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Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Study Seismic has little effect on Gulf whales
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US News Archive for April 2008:
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Krispy Kreme Posts Surprise Profit Before Charges
The results, which surprised investors, follow moves by doughnut shop chain to close stores and reorganize its management in a bid to turn around it business...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Comerica Quarterly Net Drops Nearly 43%
The bank said earnings fell to $109 million, hurt by weakness in the California residential real estate market and the need to set aside more funds for potential loan losses...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Worst May Be Over. Still, It?s Not Pretty.
Since the big banks first realized last fall that their capital situations were perilous, more than $100 billion has been poured into them...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
E*Trade Reports 1st - Qtr Net Loss Amid Retooling
E*Trade Financial Group reported a quarterly loss, as the company continued to deal with losses from its home equity portfolio while trying to stem a client exodus to its rivals...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Stocks Mixed Following Company Reports
Wall Street closed an erratic session mixed after an uneven batch of earnings reports made investors more cautious about buying stocks...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
US Airways Pilots Replace Their Union
US Airways pilots ousted their union, replacing it with an insurgent group, which raised questions about the airline?s ability to merge operations after its 2005 merger with America West...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
18 Banks Said to Get Subpoenas in Securities Case
The move is part of stepped up inquiries by several state regulators into auction rate securities and how Wall Street banks sold them to investors...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
A Small Loss, and a Warning, by A.M.D.
The $358 million reported loss came a week after A.M.D. warned investors that its sales for the quarter were lower than it had expected, and blamed slowing demand for computers...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Strike Over Local Issues Idles a Key G.M. Plant
About 2,300 members of the U.A.W. union went on strike at a G.M. plant in Michigan, halting production of three popular vehicles that have been bright spots in a dismal market...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Britain Considers Way to Help Ease Loan Market
The Bank of England and the British government are considering a move intended to help restore liquidity to the money markets by taking over the mortgage-backed assets of some banks...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
The Lede: Costs, Benefits and This Year?s Flu Shot
More flu shot submitters than usual got sick this year...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Air Force Contract Officials Disciplined
The Air Force says administrative action has been taken against three officials as a result of an investigation into a 50 million-dollar contract to promote the Thunderbirds aerial stunt team...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Bush and Brown Share Impatience on Iran
President Bush and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain expressed mounting impatience Thursday with Iran for proceeding with its nuclear enrichment work...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
City Room: Teller Charged With Aiding Robberies
The authorities believe that Christina Dasrath helped Christian A. Torres commit two robberies last year...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
The Caucus: Democrats Struggle to Paint the Countryside Blue
Democrats have been consumed with how to win over Americans from rural, conservative counties...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Google Profit Beats Wall St. Forecast
Google said that its net income for the first three months of the year rose 31 percent on revenue growth of 42 percent from a year ago, topping estimates from Wall Street analysts...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Société Générale Chief to Step Aside
Société Générale, rocked by a trading scandal, said Daniel Bouton would step aside as chief executive but would remain non-executive chairman as part of a management reorganization...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
The Pope's Visit: After Mass, Pope Meets Privately With Abuse Victims
The private meeting with several victims of priestly abuse brought the pope face-to-face with a scandal that has left deep wounds in the American church...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Tensions Rise Over Disputed Zimbabwe Vote
The government accused the opposition of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, and South Africa toughened its position by calling for the release of election results...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Obama Questions Debate?s Relevance
Senator Barack Obama said Wednesday?s Democratic debate exemplified the problems with Washington...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Smoke shrouds Argentine capital
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez accuses farmers over fires that have left a blanket of smoke across Buenos Aires...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Texas custody hearings under way
Custody hearings for the 416 children removed from a ranch owned by a Texan sect begin amid chaotic scenes...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
UN appeals to Haitian politicians
The UN mission chief in Haiti calls for a new government to be formed speedily to avoid more food price unrest...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
First Horizon Profits Fall 89%
The largest bank in Tennessee said first-quarter earnings were hit by higher loan loss provisions and portfolio deterioration...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
United Technologies Profit Jumps 26%
The industrial conglomerate earned $1 billion in the first quarter as the weak dollar lifted profit throughout the business...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Nucor Profit Beats Estimates
The steelmaker reported first-quarter net earnings of $409.8 million, beating Wall Street estimates, despite soaring raw material costs, especially for scrap metal...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Danaher Net Rises 9%
The industrial conglomerate reported first-quarter earnings of $276.5 million as strong sales of professional and medical technology offset weak consumer demand...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Harley Posts Drop in Profit and Announces Job Cuts
The motorcycle maker will cut its work force by about 8 percent and curtail shipments this year after reporting a decline in first-quarter profit on a drop in domestic sales...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Nokia Market Forecast Hits Shares
The company, which reported that first-quarter profit rose as expected, said it expects the mobile phone market to fall in euro terms this year, knocking nearly 10 percent off its shares...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
CIT Posts a Loss and Cuts Dividend
Hard hit by the credit crunch, CIT posted a first-quarter net loss of $257.2 million and said it would sell off chunks of itself and cut its dividend by 60 percent to shore up capital...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Bank of New York Mellon Profit Up
The bank said first-quarter profit rose 9 percent, as fees increased from asset management and from providing back-office services to institutional clients...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
KeyCorp Profit Tumbles
The bank said first-quarter earnings fell 37.7 percent, hurt by losses from loan sales and write-downs, and its shares fell 3 percent...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Pfizer Earnings Hurt by Generic Drugs
The drug maker reported a worse-than-expected drop in first-quarter earnings after declining sales of the cholesterol drug Lipitor and medicines facing generic competition...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Leading Economic Indicators Up Slightly
A private business group said its index of economic indicators rose, but the indicators are down significantly from a year ago. A weak business outlook report by the Philadelphia Fed added to pessimism...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
High Fuel Costs Hurt Earnings of 2 Airlines
Continental Airlines posted a first-quarter loss on Thursday, while Southwest said that its profit fell sharply in the period. Both carriers cited rising fuel costs...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Stocks Lower After Mixed Company Reports
Wall Street lost ground as investors reacted cautiously to a batch of earnings reports...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
City Room: A Shelter for Young Lives in Limbo
A new book of documentary photographs examines the experiences of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender young people living, off and on, at Sylvia's Place, a homeless shelter in Hell's Kitchen...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Pogue?s Posts: Costs of Solving the Air-Traffic Mess
Air-traffic controllers respond to David Pogue?s recent coverage of the ADS-B air-traffic control system the Federal Aviation Administration will install by 2020...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Bits: Amazon Gains Share of Paid Music Market
Amazon's five-month-old digital download store has become the distant No. 2 in that market to Apple, according to NPD. But other data show that people are still borrowing and stealing music more and not buying it...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Port Authority Chief Resigns
Anthony E. Shorris?s resignation paves the way for a replacement to be named at the agency?s next board meeting on April 24...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Two Marines Killed in Afghanistan
Two United States marines were killed and two wounded when an explosion hit their convoy in the southern province of Kandahar, the American military said Thursday...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
New York Times Company Posts Loss
The parent of The New York Times reported a loss of $335,000 for its first quarter, as newspaper publishers battle a drop in advertising revenue that has led to an industrywide decline...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
The Lede: A German?s Pan of Bush Climate Speech
A German accuses President Bush of "losership."...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Bomb Kills Dozens at Iraqi Funeral
A suicide bomber blew up a funeral gathering for the sons of a prominent local American-backed Sunni chieftain in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 40 people...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
South Africa Joins Call for Release of Zimbabwe Vote
In a change of tone, South Africa urged Zimbabwe?s government on Thursday to release results from the disputed March 29 presidential election...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Merrill Posts a Loss and Plans to Cut 2,900 More Jobs
The bank?s earnings were worse than expected for the first quarter, with $6.5 billion in write-downs and a drop in revenue of 69 percent from a year ago...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Chaotic Hearing for Children in Polygamist Case
A hearing on the fate of 416 children taken from a polygamist compound recessed after 45 minutes of wrangling...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Prominent Tibetan Figure Detained in China
The detention of a high-profile Tibetan television reporter suggests that the crackdown has not yet run its course...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Generic competition hits Pfizer
Pfizer posts an 18% drop in profits for the first three months of 2008 on a loss of US exclusivity for key drugs...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Uneasy ride for Harley-Davidson
The slowing US economy hurts sales of Harley-Davidson motorbikes and forces the firm to cut jobs...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Lottery scam suspects detained
Spanish police arrest 87 Nigerians alleged to be in a gang which defrauded at least 1,500 people by letter and e-mail...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Caribbean poet Cesaire dies at 94
Poet and political activist Aime Cesaire dies in his native Martinique at the age of 94...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
UK PM meets presidential rivals
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown holds talks with the three US presidential hopefuls and is to meet President Bush...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
U.S. Proposes Auctioning Runway Slots to Curb Delays at La Guardia
The federal Department of Transportation proposed auctioning landing and departure slots to airlines at La Guardia Airport to reduce persistent delays...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Samsung Chairman Faces Tax Charges
Lee Kun-hee was charged with evading taxes on billions of dollars he had hidden in accounts under other names...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Memo From Moscow: New Russian Leader?s Mandate for Changing Little
Dmitri A. Medvedev, who will take office as Russia?s president on May 7, appears likely to defer to his predecessor, Vladimir V. Putin. This seems to be an arrangement that many Russians want...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Bomb Kills Dozens at Iraqi Funeral
Police said the funeral was for two Sunni tribesmen in an Awakening Council that was battling Al Qaeda militants...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
DealBook: Merrill Lost $1.96 Billion in Quarter
Merrill Lynch said it had lost $1.96 billion for the first quarter as the meltdown in the housing and credit markets continued to batter the firm?s mortgage holdings...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Challenges Remain for Lethal Injection
The Supreme Court?s decision may actually slow executions in some parts of the country...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Protesters March in Advance of Torch in India
Tibetan protesters marched through New Delhi hours before the Olympic torch was to be carried through...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Oil hovers near $115 record high
Oil prices hover close to $115 a barrel, having crossed the record mark on Thursday on US supply fears...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
US economic outlook 'worsening'
US economic conditions have worsened noticeably in the past six weeks, the Federal Reserve's Beige Book says...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
US Jewish lobby gains new voice
A new US liberal Jewish lobby group is setting out to challenge the conservative Jewish-American establishment...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
US missile umbrella 'won't work'
Critics of the US defence missile shield say the US is wasting money on a system that will not work...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Elderly US pair killed homeless
Two elderly women are convicted of charges relating to the murders of two homeless men for life insurance pay-outs...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
Martin S. Kimmel, 92, Co-Founder of Retail Real Estate Firm, Dies
Mr. Kimmel built a portfolio that includes about 1,900 properties in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Brazil, approximately 1,100 of them strip malls...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
State of the Art: A Grand (i.e., Cool) Piano
Disklavier?s Mark IV is the first piano with an Internet connection and includes a variety of tricks...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Earnings Increase 34% at Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories said itst first-quarter earnings rose 34 percent on higher sales of its prescription drugs and medical devices and favorable foreign exchange factors...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Sallie Mae Lost $104 Million in Quarter
The student lender, formally known as the SLM Corporation, said that it lost 28 cents a share in the first quarter...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
AT&T Giving $100 Million to Fight Dropouts
The gift, which will be distributed over four years, is among the largest corporate donations on record, but it is the second $100 million donation announced by a company this year...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Safeway Restricts Purchases of Chilean Salmon
Safeway, the third-largest supermarket chain in America, has restricted some purchases of farm-raised Chilean salmon over concern about a virus that is killing millions of fish there...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Comcast Makes Move to Upgrade Networks
The company is turning to Mike Weisman to improve the quality of the Golf Channel and Versus...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Skin Deep: To Cut of What? The World Butts In
An increasing number of Internet users are polling online to decide whether to trim or grow, to shave or cultivate a goatee...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Advertising: A Name to Herald Its Merger: Thomson Reuters
As Thomson officially completes its takeover of Reuters, the company will be unveil its new log and name: Thomson Reuters...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Dismissal Rejected for Buyout Suit
A Texas court has rejected a request by several banks to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to force them to finance a $20 billion buyout of Clear Channel Communications...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Coca-Cola Faces Critics of Its Olympics Support
As one of the most prominent sponsors of the Olympics, Coca-Cola found itself on the hot seat on Wednesday at its annual shareholder meeting...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Japan Bars Investment by British Hedge Fund
In a closely-watched case, the trade ministry rejected a bid by the Children?s Investment Fund to increase its holdings in Electric Power Development, an electricity wholesale company...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Steep Loss at American Airlines Illustrates Industry?s Woes
The big loss at American shows how higher fuel prices are overwhelming the industry?s efforts to raise fares...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Financier Aims to Buy Struggling Small Banks
The billionaire financier Wilbur L. Ross Jr. has compiled a shopping list of small struggling banks that might prove to be good investments...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Market Turmoil Has Taken a Toll on Big Pension Funds
America?s biggest pension funds lost ground in the first quarter, joining the ranks of homeowners, lenders and others hurt by the turmoil in the financial markets...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
I.B.M. Is Doing Just Fine as It Reports Strong Profit
Because much of the technology services company?s business is outside the United States, a falling dollar lifts reported earnings...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Extra Cost to Buy Yahoo: Retention Pay
Shareholders, to be sure, will collect their payment, but Microsoft will likely need to offer financial incentives to prevent engineers and managers from hopping to other jobs...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Kohlberg Kravis Hires Former G.O.P. Chairman for Public Affairs Post
Ken Mehlman, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, is the latest high-profile hire by the private equity giant as it prepares to go public...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Entrepreneurial Edge: Despite Downturn, Financing Exists for Small Companies
While it would seem to be difficult for most small companies to raise money, it may now be easier for small businesses to raise cash by offering equity than through loans...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
News Analysis: Did Ending Regulation Help Fliers?
Before deregulation, tickets were expensive and routes were limited. Thirty years later, the question is raised anew: Has deregulation really worked out?...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
EBay Chief Says Change Isn?t Over
John Donahoe, the new chief of the Internet?s largest e-commerce site, wants eBay to operate less like an unruly flea market and more like a strip mall...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Warning on Storage of Health Records
Two researchers warn that the entry of big companies like Microsoft and Google into the field of electronic health records could alter the practice of clinical research and raise new challenges to privacy...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
U.S. Inflation Appears to Be Retreating
A flurry of reports portrayed a U.S. economy limping its way through a broad-based downturn, with consumer demand softening and labor and housing markets still struggling...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
More Steps Urged on Interest Rates in China
The government said price controls had limited the cost of many essential items and exports to the United States had weakened...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Bank Earnings Fall, but Investors Seem Relieved
JPMorgan reported a drop in earnings of 50 percent in the first quarter, but beat Wall Street?s expectations...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Retailers Get Stingy With Data
Faced with an economic slump, a growing number of national retailers are abandoning the tradition of reporting monthly store sales and forecasting profits...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Iraq Cracks Down on Seat Belt Scofflaws
Later this month, traffic police officers all over Iraq will start issuing tickets to anyone who drives without buckling up...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
2 Council Aides Accused of Embezzling Funds
Two City Council aides have been indicted on charges of embezzling at least $145,000 in city funds and sending some of the money to relatives in Jamaica...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
An Image Is a Mystery for Photo Detectives
?The Leaf,? originally thought to have been made around 1839 or later, has become the talk of the photo-historical world. It may be, in fact, one of the oldest photographic images in existence, dating to the 1790s...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Palestinians Fight Israelis in Gaza; Toll Exceeds 21
At least 18 Palestinians, many of them civilians including children, and three Israeli soldiers were reported killed in heavy fighting...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Former Mayor Guilty of Fraud in Newark Sales
A jury found former Mayor Sharpe James of Newark guilty of fraud for conspiring to sell city-owned properties to a former companion at a fraction of their value...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
G.E.?s Shortfall Calls Credibility Into Question
For seven years, Wall Street has given General Electric and its chief executive, Jeffrey R. Immelt, the benefit of the doubt. Patience now seems to be wearing thin...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Two Challenges for Team Potts
As Andy Potts trains for the Olympic triathlon, his wife, Lisa, battles cancer...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Chinese Student in U.S. Is Caught in Confrontation
A student who acted as a referee between a pro-Tibet vigil and a pro-China group has been accused of being a traitor...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Prosecutor Indicts Samsung Boss Over Tax Evasion
A South Korean special prosecutor investigating alleged corruption at the Samsung Group on Thursday indicted the group?s chief and one of the country?s most powerful businessmen, for tax evasion and breach of trust...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
The Food Chain: A Drought in Australia, a Global Shortage of Rice
The collapse of Australia?s rice production is one of several factors contributing to a doubling of rice prices in the last three months...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
On the Cheap: Don?t Hate Me Because I?m Solvent
David and Gina Giffels, who have been restoring a falling-down house in Akron, Ohio, for 12 years, have no credit card debt...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Pope Praises U.S., but Warns of Secular Challenges
Pope Benedict XVI warned that a secular tradition often prevented Americans from living their beliefs fully...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
New Museum Offers the Official Line on Tibet
The Chinese Communist Party?s unflinching line on Tibet?s historic status has fueled Tibetan resentment...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Clinton Uses Sharp Attacks in Tense Debate
Hillary Rodham Clinton warned that Barack Obama would be deeply vulnerable in a general-election fight...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Moratorium on Lethal Injection Is Over, but Hardly the Challenges
The Supreme Court?s decision may slow executions in some parts of the country as lawyers launch fresh challenges...
New York Times - April 17, 2008
Chilean minister voted out of job
Chile's education minister is impeached by parliament and suspended for alleged corruption...
BBC News - April 17, 2008
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