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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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US News Archive for April 2008:
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Europe Begins Testing In-Flight Use of Cellphones
While airlines in the United States have shunned the use of cellphones in-flight, some European and Mideast carriers are preparing to offer the service as early as this summer...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Former Fannie Chief Agrees to Settlement
Franklin Raines and two other top Fannie Mae executives are paying a total of nearly $31.4 million in the settlement with the government over their roles in a 2004 accounting scandal...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
F.D.A. Plan on Medical Articles Takes More Heat
A report indicating that Merck used ghostwriters to produce articles in support of its drug Vioxx has galvanized opponents to a proposal that would relax some restrictions on drug promotion...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Your Money: Paying for College Without the Home Equity Option
The turmoil in real estate has meant that home equity ? often a fallback for college funds ? is difficult to tap, forcing many parents to reconsider high-priced colleges...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Canada Bans Plastic Bottles Tied to Health Concerns
The move to ban polycarbonate infant bottles is the first action taken by any government against bisphenol-a, a chemical that has induced long-term changes in animals exposed to it...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
The Lede: Slamming Efforts to Find bin Laden
Ah, the efficiency of America?s film critics -- if only leading voices in the political world were as dependable...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
The Pour: Does Taste Have a Price?
Is there a scientific reason for enjoying expensive wines?...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Paid to Control Drug Costs, Yet Pushing Some Prices Higher
A growing portion of some drug benefit managers? revenue comes from being exclusive or semi-exclusive distributors of expensive specialty drugs...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
The Caucus: New Endorsements for Obama Announced
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and two former senators, David Boren and Sam Nunn, endorsed Barack Obama...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
China Said to Arrest 100 Protesting Monks
As many as 100 Tibetans were arrested in northwest China on Thursday after they took part in a demonstration to protest the earlier detention of monks from a nearby monastery...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
New Rules Considered for Abuse Cases, Vatican Says
A top official said that the Roman Catholic Church is considering changes to the canon laws that govern how the church handles cases of sexual abuse by priests...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Thomas Removed as Knicks? Coach
Donnie Walsh removed Isiah Thomas as coach after two dismal seasons in which Thomas and the team were hit with a multi-million dollar sexual harassment verdict...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
UK PM urges new US-Europe links
Gordon Brown urges the US to seize the chance for a "new dawn" in co-operation between Europe and America...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Smoke worsens over Buenos Aires
A blanket of smoke from burning scrubland thickens over the Argentine capital Buenos Aires...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Honeywell Profit Rises on Increased Revenue
Higher sales, and contracts from Embraer, Gulfstream and Airbus, helped lift profit at the manufacturer...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Bad Weather Hurts Schlumberger Profit
Net income rose 14 percent from a year ago, but the oilfield services company missed the Wall Street forecast...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
AT&T to Cut About 4,600 Jobs
The telecom company said it will cut 1.5 percent of its work force, and plans to take a $374 million first-quarter charge against earnings due to the job cuts...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
South Korea to Resume Importing American Beef
The country?s agreement to allow American beef imports, was an indication of the eagerness of President Lee Myung-bak to mend ties with Washington...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Xerox Swings to Loss on Expected Charge
The office equipment maker said a litigation charge left it with a loss of $244 million in the first quarter, but its results excluding the one-time item matched Wall Street expectations...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Caterpillar Earnings Up 13%
The heavy equipment maker posted first-quarter earnings of $922 million, citing demand for its global mining and energy products...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Stocks Jump on Google and Citigroup Results
Wall Street was sharply higher in early trading as the earnings reports helped ease investor anxiety about the health of corporate profits...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Frustrated Game Maker Extends Offer for a Rival
As the original $2 billion offer expires, Take Two?s board recommended that shareholders reject the renewed offer because it asserts that the bid is too low, and ill-timed...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
The Lede: Yale?s Abortion Artist
A possible hoax that "did not consist of certainties."...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Carter Meets Hamas Chief
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter met Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Damascus on Friday for talks expected to focus on ways to include the Islamist group in efforts to achieve Palestinian-Israeli peace...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
City Room: A New Face on Columbus Circle
Construction scaffolding comes down to reveal the main facade of the new Museum of Arts and Design at 2 Columbus Circle. City Room will trace its creation in a special interactive graphic presentation next week...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
The Lede: Earthquake Rattles the Midwest
A part of the country prone to earthquakes but not known for them gets a predawn shaking...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Mugabe Casts Zimbabwe Dispute as Colonial Fight
In a fiery speech, President Robert Mugabe accused Britain of interfering in the country?s election dispute...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Testimony on Under-Age Pregnancies in Sect
An investigator said that there was evidence that 20 or more girls had given birth as a result of sexual contact with older men in the polygamous sect...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Bush Announces HUD Pick
President Bush has chosen Steve Preston, the head of the Small Business Administration, as his nominee to become the nation?s new housing secretary...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
In Speech, Pope Urges Promotion of Human Rights
Pope Benedict XVI told the United Nations that human rights ? more than force or pragmatic politics ? should be the basis for ending war and poverty...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
City Room: Latest Updates
The pope argued against unilateral action in the U.N. speech on Friday...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Citigroup Records a Loss and Plans 9,000 Layoffs
Wall Street analysts had been expecting the bank to swallow big losses as the new chief executive moved to reshape the company...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
EU push to widen US visa waiver
The European Commission is to negotiate terms for visa-free travel to the US for all EU states...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Quake rattles American Midwest
An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude shakes buildings across the Midwest, but there are no reports of injuries...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Pope urges global unity on crises
Pope Benedict tells the UN in New York that member states should unite to solve the world's crises together...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
NY tower plans found in rubbish
A homeless man finds confidential blueprints for New York's new Freedom Tower in a rubbish bin...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Citigroup Posts a $5.1 Billion Loss
Citigroup Inc. says it lost $5.1 billion during the first quarter as poor bets on mortgages and leveraged loans lopped billions of dollars from its investment portfolio...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Mugabe Denounces Britain in Speech
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe bitterly attacked former colonial ruler Britain on Friday in his first major speech since disputed elections, saying London was paying the population to turn against him...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
DealBook: Citigroup Posts a $5.1 Billion Loss
Citigroup reported a $5.1 billion loss for its first quarter, its second quarterly loss as the banking giant wrote down $15.2 billion of its mortgage and loan holdings and prepared for consumer credit losses. The loss, which amounts to $1.02 a share, is a stark change from the $5 billion in profit the firm earned at [...]...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Bits: The Raging Grannies Greet the F.C.C.
Robert Topolski simply wanted to share digital recordings of barber shop quartets with his buddies. When Comcast stopped him, he got the Federal Communications Commission involved. The second commission meeting on the issue, in Palo Alto, Calif., included renowned law professors and computer scientists --and the Raging Grannies...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
As HUD Chief Quits, a Look at Close Ties
Officials are investigating whether the housing secretary, Alphonso R. Jackson, enriched himself and friends...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
When the Ex Blogs, the Dirtiest Laundry Is Aired
The Internet?s potential for disgrace came into relief as Tricia Walsh Smith voiced her gripes on YouTube...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Rockies 2, Padres 1, 22 Innings: Rockies Beat Padres After 22 Innings
It was the longest game in the majors in nearly 15 years...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Iraqi Troops Abandon Position
A company of government troops abandoned its positions in Sadr City when the forces came under attack from Shiite militiamen, police said...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Chip maker AMD still in the red
Chip maker AMD reports its sixth quarterly loss in a row, while Sandisk returns to profit...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Jump in US video game sales
US sales of video game consoles and software rise more than 50%, despite the economic downturn...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
South Korea relaxes US beef ban
South Korea agrees to relax US beef import restrictions, as President Lee Myung-bak visits Washington...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Boxing: 'Dirty' Hopkins warned
Joe Calzaghe's father and trainer Enzo iis confident his charge will come out on top if Bernard Hopkins resorts to dirty tactics...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
Nokia Disappoints Investors With Forecast
Shares in Nokia, the world?s largest maker of mobile phones, plunged more than 13.5 percent on Thursday after the company downgraded its forecast for the global handset market...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Profit Is Up 26% at United Technologies
United Technologies said Thursday that its first-quarter earnings rose 26 percent as the weak dollar bolstered profits throughout the business...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
CIT Group Cuts Dividend and Plans to Sell Assets
The CIT Group, a commercial lender hit hard by the credit crisis, posted a quarterly loss Thursday...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Record Stores Fight to Be Long-Playing
Now added to the endangered species list in New York City: the neighborhood record store. But the survivors aren?t giving up just yet...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Safeway Restricts Purchases of Chilean Salmon, Citing Fish Virus
A spokesperson for the supermarket chain said that the virus for infectious salmon anemia, which does not pose a risk to humans, was affecting the size and taste of the fish...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Looking Up, but From a Deep Hole
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 18, 2008
Pfizer Profit Drops by 18%
Pfizer reported a worse-than-expected drop in quarterly earnings on Thursday...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
E*Trade Posts Another Loss
E*Trade Financial, the ailing online brokerage firm, posted its second consecutive quarterly loss on Thursday...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Times Co. Records Small Loss for Quarter
The New York Times Company reported a $335,000 first-quarter loss on Thursday...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Chip Maker Reports Sixth Loss in a Row
The chip maker Advanced Micro Devices posted its sixth consecutive quarterly loss on Thursday...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
A Mixed Finish a Day After a Big Rally
Wall Street finished an erratic session mixed on Thursday after an uneven batch of earnings reports made investors cautious about buying stocks...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Jerry Zucker, Industrialist and Inventor, Is Dead at 58
Mr. Zucker was a self-made billionaire who turned a small holding company into an empire that eventually bought the Hudson?s Bay Company of Canada...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
House Passes Bill to Expand U.S. Loans for Students
Students will now be able to borrow a total of $31,000 though federal programs to pay for undergraduate education...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Advertising: Plum, the Color, Is Having Its Star Turn
Plum may become the new black for advertisers and media companies...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Ex-Fannie Mae Executives Said to Be Near Settlement
Federal regulators plan to announce on Friday a legal settlement with executives over their roles in an accounting scandal that surfaced in 2004...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Inquiries Into Auction-Rate Securities Widen
The attorney general of New York, Andrew M. Cuomo, has subpoenaed 18 banks that underwrote and brokered the investments...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Latest Economic Tea Leaves Point to Recession
Higher unemployment claims and weak readings from two economic indexes reinforced recession worries Thursday...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Linens ?n Things Is Shopping for a Buyer
Linens ?n Things, the troubled housewares and bedding chain, has hired Financo, an investment bank specializing in retail companies...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
House Votes to Shore Up Student Loans
The House has backed a measure aimed at ensuring that students get college loans amid the turmoil in the credit markets...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Take-Two?s Managers Get a Raise
The managers? raises were part of a compensation package that would grow considerably should the video game company be acquired by Electronic Arts...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
At Merrill, Write-Downs and More Layoffs
John A. Thain, chairman and chief executive of Merrill Lynch, dialed onto a conference call with some of the bank?s 16,660 financial advisers to answer tough questions...
New York Times - April 18, 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 18, 2008
Bottle Maker to Stop Using Plastic Linked to Health Concerns
Nalgene, the brand that popularized water bottles made from clear and nearly unbreakable polycarbonate, will stop using the plastic because of concern over one of its ingredients...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
JPMorgan Joins Rivals in Raising Extra Cash
Hours after reporting its worst results in years on Wednesday, JPMorgan Chase quietly disclosed plans to raise $6 billion in expensive debt...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
French Bank Replaces Chief After Rogue Trading Scandal
Société Générale, the French bank that was rocked by a multibillion-dollar rogue trading scandal, said late Thursday that Daniel Bouton would step aside as chief executive...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Continental and Southwest Will Scale Back
Continental and Southwest, two of the healthiest major American carriers, said on Thursday that they would cut growth plans after record-high fuel costs led to disappointing quarterly earnings...
New York Times - April 18, 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 18, 2008
Iceland, a Tiny Dynamo, Loses Steam
Iceland?s long economic boom has ended in a painful bust, with a collapsing currency, rising inflation, double-digit interest rates and predictions of its first recession since 1992...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Sticker Shock in the Organic Aisles
Rising prices for organic groceries are prompting some consumers to question their devotion to food produced without pesticides, chemical fertilizers or antibiotics...
New York Times - April 18, 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 18, 2008
Britain Said to Consider Shoring Up Debt Market
The Bank of England and the British government are considering actions that would mirror steps taken by the United States Fed to restore liquidity to the money markets...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Google Defies the Economy and Reports a Profit Surge
The Internet search giant on Thursday reported better-than-expected financial results for the first three months of the year, igniting a huge rally in the company shares...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Longtime Executive Steps Aside at Sony BMG
In a shake-up that reflects the end of an era, Sony BMG Music said Thursday that the longtime industry executive Clive Davis would relinquish daily control of his label, the RCA Music Group...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Quinn Offers Apologies to Council
City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn is facing a growing rebellion of council members for the way she responded to revelations about the Council?s appropriation of money to fictitious organizations...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Past Deals by N. Korea May Face Less Study
The Bush administration appears to be preparing to back away from a demand that North Korea fully disclose all of its past nuclear weapons activities...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
U.S. Begins Erecting Wall in Sadr City
The construction of a massive concrete wall is intended to turn the southern quarter of Sadr City near the Green Zone into a protected enclave...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
A Jump in Doctor Visits and Deaths in Flu Season
This year, the particular strain of influenza that predominated caught vaccine makers off guard, making flu shots less effective...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Long in the Shadows, a Player?s Legacy Is Restored
Jackie Walker, an all-American linebacker at the University of Tennessee, had faded from the record books, largely because he was gay. But on Sunday, he will become part of the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Inquiry Stays as HUD Chief Is Set to Leave
President Bush?s housing secretary, Alphonso R. Jackson is charged with giving hundreds of thousands of dollars in business to friends and acquaintances...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
The Caucus: Clinton on Colbert Report (And Edwards and Obama, Too)
"The Colbert Report" brought the band back together Thursday night -- sort of -- with Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama (via satellite) all appearing on the show...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Superdelegates Unswayed by Clinton?s Attacks
A cross-section of superdelegates showed that none had been persuaded much by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s attacks on Senator Barack Obama...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
When the Ex Writes a Blog, Dirty Laundry Is Aired
The potential of the Internet to expose and disgrace came into stark relief as Tricia Walsh Smith, who is being divorced by Philip Smith, voiced her gripes on YouTube...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Workers Get Fewer Hours, Deepening the Downturn
Shrinking of hours and pay for millions of workers around the country appears to be a bigger contributor to the economic decline than even loss of jobs and the risk of layoffs...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
The Pope's Visit: Benedict Meets With the Victims of Sexual Abuse
The meeting made clear that for all the messages that Pope Benedict XVI wished to send during his five-day trip to the United States, his first as pope, the one concerning priestly abuse was central...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger
Global food prices are spiraling out of reach, sowing volatile levels of discontent and putting new pressures on fragile governments...
New York Times - April 18, 2008
Chaos at polygamy custody hearing
Chaotic scenes disrupt the custody hearings for 416 children removed from a ranch owned by a Texan sect...
BBC News - April 18, 2008
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