The deal with CUC closed on July 24, 1996.

In September 1996, CUC announced plans to consolidate some of the functions of its game companies into a single company called CUC Software Inc., headquartered in Torrance, California.

In 1996, the company was acquired by CUC International and merged with another large educational software company, Knowledge Adventure best known for its JumpStart series of educational games.

Ken was the president of Sierra until the company was sold to CUC in July 1996, but he remained with the company leading its strategic direction until November 1997.

Seeking to expand its operations into the field of interactive entertainment, CUC, in February 1996, approached software companies Sierra On-Line Inc. and Davidson & Associates Inc.

: Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies, 1984, and Ibn Sina and Mysticism, Remarks and Admonitions: Part 4, London: Kegan Paul International, 1996.

The International Spread of Ethnic Conflict: Fear, Diffusion, and Escalation ( Princeton University Press, 1996 ).

* Legrand, Pierre ( 1996 ) ' European Legal Systems Are Not Converging ', International and Comparative Law Quarterly 45: 52-81.

In the August race at Michigan International Speedway, Earnhardt led laps late in the race and nearly pulled off his first win on a non-restrictor plate track since 1996.

In 1996 Jones International University was launched and claims to be the first fully online university accredited by a regional accrediting association in the US.

The Evolution of Language International Conferences have been held biennially since 1996.

* Hager, Nicky ; Secret Power, New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network ; Craig Potton Publishing, Nelson, NZ ; ISBN 0-908802-35-8 ; 1996

Previous Prosecutors have been Ramón Escovar Salom of Venezuela ( 1993 – 1994 ), Richard Goldstone of South Africa ( 1994 – 1996 ), Louise Arbour of Canada ( 1996 – 1999 ), Eric Östberg of Sweden, and Carla Del Ponte of Switzerland ( 1999 – 2007 ), who until 2003, simultaneously served as the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda where she led the OTP since 1999.

In 1996, Lemmon was awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear award at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.

* 1996 – Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

In Iran, the Community of Kabaddi was formed in 1996, in same year they joined the Asian Kabaddi Federation and in 2001 they joined the International Kabaddi Federation.

* Palm Springs International Film Festival 1996: Life Achievement Award

In 1996 the International Monetary Fund estimated that two to five percent of the worldwide global economy involved laundered money.

* Orlando ( Orlando )-50th Edinburgh International Festival ( 11 / 21 August 1996 )

Through collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute ( IRRI ), 52 modern rice varieties were released in the country between 1966 and 1997, helping increase national rice production to 14 million tons in 1987 and to 19 million tons in 1996.

* Duff, Michael J. M-Theory ( the Theory Formerly Known as Strings ), International Journal of Modern Physics A, 11 ( 1996 ) 5623 – 5642, online at Cornell University's arXiv ePrint server.

After biomechanical analysis under simulated playing conditions, Muralitharan's action was cleared by the International Cricket Council, first in 1996 and again in 1999.

1996 – 1997 was declared International Nasreddin Year by UNESCO.

In 1996, Paul Tracy recorded a trap speed of at Michigan International Speedway.

* Maultsby, Portia K., ( 1996 ) Intra-and International Identities in American Popular Music, Trading Culture.

To build on the momentum achieved during the two-year period, the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) approved a three-year ESAF economic program in June 1996.

Unix International ( UI ) merged into Open Software Foundation ( OSF ) in 1994 only to merge with X / Open to form The Open Group in 1996.

* Atlanta Rising: The Invention of an International City 1946 – 1996 by Frederick Allen ( Longstreet Press, 1996 ) ISBN 1-56352-296-9

* 1996 – The Motorola StarTAC, the first flip phone and one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption, goes on sale.

By August 1996, the FDA had not taken action, and the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen filed a petition with the FDA, prompting the agency to act.

VLB importantly offered an affordable high speed interface for consumer systems, as only by 1996 was PCI commonly available outside of the server market via the Pentium and Intel's Triton chipset.

Web banners function the same way as traditional advertisements are intended to function: notifying consumers of the product or service and presenting reasons why the consumer should choose the product in question, a fact first documented on HotWired in 1996 by researchers Rex Briggs and Nigel Hollis.

KBC Bank Ireland ( formerly IIB Bank ) and the Economic and Social Research Institute ( a think-tank ) have published a monthly consumer sentiment index since January 1996.

In 1996, Telus was introduced to the public as the consumer brand, replacing AGT and EdTel.

Towards the end of 1996, the cost of EDO DRAM dropped significantly and 3Dfx was able to enter the consumer PC hardware market with aggressive pricing compared to previous 3D graphics solutions for computers.

The dolls hit the consumer markets in 1996.

In 1996, Acer expanded into consumer electronics, introducing many new, inexpensive videodisc players, video telephones, and other devices to boost global market share, and in 1997 extended its laptop efforts by buying Texas Instruments ' mobile PC division.

Another key publication was The Performance of the Privatised Industries ( 1996 ) – a four volume statistical analysis which showed how the privatization agenda had benefitted the consumer by ushering in lower prices and higher quality service.

In 1996 Hansabank Group was formed and Hansabank's Latvian consumer banking was expanded through a merger with the German-Latvian Bank ( Deutsche-Lettische Bank ).

The share of consumer goods output in the oblast in their total production in Ukraine is of 5. 7 % ( 1996 ).

The total output of consumer goods in 1996 made 81. 1 %, domestic and recreational purpose goods 9. 0 % and light industry products 6. 4 %.

In the output of consumer foodstuffs in 1996 the Vinnytsya oblast was the second and of non food goods took the 11th place among the oblasts of Ukraine.

Later in 1996, Fiorina was appointed president of Lucent's consumer products business, reporting to Rich McGinn, president and chief operating officer.

In September 1996, CTV Television Network Ltd. ( a division of CTV ) was granted a broadcast licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) for CTV N1, a national English language specialty television service that will broadcast " news, weather and sports reports, as well as business, consumer and lifestyle information ," in a ' headline news ' format on a 15 minute news wheel.

Torrens's past work includes co-hosting CBC Television's teen-oriented consumer affairs series Street Cents from 1989 until 1996.

In 1996, ACC sold 1 million handsets ; entered the consumer electronics marketplace with its first line of home and portable stereos ; licensed the Audiovox brand for the first time ; converted subordinated debentures ; and began selling aftermarket mobile video systems.

From 1996 to 2004 he worked at the Boston Herald, where he wrote a consumer and transportation column and also covered the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, for which he made frequent appearances on national television news shows.

The U. S. Telecommunications Act of 1996 granted the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) authority to regulate how customer proprietary network information ( CPNI ) can be used and to enforce related consumer information privacy provisions.

In 1996 Benefon introduced the Alfa, Beta and Delta NMT-900 phones to the consumer market.

She moved to BBC television in 1996 as a consumer affairs correspondent and was also a reporter on the long-running Film programme.

The duo appeared in a series of 1996 British Hula Hoops advertisements that explained that if a consumer found a square Hula Hoop in a packet, he or she would win a prize, with Frank stubbornly and aggressively maintained that " Hula Hoops are round, they'll stay round, and they'll be around for ever !".