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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
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US News Archive for January 2008:
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House Committee Subpoenas Knoblauch
The Congressional panel investigating the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball subpoenaed former player Chuck Knoblauch, indicating the committee is serious about forcing recalcitrant witnesses to testify...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Agreement on Proposal for New Iran Sanctions
The world?s leading powers agreed on new sanctions against Iran to present in resolution to the U.N. Security Council, designed to induce Tehran to give up its nuclear program...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Heath Ledger, Actor, Is Found Dead at 28
The ?Brokeback Mountain? star was found dead in a SoHo apartment on Tuesday afternoon, the New York City police said...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
?No Country? and ?There Will Be Blood? Lead Oscars
The list of Academy Award nominations reflect Hollywood?s bleak state of mind...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Fred Thompson Drops Out of the Presidential Race
Fred Thompson finished third in the Republican primary in South Carolina, a state that he hoped would rescue his flagging candidacy...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Wachovia Earnings Plummet 98 Percent
The bank cited a $1.7 billion reduction in the value of certain portfolios and $1.5 billion set aside to cover bad loans...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Russia?s Gazprom Takes Control of Serbian Oil Monopoly
Russia added Serbia?s oil monopoly to its recent string of energy acquisitions in a deal that will also allow Moscow to send more natural gas to Europe through its South Stream pipeline...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Roche to Buy Maker of Drug-Test Gear
The Swiss pharmaceuticals company said that it would pay $3.1 billion for Ventana Medical Systems...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Wal-Mart Says Most Workers Have Health Plan
The giant discount retailer said that, after it introduced a revised health plan last fall, the number of workers who signed up reached 50.2 percent of its 1.4 million employees...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Why the European Bank Is Sitting Back
Monetary policy usually takes some time to bite. That may explain why the European Central Bank has given no indication that it will follow suit after the Federal Reserve?s emergency rate cut...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Profit Off 95% at Bank of America
The bank cited huge write-downs of mortgage-related securities and higher provisions for future losses in credit card and home equity loans...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Apple Earnings Up, but Stock Falls on Outlook
Apple beat Wall Street expectations with its earnings report, but shares of its stock fell more than 11 percent in after-hours trading as investors fretted over its future...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Market?s Wild Ride Ends With Dow at 15-Month Low
U.S. stocks opened sharply lower in volatile trading, but made up much of their losses...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
EU to keep Farc on 'terror list'
The EU insists it will not remove Colombia's Farc rebels from its "terror list", despite recent calls by Venezuela...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Sharapova Ousts Henin in Upset
Maria Sharapova, who didn?t really go anywhere, recaptured the spotlight at the Australian Open Tuesday. And a new star may be emerging on the men?s side in Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who earned a semifinals berth...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Test Scores and a Teacher?s Value
Reaction has been pouring on an Education Department pilot program to rate city teachers based on how well they taught their students to do on standardized tests in a given year...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
4 Officers Arrested in Corruption Inquiry
Four New York City police officers are facing criminal charges as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into corruption among officers assigned to a unit of narcotics investigators in Brooklyn, officials said on Monday...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Italy?s Premier Calls Confidence Vote
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, who holds a one-vote majority in Parliament?s upper house, vowed to preserve his government ahead of a confidence vote on Wednesday...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Limited Supplies Rolling Into Gaza
Israel began easing a tight closure that aid officials had warned could lead to a health and food crisis...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Spitzer Proposes New Taxes and Fees
Gov. Eliot Spitzer proposed $1 billion in health care cuts and scaled back plans for new education aid and property tax relief in his second executive budget...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Russia Opposition Leader?s Candidacy Imperiled
Russian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into an opposition leader?s effort to register as a candidate in the March 2 presidential election...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Padilla Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison
Jose Padilla?s detention became the centerpiece of a debate over the Bush administration?s prosecution of terrorism...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
In Matters Big and Small, Crossing Giuliani Had Price
Far more than his predecessors, Rudolph W. Giuliani?s toughness as mayor of New York City edged toward ruthlessness...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
DuPont Fourth-Quarter Profit Drops
DOVER, Del. (AP) -- Chemicals maker DuPont said Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings fell 37 percent from a year earlier, when one-time items bolstered the bottom line...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
CSX Fourth-Quarter Profits Rise
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Railroad operator CSX Corp. said Tuesday its profit rose more than 5 percent in the fourth quarter, as expanding business and productivity increases offset sharply higher fuel costs...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
United Airlines Posts Narrower Loss
CHICAGO (AP) -- United Airlines parent UAL Corp. reported a $53 million loss for the fourth quarter Tuesday on a sharp rise in the price of fuel and bad weather that forced a raft of holiday flight cancellations...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
UnitedHealth Profits Meet Estimates
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings climbed 3 percent, as growth in prescription services and Medicaid plans offset a smaller profit in its core health coverage division...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Johnson & Johnson Profits Rise
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Health care products maker Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday posted a fourth-quarter profit increase of nearly 10 percent as revenues jumped by double digits despite declines in sales of two key product lines...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Feeling Misled on Home Price, Buyers Sue Agent
Many resentful buyers may seek redress from the agents who found them a home and arranged its purchase...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
To Some, the Widening Crisis Seems Driven by Fear, Not Facts
What makes the current correction dangerous, analysts say, is that selling is being driven by hedge funds and investment banks, not panicky retail investors...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
China Wonders if Its Stock Boom Is Over
A dramatic sell-off that has sent share prices here plummeting more than 10 percent over the past two days is raising fears that China?s spectacular stock market boom may be coming to an end...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Bank of America Profit Plummets
The bank said fourth-quarter earnings fell to $268 million from $5.26 billion a year earlier. Wachovia?s fourth-quarter earnings tumbled to $51 million from $2.3 billion a year earlier...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Ambac Posts $3.26 Billion Quarterly Loss
The bond insurer, which took a $5.21 billion write-down, said it is reviewing ways to raise capital...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Markets in Flux After Fed Move
U.S. stocks opened sharply lower in volatile trading, but made up much of their losses by late morning...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Fed Cuts Rate 0.75% and Stocks Swing
Responding to a worldwide stock sell-off and fears about a U.S. recession, the Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark interest rate before the opening of the U.S. markets...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Clinton and Obama clash
US Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama exchange insults in South Carolina...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Canada call over Afghan mission
An independent panel calls for Canada to keep troops in Afghanistan indefinitely - but under certain conditions...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Coen film leads Oscar nominations
No Country For Old Men heads the Academy Awards list with eight nominations, along with drama There Will Be Blood...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Investors Abroad No Longer Feel Immune From U.S.
Since late summer, the U.S. economy has demonstrated an enduring power to surprise. And not for the better...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
On U.S. Woes, Asia Markets Plunge, Europe Volatile
Stock markets across Asia plummeted again on Tuesday, and European markets saw volatile trading, as anxious sellers worried about the global ramifications of a slowdown in the United States...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Woods plays down 'lynch' remark
Tiger Woods forgives a golf television anchor who joked his rivals should "lynch him in a back alley" to curb his domination sport...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
'Huge' oil field found off Brazil
A massive natural gas field is found off Rio de Janeiro's coastline, Brazil's state-controlled oil company says...
BBC News - January 22, 2008
Congo Agrees to Peace Deal With Rebels
The deal would end an insurgency that has threatened to unravel the country?s new elected government...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Earmarks Seen Likely to Continue
President Bush is unlikely to defy Congress on billions of dollars in spending, but he?s likely to insist that lawmakers give more justification for their pet projects...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Israel Allows Some Supplies Into Gaza
Aid officials warned that Gaza, gripped by fuel and electrical shortages, was a few days away from a health and food crisis...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Serena Williams Loses in Australian Open
Williams, the tournament?s defending champion, lost to third-seeded Jelena Jankovic...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Hopes for Vehicle Questioned After Iraq Blast
The first bomb fatality in one of the U.S. Army?s new armored vehicles has raised questions on its design...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Crossing Mayor Giuliani Often Had a Price
Far more than his predecessors, Rudolph W. Giuliani?s toughness edged toward ruthlessness and became a defining aspect of his mayoralty...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Obama and Clinton Tangle at Debate
In the most intense exchange of the campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama challenged each other on issues of integrity...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Mexico Hits Drug Gangs With Full Fury of War
Gun battles between federal forces and drug-cartel members equipped with rocket-propelled-grenade launchers may give the impression that there is a war in Mexico...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
In Vioxx Settlement, Testing a Legal Ideal: A Lawyer?s Loyalty
Is an attorney?s fierce devotion to an individual client?s interests a passé concept?...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Memo Pad
Major airlines have raised fares again, a week after a round of $50 round-trip fare increases collapsed when Continental Airlines rescinded its increases, causing all the others to back off as well...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
What Money Can Buy: Influence
While government-controlled funds swear up and down that their investments are purely financially motivated, they just can?t be...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Extension for Troubled Bond Insurer
ACA Capital Holdings Inc. has received an additional month to unwind an estimated $69 billion of credit exposure stemming from the subprime mortgage crisis...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
High in the Air, Artist Attracts a Crowd
There is something wonderful about being 35,000 feet in the air, looking down on the earth, that gives an artist a new perspective...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
James Sorenson, Medical Device Pioneer, Is Dead at 86
Mr. Sorenson overcame a learning disability and built a fortune in innovative medical devices and real estate...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Stricter System to Trim Carbon Emissions Is Considered in Europe
European Union officials this week will aim to reduce corporate influence and make polluting more expensive...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Online Reviews of Hotels and Restaurants Flourish
Many of the reader-generated reviews of travel services on the Web are taking an ever-growing piece of the market from print guides...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Murdoch Son Part of Bid for Publisher
Lachlan Murdoch and the gambling magnate James D. Packer have made an offer of 3.3 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) to buy Consolidated Media Holdings...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
For Ex-Trader, Sinking Feeling Is Reassuring
After four years of trading subprime mortgages, Jason Rew jettisoned his job at the investment bank Goldman Sachs and founded an off-shore business...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
U.S. Worries Deliver a New Jolt Overseas
Since late summer, the United States economy has demonstrated an enduring power to surprise. And not for the better...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Markets Plummet Worldwide, but Is Investors? Panic Justified?
Some analysts saw Monday?s sell-off, with leading indexes off 4 percent to 7 percent worldwide, as being driven by fear more than by fact...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Aviation Industry Offers Ideas to Help Passengers
Aviation executives are sharing a list of steps they can take to make passengers? lives a easier the next time a blizzard or another event strands planes on the ground...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Major Printer in Canada Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Quebecor World, the second-largest commercial printer in the world, made the move after its banks failed to approve a rescue plan...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Japan?s Bank, as Expected, Leaves Key Rate Unchanged
Nonetheless, some investors expect the bank to cut borrowing costs this year, backtracking from its pledge to raise interest rates gradually...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Managers Foresee Fewer Airlines and Higher Fares
Three-quarters of corporate travel managers said they expect airline mergers to result in higher fares and more than half expect the quality of service to suffer...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Europe, Cutting Biofuel Subsidies, Redirects Aid to Stress Greenest Options
In cutting across-the-board subsidies for biofuels, governments in Europe are discovering how difficult it can be to figure out whether a particular fuel has been produced in an environmentally friendly manner...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Siemens?s Prosperity Doesn?t Obscure Bribery Scandal
Business is booming at Siemens under the new chief executive. Yet the coming trials of some former executives have kept the company operating under a cloud...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Anheuser-Busch Pushes the Big Beers for the Super Bowl
Anheuser-Busch, which buys more commercial time each year in the Super Bowl than any other marketer, is likely to run seven spots in Super Bowl XLII on Feb. 3, all of them for Budweiser or Bud Light...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Britain to Aid Northern Rock Sale
The British Treasury said it would facilitate a sale of the troubled mortgage lender while trying to ensure that taxpayers will not have to pay for the bank?s rescue...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Proving Laughter Is Best Medicine for Air Sickness
Rene Foss, a flight attendant, has a one-woman show called ?Around the World in a Bad Mood,? in which she ridicules the airline industry and everything about it...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Hundreds of Layoffs Expected at Yahoo
Yahoo plans to lay off hundreds of employees to increase profitability, prop up its deflated stock price and focus on a smaller number of key areas, people close to the company said...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Brazil?s Vale Confirms Talks to Merge With Xstrata
The world?s largest producer of iron ore, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce of Brazil, said it was in talks with a rival, Swiss-based Xstrata, about a merger...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Editor Fires Parting Shot at His Chain
The ousted editor of The Los Angeles Times on Monday argued that cost cuts, a lack of investment and an aversion to serious news is damaging the newspaper industry...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Airwaves, Web Power at Auction
The auction for rights to a highly valuable swath of the nation?s airwaves will begin Thursday and is expected to include multibillion-dollar bids from the nation?s two biggest wireless phone companies...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
If Everyone?s Finger-Pointing, Who?s to Blame?
The turmoil in the mortgage markets has incited a wave of legal tangles, as homeowners are suing lenders, lenders are suing banks, banks are suing loan specialists. And investors are suing everyone...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
In Asia, Global Market Decline Accelerates
Markets in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney fell further in the opening hours of trading Tuesday than they had all day on Monday...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
Feeling Misled on Home Price, Buyers Are Suing Their Agent
Many regretful or resentful buyers may seek redress from the agents who found them a home and arranged its purchase...
New York Times - January 22, 2008
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