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Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Indian navy sinks suspected pirate mother ship
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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US News Archive for September 2006:
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Closing Arguments Delivered in Gotti Case
A prosecutor said today that John A. Gotti’s defense of having quit the Mafia was an elaborate ruse...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Oriana Fallaci, Writer-Provocateur, Dies at 77
Oriana Fallaci was a dissecting interviewer of the powerful and an iconoclastic journalist...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Pope Faces Crisis as Muslim Outcry Grows
Muslim leaders around the world accused Pope Benedict XVI of dividing religions and demanded an apology...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Congressman Faces Up to 27 Months in Prison
Representative Bob Ney pleaded guilty to two charges related to his dealings with the Jack Abramoff...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Pirro Takes Husband to Task for Ticket
The Republican candidate for attorney general sharply criticized her husband for causing trouble once again...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Bush Strongly Defends Plan on Prisoners
The president made it clear that he is not abandoning the main pillars of his anti-terrorism agenda despite opposition by key Republican senators...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Stores Throw Out Bagged Spinach After Federal Warning
Officials continued to investigate an outbreak of E. coli bacteria that has so far claimed one life and sickened more than 50 people in 10 states...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Iraq to Seal Off Baghdad Next Month
The project will ring Baghdad with trenches and set up traffic checkpoints to control movement in and out of the city...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Inquiry Sought on China's Tariffs on Imported Auto Parts
The U.S., the European Union and Canada plan to ask the World Trade Organization to set up a panel to investigate...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Daimler Seeks Partners in China to Build Cars
The company has concluded that it cannot build its own subcompact cars in North America cheaply enough to make money on them...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
G7 likely to discuss US slowdown
G7 finance ministers are expected to discuss the apparent US slowdown when they meet in Singapore...
BBC News - September 15, 2006
US Republican agrees guilty plea
Bob Ney, a leading US Republican lawmaker, agrees to plead guilty in a corruption scandal...
BBC News - September 15, 2006
Mexico protesters dismantle camp
Protesters in Mexico City who say presidential polls were rigged dismantle their tent city, but vow to continue their fight...
BBC News - September 15, 2006
Annan calls for Mid-East solution
The world must strive to solve the crisis in the Middle East, the UN chief tells the Non-Aligned Movement summit...
BBC News - September 15, 2006
Hurricane Lane heads for Mexico
Tropical Storm Lane turns into a hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast as it heads for the Baja California peninsula...
BBC News - September 15, 2006
Police: Death-obsessed teens planned school attack
Two teenage boys amassed a cache of guns, ammunition, bombs and other weapons at their homes and apparently planned to use them to attack their high school, authorities said...
CNN - September 15, 2006
Terror trials: Senators defy Bush
A powerful Senate committee has rebelled against President Bush, passing a bill it said would protect the rights of foreign terrorism suspects and repair a U.S. image damaged by harsh treatment of detainees...
CNN - September 15, 2006
Bush defends stance on proposed terror tribunals
Facing a rebellion among fellow Republicans in the Senate, President Bush on Friday defended his stance on proposed military tribunals for suspected terrorists...
CNN - September 15, 2006
F.D.A. Warns Against Eating Bag Spinach
An outbreak of E. coli in eight states killed one person and sickened at least 49, officials announced...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Ford Takes New Steps to Cut Costs
The Ford Motor Company said today that it would cut 10,000 more salaried jobs, close two more factories and eliminate its stock dividend...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Reports Say H.P. Relied on Boston Security Unit
Hewlett-Packard’s use of a Boston-based group to investigate suspected news leaks provides an intriguing geographic link for prosecutors...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Canada gun victims still critical
Four victims of Montreal's college shooting remain in critical condition, with one in a coma, officials say...
BBC News - September 15, 2006
Muslim fury at pope jihad comments
Pope Benedict XVI comes under a hail of criticism from the Islamic world for comments he made regarding the Prophet Mohammed and the Muslim faith...
CNN - September 15, 2006
Health chiefs: Don't eat bagged spinach
Consumers nationwide should not eat fresh bagged spinach, say health officials probing a multistate outbreak of E. coli that killed at least one person and made dozens of others sick...
CNN - September 15, 2006
Chavez pledges support for Iran
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez vows to defend Iran from attack as nations of the Non-Aligned Movement meet in Cuba...
BBC News - September 15, 2006
IMF warns on world economy woes
Inflation risks and global trade imbalances mean the world economy faces "testing times", the IMF says...
BBC News - September 15, 2006
U.S. Iran data called 'dishonest'
The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency has written a scathing letter to a U.S. congressional committee saying part of its case against Iran is "outrageous and dishonest." The report came a day before an Iranian opposition figure accused Iran of using lasers to enrich uranium in its bid to develop a nuclear weapon...
CNN - September 15, 2006
String of deadly attacks hit Iraq
A series of attacks on Thursday across Iraq claims the lives of civilians and U.S. soldiers. More than 100 bodies -- most with signs of torture -- have been dumped across the capital of Baghdad in the past three days...
CNN - September 15, 2006
2 Republicans in Senate Vow to Block F.D.A. Pick
The senators’ objections centered on the importing of prescription drugs and on the abortion drug RU-486...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Pataki Appointments Leave a Lasting Stamp
In his final months, Gov. George E. Pataki has locked in hundreds of policy-making and regulatory positions...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Fund-Raising Teamwork Saves a Football Rivalry
A wealthy, largely white Long Island high school helped a poorer rival, made up predominately of minorities, field a team...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
F.D.A. Warns of Outbreak and Not to Eat Bag Spinach
Consumers should avoid eating fresh bagged spinach after an outbreak of E. coli, officials announced...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Ohio Congressman Is Said to Agree to Plead Guilty
A guilty plea would make Representative Bob Ney the first member of Congress to admit to criminal charges in the Jack Abramoff probe...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Clearing the Air: In Gamble, Calif. Tries to Curb Greenhouse Gases
California is betting that it can reduce emissions without wrecking its economy, and inspire other states to follow its example...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Debate Grows as Colleges Slip in Graduations
About 50 colleges across the country have a six-year graduation rate below 20 percent, but who should be held accountable?...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
News Analysis: An Unexpected Collision Over Detainees
The president’s call for creating military tribunals to try terror suspects has erupted into a clash with some of the best-known Republican Party warriors...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Advertising: Marketers Look Past Jelly Stains and See a Mom Who Has Needs
Advertisers are increasingly tailoring their messages to mothers who, they are certain, are dying to spend more time on themselves but feel too guilty to do so...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Mobile Phone Proliferates, a Hallmark of New India
India has become the fastest-growing cellular market in the world, adding 5.9 million subscribers in August and outstripping China’s increase of 5.19 million subscribers...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
World Business Briefing: Canadian Mining Company Acquires Rival
Iamgold, a Canadian mining company, said that it would buy Cambior, a rival, for about 1.33 billion Canadian dollars ($1.2 billion) in stock, to create a gold mining operation with more than one million ounces of annual production. The deal will push Iamgold to the top of the midtier gold producers and comes six months after the miner bought Gallery Gold of Australia. “We believe it sets the stage for us to join the senior ranks as we move forward in this company,” Iamgold’s chief executive, Joe Conway, left, said...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
World Business Briefing: Refco Figure Arrested in France
The former head of Bawag, the Austrian bank linked to last year’s collapse of the commodities brokerage firm Refco, was arrested in France on fraud charges, Austrian authorities said. French authorities took the former executive, Helmut Elsner, who was Bawag’s general manager, into custody at his villa in southern France, a Justice Ministry spokesman told the Austria Press Agency. Bawag, the acronym for Bank Für Arbeit und Wirtschaft A.G., has been under investigation for lending the former chief executive of Refco, Phillip Bennett, several hundred million dollars just before Refco filed for bankruptcy in October...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Metlife Plans a Return to Midtown From Queens
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company said it needs a substantial Manhattan presence since it is now the largest life insurer in North America, according to city officials...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Raymond Mikesell, 93, Economist, Dies
Raymond Mikesell was an economist who was part of the Bretton Woods Conference at the end of World War II...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
World Business Briefing: Brazil’s Petrobras Protests Bolivian Measures
Petróleo Brasileiro, the Brazilian energy company known as Petrobras, canceled a meeting of its executives and Bolivian government officials after Bolivia took steps this week to take over the company’s oil operations in the country. Petrobras said the Bolivian measures, which included the takeover of two refineries, the only ones in Bolivia, and its distribution system, would render its Bolivian operations “unviable.” The meeting had been scheduled for Friday...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
World Business Briefing: Anadarko Sells Energy Assets in Canada
The Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, an energy exploration and production company, said it had agreed to sell its Canadian unit for about $4.24 billion to Canadian Natural Resources, partly to pay off debt associated with its acquisition of the Kerr McGee Corporation and Western Gas Resources. The sale excludes Anadarko’s interests in the Mackenzie Delta and other Arctic frontier properties, which remain for sale. Tom Covington, an analyst with A. G. Edward, said Anadarko was trading out lower-growth properties for higher-growth properties acquired from Kerr McGee and Western Gas...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
ConAgra to Close 5 Plants
ConAgra Foods announced plans to close five plants and eliminate about 400 jobs as part of a long-term plan to cut costs...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Top 2 Executives at Times Co. Will Forgo Stock Compensation
The chairman and vice chairman announced they would forgo stock compensation to create an estimated $2 million annual pool for bonuses to employees...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Segway Recalls All Its Scooters
Segway is recalling its self-balancing scooters because of a malfunction that can make its wheels unexpectedly reverse direction...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
A Comcast-CBS Venture
Comcast said it will make eight CBS prime-time series available to customers through its on-demand service at no extra cost...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
G.E. Will Sell Materials Unit to Buyout Firm
G.E. said it agreed to sell its advanced materials business for about $3.8 billion and use the income to expand its industrial division...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Airline Loses Ruling on Labor Contract
A federal judge overturned a bankruptcy court ruling that allowed Mesaba Aviation to void the labor contract of its flight attendants...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
ICE to Acquire New York Trade Board
The move will allow Intercontinental Exchange to expand into nonenergy commodities for the first time...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Murdoch Said to Be in Talks With Liberty on Stock Swap
Rupert Murdoch is said to be in talks with the financer John C. Malone to trade his stake in the DirecTV Group...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Strong Trading Lifts Profit at Bear Stearns
The robust results came despite a decline in investment banking activity during the quarter and a slowdown in stock trading over the summer...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Judge in Grasso Pay Lawsuit Refuses to Remove Himself
A state judge said lawyers for the former chairman of the N.Y.S.E. had not questioned his objectivity until rulings went against them...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Import Certificates Proposed to Shrink Trade Gap
Under a new Senate bill, companies that want to import goods into the U.S. would have to get a government certificate...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
U.S. Calls for Antiroll Equipment on Vehicles
The U.S. government proposed that all new automobiles come with antirollover technology as standard equipment beginning in 2009...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Retail Sales Slow Their Rise; Wall St. Awaits Price Report
Retail sales rose 0.2 percent in August after a surge of 1.4 percent in July, while another report showed that weekly first-time claims for jobless benefits declined...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Mixed Day as Investors Await Next Week’s Fed Meeting
Blue chips fell and technology stocks managed a slight gain while investors assessed the latest evidence on inflation and the health of the economy...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Internet Betting Executive Is Allowed to Leave U.S.
Peter Dicks, chairman of the online gambling site Sportingbet, resigned after a court ruling that he could leave the United States...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Guidant Settles Device Suit
Guidant, the maker of implanted heart devices, settled a fraud suit over its recalled defibrillator for an undisclosed amount...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Billionaire in Mexico Settles Case With S.E.C.
Billionaire tycoon Ricardo Salinas Pliego and the S.E.C. reached a settlement in the first lawsuit against a foreign company under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Some Lawyers Ranked ‘Super’ Are Not the Least Bit Flattered
A list inserted in a New Jersey magazine has drawn an ethics panel’s rebuke over how far lawyers can go to promote themselves...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
AOL Vice Chairman to Give Up Division Presidency at Year-End
Ted Leonsis, a top leader at AOL for 13 years, will give up his management role but remain vice chairman of the company...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Reports Say H.P. Relied on Its Own Boston Security Unit
Hewlett-Packard’s investigation into news leaks is said to have relied on an arm of the company’s own security force based in Boston...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Insider: Hedge Funds Flirt With Heresy: Going Public
The hedge fund Fortress Investment Group is said to be considering an initial public offering that could value the company from $5 billion to $7 billion...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
[TS] Losing Money by Buying Stock Back
The buy high-sell low strategy may be a recipe for disaster for your average investor. But for companies, it has been a way to improve reported profits...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Changing Its Tune
Woes in the radio industry have spurred a new wave of deal-making as broadcast radio scrambles to regain its groove...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Los Angeles Times Editor Openly Defies Owner’s Call for Job Cuts
In a highly unusual move, Dean P. Baquet said he was defying the Tribune Company and would not make the cuts it requested...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Ford Offering 75,000 Employees Buyout Packages
The U.A.W. agreed on a program to offer buyouts of up to $140,000 each to all of Ford’s hourly workers in the U.S...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Interior Near 2 New Pacts in Oil Leases
Struggling to prevent the loss of billions in oil and gas royalties, the Interior Department is close to a deal with 2 of the 56 companies that hold lucrative drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Music Player From Microsoft Offers Wireless Song-Sharing
Microsoft said its Zune music player will include wireless technology that will allow owners to share songs and playlists easily...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
Document Could Alter KPMG Case
An I.R.S. document indicates that KPMG did not have to register questionable tax shelters, undermining a major claim in the case against 18 former tax professionals...
New York Times - September 15, 2006
South Korea's Ban 'leads UN race'
A straw poll at the UN puts South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon ahead in the race to succeed Kofi Annan...
BBC News - September 15, 2006
Protests move Mexico celebration
Mexico City's annual independence day celebration is relocated amid fears it would be disrupted by protests...
BBC News - September 15, 2006
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