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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 2007:
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Soldier 'warned' off the truth
The U.S. military fabricated stories about the ambush and capture of a soldier in Iraq and the death of a former NFL star in Afghanistan, a House panel heard Tuesday...
CNN - April 24, 2007
Undersea project would link Alaska, Russia
For more than a century, entrepreneurs and engineers have dreamed of building a tunnel connecting the eastern and western hemispheres under the Bering Strait -- only to be brought up short by war, revolution and politics...
CNN - April 24, 2007
Cheney, Reid trade barbs over Iraq war
Vice President Dick Cheney accused Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday of pursuing a defeatist strategy in Iraq to win votes in the next election -- a charge Reid said did not warrant a response...
CNN - April 24, 2007
Nigeria's president denies elections fatally flawed
President Olusegun Obasanjo said in remarks released Tuesday that Nigeria's deeply flawed weekend presidential elections should not be voided and asked observers not to judge his country by developed-world standards...
CNN - April 24, 2007
Music: Philharmonic to Add Position at Top
The New York Philharmonic, hunting for a successor to its music director, Lorin Maazel, has decided to divide up its leadership by adding the new position of principal conductor...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Ethiopian Rebels Kill 70 at Chinese-Run Oil Field
The severity of this attack unnerved Ethiopian officials, who usually play down any threats to their control...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Economix: What?s Really Squeezing the Middle Class?
It may seem that layoffs are happening more frequently than they once did and that workers? income is more volatile. The reality may be different...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Sailing: US crew stay unbeaten
American challengers BMW Oracle lead the way in the Louis Vuitton Cup in Valencia...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
Rap mogul wants racist lyrics ban
Rap label boss Russell Simmons says three sexist and racist words should be banned from hip-hop songs...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
Staff hurt in US prison violence
At least two prison staff are hurt in an outbreak of violence at a prison in the US state of Indiana, officials say...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
Ecuador's Congress sacks judges
The political crisis in Ecuador intensifies as Congress sacks nine top judges in a row over constitutional reform...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
Canadian charged at Guantanamo
The US military charges a Canadian detainee at Guantanamo Bay with murder and aiding terrorism...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
British Police Arrest 6 Terror Suspects
The police raids today coincided with the inauguration of a high-level security committee focusing on terrorism...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Pentagon Challenged on Lynch and Tillman
The government invented ?sensational details? about the American soldiers, a House chairman charged today...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
David Halberstam, 73, Reporter and Author, Dies
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist wrote books on topics as varied as the Vietnam War and basketball...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
42% Withhold Votes for Times Co. Directors
The vote was a symbolic protest against the company?s dual ownership structure and lagging stock price...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Toyota Tops G.M. in Sales for First Time
The first-quarter results mark another milestone in America?s long decline from industrial pre-eminence...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Plunge in Existing-Home Sales Is Steepest Since ?89
An 8.4 percent drop, coupled with lower prices, reflected a housing market that is looking unfriendly to sellers...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Sharp decline in US house sales
Sales of non-new US homes suffer their largest monthly fall for 18 years, indicating the weakness in the market...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
Apple options probe reaches court
The ex-chief financial officer (CFO) at computer firm Apple is expected to settle US claims over backdated stock options...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
Basinger denies phone rant leak
Actress Kim Basinger denies leaking an angry voicemail her ex-husband Alec Baldwin left on their daughter's phone...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
US radio DJs in fresh racism row
CBS Radio in the US suspends two DJs for a prank on-air call that angered Chinese groups...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
US army 'exploited Tillman death'
The brother of US football star Pat Tillman, killed in Afghanistan, says the military manipulated his death...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
Russia prepares for Yeltsin funeral
Tributes are pouring in from current and former world leaders for former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who led a democratic Russia after the Soviet Union's collapse...
CNN - April 24, 2007
9 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Suicide Bombing in Iraq
A bombing in Diyala Province was one of the most lethal suicide bomb attacks on American troops in Iraq...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Toyota 'overtakes rival GM'
Japan's Toyota overtakes US rival General Motors to become the world's biggest carmaker, the company says...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
Mexico City to vote on abortion
Mexico City lawmakers are expected to legalise abortions, despite objections from Roman Catholics...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
Argentine ex-ruler to go on trial
Reynaldo Bignone, the last of Argentina's military rulers, faces trial on charges of kidnapping babies...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
Law allows guns for mentally ill
When a judge deemed university shooter Seung-Hui Cho a danger to himself due to mental illness in 2005, that ruling should have disqualified him from buying a handgun under U.S. federal law...
CNN - April 24, 2007
U.S.: Iraq blast kills 9 soldiers
Nine American soldiers were killed Monday when a suicide car bomb struck near their patrol base in Diyala province, the U.S. military said in a statement. Twenty other U.S. soldiers and one Iraqi civilian were wounded in the attack, the statement said...
CNN - April 24, 2007
Gov. Corzine Is Moved From Intensive Care
Gov. Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey will remain in the hospital for at least a week...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Treating the Awkward Years
Adolescent medicine is in little demand by doctors seeking to advance their careers...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Frustration Over Wall Unites Sunni and Shiite
The outcry about the construction of a wall around a Sunni neighborhood has revealed deep Iraqi frustration...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Obama?s Rise Strains Loyalty on Clinton Turf
A number of black elected officials in New York say they are now undecided about whether to back Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Gonzales?s Testimony Satisfied at Least One Person, His Boss
President Bush said that the attorney general?s testimony last week had increased his confidence in him...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: France: Building Concern Rejects Bid
Eiffage, a French construction company, said its board had rejected a takeover bid of 6.6 billion euros ($9 billion) from a Spanish rival, Sacyr Vallehermoso, for the two-thirds of Eiffage it does not already own. Eiffage, which is based near Paris, challenged the strategic sense of the approach and accused Sacyr of violating merger rules by collaborating with other investors in making its bid. Sacyr, based in Madrid, made the hostile bid for Eiffage, the company that built the Eiffel Tower, after Eiffage blocked Sacyr, its largest shareholder, from taking a board seat. Eiffage decided not to cooperate with Sacyr after the pair held 14 rounds of talks. Eiffage said. ?None of the meetings allowed the companies to identify a common strategy, synergies or even a road map for future joint projects,? Eiffage said in a statement...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: Brazil: Anglo American Buying Stake in Brazilian Project
A Brazilian iron and steel company, MMX Mineração e Metálicos, plans to sell a large stake in one of its mining projects to the British mining company Anglo American, according to a regulatory filing. According to the preliminary agreement between the two companies, Anglo American will acquire 49 percent of the MMX unit Sistema Minas-Rio for $1.15 billion. Sistema Minas-Rio is the company?s most ambitious mining project, with total investments of more than $2.4 billion. The investments include development of the Minas mine in Minas Gerais state, and a slurry pipeline and, port facilities. Anglo American will pay $704 million for the 30 percent stake in Sistema Minas-Rio held by an MMX affiliate, Centennial Asset Mining Fund...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: France: Carrefour Buys Brazilian Discounter
Carrefour, the French retailer, said it had agreed to buy a Brazilian discounter, Atacadão, for about $1.09 billion in a deal that would make it the largest food retailer in Brazil. Atacadão operates 34 discount hypermarkets in Brazil, 17 of which are located in São Paulo state. Atacadão?s property portfolio consists of 2.3 million square feet. The company posted net sales in 2006 of about $2 billion, representing a 4 percent market share. Carrefour?s operations in Brazil consist of 109 hypermarkets, 34 Carrefour Bairro and 258 Dia hard discount stores with total net sales in 2006 of $5.16 billion...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
World Business Briefing: Spain: New Bid for Airline
British Airways said it was in discussions with several private equity investors about entering a joint bid for Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, increasing the chances of a bidding war for the Spanish carrier. The Texas Pacific Group, the American buyout firm, made a $4.6 billion approach for Iberia last month. One person with knowledge of the negotiations, who spoke on condition that he not be identified, said British Airways, which already owns a 10 percent stake in Iberia, was considering either joining the Texas Pacific bid or backing a bid from one of two other private equity firms, which were not named. British Airways, which has ruled out a bid on its own, said in a statement that any bidding group in which it was involved would probably ?include one or more Spanish partners.?...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Nissan Will Offer Buyouts
Nissan will offer buyouts to workers in Japan after slumping domestic sales forced it to cut earnings and sales goals...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Volvo Taps Two Agencies for Worldwide Campaign
Volvo Taps Two Agencies...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Memo Pad
AIRLINE EMPLOYMENT The number of employees working for domestic airlines in February rose 0.2 percent over February 2006, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. But the increase was not because of hiring by the major carriers. Despite record passenger demand, the network carriers had 2.2 percent fewer workers than the previous February. Instead, regional carriers are adding employees (up 5.9 percent over February 2006) as are low-cost carriers (up 5 percent). Compared with February 2003, the number of employees at the big network carriers declined 23.3 percent, to 262,400, from 342,300. Meanwhile, employment at low-cost carriers rose 8.3 percent, to 71,400, from 65,900, and employment at regional carriers rose 22.4 percent, to 599,000, from 489,000 in 2004. That was the first year regional carriers reported unified employee statistics...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Affiliated Computer Founder Raises Bid
The unsolicited offer for the company was raised 4.6 percent, valuing it at about $6.1 billion...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Genesco Rejects $1.2 Billion Takeover Bid From Foot Locker
Foot Locker said it was not ruling out the possibility of raising its $1.2 billion bid for the footwear and accessories maker...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
A.M.D. to Raise Capital
A.M.D. posted a $611 million quarterly loss, hurt by a price war with Intel, and said it would explore ways to raise new capital...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Profit Falls at Juniper Networks
The network equipment maker reported a decline in quarterly profit as expenses rose despite higher sales...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Sales Ignite Hasbro Profit
Strong sales of Spider-Man toys and its Littlest Pet Shop and Playskool brands sent its shares up sharply...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Amgen?s Profit Rises, but Does Not Meet Expectations
Strong sales of its anemia-fighting drugs boosted profit but its revenue for the quarter failed to meet expectations...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Dow Flirts With 13,000, Then Falls Back
Stocks retreated as concern about rising oil prices outweighed strong earnings reports and new takeover activity...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Generic Versions of Ambien Approved
The F.D.A. said regulators had approved generic versions of Ambien, a blockbuster sleeping pill from Sanofi-Aventis...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Chip Maker Posts 4% Profit Decline
Texas Instruments struggled with a glut of inventory and shifting demand toward lower-end phones with less expensive chips...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Novartis Earnings Rose 11% in Quarter
The drug maker posted an 11 percent increase in first-quarter earnings, led by strong sales of its hypertension and cancer treatments...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Profit at Boston Scientific Plummets 64%
First-quarter profit fell 64 percent because of declining sales of medical devices used in cardiac patients...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Profit Up 64% at Kimberly-Clark
The consumer products maker also stood by its full-year profit view despite topping Wall Street?s expectations...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Time Warner Broadband Deal to Allow Users to Share Access
Time Warner will let its home broadband customers turn their connections into public wireless access spots...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Warner Music Chairman Sued
The former chairman of Simon & Schuster alleged he was not compensated for his role in the $2.6 billion acquisition of the music company three years ago...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Frequent Flier: A Pilot?s Heart Attack? Lightning? I Can Cope
How to confront a fear of flying, deal with it and get on with business...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Delta Narrowed Loss in First Quarter
Delta Air Lines reported that it narrowed its loss in the first quarter on an 11.4 percent increase in sales...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Microsoft, Trying to Avoid a European Fine, Defends Demand for Royalties
Microsoft filed documents defending its demand to be paid royalties for releasing some software code to competitors...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Kleiner Perkins to Expand With Two Offices in China
The technology investment firm is opening offices in Shanghai and Beijing and plans to invest a $360 million fund in Chinese start-ups...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Carbon Gas Is Explored as a Source of Ethanol
A New Zealand company said it secured financing to produce ethanol from an untapped source ? carbon monoxide gas...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Advertising: Product Tips You Can Use, by Way of Cellphone
A new service by Philips Electronics lets people send text messages to seek information about popular destinations in major cities...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Little Bits of Paper Make a Big Gift
William Gross, manager of the bond powerhouse Pimco, will donate the proceeds from an auction of his rare stamp collection to Doctors Without Borders...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
On the Road: If Checker Cabs Could Fly: Hop in, the Meter?s Running
DayJet plans to begin flying the nation?s first on-demand, per seat air taxi service in June...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
AstraZeneca Acquires a Biotech Company
The $15.6 billion deal to acquire MedImmune is perhaps the most emphatic sign yet of the push by big drug makers into biotechnology...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Scrushy to Pay $81 Million to Settle S.E.C. Lawsuit
The former chief executive of HealthSouth agreed to pay more than $81 million to settle a case over accounting fraud...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Mulally Names an Environmental Executive for Ford
Ford Motor?s chief executive, Alan R. Mulally, appointed Susan M. Cischke to create a long-range strategy on sustainability matters...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
China Yields to Inquiry on Pet Food
China has given U.S. regulators permission to investigate whether suppliers exported contaminated pet food ingredients to the U.S...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Running Like a Clock ... and Fast
Overseas, high-speed rail service with amenities like Wi-Fi is luring business travelers away from airports...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
A Difficult Annual Times Meeting for Sulzbergers
With The New York Times Company?s stock performance lagging, the Sulzberger family is bracing for a contentious meeting today...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
David Halberstam, 73, War Reporter and Author, Is Killed in a Car Crash
Mr. Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, wrote more than 20 books on topics as varied as the Vietnam War and basketball...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Ex-Officers of Apple Await Suit
Two former executives expect to be sued this week by the S.E.C. over the company?s backdating of employee stock options...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Rival Offer Could Derail ABN Merger
The deal with Barclays reduces, but does not eliminate, the chance of another suitor coming in with a higher bid...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Top Hedge Fund Managers Earn Over $240 Million
A ranking of the top 25 earners shows that for the hedge fund elite, the rich are getting much richer in a hurry...
New York Times - April 24, 2007
Russia face US in Fed Cup semi
Russia will face the US in the Fed Cup semi-finals...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
King resigns as West Indies coach
Bennett King resigns as West Indies coach 24 days before the first Test against England at Lord's...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
Cricket coach's body is released
The body of murdered Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer is released, Jamaican authorities announce...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
US in record maritime drugs haul
The US coast guard seizes nearly 20 tonnes of cocaine, the biggest maritime drugs bust in US history...
BBC News - April 24, 2007
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