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US News Archive for August 2005:
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Making a Splash, Naturally
Visitors of swimming holes find transcendent beauty and chilly waters as they enjoy the most natural swimming that summer offers...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Western Gas Faces Pressure to Increase Stock Price
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New York Times - August 19, 2005
Barnes & Noble Reports Rise in Profits
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New York Times - August 19, 2005
Fiber Optics Maker Delays Results
JDS Uniphase, the world’s largest maker of parts for fiber optic networks, is delaying its fourth-quarter results to complete an internal audit...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Profits Fall 24% at Limited Brands
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New York Times - August 19, 2005
Jury Finds Merck Liable in Vioxx Death and Awards $253 Million
With a flood of Vioxx lawsuits soon to reach juries, the size of the verdict may have important implications for both Merck and the entire drug industry...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Gallery told to drop 'gay' Batman
DC Comics orders a New York gallery to remove pictures which show Batman and Robin kissing and embracing...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
US given months to obey gaming law
The US has until April 2006 to obey a ruling about cross-border gaming on the internet, the WTO says...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
Wisconsin tornado kills one
The sky "just exploded" as a tornado damaged or destroyed dozens of homes, killing one person, a witness said. The victim was identified as a 54-year-old man whose home collapsed...
CNN - August 19, 2005
Al Qaeda claim for Red Sea attacks
An al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for a rocket attack targeting U.S. military ships in the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba...
CNN - August 19, 2005
Hagel: Iraq at critical point
Sen. Chuck Hagel said Thursday the United States is "getting more and more bogged down" in Iraq and stood by his comments that the White House is disconnected from reality and losing the war. The Republican from Nebraska said the next six months will be a critical time for Iraqis to show they can take charge...
CNN - August 19, 2005
Israeli forces empty Gaza's Gadid settlement
Israeli forces working to evacuate Jewish settlements in Gaza reached a deal with protesters and evacuated the Gadid settlement on Friday, before pausing the operation to mark the Sabbath...
CNN - August 19, 2005
Disney probes China labour claims
Disney is to investigate claims that staff at factories in China making books for the firm are working in unsafe conditions...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
Net widens in Reebok insider case
US financial regulators name more defendants in a case involving alleged insider trading of Reebok shares...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
UN marks Baghdad bombing
UN chief Kofi Annan pays tribute to the 22 UN workers killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad two years ago...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
Wall Street giants see oil rising
Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch boost their predictions for future oil prices as the cost of crude gains on Friday...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
Jury considering Vioxx verdict
A US jury is considering its verdict in the first civil trial involving the once-popular painkiller Vioxx...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
Anti-war mother quits camp
A bereaved mother protesting about Iraq at President Bush's ranch goes to California to visit her ill mother...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
Rockets miss US Navy ships
Rockets fired in the Jordanian port of Aqaba miss two US Navy ships anchored there, but one lands in nearby Israel...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
Crash relatives fly to Venezuela
Relatives of 160 people killed in a plane crash in Venezuela fly from Martinique to the city nearest the site...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
Settlement reached in standoff
About 85 people inside a Gadid synagogue have reached a settlement with police and troops under which they agreed to leave quietly, but insisted on being led or carried out one by one as a symbolic protest...
CNN - August 19, 2005
Anti-war movement gains steam
Cindy Sheehan, whose son served in Iraq, is protesting outside President Bush's ranch to ask why her son died...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
Wary region eyes joint war games
China and Russia have sought to reassure a wary region that the aim of their first-ever joint military exercises is peaceful as both countries face mutual concerns about terrorism and extremism in Central Asia...
CNN - August 19, 2005
At War in Bomb Field, at Peace in Field of Dreams
The soldiers of a reserve unit in Iraq, whose job is to search for roadside bombs, have turned to sports to boost morale...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Two Illegal Immigrants Win Arizona Ranch in Court Fight
The headquarters of the vigilante group Ranch Rescue is being given to two immigrants whom the group caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Weld Tries Again to Be Governor, but in New York
William F. Weld, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, plans to run for the same job in New York next year...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Investors' Group to Acquire a Stake in Bank of China
A group of investors led by the Royal Bank of Scotland and Merrill Lynch has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to acquire a 10 percent stake in the Bank of China...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Executives at 2 Agencies Are Leaving Their Posts
Executives at 2 Agencies...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Shares Flat Amid Concern About Oil and Retail Sales
By Reuters...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
A World Where Down Means Up
When default looms, the vulture investor is there to inspect the damage and make a profit...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
The Churn
Deal Makers...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
How Have Homes in Your Area Stacked Up Against the Stock Market?
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New York Times - August 19, 2005
Barnes & Noble Reports Rise in Profits
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New York Times - August 19, 2005
Fiber Optics Maker Delays Results
JDS Uniphase, the world’s largest maker of parts for fiber optic networks, is delaying its fourth-quarter results to complete an internal audit...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Profits Fall 24% at Limited Brands
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New York Times - August 19, 2005
Western Gas Faces Pressure to Increase Stock Price
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New York Times - August 19, 2005
Movie Slump Stirs Tensions in Hollywood
Tension over declining box-office receipts heated up when the head of the trade organization for movie theaters accused Walt Disney's chairman of leveling a "death threat" against his industry...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
The Word, at Last, Is In: Jobs Are Being Created
A jobs report released yesterday belatedly shows how much of the economic expansion has been due to actual hiring, as opposed to fewer rounds of layoffs. In other words, are there really new jobs out there?...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Disney Adds a Qualifier for Serving on Its Board
The Walt Disney Company took additional steps to strengthen the governance of its board and, in effect, become more shareholder-friendly...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Hilfiger Is Said to Want a Sale
Perhaps Tommy Hilfiger's new reality series, "The Cut," should be renamed "The Sale."...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
San Diego Sues Company That Invested Pension Fund
The San Diego city attorney has sued Callan Associates, the consulting firm that has helped invest the city's pension fund since 1982, saying that Callan's advice had been tainted by undisclosed conflicts of interest, which contributed to losses that will affect the city's finances for years...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Morgan Stanley Names Insider to Head Investment Banking
John J. Mack, taking further steps to solidify his management team at Morgan Stanley, named Walid Chammah yesterday to head the firm's all-important investment banking division...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
14,159,265 New Slices of Rich Technology
Google is planning a second stock issue of $4 billion, for purposes that stir industry fear and imagination...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Icahn's Latest Stance on Time Warner
Carl C. Icahn said that he had a productive discussion with the chief executive of Time Warner about increasing the value of the company's stock...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Mercedes Boss, Leaving Early, Will Yield to Daimler Chief
Eckhard Cordes, the Mercedes division chief who last month lost the race to head DaimlerChrysler, will resign at the end of the month...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
With Sales Plummeting, Tuna Strikes Back
As awareness has increased about mercury in some tuna fish, the tuna industry has taken on an image problem with the ad campaign "Tuna - A Smart Catch."...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Wall St. Agrees G.M. Is Troubled but Not Bound for Bankruptcy Soon
The offer of employee discounts by General Motors raised the question of whether the automaker faced bankruptcy. Wall Street's answer? Not anytime soon...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
More and More, Expert Witnesses Make the Difference
TRIAL lawyers may be the peacocks of the courtroom, strutting before a judge or jury and making arguments with a sense of drama and style, but often these days it's a tweedy professor, explaining some impossibly arcane subject in plain English, who may make the difference...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Airbus Wins $2.2 Billion Order From CIT
The European aircraft maker said that it won a $2.2 billion order from the CIT Group, the finance company, for 29 of its narrow and wide-body planes...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Canadian Broadcasting Without the Canadians?
Since a lockout began at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, its programming has been replaced with reruns and sometimes less-than-relevant foreign programming...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Indonesian Leader Acts to Break Exxon Deal Impasse
Faced with a drop in oil production, Indonesia's government decided to fire the board of the country's state-owned oil company, Pertamina...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Brazil Again Seeks to Cut Cost of AIDS Drug
Brazil's health ministry said that it was once more pressing Abbott Laboratories to lower the price of Kaletra or risk having Brazilian manufacturers break the drug's patent...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Vioxx Jury Ends First Day
ANGLETON, Tex., Aug. 18 (AP) - Jurors in the nation's first Vioxx-related trial ended their first day of deliberation after seven hours Thursday and were to resume early Friday...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Illinois Case May Put Dent in Class Suits
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New York Times - August 19, 2005
S.E.C. Case on Reebok Trades
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
In the Long Run, Sleep at Home and Invest in the Stock Market
Over time, stock prices have risen more quickly than home values, even where home values have appreciated most...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
A New Arms Race to Build the World's Mightiest Computer
A global race is under way to reach the next milestone in supercomputer performance, and the customary rivalry between the U.S. and Japan now includes China...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Publisher's Ex-Partner to Plead Guilty
A business partner of the former press baron Conrad M. Black was indicted on criminal fraud charges and - in what may be bad news for Lord Black - has agreed to plead guilty...
New York Times - August 19, 2005
Golf: Woods and Singh in lead
Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh are tied for the lead after the first round of the NEC World Golf Championship event...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
Baseball: Bonds 'back in weeks'
San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds may be back in action next month...
BBC News - August 19, 2005
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