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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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US News Archive for March 2007:
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Chinese Leader Strikes Defensive Tone
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said today that China will not seek to disrupt the world order dominated by the U.S...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
A Solemn Journey to Mali Gets Under Way
Five victims of last week?s deadly fire in the Bronx today began their journey to Africa for burial...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Japan Stands by Declaration on ?Comfort Women?
The government repeated today that there was no evidence that the Japanese military had forcibly recruited women into sex slavery during World War II...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
White House Now Unsure if Firings Were Miers?s Idea
President Bush?s spokesman backed away today from earlier assertions that the former White House counsel was responsible for the idea to fire U.S. attorneys...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Wal-Mart Drops Bid to Operate Its Own Bank
The reversal was prompted by what the retailer said was ?manufactured controversy? surrounding the proposal...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Subject of C.I.A. Leak Testifies on Capitol Hill
Speaking in public for the first time about the case, Valerie Plame Wilson told a House panel today that she felt betrayed by officials who failed to protect her identity...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
3 Detectives to Be Indicted by Grand Jury in Bell Case
A Queens grand jury voted to indict three city police detectives in the November killing of Sean Bell, an unarmed 23-year-old black man, a defense lawyer in the case said...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Bush motorcade in minor accident
A vehicle in the US president's motorcade is involved in a minor traffic accident but no-one is injured...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Police indicted over NY shooting
Three New York policemen are charged over the shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding day...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Inflation Rose in February
A rebound in energy prices led to an increase in the consumer price index, suggesting that a weakening economy has not yet caused inflation to slow...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Nissan Chief Gives Up North American Duties
Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn will focus on leading Nissan and Renault, which he also runs, Nissan said today...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Bush focuses on immigration
President George W Bush ends his five-country tour to Latin America with a promise to work for immigration law reform...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Diary: Republican panic
BBC Washington correspondent Matt Frei wonders if disarray in the Republican party foretells defeat...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Obituary: Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton found fame in the movie Annie Get Your Gun, and her story of fame, decline, drug abuse and eventual redemption was akin to a Hollywood script...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Wal-Mart pulls out of bank plan
Wal-Mart withdraws its controversial application for a US banking licence, blaming "manufactured controversy"...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Food pushes up US consumer prices
US consumer prices increase more than expected in February, as food and petrol prices grow, figures show...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Bomb kills four in Colombia port
At least four people are killed by a bomb in the busy Colombian port of Buenaventura, on the Pacific coast...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Bolivia to protect coca name
Moves are afoot in Bolivia to try to stop international companies using the word coca in their names...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Mexico police in $205m cash haul
Mexican police seize what they say is one of the biggest amounts of cash confiscated in an anti-drug raid...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
California moves up 2008 primary
California brings its 2008 primary forward to give it more clout in choosing presidential candidates...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Friendly fire death was 'unlawful'
A British coroner rules that a U.S. "friendly fire" attack that killed a British soldier in Iraq was unlawful and criminal. He also says the death of 25-year-old Lance Cpl. Matty Hull was "entirely avoidable."...
CNN - March 16, 2007
Sub-prime firm sells $2.7bn loans
One of the firms hit by woes in the US sub-prime lending market strikes a deal to sell some of its loans...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
All Nippon Airways raided by FBI
Mystery surrounds an FBI raid on the North American headquarters of Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Peru's alarming water truth
Oscar-winning Al Gore chose to call his film about global warming An Inconvenient Truth, but for Peru it is more like an alarming reality, writes James Painter...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
US Senate against Iraq deadline
Democratic senators fail to pass legislation to try to force a timetable for a withdrawal from Iraq...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
Rove, Gonzales discussed firings, e-mails show
Newly revealed White House e-mails show President Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, and then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales were involved in discussions of a shakeup of U.S. attorneys before Gonzales became attorney general...
CNN - March 16, 2007
Bowie Kuhn, Former Baseball Commissioner, Dies
Bowie Kuhn was the commissioner of baseball during a tumultuous 15-year period when the game experienced dramatic growth accompanied by unprecedented labor strife...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
You?ve Read the Novels (Now Read the Footnotes)
Annotated editions and period guides are not necessary to grasp the drama of classic literature, but they can enrich one?s reading...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Lives Intersect Violently on a Busy City Street
Friends and family of the two officers spoke of their earnestness and altruism, of a simple wish to do good...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Rove Is Linked to Early Query Over Dismissals
The senior presidential adviser inquired about firing United States attorneys in January 2005, e-mails show...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Far From Inevitable, McCain Retunes ?08 Engine
After an uneasy start to his campaign, Senator John McCain is back on board of the Straight Talk Express...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Italy: Fiat Plans a Low-Cost Car
Fiat said it would go ahead with plans to build a low-cost car, joining a growing number of automakers seeking to emulate Renault?s success with the Romanian-built Logan. ?This will be our answer to the Logan,? said Fiat?s chief executive, Sergio Marchionne. Mr. Marchionne said Fiat would build the car in Brazil and might expand its production to China, India and Turkey, where it has plants. Faced with flat growth and increasing competition in their home markets, Fiat and other automakers are expanding in the developing world, where markets are growing very fast...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Surge in Bayer?s Profit
Bayer, the drug and chemicals maker, said its fourth-quarter earnings surged, helped by growth in its health care business, and forecast a 5 percent increase in annual sales as it benefits from the acquisition of Schering. The company, based in Leverkusen, said it earned 311 million euros ($410 million) in the period, compared with 46 million euros a year earlier. Sales during the fourth quarter rose 25 percent, to 7.97 billion euros ($10.51 billion) from 6.37 billion euros. Sales in its health care unit rose 75 percent, to 3.78 billion euros ($4.98 billion). The company?s crop sciences unit posted fourth-quarter sales of 1.3 billion euros ($1.71 billion), down 5.4 percent. Bayer?s chief executive, Werner Wenning, above, said Bayer expects an increase in group sales this year of more than 10 percent, which would come to about 5 percent when adjusted for the rising euro...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Luxury Home Prices Rise
Luxury home prices in London rose at an annual rate of 31 percent in February, the fastest pace in 28 years. The average price of London?s most expensive houses and apartments gained 2.6 percent on a monthly basis, according to data compiled by Knight Frank, a real estate broker based in London. ?Prices in central London have for the past two years been growing at three times the rate? of the rest of Britain, said Liam Bailey, the partner in charge of residential research at Knight Frank...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Russia: Aeroflot to Buy Airbus Planes
The Russian flag carrier Aeroflot will acquire 22 A350 Airbus wide-body jets and Qatar Airways is in talks with Airbus on a purchase of 80 A350s, the airlines said. Aeroflot also could soon sign a contract to buy 10 to 15 smaller A330s as part of a major upgrade of its fleet, a spokeswoman, Irina Dannenberg, said. Delivery of the A330s would begin by the end of 2008, while the A350s would be delivered starting in 2015, Ms. Dannenberg said. A final contract for both models will be signed in coming weeks. She declined to say how much the deal would be worth. A major A350 sale would help Airbus at a difficult time...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
World Business Briefing | Australia: Bid for Qantas Losing Favor
A bid by a private equity consortium to take over Qantas Airways appears to be in trouble after improvements in the airline?s earning prospects have left the offer looking inadequate. The Airline Partners Australia consortium, which includes the Texas Pacific Group, Macquarie Bank and Allco Equity Partners, made the takeover bid last year, valuing Qantas at 11.1 billion Australian dollars ($8.75 billion). At the time, many were surprised that the bidders believed the airline was worth so much, but with recently growing passenger loads and stable fuel prices, that view has changed. ?The underlying conditions in the airline market have improved and have made the original bid look a bit skinny,? said Matthew Crowe, the transportation analyst at JPMorgan in Sydney...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Nissan Plans Production Cuts
Nissan Motor plans to cut production at two plants in Japan from April 2 until the end of June because of weaker demand. Nissan will cut a shift on a production line in Kanagawa and in Tochigi Prefectures, a spokesman, Yuichi Nakagawa, said. Each plant has two lines. The plant in Kanagawa makes subcompacts like the March, and the Tochigi plant builds Skyline sedans and other vehicles. Nissan?s domestic vehicle sales, excluding minicars, fell for a 17th straight month in February...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Airline?s Office Raided in U.S.
The All Nippon Airways Company had its offices in Los Angeles searched for nine hours yesterday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to a statement from the carrier. The FBI declined to say why the office was searched. ?We don?t know why they raided the office, but we confirmed with our staff there that it wasn?t anything to do with the operation of the aircraft or terrorism,? a spokesman at All Nippon, Rob Henderson, said. The customer service center in Los Angeles is the headquarters of the airline?s North American operations and is responsible for passenger and cargo sales for the western and southern United States...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
CVS Shareholders Approve Deal
CVS shareholders voted to approve the company?s $23.9 billion plan to buy pharmacy benefits manager Caremark Rx...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Judge Bars a Buyout Vote at Netsmart
A judge has barred Netsmart Technologies from polling shareholders on a $115 million offer to sell out to private equity firms...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Antonio Ortiz Mena, 99, Mexican Finance Minister in 1960s, Dies
As Mexico?s finance minister in the 1960s, Antonio Ortiz Mena was the architect of a period of remarkable growth known as the ?Mexican miracle.?...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
G.E. Unit Buying Big Provider of Mortgages
General Electric?s leasing, financing and asset management business plans to buy the PHH Corporation for about $1.8 billion...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Jury Is Selected for Trial of Conrad Black
A jury was selected in the racketeering trial of Conrad M. Black and jurors were instructed to return Monday for opening statements...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Despite Inflation Trend, Small but Nervous Gains
Signs of strength in corporate takeover activity, jobs and overseas markets allowed investors to stomach a sharp rise in wholesale inflation...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Nasdaq Hires Former Ohio Congressman
Michael G. Oxley was named a nonexecutive vice chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market, a newly created position...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Imperial Tobacco Makes $15 Billion Bid for Spanish Rival
Imperial Tobacco, a British cigarette maker, made a 11.5 billion euro ($15.2 billion) takeover bid for Altadis, its Madrid-based rival...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Bear Stearns Profit Rises 8% Despite Weak Subprime Market
The Bear Stearns Companies, Wall Street?s largest underwriter of mortgage securities, said yesterday that its first-quarter profit rose 8 percent despite turmoil in the subprime lending sector...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
New Pipeline Will Bypass the Bosporus but Involve Russia
Russia, Greece and Bulgaria signed an agreement to build an oil pipeline bypassing the crowded Bosporus in Turkey...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Ex-Internet Tycoon in Japan Guilty of Fraud
Takafumi Horie was found guilty by the Tokyo District Court of violating securities laws at his company, Livedoor...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Sharp Rise in Producer Prices Shows Inflation Still Hangs Over Economy
Prices rose broadly and sharply for businesses in February as an array of goods, from children?s toys to tobacco, became more expensive...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Cisco to Buy an Online Conferencing Company
The $3.2 billion deal to acquire the online meeting company WebEx furthers Cisco?s push into the business communications market...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
One Proposal for Tribune Said to Lose Momentum
The proposal from Sam Zell is said to be falling from favor, forcing management to reconsider how Tribune might restructure...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Germany Says Hedge Funds Should Devise Conduct Code
The finance minister of Germany said he favored an internationally accepted ?code of conduct? for the hedge fund industry...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
2 Financial Institutions Find Common Cause in New York
The country?s largest black financial institution is teaming up with Merrill Lynch to help the firm entree into minority neighborhoods...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Future of UBS Executive Part of Wall Street Chatter
Kenneth D. Moelis, the president of UBS?s investment bank in New York, is threatening to leave the firm, according to people briefed on the matter...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
G.M. Says It Has Found Serious Flaws in Accounting
General Motors warned investors that its performance was threatened by ?ineffective? controls over financial reporting...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Advertising: Do You Know Where Your Slogan Is?
Madison Avenue?s ability to contribute phrases to the vernacular has always been prized as a way to amplify an ad campaign...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
[TS] High & Low Finance: Risky Business Still Attracts Eager Lenders
This may not be a good time to borrow money if you are a homeowner with a poor credit history, but it is a fine time if you are a company with such a problem...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
V.C. Nation: Green Energy Enthusiasts Are Also Betting on Fossil Fuels
Some technology investors that portray themselves as green-friendly are inconsistent with their marketing message...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
A Lawyer Like a Hurricane
Richard F. Scruggs, the lawyer representing homeowners affected by Hurricane Katrina has turned the case into a nightmare for the insurance industry...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
History of Hernia Patch Raises Questions on Implant Recalls
How do makers of implanted medical devices react when one of their products starts breaking? Some case studies are revealing...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
New Suitor for Exchange in Chicago
Intercontinental Exchange made a $10 billion bid to wrest the Chicago Board of Trade away from its planned merger partner, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange...
New York Times - March 16, 2007
Marine 'justifies' Iraq deaths
A US marine, charged with the murder of Iraqi civilians in Haditha, says he would do the same again...
BBC News - March 16, 2007
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