* 1998 – Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an " improper physical relationship " with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Productions within the US have included those in November 1998 by the Lyric Opera of Chicago directed by David Alden.

The project was scheduled to be completed in 1998 at an estimated cost of $ 2. 8 billion ( in 1982 dollars, US $ 6. 0 billion adjusted for inflation ).

Bunge remained a privately held company of 180 shareholders ( including the longtime controlling family interests ) and divested itself in 1998 of almost all its retail foods interests in favor of a greater role in international agribusiness and commodity markets ; by then the company's gross annual turnover had reached US $ 13 billion.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

Colombia planned to finance US $ 4 billion of the estimated US $ 7. 5 billion overall cost, most of which would go towards the social portion of the project, but was ultimately unable to do so due to the state's 1997 – 1998 economic crisis.

In 1996, he went to the US to play for the Tampa Bay Mutiny ( 1996 – 97, 2000 – 01 ), Miami Fusion ( 1998 – 99 ), and Colorado Rapids ( 2001 – 02 ).

: New Zealand dollars ( NZ $) per US $ 1-1. 4203 ( 2005 ), 1. 9451 ( January 2000 ), 1. 8886 ( 1999 ), 1. 8632 ( 1998 ), 1. 5083 ( 1997 ), 1. 4543 ( 1996 ), 1. 5235 ( 1995 )

He took a small but pivotal role as Andy Warhol in Basquiat, artist / director Julian Schnabel's 1996 biopic of Jean-Michel Basquiat, and co-starred in Giovanni Veronesi's Spaghetti Western Il Mio West ( 1998, released as Gunslinger's Revenge in the US in 2005 ) as the most feared gunfighter in the region.

In 1998 net official development assistance was US $ 135. 8 million ; in 2002 it reached US $ 217. 6 million.

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs ( CFPF ) per US $ 1 – 95. 89 ( 2005 ), 96. 04 ( 2004 ), 105. 66 ( 2003 ), 126. 71 ( 2002 ), 133. 26 ( 2001 ), 117. 67 ( January 2000 ), 111. 93 ( 1999 ), 107. 25 ( 1998 ), 106. 11 ( 1997 ), 93. 00 ( 1996 ), 90. 75 ( 1995 ); note-linked at the exact official rate of 0. 055 French francs to one Pacifique franc.

:* David A. Harcharik ( US ): 1998 – 2007.

$ 79 million ( 1998 ); note-under terms of the Compact of Free Association, the US will provide $ 1. 3 billion in grant aid during the period 1986-2001

Communauté financière africaine francs ( CFAF ) per US $ 1 – 507. 71 ( 2010 ), 472. 19 ( 2009 ), 447. 81 ( 2008 ), 481. 83 ( 2007 ), 522. 89 ( 2006 ), 647. 25 ( January 2000 ), 615. 70 ( 1999 ), 589. 95 ( 1998 ), 583. 67 ( 1997 ), 511. 55 ( 1996 ), 499. 15 ( 1995 )

euros per US $ 1 – 1, 3002 ( February 2005 ), 0. 9867 ( January 2000 ), 0. 9386 ( 1999 ); French francs ( F ) per US $ 1 – 5. 65 ( January 1999 ), 5. 8995 ( 1998 ), 5. 8367 ( 1997 ), 5. 1155 ( 1996 ), 4. 9915 ( 1995 )

Dupont and British Petroleum left in 1997, Shell Oil ( US ) in 1998, Ford in 1999, and DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, and Texaco in 2000.

Conservative think-tanks in Washington had for years been urging regime change in Baghdad, but until the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, official US policy was to simply keep Iraq complying with UN sanctions.

Manx pounds per US $ 1: 0. 6092 ( January 2000 ), 0. 6180 ( 1999 ), 0. 6037 ( 1998 ), 0. 6106 ( 1997 ), 0. 6403 ( 1996 ), 0. 6335 ( 1995 ); the Manx pound is at par with the British pound

AOL acquired Mirabilis on June 8, 1998, for US $ 287 million in cash up front and $ 120 million in additional payments over three years.

The technology's success caused AOL to acquire Mirabilis on June 8, 1998, for US $ 287 million up front and $ 120 million in additional payments over three years.

In April 1998, American photographer John S Callahan organized the first surfing project in the Andamans, starting from Phuket in Thailand with the assistance of Southeast Asia Liveaboards ( SEAL ), a UK owned dive charter company.

In 1998, under the distinctive bat logo, the phrase " company founded in Santiago de Cuba in 1862 " was added.

In 1998 the company acquired Dewar's scotch and Bombay Sapphire gin from Diageo for $ 2 billion.

In 1998, the Editions de l ' Etoile ( the company publishing Cahiers ) was acquired by the press group Le Monde.

The company was acquired in June 1998 by Compaq, in what was at that time the largest merger in the history of the computer industry.

They also include lack of infrastructure, particularly in the transportation, telecommunications, and electricity sectors, although the state telephone company and electricity distribution were privatized in 1998.

After becoming a subsidiary of GM, the company was named General Motors-Holden's Ltd, becoming Holden Ltd in 1998, with the current name adopted in 2005.

In 1998, Lars von Trier also made history by having his company Zentropa be the world's first mainstream film company to produce hardcore pornographic films.

An unknown amount of raw footage was destroyed in 1998 by the company that bought Handmade Films.

Over 1998, SimCity 3000 was meddled with somewhat, but Maxis was allowed to finish the game on its own time ; following this, Wright's efforts were thrown into The Sims, at the time seen as a major gamble for the company, as the dollhouse game was not seen as a match for the video game market's demographics.

* 1998 – Exxon and Mobil sign a $ 73. 7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company.

Between its creation and late 1998, the company had a relatively calm relationship with its first economic regulator, John Swift QC, whose strategy was to encourage Railtrack to make commitments to improvement.

From 1998 until 2005 the largest shareholder in Saab was the British aerospace company BAE Systems, following its acquisition of a 35 % stake from Investor AB by its predecessor, British Aerospace.

In 1998, PolyGram was in turn sold to Seagram and merged into what is now one of the Big Four record labels, the Universal Music Group, the company that today holds the rights to the entire ABBA back catalogue.

In February 1998, a local company took cuttings from the Major Oak and began cultivating clones of the famous tree with the intention of sending saplings to be planted in major cities around the world.

In 1998, Saks Holdings Inc. was acquired by Proffitt's, Inc., then the parent company of Proffitt's among other department stores.

Other acquisitions included automotive engineers Cosworth in 1990, waterjet manufacturer Kamewa in 1986 and Norwegian marine propulsion and engineering company Ulstein in 1998.

The company was bought from Virgin Interactive by Electronic Arts ( EA ) in 1998, and closed by EA in 2003.

In 1998, Daimler-Benz ( the parent company of Mercedes-Benz ) merged with Chrysler.

Girl " in 1993 and gained further recognition as a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1998 to 2000 and as a spokesperson for cosmetics company L ' Oreal.

However, the footage was taken during 1998 while Zawinski was still working for Netscape in which he is portrayed as a pivotal person in the company.

In 1998, under the company Demas, NED co-founder Cameron W. Jones ( original and current owner of the Synclavier trademark and software ) collaborated with ex-employee Brian S. George ( owner of Demas, the company that purchased all of NED's hardware and technical assets ) and original co-founding partner Sydney Alonso to develop an emulator designed to run Synclavier software for Apple Computer's Macintosh computer systems and hardware designed to share the core processing with the later generation of Apple G3 computers giving enhanced features and greater speed to the system.