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US News Archive for July 2005:
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Lost in Bombings, Diverse and Promising Lives
The death toll from the July 7 bombings in London stands at 55. The authorities have officially identified 41 of the dead...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Johnson's Effort Rescues Yankees
Randy Johnson struck out 10 in 6 1-3 innings to rescue the injury-depleted rotation and Alex Rodriguez homered to lead the Yankees...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Corrupted PC's Find New Home in the Dumpster
In the face of of growing legions of digital pests, many PC owners are simply replacing embattled machines rather than fixing them...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Jail for Nigerian bank fraudster
A Nigerian woman is jailed for her part in a scam which defrauded a Brazilian bank to the tune of f $242m...
BBC News - July 16, 2005
Officials' Pitch for Drug Plan Meets Skeptics
The Bush administration is encountering skepticism from some consumers as it tries to sell its most significant domestic policy initiative, the new Medicare drug benefit...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
By Courting Sunnis, G.I.'s See Sinister Town Turn Almost Safe
If Qabr Abed can maintain its relative calm, which American officers here say will require constant handholding, it would stand as a striking contrast to other Sunni Arab regions in Iraq...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Texan With Bench Experience Wades Into Justice Fray
Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, is among those being mentioned as a possible Supreme Court nominee...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Schwarzenegger drops media deal
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger drops a lucrative, but controversial media job...
BBC News - July 16, 2005
Bush Stays Mum on Rove, Who Stays by His Side
Karl Rove was again at President Bush's side in a highly public appearance, a signal that Mr. Bush continues to support him...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Immigration Sting Puts 2 U.S. Agencies at Odds
The Labor Department criticized a sting carried out by federal immigration officials, suggesting that it would make immigrant workers distrust safety officials...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
State Dept. Memo Gets Scrutiny in Leak Inquiry on C.I.A. Officer
The memo might have been the original source of information for whoever leaked the officer's identity to Robert D. Novak...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Ruling Lets U.S. Restart Trials at Guantánamo
The judges said the plan to try detainees before military commissions did not violate the Constitution or international law...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Nanny Search Ends After Finding the Manny Within
My wife's request for more help with the kids launches a search for a baby sitter - and a male one, at that...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Norman Raab, 89, a Co-Founder of Villager Clothing Line, Dies
Norman Raab, a co-founder of the Villager line of women's clothing that was a mainstay of country club and collegiate style in the 1960's, died Saturday at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 89...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
G.E. Becomes a General Store for Developing Countries
Revving up sales in emerging countries has become the overarching goal behind many of the seemingly unconnected changes that have been made at General Electric...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Procter & Gamble Gets European Approval to Buy Gillette
The European Commission approved the $57 billion acquisition of Gillette by Procter & Gamble after Procter agreed to sell its Crest battery-powered toothbrush business...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
S.E.C. Queries Brokers on Pricing Option Trades
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether major brokerage firms are fulfilling their obligation to secure the best price for customers who are trading options, according to a letter sent to Wall Street brokers...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Beef Imports From Canada to Resume
The U.S. Agriculture Department plans to resume imports of Canadian cattle within days, after a court lifted an injunction imposed because of mad cow disease...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
More Signs That Inflation Is Subdued
Most businesses seem to be absorbing higher energy costs in an effort to keep prices down and stay competitive, economists said yesterday after the latest economic report showed few signs of inflation...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Hard Time for a White-Collar Criminal, Good Times for Apple
A federal judge sent a message to corporate leaders about their fiduciary duty when she handed down a particularly long jail term to a wayward chief executive. Across town, meanwhile, a big investment bank agreed to pay a departing co-president two years' salary for three months' work...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Growth and Low Inflation Keep Rally Going for 3rd Week
Bolstered by new signs that the economy is growing nicely while inflation is still in check, the stock market posted its third consecutive weekly gain this week...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Double-Digit Earnings Growth Posted by All of G.E.'s Units
The General Electric Company said that its revenue for the second quarter rose 13 percent, to $41.56 billion...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Regulator Admits Problems in Bank Oversight
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - An agency that regulates banks described its own supervision of rules to prevent money laundering and other suspicious transactions as marginally adequate in a report released Friday...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Chiron Cuts Vaccine Forecast
The Chiron Corporation slashed the production forecast for its vaccine in non-United States markets because of worries about contamination...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
What to Do After Your Data Is Stolen
Someone swiped my debit card account data, but another kind of headache started with some of the advice given to me as an identity theft victim...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
An Oasis of Indulgence Amid Brazil's Poverty
Daslu, a department store for Brazil's rich and famous, has become a symbol of extravagant consumption in a country with one of the world's most skewed income structures...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
News Corp. Puts Web Businesses Into New Unit
In the latest effort by a big media company to get its arms around the Internet, the News Corporation created a division to house its interactive businesses...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Brazil Says Deal on Drug Isn't Assured
After announcing an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to get a lower price for an AIDS drug, Brazil's government said it could still break Abbott's patent...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
7 Big Retail Chains Sue Visa, Saying Its Fees Are a Form of Price Fixing
A series of court rulings over the last few years were intended to encourage banks and credit card companies to compete more vigorously. But some merchants are complaining that they have not reaped the benefits and that consumers are footing the bill...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
How to Be a Better Bean Counter
A forum set up to solicit your ideas for finding ways to change the dynamic that exists between accountants and companies received a terrific response...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Bush Sells Trade Pact in Hostile Territory
President Bush promoted his Central American trade agreement, a pact that is unpopular among many American textile workers...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Compromise May Extend Terrorism Insurance Aid
A compromise appears to be taking shape to extend a federal program that would pay most of the commercial insurance losses in a major terrorist attack...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
When C.E.O.'s Get the Boot
Not only is the imperial C.E.O. a thing of the past, so, too, is the idea of the long-tenured chief executive, Strategy & Business says in its summer issue...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Click Fraud and Halli-Bloggers
Google is expected to announce next week that its revenue doubled over the last year, and a huge chunk of that is a result of someone's tapping a mouse button...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Settlement Is Reached With Enron
The Enron Corporation finally settled claims that it played a major role in the energy crisis of 2000 and 2001...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
After Taking On Car Safety, Moving On in Washington
The head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, who will be remembered for his push to make vehicles safer in accidents, is stepping down...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Health Care at the Swipe of a Card
The paper-pushing method of paying medical bills is about to be challenged by health savings accounts and prepaid medical cards...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Making Clothes for the Forgotten Man
Henry Jacobson, clothing designer and founder of Mulberry, talked recently about why his garments cost thousands less than others on the rack...
New York Times - July 16, 2005
Balco chiefs admit steroids guilt
Three men from California's Balco company plead guilty to providing steroids to some of the world's top athletes...
BBC News - July 16, 2005
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