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US News Archive for July 2006:
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Wind feeds wildfires; body found
Nearly 4,000 firefighters worked in blistering heat Saturday to corral a huge complex of fires in rugged wilderness and keep them from threatening desert and mountain communities...
CNN - July 15, 2006
Lebanon called 'disaster zone'
Attacks destroying Lebanon, PM saysIsrael attack Lebanese ports, border near SyriaBeirut hit again, Hezbollah HQ targetedBarrages of rockets fired into northern IsraelIsrael declares state of emergency...
CNN - July 15, 2006
Beirut bombed in night raids
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Saturday called Israel's military a "war machine" and said attacks had turned his country into a "disaster zone."...
CNN - July 15, 2006
Space Shuttle Heads Home
The space shuttle Discovery detached from the International Space Station after more than a week of joint operations that set the stage for future missions...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
U.S. Farmers Criticize Subsidies
American cotton farmers visiting West Africa said that the multibillion dollar subsidies the U.S. gives to its cotton industry were worsening hardship in the world’s poorest region...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Letters
Another Way to Look at Pay...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Market Week: Sizing Up the Banks’ Profits
WHEN Wall Street frets about Federal Reserve credit tightening and flattening yield curves, shareholders in bank stocks become especially nervous...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
As Oil Soars, Stocks Give Up Gains for the Year
Stocks tumbled and oil prices soared as conflict in the Middle East shook up the markets, wiping out nearly all of the meager gains recorded by the major stock indexes for the year...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Virginia Man Gets 150-Year Term in Child Pornography Case
Gregory J. Mitchel pleaded guilty to charges involving the sexual exploitation of boys and the operation of illegal Web sites...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Suits: Zizou’s Temper: Part of His Genius?
The French soccer player Zinédine Zidane has one influential defender: Carlos Ghosn, the chief executive of the carmakers Renault of France and Nissan of Japan...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Economic View: Fighting Poverty With $2-a-Day Jobs
For a new generation of philanthropists schooled in the techniques of Wall Street, fighting poverty effectively relies on the creation of low-wage factories...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
The Count: The Good News About Job Cuts (and the Bad)
The Good News...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
The Boss: Powered by Math
The chief executive of Portland General Electric spent her childhood studying, doing math problems and practicing her flute...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Strategies: No Rain on the Stock Options Parade
A change in accounting rules hasn’t turned back a tide of awards...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Off the Shelf: As Governor, What Would His Battles Be?
A new book questions whether a Governor Eliot Spitzer of New York would tone down his proclivity for picking fights...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Square Feet: A Family Tradition, Bridging the Hudson
As a boy, the third-generation scion of a prominent real estate family toured work sites in New Jersey. Now he’s in charge in New York...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: The Rising Role of Private Equity
The stars have aligned behind a huge source of money for corporate deal-making...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: HealthSouth’s Trusty Bankers
Can banks escape liability for investor losses relating to the HealthSouth securities they sold? The answer will have implications for investors everywhere...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
The Goods: The Return of the Boomerang
A former world champion boomerang tosser has a signature line of equipment...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
As Tensions Rise, U.S. and Moscow Falter on Trade
The failure of a deal to include Russia in the World Trade Organization highlighted growing tensions between the former cold war rivals...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Under New Management: Business Revolutionaries Learn Diplomacy’s Value
A start-up’s strategy resembles a diplomatic dance more than a hard-charging coup d’état...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Investing: Is It Deal Time Again in the Oil Patch?
Recent oil company acquisitions could be pricey exceptions or they could reflect a broad undervaluation of the domestic driller industry...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
DealBook: The Finance Crowd Has Its Time in the Idaho Sun
At Allen & Company’s conference this year, the dealmakers to watch were deep-pocketed people you may have never heard of...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Novelties: A Portable (and Squeezable) Way to Recharge
Consumers have trouble focusing on the distant promise of fuel cells to power their cars. But fuel cells to recharge their electronic gadgets? That might be a different story...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Is Ford Running on Empty?
William Clay Ford Jr., the head of Ford Motor, could be the family member who resurrects one of the biggest companies on earth — or the last Ford to run it...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
The Russians Are Filming! The Russians Are Filming!
Russia’s movie industry is in the midst of a creative renaissance and box-office boom...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Israel strikes Lebanon ports
Israel takes aim at rocket launch sites Strikes in Beirut near Hezbollah headquartersBarrages of rockets fired into northern IsraelIsraeli sailor killed, 3 missing after warship hit Hezbollah leader ready for "open war" with Israel...
CNN - July 15, 2006
Israel strikes Lebanese ports
Israeli airstrikes smashed into Beirut, Lebanon's port citys and near the border with Syria, while barrages of rockets continued to be fired at northern Israel, officials said...
CNN - July 15, 2006
Wildfire teams fear disastrous weather
Firefighters battling a merged pair of wildfires feared the blaze could create disastrous weather Saturday and hinder progress in blocking the fire from reaching the populated San Bernardino Mountains in California...
CNN - July 15, 2006
Stem Cell Veto Is Possible
President Bush may use a veto for the first time on a measure passed by the House that would loosen restrictions on embryonic stem cell research...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Carmakers to Study 3-Way Alliance
General Motors, Renault and Nissan agreed to study whether they want to form an alliance that could change the shape of the global automobile industry...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Space Shuttle Heads Home
The space shuttle Discovery detached from the International Space Station today after more than a week of operations that set the stage for future missions...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Checklist for Camp: Bug Spray. Sunscreen. Pills.
Medication lines, unheard of a generation ago, have become fixtures at children's camps across the country...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Lieberman Hopes His Fate Isn’t Sealed With a Kiss
President Bush’s embrace of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman has become a symbol for some of an unforgivable alliance in support of the Iraq war...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Link to Disgraced Lobbyist Taints Race
Ralph Reed, who helped galvanize evangelical Christians into a political force, is struggling in a low-profile Republican primary for lieutenant governor of Georgia...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Writer sues Disney over Pirates
A screenwriter is alleging producers stole his ideas for the Pirates of the Caribbean movie...
BBC News - July 15, 2006
Israel, Hezbollah violence flares
Sources: 15 die in airstrike on Lebanon minibusIsrael, Hezbollah attack new areas Ambulances rush to Sea of Galilee town Israeli sailor killed, 3 missing after warship hit Hezbollah leader ready for "open war" with Israel...
CNN - July 15, 2006
Israel, Hezbollah continue strikes
Israel on Saturday continued its military campaigns inside Lebanon and Gaza amid rising alarm that the Middle East may be sucked into an even wider military confrontation...
CNN - July 15, 2006
News Analysis: U.S., Needing Options, Finds Its Hands Tied
President Bush and Condoleezza Rice are confronting the limits of the course they have chosen in the Middle East...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
No Sex and No Models (What Kind of Bra Ad Is This?)
Sara Lee Branded Apparel, the maker of Playtex, Bali and Hanes, is testing a new strategy: leave the supermodels out of the advertisements...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Five Days: Surge in Violence Abroad Overwhelms Markets
Terrorism in India and escalating violence in the Middle East were collectively too much for stock investors as the Dow Jones plunged and energy prices soared...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Basic Instincts: Remodel With Resale in Mind
They say money and sex are the two biggest causes of marital conflict; I’d like to add home renovations to the list...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
What's Online: Umbrage Taken and Returned
The Columbia Journalism Review's blog section, the Audit, has been the subject of withering attacks from rival bloggers that culminated into an online flame war...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
What's Offline: Maturity Is in Demand
REPORTS of a looming labor shortage — created by tens of millions of baby boomers retiring over the next decade or so — may be premature...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Russian Oil Giant Raises $10.4 Billion in Offering
Rosneft, the Russian state oil company, raised $10.4 billion Friday from the sixth-largest initial public offering in corporate history...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Executive Pursuits: Surf’s Up! Now Get Up the Nerve
At age 54, I was in pursuit of my lost youth — and I wasn’t alone, dude...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Carmakers Plan a Study of a 3-Way Alliance
G.M., Renault and Nissan said the review would take approximately 90 days...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
4 Israeli troops missing from ship
Hezbollah: We are ready for war on every levelIsraeli jets destroy Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut Hezbollah fires missiles into six Israeli townsClaims that missiles fired on Israel 'made in Iran'Israeli woman, grandson reported killed by a rocket ...
CNN - July 15, 2006
California blazes merge
Thousands of firefighters aided by aircraft worked Friday in fierce heat to keep two big wildfires from gaining a foothold in the heavily populated San Bernardino Mountains, where millions of trees killed by drought and bark beetles could provide explosive fuel...
CNN - July 15, 2006
Wiretapping Review Is Criticized
Critics of the program said they would fight a new White House agreement to let a secret court decide the constitutionality of the operation...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Yankees 6, White Sox 5: Yankees Solve Contreras, Then Hang On
José Contreras lost for the first time in 17 decisions, a span stretching two seasons...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
New House Majority Leader Keeps Old Ties to Lobbyists
Far from trying to put the brakes on Washington lobbyists, Representative John A. Boehner has stepped on the gas...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Public Schools Perform Near Private Ones in Study
The study found that fourth graders in public schools did as well or better than children in private schools in math and reading...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Missouri Says It Can’t Hire Doctor for Executions
A federal judge had demanded that the state overhaul the way it executes prisoners by lethal injection...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Dragnet Yields Whimsy and Dread Upstate
Bucky Phillips, who escaped from jail more than 100 days ago, has become a minor folk hero in Upstate New York...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
2 Equity Firms to Acquire Petco
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
3 From Britain Get Bail in Case Tied to Enron
In an unusual twist, the three men were released under the supervision of a defense lawyer...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
[TS] A Tussle, of Sorts, Over Organics
Has Whole Foods lost its soul as it has grown larger?...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Off the Charts: Europe’s Fading Credit Quality May in Fact Be Welcome News
Europe's gross domestic product grew 2.4 percent, which may be just below the fastest growth rate recorded in more than five years...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
G.E. Profit Climbs 11%, but Shares Fall as NBC Universal Unit Disappoints
The company does not expect the situation at NBC Universal to be fixed next quarter either, and perhaps not even this year...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Merrill Analyst Pleads Guilty to Insider Deals
Stanislav Shpigelman admitted that he provided information to an insider trading network that stretched from Croatia to California...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
It’s Air Show Time, but Airbus May Not Want the Spotlight
The show could not come at a worse time for Airbus as its rival, Boeing, has soared against a backdrop of a booming demand for air travel...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Economists Applaud Japan’s Rate Increase
The first interest rate increase in six years is seen as a long-awaited signal that Japan’s $4.6 trillion economy is getting back on track...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Study Cites Plan to End U.S. Oil Imports
A new study by an interstate consortium asserts that American imports of oil could be eliminated by 2030...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
What Women Want
Several national retailers are leaping into the intimate apparel business for the first time or significantly expanding their presence in it...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Saturday Interview With Robert L. Johnson: He's Keeping Many Fingers in Many Pots
Robert L. Johnson, the nation’s first African-American billionaire, talked about his new feature films aimed at black families and other future enterprises...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
G.M., Renault and Nissan Agree to Study Alliance
The American, French and Japanese companies said the review would take approximately 90 days...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
A Bad Week Gets Worse for Markets
With oil approaching $80 a barrel, American stocks continued a three-day losing streak...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
Retail Sales, Expected to Rise, Instead Fell in June
Gasoline expenditures putting bigger pressure on household budgets may have caused the first decline in four months...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
YOUR MONEY: Keep Eyes Fixed on Your Variable-Rate Mortgage
As a large portion of adjustable rates move up next year, homeowners who opted for exotic mortgages could find their payments doubled...
New York Times - July 15, 2006
'No charges for Menezes police'
Police officers involved in the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes will not be prosecuted, it is being reported...
BBC News - July 15, 2006
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