France provided additional financial support in January 1997 after Gabon had met IMF targets for mid-1996.

In mid-1996, front drum brakes and fixed front seat belts were re-launched in a new budget version called the " Volkswagen Sedán City ", which was sold alongside the upscale version " Volkswagen Sedán Clásico " which had front disc brakes, automatic seat belts, right side mirror, velour upholstery, optional metallic colors and wheel covers in matte finish ( also found on some 1980s Beetles and Buses ).

By mid-1996, Microsoft had 95 % of the market for business applications.

By mid-1996 some 107 T-90s had gone into service in the Far Eastern Military District.

These had been stored at Cowley, Oxfordshire, since their production in mid-1996, when they became surplus to requirements.

In an attempt to remind viewers of the well-received " Corinth Killer " plot, in mid-1996 the show had most of the characters stalked ( and some murdered by ) a killer who left notes saying " Happy Now ".

In mid-1996, he had a stint as a masked heel under the name Who, a gimmick designed for commentators Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler to do Abbott and Costello " Who's on First?

As of mid-1996, a total of 35 approvals had been granted to commercially grow 8 transgenic crops and one flower crop of carnations, with 8 different traits in 6 countries plus the EU.

The Amps continued to tour until mid-1996, including a lucrative gig opening for the Foo Fighters, when Kim Deal called off a series of shows and festivals to reform the Breeders.

The Meiko technical team and technology was transferred to a joint venture company called Quadrics Supercomputers World Ltd. ( QSW ), formed by Alenia Spazio of Italy in mid-1996.

In mid-1996, Lars B. Nielsen joined the company as a shareholder and head of sales.

In mid-1996, Benjamin Netanyahu was elected Prime Minister of Israel by a margin of just one percent.

These included infighting between China's qigong establishment and Falun Gong, speculation over blackmailing and lobbying by qigong opponents and " scientists-cum-ideologues with political motives and affiliations with competing central Party leaders ", which caused the shift in the state's position, and the struggles from mid-1996 to mid-1999 between Falun Gong and the Chinese power elite over the status and treatment of the movement.

The two programs would trade wins in the ensuing ratings competition until mid-1996, when WCW began a nearly two-year domination that was largely fueled by the introduction of the New World Order, a stable led by former WWF performers Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash.

In 1995 and 1996 they released three EPs ( Clank, Stereo and Shunt ) on their own Generic Records label, followed quickly in mid-1996 by their second album, Found Sound.

Most of its library of films produced up until mid-1996 is now controlled by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, after Universal sold those films to them.

The AFL began this policy by offering A $ 6 million to any newly merged football team ( an offer which grew to A $ 8 million by mid-1996 ).

The government of Sri Lanka then adopted a policy of military engagement with the Tigers, with government forces liberating Jaffna from LTTE control by mid-1996 and moving against LTTE positions in the northern part of the country called the Vanni.

Inferno started making a push in the cruiserweight division by the mid-1996.

In mid-1996, Dole resigned from the Senate to campaign full-time, but by then he was behind Clinton to stay, and eventually polled less than 41 % nationwide.

The Taliban regrouped and were then by Osama Bin Laden's forces and Saudi Arabia, which allowed them to launch another offensive in mid-1996.

In mid-1996 she began work on her following album, Un pettirosso da combattimento, considered by some to be one of her most beautiful recordings thus far.

The band started to work on their ninth studio album, which was set to be finished by mid-1996 and released later that year prior to the Christmas and holiday season.

After being remixed by the Bayside Boys and having English lyrics written and added by Grammy nominated producers Carlos de Yarza and Mike " In The Night " Triay and sung by Carla Vanessa, it became a worldwide hit in mid-1996.

When announced, samples of these versions were available, with volume production slated for mid-1996.

The rapid rise and influence of Falun Gong received little journalistic attention until mid-1996.

By mid-1996, under the supervision of Simon & Schuster expatriate Richard E. Snyder, it was renamed Golden Books Family Entertainment and tried to emphasize on children's books.

The Charlatans decided to continue, and the Primal Scream and former Felt keyboardist Martin Duffy was drafted in, particularly for The Charlatans support slot with Oasis at their Knebworth concerts in mid-1996, until a permanent replacement for Collins could be found.

However, Compaq overtook it in retail sales in mid-1996 and cemented its lead the next year with the release of a $ 999 PC in March 1997.

Ground was broken for the new stadium in mid-1996, shortly after the arrival of the Ravens.

Breakfast Time was moved to the Fox network and renamed Fox After Breakfast in mid-1996.

In mid-1996, Sun purchased Lighthouse for $ 22 million, turning them into their in-house OpenStep applications group.

By mid-1996, Young made his last full public performance with Tony Hadley, before declining to perform more in nightclubs and pubs so that he could concentrate more on his personal life and family without having to organise tours.

In mid-1996, Nitro began to draw better ratings than Raw based on the strength of the nWo storyline, a metafiction event built around the idea of former WWF wrestlers forming their own anarchist organization in order to take over WCW.

Discussing the merits of turbo-diesels, the Glasgow Herald described the car in mid-1996 in the following way: " The Citroen XM in turbo diesel form is a splendid long-legged autoroute car.

By mid-1996 SOFASA decided to experiment a much more flexible way to offer cars to the market.

Brooks & Dunn's version of the song spent three weeks at number one in mid-1996 and peaked at number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 ; it was also that year's top country song according to the Billboard Year-End charts.

In March 2009, Fujitsu announced that it had decided to convert FDK Corporation, at that time an equity-method affiliate, to a consolidated subsidiary from May 1, 2009 ( tentative schedule ) by subscribing to a private placement to increase FDK's capital. FDK On April 1, 2009, Fujitsu agreed to acquire Siemens ' stake in Fujitsu Siemens Computers for approximately EUR450m.

These implemented an instruction set similar to the Fujitsu VP2000 vector supercomputer and had a nominal performance of 200 megaflops on double precision arithmetic and double that on single precision.

Early high-definition ( HD ) plasma displays had a resolution of 1024x1024 and were alternate lighting of surfaces ( ALiS ) panels made by Fujitsu / Hitachi.

In 2012, DMTF had more than 4000 active participants out of more than 200 organisations and companies ( such as AMD, Broadcom, CA, Inc., Cisco, Citrix, EMC, Fujitsu, HP, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp, Oracle, Red Hat, SunGard and VMware ).

OSDL had investment backers that included: 7 funders of Computer Associates, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Ltd., Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel Corporation, Nippon Electric Corporation, as well as a large collection of independent software vendors, end-user companies and educational institutions.

UltraPort was designed in 1999 in response to the proliferation of many laptop computers from Sony, Fujitsu, and others that had built-in cameras.

In late 2000, Fujitsu / Amdahl announced that the company had no plans to invest the estimated US $ 1 billion ( or more ) to create an IBM-compatible 64-bit system.

Some companies and governments still had Amdahl systems performing useful work into mid-2006, and Fujitsu / Amdahl promised support to those customers with replacement parts and other services through March 31, 2009.

By 1990 the group had expanded to 21 members: in addition to the original five, Philips and Nokia from Europe ; AT & T, Digital, Unisys, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, NCR, Sun Microsystems, Prime Computer, Apollo Computer from North America ; Fujitsu, Hitachi, and NEC from Japan ; plus the Open Software Foundation and Unix International.

Fujitsu, which had the best-selling 8-bit home computer FM-7, and the Fujitsu Micro 16s PC in early 1980s in Japan, decided to release a new home computer after the FM-7 was overcome by NEC's PC-8801 computer.

It was based on the earlier FM Towns computer system Fujitsu had released in 1989.

In mid-1993, Heller resigned from his position as chairman and chief executive officer to become a consultant to Fujitsu Ltd. HAL said Heller had been developing roadmaps for Fujitsu and its subsidiaries ICL plc and Amdahl Corporation for the six months prior to his resignation, and had been less involved with HAL's daily operation.

There were suggestions that Fujitsu was dissatisfied with HAL's progress and their failure to introduce systems with their 64-bit processor, but the company had no comment on the suggestions.

Fujitsu had built a prototype vector co-processor known as the F230-75, which was installed attached to their own mainframe machines in the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission and National Aerospace Laboratory in 1977.

FANUC had its beginnings as part of Fujitsu developing numerical control ( NC ) and servo systems.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers had a presence in key markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, while products marketed elsewhere were sold under the Fujitsu brand, with the services division extending coverage up to 170 countries worldwide.