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US News Archive for June 2005:
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Bombs kills 5 Marines, 9 Iraqi civilians
Five U.S. Marines died after a bomb hit their vehicle near Haqlaniya in Anbar province, the Marines said today. Their deaths bring the number of U.S. troops killed in the war to 1,690. In Baghdad, a car bomb exploded, killing nine Iraqi civilians and wounding 15 others, Iraqi security forces said...
CNN - June 10, 2005
Tropical Storm Moves Swiftly Toward Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Arlene is moving swiftly north toward the United States Gulf Coast after soaking Cuba early today...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Finance Ministers Are Muted on Debt Relief Agreement
Some nations hinted today that they need to be won over to a landmark formula for debt relief...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Bush and South Korean President Stress Common Goals
President Bush and President Roh Moo Hyun of South Korea today declared that keeping the Korean Peninsula nuclear-free is what is important...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Forecasters: Arlene may become a weak hurricane
A strengthening Tropical Storm Arlene is moving north toward the U.S. Gulf Coast -- a region still recovering from last year's hurricanes. Forecasters say Arlene, which now has top sustained winds of 60 mph, could become a weak hurricane before hitting land late Saturday. Hurricane watches are posted from Panama City to the Louisiana-Mississippi border...
CNN - June 10, 2005
Abuse cases cost $1 billion
Sexual abuse by priests has cost the Catholic Church in the United States more than $1 billion, a figure guaranteed to rise, according to tallies by American bishops and an Associated Press review of known settlements...
CNN - June 10, 2005
Beyond Brakes, Amtrak's Woes Hit the Cafe Car
Amtrak is spending just over $2 for each dollar of food it sells on its trains, according to auditors...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
DNA of Voles May Hint at Why Some Fathers Shirk Duties
A genetic mechanism in male prairie voles determines whether they will be devoted fathers, researchers say...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Citigroup to Pay $2 Billion in Enron Lawsuit
The payout is the largest yet to emerge from Enron's collapse, adding to $492 million in settlements already agreed to by other financial firms and advisers...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Toyota 'plans price rise gesture'
Japanese carmaker Toyota considers raising the prices of its new cars in the US in a bid to appease struggling American rivals, according to a report...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
Jackson jury back for fifth day
Jurors in Michael Jackson's abuse trial are deliberating for a fifth day, having yet to reach a verdict...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
FBI 'missed 9/11 chances'
The FBI missed several clues that might have uncovered the 9/11 plots, a high-level report states...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
US trade gap increases to $57bn
The US trade deficit widens to $57bn in April, marked by record rises in both imports and exports, figures show...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
Police probe 'criminal' paparazzi
Police in Los Angeles investigate whether paparazzi photographers commit crime to gain celebrity shots...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
FBI missed pre-9/11 clues
The FBI missed at least five opportunities before the September 11 attacks to uncover vital intelligence information about the terrorists, and the bureau didn't aggressively pursue the information it did have, the Justice Department's inspector general says in a newly released critique of government missteps...
CNN - June 10, 2005
Teen suspect met Holloway day before she vanished
A teen being held in connection with the disappearance of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway met the Alabama student at her hotel's casino a day before she vanished, according to police. Juron Van Der Sloot -- the 17-year-old son of an Aruban judge -- was among three teens taken into custody Thursday. Two brothers, Satish and Depak Kalpoe, also are being held...
CNN - June 10, 2005
New president for Bolivia
The head of Bolivia's Supreme Court -- Eduardo Rodriguez -- has been sworn in as interim president to succeed the outgoing Carlos Mesa. Mesa offered to resign after weeks of crippling street protests that threatened to paralyze the South American country...
CNN - June 10, 2005
A Week for the Mayor to Keep His Game Face On
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is smarting badly as he tries to recover from what are two of the biggest defeats of his political life...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Bolivian Congress Names New President
Eduardo Rodríguez, president of the Supreme Court, is seen as an independent who will serve only as a caretaker with one mission: to convene early elections...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Jackson jury to enter fifth day
Jurors in Michael Jackson's abuse trial are to deliberate for a fifth day, having yet to reach a verdict...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
High-profile defeat for Spitzer
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer suffers his first major defeat in a legal campaign to clean up big business...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
New York handed Olympic lifeline
New York bid leaders may be allowed to submit modified plans ahead of July's Olympic vote...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
NBA: Spurs secure lead
Tim Duncan leads San Antonio to an 84-69 win over Detroit in game one of the NBA Finals...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
Bush to meet S Korean president
South Korean President Roh is in Washington to discuss the North Korean nuclear stand-off with President Bush...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
Report Details F.B.I.'s Failure on 2 Hijackers
The F.B.I. missed at least five chances in the months before Sept. 11, 2001, to find two hijackers who had settled in San Diego...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Spurs Survive Rough-and-Tumble Opener
Manu Ginóbili scored 22 of his 26 points in the second half, teaming with a dominating Tim Duncan to lead the Spurs past the feisty Detroit Pistons, 84-69...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Successor to Bolivia's Leader Steps Aside
The Senate president said he would decline to become president once Congress accepts President Carlos Mesa’s resignation...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Jurors' Note in Tyco Trial Hints Verdict May Be Near
Jurors in the retrial of L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former chairman of Tyco International, and his top lieutenant, hinted yesterday that they might be close to reaching a verdict on some charges but also signaled that there is some dissension on other charges...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Former Executive to Pay $200 Million to Settle S.E.C. Fraud Charges
A former chief executive of the AremisSoft Corporation, a defunct software company, has agreed to pay $200 million to settle fraud accusations...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
AOL Wooing Users to Portal, With a Little Help From Its Foes
America Online wants to wrest users away from Yahoo and Google, but it will have to pay those companies tens of millions of dollars as it tries to do so...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Instinet Rejects a Bid for Brokerage Unit
The Instinet Group rejected an unsolicited and higher bid last night for its institutional brokerage unit, saying that the offer violated the terms of its earlier deal with Nasdaq and Silver Lake Partners...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Pathmark Offer Approved
By Reuters...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
A Modern French Revolution Strikes Havas
At a raucous annual meeting infused with the spirit of revolt, shareholders defied managers of Havas, the French advertising company...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Arthur Dunkel, Trade Diplomat, Dies at 72
Arthur Dunkel, a self-effacing Swiss diplomat who shepherded negotiators from five continents through more than seven years of contentious talks that led to freer trade and the creation of the World Trade Organization in 1995, died Wednesday in Geneva. He was 72...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
2 Senators Studying Ties Between Drug Makers and Purchasers for Federal Programs
WASHINGTON, June 9 - Two senators sent letters to 18 major drug makers Thursday asking for information about grants they have given in recent years to state officials and other organizations that may have influenced drug purchases by federal Medicaid and Medicare programs...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Hollywood Hardball
Movie studio executives were outraged at Microsoft's aggressive proposal for the film version of the popular Xbox video game "Halo."...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Panache on Wall Street
One of Wall Street's top bankers showed a certain bravado when he announced that he would leave Morgan Stanley to become the global co-head of investment banking at Citigroup...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Lilly to Pay $690 Million in Drug Suits
Eli Lilly & Company said last night that it had agreed to pay $690 million to settle about 8,000 lawsuits filed by people who claimed they developed diabetes and other diseases after taking Zyprexa, a medication for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that is Lilly's biggest-selling drug...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Do China and U.S. Face Same Woes?
Traditional large employers are in trouble, both in China and in the United States...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Fraud Case in Singapore
Five executives of the failed fuel trader China Aviation Oil were charged with insider trading, fraud and other crimes in connection with the company's failure...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Beef Demand Seen in Peril as Prices Rise
MINNEAPOLIS, June 9 - Agriculture officials made a case on Thursday for reopening the border with Canada to live cattle, saying that high beef prices were starting to drive consumers away from beef to pork and chicken...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Greenspan Says Fed's Work Not Yet Done
WASHINGTON, June 9 - Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, warned Thursday that the American economy faces significant "imbalances" and made it clear that he was not yet finished with ratcheting up interest rates...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Morgan to Pay Fine for Rule Violations in 1990's
Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $2.7 million for violating rules in connection with initial public offerings sold at the height of the stock market bubble in the late 1990's, regulators announced yesterday...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Intel Raises Revenue Forecast as Global Chip Sales Surge
The Intel Corporation on Thursday increased its revenue forecast for the second quarter because of strong sales of notebook computers that use its Centrino chip...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
The Churn
Deal Makers...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Stent From Johnson & Johnson Infringes Patents, Court Rules
Just days before Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson head into a federal court in Delaware for a crucial round in their battle to use patents to control the multibillion-dollar domestic stent market, Boston Scientific has won a related legal skirmish in the Netherlands...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Companies Unable to Settle BlackBerry Suit
Final talks in a patent infringement lawsuit involving the popular BlackBerry e-mail messaging device have reached an impasse...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Upbeat Talk by Greenspan Gives Share Prices a Lift
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Jobless Claims Decrease
WASHINGTON, June 9 (AP) The number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell by 21,000 last week, the biggest decline in seven weeks, the government reported Thursday...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
China Weighs Modest Currency Change
China is considering breaking the 11-year link between the dollar and China's currency, the yuan, and tying its value instead to a group of currencies...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Guilty Plea Is Expected in A.I.G.-Related Case
A senior executive of the General Re Corporation, Richard Napier, plans to plead guilty to criminal fraud charges stemming from an inquiry into insurance abuses...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Doubt Cast on 4th Case of Illness on M.S. Drug
A Biogen Idec official has sent an e-mail message to neurologists suggesting that a suspected fourth case of a brain infection in a patient taking the drug Tysabri was a false alarm, according to two doctors who received the message. The e-mail message said the patient was shopping when she heard news reports last week that she had the potentially fatal infection...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Two Resign at Delphi
CHICAGO, June 9 (Reuters) - The Delphi Corporation said Thursday that its treasurer and a former top executive had resigned, bringing the number of executives forced out in an accounting scandal to at least six...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Union Resisting Any Big G.M. Benefit Cuts
DETROIT, June 9 - Two days after the chairman and chief of General Motors, Rick Wagoner, said he was pressing the United Automobile Workers union for substantial cuts in their health care benefits, a top union leader said the union was still prepared to agree to only modest cuts before G.M.'s labor contract expires in 2007...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Venture Capital Rediscovers the Consumer Internet
Every other venture capitalist in Silicon Valley now seems eager to reinvent himself as an expert who can spot hot new consumer-driven Internet ventures...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Ex-Chief of US West to Lead Australian Telephone Giant
Telstra, the dominant telecommunications provider in Australia, hired Solomon Trujillo, who ran US West, to be chief executive...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Financial Adviser Indicted in Fraud Case
Alberto W. Vilar, the founder of Amerindo Investment Advisors, was indicted yesterday on charges he defrauded an investor of more than $5 million...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Mortgage Rates Defy Fed and Delight Consumers
The Federal Reserve has been campaigning to raise interest rates, but still mortgage rates have fallen to near 30-year lows...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Lucrative Drug, Danger Signals and the F.D.A.
Documents show Johnson & Johnson tried to save the drug Propulsid despite growing evidence of harmful side effects...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Acquittal in Trading of Funds
In the first major legal defeat for the New York State attorney general, a former Bank of America broker was acquitted of improper trading in mutual funds...
New York Times - June 10, 2005
Report highlights Guatemala abuse
Guatemalan authorities must act to halt the murders of hundreds of women, Amnesty International says...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
Mexico frees ex-leader's brother
A court in Mexico has ordered the release the brother of former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari...
BBC News - June 10, 2005
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