NEWS SUMMARY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1986
Date: 16 December 1986
International
Kim Junsu (korejsky: 김준수, japonsky: ジュンス, * 15. prosince 1986), také známý pod svým koncertním jménem Xiah (vyslovuje se "ši-ja") nebo Xia, je jihokorejský zpěvák, skladatel a herec.
Je známý jako člen jihokorejského boy bandu TVXQ a později vzniklého JYJ.
Přečtěte si více...15. prosince 1986 bylo pondělí pod hvězdičkou ♐. Byl 348 den v roce. Prezidentem Spojených států byl Ronald Reagan.
Pokud jste se narodili v tento den, je vám 39 let. Vaše poslední narozeniny byly pondělí 15. prosince 2025 před 168 dny. Vaše další narozeniny jsou úterý 15. prosince 2026, za 196 dní. Žili jste 14 413 dní nebo přibližně 345 917 hodin nebo přibližně 20 755 029 minut nebo přibližně 1 245 301 740 sekund.
Date: 16 December 1986
Reuters
The Manville Corporation said it had settled its insurance disputes with the Columbia Casualty Company and the Continental Casualty Company, both units of the CNA Financial Corporation of Chicago. The two carriers, the last remaining defendants in insurance litigation pending in San Francisco, had agreed to pay a total of $38.5 million, Manville said. It also said that the confirmation hearing in New York on its plan for reorganization had been delayed until noon Tuesday by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Date: 16 December 1986
The Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation said its board had approved a restructuring that would create a new holding company to be controlled by the British investor Alan Clore, Kaiser's largest shareholder. Shares in the existing company will be exchanged for shares in the new entity and current Kaiser management will remain in place. If the agreement is approved by Kaiser's shareholders, Mr. Clore, who holds a 30 percent stake, will be entitled to elect a majority of the new entity's 14 directors.
Date: 16 December 1986
AP
The $1.2 billion sale of the majority of Metromedia Inc.'s cellular telephone and paging operations to the Southwestern Bell Corporation was approved today by the Federal Communications Commission.
Date: 16 December 1986
Special to the New York Times
The Cannon Group Inc. said today that Bond Corporation Holdings Ltd. had agreed to extend until Friday the deadline for an initial debt payment of $:53.3 million, or $76.2 million at current exchange rates.
Date: 16 December 1986
By John Crudele
John Crudele
A group that includes such high-powered investors as Jay A. Pritzker, the Chicago businessman, and Harold S. Geneen, the former head of the ITT Corporation, has proposed taking control of the ailing Western Union Corporation.
Date: 16 December 1986
Special to the New York Times
The New York investor Asher B. Edelman, who is trying to buy Ponderosa Inc. for $27.50 a share, or about $220 million, said today that he expects the restaurant chain to announce a restructuring or recapitalization plan.
Date: 16 December 1986
Special to the New York Times
Premark International Inc. said that it would take an after-tax charge of $115.1 million in the fourth quarter, resulting in a loss for the year.
Date: 16 December 1986
Reuters
The Government said it had suspended the Beech-Nut Corporation, the second-largest maker of baby food in the nation, from doing business with all United States agencies because the company had been indicted for selling mislabeled juice.