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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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Lawyer in TB Scare Is Released From Hospital
Hospital officials said the lawyer, Andrew Speaker, who arrived at the medical center on May 31, was no longer contagious and there was no further detectible evidence of infection...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Vick Pleads Not Guilty in Dog Fighting Case
Falcons? quarterback Michael Vick and three defendants pleaded not guilty in federal court and were released without bond...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
F.D.A. Review Criticizes Diabetes Drug and Maker
Patients who take Avandia are far more likely to suffer and die from heart problems than those who take Actos, according to federal drug reviewers...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Judge Strikes Down Town?s Immigration Law
The decision blocking a local law designed to deter illegal immigration could affect dozens of other communities...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Uncle of Suspect in Cheshire Home Invasion Speaks
The uncle of Joshua Komisarjevsky offered his family?s sympathy to the victims of ?a monstrous, deranged act.?...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Tour Has New Leader, but Doping Questions Remain
No riders were found to have failed a drug test, no teams dropped out and there were no protests at the Tour de France today as Alberto Contador took over the yellow jersey...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
F.B.I. Chief Challenges Gonzales?s Testimony
Robert S. Mueller 3rd contradicted Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales?s sworn testimony on a confrontation with then-Attorney General John Ashcroft over the Bush administration?s secret eavesdropping program...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Black & Decker Profit Falls as Housing Sector Slows
The toolmaker said net income in the second quarter profit fell to $118 million from $152.2 million a year ago, citing the tough U.S. residential construction sector...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Blockbuster Posts Loss on Online Business Costs
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New York Times - July 26, 2007
Goodyear Profit Jumps on Shift to Higher-Profit Tires
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New York Times - July 26, 2007
XM Satellite Radio Narrows Losses in 2nd Quarter
The company reported a second-quarter loss of $176 million, compared with a loss of $232 million, in the year-ago quarter, as it continued to add subscribers...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Beazer Homes Posts Loss on Charges and Price Cuts
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New York Times - July 26, 2007
Homebuilder Posts Loss on Inventory Charge
D.R. Horton said today it posted a third-quarter loss of $832.8 million as it recorded charges to write down the value of unsold inventory and deposits on land...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Amgen Profit Rises Sharply
The company, whose anemia drugs have come under fire, reported net profit of $1.02 billion, up from a year ago, when it took a large acquisition-related charge...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Raytheon Posts $1.34 Billion Profit
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New York Times - July 26, 2007
[TS] High & Low Finance: In This Mess, Finger Pointing Is in Style
Floyd Norris discusses who should take the blame for the chaos in the subprime mortgage industry...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Toy-Train Maker Discusses Lead Paint Problem
The chief executive of RC2, maker of Thomas & Friends toy trains, says the company has strengthened its safety precautions after a June recall of toys with lead paint...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Toymaking in China, Mattel?s Way
Concerns about product safety and workplace conditions have driven Mattel to become a role model for how to do business prudently in China...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Apparel Maker Buying 2 Companies
VF?s acquisitions of Seven for All Mankind and Lucy Activewear for a combined $885 million are intended to add new contemporary labels to brands including Wrangler and The North Face...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Stocks Slide on Growth and Lending Worries
The Dow industrials lost more than 300 points in the worst one-day decline since markets plunged worldwide in late February...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Vick 'not guilty' of dog fighting
Atlanta Falcons' star quarterback Michael Vick pleads not guilty to charges of organising dog fights...
BBC News - July 26, 2007
Payout for men framed by FBI
The US government is ordered to pay out about $100m in the case of four men wrongly convicted of a Mafia killing...
BBC News - July 26, 2007
Bush aides in US firings subpoena
Strategist Karl Rove is one of two White House aides called to testify to senators over the firing of US prosecutors...
BBC News - July 26, 2007
Vick Faces Day in Court on Dogfighting Charges
The starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, is due in court in Richmond, Va., later today to respond to the charges...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
No Rider Dons Yellow Jersey for Stage 17
After the overall leader was booted from the Tour de France, the race resumed without a rider wearing the yellow jersey for the 17th stage, which was won by Italian Daniele Bennati...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Democrats Demand Perjury Inquiry for Gonzales
Senate Democrats called today for a special counsel to investigate the attorney general?s testimony...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Wendy?s Posts 2nd-Quarter Profit
The restaurant chain, which recently put itself up for sale, reported a quarterly profit of $29.2 million as it worked on its image with new products and advertising...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Newell Rubbermaid Profit Jumps 19 Percent
The consumer products maker reported second-quarter profit of $142.2 million on a modest increase in sales...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Coca-Cola Enterprises Profit Falls
The largest bottler of Coca-Cola drinks reported that quarterly profit fell to $270 million from $339 million, hurt by falling North American demand for soft drinks...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Kellogg 2Q Profit Up 13 Percent
The company?s second-quarter profit rose to $301 million on strong revenue growth and improved margins, and it raised its full-year profit guidance...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Office Depot 2Q Earns Dip 8 Percent
The retailer said its profits dipped 8 percent in the second quarter as weak sales in North America offset double-digit growth in international sales...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
US Airways 2Q Profit Falls 14 Percent
The airline said higher costs hit profit but results topped Wall Street?s expectations and the carrier began recalling furloughed flight attendants and pilots...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Bristol-Myers Profit Rises 6 Percent on Newer Drugs
The company said quarterly earnings rose to $706 million on resumed growth for its blood-clot preventer, Plavix, and higher sales of other drugs...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
3M Posts Higher Profit, Raises Forecast
The company said second-quarter profit rose about 4 percent to $917 million, driven by strong results in the safety and security, and health care businesses...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Comcast Net Income Rises 28 Percent
The nation's largest cable TV operator said a surge in subscribers for digital TV and its package of TV, Internet and phone services helped boost its revenue...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Travelers 2nd-Quarter Profit Up 29 Percent
The top writer of commercial auto and business insurance policies, said profit rose to $1.25 billion, helped by higher underwriting gains and net investment income...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Aetna Quarterly Profit Jumps 16 Percent
The insurer posted second-quarter earnings of $451.3 million as it capitalized on and fee increases, membership growth, cost containment and higher investment income...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Dow Chemical Profit Up 2 Percent
The company said second-quarter profit rose to $1.04 billion as strong international growth offset weakness in the North American housing and automotive sectors...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
June Durable Goods Orders Rose 1.4 Percent
New orders for long-lasting U.S-made manufactured goods rose 1.4 percent in June on a big rise in orders for non-defense aircraft, the Commerce Department reported...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Sony Quarterly Profit Doubles
Sony reported first-quarter profit of $554 million as strong digital camera sales and the success of ?Spider-Man 3? helped offset losses from its PlayStation 3 console...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
New Home Sales Fell 6.6 Percent in June
New single-family home sales fell to an annual rate of 834,000 from a revised rate of 893,000 in May and the median sales price of a new home fell 1.3 percent, the Commerce Department said...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Stocks Tumble on Credit Concerns
Wall Street fell sharply today, extending its weeks-long streak of volatility after home sales figures added to investors? increasing uneasiness about lending markets...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Exxon Profit Slips, Surprisingly
The company?s second-quarter profit fell to $10.26 billion as refining gains failed to offset drops in oil and natural gas production. But its profit still remained substantial...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Ford Swings to Profit in 2nd Quarter
The automaker today reported its first quarterly profit in two years, although it continued its money-losing streak in its core market of North America...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
YouTube debate: hype or history?
The BBC looks at reactions to the first US Democratic presidential debate to use only video questions sent via YouTube...
BBC News - July 26, 2007
Sales of new US homes in decline
Sales of new homes fell in June for the second month in a row as US housing market woes continued, figures show...
BBC News - July 26, 2007
US sceptical of WTO trade plan
The US is concerned about new draft plans for a global trade deal to be debated by the WTO on 3 September...
BBC News - July 26, 2007
Singer Etta James in LA hospital
Blues legend Etta James is in a stable condition in hospital, following abdominal surgery last month...
BBC News - July 26, 2007
Ford posts surprise $750m profit
US carmaker Ford posts its first quarterly profit since 2005 and hints at selling Jaguar and Land Rover...
BBC News - July 26, 2007
Savings and Issues in Candidates? Use of Private Jets
Presidential candidates? use of jets shows how some campaigns have reaped benefits from supporters by using corporate jets at costs lower than chartering a plane...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Boeing Tops Wall Street?s Expectations
The U.S. aircraft-maker posted its largest quarterly profit in nearly four years on the strength of its airplane business...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Debt crisis hits Chrysler buyout
The recent volatility in global debt markets has thrown the funding for the buyout of Chrysler into disarray...
BBC News - July 26, 2007
Disney makes no smoking pledge
The Walt Disney Company says it will stop showing cigarette smoking in its family-oriented films...
BBC News - July 26, 2007
Colombia landmines blamed on Farc
A US-based rights group blames Colombian rebels for the country's more than 1,000 landmine-related deaths...
BBC News - July 26, 2007
Is Junie B. Jones Talking Trash?
The book series has the voice of a young reader, and that is troubling to some grammarians and parents...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Panel Votes to Hold Two in Contempt of Congress
The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to hold President Bush?s chief of staff and the former White House counsel in contempt of Congress...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Spitzer?s Office Vows to Fight Investigation
Gov. Eliot Spitzer vowed to fight any State Senate inquiry into his administration?s internal operations...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Find Yourself Packing It on? Blame Friends
Obesity can spread from person to person, much like a virus, researchers report...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Tour in Tatters: Team Ousts the Race Leader
Michael Rasmussen, the event?s overall leader, was dismissed from the Tour de France for lying about his whereabouts during training...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Bush Panel Seeks Overhaul in Care of Wounded G.I.?s
A presidential panel on military and veterans health care concluded that the system was insufficient for the demands of two modern wars...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Farm Subsidies Seem Immune to an Overhaul
Democratic leaders have lowered their sights on cutting farm subsidies in part to protect rural freshman lawmakers who may be vulnerable in the 2008 elections...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Stagehands Bracing for Broadway Showdown
Starting next week members of the union that represents the carpenters, electricians, props workers and sound technicians on Broadway will be reporting to work without a contract...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Bechtel Meets Goals on Fewer Than Half of Its Iraq Rebuilding Projects, U.S. Study Finds
The report, by an independent body, places a large share of the blame for the failures on the government overseers at the U.S. aid agency...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Foundations Find Benefits in Facing Up to Failures
Today, many of the nation?s largest foundations regard disclosing and analyzing their failures as bordering on a moral obligation...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Merger to Create Insurer With 9.5. Million Clients
A British insurer, Resolution, said that it would buy a rival, Friends Provident, in an all-stock deal that would create one of Britain?s largest life insurers...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Sweden: Volvo Misses Forecast as Its Profit Falls Steeply
The truck maker Volvo posted an unexpected decline in second-quarter profit and forecast more weakness in the United States, setting off a 9 percent decline in its share price...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Trade Surplus Grows 53 Percent
The trade surplus surged in June as a weaker yen and higher overseas demand for electronics and cars helped exports rise at the fastest pace in five months...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: South Korea: Manufacturing Fuels Economic Expansion
South Korea?s economy grew sharply in the second quarter, expanding at its fastest rate in a year, fueled by strong output of semiconductors, ships and automobiles, the Bank of Korea said. Gross domestic product expanded 4.9 percent in the three months ended June 30 from the second quarter last year, the central bank said. That was up from the 4 percent rate in the first quarter and the highest since growth of 5.1 percent in the second quarter last year. Compared with the previous quarter, the economy grew 1.7 percent. The manufacturing sector grew 3.6 percent in the second quarter, rebounding from a contraction of 0.9 percent in the first quarter. South Korea?s exports grew 5.2 percent, up from the first quarter?s 2.7 percent expansion...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Wii Sales Help Quintuple Profit for Nintendo
Surging sales of Nintendo?s Wii and DS video game systems lifted the company?s quarterly profit fivefold, prompting the Japanese game maker to raise its annual earnings forecast 40 percent...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Quarterly Earnings at Xerox Rose on Sales of Color Copiers
Color pages are five times more profitable for Xerox than black-and-white prints...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Colgate Profit Rises 47% on Better Margins
Colgate-Palmolive said that second-quarter profits improved thanks to cost cutting measures and increased market share due to record advertising spending...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Pulte Posts Loss on Decline in Land Values
The home builder Pulte Homes reported a second-quarter loss after taking charges related to lower land values and job cuts...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Glaxo Profit Rises but Sales Decline as It Doubles Stock Buyback Plan
GlaxoSmithKline reported a 1.4 percent rise in net profits despite a drop in revenue and troubles surrounding it?s diabetes drug Avandia...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
WellPoint Matches Forecasts, but Company?s Shares Decline
Despite an 11 percent rise in profits at WellPoint, the largest U.S. health insurer by enrollment, shares fell after the company reported a drop in membership from the first quarter...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Conoco Earnings Drop Sharply on Asset Losses in Venezuela
Profits dropped 94 percent in the second quarter at ConocoPhillips due to charges related to its Venezuelan assets, where it has abandoned its heavy oil projects...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Profit Increases Slightly at E*Trade
Second-quarter profits at E*Trade, the discount brokerage, increased slightly but failed to meet analysts? expectations...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Imported Brands Help Lift Brewer?s Profit
Anheuser-Busch said that its second quarter profit rose, helped by higher prices, increased productivity and strong sales of imported brands like Tsingtao and Corona...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
General Dynamics Beats Estimates
Second quarter profits declined at the military contractor General Dynamics due to one-time charges, but its private jet and combat equipment divisions helped boost core earnings...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
As Profit Falls, Shares in Tribune Co. Rise on Progress of Buyout Plan
The company?s chief executive said he anticipates closing the transaction in the fourth quarter, following F.C.C. approval...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Profit Is Up 24% at Qualcomm
Strong demand for Internet-enabled cellphones helped raise profits at the mobile chipmaker...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Daimler?s Mercedes Unit Reports Strong 2nd-Quarter Profit Growth
Mercedes?s earnings were up 74 percent, beating expectations, despite a dip in unit sales...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
2 Leaders to Quit if TXU Is Bought
The Texas power company TXU Corporation urged shareholders to vote for its planned takeover by a private equity group, despite the objection of its largest shareholder...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Chip Firm Settles a Backdating Case
Chipmaker KLA-Tencor settled with the S.E.C. on charges that it had concealed more than $200 million in compensation through options backdating...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
NBC Names Head of TV Interests
Jeff Gaspin will become the C.O.O. of NBC?s Universal Television Group, giving him responsibility for the company?s TV business outside of the NBC network...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Don?t Go West, Young Man. Buy Yourself a Franchise Instead.
A growing group of recent college graduates are bypassing regular employment to become franchisees...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Wall Street Edges Up on Earnings Reports
Stocks were up on Wednesday on strong earnings reports, but investors are worried about deteriorating lending conditions...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Advertising: Contests, YouTube and Commercials Converge for Skin Product
Looking for the ?Hottest Mom in America,? Medicis Pharmaceutical introduced a multimedia campaign to market its cosmetic wrinkle filler to middle-income women...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Thomas & Friends Toy Maker Discusses Lead Paint Problem
The chief executive of RC2, maker of Thomas & Friends toy trains, says the company has strengthened its safety precautions after June recall of toys with lead paint...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Federal Indictment in Options Grants
The former president and C.O.O. of SafeNet, a maker of network security products, was indicted on securities fraud charges in connection with the backdating of employee stock options...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
A Public Airing for Proposals on Shareholders
A divided S.E.C. issued two dramatically different proposals on how and whether shareholders can nominate corporate directors...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Bowing to Pressure, Disney Bans Smoking in Its Branded Movies
The Walt Disney Company said it would ban cigarettes from being shown in its family films and would discourage it in other films...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
June Sales of Existing Homes Fell 3.8%
National Association of Realtors reported that existing homes sales fell to the slowest pace since November 2002, a decline that was twice what had been expected...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Weakness in Advertising Reduces Earnings at Times Company
Continued declines in advertising revenue pushed down operating profit at the New York Times Company, but second-quarter earnings were up on the sale of its television stations...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Chrysler Deal in a Struggle for Financing
Bankers have been unable to raise all of the money needed for the buyout of the Chrysler Group by a private-equity firm, but officials say the deal remains on track...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
In Poker Match Against a Machine, Humans Are Better Bluffers
Hidden cards and risk-taking behavior like bluffing has made poker a difficult challenge for software designers. But as with chess and checkers, the computers are catching up...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Apple Profit Soars 73% as Sales Rise
The results exceeded analysts? expectations as the company reported strong sales of iPods and Macintosh computers, as well as the sale of 270,000 iPhones...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
Dancing Elmo Smackdown
Concerns about product safety and workplace conditions have driven the toy-maker Mattel to become a role model for how to do business prudently in China...
New York Times - July 26, 2007
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