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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 January 2008:
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City Room: Old Trees of New York, Reborn
A tree care company based is helping the Parks and Recreation Department to make genetic reproductions of 25 "historic" trees across New York City using grafting...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
The Pour: Too Much Alcohol or Just Right?
Adam Tolmach of Ojail Vineyard says his wines have too much alcohol, or does he?...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
TV Decoder: Throwing the Globes Wide Open
The Golden Globes press conference will not be a NBC News exclusive, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Friday. The announcement capped a hectic week of haggling between the press association, NBC, the Writers Guild of America, and representatives for the actors who had said they would not cross picket lines to attend the awards show. On Monday the press [...]...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
The Lede: The Lede: Instant Jury Duty for Shoppers
One answer to a juror shortage: Dispatch sheriff's deputies to drag people in off the street...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
One Dead in Attack on Transit Worker
Detectives were still trying to sort out what happened when a transit worker walking home converged with a bystander and three muggers armed with a curved knife...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Directors and Producers to Start Negotiations
The announcement promises to be a significant break in the entertainment industry?s troubled labor situations...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Pregnant Marine Is Dead, Officials Say
Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, who disappeared on December 14, is believed to be dead, authorities said...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Campaign Turns to Economic Concerns
The candidates from both parties were trying on Friday to generate momentum for policies designed to keep the country from sinking into recession...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Indians Hit the Road Amid Elephants
As incomes rise and cheap cars proliferate, Indians are developing a new affection for the automobile...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Merck Licenses Bone Drug for Generic Sale
The drugmaker signed a deal to authorize a generic form of its osteoporosis drug Fosamax, which has annual sales of $3 billion, making it the world?s top-selling drug for osteoporosis...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Europe and U.S. Diverge on Rate Prospects
As the Fed signaled it would likely cut interest rates, the U.S. central bank and its European counterpart are showing diverging readings of the economic tea leaves...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Bank Agrees to Buy Troubled Loan Giant for $4 Billion
The deal will bolster Bank of America?s position in the mortgage market while rescuing Countrywide from possible bankruptcy...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Tiffany?s Downturn Jolts Luxury Retailing
Tiffany?s holiday slowdown was unexpected and sent jitters through the luxury-goods industry, which had seemed invulnerable, even as the housing market began to sputter...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Stocks Drop Sharply Amid Subprime Woes
Markets fell on Friday as losses stemming from subprime home loans struck two prominent players in the financial industry...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Cricket: S Africa batter Windies
Ashwell Prince and AB de Villiers hit centuries to cement South Africa's advantage on day two of the deciding Test against West Indies...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
US stocks hit by economy fears
The Dow Jones slumps nearly 250 points amid fears that the US economy could see a severe slowdown...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Bush visits Gulf with peace plan
US President George W Bush takes his Mid-East peace plan to the Gulf states, starting with talks in Kuwait...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Yellow fever scare sweeps Brazil
Brazil confirms a man who died in the capital did have yellow fever, as hundreds queue for vaccinations...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Paper Cuts: Questions for Buzz Bissinger
Buzz Bissinger (buzzbissinger.com) Buzz Bissinger's books include "Friday Night Lights" and "A Prayer for the City." 1) What are you working on? I am currently working on a book for Penguin Press with the tentative title of "Father's Day." It is a book about my relationship with my twin sons, who are now 24. They were born three [...]...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Christopher Bowman, U.S. Skater, Dies
Mr. Bowman was a former U.S. figure skating champion dubbed ?Bowman the Showman? for his flair on the ice...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
The Lede: Of All Things in Baghdad, Snow
Here's a development we can all overinterpret to a fare-thee-well if we're of a mind: It snowed in Baghdad this morning, for the first time in living memory. Video And The Lede has the video to prove it, shot on a cell-phone camera by Ahmad Fadam, an Iraqi employee of The New York Times, as he drove [...]...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
The Lede Blog: Pregnant Marine Is Found Dead
Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach?s body was found, and an officer has been named as a suspect, an official said...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Marion Jones Sentenced to Six Months in Prison
Marion Jones pleaded guilty in October to lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Northern Rock Sells Some Assets
Northern Rock, one of Britain?s biggest casualties of the credit crisis, sold part of its mortgage portfolio to JPMorgan as it seeks to repay about £25 billion, or $49 billion, in emergency financing...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Chrysler and Nissan in Production Deal
Chrysler and Nissan of Japan took the first step toward a possible broader alliance Friday, reaching agreement for Nissan to supply Chrysler with a small car to be sold in South America...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens
Record oil prices widened the deficit in November as the cost of imported petroleum outpaced a modest rise in exports...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Bank Agrees to Buy Troubled Loan Giant for $4 Billion
Bank of America will pay in stock for Countrywide Financial, the lender that became a symbol of the excesses that led to the subprime mortgage crisis...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Stocks Slide Amid Subprime Woes
Stocks dropped sharply in morning trading as a familiar scourge ? losses stemming from subprime home loans ? struck two prominent players in the financial industry...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
US trade deficit widens sharply
The US trade deficit has expanded to its highest level in 14 months, official data shows...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Asian voters in US 'got raw deal'
Many Asian Americans faced discrimination during US mid-term elections in 2006, a civil rights group says...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
US plan Anbar security handover
Security control for a province that was once Iraq's most dangerous could transfer to Iraqi forces by March, say officials...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Released hostage eager to see son
Released Colombian hostage Clara Rojas says she is eager to be reunited with her son who was born in captivity...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Bank of America buys Countrywide
Bank of America agrees to buy mortgage firm Countrywide Financial, which has been hit by the credit crisis...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
The Caucus: Ploy for ?Uncommitted? in Michigan
Rarely do people work so hard to drum up votes for no one in particular...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Kenya Opposition Party Calls Protests
Kenya?s main opposition party called Friday for mass rallies nationwide in the wake of the African Union?s failure to resolve a deadly election dispute...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
China Trade Surplus Up Nearly 50%, Despite Safety Fears
China?s global trade surplus soared nearly 50 percent last year to a record despite an avalanche of safety warnings and recalls of Chinese-made products abroad...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Music pirates of the Caribbean
Trinidad & Tobago's annual carnival always produces plenty of hit tunes - but more copies are sold by pirate vendors than in regular shops...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Republicans debate economy
The US economy leads the Republican agenda as presidential hopefuls hold a debate ahead of the next primaries...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Weinstein studio in writers' deal
Bob and Harvey Weinstein's studio reaches a deal with striking movie writers to allow it to resume working...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Cruise photo case man sentenced
A man who helped try to force Tom Cruise to pay $1.3m for photos of his wedding is given two years probation...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
US army clears Abu Ghraib officer
A US army officer who ran the interrogation unit of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail is cleared of any wrongdoing...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
City Room: Mayor Bloomberg?s Snacks
After a photograph shows the mayor reaching for a bag of Cheez-It Baked Snack Crackers, the mayor -- known for his public health and nutrition measures -- is taken to task...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
The Moment Blog: The Noise from Brazil | Fashion Rio
Gisele Bundchen was just one hightlight of the scene at Rio's fashion week...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
TV Decoder Blog: $2.7 Million for a Super Bowl Ad
Fox Broadcasting "has sold all but one of the 63 30-second commercials that it plans to run" during the Super Bowl on Feb. 3, Stuart Elliott reports in Friday's New York Times. "The average cost of each 30 seconds of commercial time is estimated at $2.7 million, compared with $2.6 million for spots in Super [...]...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Study Finds Possible Targets for H.I.V. Drugs
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified 273 proteins that the AIDS virus needs to survive in human cells, which could lead to new strategies for combating the disease...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Calls Grow for Bloomberg to Make Up His Mind
Michael Bloomberg?s dalliance with the idea of running for president is suddenly sparking a backlash...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Shu Uemura, 79, Makeup Artist, Dies
Mr. Uemura, a Japanese makeup artist, won acclaim in Hollywood and then built an international cosmetics brand under his name...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Vincent Gruppuso, 67, Seller of Pudding Snacks, Dies
Mr. Gruppuso was the founder of Kozy Shack Enterprises, a company in Hicksville, Long Island, that sells millions of four-ounce cups of pudding, particularly rice pudding...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Wholesale Inventories Rise, Suggesting Output May Fall
Inventories at wholesalers rose more than forecast in November and sales increased, reflecting rising prices for oil and farm products...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Charles M. Taylor, 78, Atlanta Real Estate Developer, Is Dead
Mr. Taylor?s projects helped shape skylines in several Southern metropolitan areas...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Revenues Fall at Most Atlantic City Casinos
Only three casinos in Atlantic City, the gambling resort which for years has known nothing but growth, reported increasing revenue for the year...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Burned by Investing in Troubled Times
Scores of investors have sought to profit by buying into troubled financial firms at low prices: so far their investments have failed to make much of a profit...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Shares Up, Aided by Talk of Bank Deal
Investors found renewed confidence in a report that Bank of America is close to buying the struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Weinstein Company Makes a Deal With Guild Writers
The deal contains provisions that will allow it to be superseded by any agreement ultimately reached with the major companies through their bargaining group, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
F.C.C. Allows Radio Buyout
The $19.5 billion deal will take Clear Channel Communications, the nation?s largest radio broadcaster, private...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
American Express Warns About Earnings
The company will take a $275 million fourth-quarter charge as more cardholders fail to repay their debts...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Wal-Mart?s Holiday Strategy Proved a Timely One
After a period of experimentation with sleeker fashion and upscale merchandise Wal-Mart, in 2007, returned with a vengeance to the strategy that built it into the world?s largest retailer: low prices...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Credit Suisse Pursuing a Partnership in the Chinese Market
Credit Suisse announced Thursday that it was seeking to form a joint venture with a Chinese brokerage firm, Founder Securities...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Blackstone to Buy Hedge Fund to Strengthen Credit Operations
The Blackstone Group agreed to buy GSO Capital Partners as it seeks to build its credit operations amid tough market conditions...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
High & Low Finance: Banks Plead They Can?t Follow Rules
As the mortgage mess grows, we are learning more and more about just how sloppy things were in the mortgage-issuing business...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Britain Shows New Enthusiasm for Nuclear Power Plants
The British government on Thursday approved plans to refresh the country?s fleet of nuclear reactors, and he invited companies to offer plans to build and operate the plants...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Leader of Microsoft?s Office Business Is Retiring
Jeff Raikes, a 26-year veteran of Microsoft, plans to retire later this year and the company announced that it was reaching outside its ranks for his successor...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Advertising: Tide to Make Its Super Bowl Debut
Tide, the biggest detergent brand in America ? sold by the biggest advertiser in America ? will appear for the first time on the biggest day for advertising in America...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Delta Executives Consider Merger Talks
Executives of the carrier want to engage in merger discussions with United Airlines and Northwest Airlines as a way to cut costs and stay profitable...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
NYSE Urges China to Be Flexible on Where Companies Raise Capital
With an economic boom in developing countries, established stock exchanges are increasingly dependent on attracting business from companies based far from their home countries...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Cuomo Subpoenas Intel Over Antitrust Accusations
The New York State attorney general issued a wide-ranging subpoena as part of an investigation into whether the Intel Corporation violated federal or state antitrust laws...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Giant Write-Down Is Seen for Merrill
Merrill Lynch is expected to suffer $15 billion in losses stemming from soured mortgage investments, almost double its original estimate...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
In Writers Strike, Signs of Internal Discontent Over Tactics
Some writers wonder whether the guild?s militant tactics are actually doing more damage than good...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Hot Prospect for Oil?s Big League
A huge underwater oil field discovered late last year has the potential to transform Brazil into a sizable exporter and win it a seat at the table of the world?s oil cartel...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Fed Chief Signals Further Rate Cut
Ben S. Bernanke sent a strong signal that the central bank will lower interest rates again this month as it attempts to stave off a recession...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Poor December at Retailers; Most Report Drops in Sales
The weakest holiday shopping season in five years ended dismally for most retailers, stoking fears that the economy is tipping into a recession...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Bank May Buy Troubled Giant in Home Loans
Countrywide Financial, the troubled lender that became a symbol of the excesses that led to the subprime mortgage crisis, is negotiating a sale to Bank of America...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
FBI wiretaps cut for unpaid bills
The FBI has had some of its telephone wiretaps disconnected because it failed to pay its bills on time...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
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