had not determined if the company was for sale.
Date: 16 February 1989
Reuters
LEAD: Quaker Oats Company stock fell after the president of its Fisher-Price unit said the division's contribution to this year's earnings would be flat. The share price dropped 75 cents today, to $51, on the New York Stock Exchange. Fisher-Price's president, R. Bruce Sampsell, said at the New York Toy Fair that the unit's operating results for the year ending in June would be about even with the $106 million earned in the 1988 fiscal year.