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US News Archive for April 2008:
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high & low finance: Ill-Conceived Actions May Deepen Credit Crisis
Paul Volcker says financial engineers have ?produced unimaginable wealth for some, while repeatedly risking a cascading breakdown of the system as a whole.?...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
New Leader in Late-Night TV Ratings
For the first time, Craig Ferguson, the CBS late-night host whose program follows David Letterman on weeknights, has won a ratings contest against NBC?s late-night star, Conan O?Brien...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Randi Rhodes Leaving Air America Network
The radio host was suspended by Air America a week ago after a video of her making disparaging remarks about the Hillary Rodham Clinton surfaced on YouTube...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Broker Pleads Guilty in U.S. Insider-Trading Case
Samuel Childs, 35, became the last of 13 defendants to plead guilty in what U.S. officials called one of the most pervasive insider-trading rings in the last 20 years...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
European Bank Holds Fast as England Cuts Rate
Citing a worsening domestic outlook, the Bank of England cut its benchmark interest rate, while the European Central Bank left its key rate on hold...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Court Faults Britain for Halting Arms Deal Inquiry
The British High Court ruled that prosecutors investigating accusations of corruption in a BAE arms deal with Saudi Arabia acted unlawfully when they dropped the inquiry...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
F.A.A. Auditing of Airlines Criticized at Hearing
A Senate subcommittee suggested that punishments for lapses at the Federal Aviation Administration should reach higher into the ranks...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Housing Aid Advancing in Congress
The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation on Thursday that is meant to stabilize the housing market...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Canada Bars Sale of Satellite Maker to U.S. Buyer
Alliant Techsystems? $1.3 billion bid for the space operations of MacDonald Dettwiler is the first takeover rejected under Canada?s 23-year-old foreign investment law...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Parts of Rather?s Suit Against CBS Dismissed
The judge, setting aside Dan Rather individual claims, said, however, that Dan Rather could continue to pursue his claim that CBS, as an entity, had breached its contract...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Raid on Sect?s Temple Detailed
A Texas Ranger described in detail for the first time Thursday how law enforcement personnel forced their way inside the temple of a polygamist sect...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
The Lede: Most Virginia Tech Families Take Deal
An $11 million dollar settlement includes payments to victims and their families...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
City Room: 9/11 Fence Recreated for Film
A movie set on Church Street recreated the 9/11 memorial fence around St. Paul's Chapel in Lower Manhattan...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Baghdad Bureau: The State of Art in Iraq
Helmets gathered by an unknown artist. (Photo: Ahmad Fadam for The New York Times) More photographs accompany this post in a slide show here. Ahmad Fadam is an employee of The New York Times and a sculptor. In every country in the world, art is considered the element that reflects the civilized face of society, and [...]...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
McCain, in Shift, Seeks U.S. Help for Homeowners
Senator John McCain, who had warned against broad government action, called on Thursday for help for qualified homeowners with subprime mortgages...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Zimbabwe Opposition Rejects Runoff
The country?s main opposition party said its candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, won a disputed presidential election...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Democrats Stall Trade Pact With Colombia
House Democrats exhibited unity on Thursday in voting to stall a trade pact with Colombia pushed by President Bush, but that vote masked deep party divisions on trade...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
N.Y. Rejects Floating Gas Terminal
New York Gov. David Paterson said Thursday the state won't approve putting a $700 million liquefied natural gas terminal the size of the Queen Mary 2 in Long Island Sound...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Cabinet Shakeup in Iran
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has decided to dismiss his economics and interior ministers, a government spokesman said...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Bush Defies Calls for Faster Withdrawal of Iraq Troops
President Bush said on Thursday that the senior commander in Iraq could ?have all the time he needs? before reducing troops further...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Q & A: A Papal Discussion
Laurie Goodstein, The Times?s national religion correspondent, answered questions about Pope Benedict XVI...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
American Airlines Cancels 922 More Flights
The airline canceled about 40 percent of its flights after making slow progress on inspecting its MD-80 jetliners...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Airline anger over Boeing delays
A growing number of airlines say they want compensation from Boeing for the latest delay to the 787 Dreamliner...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
IMF admits late to act on crunch
The boss of the International Monetary Fund admits it was late to warn on the risk of the continuing global credit woes...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Calm returns to Haiti after riots
A tentative normality returns to Haiti after a week of riots over food-price increases that have left five dead...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Brazil makes corruption arrests
Brazilian authorities arrest more than 50 people, including 16 mayors and a federal judge, on corruption charges...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Olympic torch lands in Argentina
The Olympic torch arrives in Buenos Aires for the next stage of its protest-dogged relay around the world...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
House defies Bush on Colombia
The US House of Representatives defies President Bush by delaying action on free trade deal with Colombia...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Virginia Tech families agree deal
Families of those killed and hurt in the Virginia Tech campus massacre agree an $11m deal with US state of Virginia...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
EADS Chief Rebuts Regulators? Accusations
After months of near total silence, Louis Gallois has begun a counter-offensive against accusations by French regulators of insider trading among senior managers at the aerospace group...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Takeda Pays $8.8 Billion for Biotechnology Firm
The acquisition of Millennium Pharmaceuticals, one of the earliest American genomics companies, by Japan?s largest drug company spurred a rise in biotechnology stocks...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Retailers Post Sluggish Sales in March
Shoppers remained focused on buying basics at discounters and wholesale clubs and snubbed mall-based chains. Wal-Mart and Costco were among the best performers...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Stocks Rise After Mixed Retail Data
Wall Street gained as investors were encouraged by a drop in unemployment claims and a better-than-expected sales performance by discount retailers...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Bank of England Cuts Rate; E.C.B. Holds Steady
After the Bank of England?s lowered its rate to 5 percent, the European Central Bank left its benchmark rate at 4 percent amid rising inflation in the euro zone...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
DuPont Raises Profit Outlook
The chemical maker said strong growth in its agriculture businesses and emerging markets should help offset weakness in U.S. housing and automotive markets...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
The Caucus: McCain Says He Would Boycott Olympics Opening
Senator John McCain said on "The View" that he would not attend the opening ceremonies at the Olympics, barring significant changes in China?s behavior, if he were president...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
The Lede: Carter Reportedly to Meet Hamas Chief
A former president who has already infuriated many people with his pro-Palestinian book about tye Middle East conflict hits on a new way to draw their fire...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Senate Passes Bill to Ease Housing Crisis
The plan, which is aimed at easing the threat of foreclosures, is opposed by the White House...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
City Room: New York Judges Plan to Sue for Raises
The state?s top judge said she would file a lawsuit seeking pay increases for judges, who have not had a raise in 10 years...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
U.S. Trade Deficit Grows Unexpectedly
The deficit grew 5.7 percent to $62.3 billion, its highest reading since November, as domestic demand appeared to increase for automobiles and capital goods...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
China?s Yuan Hits Milestone Against Dollar
For the first time in over a decade, the dollar bought less than 7 yuan, a milestone that is just the latest sign of China?s growing economic power...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Ugandan Rebels Delay Peace Deal
The brutal leader of an insurgency in Uganda on Thursday delayed by at least one day a ceremony to sign a peace agreement...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Bush Offers No Sign of Large Iraq Troop Withdrawals
President Bush said that significant progress had been made in Iraq, but he made no predictions about when troop levels could be reduced...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Olympic President Offers Rare Rebuke to China
Jacques Rogge called on the government to respect its ?moral engagement? to improve human rights and provide the media greater access to the country...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Airline Cancels 900 More Flights
American Airlines canceled about 40 percent of its flights after making only slight progress in getting its 300 MD-80 jetliners flying...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Nepalese Voters Flock to the Polls
The people of Nepal voted on Thursday in landmark elections meant to end a bloody chapter in the country?s history, even as they usher in a whole new set of worries...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Paulson says US in sharp downturn
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says that the economy has "turned down sharply"...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Surprise widening in US trade gap
The US trade deficit widened unexpectedly in February, according to the Commerce Department...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Grief hangs over Texas army town
The BBC's Jonathan Beale reports from Killeen, home to the US's largest military base, as residents bury the dead from Afghanistan and Iraq...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Jones' relay team lose medals
The IOC strips Marion Jones's 4x100m and 4x400m relay team-mates of their Sydney 2000 Olympics medals...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Washington's UN envoy to quit
The US ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, announces he is to step down later in 2008...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Mandela travel curb 'shames US'
The US secretary of state asks for "embarrassing" travel restrictions on Nelson Mandela to be lifted...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Google, Yahoo to share web ads
Yahoo and Google announce a two-week experiment that will see them share advertising space...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Fresh chaos for US air passengers
The biggest US airline cancels 900 more flights, as hundreds of planes stay grounded amid safety concerns...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Texan sect temple 'used for sex'
Texas investigators find a bed in the temple of a polygamist sect used by men to have sex with under-age 'wives'...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
DealBook: Zuckerman Said to Table Newsday Bid
Mortimer Zuckerman and Rupert Murdoch like Newsday. The Dolan family, not so much. According to Reuters, Mr. Zuckerman, the owner of The New York Daily News, has submitted a bid to buy Newsday from Tribune Company, while his archrival Mr. Murdoch is also in talks about a deal for the paper. But, contrary to press reports, [...]...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Bats: Problems Everywhere for the Yankees
So, Yankees fans, when is it time to panic? Not now, I wouldn?t think, not after nine games of a 162-game season. But it hasn?t been a good start, in just about every way. • The Yankees have scored 25 runs, fewer than every other A.L. team except Detroit. They are hitting .244, and even worse (.167) [...]...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Dalai Lama Shows Support for Games
The Dalai Lama said that he supported Beijing?s hosting of the Summer Olympics but insisted that pro-Tibet demonstrators had the right to voice their opinions...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Migrants Perish in Truck to Thailand
Fifty-four migrant workers from Myanmar suffocated in the back of a sealed truck in Thailand, the police said...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
New Roadblocks Delay Tribunals at Guantánamo
The Pentagon is overwhelmed by legal issues in an effort to push detainee cases forward...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Microsoft and Yahoo 'seek allies'
Microsoft and Yahoo are both forging alliances with other firms as their bid battle intensifies, reports say...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Elton John's $2.5m for Clinton
Sir Elton John raises $2.5m for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign at a benefit concert in New York...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Obama urges Bush Bejiing boycott
Barack Obama urges President Bush to weigh boycotting the Beijing Olympics, as the US leg of the torch relay is held...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
End riots, Haiti leader demands
Haiti's President Rene Preval tells impoverished Haitians rioting over soaring food costs to stop...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
Cost-Cutting Helps Circuit City Stores Swing to a Profit
The struggling electronics retailer posted a fourth-quarter profit of $4.85 million, as cost-cutting offset lower sales for the bulk of the holiday shopping season...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Dot Earth: Money for India?s ?Ultra Mega? Coal Plants Approved
India?s Tata Power group just gained financial backing from the International Finance Corporation, a branch of the World Bank, for its ?Ultra Mega? power plant...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Claus Luthe, Car Design Innovator, Is Dead at 75
Mr. Luthe is credited with refining the work of Paul Bracq in developing BMW?s 3, 5 and 7 Series, sleek cars that became status symbols for many baby boomers...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
This Old Thing? It Was Oprah?s!
Oprah?s Closet is the most intriguing corner of what is otherwise a large souvenir shop newly opened to promote Oprah-inspired accessories and housewares...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
State of the Art: Vying Hard to Claim Tiny Crown
Panasonic, Sony and Sanyo all say they have introduced the world?s smallest full high-definition camcorder...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Chief of Hershey Trust to Retire
The chocolate maker?s chief executive, Robert C. Vowler, would retire in April 2009...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Ex-Chief Executive at AT&T to Be Motorola?s Chairman
David W. Dorman, former chief executive of AT&T, will become Motorola?s chairman in May as the struggling firm tries to fix its slumping fortunes by splitting in two...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Iraq Orders U.S. Military to Free Jailed Photographer
An Iraqi judicial panel has ruled that an Associated Press photographer should be set free, two years after the U. S. military imprisoned him on terrorism charges...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Advertising: A Media-Agnostic, Judging Campaigns of Others
As audiences splinter, an emerging area in marketing called communications planning is trying to look beyond the 30-second spot to new ways to reach customers...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
JetBlue?s Chairman Will Be Stepping Down
JetBlue Airways said Wednesday that its founder and chairman, David G. Neeleman, would not stand for re-election at its annual meeting next month...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Pfizer Warns of Inhaled Insulin Lung Cancer Risk
Pfizer and Nektar Therapeutics said clinical trials of the inhaled insulin Exubera found increased cases of lung cancer, leading Nektar to abandon the troubled product...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Ending Humbling Impasse, Japan Approves Bank Chief
The Japanese Parliament approved Masaaki Shirakawa as central bank governor, ending a stand-off that had left the bank without a chief at a time of global financial difficulty...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Lose Ground as Oil Shoots Higher
Wall Street extended its losses Wednesday as a rise in oil prices and a profit warning from United Parcel Service raised investors? anxiety about the economy...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Wholesale Inventories Rise as Sales Fall
Inventories at United States wholesalers rose 1.1 percent in February, more than forecast, reflecting the biggest slump in sales in more than a year...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Bed Bath & Beyond Profit Declines
Fourth-quarter profit for the home goods retailer fell to $172.9 million, or 66 cents a share, from $205.8 million, or 72 cents a year ago...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
At Trial, Hollywood Power Broker Says He Wanted Only Information
A reporter who wrote damaging articles about Michael S. Ovitz cried as she testified about what she said were threats on her life orchestrated on Mr. Ovitz?s behalf...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
In the Hunt: Love Your Idea (Don?t Want to Finance It)
Potential investors think Patrick Brooks has a great idea for selling luxury men?s apparel; they just don?t want to put money into it...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
I.M.F. Lowers Its Forecast for the U.S.
The United States is headed for a recession, dragging world economic growth down along with it, the I.M.F. concluded in a sobering new forecast...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Mexico Proposes Limited Overhaul of State Oil Monopoly
The limited measures proposed by President Felipe Calderón effectively ended expectations that Mexico would soon open important parts of its energy industry...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Report Finds Two Kinds of Tax Fraud Have Spread
Thieves are increasingly obtaining fraudulent tax refunds by using the identities of lawful taxpayers, according to a government watchdog report...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Small Businesses Fight to Scuttle Tax Proposals
Advocates for small businesses are fighting changes in tax laws that the Bush administration says are aimed at cracking down on cheating, particularly by the self-employed...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
For a Time, Crude Oil Tops $112 a Barrel
Gasoline set yet another record at the pump and crude oil topped $112 a barrel for the first time in the futures market...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
A Fourth Budget Carrier Halts Operations
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, a long-haul budget carrier that tried to offer premium service and spacious seats at low prices, suddenly went into liquidation on Wednesday...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Fuel Costs Just Part of Airlines? List of Woes
Even before the recent flight cancellations, airlines and passengers were facing a new wave of travel misery...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
For Pilots, Dreams Run Into Reality
The hope of landing a high-paying job as an airline pilot is proving a more elusive dream, as would-be pilots find prestige and salaries continuing to plummet...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Another Delivery Delay for Boeing?s Dreamliner
Boeing said that it was pushing back delivery of the first 787 to the third quarter of 2009, more than a year behind the original schedule...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Microsoft Introduces Tool for Avoiding Traffic Jams
The new service?s software technology, called Clearflow, is an ambitious attempt to apply machine-learning techniques to the problem of traffic congestion...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Housing Aid Advancing in Congress
Although Congress and the Bush administration are clashing over how to help struggling homeowners, they seem united around the need for government action...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
New Executive for HBO?s Entertainment Division
Sue Naegle, a Hollywood talent agent, faces the task of finding the network?s next ?Sopranos.?...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Bats: The 33-Year-Old Rookie
Before the game, I caught up with the Phillies' backup catcher Chris Coste, who, regardless of whether you're a fan of the Mets, Phillies or Vermont Lake Monsters, has a pretty cool story. In a nutshell, Coste reached the major leagues at age 33 after bucking the odds the whole way to get there. He [...]...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Pogue's Posts: A Simple E-Mail Design Idea
A good idea from a reader: David, I had the simplest of ideas for helping people avoid "Reply-All" nightmares (where you humiliate yourself by clicking Reply to All, blasting your response to a huge group, instead of just Reply). E-mail programs like Outlook or Apple Mail should just not put the Reply-All button anywhere near the [...]...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Olympic Torch Route Changed in San Francisco
City officials secretly rerouted the planned torch relay, leaving swarms of protesters waiting for hours along the flame?s announced path...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Baseball Is Again Linked to Steroids
Player agents in Major League Baseball referred clients to a doctor in California who then illegally wrote prescriptions for performance-enhancing drugs, according to an indictment...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Legislators Back Spending Rise in State?s Budget
Lawmakers approved spending increases despite warnings that the weakening New York economy will leave the state unable to afford the expansion...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Broader Rule Sought to Pick Gifted Pupils
A change in the rules allocating seats in New York City School?s gifted programs will allow more children to qualify...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Iraq?s Military Seen as Lagging
Gen. David H. Petraeus?s recommendation to suspend troop reductions reflects an assessment that Iraqi forces remain unprepared to take over the mission of securing their own nation, officials said...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Polls Open in Nepal the Day After Violence Killed 8
Polls opened Thursday morning for Nepal?s 17.6 million voters to choose a special assembly that will rewrite the Constitution and govern the nation in the meantime...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Foreign Policy: 2 Camps Seek McCain?s Ear
More pragmatic Republicans are increasingly concerned as Senator John McCain aligns with foreign policy advisers likely to advocate continued support for the war...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
In Shift to Digital, More Repeat Mammograms
As doctors learn to interpret digital mammograms, they are more likely to request second tests, an experience that can be frightening...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Names That Match Forge a Bond on the Internet
Why do so many feel a connection ? be it kinship or competition ? just because they share a name?...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
News Corp. May Join Yahoo Bid With Microsoft
Rupert Murdoch?s News Corporation is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to people involved in the discussions...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
New Delays Loom as F.A.A. Expands Airliner Review
Chaos at airports could go on for weeks as the Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines expand their scrutiny of passenger planes...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Partisan Tangle Over Trade Pact With Colombia
Democrats and Republicans used trade as a surrogate for an election-year battle over jobs, national security and the sinking economy...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
New Roadblocks Delay Tribunals at Guantánamo, Frustrating the Pentagon
The Pentagon is frustrated in a new effort to push detainees? cases forward, overwhelmed by legal issues arising from a lack of precedent and allegations of torture...
New York Times - April 10, 2008
Tourists die in Peru plane crash
Five French tourists have died in a plane crash during a flight over the famous Nazca Lines in Peru, police say...
BBC News - April 10, 2008
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