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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1998
Page
2
President Suharto announced in a 15 minute national speech that he would resign after implementing political reforms and holding parliamentary elections as soon as possible. Protesting students seized Parliament with up to 15000 demonstrators, fearing reforms would delay his departure amid an economic crisis and unrest.
A Chinese army link is denied by the daughter of a former top military official amid US investigations into a $100,000 donation to the Democratic Party. Liu Chaoying, deputy president of a Hong Kong listed firm controlled by China Aerospace Corp., is named as the conduit. Clinton hails progress in global trade at 50 year event in Geneva. Mexican bankers pledge cooperation in US led crackdown on money laundering as indictments against 130 individuals are announced. Venezuela's president Rafael Caldera to suspend duties due to flu with four days of rest planned.
The government argues Microsoft used its Windows OS dominance to bundle and push its Internet Explorer, squeezing rivals and harming consumers. Microsoft defends the move as progress, while analysts note the Sherman Antitrust Act guides the case and recall past busts like Standard Oil and AT&T. The trial hinges on proving Microsoft crossed from innovation to anti competitive strategy.
South Carolina and 19 other states join the U S Justice Department in lawsuits alleging Microsoft used monopoly power to stifle competition and consumer choices The government claims tying Windows and Internet Explorer as a condition of licensing Windows 95 and possibly Windows 98.
Los Angeles reports early human results from anti-angiogenesis drugs aiming to starve tumors of blood supply. Two drugs, Genentech anti VEGF and TAP Pharmaceutical’s TNP-470, show safety in initial trials but no dramatic tumor eliminations. Studies presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting summarize preliminary findings.
Kansas City court orders $167,500 in fines and refunds for buyers of fake Viagra like Vaegra and Urophil sold by American Urological Clinic. Officials say the scheme profited from demand for the real drug, with a 75 day supply advertised for $83.95 via Georgia contacts and a Kansas City mailing address.
A Health Department report shows more than one third of physician residents at 12 teaching hospitals in New York worked over 85 hours weekly, with 20 percent at or beyond 95 hours. None of the hospitals complied with the 80 hour cap. Commissioner Barbara DeBuono called the findings a wake up call to hospitals and the public.
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