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US News Archive for November 2007:
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Bits Blog: A First Look at the Google Phone
Google gives a first look at what Google Phones based on the Android software will look like. Think iPhone...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
The Lede Blog: U.S. Link to Finland School Shooting
The online chats between the shooter in Finland and the accused plotter of a school shooting in Pa...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
City Room: Fining the Hands That Feed Pigeons
According to Councilman Simcha Felder, a "pigeon czar" and birth control may be what the city needs to get its wild-pigeon population under control...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Dow Ends the Day Below 13,000
After a fractious session Wall Street closed below 13,000 for the first time since August on expectations of further fallout from the ongoing credit crisis...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Justices May Hear Second Amendment Case
The Supreme Court will be asked to interpret the right to ?keep and bear arms? if it weighs in on Washington?s strict gun-control law...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
From Ants to People, an Instinct to Swarm
Researchers are discovering simple rules that allow thousands of animals to form a collective brain able to make decisions and move like a single organism...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Findings Could Ease Concerns About Troubled Schoolchildren
Two new studies could change the way scientists, teachers and parents understand and manage children who are disruptive or emotionally withdrawn...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
SquarePants RoundTrip: SpongeBob?s Yearlong Ride to Atlantis, via Korea
The latest SpongeBob SquarePants special is the product of a year?s work and a complex animation process...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Living Paycheck to Paycheck Was Already a Way of Life
Beyond a few superstar writer-producers who earn millions, a vast swath of working writers earn a decent but not spectacular living by making people laugh or cry...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Editor of More Replaces One at Reader?s Digest
The domestic edition of Reader?s Digest has replaced its editor in chief, Jacqueline Leo, hiring Peggy Northrop away from the Meredith Corporation?s More magazine...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Treasury Auction Set for This Week
This week, the Treasury has an auction of four-week bills scheduled on Wednesday...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
New Way of Counting Radio Listeners May Cut Ad Income
Arbitron, which measures ratings for the radio industry, has been testing a new electronic measurement tool that monitors exposure to radio stations throughout the day...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Lifestyle Magazine for Jewish Women to Appear
The first issue, debuting this week, includes Hanukkah recipes and articles about dreidels and the origins of bagels...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
A Cookbook of One?s Own From the Internet
A new Web site, TasteBook.com, allows users to create hardcover cookbooks drawn from recipes in Condé Nast?s archive...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Borders Adds TV Watching to Its Bookstores? Entertainment
Borders has been installing 37-inch flat-screen televisions to show original programming, advertisements, news and weather in its bookstores...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
European Tabloids Still Agog Months After Child Vanishes
Six months after Madeleine McCann, then 3 years old, disappeared in Portugal, no development in the case seems too small to merit a banner headline...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Pigs Fly! Philadelphia Papers? Circulation Holds
While many newspapers have retreated from efforts to advertise themselves the chief executive of Philadelphia Media Holdings thinks that attitude is dead wrong...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
With Ponies, Unicorns and Secret Codes, an Effort to Unleash a Craze for Girls
The man who introduced America to Pokémon is now hoping to find new success with a line of collectible cards aimed at girls...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Private Equity Firm to Buy Firth Rixson, an Aerospace Industry Supplier
The private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners said yesterday it would buy Firth Rixson in a deal valued at about $2 billion...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Striking Writers Peddle Words, for Outlets Off the Picket Line
Sometimes it seems that every time the striking television and movie writers put down their picket signs, they pick up their pencils...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Hershey Overhauls Its Board of Directors
Six board members quit after being asked for their resignations, while two decided to leave on their own...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Decoding the Markets 101, for the Soon-to-Retire
Finra, the new private regulator for securities firms, hopes to cast off its obscure, bureaucratic image when it begins its first-ever advertising campaign...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Increased Compensation Puts More College Presidents in the Million-Dollar Club
The number of million-dollar pay packages for university presidents at private institutions nearly doubled last year, with compensation at many public universities not far behind...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Disney to Launch Cell Service in Japan
Disney and Softbank, Japan?s third-largest mobile carrier, announced they planned jointly to offer mobile phone service in Japan next spring, calling it ?Disney Mobile.?...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Tyson Posts Profit, but Offers Weak Outlook
The world?s largest meat company swung to a profit of $32 million for the fourth quarter, but forecast earnings for this year below analysts? expectations...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Porsche Full-Year Profit More Than Triples
The company said annual profit reached 4.24 billion euros (6.18 billion), helped by a revaluation of its stake in Volkswagen and strong results from its core business...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Constellation Brands Buys Rival Winemaker
Constellation Brands, the world?s largest winemaker, is buying Fortune Brands? U.S. wine business, which makes Clos du Bois, Wild Horse and Geyser Peak brands...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Intel to Unveil Chips for Improving Video Quality on the Web
Intel says that the chips would begin the transformation of today?s stuttering and blurry Web videos into high-resolution quality, full-screen quality...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Screenwriters Seek Bigger Slice of Half-Eaten Pie
The pot of money that the producers and writers are fighting over may have already been pocketed by the big-name talent...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Will Success, or All That Money From Google, Spoil Firefox?
Mozilla has come to resemble a Silicon Valley start-up more than a scrappy collaborative underdog...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
For Ousted Citigroup Chief, a Bonus of $12.5 Million
Charles O. Prince III, who resigned under pressure last week as chairman and chief executive of Citigroup, can expect at least a $12.5 million cash bonus this year...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Cellphone Straitjacket Is Inspiring a Rebellion
A rebellion is brewing in the communications industry that is expected to pit wireless carriers against Silicon Valley powerhouses like Google...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
A Heart Stent Gets a Reprieve From Doctors
Many doctors now say that the medical community overreacted to questions about drug-coated heart stents...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Google Options Make Masseuse a Multimillionaire
After five years of kneading Google engineers? backs, Bonnie Brown retired and cashed in her stock options...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Some Wonder if the Banks? Stabilization Fund Will Work
While it may help calm the credit markets, the backup fund agreed to on Friday by the nation?s biggest banks will not save troubled structured investment vehicles that hold billions of dollars in packaged loans...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Blackstone Reports Loss on I.P.O. Charges
Blackstone Group, the private equity firm, reported a net loss of $113.2 million for its third quarter due to non-cash charges related to its initial public offering in June...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Al Gore, Venture Capitalist
Mr. Gore will play a high-profile role in the firm?s ?clean tech? investment efforts, a move spearheaded by his longtime friend L. John Doerr...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
I.B.M. Offers $4.9 Billion for Cognos
The friendly bid for the Canadian software firm follows a move by SAP to buy Business Objects, the chief rival of Cognos in the business-intelligence software market...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Airbus and Boeing Deals in Dubai Top $83 Billion
Airbus and Boeing ensured that 2007 would smash records for plane sales as deals from the Dubai air show topped $82 billion, powered by demand from the Middle East...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Dow Ends the Day Below 13,000
After a fractious session Wall Street closed below 13,000 for the first time since August on expectations of further fallout from the ongoing credit crisis...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Investors Flee E*Trade; Will Depositors Follow?
Shares of E*Trade lost more than half of their value after the company said it expected more write-downs and an analyst suggested that it might be forced into bankruptcy protection...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
'Green light' for US asset rescue
A plan to heal bruised credit markets is approved by three of the largest banks in the US, reports say...
BBC News - November 12, 2007
Brazil hosts web policy forum
Net policy makers and activists are gathering in Rio for the second Internet Governance Forum...
BBC News - November 12, 2007
Gore to join private equity firm
Climate activist Al Gore is to be a partner of a US private equity firm which funds alternative energy solutions...
BBC News - November 12, 2007
Gunman 'had links to US suspect'
A Finnish school gunman who killed eight had internet contact with a US teen suspect, a lawyer says...
BBC News - November 12, 2007
Bits Blog: Seeding the Google Phone With Apps
Google tries to lure developers for its new phone software with prize money. And why not? A similar strategy appears to be working for Facebook...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
The Caucus Blog: The Caucus: Veterans Are on Congressional Minds
The Democrats continue feuding with the White House over spending bills, including those affecting veterans...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
City Room: Pope to Visit Ground Zero
Pope Benedict XVI will visit New York in April and plans to visit ground zero, address the U.N. and celebrate Mass at Yankee Stadium...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
3 Dead in Storm That Caused Oil Spill
A storm on Sunday in the Black Sea sank at least five ships, killing at least three sailors and causing an oil spill...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Tyson Posts Profit, but Offers Weak Outlook
The world?s largest meat company swung to a profit of $32 million for the fourth quarter, but forecast earnings for this year below analysts? expectations...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Porsche Full-Year Profit More Than Triples
The company said annual profit reached 4.24 billion euros (6.18 billion), helped by a revaluation of its stake in Volkswagen and strong results from its core business...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Gore Joins Major Venture Capital Firm
Al Gore announced that he?s joining Silicon Valley?s most prestigious venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, to guide investments that help combat global warming...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
E*Trade Shares Drop by Half on Credit Worries
E*Trade shares sank 50 percent amid speculation that credit losses could fuel an exodus by depositors and plunge the broker into bankruptcy...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
DealBook Blog: Blackstone Reports Loss on I.P.O. Charges
Blackstone Group, the private equity firm, reported a net loss of $113.2 million for its third quarter due to non-cash charges related to its initial public offering in June...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Airbus and Boeing Deals in Dubai Top $83 Billion
Airbus and Boeing ensured that 2007 would smash records for plane sales as deals from the Dubai air show topped $82 billion, powered by demand from the Middle East...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Stocks Move Higher After Big Sell-Off
Stocks rebounded today as investors moved back into banking stocks after last week?s sell-off but investors appeared to remain cautious...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
I.B.M. Offers $4.9 Billion for Cognos
The friendly bid for the Canadian software firm follows a move by SAP to buy Business Objects, the chief rival of Cognos in the business-intelligence software market...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Flotation costs hits Blackstone
Private equity firm Blackstone reports a quarterly loss, hit by costs from listing its shares and the property slowdown...
BBC News - November 12, 2007
IBM buys software group for $5bn
Computer giant IBM is buying software firm Cognos for $5bn, to grow its business intelligence software unit...
BBC News - November 12, 2007
Duran Duran US gigs hit by strike
Duran Duran rearrange concert venues in New York after stagehands at theatres on Broadway go on strike...
BBC News - November 12, 2007
Clinton in planted questions row
Hillary Clinton blames aides for planting friendly questions at a presidential campaign rally in the US state of Iowa...
BBC News - November 12, 2007
Sidebar: Contemplating the Meaning of ?Life?
Being sentenced to life in prison means something different today than it has meant in the past...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Increased Compensation Puts More College Presidents in the Million-Dollar Club
The number of million-dollar pay packages for university presidents at private institutions nearly doubled last year, with compensation at many public universities not far behind...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Sharp Sell-Off Sweeps Asian Markets
Rising fears of a slowdown in the American economy sparked a sharp sell-off in Asian stock markets today...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Anderson sets new NFL milestone
Atlanta Falcons kicker Morten Andersen becomes the first NFL player to reach 2,500 points in his career...
BBC News - November 12, 2007
Clinton Aides Prompted Queries at Events
The tactic drew criticism from a Democratic opponent and led Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to promise that it would not happen again...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
For a Memorial With Cracks, Fix or Replace?
The Army has yet to decide whether to replace or repair the Tomb of the Unknowns, which is marred by cracks...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Day 2 of Stagehands? Strike, and a Chill Sets In
Striking stagehands and the other Broadway workers supporting them are realizing: This could go for a while...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Asian Stocks Drop Sharply
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks sank on Monday with Tokyo's Nikkei hitting its lowest level in about 15 months as investors dumped Japanese exporters on the back of a surge in the yen to an 18-month high versus the dollar...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
A Spy?s Path: Iowa to A-Bomb to Kremlin Honor
George Koval, who infiltrated the Manhattan Project, was one of the most important spies of the 20th century...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
A Family Legacy, Built to Withstand Dynamite
Thousands of onlookers are expected to crowd along the Las Vegas Strip at 2 a.m. Tuesday to watch the New Frontier Hotel-Casino collapse upon itself...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Interest Groups and Their Money Jump Into Race
Hundreds of millions of dollars are expected to pour into groups built to sway voters outside of campaign law limitations...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
SquarePants RoundTrip: SpongeBob?s Yearlong Ride to Atlantis, via Korea
The latest SpongeBob SquarePants special is the product of a year?s work and a complex animation process...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Treasury Auction Set for This Week
This week, the Treasury has an auction of four-week bills scheduled on Wednesday...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
New Way of Counting Radio Listeners May Cut Ad Income
Arbitron, which measures ratings for the radio industry, has been testing a new electronic measurement tool that monitors exposure to radio stations throughout the day...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Editor of More Replaces One at Reader?s Digest
The domestic edition of Reader?s Digest has replaced its editor in chief, Jacqueline Leo, hiring Peggy Northrop away from the Meredith Corporation?s More magazine...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Lifestyle Magazine for Jewish Women to Appear
The first issue, debuting this week, includes Hanukkah recipes and articles about dreidels and the origins of bagels...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
A Cookbook of One?s Own From the Internet
A new Web site, TasteBook.com, allows users to create hardcover cookbooks drawn from recipes in Condé Nast?s archive...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Pigs Fly! Philadelphia Papers? Circulation Holds
While many newspapers have retreated from efforts to advertise themselves the chief executive of Philadelphia Media Holdings thinks that attitude is dead wrong...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Borders Adds TV Watching to Its Bookstores? Entertainment
Borders has been installing 37-inch flat-screen televisions to show original programming, advertisements, news and weather in its bookstores...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
European Tabloids Still Agog Months After Child Vanishes
Six months after Madeleine McCann, then 3 years old, disappeared in Portugal, no development in the case seems too small to merit a banner headline...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
With Ponies, Unicorns and Secret Codes, an Effort to Unleash a Craze for Girls
The man who introduced America to Pokémon is now hoping to find new success with a line of collectible cards aimed at girls...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Private Equity Firm to Buy Firth Rixson, an Aerospace Industry Supplier
The private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners said yesterday it would buy Firth Rixson in a deal valued at about $2 billion...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Striking Writers Peddle Words, for Outlets Off the Picket Line
Sometimes it seems that every time the striking television and movie writers put down their picket signs, they pick up their pencils...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Gulf Airlines Order 140 Planes for Nearly $40 Billion
Persian Gulf carriers ordered 140 planes for nearly $40 billion from both Airbus and Boeing on Sunday, the opening day of the Dubai Airshow...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Hershey Overhauls Its Board of Directors
Six board members quit after being asked for their resignations, while two decided to leave on their own...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
The Media Equation: Living Paycheck to Paycheck Was Already a Way of Life
Beyond a few superstar writer-producers who earn millions, a vast swath of working writers earn a decent but not spectacular living by making people laugh or cry...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Virtual Lures for Holiday Shoppers
Online merchants are introducing search features meant to take even more pain out of the shopping experience...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Drilling Down: The Film Was Fine, Now That It?s Over
A study in The Journal of Consumer Research explores people?s faulty memories of how much they liked an experience, showing that they look for cues in their own subsequent behavior...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Sale of Wendy?s May Be Delayed
The auction of Wendy?s International may be in jeopardy because of continued turmoil in the credit markets, potentially forcing the company to delay its sale...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Game News in a Duel of Print and Online
Video game magazine publishers face the challenge of retaining readers as the Internet grabs their audience and advertisers...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Advertising: Decoding the Markets 101, for the Soon-to-Retire
Finra, the new private regulator for securities firms, hopes to cast off its obscure, bureaucratic image when it begins its first-ever advertising campaign...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Intel to Unveil Chips for Improving Video Quality on the Web
Intel says that the chips? would begin the transformation of today?s stuttering and blurry Web videos into high-resolution quality, full-screen quality...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Link By Link: Will Success, or All That Money From Google, Spoil Firefox?
Mozilla has come to resemble a Silicon Valley start-up more than a scrappy collaborative underdog...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Hollywood on Strike: Week Two: Screenwriters Seek Bigger Slice of Half-Eaten Pie
The pot of money that the producers and writers are fighting over may have already been pocketed by the big-name talent...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Cellphone Straitjacket Is Inspiring a Rebellion
A rebellion is brewing in the communications industry that is expected to pit wireless carriers against Silicon Valley powerhouses like Google...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
For Ousted Citigroup Chief, a Bonus of $12.5 Million
Charles O. Prince III, who resigned under pressure last week as chairman and chief executive of Citigroup, can expect at least a $12.5 million cash bonus this year...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Some Wonder if the Banks? Stabilization Fund Will Work
While it may help calm the credit markets, the backup fund agreed to on Friday by the nation?s biggest banks will not save troubled structured investment vehicles that hold billions of dollars in packaged loans...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
Google Options Make Masseuse a Multimillionaire
After five years of kneading Google engineers? backs, Bonnie Brown retired and cashed in her stock options...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
A Heart Stent Gets a Reprieve From Doctors
Many doctors now say that the medical community overreacted to questions about drug-coated heart stents...
New York Times - November 12, 2007
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