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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 April 2007:
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Corzine Is Taken Off Ventilator
Doctors for Gov. Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey warned that he might need his breathing tube reinserted...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
A Day of Mourning
Mourners from Colorado to Israel remembered the 32 victims killed on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Auditioning in a Video Résumé
Executives, job seekers, college applicants and others are seeking help with anything from basic blogs to podcasts...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Canada raises Kyoto alarm
Canada could see a recession if it were to meet its Kyoto target for reducing emissions, Canada's environment minister has warned...
BBC News - April 20, 2007
Mourners gather to honor victims
Mourners have gathered at Virginia Tech four days after 32 people were killed at the U.S. university in an unprecedented shooting spree. Crowds stood in silence across the campus as bells tolled in honor of the victims, while others wrote tributes on a makeshift memorial...
CNN - April 20, 2007
Bells toll for Virginia Tech
Bells tolled across the nation and survivors, friends, family and strangers observed a moment of silence for the victims of the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. Gov. Tim Kaine declared a day of mourning for the 32 people killed Monday on the Virginia Tech campus...
CNN - April 20, 2007
GOP: Reid has turned his back on troops
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday the war in Iraq is "lost," triggering an angry backlash by Republicans, who said the top Democrat had turned his back on the troops...
CNN - April 20, 2007
French candidates in final push
Presidential candidates turn up the heat as election campaigning comes to a close ahead of a campaigning blackout scheduled for Friday...
CNN - April 20, 2007
N.J. School Closes After Threat Tied to Columbine
School officials discovered graffiti that seemed to suggest a threat tied to the anniversary of the Columbine massacre...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Federal Database Exposes Social Security Numbers
The Social Security numbers of tens of thousands of people were disclosed for years in a publicly available database...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
FirstGroup snares Greyhound deal
Shareholders of rail and bus firm FirstGroup backed a plan to buy US yellow school bus firm Laidlaw for £1.9bn...
BBC News - April 20, 2007
Foreign markets boost McDonald's
McDonald's sees its quarterly profits rise 22%, helped by strong international sales and a bigger US menu...
BBC News - April 20, 2007
Columbine relatives join in grief
On the eighth anniversary of the Columbine high school massacre, relatives mourn with the Virginia Tech community...
BBC News - April 20, 2007
Mourning day for massacre victims
A day of mourning is declared at the U.S. university where 32 people were killed in an unprecedented shooting spree. Organizers hope the events, which began with a dawn gathering at a makeshift memorial, will help ease the grief of students and victims' families, many of whom have expressed anger at broadcasts of the killer's rantings...
CNN - April 20, 2007
Art Review: Classical Treasures, Bathed in a New Light
Western antiquity now unfolds in logical, stately order at the Metropolitan Museum?s Greek and Roman galleries...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Former Qwest boss guilty of fraud
Ex-boss of US phone group Qwest, Joseph Nacchio, is found guilty of 19 counts of insider trading...
BBC News - April 20, 2007
Gates seeks greater Iraqi effort
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates meets Iraqi politicians to urge them to speed up reconciliation efforts...
BBC News - April 20, 2007
Blackberry reveals failure cause
Blackberry maker RIM says an insufficiently tested software upgrade was the cause of its network failure...
BBC News - April 20, 2007
Japan abductee freed in Paraguay
A Japanese businessman abducted in Paraguay with his secretary and two Paraguayans is freed...
BBC News - April 20, 2007
Inquiry to probe Virginia killing
Virginia's governor appoints a panel to investigate whether the shootings at Virginia Tech could have been avoided...
BBC News - April 20, 2007
Bangladesh ex-PM vows return home
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has vowed to return home to face criminal charges against her, has a ticket to fly back but was told by her airline that she cannot board, she said...
CNN - April 20, 2007
Gates presses Iraqi leadership
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on an unannounced trip to Iraq, delivered a sharp message to the country's political leaders on Thursday: The U.S. military's commitment to the war is not open-ended...
CNN - April 20, 2007
Doctors Try New Surgery for Gallbladder Removal
The technique can eliminate the need to cut through abdominal muscles, a major source of pain after surgery...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Bloomberg to Announce Long-Term Vision for City
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is expected to advocate charging drivers to enter sections of Manhattan...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Anger of Killer Was on Exhibit in His Writings
Professors and students in the English department at Virginia Tech knew of the mental turmoil of Cho Seung-Hui through his writings and images...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
New Push Likely for Restrictions Over Abortions
Legislation limiting abortions could face headwinds in states where Democrats made gains in the last election...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
News Analysis: On a Very Hot Seat With Little Cover and Less Support
Not a single Republican, with the possible exception of Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, came to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales?s defense...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
World Business Briefing: France: Airbus Adds Workers for A380
Airbus, two years behind schedule on deliveries of the new A380 airliner, is adding 1,000 employees at its plant in Hamburg, Germany, to keep to the latest production deadlines. Airbus plans to hire 250 engineers permanently in Hamburg, the company?s biggest manufacturing site aside from its headquarters in Toulouse, France, and is taking on another 750 temporary workers to complete cabling on its first 25 A380s, a spokeswoman, Barbara Kracht, said...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
World Business Briefing: Spain: Bid Is Made for French Contractor
Sacyr Vallehermoso, a Spanish construction company, bid 9.75 billion euros ($13.26 billion) to take over Eiffage of France, a diversified construction company that built the Eiffel Tower, setting the stage for a cross-border struggle for control of the company. The bid came less than 24 hours after a shareholders? meeting where Eiffage blocked Sacyr?s request for seats on its board, even though Sacyr holds a 33 percent stake. Sacyr offered 12 of its shares for every five of Eiffage, valuing the stock at 104.69 euros, a 6 percent discount to its closing price Wednesday. Sacyr?s approach pits the builder against Eiffage, which views itself as a venerable part of the French establishment...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
World Business Briefing: Finland: Nokia Earnings Fell Nearly 7%
Nokia, the world?s largest mobile phone maker, said that its first-quarter earnings dropped nearly 7 percent as expanding sales of low-end models in emerging markets pushed down its average selling price. Net profit came to 979 million euros ($1.3 billion), down from 1.05 billion euros in the first three months of 2006. The company, in Helsinki, said that its share of the global mobile phone market was 36 percent, up slightly from 35 percent in the first quarter of 2006...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
World Business Briefing: China: Lenovo Plans to Lay Off 1,400
The personal computer maker Lenovo Group said it would lay off 1,400 workers and move jobs to emerging markets to better compete with faster growing rivals. Lenovo, which leapt onto the world stage in 2005 when it bought the PC operation of I.B.M. for $1.25 billion, said it would cut a net 650 jobs worldwide. An additional 750 positions will be moved to Brazil, China, India and Slovakia, countries with lower labor costs that are close to Lenovo?s suppliers and manufacturing operations. Lenovo, which is based in China, said the plan would affect 1,400 workers including contractors, or about 5 percent of its work force. The company said it expected to take a pretax restructuring charge of $50 million to $60 million, mostly in the first quarter, and expected savings of about $100 million in the 2007-8 fiscal year, which began on April 1...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Altria?s Profit Misses Estimates
Weakness in its Philip Morris USA tobacco business overshadowed improved results abroad...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Continental and Southwest Show Profits
The results also showed early signs that domestic air fares were under pressure...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
World Business Briefing: South Korea: Guilty Plea in Chip Price Case
An executive of the Samsung Electronics Company of South Korea agreed to plead guilty in the United States to price-fixing charges in a long-running federal investigation of the computer memory chip business, the Justice Department said. The executive, Il Ung Kim, vice president for marketing at the memory division of Samsung, became the sixth Samsung executive to plead guilty in the case, the department said. He agreed to serve 14 months in a federal prison, pay a $250,000 fine and cooperate with prosecutors in the investigation...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Three Big Drug Makers Beat Expectations
Merck, Schering-Plough and Wyeth all rode strong drug sales to quarterly profits, adding to the wave of good news for investors in major pharmaceutical companies...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Profit Rises 21% at American Express
Increased use of its credit cards by more customers helped drive first-quarter profit up 21 percent...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Leading Indicators Climbed Slightly in March
The economy is continuing to lose steam and may expand only slightly in coming months, a recent reading said...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Profit Climbs at Big Bank; Credit Cards Raise Concern
First-quarter profit at Bank of America rose 5 percent as growth in investment banking helped offset higher loan losses and deposit costs...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Film Venture Is Formed
A group of investors led by Merrill Lynch will acquire Summit Entertainment and make it part of a new movie production and distribution company...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Hedge Funds? Activism Creates New Wealth for Law Firms
The re-emergence of proxy fights is a reason that mergers-and-acquisitions lawyers are redefining the hedge fund practice...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
UnitedHealth Shares Slide on Worries Over Costs and Enrollment
The company?s shares slumped after a forecast that a crucial gauge suggested that medical costs would be higher than expected...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
2 Subprime Lenders Announce Job Cuts; Call Centers Closed
The moves were part of a broad retrenchment in the subprime lending industry amid mounting loan losses...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
U.S. Joins Whistle-Blower Case Against 3 Technology Companies
The government has joined in a whistle-blower case filed against Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and Accenture over improper payments connected to government contracts...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Merrill Lynch Posts Big Gain as Revenue From Trading Jumps
The results suggest that efforts to bolster results from trading and private equity are paying off, analysts said...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Changes at Fidelity Stir Succession Speculation
The company said one of its top executives was retiring amid a broader reorganization in the upper ranks...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Nokia Earnings Fell Nearly 7% in First Quarter
First-quarter earnings dropped nearly 7 percent as expanding sales of low-end models in emerging markets pushed down its average selling price...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Wal-Mart Reports Its Chief Was Paid $29.7 Million in 2006
The world?s largest retailer paid its chief executive $29.7 million last year after sales grew at the slowest pace in more than two decades...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Mostly Fall on a Day of Mixed News
Investors juggled upbeat economic data, divergent earnings reports and a pullback in Chinese stocks...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Price War Takes Toll as A.M.D. Posts Loss
The loss was bigger than expected, hurt by slower sales and a bruising price war with its larger rival, Intel...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Delphi Says Investor May Back Out
Delphi expected Cerberus Capital Management would leave a group that pledged to dedicate capital to the company...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Advertising: Agencies Hear a Call for More Creativity, but Also More Accountability
Creativity as the pathway to consumer persuasion ? and profitability was a major theme at a recent advertising conference...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Times Co., Gannett and Tribune Co. Report Declines
The industry continues to face tough times as advertisers shift their focus away from print to the Internet...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
R.I.M. Offers a Reason for BlackBerry Failure
The installation of an insufficiently tested piece of software set off a chain reaction that eventually cut off BlackBerry service...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Trial of Amgen Drug May Dispel Some Safety Concerns
Aranesp did not increase the death rate of lung cancer patients in a closely watched clinical trial...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Insider: A Tilt in Wall Street?s Pursuit of Private Equity
As investment banks increasingly compete with their clients over private equity deals, conflicts arise...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Hoping to Calm the Waters, Chairman of Siemens Resigns
Heinrich von Pierer said he hoped a successor could steer the scandal-plagued company into ?calmer waters.?...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Big Money in Little Screens
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have trained their sights on cellphones as the next great battleground in the Internet search wars...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Organic Milk Supply Expected to Surge as Farmers Pursue a Payoff
Dairy farmers are rushing to convert to organic milk production before new, more stringent federal regulations take effect...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Ex-Chief at Qwest Found Guilty of Insider Trading
The jury convicted Joseph P. Nacchio on 19 of 42 insider trading counts related to his sale of Qwest stock in 2001...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Pill That Eliminates the Period Gets Mixed Reviews
Rather than loathing their periods, women evidently carry on complex love-hate relationships with them...
New York Times - April 20, 2007
Canada angry at Uighur sentence
Canada condemns Chinese authorities for sentencing a Canadian Uighur rights activist to life imprisonment...
BBC News - April 20, 2007
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