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US News Archive for May 2008:
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Loss Widens for Electronic Arts
The video game publisher said that its fourth-quarter net loss widened on restructuring charges, though its adjusted revenue beat Wall Street?s expectations...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Stocks Mixed After Retail Sales Report
Wall Street was mixed as investors reacted to a report on retail sales and comments from the Federal Reserve chairman. Record oil and gas prices also dampened buying...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Indians Bristle at U.S. Criticism on Food Prices
Instead of blaming India and others for the rise in food prices, Americans should rethink their energy policy ? and stop eating so much, say a growing number of Indians...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Icahn Said to Weigh Yahoo Proxy Fight
the billionaire investor and activist shareholder, is considering a proxy fight for seats on Yahoo?s board in hopes of pushing the company to restart talks to sell itself to Microsoft...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
IAC and Liberty Settle Fight Over Spin-Offs
IAC /InterActiveCorp and the Liberty Media Corporation said that they had settled their disagreement over a proposal to spin-off four of IAC?s largest business units...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
This Year?s Tony List Is Filled With Unusual Suspects
The Tony nominations are in, and it would be difficult to come up with a season that presented a clearer portrait of where Broadway is headed and where it has been...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
The Lede: Out With the Saudi Boys for a Night
Katherine Zoepf's glimpse of the lives of young Saudis...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
DealBook: Icahn Said to Prepare Fight at Yahoo
Carl C. Icahn is considering beginning a proxy fight at Yahoo, fewer than two weeks after it rebuffed a takeover offer from Microsoft, a person briefed on the matter told DealBook...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
City Room: Help for Parking Tickets Online
A revamped Web site offers users an assessment of their chances of successfully challenging a parking ticket...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Bats: Rodriguez Aims for Tuesday Return
Alex Rodriguez, who is on the disabled list with a strained right quadriceps, worked out on Tuesday and said he will try to return to the lineup next Tuesday...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
7 Bombs Kill Scores in Indian City
Breaking months of calm, seven bombs went off in close succession near a Hindu temple and a crowded bazaar in Jaipur, one of India?s main tourist hubs...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
2 Indicted in UBS Tax Fraud Case
A former UBS banker and another man were charged for their alleged role in a tax evasion scheme...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Detroit Council Seeks Mayor?s Ouster
The Detroit City Council voted to ask the governor of Michigan to remove the city?s mayor, Kwame M. Kilpatrick, from office...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Goodell Meets With Patriots Assistant
N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Matt Walsh, the former New England Patriots video employee, had provided no new information about the Patriots? illegal videotaping tactics...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Charges Dismissed Against Detainee
The detainee was subjected to interrogations that Pentagon officials have conceded were ?degrading and abusive.?...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Dance: Rauschenberg and Dance, Partners for Life
Something inherently theatrical about him prompted Mr. Rauschenberg to his boldest, freshest conceptions on stage...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
The Caucus: Watching West Virginia
The results will no doubt lead some in the Clinton camp to declare that Hillary Rodham Clinton?s prospects are not dimming at all, despite the rising tide of Barack Obama?s delegate count...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
West Virginia Votes in Primary
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was expected to win the state by a large margin...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Senate Wants Bush to Stop Filling Oil Reserve
By 97 to 1, the Senate voted to halt shipments to the strategic petroleum reserve as long as prices remain high...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Brazil's Amazon minister resigns
Brazil's environment minister resigns, after reported conflicts with the government over Amazon development...
BBC News - May 13, 2008
US praises N Korea nuclear files
A senior US diplomat says North Korea appears to have handed over full details of its plutonium programme...
BBC News - May 13, 2008
Cablevision Is Winner of Newsday
The owners of The New York Post and The Daily News lost out to Cablevision in the battle for Newsday on Monday, but the tabloid war may be far from over...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Stocks Dip After Retail Sales Report
Wall Street pulled back modestly after the retail sales report and comments from the Federal Reserve chairman gave investors little incentive to extend the previous session?s big advance...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Toll Brothers Expects 30% Drop in Revenue
Preliminary results show home-building revenue of $817.9 million for the second quarter for the luxury home builder amid a week spring selling season...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Another Delay for Airbus Passenger Jet
The European plane maker announced another delay in deliveries of its A380 superjumbo, a report that came as no surprise to a market jaded by overambitious promises from manufacturers...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Profit Rises, but Wal-Mart Cautions
The nation?s largest retailer and a bellwether for the economy said sales and profit surged in the first quarter, but it warned it might miss earnings expectations for the current quarter...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Retail Sales Dip for Second Time in 2 Months
Consumers, battling soaring gasoline prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending in April...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Bernanke Says Turmoil in Markets Is Easing
Steps taken by the central bank to get credit flowing more freely have led to some improvement in financial markets, but conditions are ?still far from normal,? the Fed chairman said in a speech...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
French Bank Plans to Raise $9.1 Billion
Crédit Agricole said the equity offering is aimed at shoring up capital after further write-downs at its Calyon investment bank. Earlier, Société Générale said quarterly net profit fell 23 percent...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Hewlett-Packard Acquires E.D.S.
The $13.9 billion deal for Electronic Data Systems will make H.P. the second-largest player behind I.B.M., and is H.P.?s largest acquisition since it acquired Compaq...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Florida Brush Fires Threaten Hundreds of Homes
Schools were closed in Palm Bay, Fla., and hundreds of homes were endangered by spreading, wind-whipped brush fires that may have been deliberately set...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Walsh Meets With Goodell to Talk About Spygate
N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell said he learned nothing new about the Spygate scandal after meeting with former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh for over three hours Tuesday...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
As West Virginia Votes, Obama Heads Elsewhere
With Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton expected to score an easy victory, Senator Barack Obama was campaigning in Missouri...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
?In the Heights? Leads Tony Nominations
The rap, hip-hop and salsa flavored musical received 13 Tony nominations, which were announced Tuesday...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Concerns Over Myanmar Junta?s Role
Myanmar continued to restrict most large-scale aid deliveries Tuesday, one day after the U.N. secretary general pressed the junta to accept international assistance...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
7 Bombs Kill 45 in Indian City
Breaking months of calm, seven bombs went off in close succession near a Hindu temple and a crowded bazaar inside the walled enclave of the historic pink city...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Gates Wants Weapons Useful in Current Conflicts
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told the military and its industrial partners that new weapons must prove their value to current conflicts, marked by insurgency and terrorism...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Struggle to Reach Quake Survivors
Tens of thousands of people across southwest China remained buried beneath rubble after a massive earthquake that has left thousands dead...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
The Lede: In China, Olympic Torch Protests Follow Quake
Officials decided to scale back the torch relay after criticism over today?s event...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Is Dead at 82
Mr. Rauschenberg, who time and again reshaped art in the 20th century, defied the traditional idea that an artist stick to one medium or style...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
HP in $12.6bn challenge to IBM
Hewlett-Packard buys information technology provider EDS for $12.6bn in a bid to take on rival IBM...
BBC News - May 13, 2008
Wal-Mart warns on slowdown
The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, warns it may miss profit targets because of the tough economic climate...
BBC News - May 13, 2008
Colombian sends ex-warlords to US
Colombia extradites 14 former paramilitary bosses to face drugs charges in the US after they violated a peace deal...
BBC News - May 13, 2008
Freud painting set to beat record
A life-sized Lucian Freud painting of a sleeping, naked woman is expected to be sold for a record price later...
BBC News - May 13, 2008
US pop artist Rauschenberg dies
Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg, known for using odd and everyday articles in his work, dies at the age of 82...
BBC News - May 13, 2008
Key 9/11 suspect charges dropped
The Pentagon drops charges against a Saudi held at Guantanamo, who was allegedly part of the 9/11 plot...
BBC News - May 13, 2008
Société Générale?s First-Quarter Profit Drops 23.4%
Despite the drop in profits, the large French bank pummeled by a rogue trading scandal, beat the average market earnings forecast...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Shifting Careers: Improving Your Listening Skills
Six tips for improving your listening skills...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Wal-Mart Quarterly Profit Rises
Wal-Mart, the world?s largest retailer, reported higher quarterly profit as discounts drew U.S. shoppers looking for bargains on necessities like food and pharmacy items...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Nissan Plans Electric Car in U.S. by ?10
The commitment, announced Tuesday, will be the first by a major automaker to bring a zero-emission vehicle to the American market...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Many Hispanics Are Hit Hard by Economic Slump
What had been a story of steady advances for Hispanics has given way to growing joblessness and lost homes...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Rescuers Struggle to Reach Quake Survivors
Tens of thousands of people across southwest China remained buried beneath rubble as rescue workers struggled to reach areas cut off by a massive earthquake that has left 12,000 dead...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Bush offers Lebanon army help
The US is ready to help improve Lebanon's army so it can disarm Hezbollah, President Bush tells the BBC...
BBC News - May 13, 2008
Memo Pad
News about the airlines...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
On the Road: Hints That ?Fare Sale? May Be Heard Before Long
Airlines have been able to raise prices in concert all year and still keep seats filled at record levels. But there are now early signs that the market may be rebelling...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Itineraries | Frequent Flier: If You Didn?t Play Gin Rummy, You Sat in the Co-Pilot Seat
Back in the 1960s, one aspect of my P.R. job involved ?making up a load? on the company plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft, used mostly to travel to our plant in Florida...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Dealbook: A Wish List for Fixing Wall Street
For Kenneth C. Griffin, who runs one of the biggest and most successful hedge fund firms, the entire banking industry needs to overhaul its thinking, and perhaps accept greater regulation...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
IndyMac Posts Loss on Mortgage Troubles
In addition to posting a $184 million loss for the first quarter of 2008, the mortgage lender warned Monday it would not post a profitable quarter this year...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Italian Aerospace Company to Buy U.S. Technology Firm
The Italian aerospace company Finmeccanica reached a $5.2 billion deal to buy DRS Technologies, securing a bigger presence in the growing United States military market...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
A New Editor at the Forward
Jane R. Eisner, former editorial page editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, was nominated Monday to become editor of The Forward, the Jewish newsweekly...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Charter Lowers Quarterly Loss
Charter Communications, the cable TV provider, said Monday it narrowed its first-quarter loss on a 13 percent increase in average revenue per user and a rise in subscribers...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
A Flavoring Seen as a Means of Marketing to Blacks
It is unclear how African-American preference for menthol cigarettes developed in the first place, but it seems the answer involves cultural and taste preferences as well as tobacco industry marketing...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Negotiations Under Way to Ease Ground Zero Deal
City and state officials have begun talks with Goldman Sachs in the hope of negotiating a new agreement that would avoid hefty penalties for delays in rebuilding at the World Trade Center site...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Hundreds Are Arrested in U.S. Sweep of Meat Plant
In the biggest workplace immigration raid this year, federal agents swept into a kosher meat plant on Monday in Postville, Iowa, and arrested more than 300 workers...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link
The United States Court of Federal Claims is considering whether the government should pay millions of dollars to the parents of some 4,800 autistic children...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Former Chief Tells Board That A.I.G. Is in ?Crisis?
Maurice R. Greenberg, the former chief executive of the American International Group, also urged a delay in its annual general meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, in a letter to the board...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Stocks & Bonds: Oil Prices Slide, and Wall Street Cheers
Wall Street rallied on Monday as oil prices fell, easing some investors? concerns about accelerating inflation. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 130 points...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
HBO Shows May Sell on iTunes, for $1.99+
The higher pricing for some HBO shows is a departure for Apple which for years has insisted on standard pricing for digital downloads, at $1.99...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
An NBC Goodbye for Leno After ?Tonight??
Ben Silverman, the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, acknowledged that the changing late-night landscape at the network would probably mean that Jay Leno would leave it...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Advertising: ABC Fall Roster Is Heavy on the Already Proven
Having lost four months of its development season to the writers? strike, the network will, at least initially, rely heavily on fan favorites...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Losses at XM and Sirius as They Pursue a Merger
Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, the pay radio stations that are seeking to merge, both reported solid gains in subscribers on Monday although both also posted quarterly losses...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
MBIA?s Loss in Quarter More Than Expected
The bond insurer said on Monday that unrealized losses on insured derivatives skyrocketed in the first quarter, pushing the company into a sharp quarterly loss...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Clear Channel Sale Appears to Be Close
After a year of trouble and courtroom battles, two private equity firms looking to buy Clear Channel were close to settling with the banks financing the deal...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Bloomberg L.P. Fills Post, Suggesting Shift to News
Norman Pearlstine, the former top editor of Time Inc. and The Wall Street Journal, was named to the new position of chief content officer of Bloomberg on Monday...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Books of The Times: A World of Stories From a Son of Vietnam
Whether it?s the prospect of dying at sea or being shot by a drug kingpin or losing family members in a war, Nam Le?s people are individuals trapped in the cross hairs of fate...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
The Lede: After Stamp Hike, Forever and a Cent
As promised, the United States Postal Service has enacted the smallest of price hikes...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Justices? Conflicts Halt Apartheid Appeal
The case calls attention to the occasionally uncomfortable consequences of justices? ownership of individual stocks...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
In Kenya, Violence Shakes Running Community
The Olympic hopes of many of Kenya?s runners have been disrupted by the ethnic violence that followed a disputed presidential election last December...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Plea Expected in Ring Tied to Spitzer
The woman accused of being the primary booker for the Emperor?s Club V.I.P. prostitution ring is expected to plead guilty this week, people involved in the matter said...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
McCain Differs With Bush on Climate Change
Senator John McCain called for a limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Cigarette Bill Treats Menthol With Leniency
A ban of most flavored cigarettes would exempt menthol cigarettes, popular among African-Americans...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Generation Faithful: Love on the Female Side of the Divide
The separation between the sexes in Saudi Arabia is so extreme that it is difficult to overstate...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
A Liberal Wit Builds Bridges to the G.O.P.
Barney Frank, the rumpled, cantankerous Massachusetts Democrat, has emerged as a key deal-maker in the House...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
?No Hope? for Children Buried in Earthquake
As dawn crept across the shattered town of Dujiangyan, the site of a school collapse became a center of mourning...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
Powerful Quake Ravages China, Killing Thousands
An earthquake struck in China, toppling thousands of buildings and killing at least 10,000 people...
New York Times - May 13, 2008
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