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US News Archive for January 2006:
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Source: Egyptians killed in strike
Some of the foreigners killed in last Friday's U.S. airstrike in the remote Pakistani village of Damadola were of Egyptian origin, a knowledgeable source has told CNN. It was not clear how many foreigners had been killed, the source said, but some of them had direct ties to top al Qaeda lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahiri...
CNN - January 17, 2006
9/11 workers die after respiratory illnesses
James Zadroga spent 16 hours a day toiling in the World Trade Center ruins for a month, breathing in debris-choked air. Timothy Keller said he coughed up bits of gravel from his lungs after the towers fell on September 11, 2001...
CNN - January 17, 2006
House GOP moves to counter ethics complaints
House Republicans moved to seize the initiative for ethics reform Tuesday with a comprehensive package of changes, including the banning of privately sponsored travel like that arranged by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff...
CNN - January 17, 2006
Kidnappers set deadline for hostage
The kidnappers who abducted a freelance American journalist demanded Tuesday that the United States release all female Iraqi prisoners within 72 hours, according to a video aired by the Arab TV network Al-Jazeera. Carroll's family issued a written statement seeking mercy for her...
CNN - January 17, 2006
S.E.C. Moves to Require More Disclosure on Executive Pay
Experts said the proposal would lead to greater openness but not to any significant declines in executive compensation...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Winds Delay Launching for NASA Mission to Pluto
The NASA launch commentator for the flight said there were no other technical issues except weather responsible for the delay...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Supreme Court Removes Obstacle to Assisted-Suicide Laws
The decision was influenced by the majority's view that the regulation of medical practice belonged, as a general matter, to the states...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Intel's results miss expectations
Computer chip giant Intel's latest results fail to meet market expectations, despite a 25% jump in profits...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
Continental Airlines expects loss
Shares in Continental Airlines plummet 10% after it warns it will make a "significant" loss for the first quarter of 2006...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
Surge in sales aids IBM's profits
IBM credits the success of its consulting and sales units for a market-beating rise in fourth-quarter profits...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
Two UN soldiers killed in Haiti
Two Jordanian peacekeepers serving with the UN in Haiti are shot dead in the capital, Port-au-Prince...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
Bush challenged on spying policy
Two civil liberties groups file lawsuits challenging US President George W Bush's bugging of US citizens...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
US mayor defends 'chocolate' city
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says the city should be "chocolate" in the future - but denies that means all black...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
Pluto probe 'will be fastest yet'
NASA says the New Horizons spacecraft will be the fastest it has ever launched, more than 10 times faster than a speeding bullet...
CNN - January 17, 2006
Iran crisis: World powers at odds
Sanctions are not the best way to resolve international concerns over Iran's resumption of its nuclear program, Russia and China say...
CNN - January 17, 2006
Teen murder suspects caught after jailbreak
Two teenage murder suspects considered armed and dangerous after they broke out from a county jail have been captured at a motel, officials said. Johnny Earl Jones, 17, and Lamar Benton, 19, were on the run for three days after stabbing a guard 15 times...
CNN - January 17, 2006
Lott to run again for Senate
Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott announced Tuesday that he will seek a fourth term to the U.S. Senate. "I have chosen Mississippi and America once again," Lott said during a press conference in Pascagoula, Mississippi...
CNN - January 17, 2006
Border Security Improvements Include a Move to Electronic Passports
Michael Chertoff said today that inexpensive identity documents would be developed for Americans whose routine takes them regularly across the Mexican or Canadian borders...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Eric Mangini of Patriots Is Named Jets' New Coach
An announcement on the team's Web site said Mangini would be introduced at a 4 p.m. news conference today...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
A Germ of an Idea
A campaign for Airborne, the herbal cold remedy, introduces a character who, to paraphrase a lyric from the pop-rock tune "Leader of the Pack," may be bad, but he's not evil...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Boston Scientific Increases Bid for Guidant to $27 Billion
Showing that it still has fight left in it, Boston Scientific raised its offer for Guidant to $80 a share, $9 more per share than its rival Johnson & Johnson...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
New twist in Guidant bid battle
Boston Scientific trumps rival Johnson & Johnson's offer for Guidant by upping its bid for the heart care firm to $27bn...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
Google buys radio adverts firm
Google is buying US radio ads firm dMarc Broadcasting for an upfront $103m, rising to a possible $1.14bn by 2009...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
Russia: Iran sanctions not answer
Sanctions are not the best way to resolve international concerns over Iran's resumption of its nuclear program, Russia's foreign minister says...
CNN - January 17, 2006
California executes killer, 76
California executed its oldest condemned inmate early today for arranging a triple murder 25 years ago to silence witnesses in another killing. The inmate, 76-year-old Clarence Ray Allen -- who was legally blind, nearly deaf and in a wheelchair -- was the second-oldest put to death nationally since the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976...
CNN - January 17, 2006
When Art and Science Collide, a Dorkbot Meeting Begins
Dorkbot is an informal club of artists, techies and geeks who do "strange things with electricity."...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Stocks Advance in Europe, but Decline in Most of Asia
European shares closed higher with merger and acquisition activity giving them support, while most Asian stock markets declined...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Daimler 'acts over Iraq bribes'
DaimlerChrysler suspends at least six managers over Iraq oil-for-food bribery claims, press reports say...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
Alito survives gruelling week
Judge Samuel Alito has survived a gruelling week of hearings and is now just two steps away from a seat on the US Supreme Court, writes the BBC's Matthew Davis in Washington...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
US officer tried over Iraqi death
The court-martial of a US officer charged with murdering an Iraqi general opens in Colorado...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
US ex-President Ford in hospital
US former President Gerald Ford is taken to hospital suffering from pneumonia...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
US Vietnam-era deserter arrested
A 55-year-old man on the run from the US Marines since deserting in 1969 over the Vietnam war is arrested in Texas...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
Iran lifts CNN ban after apology
Iran overturns a ban on CNN working in Iran after the network apologises for mistranslating the president...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
Ticker is weapon in US-Cuba feud
US diplomats mount a ticker on their Havana mission displaying messages directly to the Cuban people...
BBC News - January 17, 2006
'Brokeback' takes Globe honors
"Brokeback Mountain" and "Walk the Line" are big winners as the Golden Globes honor movies about alternative lifestyles. "Brokeback's" haul included best drama and best director for Ang Lee. Meanwhile, the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line" won best comedy/musical movie and Globes for its two stars, Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon...
CNN - January 17, 2006
Patriots' Defensive Coordinator to Be Named Jets' Coach
Eric Mangini will be named the Jets' coach on Tuesday, according to several people briefed on the talks...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Spy Agency Data After Sept. 11 Led F.B.I. to Dead Ends
A steady stream of personal information sent by the N.S.A. to the F.B.I. often led to innocent Americans, officials say...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Spotlight on Lobbying Swings to Little-Known Congressman
Bob Ney of Ohio, known as the Mayor of Capitol Hill, is in jeopardy of being indicted, according to people involved in the case...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
A Stolen Love Is Found, 37 Years Down the Road
Alan Poster is getting back his Corvette, stolen from a Manhattan garage in 1969 and recovered last month in California...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
At Center of Storm Destruction, Eager Few Try to Reclaim Parish
People are returning to St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana, determined to make a home again on what seems like civilization's edge...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Advertising: Placing the Product in the Dialogue, Too
Some critics of product placement are growing more strident with the increasing emergence of products in plot...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
On the Road: Where $150 Rooms Go for $300 and Up
The numbers support the contention that hotels in New York are superexpensive, at least by standards in major United States cities...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Memo Pad
MAXJET COMES TO WASHINGTON MAXjet, the all-business-class trans-Atlantic start-up airline, has set the start date for its second route, between Washington Dulles International Airport and Stansted Airport in London. Starting March 15, MAXjet will operate four round trips a week on that route. The introductory fare will be $999 round trip, for a limited time, and the normal round-trip fare will be $1,750, the company said. As it does on its initial New York-Stansted route, which began late last year, MAXjet will fly a Boeing 767 outfitted with 102 standard business-class seats. Another all-business-class airline, Eos, recently started luxury service daily between New York and Stansted using Boeing 757's configured with only 48 lie-flat seats, and walk-up fares are $6,500 round-trip. Eos has not announced expansion plans yet. On major airlines, the walk-up business-class fare between New York and London is about $8,800...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Talks Falter Over Buyout of Outsourcer
Takeover talks have faltered between a consortium of buyout firms and Affiliated Computer Services, a technology outsourcing company, according to people involved in the negotiations...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Move Over, Citi, Mitsubishi UFJ Wants to Be a Global Player
The Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group stands apart from many of Japan's big banks, many of which have appeared rudderless since finally cleaning up a decade-long bad loans mess...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
As Europe Tries for United Patents, Italy Moves Alone
While the European Commission tries to promote innovation in Europe by reducing the cost of registering patents, Italy has gone one step further and has abolished some patent registration fees...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
China, a Trade Superstar, Accumulates Foreign Currency (and Anxiety)
Some analysts fear China's surge in foreign currency reserves exposes the country to risks that could undermine future growth...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Sale of Zurich Financial Unit Is Canceled After Overcharges
Switzerland's largest insurer scrapped plans to sell one of its units after regulators found the unit overcharged some customers...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Rumblings of a German Revival
Germany, after four years of stagnation, is showing signs of reclaiming its role as the economic engine of Europe...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Prosecutors Raid Offices of Livedoor and Home of Its Founder
The raid was part of an investigation of possible violations of securities trading laws...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Ad Executive Seeks Apology From Agency
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Flarion Purchase Cleared
Qualcomm, the world's second-largest maker of chips for cellphones, said that the Justice Department had ended an antitrust review of its acquisition of Flarion Technologies...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Market Place: Canadian Steel Maker Is Focus of Bidding War
The heated bidding war for Dofasco, the Canadian steel maker, intensified on Monday after Arcelor of Luxembourg increased its hostile bid 13 percent, to $4.7 billion...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Richard Johnson, 75, Houston Publisher, Dies
Richard J. V. Johnson orchestrated The Houston Chronicle's transformation from an afternoon paper to a morning paper...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
2 Approaches to the Nation's Obesity Epidemic Coming Up for Review
Two new approaches to weight loss represent vastly different solutions to the nation's obesity epidemic - for consumers and for the companies behind the drugs...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
On Business, and Blogging on the Road
An Internet search for full-time business travelers who write Web logs produces astonishingly low numbers...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Alcoa Joins Shift to 401(k)
By Reuters...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Sound Off: When Fliers Benefit From Airline Bankruptcy
For some airlines, entering a bankruptcy proceeding can be a turning point in the way they treat customers, particularly business travelers, their most lucrative passengers...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
A Germ of an Idea
A campaign for Airborne, the herbal cold remedy, introduces a character who, to paraphrase a lyric from the pop-rock tune "Leader of the Pack," may be bad, but he's not evil...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Sports Media and Business: Super Bowl Excess for a Sturdy Coffee Table
With version 40.0 only 19 days away, the Super Bowl has become an event deserving of a book the weight of Garo Yepremian in his stocking feet...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
Liberty Tries to Push on but Katrina Still Lingers
Liberty Bank and Trust of New Orleans is making progress in its recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but the bank's chief executive says it remains in storm mode...
New York Times - January 17, 2006
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