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US News Archive for June 2006:
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Majority vote to reverse whale ban
A slim majority of nations on the International Whaling Commission joined a resolution supporting a resumption of commercial whaling, but pro-whaling nations still lack the 75 percent majority needed to overturn the world's 20-year ban. The resolution, approved by a vote of 33-32 with one abstention, declares the moratorium on commercial whaling was meant to be temporary and is no longer needed...
CNN - June 18, 2006
Search widens for missing U.S. soldiers
Coalition forces expanded the search Sunday for two U.S. soldiers seized Friday by insurgents at a checkpoint southwest of Baghdad, officials said...
CNN - June 18, 2006
Brazil 2, Australia 0: Brazil Doesn't Dazzle, but It Gets the Job Done
Still unable to put on the show everyone has expected in the World Cup, Brazil got another shaky win and a spot in the second round...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
More attacks, soldiers 'abducted'
Police in Iraq tell CNN that at least four or five masked gunmen seized two American soldiers who had been reported missing after an insurgent checkpoint attack near Yusufiya on Friday night. Meanwhile, the latest round of violence in Iraq left 13 people dead on Sunday...
CNN - June 18, 2006
Police: Masked gunmen abducted U.S. soldiers
Police in Iraq tell CNN that at least four or five masked gunmen seized the two American soldiers who had been reported missing after an insurgent checkpoint attack near Yusufiya on Friday night...
CNN - June 18, 2006
Report: Al Qaeda planned N.Y. subway attack
Osama bin Laden's top deputy halted a plot to release a poison gas in New York's subway system "only 45 days from zero hour," according to a new book excerpted Saturday on Time magazine's Web site...
CNN - June 18, 2006
Keeping Score: On the Spot From Soccer's Penalty Area
Penalty kicks have attracted quite a bit of academic interest because they provide an ideal situation for checking some of the predictions of game theory...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Live: US Open
Kenneth Ferrie and Phil Mickelson hold a slender lead in the final round of the 2006 US Open at Winged Foot...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
US troops 'seized by insurgents'
Two US soldiers seized at a checkpoint in Iraq were taken by masked insurgents, witnesses say...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Police: Gunmen abducted soldiers
Police in Iraq tell CNN that at least four or five masked gunmen seized two American soldiers who had been reported missing after an insurgent checkpoint attack near Yusufiya on Friday night. Meanwhile, U.S. and Iraqi troops have secured an important region near Ramadi where they hope to choke off and weaken the surgent presence...
CNN - June 18, 2006
Soccer gives soldiers a respite from war
U.S. soldiers in Germany watched the U.S. team salvage its World Cup chances by gutting out a tie against Italy. "You don't really get opportunities (like this) too often because you have your mind on the job," Army Sgt. James Insana said. "A day like this, it's straight-up awesome."...
CNN - June 18, 2006
Report: Insurgents captured soldiers
Two U.S. soldiers who survived an attack in Yusufiya were led away by masked insurgents to a pair of cars, Iraqi witnesses told The New York Times. Coalition search teams are scouring land, air and water in Iraq's "Triangle of Death" for the men...
CNN - June 18, 2006
At the Heart of the United Front on Iran, Vagueness on Crucial Terms
The demand for Tehran to stop all activities related to the enrichment of uranium seems precise, but what it actually means is unclear...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
U.S. Feared Cyanide Attack on New York Subway
U.S. authorities were concerned about a plan to attack the subway in 2003, counterterrorism officials said...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Former Antiterror Officials Find Industry Pays Better
At least 90 former officials are now working for companies that collectively do billions of dollars' worth of domestic security business...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
The Boss: Rocky Mountain Resilience
Martha B. Wyrsch, president and chief executive of Duke Energy Gas Transmission in Houston, learned independence during childhood summers in the mountains...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Markets Seesaw on Dueling Words on Inflation
The Federal Reserve chairman said Thursday that rising energy prices had not had a major effect on inflation. But a day later, another Fed official said that inflation was a real concern...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Suits: One Folds, One Fights in Market-Timing Suit
Two executives named in the Securities and Exchange Commission's 2004 lawsuit over mutual fund market-timing had pledged to fight. One of them threw in the towel last week...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Correction
A brief report in the Suits column on June 4, about a new employment contract between Alan M. Stillman and the Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, overstated Smith & Wollensky's net payment last year to a company controlled by Mr. Stillman, its chairman and chief executive. Smith & Wollensky paid the company $1.8 million in royalties and received about $608,000 from it in management fees, resulting in a net total of about $1.2 million, not $2.5 million...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
The Count: Endless Meetings: The Black Holes of the Workday
American workers question the value of all the time they spend in meetings, according to a survey...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Market Week: Profit Streak May Snap at Last
The 9 percent increase in second-quarter earnings that Standard & Poor's is predicting would be the first in 16 quarters that was less than a double-digit gain...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: Still Addicted to Options
The list of executives receiving fortuitously timed option grants has grown distressingly long...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
National Perspectives: Model Homes and Model 'Families'
"Homelife," a production of actors staged inside model homes is aimed at encouraging buyers to "mentally move into the home."...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: Glass Ceiling? Get a Hammer
Even if the corporate ladder is more accessible to women, its top rungs are still hard to climb...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Off the Shelf: An Age of Splendor, and Hotel One-Upmanship
In "When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age," Justin Kaplan conveys the splendor of the hotels and the personal story of the Astors...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Square Feet | Interview With Robert K. Futterman: A Lesson Learned From a Legend
A giant in retail leasing is looking to more international projects...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
The Goods: Cereal in the Bowl, Not on the Floor
A product designer from Belgium developed a plastic cover that latches onto a cereal box to prevent the cereal from tumbling forth too quickly...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
The Thrifty Millionaire: A Pinch of This and That, and Tasty Savings, Too
Prices for spices in ethnic food enclaves can be far lower than in supermarkets...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Strategies: An Old Formula That Points to New Worry
A market-timing model suggests that the stock market is likely to underperform garden-variety money market funds through the end of next year...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Investing: A Little Industry With a Lot of Sway on Proxy Votes
Do big investors rely too much on advisory firms?...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Under New Management: To Charge Up Customers, Put Customers in Charge
Who needs focus groups when buyers are also the designers?...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Dealbook: Getting Help to See the Sunshine Through the Rain
Goldman Sachs recently hired one of the nation's most prominent bankruptcy lawyers to run its nascent restructuring practice...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
No Retreat, No Surrender (They Hope)
Displays of bravado at the United Automobile Workers union convention served only to reveal the tension and uncertainty that they were meant to conceal...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Economic View: Immigration Math: It's a Long Story
To understand fully how immigration will shape the economy, you can't just look at one generation — you have to look into the future...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
Is This Game Already Over?
Arbitration panels are supposed to offer a fast and fair system for customers to resolve complaints with their brokers. But critics say the arbitrators often have hidden conflicts of interest...
New York Times - June 18, 2006
US Open: Ferrie, Mickelson lead
England's Kenneth Ferrie and American Phil Mickelson will play in the final group of the 106th US Open tied at two over...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
Crowds celebrate Brazil Gay Pride
More than a million people take to the streets of the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo for its tenth Gay Pride parade...
BBC News - June 18, 2006
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