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US News Archive for April 2007:
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DNA confirms Smith baby's dad
Photographer Larry Birkhead is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby, a court in the Bahamas ruled Tuesday after seeing DNA evidence. On the steps of the court, Birkhead said he was looking forward to having custody of baby Dannielynn...
CNN - April 10, 2007
Rutgers coach builds winners despite adversity
C. Vivian Stringer is the third-winningest women's coach in NCAA Division I history. But her journey into the record books has been accompanied by personal adversity...
CNN - April 10, 2007
Terror attack in Casablanca thwarted
Three suspected terrorists blew themselves up as police were closing in Tuesday, and another suspect was shot dead by police while he was preparing to detonate his explosives, authorities said...
CNN - April 10, 2007
DNA Shows Father of Anna Nicole Smith?s Baby
Larry Birkhead, the former boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith, said a Baharmian judge had accepted his conclusions that he was the father...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
N.F.L. Suspends 2 Players for Personal Conduct
The Titans' Adam ?Pacman? Jones was suspended for the entire 2007 N.F.L. season and Bengals receiver Chris Henry was suspended for the first eight games for violating the leagues personal conduct policy...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Israeli Security Agency Warns of Hamas Attacks
Members of the Palestinian faction are primed to resume attacks in Israel, the Israeli internal security service said...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Serbian Court Convicts 4 in Srebrenica Massacre
Four former paramilitary policemen were sentenced for up to 20 years in jail for their role in the 1995 massacre...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Bush Assails Democrats on War Financing
The president asserted that Democrats are being irresponsible in not passing a bill to his liking to finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
House Panel Wants More Documents From Gonzales
The committee?s chairman told the attorney general that the Justice Department had fallen short in its cooperation...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Fierce Fighting Jolts Baghdad Neighborhood
Some of the worst fighting since the intensified Baghdad security plan began nearly two months ago rocked Fadhil...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
China Conveys ?Regret? Over U.S. Trade Complaints
The American decision to complain to the W.T.O. will ?seriously undermine? relations on trade, the Chinese government said...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Purveyor to the Queen Faces Test From Wal-Mart
Canada?s Weston family, whose food company holdings span the entire industry, is focusing on a challenge from Wal-Mart Stores...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Can Trump Casinos Keep Up With the Neighbors?
Saddled with a huge debt, the three Atlantic City casinos need to reinvent themselves for a new Atlantic City...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Rutgers Women to Meet With Imus Over Remarks
The young women athletes said today that they were ?deeply saddened? by the words of the radio show host...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Metal prices lift Alcoa's profits
Aluminium giant Alcoa sees its latest profits rise 9%, boosted by higher global metals prices and rising sales...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Iran vows to expand nuclear plans
A day after Iran announced it had begun production of nuclear fuel on an "industrial level," the head of the country's atomic energy organization, Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, says Iran has plans to greatly expand its nuclear program...
CNN - April 10, 2007
Bush proposes talks on war funding impasse
President Bush said Tuesday he will invite lawmakers from both parties to the White House next week to discuss stalled legislation to fund the Iraq war. A White House spokeswoman said the talks were "not negotiations."...
CNN - April 10, 2007
Serbian Court Convincts 4 for Srebrenica Massacre
A Serbian court today sentenced four former Serb paramilitary policemen for up to 20 years in jail after they were caught on film killing six Muslim men during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Cricket World Cup Live - West Indies v South Africa
AB de Villiers hits a maiden ODI ton as South Africa pile up the runs against West Indies in Grenada...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Tennis: Roddick misses Houston
Top seed Andy Roddick pulls out of the US Men's Clay Court Championships with a hamstring injury...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Guantanamo force-feeds detainees
Thirteen detainees on hunger strike in Guantanamo are being force-fed through their noses, the US navy says...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Fight over fatally ill US toddler
A Texas mother is going to court to try to stop a hospital turning off her son's life-support machine...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
China slams U.S. trade complaints
China has denounced a U.S. decision to take it to the World Trade Organization over complaints of unfair trade practices, including widespread piracy, counterfeiting of U.S. goods, and market access for movies, music and books...
CNN - April 10, 2007
White House accused of skirting records rules
The White House is being accused of improperly trying to hide e-mails about government business by using outside accounts. A White House spokesman defended the use of those accounts as a method of separating official business from political work...
CNN - April 10, 2007
Cablevision Plans to Appeal Ruling
Cablevision said it would appeal a federal court ruling that blocked its rollout of a digital video recorder service...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Radio Host Is Suspended Over Racial Remarks
Don Imus agreed that the suspension was appropriate and promised to change the tenor of his show, MSNBC said...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Hayek backs Latino talent
Actress Salma Hayek sets up a company with the MGM studio to promote films with Latino themes and stars...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
US DJ suspended over racist slur
A US "shock jock" is suspended for two weeks after racist comments provoked nationwide calls for his dismissal...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Car bomb hits Colombia police HQ
A powerful car bomb explodes in front of police headquarters in Colombia's south-west city of Cali...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Mets 11, Phillies 5: Gifts Are Accepted at Shea Homecoming
The Mets took advantage of the Phillies? relievers and a crucial error to score seven runs in the eighth inning...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Sex Offenders Test Churches? Core Beliefs
Sustained by the belief that embracing all comers is a living example of Christ?s love, Pilgrim United Church of Christ now faces a profound test of faith...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
DNA Tests Offer Immigrants Hope or Despair
Genetic tests are forcing some immigrant families to confront unexpected and sometimes unbearable truths...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
James Needham, 80, Dies; Ex-Head of Stock Exchange
James J. Needham was the first full-time paid chairman of the New York Stock Exchange...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
World Business Briefing | Americas: Chile: Trade Surplus Widens as Copper Prices Rise
The trade surplus widened 21 percent in March from the previous month, because of higher prices for copper, the country?s top export. The trade surplus rose to $2.03 billion in March from $1.68 billion in February, the central bank said. The surplus was smaller than the $2.89 billion surplus in March 2006 but was in line with analysts? forecasts. Chilean exports rose to $5.5 billion, from $4.57 billion the previous month, while imports climbed to $3.47 billion, from $2.9 billion, the bank said...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Retailer Makes Play for Puma
The French fashion retailer PPR will make a voluntary offer to take over German sportswear group Puma after reaching a deal to buy out a leading shareholder, PPR said today in a statement. A PPR unit, Sapardis, said in the statement that it would offer 330 euros of $440.40 a share of cash. The offer values Puma at close to 5.56 billion euros or about $7.43 billion, according to calculations based on Reuters data. The bid of 330 euros offers a 5 percent premium to Puma?s last closing share price of 314.25 euros. PPR said it had already agreed to buy a 27.14 percent stake from Puma?s largest shareholder, Mayfair. Closing of the agreement between Mayfair and Sapardis is subject to antitrust clearance, Puma said. Under German law, a takeover offer is only mandatory once a shareholder crosses the 30 percent threshold...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Louis Ruiz, 88, Founder of Mexican Food Line, is Dead
Louis Flores Ruiz built a modest enchilada factory in the San Joaquin Valley into the nation?s largest producer of frozen Mexican foods...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: China: Contract for Wireless Network Equipment
The ZTE Corporation, the biggest publicly listed telephone equipment maker in China, won orders from the China Mobile Communications Corporation to equip part of the nation?s first high-speed wireless network. The equipment will help China Mobile build a network based on domestically developed wireless technology after negotiations are completed, ZTE said in a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, without specifying financial terms. The government has said it will offer 3G service for the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: Taiwan: Citigroup Paying $425 Million for Bank
Citigroup said that it had agreed to buy a midsize bank for 14.1 billion Taiwan dollars ($425 million) to further its expansion in Asia. In an all-cash deal, Citigroup will pay 11.8 Taiwan dollars (36 cents) a share to acquire the Bank of Overseas Chinese. The deal, which was under negotiation for nearly a year, is expected to be completed by year?s end. After the acquisition, the two banks will have total assets of $22.8 billion and 66 branches on Taiwan. The Taiwan bank?s 55 branches on the island will change their name to Citibank. Citigroup has 11 branches in Taiwan. The deal comes as Citigroup, based in New York, is seeking to increase revenue outside its home market, and as foreign banks continue to increase operations in Taiwan, which has robust trade and investment ties with China...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: Indonesia: Consumer Confidence Index Rises
Indonesia?s consumer confidence index rose in March for the first time in five months after inflation slowed and residents expected lower prices to leave them with more money to spend. The index rose to 93.3 last month, from 92.4 in February, according to the central bank, which surveyed 4,650 respondents in 18 cities. A reading below 100 indicates that pessimists outnumber optimists...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
World Business Briefing | Americas: Mexico: Cemex to Buy an Australian Rival
The Mexican cement maker Cemex said that an Australian rival, Rinker, had accepted an increased takeover bid of $15.85 a share. Cemex?s initial offer on Oct. 27, 2006, was $13 a share. The $15.3 billion offer is the biggest ever by a Mexican company and one of the largest in Australian corporate history. Cemex, based in northern Mexico, operates in more than 50 countries. The deal will give it a bigger slice of the American market...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Japan?s Rates Unchanged
Interest rates were unchanged for a second month after consumer prices fell and recent data signaled that economic growth in the U.S. may slow...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Jackson Hewitt Franchisee Suspends Operations
The operator has been accused of cheating the Treasury out of more than $70 million...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Memo Pad
MAKING MONEY AGAIN After six consecutive years of losses, the global commercial aviation system is expected to post an overall profit of $3.8 billion this year and an estimated $7.6 billion profit next year, the International Air Transport Association says. The total of passengers this year is expected to be 2.2 billion, continuing a steady growth in traffic since 2003...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Bankruptcy Trustee Opposes New Century?s Sale of Mortgages
New Century Financial should not be allowed to sell $50 million worth of mortgages to a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland, a U.S. trustee said...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Pentagon Drafts Rules on Lending
Predatory practices aimed at military service members and their families would be curtailed...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
SanDisk in Music Deal
SanDisk and Yahoo will start selling a digital music player, the Sansa Connect, that lets users download songs wirelessly...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Shares Are Flat as Earnings Anxiety Grows
Investors grew anxious about first-quarter earnings and hopes dimmed for interest rate cuts, despite a steep drop in oil prices...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Ruling Backs Union?s Protest on Paper?s Sale
An arbitrator has ruled that the Tribune Company?s sale of The Advocate of Stamford to the Gannett Company violated a union contract...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Exporters Plan Group on Gas Pricing
The world?s largest exporters of natural gas plan to establish a high-level group on gas pricing, but denied that the group aimed to establish a cartel...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
2nd Group Urges Withholding Times Co. Vote
A second corporate advisory firm is urging shareholders of The New York Times Company to withhold their votes for directors at the company?s annual meeting this month...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Power Provider Is Considering Soliciting Bids
The Mirant Corporation said it might put itself up for sale to capitalize on growing interest in power companies from buyout firms and other investors...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Frequent Flier: The Run-for-a-Flight Treadmill
Business travel has forced me to get into shape. I can go the distance, with barely a hitch in my breath, as I try to make my flights...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Take-Two?s Chief Financial Officer Resigns
A shareholder revolt claims another executive job at the beleaguered video game maker...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Hollinger Money Was Disclosed, Witness Says
Documents that defense lawyers produced showed that payments at the heart of the case had been publicly disclosed...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Consumer Reports Names 2 Editors and Says Magazine Will Be Redesigned
The changes come as the magazine struggles to recover from a recent flawed article about children?s car seats...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Advertising: With New Agency, Sony Tries to Focus Its Electronics Image
The company?s new $20 million campaign emphasizes the high-tech features of Sony?s camcorders and digital cameras...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
On the Road: Women Keeping Up Pressure for a Better Travel Experience
The growing number of female business travelers has had a significant effect on hotel safety and the travel experience...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Student Lender Had Early Plans to Woo Officials
The founders of Student Loan Xpress explicitly marketed to the financial aid offices of schools to corral a bigger share of the lucrative student loan business...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Celebrex Commercial, Long and Unconventional, Draws Criticism
A consumer advocacy group has asked the F.D.A. to ban the television ad, saying it gives a false impression about its safety...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
A.M.D. Plans to Cut Back on Spending and Hiring
The chipmaker, whose forecast was well below Wall Street?s expectations, announced a restructuring to lower costs...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Defense Rests in Trial of Ex-Qwest Chief
Joseph P. Nacchio, charged with insider trading, never took the stand on his own behalf...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Tax Bites on Travelers Go Deeper
Travel companies and trade associations are protesting the growing cost of taxes, many of them financing initiatives that have nothing to do with travel...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Market Place: Citigroup?s Revamp May Trim Its Compliance Corps
Under pressure from investors, Citigroup?s chief is looking to slim its compliance ranks to keep the bank from getting bogged down...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Pfizer Drug for Diabetes Is Lagging
Wall Street analysts are cutting their sales estimates for Exubera, which has been dogged by questions about its safety, cost and convenience...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
A Photo Trove, a Mounting Challenge
The new chief executive for Corbis is expected to respond to the rise of low-cost online rivals that threaten to undermine its sales...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Defaults Rise in Next Level of Mortgages
American Home Mortgage said it would pay out a smaller dividend because it was being asked to buy back and write down certain loans...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Report of Talk to Take Over Bell Canada
The $45 billion takeover bid from a consortium led by a Canadian pension fund would be the largest buyout in history...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
News Analysis: U.S. Toughens Its Position on China Trade
Taking China to court over suspected trade barriers and piracy was seen as necessary to send a signal to Beijing...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Don Imus Suspended Over Racial Remarks
MSNBC said that the radio host agreed to the suspension and promised to change the tenor of his program...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
High Stakes: Chávez Plays the Oil Card
A showdown between President Hugo Chávez and U.S. and European companies over key oil projects could wind up with all sides losing...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Cricket: Key match for Windies
West Indies hope to get their World Cup campaign ticking again on Tuesday...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
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