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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 May 2007:
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Nobel winner slams Iran detentions
An Iranian-American woman detained in Iran is being held illegally and has been denied access to attorneys, Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi told CNN on Friday. Haleh Esfandiari and other Iranian-Americans held in Iran are political prisoners, said Ebadi, one of Esfandiari's attorneys...
CNN - May 25, 2007
Guilt haunts missing girl's parents
The parents of Madeleine McCann, the 4-year-old British girl who vanished during a vacation in Portugal three weeks ago, say that the guilt they feel over leaving her alone in a hotel room will haunt them forever...
CNN - May 25, 2007
Burglar's body found in school ductwork
The body of a man who apparently tried to break into a Phoenix, Arizona, elementary school was discovered Friday in an air conditioning duct on the roof, police said. Authorities think the man tried to climb through the duct, got stuck and died. It was not known how long the body was there. Sierra Vista Elementary School was evacuated...
CNN - May 25, 2007
O?Donnell Leaving ?The View? 3 Weeks Early
Rosie O?Donnell will not return to the talk show at all after the Memorial Day weekend, ABC announced...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
1996 Tour de France Winner Admits to Doping
Bjarne Riis, the 1996 Tour de France champion, topped off a week of doping confessions when he said Friday that he used performance-enhancing drugs from 1993 to 1998...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Summer Rituals | Waking the Houses: So Much to Do, So Little Time
Summer on Fire Island starts with a scramble to prepare houses for seasonal residents...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
E.U. Probes Google Over Data Retention Policy
Google has been warned that it may be violating European Union privacy laws by storing search data from its users for up to two years...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Fired Wal-Mart Official Alleges Ethics Breaches
A former marketing executive, in a legal battle, accuses the company?s chief of violating its policies...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
The High Price of Creating Free Ads
Some companies have found that inviting consumers to create their advertising is often more stressful, costly and time-consuming than just doing the work themselves...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Anti-U.S. cleric reappears in Iraq
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, believed to have been out of Iraq for several months, appeared at Friday prayers in Kufa where he called on his Mehdi Army militia to stop fighting Iraqi government forces and asked supporters to protect Sunnis and Christians from attacks, a Reuters report said...
CNN - May 25, 2007
Fed up gas station owner shuts off pumps
Harvey Pollack shut down the pumps at his suburban Milwaukee gas station for 24 hours, hoping to start a movement aimed at persuading oil companies to lower their prices. "Somebody out there is making money at these prices, but not me," he says...
CNN - May 25, 2007
Democrats promise war-funding fight to continue
Democrats may have lost the first round with President Bush on ending the war in Iraq, but they say their fight has just begun...
CNN - May 25, 2007
Israel strikes Hamas target in Gaza
Israel Defense Forces carry out an aerial attack south of Gaza City, IDF officials say. Palestinian security sources said the airstrike targeted a Hamas location, wounding three Palestinians...
CNN - May 25, 2007
Ukrainian Political Crisis Escalates
President Viktor A. Yushchenko?s decree putting interior troops under his command was called unconstitutional...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
UBS to Sell Julius Baer Stake
UBS AG said Friday it plans to sell its 20.7 percent stake in private bank Julius Baer Holding to raise capital for its share repurchase program...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Nasdaq to Buy Operator of Nordic Exchanges
Nasdaq, the largest electronic stock market in America, agreed Friday to buy OMX, the operator of seven Nordic and Baltic exchanges, for $3.7 billion...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Home Prices and Sales Fell in April
Sales of previously owned homes declined last month as the supply of unsold properties on the market ballooned and prices declined compared with those a year earlier...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Coca-Cola Agrees to Buy Vitaminwater
The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it will buy Glaceau, the maker of Vitaminwater, for $4.2 billion in cash...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Mothers' march for justice
Mothers of Argentina's disappeared carry on their campaign for justice for their children 30 years on...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
US home sales figures fall back
The number of existing homes sold in the US dropped by 2.6% in April, compounding gloom in the domestic property market...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Nasdaq bids $3.7bn for Nordic OMX
Nasdaq, the US firm which tried to buy the London Stock Exchange, offers to take over a Swedish rival for $3.7bn...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
US oil workers 'held in Nigeria'
At least seven oil workers are reportedly seized by gunmen as they lay pipelines off Nigeria's southern coast...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Coca-Cola bids for healthy image
Soft drink giant Coca-Cola spends makes its largest ever acquisition as it buys a health drink firm for $4.1bn...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Peru plane crash survivors found
Rescuers find several people after a plane crashes in the Peruvian Amazon with up to 20 people on board...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Threats close Mexican paper
A Mexican newspaper shuts temporarily amid continuing attacks and threats from suspected drugs gangs...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Desperate for Income, Cemeteries Are Seeking Breathing Clientele
Historic cemeteries, in need of money for restorations, are reaching out to the public in unusual ways...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Web war records reveal US past
Military records featuring the names of 90 million Americans over four centuries are put online by a family history website...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Wal-Mart to sell Dell computers
Dell's profits and sales miss analyst's targets and the computer firm warns earnings will remain under pressure...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
Chavez rejects TV move criticism
Venezuela's leader Hugo Chavez rejects US and EU criticism as he prepares to revoke a TV station's licence...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
War funding bill sent to Bush
The U.S. Congress passed a $120 billion war funding bill Thursday, which had been the primary point of contention between Democrats and President George W. Bush...
CNN - May 25, 2007
Congress sends Bush
war funding bill
The House and Senate passed a $120 billion war spending bill that had been a primary point of contention between Democrats and President Bush. The bill would fund military operations through at least September. It does not include timetables for pulling U.S. troops from Iraq...
CNN - May 25, 2007
Congress Passes Increase in the Minimum Wage
The measure will raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, the first increase in the wage rate in a decade...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Needing Cash, Cemeteries Seek Breathing Clients
Historic cemeteries, desperate for money to pay for badly needed restorations, are reaching out to the public in ever more unusual ways...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
House Votes to Lift Veil Over Donations From Lobbyists
The House voted to drag into public view the role lobbyists play in soliciting and collecting political contributions...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Immigration Bill Provisions Gain Wide Support in Poll
Americans want to allow illegal immigrants to gain legal status and to create a guest worker program, a Times/CBS News poll found...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
World Business Briefing: Denmark: Offer for Insurer?s Shares
The Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group, a British nonlife insurer, offered 6.4 billion kroner ($1.2 billion) to buy the stock it does not already own in Codan, a nonlife insurer in Denmark. Royal and Sun bid 605 kroner apiece for the shares, a premium of 15 percent over the closing price Wednesday of 525 kroner. Royal and Sun completed the sale of operations in the United States in March to focus on British and Scandinavian businesses and on emerging markets...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
World Business Briefing: Netherlands: Russia Wins a Yukos Round
Russia won an incremental victory in the legal struggle for what remains of the foreign subsidiaries of Yukos. A Dutch court approved a request by the Russian bankruptcy administrator, Eduard K. Rebgun, to represent Yukos in court in the Netherlands. While most of Yukos?s assets have been unraveled and sold at auction, a company bank account in the Netherlands holding about $1 billion from the sale of a Lithuanian refinery is still in dispute. A Dutch court has yet to rule on Mr. Rebgun?s claim to the property, according to a statement by Yukos shareholders. The money is also claimed by Yukos shareholders and creditors...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
World Business Briefing: Spain: Iberia to Consider Takeover Bid
The Spanish airline Iberia said that it had received information on a takeover bid led by the private equity group TPG and that its board would study the offer at its next meeting. TPG is working in a consortium with British Airways, which owns 10 percent of Iberia; an investment fund, Vista Capital; and two private equity firms, Ibersuizas and Quercus Equity, which holds 20 percent of Iberia?s low-cost off-shoot Clickair. Iberia?s board met on Thursday and had been expected to open its books to the bidding group. Iberia did not say when the board was to meet next...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Lionore Favors Norilsk Offer
LionOre Mining International, the nickel producer, said that the takeover offer of $6.8 billion Canadian dollars ($6.3 billion) from Norilsk Nickel of Russia was superior to a rival offer by Xstrata of Switzerland. Xstrata?s most recent bid was for $6.2 billion Canadian dollars. Both companies have now made two offers for LionOre. Under the terms of an agreement signed with LionOre, Xstrata has until June 1 to match Norilsk?s offer...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Bank?s Profit Rises 19%
Toronto-Dominion Bank said that its profit rose 19 percent in the second quarter, helped by a strong performance in all business lines except its retail banking unit in the United States. Toronto-Dominion reported profit of 879 million Canadian dollars ($814 million), up from 738 million Canadian dollars a year ago. Revenue in the period, which ended April 30, rose to 3.5 billion Canadian dollars, from 3.1 billion Canadian dollars. In the United States, TD Banknorth, its New England retail bank, reported lower profit as job cuts and branch closings raised costs. Banknorth earned 23 million Canadian dollars in the quarter, down 61 percent...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Gambling Site Pleads Guilty in U.S. Case
BetonSports pleaded guilty to racketeering charges and agreed to cooperate in a case against the company?s founder and other defendants...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Barnes & Noble Posts Loss
Gross margin fell during the quarter because of increased use of its loyalty program...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
World Business Briefing: Japan: Consumer Prices Slow
Consumer prices fell at a slower pace in April, the government reported. Core consumer prices, which exclude fresh food, declined 0.1 percent from a year earlier. The measure of inflation fell 0.3 percent in March, the steepest drop in two years, matching the median estimate of 44 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. Core prices in Tokyo, a harbinger of nationwide prices, were unchanged for a second month, also in line with economists? expectations...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
A Bid for Topps, the Baseball Card Company
The Upper Deck Company issued a $424 million takeover bid, exceeding a previous offer by an investment group led by Michael D. Eisner...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
EGL Accepts Buyout Offer From Apollo
The logistics company EGL has accepted a higher offer from Ceva Logistics, which is owned by Apollo Management...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Appeals Court Upholds Convictions in Adelphia Fraud Case
John J. Rigas, the founder of Adelphia Communications, and his son Timothy, were convicted on 18 counts of fraud...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Struggling With Feed Costs, Hormel Cuts Outlook for Year
The company has struggled to pass through higher feed costs in its Jennie-O Turkey Store business...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Senator Says F.D.A. Was Lax on Label for Avandia
Federal regulators did not act on a recommendation from their safety reviewers about the risk of heart attacks for the diabetes drug Avandia...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Ann Taylor and Gap Say Earnings Fell in the Quarter
Record gasoline prices, in addition to the coldest April in a decade, discouraged shopping during the quarter...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Fall After a Surge in Home Sales
Housing data showed that sales surged in April by the largest jump in 14 years, dampening hopes of an interest rate cut to stimulate the economy...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Home Sales Climb, but Prices Plummet
A Commerce Department report offered no clear picture of whether the worst of the nation?s housing slump is over...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Rival May Enter Bidding To Acquire Bausch & Lomb
Advanced Medical Optics said it is willing to pay more than the $3.67 billion the eye care company accepted from a private equity firm...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
U.S. Growth Expected to Cool, Falling Below Pace in Europe
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said a slowdown in the U.S. housing market will limit economic expansion...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
For New York, Big Job Growth Is in Home Care
Poor-paying positions in health care and social services have driven recent growth in employment in the city...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Net Income Falls 79% At Luxury-Home Builder
Government data showing an unexpected surge in new-home sales were little comfort to Toll Brothers...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
G.M. Expects to Take a $1 Billion Charge for Delphi Costs
The automaker will take $1 billion charge and pay a total of $7 billion to cover retirement costs for workers at the Delphi Corporation...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
F.B.I. Seizes Air Ambulance Company?s Files
Investigators have seized records from Air Evac Lifeteam as part of an investigation into possible health care fraud...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Advertising: Custom Stamps as a Status Symbol
Congress may have swept aside a law against advertising on postage stamps, but not many businesses are using them to market their products...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Insider: Topics That Make Money Managers Get All Sentimental
Since its founding 12 years ago, the Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference, has been an ?It? event in hedge fund circles...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Apologetic, Home Depot Tries to Move Beyond Nardelli?s Shadow
Robert L. Nardelli, Home Depot?s ousted chief executive, loomed large over this year?s annual shareholder meeting...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Congress Putting Long-Term Care Under Scrutiny
A Congressional committee began looking into business practices in the long-term care insurance industry...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Chinese Officials Extol Benefits of U.S. Relations
Chinese leaders appeared to make little headway in quelling Congressional anger over China?s economic practices...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
At Cannes This Year, the Bankers May Outnumber the Movie Stars
Wall Street banks, private equity firms and hedge funds are increasingly trying to arrange and finance entertainment deals...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Documents From Sallie Mae Add to Questions About Timing of $18 Million Stock Sale
The investigation centers on whether Albert L. Lord had inside information about budget cuts for companies participating in the federally guaranteed student loan program...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
[TS] High & Low Finance: Risky Bets on Winning Tax Fights
American public companies are betting billions on tax breaks that may not work out...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Coming Soon to Wal-Mart: 2 Dell PCs
Dell will sell only two models of multimedia computers at Wal-Mart, the first step toward transforming its direct-sales strategy...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Coca-Cola Is Said to Buy Vitaminwater
Coca-Cola?s directors approved the purchase of Glaceau, the maker of Vitaminwater, for $4.2 billion...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
China?s Leaders Confront Their Own Manic Market
China?s bigger challenges lie in how to rein in the soaring stock market and whom to pick as the next governor of the central bank...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Investigation Is Said to Open on Dow Chemical
The S.E.C. has begun an inquiry into whether two senior executives secretly tried to put the company into play...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
A Makeover for Facebook, and a Growing Audience
The Internet?s second-largest social network is getting in MySpace?s face with an ambitious strategy for expansion...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
More Than Ever, It Pays to Be the Top Executive
The gap between the top executive?s pay and the pay of executives a rank or two down is quickly widening...
New York Times - May 25, 2007
Date set for Gonzales vote
The US Senate is to hold a vote of no-confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in June...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
US minimum wage gets $2 boost
The minimum wage in the US will rise by $2.10 per hour, the first rise in a decade, after a vote by the US Congress...
BBC News - May 25, 2007
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