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US News Archive for July 2006:
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Israel hits Beirut airport depot
• IDF: Rockets hit Haifa; Hezbollah denies attack
• Israeli ambassador: Haifa attack "major escalation"
• Israel bombs Beirut airport; blocks ports
• Hezbollah launches scores of rockets into Israel
• Israel, Lebanon officials: Violence amounts to "acts of war"
• Al-Arabiya: Leaflets say to avoid Hezbollah centers...
CNN - July 13, 2006
Hundreds told to flee wildfires
A mandatory evacuation order was issued Thursday for hundreds of households in Morongo Valley as nearby wildfires burned on, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said...
CNN - July 13, 2006
Israel attacks Beirut airport
Israeli forces struck Beirut's international airport for the second time Thursday, hitting fuel tanks that exploded into fireballs. The attack came soon after two rockets struck the northern Israeli port of Haifa on a day of spiraling violence and deepening crisis...
CNN - July 13, 2006
Former CIA officer sues Cheney, Rove over leak
Valerie Plame, the CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters, sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career...
CNN - July 13, 2006
Comedian Red Buttons Dies at 87
Red Buttons, a comic who rose to television stardom and went on to win an Oscar in 1958 for his dramatic performance in “Sayonara,” died today...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Gov. Romney Seeks Control of Big Dig Inquiry
The Massachusetts governor filed emergency legislation to take control of the investigation of the tunnel accident...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
House Votes to Renew Voting Rights Act
The 390-to-33 vote came after an emotional debate over how much the South had changed in four decades...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
White House Agrees to Review of Surveillance Program
A deal was reached on a bill that would subject the eavesdropping program run by the N.S.A. to a one-time judicial review...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Israeli Border Towns Cope With Hezbollah Attacks
For Israelis who have endured the rocket fire in the north since the 1970’s, it was not supposed to turn out this way...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Sony BMG Merger Voided by European Appeals Court
In a rare move, a European Union court issued blunt criticism of the regulators who endorsed the merger of Sony and BMG...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Stocks Drop as Oil Prices Reach Record High
The anxiety in global commodities markets swept through equity markets today, with stocks posting broad declines...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Hezbollah rockets strike Israeli port
Two rockets fired from Lebanon strike the northern Israeli port of Haifa, the Israeli military said, as the crisis over the abduction of two Israeli soldiers deepens. The firing came hours after Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut's international airport and its navy began a blockade of Lebanon's ports...
CNN - July 13, 2006
Israel hit after Beirut strikes
Rockets fired from Lebanon hit the northern Israeli town of Safed on Thursday, hours after Israeli planes bombed Beirut International Airport. The escalation in violence came as Israel expanded its military campaign against Hezbollah guerrillas who kidnapped two Israeli soldiers...
CNN - July 13, 2006
Deal reached on eavesdropping oversight
Sen. Arlen Specter on Thursday revealed a bill that would require a court to review the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's controversial intelligence-gathering program, saying the deal was negotiated with the Bush administration's cooperation...
CNN - July 13, 2006
Barbaro’s Chances for Recovery Called 'Poor’
Doctors treating Barbaro, the injured Kentucky Derby winner, said today that an acute infection in what had been the horse’s good hind leg has worsened...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
New York’s Largest Municipal Union Reaches Deal on Contract
The Bloomberg administration and the city’s largest municipal union, District Council 37, reached a tentative 32-month contract late Wednesday that ends a residency requirement and provides a raise of more than 10 percent...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Chief of Nissan and Renault Details G.M. Proposal
Carlos Ghosn said today that he would propose that General Motors join with his two companies in a sweeping three-way alliance...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
El Salvador swoops on gang
Police in El Salvador raid a stronghold of a notorious street gang, arresting more than 190 suspected members...
BBC News - July 13, 2006
Colombia volcano provokes alert
Colombians living close to a volcano are urged to seek shelter after it begins spewing ash and rock...
BBC News - July 13, 2006
Israeli jets bomb Beirut airport
Israeli aircraft bomb Beirut International Airport and block naval traffic in Lebanese waters as Israel expands its military campaign against Hezbollah guerrillas who kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. The Lebanese interior minister says the airport strikes are a "general act of war" and an attack against the country's "economic interests."...
CNN - July 13, 2006
Israel strikes Beirut airport
Israeli aircraft have bombed Beirut International Airport, expanding its campaign against Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas holding two Israeli soldiers captive...
CNN - July 13, 2006
Fire threatens resort town; 1,000 evacuated
Firefighters struggled to keep a 37,000-acre desert wildfire from spreading to a mountain resort community, fighting against winds and blistering heat that kept fanning the flames...
CNN - July 13, 2006
Aviva buys US insurer for £1.6bn
The UK's biggest insurance firm, Aviva, says it has agreed to buy US rival Amerus for £1.6bn...
BBC News - July 13, 2006
Ice hockey: Sutter quits Flames
Darryl Sutter quits as Calgary coach to concentrate on his general manager duties, with Jim Playfair taking over...
BBC News - July 13, 2006
NFL: Skier Bloom makes switch
Former US Olympic skier Jeremy Bloom agrees a four-year contract with Philadelphia...
BBC News - July 13, 2006
Washington in 'crime emergency'
Washington DC police increase patrols as their chief declares a "crime emergency" after sharp spike in murders...
BBC News - July 13, 2006
Court allows Uruguay pulp mills
World Court judges rule Uruguay can continue building two paper mills, rejecting Argentina's objections...
BBC News - July 13, 2006
Israel hits Beirut airport
Officials have closed Beirut International Airport after Israeli warplanes struck runways in the Lebanese capital's Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs. The Israeli military has confirmed its aircraft carried out the attacks...
CNN - July 13, 2006
Report: Israel hits Beirut airport
Officials have closed Beirut International Airport after Israeli warplanes struck runways in the Lebanese capital's Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs, The Associated Press reported...
CNN - July 13, 2006
After Midnight, Romance on the Observation Deck
Midnight at the Empire State Building. At 1,050 feet, with rain clouds colored pink, romance abounds...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Schoolbooks Are Given F’s in Originality
Similar passages in two high school history textbooks are a result of how the world of textbook publishing often works...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Out of College, but Now Living in Urban Dorms
A 60-unit building in Harlem has become a sort of dorm for the overeducated and underpaid in New York City...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Escalation: Clashes Spread to Lebanon as Hezbollah Raids Israel
Early on Thursday morning, Israeli warplanes fired missiles at the runways at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, shutting the airport...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Administration Prods Congress to Curb the Rights of Detainees
A day after accepting the Geneva Conventions, the White House pushed for a narrow definition of detainees’ rights under them...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Wide Flaws Found in Boston Tunnel After Death
At least 60 more trouble spots were found in the Big Dig tunnel where a woman was crushed by ceiling tiles...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Eurotunnel Talks End
Eurotunnel, operator of the Channel Tunnel, said it would activate a legal procedure to protect it from creditors after talks aimed at restructuring the company’s huge debts ended without agreement. The company had set a debt a deadline of midnight on Wednesday to reach a deal. On Thursday morning, a group representing most of the company’s debt holders said in a statement: “We believe that considerable progress has been made. However, agreement could not be reached within the deadlines imposed by Eurotunnel.” The group added that it was still interested in reaching a negotiated settlement. Creditors are owed some £6.2 billion ($11.4 billion). Eurotunnel processed an initial filing for protection on Tuesday...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
World Business Briefing | Asia: India: Industrial Production Slows
India’s industrial production slowed to 10 percent in May from 10.8 percent in May 2005 as the mining and power sectors slowed sharply, a government report said. Industrial production, however, was higher than the 9.5 percent growth recorded in April this year. According to the government’s Central Statistical Organization, manufacturing grew 11.3 percent compared with 10.9 percent last year. Growth in mining fell to 3 percent from 5.2 percent while electricity slid to a 4.7 percent pace from 10.5 percent last year...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
World Business Briefing | Asia: India: Profit Rises 50% at Infosys
Infosys Technologies, India’s second-largest outsourcing firm after Tata Consultancy Services, said its net profit for the quarter ended in June rose 50 percent, to 8 billion rupees ($174 million) from 5.32 billion rupees, exceeding expectations. Infosys hired 8,097 workers in the quarter, including a record 2,000 employees on a single day, and its work force now totals 58,409 workers. Its stock rose 7.5 percent, helping to keep the Sensex index of Indian stocks in positive territory on the day after a series of bombs ripped through commuter trains at rush hour in Mumbai...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Medical Journal Says It Was Again Misled
The Journal of the American Medical Association says it was misled by researchers who failed to disclose financial ties to drug companies...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Respect and Anger Voiced at Lay Service
The service for Kenneth L. Lay was delayed when a former mayor of Houston collapsed after his heart defibrillator discharged...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Lions Gate Buys Television Distributor
The Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation has bought a television distributor, Debmar-Mercury, to move into TV syndication...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Deutsche Bank Deal
Deutsche Bank said it was buying MortgageIT Holdings in a $429 million deal that is its latest expansion in the mortgage-lending business in the United States. Deutsche Bank is paying $14.75 in cash for each MortgageIT share, representing a premium of about 19 percent over the Tuesday closing price of $12.40 a share. MortgageIT, based in New York, is a real estate investment trust that writes and resells residential mortgages...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Sales Gain at Burberry
The Burberry Group, the British luxury goods maker, said quarterly sales rose 18 percent as the company added stores around the world and took over retail operations in Spain and Taiwan. Revenue in the period, which ended June 30, climbed to £135 million ($249 million) from £114 million ($210 million) a year earlier, the company said. The company, which is based in London, said it increased its net retail selling space by 10 percent in the quarter and is on schedule to keep expanding at that pace over the full year. Retail sales rose 34 percent from a year earlier, to £82 million ($150 million), and represented 61 percent of total revenue...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Campbell Unit Sold
Premier Foods is buying the British and Irish businesses of the Campbell Soup Company for about $845 million, strengthening its stable of branded goods. Premier already owns brand names like Ambrosia, Branston and Quorn, and the Campbell deal will add Homepride sauces, OXO dry stocks and Batchelors dry soup and meals. The businesses Premier is adding have annual sales of about $480 million. The company said the combination should produce cost savings and increase revenue by £28 million ($51.7 million) within three years. The sale includes three manufacturing plants in Britain and one in Ireland, Campbell said...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Gannett Profit Declines 8.3%
The largest newspaper publisher in the country blamed softness at papers in Britain and higher costs for newsprint...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Group of 8 Talks, Like So Much These Days, Are All About Energy: Russia’s Gas and Oil
The Kremlin is consolidating its monopoly power over gas supplies, leaving the West desperate to find alternatives...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Democrats Link Fortunes to Rise in Minimum Wage
The party’s campaign to raise the minimum wage and focus attention on income inequality is playing a role in states where Republicans are vulnerable...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Boeing Raises 20-Year Forecast
Boeing Raises 20-Year Forecast...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Ex-Agent Sentenced in Insider Trading
Ex-Agent Sentenced in Insider Trading...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Investor Sues Barnes & Noble Over Options
By Reuters...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Suit Against KPMG
By Reuters...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
S.E.C. Stiffens Rules on ‘Soft Dollars’
Tougher guidelines limited the kinds of services money managers can buy by paying brokerage firms inflated trading commissions and passing on the higher costs to clients...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Canadian Media Group Offers to Buy Rival in Friendly Deal
Bell Globemedia’s offer to buy Chum for 1.7 billion Canadian dollars will probably be subjected to intense regulatory scrutiny...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Televisa Talks to Rival Bidder for Univision
Grupo Televisa discussed the prospect of continuing its investment in Univision, people involved in the discussions said...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Advertising: A Superhero When Magazines Need One
The Magazine Publishers of America has invented Captain Read, who will promote magazines as a “supermedium.”...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Economic Scene: In the Language of Gastronomy, Those Michelin Stars Translate as Dollar Signs
The Society for Quantitative Gastronomy says status and image — not just food — play an increasing role in high restaurant prices...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Small Business: Disabilities No Barrier to the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Disabled entrepreneurs say they enjoy the independence and self-sufficient feeling they get from running their own businesses...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Technology Shares Drag Markets Lower
Apple Computer and Dell suffered under the weight of negative analyst views, stoking concerns about the earnings season...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
F.D.A. Backs AIDS Pill to Be Taken Once a Day
Atripla, the first drug that provides AIDS treatment in one pill a day, is a combination of three drugs already on the market...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Japan Inquiry Into Accident Could Tarnish Toyota Image
Local police accused Toyota of failing to recall a sport utility vehicle involved in an accident that injured a family of five...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
It’s Corn vs. Soybeans in a Biofuels Debate
Biodiesel produced from soybeans produces more usable energy and reduces greenhouse gases more than corn-based ethanol, according to a study being published this month...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Quick Approval of Phone Deals Uncertain
A federal district judge is reviewing the antitrust settlements that permitted the two largest telephone acquisitions in American history...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Trade Deficit Up; Countertrends Are Seen
The U.S. trade deficit edged slightly higher in May, and the nation’s trade deficit with China grew by 4 percent...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Man Tied to Enron Case Found Dead in London Park
Neil Coulbeck had provided evidence to the F.B.I. and the United States Department of Justice about Enron-related transactions...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Terrorist Attack Not Expected to Affect India’s Buoyant Economy
A day after terrorist bombs ripped through Mumbai’s commuter train system, parking lots were full and street markets bustled...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
I.R.S. Wins Its Appeal Over Abusive Tax Shelter
The case has been closely watched by tax lawyers and lobbyists as they argue over what constitutes an abusive shelter...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Some Leeway for the Small Shoplifter
In a rare display of limited permissiveness, Wal-Mart is letting thieves off the hook in cases involving $25 or less...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
A Mission to Repeal Murphy’s Law
Beset by misfortune in the United States, BP has installed a Mr. Fix-It in Robert A. Malone...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Deal Is Seen for Creating Urban Films
A potential joint venture would be a first step toward creating a major force in urban entertainment...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Regulators Penalize Microsoft in Europe
The European Commission fined Microsoft $357 million for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust order...
New York Times - July 13, 2006
Plane market 'to see huge growth'
Airlines will pump up to $2.6 trillion into buying new planes over the next 20 years, Boeing predicts...
BBC News - July 13, 2006
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