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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Astronauts step out for longest, hardest spacewalk
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Zimbabwe rejects Carter, Annan, Machel
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Nepals Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Romes chaos and crime meets its would-be Giuliani
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Jetliner plot suspect believed killed in Pakistan
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Economy, not rights, rules the new China-US world
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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US News Archive for April 2008:
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Level 3 Reports Smaller Net Loss
Level 3 Communications reported a smaller first-quarter loss and higher sales on strong demand for its network services due to the growing popularity of Internet-based video...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Allstate Profit Plunges 77%
The insurer said net income fell to $348 million, hurt by larger-than-expected catastrophe losses...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Delta and Northwest Post Big Losses
The carriers, preparing to merge amid a steep industry downturn, reported a combined loss of $10.5 billion...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
South Korea Faces Question of Corporate Control
Following the resignation of the chairman of Samsung amid criminal indictments, South Korea seems uncertain about how much pressure to put on family-owned corporate groups...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Starbucks Warns of Weak Earnings
The company warned of weaker-than-expected earnings for the second quarter and the year, citing a drop in sales at established stores in the United States...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Executive Charged With Lying in Plavix Case
A former executive at Bristol-Myers Squibb has been charged with lying to federal authorities about a patent deal involving the blood-thinning drug Plavix...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Quarterly Income Rises 36% at Apple
Apple reported revenue of more than one-half billion dollars above analyst expectations and predicted continued strong sales in the current quarter...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Amazon?s Earnings Beat Expectations
The Seattle-based Internet retailer reported that net income in the first quarter rose 30 percent to $143 million from the year-ago quarter...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
City Room: Court Delays Posting of Calories
A federal appeals judge delayed the enforcement of new city rules requiring calorie counts to be posted in some restaurants...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Well: Boy or Girl? May Depend on Mom?s Diet
A male embryo may be more likely to thrive in a woman who eats more calories...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
The Moment: Picturing a Stylish Future
Looking at visions of the future ...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Debt Collection Done From India Appeals to U.S. Agencies
Debt collectors in India often cost about one-quarter the price of their American counterparts, and often do a better job, debt collection company executives say...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
With First Car, a New Life in China
As car sales soar in China, even first-time buyers are getting more sophisticated and want better cars...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
As Economy Slows, So Do Laser Eye Surgeries
More than 800,000 Americans got Lasik surgery in 2007, but the numbers started slumping last year...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Seizing on Primary Win, Clinton Says Tide Is Turning
Hillary Rodham Clinton argued that her win in Pennsylvania proved that she was best suited to take on Senator John McCain...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Democrats Divided Over Effect of Long Campaign
Clinton supporters call the extended race a healthy exercise, while Obama fans fret about the consequences...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Wal-Mart restricts rice purchases
Retail giant Wal-Mart rations sales of rice at its Sam's Club stores, the latest sign of a global shortage...
BBC News - April 23, 2008
US marine jailed for UK abduction
A former US Marine is sentenced for abducting and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old British girl...
BBC News - April 23, 2008
Mac sales push up Apple profits
Apple reports a 36% jump in quarterly profit to over $1bn as consumers snap up its MacBooks and iPods...
BBC News - April 23, 2008
WellPoint Profit Slumps, but Shares Rally
The health insurer reported a 25 percent decline in quarterly profit and cut its full-year forecast, but its shares jumped on hopes it can contain problems that have plagued it...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Philip Morris International Posts Higher Profit
In its first earnings report as a solo company after being spun off from Altria, the Marlboro cigarette maker posted quarterly profit of $1.87 billion and raised its full-year forecast...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Pepsi Bottling Beats Estimates
The company said quarterly profit fell 3 percent because of one-time charges, but the results topped Wall Street estimates, sending shares higher...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Anheuser-Busch Profit Falls as U.S. Sales Weaken
The St. Louis-based brewer faces higher costs for energy and grains and a shift in U.S. consumer tastes toward wine, foreign beers and small-batch ?craft? beers...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
McClatchy Posts Quarterly Loss Amid Ad Slump
The publisher said advertising revenue would also be weak in the second quarter, sending its shares down more than 6 percent in early trading...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Schering-Plough Profit Falls on Acquisition Costs
The drugmaker reported a 48-percent plunge in first-quarter net income, due to increased spending on research, higher overhead and costs related to an acquisition...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
General Dynamics Earnings Up on Military Sales
The military contractor posted first-quarter profit of $572 million, led by big sales increases in the division that makes armored vehicles, tanks and combat tools...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
EMC Profit Dips on Charges, but Revenue Rises 17%
Net income fell 14 percent on acquisition-related charges, but the data storage vendor managed to post a double-digit revenue gain, beating Wall Street expectations...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Freeport-McMoRan Profit Soars as Metal Prices Surge
The largest publicly traded copper company said profit more than doubled to $1.12 billion as prices for copper and gold surged...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
U.P.S. Posts Higher Profit but Lowers Outlook
United Parcel Service said profit rose 7.5 percent in the first quarter, though it was affected by the weakening U.S. economy. The results were in line with Wall Street expectations...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
G.E.?s Chief Accepts Criticism for Weak Quarter
Jeffrey R. Immelt told shareholders that he was disappointed that G.E. would not deliver a promised 10 percent increase in earnings for 2008 and said the company would increase cost cutting...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Stocks Higher as Oil Prices Drop
Wall Street bounded higher after an increase in oil supplies sent energy prices lower and eased concerns that inflation will force consumers to cut their spending...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Ambac Shares Dive After Steep Loss
The bond insurer, which struggled to raise capital earlier this year, posted a surprisingly wide first-quarter loss after setting aside $1 billion to cover future payouts on mortgage bonds...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Boeing Profit Jumps 38% as Orders Grow
The aircraft maker said it earned $1.2 billion in the first quarter as its backlog of orders grew to a record $346 billion. It also reaffirmed its 2008 profit outlook...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
The Lede: C.I.A. to Detail North Korean Nuclear Aid to Syria
A string of news reports stir one of the most delicate American diplomatic dances, the negotiations over North Korea's atomic weapons...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Dot Earth: Heron Babies in Suburbia
Heron babies amid Florida sprawl...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Rift Over Zimbabwe Unity Plan
Both parties seemed to be positioning themselves for the latest flurry of diplomatic efforts to end a political crisis...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
G.M. Trails Toyota as U.S. Sales Slow
General Motors could have more difficulty keeping pace with Toyota this year as record crude oil prices and gas prices near $4 a gallon dampen demand in the United States...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
UBS Officials Promise Changes at Bank
The bank?s investment banking unit will be on a much tighter leash, top executives said, as UBS tries to overhaul its corporate governance after losses from the subprime mortgage collapse...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
DealBook: Liberty Mutual to Buy Safeco
The deal, which represents a 51-percent premium to Safeco?s closing stock price on Tuesday, creates the fifth largest property and casualty insurer in the United States...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Petraeus to Be Nominated to Lead Central Command
The decision to put Gen. David H. Petraeus in charge of military operations in the Mideast suggests that the Pentagon expects to keep troops in Afghanistan and Iraq for some time to come...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Big Losses at Delta and Northwest
The carriers, which have agreed to merge amid a steep industry downturn, reported a combined loss in the quarter of $10.5 billion...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Seizing on Her Primary Win, Clinton Says Tide Is Turning
In TV appearances on Wednesday morning, Hillary Rodham Clinton said that her dominance in large states will be critical in the general election...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
News Analysis: The Bruising Will Go On for the Party, Too
Pennsylvania may not alter the basic dynamics of the race, but it makes clear that the contest will continue...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Bolivia calls summit over crisis
Bolivian President Morales meets regional allies in Caracas to discuss demands for autonomy inside Bolivia...
BBC News - April 23, 2008
After Big Gift, a New Name for the Library
The main branch of the New York Public Library will be renamed after Stephen A. Schwarzman, a Wall Street financier, who contributed $100 million to the institution...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Square Feet: Shops Claim a Once-Gritty Waterfront
Once blighted with dilapidated factories, the waterfront in Edgewater, N.J., currently draws attention for its dense lineup of luxury rental apartments and condos...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Ban on Solo Encores at the Met? Ban, What Ban?
On Monday night the tenor Juan Diego Flórez did something not heard on the Met stage since 1994: a solo encore...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
News Analysis: Clinton Outduels Obama in Primary
Mrs. Clinton?s margin in Pennsylvania was probably not sufficient to alter the basic dynamics of the race, but it made clear that the contest will continue...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
With Clear Victory, She Has Rationale to Fight On
Hillary Rodham Clinton?s win over Barack Obama in the primary gives her a boost as she struggles to raise money...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Jamaica moves to legalise casinos
Jamaica's government backs moves to legalise casino gambling, amid stiff opposition from religious groups...
BBC News - April 23, 2008
US deplores Cuba protest move
The US criticises Cuba for breaking up a protest by women calling for the release of their dissident husbands...
BBC News - April 23, 2008
'Flying' priest's balloons found
Search crews off Brazil's coast find the balloons that were being used by a missing priest trying to set a flight record...
BBC News - April 23, 2008
Lexmark Sales Fall
Lexmark International reported a decline in first-quarter laser and inkjet printer sales and forecast further softness in revenue, sending its shares down sharply...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Lockheed Earnings Up 6%, Topping Forecasts
The military supplier said its first-quarter earnings rose to $730 million...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
DuPont?s Profit Up 26 Percent on Farm Product Sales
The chemicals company reported earnings of $1.19 billion, or $1.31 a share, up from $945 million, or $1.01, a year earlier...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Wyeth?s Profit Slips as Generic Competition Rises
Wyeth earned $1.2 billion, or 89 cents a share, compared with $1.25 billion, or 92 cents a share, a year earlier...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Sales Rise but Higher Costs Hurt Profit at Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark, facing higher prices for the raw materials it needs to make tissues and diapers, said on Tuesday that its first-quarter profit slipped 2.5 percent...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
AK Steel?s Profit Rose 60 Percent in First Quarter
The chief executive, James Wainscott, said its earnings were helped by soaring global steel prices and favorable labor contracts...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
To New York Public Library?s Astor and Tilden, Add Schwarzman
The main branch of the library will be renamed after Stephen A. Schwarzman, a Wall Street financier, who contributed $100 million to the institution...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Economic Scene: Weighing a McCain Economist
Putting a question to Senator John McCain?s economic adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin: Are there any fiscal conservatives anymore?...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Magazine Preview: Triple-A Failure
How Moody?s and other credit-rating agencies licensed the abuses that created the housing bubble ? and bust...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Setback in Sales for McDonald?s
McDonald?s said sales at American restaurants open at least 13 months rose 2.9 percent in the first quarter but fell 0.8 percent in March...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Yum Brands Profit Rises, Helped by Growth in China
The operator of the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut fast-food chains said first-quarter net income jumped to $254 million, or 50 cents a share...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
The Nazi Plot That?s Haunting Tom Cruise and United Artists
Hollywood clucks over the stumbles ?Valkyrie? has taken...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
CBS News Records Its Worst Ratings
On Tuesday CBS received ratings results that put an exclamation point on its troubles: the ?CBS Evening News? recorded the worst five-night run in its history last week...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Tax Policy in Britain Casts Doubt on Brown
One of Prime Minister Gordon Brown?s tax policies is prompting a political crisis that threatens to unravel the Labor Party less than two weeks before a set of critical local elections...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Unloading the Leftovers of Past Loves
A Web site allows users to sell, auction, trade or simply give away the refuse of their amorous misadventures. But they also have to tell the stories behind the gifts...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Stocks & Bonds: Markets Dip Despite Some Good Reports
Fresh record-high oil prices and a rush of quarterly results from bellwethers like AT&T, DuPont and McDonald?s sent the Dow down more than 100 points...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Washington Paper Ousts a Top Editor
The Washington Post removed Susan B. Glasser from her job as an assistant managing editor in charge of national news, amid complaints and poor morale...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Times Company Elects Two Outsiders to Board
Scott Galloway and James A. Kohlberg, two investors who were part of a group that threatened a proxy battle against the Times, were elected as directors...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Two Promotions at Times Co.
R. Anthony Benten was promoted to senior vice president for finance and corporate controller, and Vincenzo DiMaggio was tapped as vice president and assistant controller...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Clear Channel?s Buyers Reject Banks? Arbitration Offer
The rejection by Bain Capital and THL Partners was the latest twist in one of the most prominent disputes since leveraged buyouts began collapsing last fall...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Court Overturns Federal Accusation Against Rambus
A federal appeals court has overturned an order issued by the Federal Trade Commission that had accused the computer chip maker Rambus of antitrust violations...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Samsung Chairman Resigns
Lee Kun-hee, Samsung Group?s chairman, indicted on tax evasion charges, announced that he would step down after 20 years of leadership...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Tyson Told to End an Antibiotic Claim
Competitors objected to the ads by Tyson and said Tyson had injected its eggs with antibiotics and used antibiotic molecules in its feed...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Glaxo Says Wine May Fight Aging
The British drug maker said it would acquire a biotechnology company that is pursuing the notion that a compound found in red wine might retard aging...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
EBay Files a Stockholder Lawsuit Against Craigslist
In a statement, eBay said that in January, Craigslist executives took actions that ?unfairly diluted eBay?s economic interest? in the company...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Wireless Business Helps AT&T?s Profit Climb 22%
Earnings met expectations, as AT&T?s wireless business continued to grow fast enough to make up for its shrinking traditional service...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Advertising: British Firm Aims to Move Media?s Wheeling and Dealing Out of the Pub
Shunning online auctions and other digital-age tools, owners of offline media and the agencies that allocate ad budgets often turn to an older negotiating venue: the local pub...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers File Complaint Against Writers? Guilds
The complaint said the guilds urged members to shun the writers because they dropped active union membership during their recent strike...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Square Feet: Is a Giant Mall an Eyesore? Developer Urges Patience
Developer Laurence C. Siegel remains optimistic about his long-delayed Xanadu, a $2.3 billion New Jersey shopping mall project scheduled to open in November...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Surging Energy Costs Take a Big Toll on Airline Earnings
The UAL Corporation, United Airlines? parent company, reported a $537 million first-quarter loss, as a 51 percent increase in fuel costs overwhelmed efforts to raise fares...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Administration Seeks a Quicker Increase in Fuel Standards
Acting as gasoline prices are setting records, the Bush administration proposed an annual 4.5 percent increase in vehicles? fuel efficiency from 2011 through 2015...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
An Uncomfortable Shareholder?s Meeting for Citigroup
Citigroup?s directors were re-elected, but were shelled with criticism at their annual meeting of shareholders, whose stock has lost half its value in a year...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
A Slice of German Wikipedia to Be Captured on Paper
In an odd experiment in reverse publishing, a collection of Wikipedia articles in Germany is being produced in book-form by a major publisher...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Cloud Computing Gains Steam With New I.B.M. Gear
I.B.M. is entering the market for Internet-focused data centers with computer systems designed to reduce power consumption sharply and take up less floor space...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Microsoft Reveals a Web-Based Software System
The new system, called Live Mesh, is Microsoft?s most ambitious step yet in tying its personal computer business more closely to software running in remote data centers...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
British Bank Seeks New Funds
Royal Bank of Scotland became the latest lender to seek new funds to cover its soured investments, saying it would sell $23.8 billion of new shares to current investors...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Weak Dollar Weighs on Europe
The euro rose above $1.60 on Tuesday for the first time, adding to pressure on big European exporters to raise prices...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Regulators Back Away From Changes to Commodity Hedging
The rule changes would have raised the size of the market stake that financial speculators could hold, and exempted commodity index funds from those higher limits...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Murdoch Taking on F.C.C. Media Rule
Rupert Murdoch appears likely to pose the first significant challenge to the media ownership rule that the Federal Communications Commission recently adopted...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Insurer Says Economy Has Dented Its Prospects
The insurer posted lower-than-expected first-quarter earnings and sharply reduced its outlook for 2008, saying fewer businesses and employees were signing up...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Making Money, the How-To Way
Online instructional videos ? even for such arcane tasks as turning flashlights into lasers ? are proving extraordinarily popular and lucrative...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Yahoo Holds Steady in Economic Slowdown
Yahoo reported a 9 percent first-quarter revenue increase, The news, while positive for the firm, was unlikely to boost its argument that Microsoft?s takeover bid is too low...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Next-Door Neighbors Back Bush on Expanding Trade
Canada and Mexico lent their weight to President Bush?s campaign to expand free trade within the framework of Nafta...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
City?s Buildings Chief Resigns as Outcry on Accidents Grows
Bureaucratic snafus and high-profile accidents cast a shadow over Patricia J. Lancaster?s achievements...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
China May Give Up Attempt to Send Arms to Zimbabwe
As protests intensified across the region, the Chinese government said that the ship might return to China...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Government Seeks to Buy Student Loans
The Bush administration?s proposal is intended to ensure that the nation?s credit crunch does not block borrowing for higher education...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Ex-Engineer for Army Is Accused of Spying for Israel in 1980s
Ben-Ami Kadish of Monroe Township, N.J., was charged with leaking dozens of secret documents about nuclear arms and fighter jets to the Israeli government during the early 1980s...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Congress Near Deal on Genetic Test Bias Bill
Lawmakers are close to an agreement to clear the way for a bill prohibiting employers and insurers from discriminating on the basis of genetic tests...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
News Analysis: The Bruising Will Go On for the Party
Democrats worry that the battle is undermining their effort to unify the party...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Obama Shifting Focus From Clinton to McCain
Barack Obama wants to persuade Democrats that time is running out to start defining their Republican opponent...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
American Exception: Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations?
The U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world?s population but almost a quarter of its prisoners...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Europe Turns to Coal Again, Raising Alarms on Climate
European countries plan to use coal, generally the dirtiest fuel on earth, in new power plants...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Murdoch Moving to Buy Newsday for $580 Million
A tentative deal to buy his third New York newspaper would tighten Rupert Murdoch?s grip on American news media...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
Clinton Outduels Obama in Primary
Hillary Rodham Clinton?s win over Barack Obama in the Democratic primary gives her a boost as she struggles to raise money for the next round of contests...
New York Times - April 23, 2008
US man 'gave secrets to Israel'
A US engineer appears in court charged with giving military and nuclear secrets to Israel during the 1980s...
BBC News - April 23, 2008
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