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Even critics give Apple a pass on iPhone 3G woes
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Dell 2Q profit drops 17 percent and stock plunges
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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South Ossetia Russia intends to absorb region
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Gustav swamps Jamaica, leaves 59 dead in Haiti
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Gustav heads to open water after swamping Jamaica
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Pelosi gets unwanted lesson in Catholic theology
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Dalai Lama admitted to hospital in India for tests
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Afghans say deadly US raid based on misleading tip
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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Probe reveals oxygen tank burst on Qantas flight
Southern Ledger - August 29, 2008
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US News Archive for February 2008:
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The Art of Waste
Stunning images depict a world of disposable packaging...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Ask About Nature in New York
Leslie Day, the author of ?Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City,? is taking questions from readers over the next week...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Arizona Congressman Indicted in Land Swap Scam
Representative Rick Renzi of Arizona has been indicted on charges of using his office to enrich himself, federal prosecutors announced on Friday in Phoenix...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Democrats? Health Care Plans Have Differences
Barack Obama says he will lure all of the uninsured with low premiums; Hillary Rodham Clinton believes it is necessary to require that everyone have insurance...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Clinton Says Debate Remark Not Meant as Farewell
Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to carry on her campaign despite remarks that some people took as a valedictory...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Agency Confronts Iran With Evidence on Weapons
Iran dismissed evidence presented by the International Atomic Energy Agency suggesting that Iran had experimented with technology to make a nuclear weapon...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Cocaine Floodgates Open Into Argentina and Brazil, Consuming Lives
A highly addictive form of crack cocaine, known as paco, has destroyed thousands of lives in Argentina and caused a cycle of drug-induced street violence...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Waterboarding Approval Focus of Justice Investigation
The Justice Department revealed that its internal ethics office is investigating the department?s approval of C.I.A. waterboarding of Al Qaeda suspects...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Liechtenstein Looks to Move Beyond Tax Feud
Liechtensteiners are eager to show that there is a lot more to their little country than secretive banks and foundations...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Sentence in Volkswagen Scandal
The company?s former top labor leader, Klaus Volkert, was found guilty of inciting fraud against the carmaker and sentenced to nearly three years in prison...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Bankers Sentenced in Enron Fraud
Three British bankers were sentenced to 37 months in prison each for their role in an Enron-related fraud...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
F.D.A. Approves Drug?s Use for Breast Cancer
Genentech?s Avastin received federal approval to treat breast cancer, a decision that could be a major shift in standards to assess the effectiveness of cancer medicines...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Stocks Finish Higher, Reversing Early Losses
Wall Street jumped in the last half-hour of trading after a report of a bailout plan for the troubled bond insurer Ambac Financial...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Bond Insurer Plans a Split to Protect Ratings
Ambac Financial Group plans to split itself in two and raise $3 billion, a person who has seen the plan said on Friday. The move could help restore confidence in the credit markets...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Election day at-a-glance
A day-by-day guide to the 2008 US presidential election, in words and pictures...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Fever vaccines sent to Paraguay
The WHO sends two million doses of vaccines to combat Paraguay's yellow fever outbreak...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Questions for Sean Wilsey
Sean Wilsey Sean Wilsey is the author of "Oh the Glory of It All," a memoir. 1) What are you working on? I'm finishing up a book called "State By State." It's a patriotic/overwhelming undertaking that involves 50 writers writing original essays on the 50 states. This is a co-editing project that I'm splitting (50/50!) with my [...]...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Rodriguez Predicts M.V.P. for Jeter
Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees has won the American League?s Most Valuable Player award three times, including last season, and teammate Derek Jeter has never won it. But Rodriguez predicted on Thursday that Jeter would have an M.V.P. season in 2008. Rodriguez based this on a conversation he had at lunch with Jeter on Thursday [...]...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Name Your Favorite New York Film
City Room lists a handful of films that, like the best-picture nominee "Michael Clayton," captured the New York City of their day. We don't pretend it's a complete list, and we invite readers to add their favorites...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
The Lede: A Moment of Silence, Then Rancor
The Kirkwood, Mo., city council convenes for the first time since the deadly shootings at its Feb. 7 meeting...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
New Claim of Taping Emerges Against Patriots
The Patriot?s pattern of videotaping the signals of opposing N.F.L. coaches prompted a letter addressed to all teams from the N.F.L. vice president detailing the league?s interpretation of the rules...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Northeast Hit by Major Winter Storm
The snowfall caused delays at airports, closed schools and snarled traffic on streets and highways in the region...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
46 Believed Dead in Venezuela Crash
Residents reported hearing a thunderous noise in the mountains in southwestern Venezuela, the area where the twin-engine plane went missing on Thursday...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Diplomats Warn Serbia Over Embassy Attacks
Further talks on ties with the European Union cannot take place unless violence subsides, diplomats said...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Turkish Military Tells of Incursion Into Iraq
It was unclear how many troops were sent to Iraq for an operation aimed at weakening Kurdish militants...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Debate Takes On Contentious Air
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama veered from collegial to combative in a debate on Thursday...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Clinton Donors Worried by Campaign?s Spending
Hillary Rodham Clinton?s campaign finance report appeared to be a map of her management failings...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
PG&E Earnings Jump 34%
The parent of Pacific Gas & Electricity reported net income of $203 million, fueled mainly by increased rates from infrastructure investments. It also raised its quarterly dividend...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Costs Push Intuit Profit Down 21%
The financial software maker?s second-quarter net income fell as increased costs more than matched strong revenue growth driven by TurboTax sales, and it cut its earnings guidance...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Former Volkswagen Workers? Representative Convicted
Klaus Volkert was convicted for his role in a broad corruption scandal at the automaker and sentenced to two years and nine months in prison...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Researchers Find Way to Steal Encrypted Data
A computer security research group has developed a way to steal encrypted information from computer hard disks...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Former Marsh Executives Convicted of Bid-Rigging
Two former executives at Marsh Inc., a unit of Marsh & McLennan, were found guilty on a monopoly charge for participating in an insurance bid-rigging scheme, court officials said...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Porsche Names New Chief for U.S. Unit
The company named the head of its French operation, Detlev von Platen, chief executive of its North America unit, succeeding Peter Schwarzenbauer...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Vanguard Names New Chief
The mutual fund company named F. William McNabb III president and director and said he will take over within a year as chief executive, succeeding John Brennan...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Stocks Fall As Market Awaits Data
Investors with little news to trade on after Thursday?s pullback kept selling ahead of economic figures due next week...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
For Founder?s Grandson, On-the-Job Education
Running Toyota might seem to be Akio Toyoda?s birthright, but is not guaranteed...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Bankers Sentenced in Enron-Related Case
Three British bankers who pleaded guilty for their roles in a fraudulent scheme with the former Enron chief financial officer were each sentenced to just over three years in prison...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Guatemalan farmers seize police
Some 1,500 farmers in Guatemala take about 30 police officers hostage to demand the release of their leader...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Canada eyes Afghan 2011 exit
The 2,500 Canadian troops in south Afghanistan are due to leave within four years, under a government plan...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
'No survivors' in Venezuela crash
Rescuers say there is no chance of finding survivors from a plane that crashed in Venezuela carrying 46 people...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Castro 'relishes chance to rest'
Cuba's Fidel Castro is relieved to be leaving office and has promised himself a holiday, state media say...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Moktada al-Sadr to Renew Cease-Fire
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Friday that he has extended a cease-fire order to his Shiite Mahdi Army by another six months, giving Iraq a chance to continue its fragile recovery from brutal sectarian violence...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Turkish Military Says It Is in Iraq
Turkish troops launched an incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels, the military said...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
A Journey Shaped by a Guitar
Many a music lover makes a pilgrimage to the holy land by visiting the Martin factory in a town named Nazareth...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
At Toyota, a Global Giant Reaches for Agility
Toyota?s top executives are trying to replicate the company?s success and operating principles in other countries while ceding more control to these new outposts...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
'NatWest Three' face sentencing
Three British bankers extradited to the US on Enron-related charges face sentencing in Texas...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Serbia embassy attacks condemned
The UN Security Council decries attacks against embassies by protesters in the Serbian capital, Belgrade...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
Buying Votes on The Times?s Board
There is another election campaign going on, other than the one that is getting all the publicity. And in a perfectly legal way, it looks as if somebody was buying votes in that election today. The battle is for four seats on the board of The New York Times Company, which happens to be my employer. [...]...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Deal to Share Power in Kenya Appears in Reach
The government has agreed to create a prime minister position, one of the opposition?s key demands, but not all details have been worked out...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
An Oscars Crystal Ball
The Carpetbagger makes his predictions for the 80th Academy Awards...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
An Errant Satellite Is Gone, but Questions Linger
After the destruction of the satellite, some foreign powers have suggested the episode was actually a test of space weaponry...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Protesters Attack U.S. Embassy in Belgrade
Demonstrators set part of the building ablaze after tens of thousands of people rallied against Kosovo?s independence in the Serbian capital...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Across the Bay, on a School Bus Wearing Skis
In La Pointe, Wis., a gliding boatmobile, known as a windsled, wisks students to school...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Debate Takes On Contentious Air for Democrats
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama veered from collegial to clenched and combative in a debate on Thursday...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Spending by Clinton Campaign Worries Supporters
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s latest campaign finance report appeared to be a road map of her political and management failings...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Pakistan Shift Could Curtail Drone Strikes
American officials are worried a recent agreement with Pakistani authorities to relax operating rules for U.S. armed surveillance aircraft might be curtailed by political changes in Pakistan...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
When Bankers Fear to Act
In financial crises of the past, financial chiefs have managed to find a cooperative way to turn things around. These days, they seem afraid to do anything...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Web Movies Show Why DVDs Sell
The Internet movie download era may be more distant than you think...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Cuts at Starbucks
Starbucks eliminated 600 jobs Thursday in an effort to refocus its coffee-selling business to reignite growth...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Not Your Ordinary Swap Meet
An obscure pressure point in the credit squeeze popped up this week when a boutique investment bank in Houston held a ?public auction? for dozens of the most arcane products in the financial world...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Discouraging Data Sends Shares Lower
On Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 142.96 points, or 1.15 percent, to 12,284.30. Broader gauges also declined...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
U.S. Sues 2 Over Gold-Mine Tax Promotion
The Justice Department filed two lawsuits on Thursday in a move against what it said was a fraudulent gold-mining scheme sold to dozens of wealthy investors...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Funds Raise Their Stake in Times Co. To 15.6%
The hedge funds that hope to elect dissident directors to The New York Times Company board said Thursday that they had increased their holdings to at least 15.61 percent of the company?s common stock...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Bond Insurer Breaks With Trade Group
MBIA, the world?s largest bond insurer, said on Thursday that it was withdrawing from the Association of Financial Guaranty Insurers...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Hockey Fan, and Investor, Buys Bauer From Nike
The discounted sale price was the final humiliation in Nike?s failed effort to use its marketing muscle to raise the profile of hockey in the United States...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Profit Surges at MGM Mirage
LAS VEGAS (AP) ? The casino giant MGM Mirage reported soaring fourth-quarter profit Thursday, including a hefty gain related to a foreign investment in its CityCenter project, which is under construction on the Las Vegas Strip...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Magazines Up for Sale, Including Variety
Dozens of trade publications are going up for sale as the publishing company Reed Elsevier looks to get out of the uncertain advertising market...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Tough Quarter for J.C. Penney, and More Expected
Fourth-quarter profit declined 10 percent as customers struggled with a weakening economy, the company said Thursday...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Safeway Profit and Sales Slip
The supermarket chain delivered a fourth-quarter profit on Thursday that met analysts? expectations, but it said sales have slowed this year...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Earnings Up Across the Board at Nestlé
Earnings for 2007 were 10.65 billion Swiss francs ($9.7 billion), up from 9.2 billion francs a year earlier, beating analysts? forecasts...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Gold Producer Reports Loss, but Meets Expectations
The Newmont Mining Corporation reported quarterly results roughly in line with Wall Street expectations, but analysts worried it was not getting more of a boost from soaring gold prices...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
French Bank?s Troubles Now Include Record Loss
Société Générale blamed the rogue trading scandal and significant write-offs of United States subprime mortgage investments for the $4.95 billion quarterly loss...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Outdated Prices Blamed in Credit Suisse Error
Two managers in Credit Suisse?s investment banking division said Thursday that several traders probably used out-of-date prices to value asset-backed securities...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Index Geared to Future Suggests a Slowdown
January data released Thursday by the Conference Board, a business group, showed the fourth consecutive monthly drop in its gauge of future business activity...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Suit Says Spinal Disk Maker Falsely Won F.D.A. Approval
The suit now says the original maker of the device and the investment firm that financed its development misled patients and federal regulators about the disk?s safety...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Parliament Approves Legislation to Nationalize British Bank
LONDON (Reuters) ? The British Parliament passed legislation on Thursday allowing the government to nationalize the struggling lender Northern Rock, five months after the bank became a high-profile casualty of the global credit squeeze...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Time Appeals Libel Ruling Over Suharto in Indonesia
An Indonesian court?s ruling awarded former President Suharto more than $100 million in damages over an article about what the United Nations calls one of the most gargantuan thefts of our time...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Medical Device Ruling Redraws Lines on Lawsuits
The Supreme Court?s decision Wednesday protecting many types of medical device makers from personal injury lawsuits began rippling through courts and law offices almost immediately...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
A Google Competition, With a Robotic Moon Landing as a Goal
The Google Lunar X Prize offers $30 million in prizes for the first two teams to land a robotic rover on the moon and send images and other data back home...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
With Strike?s End, Oscars Regain Marketing Allure
The end of the strike has alleviated the fears of more than a dozen blue-chip advertisers, worried that their marketing plans centered on the Oscars would be disrupted...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Some Tainted Meat Used in School Lunches, U.S. Says
Of the 143 million pounds of recalled meat, just over 50 million pounds was bought for use in the federal programs, the department said...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
German Bank Offering Aid for Its Troubled Investments
Dresdner Bank said on Thursday that it would bail out its investment vehicle for complex financial products, the latest bank to take the step to avoid a forced sale of assets into turbulent markets...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Microsoft to Share More Technical Secrets
Seeking to satisfy European antitrust officials, Microsoft said on Thursday that it would open up and share many more of its technical secrets with the rest of the software industry...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
At Toyota, a Global Giant Reaches for Agility
Toyota?s top executives are trying to replicate the company?s success and operating principles in other countries while ceding more control to these new outposts...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
A Method for Critical Data Theft
A group led by a Princeton University computer security researcher has developed a simple method to steal encrypted information stored on computer hard disks...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Rescues for Homeowners in Debt Weighed
With the collapse of the housing boom, the government is considering proposals to rescue the nearly 8.8 million homeowners, or 10.3 percent of the total, who are underwater...
New York Times - February 22, 2008
Ohio no easy ride for Clinton
Hillary Clinton once seemed certain to win in Ohio and Texas, but Ohio for one is turning into a tighter race, writes Louisa Brooke...
BBC News - February 22, 2008
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