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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US News Archive for December 2006:
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'Promising' suspect named in 1970s child murders
Authorities in Detroit said they have a a "promising" suspect in a series of child murders that terrorized the city during the 1970s.Theodore Lamborgine, 65, is being held on seperate child sexual assault charges. He pleaded not guilty in court on Monday...
CNN - December 11, 2006
Bush reaches out to advisers for Iraq strategy
President Bush opened three days of intensive consultations on Iraq, saying the United States and countries across the Middle East have a vital stake in helping the fragile government in Baghdad succeed...
CNN - December 11, 2006
Arctic Ice Melting Faster Than Expected
New studies project that the Arctic Ocean could be mostly open water in summer by 2040 — several decades earlier than previously expected...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Government Workers Protest in New Jersey
Workers protested attempts to overhaul the state’s pension and health systems as part of a tax reform package...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Dubai-Based Company Sells U.S. Port Businesses
Terminal operations at six American seaports were sold today, closing a controversial chapter in American policy...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Buttons at Trial Didn’t Bias Jury, Justices Say
The Supreme Court ruling, however, may not be the last word on the issue of spectator conduct...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
U.N. Chief Takes Parting Shot at Bush’s Diplomacy
Kofi Annan, the departing secretary general, challenged the Bush administration to shun go-it-alone diplomacy...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Bush Begins Round of Talks on Iraq
President Bush traveled to the State Department today as part of a round of consultations over how to reshape Iraq policy...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
U.S. Rebukes China on Trade Ahead of Paulson Visit
The Bush administration accused China today of failing to meet commitments to the World Trade Organization...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Palestinian Officer’s Sons Killed in Gaza
Gunmen killed three young boys today, further inflaming Palestinian factional tensions between Fatah and Hamas...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Shell Offers to Sell Stake in Russian Project to Gazprom
The Russian government’s campaign to tighten control over the country’s energy industry claimed its first prize from a foreign energy company today...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Longtime H.P. Executive to Retire and Leave Board
Hewlett-Packard’s longtime chief financial officer, Robert P. Wayman, will give up the post and his seat on the company’s board at the end of the year...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
DaimlerChrysler warning on jobs
DaimlerChrysler warns it could lay off up to 4,000 jobs at it North American truck operations next year...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Shuttle docks with space station
Space shuttle Discovery docks with the space station after an inspection showed no visible damage on lift-off...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Ohio Democrat seeks presidency
US anti-war congressman Dennis Kucinich announces a bid to run for the White House in 2008...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Bush seeks advice on Iraq policy
US President George W Bush begins three days of talks about Iraq as he considers possible policy changes...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Iran president faces rare protest
Iranian students stage a rare demonstration against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, setting off firecrackers and burning pictures of him as he delivers a speech at Tehran university, according to reports. But Iran's official state-run news agency says chants of "down with dictators" heard during the protest were directed at the United States and Britain...
CNN - December 11, 2006
Cruise ship scrubbed after second outbreak
The world's largest cruise ship was held in port in Miami, Florida, on Monday for intensive cleaning after a second outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in two voyages sickened 106 people...
CNN - December 11, 2006
Bush, State Department to consult on Iraq options
President Bush is piling up strategy sessions on Iraq, aiming to reverse the course of the war and energize his final two years in office...
CNN - December 11, 2006
Tears, joy at Pinochet's death
Thousands of Chileans flock to a chapel in Santiago to view the body of Augusto Pinochet, the former dictator who polarized the country. His death has prompted an outpouring of conflicting emotions in Chile, where Pinochet's legacy is still hotly disputed...
CNN - December 11, 2006
Getty to Return Gold Wreath to Greece
After nearly a year of negotiations, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has agreed to return a rare fourth-century B.C. gold funerary wreath to Greece that cultural officials there contend was illegally removed from Greek soil...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Holocaust Deniers and Skeptics Gather in Iran
They are discussing their theories about whether six million Jews were indeed killed by the Nazis...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Gaza Gunmen Kill 3 Sons of Palestinian Official
The incident further inflamed tensions between Fatah and Hamas that had been escalating...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Bidding War for Steelmaker Escalates
Attempts by competing Indian and Brazilian steelmakers to acquire the Anglo-Dutch steel producer Corus Group developed into a full-fledged bidding war today...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Times Sq. Ads Spread Via Tourists’ Cameras
Online, an army of consumers is spreading messages from advertisers well beyond Manhattan...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Challenge to Brazil billboard ban
A law banning billboards and hoardings in Brazil's biggest city is facing legal challenges from angry ad firms...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Violence, joy at Pinochet's death
Violent demonstrations break out across Chile on the news of ex-general Augusto Pinochet's death at the age of 91...
CNN - December 11, 2006
Obama Offers Flavor of a Campaign That Might Be
Senator Barack Obama visited the key campaign state selling a message of hope but proclaiming himself wary of the “hype” surrounding him...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Cricket: Windies aim to improve
West Indies coach Bennett King challenges his players to raise their game for the remaining one-dayers in Pakistan...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Tears, joy greet Pinochet death
Augusto Pinochet was one of Latin America's most controversial and notorious former military dictators. His death Sunday at 91 prompted violent demonstrations...
CNN - December 11, 2006
Troubled Prisons Push California to Seek a New Approach
With the election behind them, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers say the time is ripe for the first major overhaul of the system since the 1970s...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
50 Bullets, One Dead, and Many Questions
There was no early mention of a fourth man, and some officers did not remember firing, according to a report on the Queens shooting...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Katrina Begets a Baby Boom by Immigrants
Babies born to workers who flocked to toil on the city’s rebuilding are straining its decimated health system...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Joy, and Violence, at Death of Pinochet
Chileans celebrated the death of the former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Santiago but violence marred the revelry...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Treasury Bills Scheduled for This Week
The Treasury’s schedule of financings this week includes today’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Stock Offerings This Week
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Leonard M. Greene, 88, Inventor, Dies
Mr. Greene held more than 200 patents and developed an instrument to warn pilots that their plane was about to stall that is standard equipment on aircraft...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
A British Medical Device Maker Is Poised to Bid for a U.S. Rival
The European medical products manufacturer Smith & Nephew is expected to place a bid for the medical device maker Biomet sometime this week...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Addenda
Accounts...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Looking Ahead
THE INTEREST RATE WATCH The Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve Board will meet to consider a possible change in interest rates (Tuesday). In recent speeches, Fed governors have said that they remain concerned about inflation, an indication that they may be more inclined to raise rates than to lower them. Most analysts expect the Fed to leave the rate unchanged, but they will be scouring the statement released at the end of the meeting for signs of how the governors view the current state of the economy...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Drilling Down: Sales of iPods and iTunes Not Much in Sync
The numbers suggest that iPods are not driving iTunes sales as much as early supporters may have expected...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
American Sports Being Exported to New Fans in the Old World
A crowd of American sports leagues are racing to widen international appeal and revenue by playing more games abroad and expanding foreign marketing...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
A Caffeine Jolt for PBS Fund-Raising
The Public Broadcasting System has added a new revenue channel to the pledge drives and DVD sales it uses to supplement its federal funding: a PBS coffee blend...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Alloy Holds Out Promise of Speedier Memory Chip
Scientists have developed an alloy they say can be used to create memory chips more than 500 times as fast as today’s flash chips...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Who Needs Europe, Anyway? Turkey Has Its Very Own MTV
An ad campaign for the new MTV Turkey network highlights the sometimes bittersweet relationship between Turkey and the West...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Insurer Rejects a Proposal
The British insurer Prudential said on Sunday that it had rejected an approach from a potential bidder for its online bank Egg...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
The Media Equation: Not Boasting, Even Though He Could
Donald E. Graham’s financial engineering has allowed The Washington Post Company to remain invested in journalism in a way that few other media companies can afford...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
YouTube Adds a Layer of Filtering to Be a Little Nicer
YouTube has changed its layout for some videos posted by CBS, placing user comments on a separate page instead of directly beneath each video...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
From Reuters, Automatic Trading Linked to News Events
The Reuters Group will begin selling two trading services on Monday that allow subscribers to set up automatic trading orders based on the news...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
To Get Viewers for Reruns, a ‘Sopranos’ Game
The online game A&E is using to promote reruns of the Sopranos is part of a trend toward marketing contests that require hunting around in the real world...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
E-Commerce Report: Online Swindlers Shift Focus to Smaller Retailers
The holiday season typically brings a surge in the number of fraudulent online orders, and smaller online retailers are being hit especially hard this year...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Advertising: Selling Fuel Efficiency the Green Way
Car companies’ ads are emphasizing fuel efficiency again, and not just as a way to spare the wallet this time, but also as a way to save the planet...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
In Web Traffic Tallies, Intruders Can Say You Visited Them
In order to increase the count of users of their sites, some Web publishers are automatically popping up articles, then counting the pop-up as a page view...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Squeezing Money From the Music
Major labels have begun demanding a cut of concert earnings or T-shirt, ring tone and merchandise revenue from new artists seeking record contracts...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
S.E.C. to Ease Auditing Standards for Small Publicly Held Companies
The long-awaited interpretation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is the culmination of a fierce lobbying battle between accounting firms and small public companies...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Hottest Ad Space in Times Square May Be on Tourists’ Cameras
Online, an army of consumers is spreading advertisers’ messages well beyond Manhattan...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Stronger Rules on Produce Likely After Outbreaks of E.Coli
Outbreaks have caused the produce industry, long wary of regulation, to ask for more government oversight...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Equity Firms in Talks to Buy Sabre Holdings
Sabre Holdings, the travel reservation company, is in advanced talks to be sold to a consortium of private equity firms for more than $4 billion...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Hedging ’06: Year to Read the Caveats
After a strong 2005, 2006 earnings have shown that hedge-fund investing is hard, and no one — not even Goldman Sachs — is infallible...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
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