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US News Archive for August 2006:
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Lebanon accepts cease-fire
Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah will back U.N. truceThe Lebanese government unanimously approves the Security Council ResolutionHezbollah claims its guerillas shot down an Israeli helicopterIsrael expands military offensive in Lebanon...
CNN - August 12, 2006
Stocks Fall on Worry That Rates Will Rise Again
Stocks actually rose Thursday, after the authorities in London announced that they had uncovered a plot to set off bombs in airplanes bound for the United States. But the market fell for the week anyway...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Letters
Women and Wall Street...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Corrections
Because of an editing error, the Everybody’s Business column last Sunday, about growing inequities in the economy, referred incompletely to the tax payment on the estate of the late father of the writer, Ben Stein. Both he and his sister paid the tax, not just his sister...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Esther Snyder, In-N-Out Burger Founder, Dies at 86
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 6 (AP) — Esther L. Snyder, who with her husband founded the popular West Coast restaurant chain In-N-Out Burger, died on Aug. 4. She was 86...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: Saving the Earth, and Saving Money
Some corporate leaders find that a green agenda makes good business sense...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Market Week: This Pause May Depend on Prices
The Federal Reserve and Wall Street are likely to pay close attention to reports this week on July inflation...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
The Count: A Closer Look at the Hispanic Population
As of July 1, the estimated Hispanic population in the United States was 42.7 million, nearly twice the 1990 level...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Rubin to Pay Flight Expenses to Citigroup
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Suits: His Salary Last Year? They’re Still Counting
The News Corporation says it is too soon to tell how much it paid its chairman and chief executive, Rupert Murdoch, last year. But he has already received a big raise for this year...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Dealbook: When Private Equity Stays the Course
While private equity firms may be larding companies with debt, they aren’t dumping them as quickly as you might expect...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
The Boss: At Work in Real Time
"Leave It To Beaver" and a subscription to TV Guide helped spur the chief executive of TiVo's early interest in television...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Novelties: The North Star, on Your Wrist
There's no place like home: G.P.S., on your wrist...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Square Feet: Relentlessly Expanding a Real Estate Brand
When Bruce Mosler looks through the window of the Chase Manhattan Bank at Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street, he sees a solid reminder of his heritage: a 30-ton Mosler safe...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: Mutual Funds Are Failing as Deal Police
A study quantifies just how poorly mutual funds police management in mergers and acquisitions and how costly that failure has been...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Is It a Urinal, or Is It Art?
The Pale Ale Urinal is designed to sluice away the night’s alcohol once it has run its course...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Strategies: If You Know Options, You’re Likely to Know Stocks
Do options traders know more about buying and selling stocks than the rest of us?...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Economic View: Why 'Outsourcing' May Lose Its Power as a Scare Word
Outsourcing has yet to make a significant appearance in this year’s political campaign. The furor surrounding the practice seems to have subsided...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Investing: Is a Futures Stampede Keeping Oil Prices High?
Another possible oil-price culprit...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Secrets in the Pipeline
Wall Street, where information is transformed into cold, hard cash, is also a place where secrets have their own special currency...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Bill Gates's Charity Races to Spend Buffett Billions
The foundation is facing an unparalleled challenge: how to give away more money than it ever has before...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Under New Management: Get Out of That Rut and Into the Shower
Getting out and getting wet: gumshoe marketing research...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Spending: Holding Liev Schreiber’s Tony Award? Priceless
Credit card companies are vying for customers with the lure of experiences, from behind-the-scenes access at the Tonys to seats on simulated space flights...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Wine Ratings Might Not Pass the Sobriety Test
In the world of wine ratings, the difference between a cabernet that earns a score of 89 and one that gets a 90 may be imperceptible to the palate, but translates to big dollars for sellers...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Tennis: Sharapova loses in LA
Elena Dementieva beats Maria Sharapova to reach the final of the JPMorgan Chase Open...
BBC News - August 12, 2006
Mickelson misses first 2006 cut
World number two Phil Mickelson is knocked out of an event at halfway for the first time this year...
BBC News - August 12, 2006
Hezbollah chief backs cease-fire
Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah will back U.N. truceBerates U.N. for not blaming Israel for 'massacres'Israel troops go deeper into LebanonU.N. passes resolution to end Israeli-Hezbollah violenceAmbassador says Israel will back U.N. truce plan...
CNN - August 12, 2006
Hezbollah leader agrees to cease-fire
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday that his militia will agree to a U.N. resolution to stop hostilities with Israel once a deal on timing is reached...
CNN - August 12, 2006
Gates Charity Races to Spend Billions
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is facing an unparalleled challenge: how to give away more money — and do it much faster — than it ever has before...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Grandmothers Rally to Raise AIDS Orphans
African grandmothers are rallying at a Toronto conference to bolster their efforts to raise a generation of AIDS orphans...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Hazing Trial Bares a Dark Side of Russia’s Military
The trial of a Russian sergeant has revealed the roots of an abusive system of discipline in the Russian military...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Panel Suggests Using Inmates in Drug Trials
A federal panel’s proposal has dredged up a painful history of medical mistreatment of prison inmates...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
News Analysis: Israelis Chase Hint of Victory
Israel’s recent push into Lebanon aims to conclude the conflict with something that could be viewed as a victory...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Hold Tight, Cowboy, That Bull’s a Thoroughbred
Bull breeders are transforming what started as a back-pasture hobby into a multimillion-dollar industry...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Tracing Terror Plots, British Watch, Then Pounce
The arrest of 24 terrorism suspects highlights a difference between American and British law enforcement agencies: the British are more willing to wait and watch...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Tripling Forces, Israel Expands Push in Lebanon
As Israel poured troops and tanks into southern Lebanon, the country’s cabinet prepared to consider a U.N. resolution calling for a cease-fire...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Assault widens as U.N. makes deal
With an expansion of its ground campaign under way, Israel bombed targets in southern Lebanon hours after the U.N. Security Council approved a proposal aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah...
CNN - August 12, 2006
Israel broadens offensive
The Israeli army broadens its ground offensive and pushes its troops into southern Lebanon. The action comes hours after the U.N. Security Council unanimously approves a proposal aimed at ending the monthlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon...
CNN - August 12, 2006
US chat show veteran dies
Mike Douglas, who presented an Emmy-winning chat show on US television for 21 years, dies on his 81st birthday...
BBC News - August 12, 2006
Go alert was 'Do your attacks now'
Suspects in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic flights received a message within the last three days in which they were advised, "Do your attacks now," according to U.S. sources...
CNN - August 12, 2006
U.N. adopts Mideast deal
A U.N. deal to end Israeli-Hezbollah fighting passed the Security Council with a unanimous vote. As part of the deal, the number of U.N. troops in the area would be boosted from 2,000 to a maximum of 15,000 and they would be joined by 15,000 Lebanese troops...
CNN - August 12, 2006
Connecticut Feels Strain of a Rematch at the Polls
In interviews, only a handful of supporters of Joseph I. Lieberman said they would switch to Ned Lamont...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Personal Items of Unabomber Will Be Sold
The items will be sold soon under order of a federal judge in an effort to pay off a $15 million restitution order...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Domestic Security: Focused on 9/11, U.S. Is Seen to Lag on New Threats
A nearly obsessive focus on the Sept. 11 attacks may have prevented the government from combating new threats effectively, experts say...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Time Served: Help for the Hardest Part of Prison: Staying Out
Re-entry programs are transforming the way the criminal justice system deals with repeat offenders...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Mike Douglas, TV Host and Pop Singer, Dies at 81
The affable star of “The Mike Douglas Show” had many luminaries on the air, including Richard Nixon...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
U.S. Ambassador Says Iran Is Inciting Attacks
Iran is pressing Shiite militias in Iraq to increase attacks in retaliation for the Israeli assault on Lebanon...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Business Briefs:
DELPHI HEARING DELAYED The Delphi Corporation, the auto-parts maker, received more time to negotiate with its unions after a judge granted the company’s request to delay hearings on voiding labor contracts. Judge Robert Drain of Federal Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan agreed to delay the hearings until Thursday. They had been scheduled to resume yesterday. Delphi wanted to postpone the proceedings to allow more time to reach an accord with unions and eliminate the threat of a strike...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Equity Firm Is Acquiring Owner of Resorts
The acquisition of Intrawest Corporation by a private equity firm is the biggest buyout of a publicly traded resort operator...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
What’s Online: Fashion’s Cutthroat Edge
An associate law professor at Southern Methodist University has maintained a blog on the fashion industry’s counterfeit crisis...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
What’s Offline: A Chip for All Seasons (and Jobs)
New technologies like a computer chip that will morph to fulfill whatever function you need and batteries that can last for decades, could become common in the near future...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Basic Instincts: Houseguests Shouldn’t Get a Free Ride
The hazy etiquette of handling weekend guest expenses...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Ex-Executive of Wal-Mart Is Sentenced to Home Detention
Thomas M. Coughlin was sentenced to 27 months of home confinement and five years of probation after he pleaded guilty to stealing money, merchandise and gift cards...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Boeing Deal for Supplies From Russia
Boeing entered into a joint venture with Russian company VSMPO-Avisma, a major supplier for its new midsize airliner, the 787 Dreamliner...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
How to Digitally Hide (Somewhat) in Plain Sight
If AOL’s recent mishap with user search requests has you worried about who may be keeping track of your own Internet trail, you are probably not alone...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Oil Company to Keep Part of Alaska Field Open During Repairs
BP said Friday it would keep one side of the nation’s largest oil field open as it replaces 16 miles of pipeline...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Five Days: On Edge Over Terrorist Plots and Oil Supply
Renewed concern about terrorist strikes and a spike in energy prices threatened to flatten airlines, just as they staggered back to profitability...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Postal Worker Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case
A New Jersey postal worker pleaded guilty to illegally leaking information from a grand jury investigation to an insider-trading operation...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Despite a Rise in Retail Sales, Indexes Drop on Broad Investor Worries
Shares dropped after Apple said its mishandling of employee stock options would require significant changes in its third-quarter results...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Surge in Retail Sales in July Was the Largest Since January
Consumers spent heartily on goods like cars and electronics as sales at retail stores rose 1.4 percent, a government report showed...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Northwest Flight Attendants Delay Strike Amid Heightened Security
Flight attendants said they would delay a strike by 10 days because of concerns stemming from the foiled terrorist plot in Britain...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
[TS] Green Logo, but BP Is Old Oil
No matter how much BP says it wants to create more environmentally sensitive sources of energy, its basic task is still to stick holes in the ground in search of oil...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Executive Pursuits: Our Correspondent Goes to Sea ...
Smartly outfitted in deck shoes, khaki shorts and a T-shirt, and clinging tightly to a rail beside the sailboat’s mast...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Off The Charts: There’s More Than the Currency Advantage Behind China’s Export Surge
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed but the improvement did not deter calls for a currency revaluation by China to make American exports more competitive...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Brazilian Mining Company Joins Bidding for Canadian Nickel Producer
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce joined the bidding for Inco, the Canadian nickel producer, seeking to trump two bids made by suitors in the United States and Canada...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
No Liquids, Few Sales at Stores in Airports
Merchants are facing the possibility that they will again become unintended victims of enhanced airport security...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Whiffs of Combat Waft Over Natural Cosmetics
L’Occitane’s is preparing a showdown with beauty giant L’Oréal after it purchased its longtime rival the Body Shop International...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Saturday Interview With Colin Angle: Making Robots for the Home or a Battlefield
The iRobot Corporation’s chief executive talked about the company’s products and plans, including its robots deployed in Iraq...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Across South, Push Is On to Make Dry Areas Wet
Businesses have spent millions on campaigns to persuade voters in six dry Southern states to legalize alcohol sales...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Your Life as an Open Book
AOL’s misstep last week in briefly posting its customers’ Internet search queries has reminded many Americans that their private searches are not entirely their own...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
Executives Rethink Life on the Road
Time is money for business travelers, and many of them were contemplating what tighter security measures and longer lines would mean for their busy lives...
New York Times - August 12, 2006
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