Travel & Experiences
It’s official: Disney Cruise Line plans to build a seventh ship to be completed by 2022, a move that almost doubles the size of the company’s fleet.
July 17, 2017
California
Six students have been named winners of a countywide essay-writing contest to explain the meaning of Memorial Day.
Feb. 19, 1995
A parade of 13 battleships under the Golden Gate Bridge and an exhibition by the Blue Angels precision flying team kicked off San Francisco’s seventh annual “Fleet Week.”
Oct. 11, 1987
World & Nation
Transportation: The country’s commercial fleet grew 12% last year, making it the world’s seventh-largest.
June 10, 1996
Business
FleetBoston Financial Corp., the seventh-largest U.S. bank, said fourth-quarter earnings will be reduced by $650 million as it writes down investments in technology companies and loans to Argentina and Enron Corp.
Dec. 20, 2001
Banking: Firm has been unable to find a buyer for its tech-focused boutique investment house since putting it up for sale in April.
July 13, 2002
American and Japanese forces will begin one of their biggest joint military exercises at the end of this month, the Japanese Defense Agency said today.
Sept. 20, 1989
Archives
Times handicapper Bob Mieszerski lost $50 when Fleet Form, his $50 to win bet in the ninth race, ran out of the money.
Jan. 7, 1990
Sports
Julie The Flapper took the lead for good with about one-sixteenth of a mile to go Thursday and went on to win the $55,250 Torrey Pines Stakes by 1 lengths over Fleet Road before a crowd of 13,072 at Del Mar.
Sept. 11, 1987
Nine more Navy officers, including an admiral who was the director of naval intelligence operations before retiring, were indicted Tuesday on conspiracy, bribery, obstruction of justice and other charges in the ongoing “Fat Leonard” bribery scandal.
March 14, 2017