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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
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City Room: City Room: Bruno Ends Investment Firm Ties
The State Senate majority leader severed his ties with a Connecticut investment company that manages tens of millions of dollars for union locals in and around his district, northeast of Albany...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
DealBook Blog: DealBook: What?s the Best Buyout of the Year?
Forget your holiday plans for a minute and think back. Way back. All the way to June. That was when the frenzy of leveraged buyouts hit its peak, cresting with a $48 billion bid for BCE, the parent of Bell Canada, which remains the largest buyout deal ever. A week later, Hilton Hotels agreed to [...]...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Giuliani?s Stock Declines
There have been some big moves recently in the prediction markets that are tracking the presidential campaign...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Top Bush Terrorism Adviser Is Leaving Unscathed
Frances Fragos Townsend is stepping down on Jan. 4 after several years as President Bush?s chief terrorism adviser...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
As Cars Hit More Animals on Roads, Toll Rises
Rural roads are being traveled by more and more people, leading to an increase in fatal wildlife-related crashes...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
The Lede Blog: A Times Article on Italy Hits a Nerve
A published account of Italy?s national malaise prompted a critical ? and very public ? collective self-assessment...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Judge Refuses to Order Hearing on C.I.A. Tapes
Detainees? lawyers had requested a hearing to force the government to explain the destruction of the tapes...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Stocks Soar on Merrill Report and Economic Data
Talks of an investment in Merrill Lynch and a strong report on consumer spending lifted investors? spirits...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
News Analysis: Romney Learns That ?Facts Are Stubborn Things?
Questions are being raised after Mitt Romney?s statement about his father marching with Martin Luther King Jr...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Court Voids Conviction in 1988 Murders
The New York State appellate ruling means Martin H. Tankleff, imprisoned for 17 years for the murders of his parents, could get a new trial...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Russia?s RUSAL to Buy Norilsk Stake
RUSAL said the move was part of an effort to build a globally competitive Russian metals and mining company...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Russia?s Vimpelcom Buys Golden Telecom
The second-largest cellphone operator in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States said the $4.3 billion deal will create the region?s first integrated fixed-to-mobile provider...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Circuit City Posts Wider-Than-Expected Loss
Losses ballooned to $207.3 million for the third quarter, driven by lower extended warranty sales and restructuring costs...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Marsh & McLennan Replacing Its Chief
The insurance broker said it would replace Michael G. Cherkasky after a year of disappointing results. The news sent company shares higher...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Philips in $5.1 Billion Deal for Respironics
The acquisition of Respironics, which makes medical devices that assist or monitor breathing, is one of a steady stream of takeovers of U.S. companies by Philips? medical arm...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
BMW Plans Thousands of Layoffs
Facing rising costs and resurgent competition from rivals like Mercedes, BMW announced its first significant layoffs in at least a decade...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
$3 Billion Deal Reported for Drug Trial Firm
Bain and TPG announced they will acquire One Equity?s stake in Quintiles Transnational, one of the biggest managers of drug trials, for an undisclosed amount...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
In Trade Ruling, Antigua Wins a Right to Piracy
In an unusual W.T.O. ruling, Antigua won the right to violate copyright protections on goods like films and music from the United States as part of a dispute over online gambling...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Stocks Soar on Merrill Report and Economic Data
Talks of an investment in Merrill Lynch and a strong report on consumer spending lifted investors? spirits...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Judge Rules Against United Rentals in Deal Lawsuit
A judge in Delaware ruled that Cerberus Capital could not be forced to complete its $4 billion deal for United Rentals, a rental equipment operator...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Denial of State Emissions Plan Was Foreshadowed
The Bush administration?s decision to deny California the right to regulate greenhouse gases was foreseeable...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Republican Unity Trumps Democratic Momentum
Republicans have been able to slow and sometimes halt the agenda of Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Appellate Court Overturns Tankleff Conviction
The ruling is a vindication for Martin H. Tankleff, who has been imprisoned for 17 years for the grisly 1988 murders of his parents...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
At Least 50 Killed in Pakistan Attack
A suicide attacker detonated a bomb inside a mosque as people celebrated a major holiday with a former interior minister...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Russia?s Vimpelcom Buys Golden Telecom
The second-largest cellphone operator in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States said the $4.3 billion deal will create the region?s first integrated fixed-to-mobile provider...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Russia?s RUSAL to Buy Norilsk Stake
RUSAL said the move was part of an effort to build a globally competitive Russian metals and mining company...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Philips in $5.1 Billion Deal for Respironics
The acquisition of Respironics, which makes medical devices that assist or monitor breathing, is one of a steady stream of takeovers of U.S. companies by Philips? medical arm...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Circuit City Posts Wider-Than-Expected Loss
Losses ballooned to $207.3 million for the third quarter, driven by lower extended warranty sales and restructuring costs...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Consumer Spending and Inflation Up
Inflation grew in November at its fastest pace in two years, as sky-high oil prices pushed up the costs of other products, while consumer purchases rose a bigger-than-expected 1.1 percent...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Stocks Rise on Research in Motion and Merrill Reports
Wall Street was higher after a better-than-expected profit report at Research in Motion and on word that Merrill Lynch might have lined up a cash infusion from a Singapore fund...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
DealBook Blog: $3 Billion Deal Reported for Drug Trial Firm
Bain Capital and TPG Capital have agreed to buy Quintiles Transnational, one of the biggest managers of drug trials, for more than $3 billion, people briefed on the transaction told DealBook...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Fed in fresh $20bn credit auction
The Federal Reserve issues another $20bn of credit to ease money markets hit by the global lending squeeze...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
Merrill stock up on investor talk
Shares in Merrill Lynch jump after a report that a foreign investor may pump $5bn into the bank...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
Further relief for US homeowners
A new law is passed in the US designed to prevent the current housing crisis from getting worse...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
Arrests in New Orleans protests
Police in New Orleans arrested 15 people at Thursday's protests against planned home demolitions, AP reports...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
Leaders discuss oil pact in Cuba
Heads of state meet in Cuba for talks on a Venezuelan initiative offering cheap oil to regional allies...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
US faces sanctions for gaming ban
The WTO says Antigua can impose sanctions worth $21m a year after the US brought in an online gaming ban...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
The Caucus: Retreat on Chinese Toy Statement
The Obama campaign went to work qualifying his remarks on banning toys imported from China, a pledge that a spokesman for China?s Foreign Ministry called ?unwise.?...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Scared Silent: In Witness Killing, Prosecutors Point to a Lawyer
New Jersey officials trying combat witness intimidation are concerned about cases involving one lawyer?s clients...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Solving the Mortgage Crisis May Require a Guardian Angel
The Fed?s newly proposed rules might have prevented the current mess, but enacting them now will do nothing to repair the damage...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Time Warner Rejects an Arbitration Offer to Carry the NFL Network
The NFL Network wants to add subscribers in advance of the potentially historic Patriots-Giants game on Dec. 29, but is still at an impasse with Time Warner...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
New York Condos Lure Deal-Seeking Europeans
Foreign tourists are keeping brokers busy with their eagerness to buy Manhattan apartments...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
FedEx Earnings Fall; High Fuel Costs Blamed
The package courier said its second-quarter profit fell 6 percent from a year ago, largely because of high fuel costs...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Rite Aid Reports Wider Loss and Lowers Outlook
The company said its net loss in the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 1 was $84.8 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with a net profit of $1.1 million...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
BlackBerry Maker?s Profit More Than Doubles
Third-quarter profit for Research in Motion more than doubled on strong demand for its BlackBerry smart phones and related services by consumers and businesses...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
ConAgra Shares Fall Despite 15% Profit Increase
The company?s consumer segment, which accounts for more than half of the company?s sales, posted a 16 percent drop in earnings as the cost of ingredients jumped...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Senior Executive Is Leaving Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems? chief development officer, Charles H. Giancarlo, widely seen as a top candidate for chief executive, announced on Thursday that he was quitting...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Tyson Finds a Label for Its Antibiotic-Free (Well, Almost) Chicken
Tyson Foods tweaks its ?raised without antibiotics? label after Department of Agriculture questioned the company?s use of animal medications...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
U.S. Investigates Chocolate Makers
Several chocolate makers said that they had learned U.S. investigators were looking into industry pricing practices...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Rally in Technology Leads Shares Higher
Shares finished higher Thursday as investors set aside concerns about downbeat economic reports and focused on Oracle?s strong profits statement...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
SunTrust Bails Out 2 Funds
SunTrust Banks said it would take up to $400 million in fourth-quarter pretax write-downs, mainly from a bailout of two money market funds...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Class-Action Cases Rise, Fueled by Subprime Troubles
The subprime mess is turning out to be a boon for class-action lawyers. Through Dec. 15, filings were up 58 percent from 2006, according to a new study...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Economy Enjoyed a Summer Sprint, but Mortgage Crisis Expected to Slow Pace in Final Quarter
The economy sprinted ahead at its fastest pace in four years during the summer, but it is expected to limp through the final three months of this year...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Russia Signs Deal for Gas Pipeline Along Caspian Sea
Analysts say Russia?s pipeline deal with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan could strengthen its monopoly on Central Asia?s energy exports...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Plan on Airline Emissions Hints at U.S.-Europe Rift
E.U. countries scaled back a proposal to regulate airline emissions, but agreed on measures likely to intensify a battle with the United States over environmental regulation...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
New Guard Arrives at Tribune, a Developer Who Speaks His Mind
Now at the helm of the Tribune Company, Samuel Zell declared that the troubled operation would aim to raise revenue more than cut spending...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Some Lawyers Seek Changes in Vioxx Settlement
Several plaintiffs? lawyers have asked that some of their clients be allowed to reject the $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement as others accept it...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Top Concert Promoter Sets Up a Challenge to Ticketmaster
Concert giant Live Nation is aiming to ramp up its ticket-selling operation, potentially positioning itself to compete with its longtime contractor, Ticketmaster...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
New York Law on Stranded Passengers? Rights Is Upheld
A federal judge in Albany upheld a state law that would penalize airlines failing to provide adequate services to passengers trapped on the tarmac for more than three hours...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
F.T.C. Approves DoubleClick Deal
The proposed Google merger could still be held up in Europe, where personal privacy has more legal protections than in the United States...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Drug Maker and Eye Doctors Settle Dispute Over Avastin
Genentech appears to have resolved a dispute with ophthalmologists over use of the company?s drug Avastin to treat eye diseases...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Big Bond Insurer Discovers That Layers of Risk Do Not Create a Cushion
Shares of MBIA, the nation?s biggest insurer of financial risk, fell 26 percent after it disclosed it was guaranteeing billions of dollars of the kind of complex debt that have unnerved the credit market...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Whistle-Blower Is Awarded $1.6 Million
A former drug sales representative won the award despite the judge?s criticism that he should have brought the scheme to light earlier...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
The Year of Puncturing Wall Street Orthodoxy
This year the leaders of some of the world?s most respected financial institutions have been caught either unaware or uninformed about giant risks their companies took...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
I.R.S. Says Bill Would Aid Tax Fraud in Virgin Islands
The proposed legislation would scale back audits of wealthy taxpayers, including 18 people who work for hedge funds, in the U.S. Virgin Islands...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
With Detroit Downbeat on 2008, Its Suppliers Are Singing the Blues
Carmakers expect 2008 to be challenging, but hundreds of automotive parts suppliers are anticipating the year ahead to be one of the ugliest ever...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Apple Rumor Site to Shut Down in Settlement
Apple put to rest the last of a series of lawsuits it brought in a losing and costly effort to put a stop to Web leaks about its product plans...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Stewart and Colbert to Return Without Writers
Following the lead of Jay Leno and Conan O?Brien, the late-night cable comedy duo will return in early January...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
A Revisionist Tale: Why a Poor China Seems Richer
New calculations by the World Bank suggest China may not be so rich after all, and could deflate arguments for a need to revalue the yuan...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Refocusing, Campbell Sells Godiva
The Campbell Soup Company agreed to sell its Godiva Chocolatier unit to Yildiz Holding of Turkey for $850 million...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Sallie Mae Delays Stock Repurchase
SLM, the parent of Sallie Mae, which for years profited from placing large bets on its own stock going up, now faces a possible loss of more than $1 billion...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Data About Zetia Risks Was Not Fully Revealed
New evidence shows that drug makers Merck and Schering-Plough never published several studies that raised questions about a cholesterol drug?s risks to the liver...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Not a Jolly Season for 2 Top Bankers
Despite a year that is among the worst in their firms? long histories, the chiefs of both Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley are holding tight to their perches of power...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Gates invests in Mexican brewer
Microsoft boss Bill Gates buys a 3% stake in Mexican brewer Femsa, the owner of Sol lager and Coke bottler...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
Blackberry firm sees sales jump
Buoyant demand for the Blackberry wireless e-mail device boosts profits at its Canadian manufacturer...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
Talk show to return despite strike
US talk show star Jon Stewart says production will resume on his show next month, despite the writers' strike...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
Panama to probe US invasion
Panama's national assembly declares a day of mourning marking the 1989 US invasion, and sets up an investigation...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
Petraeus lauds Iraq violence fall
The commander of US forces in Iraq says violence has decreased, but the country still faces many problems...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
Five indicted over suitcase cash
A US court indicts five men accused of covering up alleged attempts to smuggle election funds to Argentina...
BBC News - December 21, 2007
Dot Earth Blog: Climate Consensus ?Busted??
A Republican senator finds hundreds of scientists and studies questioning the consensus over dangerous global warming. Does it matter?...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
My Manhattan: Epiphanies in a Medieval Courtyard
The Cloisters, while barely changing at all, has changed a lot for me over the years, becoming a more complicated and contemplative experience...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Laugh Lines Blog: The Year?s Funniest Political Antics
Daniel Kurtzman edits the Political Humor page of About.com, which is part of The New York Times Company. Read more ? The late-night comedians may have made an early exit from the scene, but fortunately there was no shortage of political punch lines in 2007. From tapping toes and UFO encounters to prostitution scandals and $400 [...]...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
TV Teen Is Pregnant; Real Families Say, ?Let?s Talk?
News of the pregnancy of Jamie Lynn Spears brought the subject of teenage pregnancy and sex suddenly into the air for mothers and daughters and fathers, too...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
The Long Run: Personal Touch for Richardson in Envoy Role
Bill Richardson, who made his name as a dealmaker in the world?s hot spots, argues that no Democratic candidate has as much international experience...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Scientists Weigh Stem Cells? Role as Cancer Cause
A debate over an unproven hypothesis, which says cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells, could affect the direction of research...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Scared Silent: In Witness Killing, Prosecutors Point to a Gang and a Lawyer
Officials in New Jersey who are struggling to combat witness intimidation have long been concerned about cases involving one lawyer?s clients, many of them gang members...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Time Warner Rejects an Arbitration Offer to Carry the NFL Network
The NFL Network wants to add subscribers in advance of the potentially historic Patriots-Giants game on Dec. 29, but is still at an impasse with Time Warner...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
New York Condos Lure Deal-Seeking Europeans
Foreign tourists are keeping brokers busy with their eagerness to buy Manhattan apartments...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Rite Aid Reports Wider Loss and Lowers Outlook
The company said its net loss in the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 1 was $84.8 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with a net profit of $1.1 million...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
BlackBerry Maker?s Profit More Than Doubles
Third-quarter profit for Research in Motion more than doubled on strong demand for its BlackBerry smart phones and related services by consumers and businesses...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
FedEx Earnings Fall; High Fuel Costs Blamed
The package courier said its second-quarter profit fell 6 percent from a year ago, largely because of high fuel costs...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
ConAgra Shares Fall Despite 15% Profit Increase
The company?s consumer segment, which accounts for more than half of the company?s sales, posted a 16 percent drop in earnings as the cost of ingredients jumped...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Senior Executive Is Leaving Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems? chief development officer, Charles H. Giancarlo, widely seen as a top candidate for chief executive, announced on Thursday that he was quitting...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Rally in Technology Leads Shares Higher
Shares finished higher Thursday as investors set aside concerns about downbeat economic reports and focused on Oracle?s strong profits statement...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Tyson Finds a Label for Its Antibiotic-Free (Well, Almost) Chicken
Tyson Foods tweaks its ?raised without antibiotics? label after Department of Agriculture questioned the company?s use of animal medications...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
SunTrust Bails Out 2 Funds
SunTrust Banks said it would take up to $400 million in fourth-quarter pretax write-downs, mainly from a bailout of two money market funds...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
U.S. Investigates Chocolate Makers
Several chocolate makers said that they had learned U.S. investigators were looking into industry pricing practices...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Class-Action Cases Rise, Fueled by Subprime Troubles
The subprime mess is turning out to be a boon for class-action lawyers. Through Dec. 15, filings were up 58 percent from 2006, according to a new study...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Economy Enjoyed a Summer Sprint, but Mortgage Crisis Expected to Slow Pace in Final Quarter
The economy sprinted ahead at its fastest pace in four years during the summer, but it is expected to limp through the final three months of this year...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Russia Signs Deal for Gas Pipeline Along Caspian Sea
Analysts say Russia?s pipeline deal with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan could strengthen its monopoly on Central Asia?s energy exports...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Plan on Airline Emissions Hints at U.S.-Europe Rift
E.U. countries scaled back a proposal to regulate airline emissions, but agreed on measures likely to intensify a battle with the United States over environmental regulation...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
New Guard Arrives at Tribune, a Developer Who Speaks His Mind
Now at the helm of the Tribune Company, Samuel Zell declared that the troubled operation would aim to raise revenue more than cut spending...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Some Lawyers Seek Changes in Vioxx Settlement
Several plaintiffs? lawyers have asked that some of their clients be allowed to reject the $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement as others accept it...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Top Concert Promoter Sets Up a Challenge to Ticketmaster
Concert giant Live Nation is aiming to ramp up its ticket-selling operation, potentially positioning itself to compete with its longtime contractor, Ticketmaster...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
New York Law on Stranded Passengers? Rights Is Upheld
A federal judge in Albany upheld a state law that would penalize airlines failing to provide adequate services to passengers trapped on the tarmac for more than three hours...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Drug Maker and Eye Doctors Settle Dispute Over Avastin
Genentech appears to have resolved a dispute with ophthalmologists over use of the company?s drug Avastin to treat eye diseases...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Solving the Mortgage Crisis May Require a Guardian Angel
The Fed?s newly proposed rules might have prevented the current mess, but enacting them now will do nothing to repair the damage...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Big Bond Insurer Discovers That Layers of Risk Do Not Create a Cushion
Shares of MBIA, the nation?s biggest insurer of financial risk, fell 26 percent after it disclosed it was guaranteeing billions of dollars of the kind of complex debt that have unnerved the credit market...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
I.R.S. Says Bill Would Aid Tax Fraud in Virgin Islands
The proposed legislation would scale back audits of wealthy taxpayers, including 18 people who work for hedge funds, in the U.S. Virgin Islands...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Whistle-Blower Is Awarded $1.6 Million
A former drug sales representative wins award, despite judge?s criticism that he should have brought scheme to light earlier...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Market Place: With Detroit Downbeat on 2008, Its Suppliers Are Singing the Blues
Carmakers expect 2008 to be challenging, but hundreds of automotive parts suppliers are anticipating the year ahead to be one of the ugliest ever...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Insider: The Year of Puncturing Wall Street Orthodoxy
This year the leaders of some of the world?s most respected financial institutions have been caught either unaware or uninformed about giant risks their companies took...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Apple Rumor Site to Shut Down in Settlement
Apple put to rest the last of a series of lawsuits it brought in a losing and costly effort to put a stop to Web leaks about its product plans...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Stewart and Colbert to Return Without Writers
Following the lead of Jay Leno and Conan O?Brien, the late-night cable comedy duo will return in early January...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
News Analysis: A Revisionist Tale: Why a Poor China Seems Richer
New calculations by the World Bank suggest China may not be so rich after all, and could deflate arguments for a need to revalue the yuan...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Refocusing, Campbell Sells Godiva
The Campbell Soup Company agreed to sell its Godiva Chocolatier unit to Yildiz Holding of Turkey for $850 million...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Data About Zetia Risks Was Not Fully Revealed
New evidence shows that drug makers Merck and Schering-Plough never published several studies that raised questions about a cholesterol drug?s risks to the liver...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Sallie Mae Delays Stock Repurchase
SLM, the parent of Sallie Mae, which for years profited from placing large bets on its own stock going up, now faces a possible loss of more than $1 billion...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
Not a Jolly Season for 2 Top Bankers
Despite a year that is among the worst in their firms? long histories, the chiefs of both Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley are holding tight to their perches of power...
New York Times - December 21, 2007
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