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US News Archive for July 2005:
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Rove Comes Under New Scrutiny in C.I.A. Disclosure Case
The White House faced a barrage of queries about Karl Rove's role in the disclosure of a C.I.A. operative's identity...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
With Sadness and Anger, Bosnian Muslims Recall Executions
American and European leaders again promised that two Bosnian Serb leaders indicted for the killings would be brought to justice...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Weather Permitting, Shuttle Still on Track for Launch
NASA officials today said the space shuttle Discovery is on track for launching on Wednesday...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
DreamWorks Forecasts Loss and Its Stock Plunges
Shares of DreamWorks Animation fell 13.2 percent today after the company forecast a second-quarter loss...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Sprint's Deal for US Wired Clears Way for Acquisition of Nextel
In a deal that eliminates a potential obstacle to Sprint's proposed acquisition of Nextel Communications, Sprint agreed to pay $1.3 billion to acquire US Unwired...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Sprint pays $1.3bn to buy partner
US mobile group Sprint buys partner US Unwired in a $1.3bn deal that will also end a series of legal rows between the two...
BBC News - July 11, 2005
Rove 'spoke to press' in CIA leak
A top Bush adviser spoke to a reporter about a CIA agent days before her identity was leaked, reports say...
BBC News - July 11, 2005
For Time Inc. Reporter, a Frenzied Decision to Testify
Matthew Cooper, it turns out, never spoke to his source the day he told the judge that his source would allow him to testify...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
In Poker World Series, a Novice Flirts With Glory
A graduate of Montclair State University earned a trip to Las Vegas and a seat worth $10,000 in the 36th annual World Series of Poker...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Effects of Hurricane Still Being Felt in Southern States
The National Weather Service said that there was still a threat of flooding in parts of some states, including Florida and Georgia...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
VNU Agrees to Buy IMS Health for $6.7 Billion
The merger plans, announced this morning, come amid continuing consolidation in the media, marketing and information services industries...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Morgan's Co-Chief Quits With $32 Million Package
Stephen S. Crawford resigned less than two weeks after he signed an employment agreement that would pay him $32 million if he left by early August...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
CIA leak case rocks US media
US journalists meet the case against two of their own over a leaked CIA name with dismay and much soul-searching, says the BBC's Elinor Shields...
BBC News - July 11, 2005
Dreamworks slumps on profit alert
Shares in Dreamworks fall 12%, as it warns on profits and says regulators are probing trading in its stock...
BBC News - July 11, 2005
Mitsubishi in Westinghouse bid
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan could make an offer for BNFL's US nuclear power station firm Westinghouse...
BBC News - July 11, 2005
Cycling: Armstrong ready for test
Lance Armstrong is unfazed at losing the yellow jersey as the Tour de France reaches the mountains...
BBC News - July 11, 2005
Vietnamese Writer Won't Be Silenced
Duong Thu Huong has been arrested and has seen her books banned. Despite all this, her priority is to denounce the Hanoi government as irremediably corrupt and abusive...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Bosnian Muslims Retrace Steps of Those Killed in 1995
About 500 Bosnian Muslim men set out on the final day of their re-enactment of the "march of death" a decade ago this week...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Rice calls for pressure on Burma
The US secretary of state calls on Thailand and other South-East Asian nations to push Burma towards reform...
BBC News - July 11, 2005
China and US trade talks kick off
Discussions between China and US over their prickly trade relationship start in Beijing, with textiles and piracy high on the agenda...
BBC News - July 11, 2005
Hurricane Hits the Gulf Coast as It Weakens
As it raced across the Florida Panhandle, Hurricane Dennis fell short of the destructive powers officials had feared...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
A Drug Scourge Creates Its Own Form of Orphan
In rural areas, the number of children taken from parents who were using or making methamphetamine has risen rapidly...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Specter Offers a Suggestion for Chief Justice: O'Connor
Senator Arlen Specter's suggestion was the clearest of his several recent signals that he plans to steer his own course...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
British News Media Reacted to Bombings With a Measure of Caution
Many of the first images of the London attacks came from bombing victims and other travelers, not British television news...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Why Do So Many Consumers Choose Frills When Plain-Old Will Do? Pure Laziness
We are too busy to spend time on every decision we face, so we take the first option given...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Most Editors Say They'd Publish Articles Based on Leaks
In the wake of a decision by the editor of The Cleveland Plain Dealer to withhold two articles based on leaked government documents for fear of criminal prosecution, editors of major newspapers said last week they saw no reason to back off such stories...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
A Tough Call, and Then Consequences
In deciding to turn over Matt Cooper's notes to prosecutors, Norman Pearlstine, the editor in chief of Time Inc., helped protect the business interests of his company...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Flight Attendants Recalled
CHICAGO, July 10 (AP) - United Airlines has called back 600 flight attendants who earlier took voluntary layoffs, and company officials said they would invite 851 more to return to work by late fall...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Yes, T-Mobile Is Profitable, but What to Do With It?
Reports last week that Deutsche Telekom may be willing to sell its subsidiary, T-Mobile USA, has set people who follow the industry abuzz about the company's uncertain future...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
I.B.M. and Partner May Offer Broadband From a Wall Plug
I.B.M. will announce a partnership today with CenterPoint Energy, a utility based in Houston, to develop broadband services to be delivered over electric power lines...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Price War Ensues for Latest 'Harry Potter'
With the release of the sixth...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
The Business Week Ahead
REMEDY Already considered an innovator in cancer treatments, Genentech will report its quarterly earnings but analysts, investors and even patients may be watching to see how the company drug maker will capitalize on recent positive clinical trials for its potential blockbuster drugs Avastin and Herceptin. (Monday.)...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Congress Urged to Extend Help After Attacks
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is set to expire at the end of the year, creating uncertainty in the real estate and construction industries...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Red, White and Beer? A Brewer's Strong Talk
Anheuser-Busch is taking some chances by circulating marketing materials that may cross the line from patriotism to jingoism...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
No Corn Cob Bob on Canada Day's Guest List
A Canadian mascot promoting the use of renewable energy was banned from attending Canada Day celebrations after the oil company Shell complained...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Reality TV Workers Sue Producers and Networks
A lawsuit filed last week against producers and broadcasters of reality television shows accused those companies of planning to falsify payroll records...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Internet Banner Ads Look to Get More Interesting (and Thus Less Easy to Ignore)
Banner ads, the Internet's favorite petri dish, have begun yet another round of experimentation, this time as shopping assistants...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
California Utility Workers Claim Bias in Pension Changes
Employees of the Southern California Gas Company have sued the utility, arguing that changes it made to its pension fund in 1998 violated federal and state laws...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Diners Walk Through One Door and Visit Two Restaurants
Yum Brands is one of several restaurant companies that are combining two different restaurants under one roof...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
In Video Game, a Download Unlocks Hidden Sex Scenes
Code that can be downloaded over the Internet unlocks sexually explicit scenes in the best-selling video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
Another China Bank Is Courted by the West
Goldman Sachs and Allianz of Germany are in talks to acquire a $1 billion stake in China's largest state-owned bank...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
A DVD Standoff in Hollywood
Can movie studios break the deadlock between the rival camps developing the next generation of digital video discs, players and recorders?...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
VNU Is Nearing Deal to Buy IMS Health for $6.7 Billion
The purchase, expected to be announced on Monday, would be a further commitment to the U.S. market by VNU, the Dutch publishing and market research company...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
First Vioxx Suit: Entryway Into a Legal Labyrinth?
Jurors in the first Vioxx trial, set to begin this Thursday, are likely to hear two starkly differing views of Merck and the way it researched and marketed the drug...
New York Times - July 11, 2005
The strange case of Cyrus Kar
The continuing detention of the US Iranian-born film-maker Cyrus Kar by the US military in Iraq has astounded his relatives and human rights groups convinced of his innocence...
BBC News - July 11, 2005
Cycling: Armstrong loses lead
Lance Armstrong loses his grip on the yellow jersey as Denmark's Mickael Rasmussen wins stage nine...
BBC News - July 11, 2005
'Over-friendly' brain clues found
Scientists uncover genetic clues about what happens in the brain to
make some people "over-friendly"...
BBC News - July 11, 2005
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