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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 July 2007:
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Albert Ellis, Who Streamlined Freud, Dies at 93
His innovative straight-talk approach to psychotherapy made him one of the most influential and provocative figures in modern psychology...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Paula Zahn Will Leave CNN
A day after CNN announced that it was hiring Campbell Brown to replace one of its prime-time hosts, Ms. Zahn confirmed that she was leaving the channel...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
No Indictment in Katrina Deaths
A surgeon was accused of killing four seriously ill patients in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Selig Will Watch Bonds Go for Record
With Giants? slugger Barry Bonds three homers away from the breaking the all-time record, commissioner Bud Selig said he will be on hand in San Francisco for the games against the Braves until at least Thursday...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Gambling Scandal Is Isolated Case, Stern Says
N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern called the investigation into a referee the worst thing that could happen to a sport...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
After Positive Test, Team Quits Tour de France
Alexandre Vinokourov tested positive for a banned blood transfusion, prompting his team to pull out of the race...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Gonzales Denies Any Attempt to Pressure Ashcroft
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales denied today that he had pressured former Attorney General John Ashcroft to re-authorize domestic surveillance...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Western Union Earnings Fall 7 Percent
Western Union reported second-quarter net income of $204.5 million. It also announced plans to offer a cell phone capable of handling money transfers...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Biogen Idec Swings to Profit on Higher Sales
The biotechnology company earned $186.1 million during the second quarter, citing strong sales of two drugs...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Square Feet: Serving Small Tenants With Offices Cut Down to Size
Some prominent large developers and landlords are chopping up larger office spaces in their buildings into smaller ones called ?prebuilds.?...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Home Lender?s Woes Fuel Market?s Decline
The nation?s largest mortgage lender issued a pessimistic outlook, helping to ignite a sell-off in the stock market...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Amazon Profit Is Up, With Harry Potter?s Aid
The online retailer announced today that its second-quarter net income increased more than threefold, with revenue up 35 percent...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Harley Woos Female Bikers
Women are buying more motorcycles than ever, and Harley-Davidson is going after that market with a vengeance...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Amazon sees profit treble
Strong sales of books and music help Amazon more than triple its profits in the three months to June...
BBC News - July 24, 2007
Gonzales testifies in firings row
The US attorney general faces tough questioning from a Senate panel over prosecutor firings...
BBC News - July 24, 2007
Gonzales Endures Stormy Senate Hearing
Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee were disdainful of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales?s pledge to stay on and fix the problems at the Justice Department...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Gambling Scandal Is Isolated, Stern Says
N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern denied allegations that the league knew earlier of a referee?s betting activities...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
News Analysis: His Aura Faded, Spitzer Faces Bolder Enemies
Accusations that his staff misused the New York State Police threaten to derail Gov. Eliot Spitzer?s entire legislative agenda...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Scripps Profit Climbs Following Sale of TV Network
The company?s second-quarter profit rose 37 percent after factoring in losses from assets it sold, but on a continuing basis results fell on buyout costs at its newspapers...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
McGraw-Hill Quarterly Profit and Revenue Rise
The publisher said second-quarter profit rose 25.4 percent, to $277 million, driven by good results at its Standard & Poor?s unit...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Lexmark 2nd-Quarter Profit Drops on Lower Sales
The printer maker said its second-quarter profit declined 16 percent, to $64.2 million, on lower consumer segment sales and higher costs...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
EMC Profit Up Nearly 20 Percent
The data storage vendor said second-quarter profit rose to $334.4 million as it recorded double-digit sales gains at its biggest businesses...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
DuPont Co. Reports Flat 2nd-Quarter Earnings
The chemical giant reported second-quarter earnings similar to year-ago results as higher sales were offset by the cost of energy and accelerated biotech research...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
UPS Profit Up Despite Softer U.S. Market
United Parcel Service posted quarterly profit of $1.1 billion, citing its global package, supply chain and freight business, which offset a slower U.S. small-package market...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Lilly Beats Forecasts and Raises View
Eli Lilly posted better-than-expected second-quarter earnings, helped by surging sales of its prescription drugs, and the company raised its 2007 profit forecast...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Kimberly-Clark Profit Jumps 22 Percent
Kimberly-Clark said second-quarter profit rose to $461 million as savings from a restructuring plan helped offset fiber costs, and it raised its full-year earnings forecast...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
AK Steel Reports Record Quarterly Profit
AK Steel said second-quarter earnings more than tripled on record sales and shipments, compared with a year ago when the company was in a lockout at its biggest plant...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
U.S. Steel Profit Drops 25 Percent
The steelmaker said costs related to the redemption of debt pulled down second-quarter profit, but the results beat Wall Street estimates...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
UAL Posts Profit of $274 Million
The parent company of United Airlines reported its biggest quarterly profit in seven years, citing fuller planes in the summer travel season and cost reductions...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
JetBlue Profit Jumps 50 Percent
NEW YORK (AP) -- JetBlue Airways Corp.'s second-quarter profit grew 50 percent on growing passenger volumes, but the company announced plans to slow its growth in the wake of a February debacle in which an ice storm forced the cancellation of 1,700 flights and cost Chief Executive David Neeleman his job...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
McDonald's Posts Loss on Latin America Charge
The restaurant giant posted a quarterly net loss of $711.7 million after taking a big charge for the sale of its outlets in Latin America...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Northrop Grumman Profit Rises on Tech Sales
The company said second-quarter profit rose 7 percent, to $460 million, helped by higher information technology sales and an insurance gain at its shipbuilding unit...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Lockheed 2Q Earnings Rise 34 Percent
The defense contractor said second-quarter earnings rose on higher sales across most of its businesses, including fighter jets, missile defense and information technology...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
BP Net Profit Gains 1.5 Percent
BP said that second-quarter profit rose on the sale of the Coryton refinery in Britain and the West Texas pipeline in the United States to Occidental Petroleum...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Countrywide Profit Down 33 Percent
The largest U.S. mortgage lender said quarterly profit slid 33 percent and slashed its full-year earnings outlook, citing rising defaults as the housing market slumps...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
PepsiCo Posts 13 Percent Profit and Raises Outlook
The world?s No. 2 soft-drink company reported second-quarter earnings of $1.56 billion, citing a lower tax rate and higher sales of Frito-Lay snacks...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Earnings Concerns Rattle Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street pulled back sharply Tuesday as investors dealt with disappointing earnings reports and renewed concerns about the mortgage lending market...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
New Orleans Recovery Is Slowed by Closed Hospitals
Of all the factors blocking the revival of New Orleans, the shattered health care system may be the most important...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
AT&T Earnings Up, but iPhone Sales Disappoint
The telephone company solidly beat Wall Street?s forecasts as wireless data use soared, but its initial report on iPhone signups sent Apple?s shares down sharply...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Rising defaults hit top US lender
Countrwide Financial, the biggest mortgage lender in the US, slashes its profit predictions for the full year...
BBC News - July 24, 2007
Defence firms lifted by US spend
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman see profits surge, helped by orders for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
BBC News - July 24, 2007
Vick to face dog-fighting charge
Star quarterback Michael Vick is told to stay away from training after he was charged with involvement in dog fighting...
BBC News - July 24, 2007
Dow Jones sale talks 'productive'
The Bancroft family, which controls media firm Dow Jones, holds "productive" talks on the sale of the business...
BBC News - July 24, 2007
Cuba-trained US medics graduate
Eight US students whose medical studies were fully funded by the Cuban government are to graduate in Havana...
BBC News - July 24, 2007
US city issues immigrant ID card
A city in Connecticut becomes the first in the United States to issue identity cards to illegal immigrants...
BBC News - July 24, 2007
Brazil rejects outside air help
Brazilian officials dismiss calls for foreign experts to help with the air traffic system after the Sao Paulo crash...
BBC News - July 24, 2007
Novel Debate Format, but Same Old Candidates
The Democratic presidential candidates often lapsed into their talking points, and there was little actual debate...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
N.F.L. Tells Vick He Can?t Report to Camp
Michael Vick, the Atlanta Falcons quarterback who has been indicted on felony charges of sponsoring a dog-fighting business, has been ordered not to report to training camp...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
A Debate for the Blogging Age
Facing an unusual series of questions on video, the Democratic presidential candidates sparred over race, Darfur and Iraq...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Maverick Leads Charge for Charter Schools
In seven years, Steve Barr?s Green Dot Public Schools organization has founded 10 charter high schools and has won approval to open 10 more...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Spitzer Aides Cited for Use of Police to Tarnish Bruno
Gov. Eliot Spitzer suspended one top aide and reassigned another after the attorney general accused his staff of using the New York State Police for political purposes...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Memo Pad
REGISTERED TRAVELER UPDATE The Registered Travel program continues to emerge ? slowly. Verified Identity Pass, which runs Clear, the first version of the program to be in operation, said it would open and market a Clear lane at La Guardia Airport in New York in a partnership with AirTran Airways. Clear, which began operating at the airport in Orlando, Fla., two years ago, also has lanes at Kennedy International Airport and at Newark Liberty International Airport, and at airports in Indianapolis, Cincinnati and San Jose, Calif. It plans to open at the Albany airport next month. Steven Brill, the chief executive, said that Clear has 55,000 members (at $99.95 a year). He said he believed membership would reach 100,000 by September. In an interview last March, Mr. Brill said he expected that Clear could have 200,000 to 400,000 members by the end of the year...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Taser Profit Exceeds Forecast for Quarter
Taser International, the maker of stun guns, posted second-quarter profit of $3.7 million on sales to the military and law enforcement agencies...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Frequent Flier: The Goal: To Survive World Cup Mania
I?m a 46-year-old software engineer and manager who has traveled to five continents for both business and pleasure. My hobby is nature and wildlife photography. So I have taken trips to exotic places like Tanzania for a safari and Cambodia to visit the Prek Toal nature reserve on the Tonle Sapp...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Drew Carey to Replace Barker as Host of ?The Price Is Right?
The actor-comedian revealed Monday that he had just signed on to succeed the recently retired Bob Barker as host of America?s longest-running game show...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Hartford Group Pays $115 Million to Settle a Claim of Illegal Trading
HARTFORD, July 23 (AP) ? The Hartford Financial Services Group paid $115 million to settle accusations that it allowed illegal trading in some mutual funds, the company and the Connecticut attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, announced on Monday...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
United Rentals Takes Cerberus Cash Offer
News of the $4 billion deal sent shares of United Rentals upwards 61 cents, or roughly 2%, to $32.98 a share...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Quirky Hamptons Paper, Reading for Rich, Is Sold
Dan Rattiner, the founder, president, publisher and editor in chief of Dan?s Papers will stay on indefinitely...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Hypo Real Estate Makes Bid for Depfa
German real-estate financing company Hypo Real Estate has agreed to take over Dublin-headquartered Depfa Bank in a shares-and-cash transaction that values Depfa at US$7.9 billion...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
American Standard Selling Bath Unit
The sale, for $1.76 billion in cash, is the final step in American Standard?s plan to split into three companies...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Expedia Reduces Its Buyback Plan
Shares of Expedia, the online travel agency, fell more than 9 percent, or $2.68, to $26.71...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Chip Supplier?s Profit Fell 75% in 2nd Quarter
Despite the plunge, Texas Instruments, the largest supplier of chips used in mobile phones, met analysts? expectations...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
A 12% Jump in Profit at American Express
American Express said yesterday that record spending had fueled a 12 percent jump in profit...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Hasbro?s Profit Hurt by Easy-Bake Recall
The company said that one-time costs and a recall of Easy-Bake Ovens drove its second-quarter profit well below year-ago results...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Netflix Outlook Is Gloomy Despite a Profitable Quarter
Sobering expectations ? foreshadowed on Sunday when management announced the lower prices ? weighed on the company?s already drooping stock...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Sale of KBR Bolsters Profit at Halliburton
The oil field contractor said second-quarter net income more than doubled on a gain from selling its government services and construction subsidiary, KBR...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Cumulus Agrees to $1.3 Billion Buyout
The second-largest radio company in the U.S. based on station count has agreed to sell the company to a group of investors that includes the broadcaster?s chief executive...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
F.D.A. Seeks More Information From Wyeth on Menopause Drug
The decision comes as a major blow to Wyeth, based in Madison, N.J., which hopes to market the drug as the first nonhormonal treatment for menopausal symptoms...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Merger Activity Helps Shares Bounce Back
Better-than-expected profit news from Merck also raised the mood on Wall Street, helping shares partly recover from a steep sell-off Friday...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Campaign Spotlight: Serena and Roger on the Bus, Not the Court
A new campaign by Arnold Worldwide features tennis stars traveling on a tour bus...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Another Quarter of Strong Results by Merck
The company reported strong second-quarter results and said its profits for all of 2007 would beat analysts? expectations...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Advertising: A Reverse Profit Strategy Faces a Commercial Test
Procter & Gamble makes a powder that purifies water, which it sells at cost to poverty stricken countries. Now it wants to sell that product for a profit in the United States...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
On The Road: Somewhere in the Skies, Fish Ceviche Is Being Served
There is a whole other culinary world of airline food being served up in first-class and business-class cabins on premium international carriers...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Lawyers Get Court Approval for Pop-Up Ads on Internet
The ruling by a federal judge in Syracuse, however, did not answer whether firms must label newsletters and e-mail messages to clients as advertising...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Doubts Raised on Magazine?s ?Baghdad Diarist?
Many people are asking The New Republic about the identity of the author of a number of articles attributed to an American soldier in Baghdad...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Detroit Automakers and U.A.W. Roll Up Their Sleeves
The negotiations on new contracts covering hourly workers set the stage for what are being called the most crucial talks in a generation...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Family Talks on a Sale of Dow Jones Are Called ?Not Acrimonious?
Over the next several days, the Bancroft family members will tell their lawyers where they stand on selling Dow Jones & Company, and the lawyers will tally the results...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
A Genetically Modified Potato, Not for Eating, Is Stirring Some Opposition in Europe
Amflora potatoes have become the unlikely lightning rod in the angry debate over genetically modified crops in Europe...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Patchwork City: Shuttered Hospitals Ensure Slow Recovery in New Orleans
Of all the factors blocking the economic revival of New Orleans, the shattered health care system may be the most important...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
H.P. Making 2 Purchases to Push Data
Hewlett-Packard said it had agreed to pay $1.6 billion for software maker Opsware, giving a hefty payoff to Opsware founder, Marc Andreessen...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
New Cash Lets Barclays Add to ABN Offer
Barclays said it had struck a deal with the China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings of Singapore...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Radio Plan: A Price Shift for Satellite
Hoping to win approval for their merger, Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio announced plans to let consumers choose the programs in their subscription package...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Tax Break Used by Drug Makers Failed to Add Jobs
Multinational corporations are once again resorting to complex strategies to shelter profits in tax havens...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
Indian Tribe Becomes Force in West?s Energy Boom
The Southern Ute tribe?s reservation in Colorado sits on a rich deposit of methane gas, which has allowed it to become an energy powerhouse. Yet some are wary of the tribe?s newfound clout...
New York Times - July 24, 2007
US veterans sue government
American war veterans sue the US government saying they have been denied disability pay and medical treatment...
BBC News - July 24, 2007
Brazil offered help on air space
Brazil is urged to accept international help to control its air space, after 199 people died in a plane crash...
BBC News - July 24, 2007
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