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US News Archive for December 2007:
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TV Decoder Blog: TV Decoder: ?TMZ? on TV Finds Its Footing
Jim Paratore and Harvey Levin, shown in September, are the executive producers of "TMZ." (AP) The three-month-old television version of ?TMZ,? which is based on the popular Web site about the foibles of Britney, J. Lo and the like, continues to rank as the top-rated new show in syndication. Harvey Levin, the managing editor of TMZ.com and [...]...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
City Room: City Room: Replacement for Doctoroff Named
Robert C. Lieber, the president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, will be the deputy mayor for economic development. Edward Skyler, the deputy mayor for administration, will now also serve as deputy mayor for operations...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
A Tale of 2 States
Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are separated not just by ideology, but also by the political cultures from which they hail...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
City Room: New York Projected to Lose Seats in Congress
New York?s delegation in the House is likely to shrink from 29 to 27 seats after the 2010 Census, an analysis projects...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
McCain Campaigns in Iowa, Energized by New Hampshire
Senator John McCain is hoping to translate his ascendancy in recent polls in New Hampshire into some momentum in a state where he has struggled...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Fed Increases Lending to Banks
U.S. banks on average borrowed $4.83 billion a day directly from the Federal Reserve in the week ended Dec. 26, up from $4.62 billion a day the previous week...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
HIgh & low finance: Seeking Warning Signs Outside Subprime Lending
Just how different was subprime lending from other lending in the days of easy money that prevailed until this summer?...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Amazon Adds Warner Music Tunes to Download Service
Amazon.com has signed on Warner Music Group to its music download service, which aims to compete with Apple?s industry-dominating iTunes online store...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
China Finds Eager Allies for Olympic Security
Some American companies are helping China design and install one of the most comprehensive high-tech public surveillance systems in the world...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Durable Goods Orders Rise, but Disappoint
Orders for manufactured goods at American factories rose only slightly in November, falling short of expectations...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Stocks End the Day on a Slide
Oil prices surged and U.S. stock markets took a tumble as investors grappled with a slew of weak economic data and concerns about economic fallout from the assassination of Benazir Bhutto...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Warner agrees to use MP3 format
Warner Music agrees to sell its music for download on Amazon in MP3 format without copy protection...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Tiger death zoo walls 'too low'
The head of a zoo where a tiger killed a teenager says the wall around the tiger enclosure is lower than recommended...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
The Moment: Bedouin Style in the Modern City
Day 4 with this week's guest blogger, Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Tankleff Freed After Posting Bail
After being imprisoned nearly half his life for the murders of his parents, Martin H. Tankleff walked free Thursday...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
China Offers Production Guidelines for Seafood
The government said the standards would cover everything from breeding fish and seafood products to disease prevention and drug controls...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
A Slight Rise in Consumer Confidence
American consumers grew more confident in December despite underlying concerns about the health of the economy, the Conference Board reported...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Factory Orders Fall Short of Forecasts
American factories saw orders for costly manufactured goods rise only marginally in November, underscoring the strains to the economy from housing and credit problems...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Stocks Fall After Bhutto Assassination
Oil prices surged and U.S. stock markets dipped as investors worried about fallout from the assassination of Benazir Bhutto as well as a batch of weak economic data...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Cricket: West Indies in control
Shivnarine Chanderpaul becomes the third man to hit half-centuries in seven consecutive Test innings as West Indies take control against South Africa...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Fox films 'for rent via iTunes'
Apple and 20th Century Fox are to announce a deal that will allow people to rent films via iTunes, reports say...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
US tiger death zoo a crime scene
Police declare the San Francisco zoo where a tiger killed a teenager a crime scene...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Two held over US family killings
Two people are arrested after six people, believed to be from the same family, are found dead at home near Seattle...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
The Caucus: Clinton Conveys a Fighting Spirit
A more pointed attack on the Bush presidency...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
The Long Run: Bridging 4 Decades, a Large, Close-Knit Brood
Of the Republican candidates, John McCain has the most children, yet they are largely absent from his campaign...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
City Is Doubling Police Program to Reduce Crime
All new officers in New York City will be sent into some of the city?s toughest areas...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Thomas Morgan, a Journalist and Activist, Dies at 56
Mr. Morgan was a former reporter and editor at The New York Times who was a president of the National Association of Black Journalists...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
New York Heresy: Editor Heads South
Sid Evans, the successful editor of Field & Stream, has decided to leave the magazine to edit a fledgling publication in South Carolina, surprising his colleagues...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
U.S. Ruling Backs Benefit Cut at 65 in Retiree Plans
A new regulation lets employers establish two classes of retirees, with more benefits for those under 65 and fewer, or none at all, for those older...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Argentine nurse seized in Somalia
The Somali security forces are hunting for the gang which kidnapped two women who work for an aid agency...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
Bumper Christmas for Amazon
Online retail giant Amazon says the 2007 holiday season was its strongest since it began trading in 1994...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
The Moment Blog: The Insider?s Outsider
A confused T staffer asks, 'Wachoo talking' about, fellas?'...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
The Lede Blog: The Lede: The Story and the Tiger
It?s not every day that a 350-pound tiger breaks out of its cage and runs loose in the United States. Now imagine that tiger running rampant in a zoo and attacking three people, killing one of them and sending the other two to a hospital with bite marks and deep wounds before the animal could [...]...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Patriots-Giants Game Now on NBC and CBS
The Patriots-Giants game will be available to fans throughout the nation under an agreement reached by NBC and CBS to simulcast it...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Fastest-Growing States Show Slower Expansion
The bursting housing bubble squelched expansion in some of the nation?s fastest-growing states in the year that ended July 1, according to an analysis of census figures...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
The Long Run: Bridging 2 Marriages, a Large, Close-Knit Brood
Among the Republican candidates, John McCain has the greatest number of children, yet they are largely absent in the primary battle...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Crime Drops, and New York Acts to Keep It Under Control
Every new police officer in New York City will be sent onto the streets of some of the city?s toughest neighborhoods as part of a broad anticrime operation, the city announced...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
New York Heresy: Successful Magazine Editor Leaves for a Smaller Job in the South
Sid Evans, the successful editor of Field & Stream, has decided to leave the magazine to edit a fledgling publication, surprising his colleagues...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Panel Allows Bloomberg Wider Investment Options
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, seeking to bolster his charitable giving, has reached a new agreement with the City Conflicts of Interest Board that will allow him to move his money into more aggressive investments...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Many Retirees May Lose Benefits From Employers
A new regulation allows employers to establish two classes of retirees, with more comprehensive benefits for those under 65 and more limited benefits ? or none at all ? for those older...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Leap Wireless Restates Results for Last 3 Years
The operator of the Cricket and Jump pay-as-you-go mobile phone services restated more than three years of its financial results...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Appeals Court Reinstates Patent Suit Against Google
Google must face a Wisconsin company?s lawsuit over a toolbar feature that generates Web links from search data, a federal appeals court decided...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Chip Makers Delay a Merger of Their Memory Divisions
STMicroelectronics and Intel announced a delay in the merger of their unprofitable memory units...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Maryland Insurance Regulator Takes Control of ACA Unit
Under the agreement, the troubled bond insurance firm, ACA, will be restricted in issuing dividends to its parent company...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Tyson Rewards Top Executives After Return to Profit
Tyson Foods boosted its C.E.O.?s pay fivefold and quadrupled the pay of its former chief as the company returned to profit after a 2006 loss...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
More NetSuite Sold
The software maker NetSuite and its investors sold an additional 930,000 shares. The stock, which had risen 49 percent since going public Dec. 20, fell back 6.6 percent...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Futures Broker Settles a Federal Case
MF Global agreed to pay more than $77 million to settle federal charges it had failed to watch over a hedge fund charged with fraud...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Investor Raises Stake in Bank to Over 9%
The investor Joseph Lewis disclosed that he had increased his stake in Bear Stearns to 9.57 percent...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Weak Holiday Results Feed Disappointment
Stocks finished largely flat on news of weaker-than-expected retail sales and a jump in oil prices...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
2 Chinese Automakers Uniting Operations
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. and Nanjing Automobile Corp., said they will combine their production assets in hopes of creating a globally competitive firm...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
China to Levy Tariffs on Some Exported Steel Products
China said it would introduce export tariffs and increase rates on other items to rein in a record trade surplus and cut energy consumption and pollution...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Sallie Mae to Sell Stock to Pay Off a Failed Bet
The troubled student loan giant, said it would raise $2.5 billion by selling stock and use the money to pay off a disastrous bet on its commons stock price...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Documents of Library in Boston to Go on Web
A project to put the Boston Public Library?s paper-based government documents online will take two years and require the hand scanning of millions of pages...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Advertising: Shifting Coupons, From Clip and Save to Point and Click
Coupon lovers, take heart. The era of waiting, scissors in hand, for the Sunday newspaper circular is over...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
After a Death, a Chief Is Appointed
Andrew B. Mitchell was named C.E.O. of the California-based hedge fund firm Pacificor, succeeding Michael Klein, who was killed in a plane crash in Panama...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
In Europe, Tighter Lending but Not a Squeeze
An outright credit squeeze has not arrived in Europe, but some bankers there are finding it trickier to navigate the global credit crisis...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Inside Apple Stores, a Certain Aura Enchants the Faithful
Apple?s stock skyrocketed 135 percent in 2007, and its sleek retail gadget emporiums are a large part of that success...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Private Place for Smokers, on the Web
Le Lab, an internal Web site at Altadis, Europe?s tobacco giant, is meant to be part social networking site, part data resource, part virtual pep rally...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Home Prices Fell Faster in October
The decline in home prices accelerated and spread to more regions of the country in October, according to new data...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Las Vegas Wins Big
Revenues on the Vegas strip are rising, even as rival casinos struggle...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Behind the Jackpot: The $50 Ticket: A Lottery Boon Raises Concern
Critics say that instant scratch-off games are more likely to contribute to problem gambling...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Judge Hands I.R.S. Victory in Tax Shelter
A civil court has ruled that a popular tax-avoidance scheme known as Son of Boss was abusive and any deductions claimed for it were invalid...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
Major Retailers Feel the Squeeze From Consumers
Once seemingly invincible marquee chains like Coach, Target, Starbucks and Abercrombie & Fitch are settling for ho-hum growth this winter...
New York Times - December 27, 2007
NY to reduce gas emissions
New York City begins an ambitious project to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030...
BBC News - December 27, 2007
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