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US News Archive for September 2007:
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2008 politics woven through Iraq hearings
The 2008 presidential campaign and the debate over the U.S. role in Iraq came together Tuesday as five White House hopefuls got a chance to question the Bush administration's top officials in the war effort. full story...
CNN - September 11, 2007
Diner's Journal Blog: The Farmers Fed Them All
Eating local at FarmAid...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Bits Blog: OMG! Yahoo Has Copycat Gossip
Yahoo's gossip site OMG is gaining traffic on AOL's TMZ. But all it has is content from others...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
City Room: Rise in H.I.V. Infections in Young Men
New data from the city's Health Department show an increase in H.I.V. infection rates among young men...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Near Ground Zero, Much Is Changed on 6th Anniversary
Unlike the sunny day of the attacks, this year?s skies were dark and rainy and the ceremony was moved from ground zero...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Economic Scene: Larger Message Emerges From Summer Jobs Slump
We unquestionably live better than we used to, but there are real reasons to worry whether the economic gains can continue at anything like their recent pace...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Stocks End Higher on Hopes for Rate Cut
Wall Street rose sharply today as investors grew more confident that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates next week...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
No Easy Answers on Credit Crunch, Paulson Says
The Treasury secretary cautioned that the turmoil in the nation?s credit markets ?will take a while to work through.?...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Germans See Imitation in Chinese Cars
BMW has filed suit against Shuanghuan Automobile to prohibit the sale of the CEO, which the German automaker says is a knockoff of its X5 sport utility vehicle...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Harvard Money Manager to Return to Pimco
Mohamed El-Erian, who has managed Harvard University?s $34.9 billion endowment since 2006, is resigning to return to work at Pacific Investment Management Company...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Fed Chief Concerned on Trade Balance
Ben S. Bernanke expressed concern today over trade imbalances between emerging and industrial nations...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
OPEC Agrees to Increase Oil Output
OPEC said it will increase production by 500,000 barrels a day, but oil futures nonetheless surged to a record close...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Girl, 14, fled abuse, 'mind control' of polygamy
Sara Hammon saw her sisters pulled out of school to be married to men they didn't know. She dreaded a similar fate. And so, she ran away from Warren Jeffs' polygamous compound before she was old enough to drive. full story...
CNN - September 11, 2007
Group claims it fired rocket into Israel
Islamic Jihad said it fired a longer-distance, shrapnel-packed missile into an Israeli military base early Tuesday -- wounding dozens of soldiers -- as part of its mission to hit targets deeper into Israel, a spokesman for the militant group told CNN. full story...
CNN - September 11, 2007
Petraeus: Surge must show results by March
The top U.S. commander in Iraq says the troop surge should show results in the next few months or he would be "very hard-pressed" to recommend an extension. Gen. David Petraeus told senators there needed to be gains on top of advances he said there had been in security. full story...
CNN - September 11, 2007
Goal: How North Korea Wounded the U.S. Team
North Korea dominated possession and scored twice while the United States was a player short for several minutes in the second half before Heather O'Reilly tied the game...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
The Caucus: Big Labor Endorsement Looms
The Democratic candidates compete for a powerful endorsement from the service employees union...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
The Lede: Bin Laden Appears in 9/11 Video
Another videotaped appearance by Osama bin Laden emerges on a solemn day of mourning...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Hundreds Gather in Rain to Mark Sixth Anniversary of Attacks
At the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Lower Manhattan, families of the dead, public officials and visitors assembled to mourn and remember...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
World Business Briefing: The Netherlands: Royal Philips Raises Forecast
Royal Philips Electronics, one of Europe?s largest makers of medical equipment and electronics, said it would more than double profit by 2010 as it streamlines the company. The chief executive, Gerard Kleisterlee, left, said the company was also pursuing acquisitions in health care, lighting and consumer lifestyles, with a focus on emerging markets, namely those in Asia. ?We are always in talks,? he said. ?The timing of acquisitions is always unpredictable.? Philips is paring its business units into three sectors, which will save an estimated 150 million euros to 200 million euros ($205 million to $274 million) by 2010, Mr. Kleisterlee said...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
World Business Briefing: Japan: Canon to Build an Ink Factory
Canon will invest about 80 billion yen ($709 million) to build a factory in northern Japan to make ink cartridges for printers and photocopiers. Canon, which is based in Tokyo, said construction of the factory in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, will start in November and production will begin in August next year...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
World Business Briefing: China: Toyota Considers a New Plant
The Toyota Motor Corporation said it might need more production capacity in China to meet demand as sales there rise at about nine times the pace of those in the United States. ?We are looking at the possibility of a new plant,? an executive vice president, Mitsuo Kinoshita, said at an investor conference in New York, without elaborating. Toyota, based in Toyota City, Japan, began building its seventh factory in China in June...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
World Business Briefing: Japan: Economy Contracted in Spring Quarter
Japan?s economy contracted in the April-June quarter, the government said in a revision of its preliminary estimate that it had expanded. The latest data suggest that Japan?s economy may be suffering a slowdown in its pace of growth, making it harder for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates anytime soon. The government said the nation?s gross domestic product fell 1.2 percent on an annual basis in the April-June period, the first contraction in three quarters. Its preliminary estimate was that the economy had grown 0.5 percent in the spring quarter...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
World Business Briefing: China: Blackstone Buys Stake in Chemical Group
The Blackstone Group, the private equity firm, bought a 20 percent stake in a Chinese chemical company in its first deal in the country since a Chinese government fund bought into the group. Blackstone, which is based in New York, paid $600 million for the stake in the state-owned China National BlueStar Corporation, the two companies said. The deal, which requires regulatory approval, cements Blackstone?s status as a central player on the mainland. China National Bluestar is a unit of the China National Chemical Corporation, a state-owned enterprise better known as ChemChina...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
AT&T Aims to Put Its Mark on Mobility
AT&T is taking the next step in its marketing makeover with an extensive brand advertising campaign, scheduled to begin today, that is focused on mobile lifestyles...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Inflation and Trade Data Add to Pressure on China
China?s inflation rose to 6.5 percent in August, an 11-year high, and the trade surplus widened by 33 percent to $24.97 billion, the second-highest monthly level on record...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
U.S. Trade Gap Narrows in July
Exports continued to grow this year at a stronger pace than imports, even though both categories set records, the Commerce Department reported...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Smaller Rise in Health Premiums
The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums has increased 6.1 percent this year, below the 7.7 percent increase in 2006, a new report says...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Fed Chief Calls for Efforts to Balance World Trade
Ben S. Bernanke said a global ?savings glut? has helped keep interest rates low, but he expressed concern over trade imbalances between emerging and industrial nations...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Stocks Hold Gains on Rate Cut Hopes
Wall Street held on to sharp gains today after the Fed chief gave no clues about the central bank?s intentions when it meets to discuss interest rates next week...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
OPEC Agrees on Increase in Output
OPEC agreed today to increase its crude output by 500,000 barrels a day in an effort to calm jittery markets...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Opec agrees to raise oil output
Opec members agree to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels a day to meet concerns about rising demand...
BBC News - September 11, 2007
Texan 'gave millions to Saddam'
A US oil billionaire goes on trial accused of paying millions of dollars to Saddam Hussein's government...
BBC News - September 11, 2007
Mexico police probe truck inferno
Mexican police investigate a truck explosion that is now known to have killed 28 people...
BBC News - September 11, 2007
Rocket hurts dozens in Israel
Almost 70 Israeli soldiers were injured early Tuesday when Palestinian militants hit their base with a Qassam rocket, an Israel Defense Forces Spokeswoman said. full story...
CNN - September 11, 2007
In Poll, Voters See Strengths and Flaws in Giuliani
Rudolph W. Giuliani does not have a substantial advantage with Republican voters when it comes to who they think can best fight terrorism, according to a poll...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Sharif?s Exile Challenged in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Lawyers for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif filed a petition in the Supreme Court Tuesday challenging his expulsion to Saudi Arabia, setting up another confrontation between the judiciary and Pakistan's military ruler as he battles to hold onto power...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Democrats See Politics in a Governor?s Jailing
The case could be the centerpiece of an effort to show that the Justice Department engaged in political prosecutions...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Museum Review | 'Here Is New York': Remembering Lower Manhattan?s Day of Horror, Without Pomp or Circumstance
The new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society will jump-start the memories of any New Yorker who witnessed Sept. 11, 2001...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
An Opportunity for Wall St. in China?s Surveillance Boom
The ties between China?s surveillance industry and American capital markets are starting to draw Washington?s attention...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Lewis buys 7% Bear Stearns stake
Billionaire UK investor Joseph Lewis spends $860m buying a 7% stake in struggling US bank Bear Stearns...
BBC News - September 11, 2007
Oscar-winner Jane Wyman dies
Jane Wyman, the Oscar-winning actress and first wife of former US President Ronald Reagan, dies aged 90...
BBC News - September 11, 2007
Oil prices rise on Mexico attacks
Oil prices surge to near record highs after production facilities are attacked by a rebel group in Mexico...
BBC News - September 11, 2007
Colombian 'drug lord' is captured
Police in Colombia capture Diego Montoya, accused of being the country's top cocaine trafficker...
BBC News - September 11, 2007
Five guilty in Chicago mob trial
A US jury finds four mobsters and an ex-policeman guilty of a conspiracy that included murder and extortion...
BBC News - September 11, 2007
Congo Confirms Deadly Illness Outbreak as Ebola
Lab results have confirmed a deadly illness outbreak in southeastern Congo as Ebola fever, officials said Monday...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Clinton to Return Money Linked to Fund-Raiser
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s campaign will return approximately $850,000 to donors who were tapped by Norman Hsu, a disgraced fund-raiser...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Chance of Recovery for Bills? Everett Is ?Bleak?
Team doctors said Kevin Everett was paralyzed from the shoulders down and his condition was potentially fatal after he was injured while covering the second-half kickoff in the Bills? loss on Sunday...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Jane Wyman, 90, Star of Film and TV, Is Dead
Jane Wyman won an Oscar for her performance in the movie ?Johnny Belinda? and was the first wife of President Ronald Reagan...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Democrats Question Prosecution of a Governor
A new investigation could become the centerpiece of a Democratic effort to show that the Justice Department engaged in political prosecutions...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Bloomberg Tries to Move the City Beyond 9/11 Grief
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has played an essential role in nudging New York City to gradually let go of its grief...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Consumer Credit Slowed in July
ASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (Bloomberg News) ? Consumers borrowed less in July than in June, the Federal Reserve reported on Monday...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Loss at Take-Two Is Smaller Than Forecast
Take-Two Interactive Software posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Monday, helped by sales of games like The Darkness...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
In 3 Months, iPhone Sales Top a Million
Apple Inc. has sold its millionth iPhone less than three months after the device?s debut, allaying investor concerns that demand had slowed...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Schumer Mortgage Plan
Senator Charles E. Schumer proposed on Monday that two government-sponsored mortgage giants be allowed to increase their role in the home loan market...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
St. Louis Fed President to Retire
William Poole is currently a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the group that sets interest rate policy in the United States...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Billionaire Buys Big Stake in Bear Stearns
The billionaire Joseph C. Lewis has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns, acquiring $860.4 million worth of the investment bank?s sagging stock...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Nervous Market Ends the Day Mixed
Wall Street finished a volatile session mixed yesterday as investors grappled with the possibility that the Federal Reserve might not lower interest rates as much as they hope...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Problems Go Beyond Lead Paint, Canadian Study Says
Design flaws, not Chinese manufacturing problems, are the cause of the vast majority of American toy recalls over the last two decades...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Advertising: A Genetic Test That Very Few Need, Marketed to the Masses
A genetic test marketed by Myriad Gentics is causing great concern among cancer and genetics experts...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Anita Roddick, Founder of Body Shop Cosmetics Chain, Dies at 64
Anita Roddick used her international cosmetics chain to promote eco-friendly practices long before they were widely fashionable...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
A ?Today? at a Time, Until Finally She Has a Year
Meredith Vieira, from pressured start to first anniversary, has succeeded in extending the weekly winning streak of the ?Today? show into a second decade...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
On The Road: Turns Out There?s a Reason for Those 3-Ounce Bottles
Tests show that a container of a certain size is needed for an effective explosion to blow up an aircraft...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Eau de Hotel
The latest trend in hotel design is to appeal to all five of a guest?s senses, offering what may be described as a ?sensory stay.?...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Cabinet Study Says Safety Must Precede U.S. Border
A working group appointed by President Bush recommended a food inspection approach that focuses on points of vulnerability that arise before products like food and toys reach the United States...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Report of Cancer Hurts Maker of Chip Implants
Shares of Applied Digital Solutions and its publicly traded subsidiary, VeriChip, fell as investors reacted to a report over the weekend linking the tiny radio device to cancer...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Intel Raises Its Outlook; Rival Offers New Chip
In making the announcement, Intel cited stronger-than-expected demand for microprocessors and high hopes for the back-to-school shopping season...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Casual Fans Are Driving Growth of Video Games
The $13 billion video game industry is counting on new customers this Christmas, as gaming growth is coming largely from outside traditional demographics...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Paulson Urges Restraint in Policy on China Trade
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said Monday that enacting legislation aimed at punishing China over its economic policies could unsettle markets...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Utility Will Use Batteries to Store Wind Power
American Electric Power, a coal-burning utility company that is looking for ways to connect more wind power to its grid, plans to install huge banks of high-technology batteries...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
In the Ashes of His Life as a Broker, Inspiration
Jordan Belfort, a former boiler room kingpin who now calls himself a moral man, says he sees his new confessional memoir as an atonement of sorts...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Reshaping the Architecture of Memory
If an idea being kicked around in an I.B.M. lab is correct, electronic devices could potentially hold 10 to 100 times more data in the same amount of space...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Guilty Plea Seen Aiding Tax Shelter Prosecution
The plea by David Amir Makov is expected to bolster the government?s investigation of Deutsche Bank over its work with questionable shelters...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
Why Lead in Toy Paint? It?s Cheaper
Paint with higher levels of lead often sells for a third of the cost of paint with low levels, so Chinese factory owners sometimes cut corners and use the cheaper leaded paint...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
An Opportunity for Wall Street in China?s Surveillance Boom
The ties between Wall Street and China?s surveillance industry are starting to draw Washington?s attention...
New York Times - September 11, 2007
9/11 demolition theory challenged
An analysis of the World Trade Center collapse challenges an oft-repeated conspiracy theory about 9/11...
BBC News - September 11, 2007
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