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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 February 2008:
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Yahoo?s Maven Purchase Adds Complexity
The deal may help Yahoo expand in the video advertising business. But it adds complexity to a company that is trying to simplify...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
When Kissinger Met the Bloggers
Old conservative media met new conservative media at the Four Seasons on Monday night for an event honoring Norman Podhoretz for his new book...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Starbucks Adds Buzz to Torture Debate
Against all odds, Starbucks, Guantanamo Bay and the torture debate have joined forces today to make news...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Hillary?s Health Plan? Hot Peppers
Eating hot peppers may do more than just spice up your diet...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Australia Apologizing to Aborigines
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia on Tuesday asked Parliament to approve an apology to the country?s indigenous minorities for their past mistreatment...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
3 Arrested in Plot to Kill Cartoonist
Danish police said they had arrested two Tunisians and a Dane in connection with a plot to kill one of 12 cartoonists behind the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Live Blogging the ?Potomac Primaries?
Watching the returns from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Obama Poised to Extend His Streak Over Clinton
Senator Barack Obama appeared poised to continue his winning streak, as the television news networks and The Associated Press projected that he would win the Virginia primary...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Looking for Sure Political Bets at Online Prediction Market
The Intrade Web site has become expert at predicting election results. Or has it?...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Yahoo Acquires Ad Technology Company
Yahoo said it has paid $160 million to acquire Maven Networks, an Internet company that sells a system for managing advertisements in online videos...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Electronic Arts Offers an Upbeat Forecast
Shares of Electronic Arts surged more than 5 percent after the video game publisher gave confident forecasts for growth over the next three years...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Routine Upgrade Blamed for BlackBerry Outage
Research In Motion said problems with a routine upgrade of an internal system appears to have caused the massive outage that left BlackBerry users without e-mail service for hours on Monday...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Senate Passes Bill to Expand U.S. Spying Powers
The vote, a major victory for the White House, also gives legal protection to phone companies that aided government wiretapping...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
$1.2 Billion Write-Down at Credit Suisse
So far, Credit Suisse has weathered the credit crisis better than its larger rival, UBS, which wrote down $14 billion in the same period...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Buffett Offers to Reinsure Bonds
The offer to three bond guarantors would do little to alleviate the problems they face with riskier securities...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Stocks Finish Higher on Buffett News
Wall Street surged higher after the investor Warren Buffett offered to help out troubled bond insurers, easing some concerns about further deterioration in the credit markets...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
$722 Million Quarterly Loss at G.M.
Saying a slowing market had caused the swing to a loss, G.M. also announced a buyout offer to union employees...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Dakar Rally set for South America
The Dakar Rally organisers outline plans for the 2009 race in Argentina and Chile...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
Dot Earth: Arctic Melt and U.S. Seabed Claim
Last summer's big retreat of Arctic Ocean ice allowed oceanographers to chart new regions -- and find more potential United States real estate...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
The Lede: U.S. Carrier Intercepts Russia Bombers
The Cold War titans have done this dance many times before...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Ask About Urban Parenting
Taking Questions: Erin Sheehan, an editor of the Web site UrbanBaby, is taking questions from readers this week on parenting in urban areas...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
State of Emergency in East Timor
Australia rushed troops into East Timor to help enforce a security clampdown a day after assassination attempts on the president and prime minister...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Lenders Offer Plan to Head Off Foreclosures
A group of major mortgage lenders will allow some homeowners facing foreclosure to delay losing their homes for 30 days...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Ahead of 3 Primaries, a Dash About Chesapeake
With 171 pledged delegates at stake on Tuesday, the candidates were making last-minute pitches...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Buffett Offers to Reinsure Municipal Bond Portfolios
The offer, made to three troubled bond guarantors, would do little to alleviate the problems the companies face with riskier securities...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Molson Coors Net Rises on Tax Benefit
The brewer said fourth-quarter profit jumped 75 percent to $173.2 million, helped by a tax benefit and the weak dollar...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Coca-Cola Enterprises Tops Wall Street Estimates
The bottler posted fourth-quarter net income of $158 million, helped by increased volume and prices in North America and Europe, and raised its annual dividend...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Qwest Quarterly Profit Up Sharply
The phone company reported an 89 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit, bolstered by a benefit related to income tax...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Omnicom Posts Higher Profit
The advertising services company said fourth-quarter profit rose 13 percent to $313.9 million, slightly ahead of expectations, with revenue increases in the United States and internationally...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Marsh & McLennan?s Profit Falls 62%
The company reported fourth-quarter profit of $85 million on weakness in its risk and insurance services business...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Sanofi-Aventis Profit Up 31%
Net profit in the fourth quarter rose to 753 million euros ($1.09 billion), helped by sales of the blood-thinner Plavix in the United States and cost-cutting measures, the company said...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
IndyMac Swings to Loss on Mortgage Woes
The mortgage lender posted a fourth-quarter loss of $509.1 million as it raised its loan-loss provisions to account for growing defaults and foreclosures...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Schering-Plough Posts Loss on Accounting Rule
The company said it lost $3.36 billion in the fourth quarter because of accounting rules related to the purchase of Organon BioSciences...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
High-Tech Invitations Take Your Mind Off Road
Safety experts say the influx of electronics is turning cars into sometimes chaotic moving family rooms...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Times Co. Nominates 2 to Board
The New York Times Company, under pressure from hedge funds that want to gain representation on its board, nominated two candidates of its own, Robert E. Denham and Dawn Lepore...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Economists? Tea Leaves Point to Recession
Forecasters said on average that there was a 47 percent chance the economy would shrink in the first quarter of 2008. Reading between the lines, recession is now unavoidable...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Boston Scientific Loses Patent Trial
A Texas jury has ruled that Boston Scientific?s drug-coated stents infringe a 1997 patent issued to a radiologist and has awarded the inventor $431 million in damages, Boston Scientific said...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Credit Suisse Cuts Subprime Write-Downs
The bank trimmed its full-year subprime write-downs to 2 billion Swiss francs ($1.82 billion) but its stock fell as investors reacted to the bank?s remaining exposure to the credit crisis...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Senate Moves to Shield Telecoms on Eavesdropping
A defeated amendment would have stripped immunity from companies that aided a wiretapping program...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
New Program Aims to Forestall Foreclosures
The plan will delay the foreclosure process for qualified homeowners for 30 days as they negotiate a more affordable mortgage...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Stocks Rally on Buffett and G.M. News
Stocks rose after Warren Buffett offered to help out troubled bond insurers, easing some of Wall Street?s concerns about further deterioration in the credit markets...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Buffett Offers to Reinsure Municipal Bonds
The offer, made to three troubled bond guarantors, would do little to alleviate the problems the companies are facing with more complex securities...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
G.M. Reports Quarterly Loss of $722 Million
Saying a slowing market had caused the swing to a loss, G.M. also announced a buyout offer to union employees to cut costs...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
US-Australia flight talks begin
Talks that could lead to cheaper flights across the Pacific start in Washington on Tuesday...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
Buffett offers deal to insurers
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett offers a deal to three bond insurers hit by the sub-prime crisis...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
New Dakar Rally details announced
The Dakar Rally organiser outline plans for the 2009 race in South America...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
US sex offender wins lottery
A convicted sex offender wins $10m in a state lottery, but faces charges for failing to report a change of address...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
Quake shakes southern Mexico
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolts southern Mexico, causing power cuts but no immediate reports of injuries...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
GM losses prompt offer to unions
General Motors offers voluntary redundancy packages to unionised staff as it posts a loss for 2007...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
Chile-born tenor jailed for rape
Chilean opera singer Ernesto Beltran is sentenced by a Swedish court to two years in jail for rape...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
Bolivia declares flood emergency
Bolivian President Evo Morales declares a national disaster as floods leave more than 50 dead...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
US banks join mortgage help plan
Six of the biggest US banks sign up to a scheme to offer more help to homeowners struggling with mortgages...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
Arrests in Denmark in Cartoonist Plot
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Danish police said Tuesday they have arrested several people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked a deadly uproar in the Muslim world two years ago...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
G.M. Loss Worst Ever for U.S. Carmaker
General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) is reporting the largest annual loss ever for a U.S. automotive company...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Chad?s Leader Survives, but Dissidents? Peril Grows
Civilian opponents of Chad?s president, Idriss Déby, say that the world has given him too much latitude to crack down on dissent within his own country...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
No Charges Will Be Filed in Fund Manager?s Death
The state attorney?s office in Palm Beach County, Fla., said Monday that no charges would be filed in the drowning of Seth Tobias, 44, a hedge fund manager and regular commentator on CNBC...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
I.R.S. Said to Flout Orders to Yield Data About Audits
A tax research group went to court Monday, arguing that the Internal Revenue Service was not complying with federal court orders to release data on its audit practices...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Battling to Get a Connection for a Flight or a Laptop
Between flight delays, missed connections and crowded flights, a business traveler has to have the resourcefulness of a person ready for stealthy ground combat...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Who Won the Writers Strike?
When the Writers Guild of America held its awards ceremony Saturday night, it felt more like a victory celebration. So after the long strike, the writers won, right?...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Credit Suisse Cuts Subprime Writedowns
Credit Suisse trimmed its full-year subprime writedowns to 2.0 billion Swiss francs ($1.82 billion) but its stock fell as investors took fright at the bank?s remaining exposure to the credit crisis...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Blackberry back after breakdown
The Blackberry mobile e-mail service returns to normal after a breakdown on Monday, hit US and Canadian users...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
Castro, McCain in Vietnam spat
Fidel Castro says US presidential hopeful John McCain lied about Cuba's role in torturing US POWs in Vietnam...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
US homeowners 'to get extra help'
Six of the biggest US banks are set to announce plans to offer more help to those struggling with mortgages...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
Two CBS Journalists Missing in Iraq
"Two CBS journalists are missing in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the network said in a brief statement on Monday," James Glanz reports. "The dangers of reporting from Iraq have once again hit home for this network," the anchor Katie Couric said on the "CBS Evening News" Monday night. "Two of our colleagues are missing [...]...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Hated Feedback System Stays on EBay
EBay will cut fees for sellers of books, music, movies and games. But it is defending the changes to the feedback system that have so many sellers angry that they are planning a boycott...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
In Pakistan, Doubts Over the Fight in Tribal Areas
The announcement of a cease-fire against one of Pakistan?s most wanted men has raised questions about the government?s commitment to combating militancy...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Gates Endorses Pause in Iraq Troop Withdrawals
The defense secretary signaled that troop totals were unlikely to drop below 130,000 this year...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
At Zurich Museum, a Theft of 4 Masterworks
The total worth of the paintings by van Gogh, Monet, Degas and Cézanne was estimated at $163 million...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Rules Eased to Expedite Green Card Applications
Facing a huge backlog of visa applications, authorities will allow some immigrants to become permanent residents without F.B.I. background checks, officials said...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Beagle Is Top Hound at Westminster Dog Show
On Monday, a nearly 3-year-old, 15-inch-tall beagle named Uno took one small step toward the coveted title for his breed by winning the hound group, the first beagle to do so since 1939...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Arizona Seeing Signs of Flight by Immigrants
The weakening economy coupled with recent curbs on illegal immigration are steering immigrants away...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
City Hospitals Reinvent Role of Emergency
Hospitals ? public and private, large and small ? are spending hundreds of millions of dollars renovating, rebuilding and expanding their emergency rooms...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Trial?s Focus to Suit Bush
The cases of those accused with roles in 9/11 represent a major part of President Bush?s ?unfinished business.?...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Seeking Unity, Obama Feels Pull of Racial Divide
Barack Obama had hoped to be above racial tensions, but his campaign has been pulled into them from early on...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Where Marines Are Called ?Intruders? and Recruiting Office Is Unwelcome
The Berkeley City Council is retreating from its proclamation that the Marine are not welcome to run their three-person recruiting office downtown...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has begun reassuring anxious donors and superdelegates that the nomination is not slipping away from her, aides said...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Hasbro Names New Chief; Profit Up
The toymaker, which has avoided the recalls that plagued many of its competitors, said its fourth-quarter profit rose 24 percent on a 16 percent increase in sales...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
$300 Million to Burn, With a Catch
In one corner of Wall Street, money is still gushing. Early shareholders may be protected, but long-term investors may be the suckers...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Loews Net Falls on Subprime Losses
Net income at Loews fell to $512 million, hurt by subprime investment losses at its CNA Financial insurance business and weaker results in its tobacco and drilling units...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Suit Against New Campaign Finance Law Claims Racial Bias
The real estate industry and lobbyists, who provide millions in cash for New York City candidates, are trying to overturn a new law that would vastly reduce donation limits...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
An Island?s Fire Truck, Idle for Years, Goes Quickly on the Web
The Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation sold an unwanted firetruck on Craigslist to a fire company in southern Pennsylvania for more than $75,000...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Dozens of Companies Underpay or Misreport Workers, State Says
In 15 enforcement sweeps, state investigators found $19 million in wages that were not reported to the state and $3 million in underpayments to workers...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Problems in Blood Drug Lead to Halt by Factory
A major maker of heparin, a blood thinner used widely in surgery and dialysis, has stopped making it after hundreds of patients reported severe allergic reactions to the drug...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Battle Against Counterfeit Drugs Has New Weapon: Pollen
A new investigation offers a model for attacking what has become a flood of fake drugs, which threaten to undermine the global fight against malaria...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
[Your Name Goes Here] Crime Family
There is a fortune to be made from selling naming rights to New York?s five Mafia families...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Shares Gain on Hopes for Further Easing
Shares of retailers and home builders rose on expectations of more interest rate cuts, but those of banks and insurers fell on worries about further mortgage debt troubles...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
2 Celebrity Magazines Buck Circulation Trend
Sales of US Weekly and a new competitor, OK! Weekly, climbed sharply in the second half of 2007, even as price increases contributed to a drop in overall sales of celebrity magazines...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Tolkien Heirs Sue New Line Over Millions From ?Rings?
The Tolkien Trust joined a private family trust of Tolkien heirs and the British arm of HarperCollins Publishers in suing New Line Cinema for breach of contract...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Bank of America and Chevron Set to Join Dow Index
The addition of Bank of America Corporation and the Chevron Corporation will be the first change to the blue-chip stock index in almost four years...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Hedge Funds Raise Stake in Times Co. To Near 10%
The coalition of hedge funds that wants to place directors on the board of The New York Times Company has more than doubled its stake in the company...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Again, BlackBerrys Are Disrupted by a Technical Snag
The second major outage of BlackBerry service in less than a year is an embarrassment for Ontario-based Research in Motion, the maker of Blackberry devices...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Two Retailers Favor Blu-ray DVDs
The Best Buy Company, the consumer electronics chain, and the online video rental company Netlfix both announced their commitment to stock Blu-ray DVDs...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Microsoft to Buy a Maker of Consumer Smartphones
Microsoft said it would acquire Danger, a maker of consumer smartphones, an indication that the software giant is quickly moving to expand its mobile strategy...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Booming Indian Economy Shows Signs of Slowing Down
Several initial public offerings have been withdrawn in India in recent weeks as once-resilient investors rethink their commitment to India?s volatile stock markets...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
AT&T Joins Starbucks to Provide Store Wi-Fi
Starbucks and AT&T said they would start offering a mix of free and paid wireless Internet service in most of Starbucks?s American shops, beginning this spring...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
White House Does Not See a Recession
The White House predicted the economy would escape a recession and unemployment would remain low this year, though it acknowledged growth had already slowed...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Leading Class-Action Lawyer Is Sentenced to Two Years in Kickback Scheme
William S. Lerach was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $7.75 million for concealing illegal payments to a plaintiff in class-action lawsuits...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Société Générale Seeks to Raise $8 Billion
The French bank offered millions of new shares to investors at a fire-sale price Monday, seeking to replace the more than $7 billion it lost in a trading scandal...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
US Weekly?s Circulation Rises 10% in Soft Year
Sales of US Weekly and OK! Weekly climbed sharply in the second half of 2007, even as price increases sparked a drop in overall celebrity magazine sales...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Prosecutors Say Ex-A.I.G. Executives Created a Fraud
Prosecutors insisted Monday that five former executives from the American International Group deliberately mounted a fraud to manipulate its financial statements...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
A Medical Robot Makes Headway
You would never know a recession might be under way from looking at Intuitive Surgical, the leader in medical robot technology...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
New Losses at A.I.G. Trouble Wall Street
Accounting flaws at the insurance giant that understated the company?s losses raised new questions about the deteriorating health of financial companies...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Agencies See a Window to Alter the Business of Television
Madison Avenue is optimistic that there can be long-term benefits from the disruptions caused to the broadcast television season by the writers? strike...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
More High-Tech Invitations to Take Your Mind Off Road
Safety experts say the influx of electronics is turning cars into sometimes chaotic ? and distracting ? moving family rooms...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Who Won the Writers? Strike? Digital Revenue Is Still Small, So Final Outcome Is in the Distance
When the Writers Guild of America held its awards ceremony Saturday night, it felt more like a victory celebration. So after the long, the writers won, right?...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
After Rejection by Yahoo, Microsoft Hints at a Fight
Hours after Yahoo officially rejected Microsoft?s takeover bid, calling it too low, Microsoft called Yahoo?s response ?unfortunate? and said its proposal was ?full and fair.?...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Bad Bets and Accounting Flaws Bring Staggering Losses
A $2 billion hedge fund fails, and there will be more, analysts say...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
Mortgage Crisis Spreads Past Subprime Loans
Even borrowers with strong credit are feeling the pinch as home values fall and payments rise. Tuesday, several banks are expected to offer assistance to ease the burden...
New York Times - February 12, 2008
US judge steps in to torture row
The most outspoken US Supreme Court judge, Antonin Scalia, defends the use of some physical interrogation...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
'Unforgivable rape' angers Japan
Japan's prime minister describes the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a US marine as "unforgivable"...
BBC News - February 12, 2008
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