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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 February 2008:
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U.S. Stealth Bomber Crashes
It was the first time a B-2 stealth bomber had crashed, but both pilots ejected safely, Air Force officials said...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Once Immune, Utah Is Feeling Economic Dip
The state?s unexpectedly sharp economic knock is a reminder of how global and local are intertwined...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
The DNA Age: Fear of Insurance Trouble Leads Many to Shun or Hide DNA Tests
Afraid of having genetic information used against them, many Americans do not take advantage of its growing availability...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
After War, New Battle to Become Citizens
Some immigrant members of the military have waited years for their citizenship applications to be processed because of backlogs...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Kremlin Rules: Putin?s Iron Grip on Russia Suffocates His Opponents
A new autocracy now governs Russia. Behind a facade of democracy lies a centralized authority that is not reluctant to swat down those who challenge the ruling party...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Political Memo: Soldiering On, but Somber as the Horizon Darkens
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has not given up, but she no longer exudes the supreme confidence that was once her trademark...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Where ?Mortgage? Isn?t a Scary Word
A confluence of economic circumstances is blamed for the dismal performance of mortgage REITs, but a handful of them is thriving as the economy falters...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Letters
One President?s Impact...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Once Immune, Utah Is Feeling Economic Dip
The state?s unexpectedly sharp economic knock is a reminder of how global and local are intertwined...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Confronting a Wave of Foreclosures
Foreclosures have soared in Connecticut. While much of the activity is in New Haven, West Haven, Meriden and Waterbury have also taken hard hits...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Offering Financial Calm Amid the Storm of Divorce
Perhaps the easiest phase of a divorce is the court-recognized dissolution of the marriage. I keep in mind that I am an adviser who educates and empowers clients...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Teamwork?s Rewards
Giving credit to my teammates made my teams much stronger and consequently more successful, which in turn propelled my career...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Working All Corners in a Global Talent Hunt
In some developing countries, onrushing capitalism is colliding with educational systems and culture and there are simply not enough qualified candidates to go around...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Adding Risk (Carefully) to Your Bond Portfolio
Fixed-income investors are starting to find that the relative safety of Treasury bonds is coming at a hefty cost...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
A Rocky Week Ends With Gains
Hints of stagflation and continuing worries about slumping growth weighed on investors as the major stock indexes ended an erratic week of ups and downs...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
A Sign of Hope for Stocks
The behavior of the markets at their October peak raises hope that the recent decline may not turn out to be severe ? and that it may have already run its course...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
From the New Deal, a Way Out of a Mess
With so much attention focused on whether the United States is heading for recession, there may a larger threat that is being overlooked...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Trying to Put New Zip Into Moore?s Law
If innovation has a heart, it?s probably a semiconductor, beating to the pace of Moore?s Law...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
The Skies Are Alive With Fees
The low-fare European carrier Ryanair generates extra cash by charging customers fees for services and products that most airlines include in the ticket price...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Maybe Microsoft Should Stalk Different Prey
In pursuing Yahoo, not SAP, the software giant may be moving far from what it knows best...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Pounding the Pavement to Buy a Car
Some products lend themselves to online sales ? books, computers and toys come to mind. But cars are a tougher sell. Most consumers still head to the lot to seal the deal...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Your Publicist Should Call My Publicist
In Hollywood studios? public relations, one team plays offense while a second plays defense...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
The Road to Vegas: $55 and 70 Years
Before retiring on March 1, Marilyn Carlson Nelson will celebrate the 70th anniversary of Carlson, the travel, lodging, and restaurant business that her father founded...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
A Capitalist Jolt for Charity
Can business extend the reach of nonprofits? To help serve its philanthropic mission, a social business tries to profit...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Michelin Gives Stars, but Tokyo Turns Up Nose
The Michelin guide recently ventured into Asia for the first time in its 108-year history, but some Japanese say they don?t need the haute opinions of a French guide...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia
A new drug aimed at treating schizophrenia turns its focus away from dopamine and instead on the effects of glutamate, another powerful neurotransmitter...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
French head meets hostage family
The daughter of the kidnapped Colombian politician, Ingrid Betancourt, meets the French president...
BBC News - February 23, 2008
Venezuela crash data boxes found
The two flight data recorders from a Venezuelan plane which crashed in the Andes, killing 46 people, are found...
BBC News - February 23, 2008
U.S. Stealth Bomber Crashes
It was the first time a B-2 stealth bomber had crashed, but both pilots ejected safely, Air Force officials said...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Gates Calls Australia Alliance Strong
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and top Australian officials insisted that the security alliance between the United States and Australia has not frayed...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Waterboarding Focus of Justice Dept. Inquiry
A report could provide the first public accounting for legal advice endorsing methods widely denounced as torture...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Serbia Seeks Rioters Who Attacked Embassy
The police in Serbia said that they had arrested nearly 200 rioters involved in Thursday?s protests...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Fear of Insurance Trouble Leads Many to Shun or Hide DNA Tests
Afraid of having genetic information used against them, many Americans do not take advantage of its growing availability...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
McCain?s Age May Figure in Choice of a Running Mate
Senator John McCain, 71, might want to tap a younger running mate to balance the ticket, some political analysts say...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Ominous Signs in City Run by Iraqis
Basra?s experiment in self-rule is occurring under relatively optimal conditions, yet the city remains deeply troubled...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Governors Oppose New Medicaid Rules
Governors of both parties strongly objected to new regulations that they said would shift billions of dollars in costs to the states...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
A Bloody Stalemate in Afghanistan
The counterinsurgency in Afghanistan?s Korengal Valley is one day after another of difficult decisions and bloody consequences. Hearts and minds are hardening...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Plan to Rebuild Penn Station Area May Be Close to Failure
The softening economy, shortfalls in government financing, political inertia and logistical problems have contributed to the near collapse of the project...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Suburbia?s March to Oblivion
THE mortgage crisis has put ?for sale? signs in front of houses across the country ? including so-called McMansions ? the large, expensive, often tasteless homes that have taken up so much suburban space over the last couple of decades...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
China and the Philharmonic, in Harmony
In a chilly classroom at Shanghai Datong High School, the New York Philharmonic musician counted out, ?One, two, one, two? in Taiwanese-accented Mandarin...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
China, in New Role, Presses Sudan on Darfur
Under pressure over the crisis in Darfur, China has begun to do something it swears it never does: meddling in the internal affairs of one of its trading partners...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
No Longer in Race, Richardson Is a Man Pursued
Gov. Bill Richardson is being aggressively courted by the remaining Democratic candidates and their supporters...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Cheap Cocaine Floods Argentina, Devouring Lives
A highly addictive smokable cocaine residue called paco has caused a cycle of drug-induced street violence...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
A Global Journey, Relying on Kindness and a Donkey
Jonathan Dunham is just a guy searching for the meaning of life. One day two years ago, he left Oregon and began walking south...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
2 Plans and Many Questions on the Uninsured
The Democratic candidates? health plans are not specific enough to determine how the uninsured would respond...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Ominous Signs Remain in City Run by Iraqis
An experiment with self-rule in Basra, Iraq?s second largest city, suggests to many that the country?s future remains dark...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Waterboarding Is Focus of Justice Dept. Inquiry
An investigation could provide the first public accounting for legal advice that endorsed interrogation methods widely denounced as torture...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
With Housing in a Downturn, a Company Renovates
Even Hunter Douglas, the leader in the custom window coverings industry, is not immune from the housing slowdown and the current economy...
New York Times - February 23, 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 23, 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 23, 2008
A Neanderthal, Club in Hand, Finds a Thrill on the Greens
Golf is one of the few sports in which a weekend amateur player can make a shot as good as that of any given pro, especially on or around the greens...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Unexpected Retirement at the Top of Vanguard
The Vanguard Group surprised the industry on Friday when it announced that its chief executive, John J. Brennan, would step down...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Health Coverage Often Stops at the Campus Gate
Parents often do not think twice about health coverage when their children head to college, but it might be advantageous to take a second look...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
On Clothing Racks, Inflation Is the Hot Trend
The great clothing price deflation ? brought on in part by China?s entry into the world economy ? may be over...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Clear Channel and Balky Suitor Talk
If a new agreement is reached, it would provide a swift end to yet another broken private equity deal, a phenomenon that has become more common as the credit markets have tightened...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Tougher British Stand Against Digital Piracy
The British government warned on Friday that it would impose legislation on Internet service providers by April 2009 if they did not work to curb illegal downloading...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Troubled Firm to Close 2 Funds Worth $4 Billion
D.B. Zwirn, a New York hedge fund that has been plagued by accounting irregularities, is closing two of its largest funds after investors demanded the firm return $2 billion...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Citi Hedge Funds Get Credit Line
Citigroup, the investment bank, said on Friday that it had provided a $500 million line of credit to its Falcon multistrategy fixed-income hedge funds...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
2 Ex-Marsh Officials Convicted on Antitrust Charge
Two former executives of Marsh Inc., the insurance broker, were convicted Friday on an antitrust charge involving a bid-rigging case brought by New York State prosecutors...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Word of Bailout for Insurer Lifts Market
Wall Street staged a turnaround late Friday after word that a bailout plan for the troubled bond insurer Ambac Financial Group could be announced next week...
New York Times - February 23, 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 23, 2008
The Conflict of Spending and Candor
I felt guilty, angry and unrepentant all at once ? and realized that we had stubbed our toes against a much larger issue: I hate to tell my husband what I spend...
New York Times - February 23, 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 23, 2008
Sentence in Volkswagen Scandal
On Friday, a court handed sentenced Volkswagen?s former top labor leader to nearly three years in prison...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Insurer Works to Prevent Ex-Chief From Seeing Files
The American International Group is pulling out the stops to try to prevent its former chief executive, Maurice R. Greenberg, from seeing confidential internal documents...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
F.D.A. Extends Avastin?s Use to Breast Cancer
The F.D.A.?s decision appeared to lower the bar slightly for approval of certain cancer drugs...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Fraud Case Tied to Enron Ends in Prison for 3 Men
Three former British bankers were sentenced on Friday to 37 months each in prison for their role in a fraud related to Enron...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Ahhh, the Seductive Fragrance of Molecules Under Patent
The innovative scents of these patented molecules are crucial to enticing consumers to buy the 600 or so new perfumes introduced every year...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Stimulus Plan Aids Buyers of High-Priced Homes
In the higher-priced regions of the country hit hardest by the flagging real estate market, the economic stimulus package President Bush signed into law last week could make a big difference...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Move Over, Oil, There?s Money in Texas Wind
After breakneck growth the last three years, Texas has surpassed California as the top state for wind power...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
A ?Moral Hazard? for a Housing Bailout: Sorting the Victims From Those Who Volunteered
Talk among banking executives for an epic government rescue plan is suddenly coming into fashion...
New York Times - February 23, 2008
Guatemala farmers release police
Farmers in Guatemala free police officers taken hostage in a land dispute, as the government offers talks...
BBC News - February 23, 2008
US-Mexico 'virtual fence' ready
A high-tech system to control the US-Mexico border with cameras and radar gains US approval...
BBC News - February 23, 2008
Guam crash for B-2 stealth bomber
A US B-2 stealth bomber has crashed on the US Pacific island of Guam, but the pilots were unhurt...
BBC News - February 23, 2008
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