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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Dubai parties at hotel gala despite economic gloom
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Pakistan protests to US over deep missile strike
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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US News Archive for January 2007:
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Suspect arrested in editor's death
Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of outspoken Turkish journalist Hrant Dink after a 32-hour search, authorities said Sunday...
CNN - January 20, 2007
A Proposal to Ban Spanking Sparks Debate
A California assemblywoman plans to submit a bill that calls for up to a year in jail for parents who spank young children...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Tribune Board Members Consider Bids
A special committee of Tribune Company board members met for several hours in Chicago without reaching a decision about the company?s possible sale...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Soul-Searching by Missouri Suspect?s Neighbors
Residents of the town in Missouri where a boy was held for four years are asking themselves why no one noticed something amiss...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
New Orleans of Future May Stay Half Its Old Size
Some economists and demographers wonder whether New Orleans will top out at about half its prestorm population...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Refugees Find Hostility and Hope on Soccer Field
A boys soccer team composed of refugees with miserable pasts brings out the best and worst in Americans...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Bush Urges Tax to Help Cover the Uninsured
President Bush intends to use Tuesday?s State of the Union address to tackle the rising cost of health care with a one-two punch...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Clinton Enters Field, Fueling Race for Money
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s official entrance into the 2008 presidential race highlighted the urgent need to line up supporters...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Sundown on Sundance festival?
The 2007 Sundance Film Festival begins this week - but is it still the force it was?...
BBC News - January 20, 2007
Bush briefed on Middle East trips
President George W Bush is briefed on the Mid-East trips of his secretary of state and defence chief...
BBC News - January 20, 2007
13 die as U.S. copter down in Iraq
Thirteen people were killed when a U.S. forces helicopter went down northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. All the victims were on board the aircraft...
CNN - January 20, 2007
Hillary Clinton: I'm in for 2008
Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton launched her run for the White House Saturday by setting up an exploratory committee to test opinions and raise money. "I'm in. And I'm in to win," she wrote on her Web site. Her move came days after Sen. Barack Obama began his run...
CNN - January 20, 2007
Journalist's killing shocks Turkey
Turkey's prime minister has spoken of his country's sense of shock a day after a prominent Turkish journalist of Armenian descent was gunned down in front of his newspaper office...
CNN - January 20, 2007
Thai Army Officers Held in Bombings
SINGAPORE, Jan. 20 ? Authorities in Thailand detained 15 people, including some military officers, in connection with a string of bombings that killed three people and disrupted celebrations on New Year?s Eve, the police said Saturday...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Bush to Urge New Tax Plan for Health Care
President Bush intends to use the State of the Union address on Tuesday to tackle the rising cost of health care with a one-two punch...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Clinton Enters ?08 Field, Fueling Race for Money
?I?m in,? Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an e-mail message to supporters early this morning. ?And I?m in to win.?...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Market Week: Judging the State of the Oil Market
IT was barely six months ago that Wall Street was keeping a nervous eye on the rising prices of oil and other commodities and investors in those sectors were enjoying an I-told-you-so satisfaction...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Tech Shares Fall as Earnings Disappoint
Technology earnings reports that failed to meet Wall Street?s expectations pulled down the Nasdaq composite index last week, but the Dow Jones industrial average managed a small gain...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Correction
An article last Sunday about Martek Biosciences misidentified the headquarters city of D. A. Davidson & Company, which employs Timothy S. Ramey, a food and beverage analyst who now has an ?underperform? recommendation on Martek?s stock. Although Mr. Ramey?s office is in Portland, Ore., D. A. Davidson is based in Great Falls, Mont...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Off the Shelf: The Tricky Task of Spotting a New Market Darling
Which acorns will become oaks? And which will be squirrel food?...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Suits: New Business, Same Old Ted
Ted Turner is placing his newest bets on alternative energy, which he thinks can not only influence the world but maybe also save the planet...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Career Couch: The Noncompete Clause: Balk at Your Own Risk
Ultimately, if you don't sign on the dotted line, you may have to start the job search anew...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
The Boss: Early Start on a Fast Track
The chief executive of Hair Club overcame his insecurities and became comfortable managing people older than himself...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
The Count: Busiest Runways, Most Delays: The Tao of Flying
Busiest Runways,...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Prosecutor in Apple Case Joins Law Firm
Christopher J. Steskal, a lead prosecutor of a federal task force investigating the backdating of stock options at Apple and other companies, is leaving his post to join a law firm...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Square Feet | Checking In: How Long Can the Hotel Industry Stay in High Gear?
The hotel industry has made a stellar comeback since bottoming out about five years ago, but analysts caution that the market may cool off...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
The Goods: Son of Dogs Playing Poker
Few ideas have caused as much academic navel-gazing as kitsch...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Everybody's Business: Shareholders? What Shareholders?
It?s interesting to think how much Caremark Rx could have gotten if it really worked toward a higher price for its shareholders...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Economic View: Star-Struck on the Soccer Field, and in the Boardroom
Can a star soccer player save an entire industry?...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Strategies: Why Backdated Options Might Be Contagious
Directors of corporations often form a tight-knit community. As a result of this chumminess, corporate practices can spread quickly...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Media Frenzy: Big Media?s Crush on Social Networking
With a wink and a flirt, big media companies have developed a full-bore teenage crush on social networking businesses...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Novelties: The Turntables That Transform Vinyl
Two new turntables connect directly to computers to transfer cherished vinyl to MP3 files and CDs...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Investing: How to Corral an Index Fund (With a New Rope)
A group of market theorists say they can beat the market, not just match it...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Big Game? An Enron Survivor Hunts for Riches
The search for gas and oil has reignited to transform companies like InterOil, a leftover sliver of Enron, into Wall Street darlings...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Once Given Up for Dead, Comcast Defies Its Obits
The entire cable business, and Comcast, the country?s largest cable company, are sitting pretty...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
[TS] Fair Game: Roadblocks to Greater Say on Pay
Greater detail on executive pay will arrive this spring. But shareholders won?t have a greater say on how that pay is computed if some companies get their way...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Doherty of Mamas and Papas dies
Canadian singer-songwriter Denny Doherty from the 60s group the Mamas and the Papas dies aged 66...
BBC News - January 20, 2007
Castro 'fighting for his life'
Fidel Castro is "fighting for his life," according to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who said he spoke to the veteran Cuban leader a few days ago by telephone...
CNN - January 20, 2007
Mourning follows writer's slaying
Angry, saddened Turks took to the streets of various cities to mourn the death of Hrant Dink, a prominent Turkish journalist of Armenian descent who was gunned down in front of his newspaper office. Armenian Patriarch Mesrob Mutafyan declared 15 days of mourning for the small Armenian community in Turkey...
CNN - January 20, 2007
Denny Doherty, 66, Mamas and Papas Singer, Dies
Denny Doherty was a founding member of the 1960s folk-pop band the Mamas and the Papas...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
United 93 director 'to film Iraq'
British director Paul Greengrass will follow his 9/11 film United 93 with a drama about Iraq, reports say...
BBC News - January 20, 2007
NFL: Miami appoint Cameron
The Miami Dolphins name San Diego Chargers offensive co-ordinator Cam Cameron as their new head coach...
BBC News - January 20, 2007
Mexico extradites drug suspects
Mexican extradites key drugs smuggling suspects to the US, including the reputed leader of a powerful drug cartel...
BBC News - January 20, 2007
Sub commander relieved of duty after drownings
The commander of a U.S. nuclear submarine has been relieved of duty after two of his sailors drowned after being swept off the deck by a wave in rough seas, the Navy said. An investigation determined that the incident was caused in part by a poor decision by Cmdr. Edwin Ruff...
CNN - January 20, 2007
Turks grieve slain journalist
Angry, saddened Turks took to the streets of Istanbul and other cities to mourn the death of Hrant Dink, a prominent Turkish journalist of Armenian descent who was gunned down in front of his newspaper office...
CNN - January 20, 2007
21 Parishes Face Shutdown in New York
The closures are part of a sweeping reorganization process that began several years ago and distressed thousands of parishioners...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Class Divide in Chinese-Americans? Charity
Rich Chinese-Americans are more likely to donate to mainstream institutions than to the poor, nonprofits say...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Senate Measure Puts Spotlight on Fund-Raising
The measure would require lobbyists to disclose money they raise from clients and friends and deliver as sheaves of checks...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
New Favor for a Name That Straddles Cultures
For the first time in a generation, an ethnic name is most popular for newborn Hispanic boys in New York City...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Richard A. Musgrave, 96, Theoretician of Public Finance, Dies
Richard A. Musgrave was an economist who has been called the father of modern public finance...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Shortcuts: You, Too, Can Be an Energy Trader Right in Your Heated Home
Deregulation allows many homeowners around the country to shop around for their energy providers...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Two Are Sentenced for Fraud Involving Trading of Stocks
Two former N.Y.S.E. traders were each sentenced to six months in prison and fined $250,000...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
H.P. Chief Defends Timing of Stock Sale
Mark V. Hurd told lawmakers that his sale of company shares was ?totally unrelated? to an ill-fated internal investigation...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Big Hotel REIT Agrees to Be Sold in Two Deals
CNL Hotel and Resorts said it had agreed to be bought in two separate deals worth about $5.53 billion combined...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Bertelsmann Announces Succession Plan for Chief
Hartmut Ostrowski, who heads Bertelsmann?s printing and services division will take over next year as chief executive...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Motorola Plans to Cut 5% of Work Force
Motorola planned to cut 3,500 jobs as it moves to improve operating costs after a disappointing fourth quarter...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Consumer Sentiment Reaches 3-Year High
The increase was propelled by falling gasoline prices and a favorable view of personal finances and the economy...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Judge Allows Record Company Suit Against XM
The lawsuit accuses XM Satellite Radio of cheating record companies by letting consumers store songs...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
What?s Online: Flames Flare Over Naked Shorts
A vicious dispute on certain stock message boards actually involves the chief executive of a publicly traded corporation and a longtime business journalist...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
What?s Offline: The Guilt-Free Corporation
The notion that the corporation should apply its assets for social purposes rather than for the profit of shareholders is an irresponsible use of assets,? argues the venture capitalist Betsy S. Atkins...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Five Days: A Soft Landing and a Push on Global Warming
The frothy mergers-and-acquisition market bubbled along, with bids, battles and, well, one bomb...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
State Farm Settles One Hurricane Katrina Suit
The insurer agreed to pay an estimated $1 million to settle a lawsuit by a Mississippi Gulf Coast resident whose house was destroyed...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Up Quarter Ends Rough Year for Citigroup
Citigroup?s operating profit rose 3.2 percent, led by a solid trading performance, improvement in its consumer business and big gains from its alternative investment unit...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Market Values: Figuring Out the P.E. Ratio of Steve Jobs
Steven P. Jobs has been on a spectacular winning streak this decade, and the company would not be the same without him...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
G.E. Says Profit Rose 11%, but Its Shares Still Fall
Investor discomfort with the quality of earnings and with accounting issues sent shares down...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Shares Close Mixed as Earnings Reports Fail to Inspire
Shares closed narrowly mixed after profit reports and forecasts from companies like I.B.M. and General Electric left investors unimpressed...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Western Companies Caught Up in Chinese Bribery Inquiry
Chinese police have detained 22 people from several large companies, including ABB, McDonald?s, McKinsey & Company and Whirlpool...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Saturday Interview: Blockbuster Marries Stores to Internet
John F. Antioco, chairman and chief executive of Blockbuster, spoke about the challenge from Netflix and the shifting marketplace...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Patent Trial Near, Bristol-Myers Counts on Resilience
The trial over the patent for the drug Plavix will be critical for Bristol-Myers, which derives nearly a third of its revenue from it...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Madison Avenue Calling
Cellphone subscribers could start to lower their bills by watching advertising on their mobile phones...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
[TS] Talking Business: I Want My Howard Stern and Oprah
When it comes to new and emerging technologies like satellite radio, what exactly constitutes competition?...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Trade Deficit Stubbornly Defies the Dollar?s Slide
Although the dollar has lost a lot of ground, the nation?s trade imbalance with the world has continued to rise...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Your Money: Don?t Call. Don?t Write. Let Me Be.
How to get your name off lists, so sales people won?t call, junk mail won?t come, and spam won?t clog the in-box...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
States Study Marketing of Lilly Pill
State prosecutors have demanded Eli Lilly turn over information about the way it promoted the drug Zyprexa...
New York Times - January 20, 2007
Bush to be briefed on Middle East
President George W Bush is to be briefed on the Mid-East trips of his secretary of state and defence chief...
BBC News - January 20, 2007
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