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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 June 2007:
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Brown pledges era of change
Gordon Brown becomes the UK's new prime minister after replacing Tony Blair. "Let the work of change begin," Brown said in his first speech as PM. Hours later, Blair is named peace envoy, according to a Mideast Quartet statement...
CNN - June 27, 2007
Cheerleaders die in fiery head-on crash
A fiery head-on collision killed five women in a sport utility vehicle less than a week after they graduated from a high school in a suburb of Rochester, New York. Four were cheerleaders at Fairport High School, the principal said...
CNN - June 27, 2007
2008 hopefuls scramble for cash as deadline looms
With a Saturday night deadline for second-quarter fundraising ahead, presidential candidates from both major parties are scrambling to rake in the cash before the clock runs out...
CNN - June 27, 2007
Doubts Emerge About Passage of Immigration Bill
Several lawmakers signaled today that they were undecided about supporting the Senate immigration bill...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Blair Is Appointed Mideast Envoy
Tony Blair?s appointment came as violence surged in the Gaza Strip, with 13 Palestinians killed during Israeli military incursions...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Senate Issues Subpoenas in Eavesdropping Investigation
The Senate Judiciary Committee sent subpoenas to the White House, vice president?s office and the Justice Department...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Liz Claiborne, Designer of Women?s Clothes, Dies at 78
She defied the male-dominated ranks of the fashion industry and started her own hugely successful company...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Advertising: Nielsen Agrees to Acquire Telephia
Cellphones are rapidly becoming ubiquitous and the Nielsen Company, the longtime monitor of television consumption, wants in...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Wells Fargo Fined in Disclosure Case
The NASD said Wednesday that it had fined Wells Fargo and its former director of research for failing to disclose that an analyst had taken a job with the company she was recommending...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Tennis: Roddick in third round
Andy Roddick beats Danai Udomchoke in straight sets to reach round three at Wimbledon...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
Unease about big powers 'rising'
Worldwide opinion is increasingly wary of big powers and their leaders, a new global study suggests...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
Fujimori to run in Japan election
Peruvian ex-leader Alberto Fujimori, under house arrest in Chile, is to run for office in Japan...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
Half the World Soon to Be in Cities
By next year, 3.3 billion people will live in towns and cities, according to a U.N. report released today...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Texas and Oklahoma Hit by Flooding
The flooding today forced some residents to climb to the tops of their vehicles, houses and trees to await rescue...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Israeli Attacks Kill 13 in Gaza
Eleven of those killed during Israeli military incursions in the Gaza Strip were Palestinian militants, according to Palestinian hospital officials...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Fuel Rationing in Iran Prompts Lines and Protests
Protesters set fire to at least two gas stations in Tehran last night after the announcement of the fuel rationing...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
In Food Safety Crackdown, China Closes 180 Plants
China has launched an overhaul of its food safety regulations in the aftermath of a series of international food scares involving Chinese exports...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Scant Drug Benefits Called Costly to Employers
Charging workers out-of-pocket costs for medicines may be more than offset by reduced productivity, a study found...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Fed expected to hold rates
The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates at their current level of 5.25% on Thursday...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
Nuclear black market warning
Networks selling nuclear know-how on the black market pose a greater threat than ever, an expert warns...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
EU backs US data transfer deal
EU diplomats approve a deal allowing the Swift bank transfer firm to continue sharing data with the US...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
US to name Muslim states envoy
President Bush is to name an envoy to the 57-nation OIC, in a bid to improve ties with the Muslim world...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
Fifa climbs down on altitude rule
Fifa raises the altitude limit on international matches to 3,000m after protests from South American countries...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
Blair to step down as British PM
Tony Blair is poised to step down as British Prime Minister after more than a decade in power, paving the way for Gordon Brown to succeed him...
CNN - June 27, 2007
Protesters torch Iran gas stations
The Iranian government's last-minute decision to ration monthly fuel allotments, as well as increase the price of gas, triggered protests and riots -- a rarity in the Islamic republic, according to Iranian media reports...
CNN - June 27, 2007
Outcome of an Ad Contest Starts an Uproar on YouTube
Some YouTube users cried foul when they saw the winning video in a Malibu Caribbean Rum user-generated advertising contest...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Chinese tyre row escalates in US
A Chinese tyre firm defends its safety record after US regulators order a recall of its goods...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
Football: Peru in Copa shock
Peru thrash Uruguay 3-0 in the first match of the Copa America, while hosts Venezuela draw 2-2 with Bolivia...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
One in two 'will live in cities'
More than half the world's people will live in cities by 2008, mainly in developing countries, the UN says...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
Poll: U.S. war support at new low
Public support in the United States for the war in Iraq has fallen to a new low and Republican support is beginning to waver, a poll has found. In the latest CNN-Opinion Research Corporation poll, 69 percent of those polled believe things are going badly in Iraq, and anti-war sentiment among Republican poll respondents has suddenly increased...
CNN - June 27, 2007
Art Critic or Vandal? ?The Splasher? Leaves Clues
Street artists have speculated for months about the identity of a mysterious figure who has become known as ?the Splasher.?...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Files on Illegal Spying Show C.I.A. Skeletons From Cold War
Long-secret documents released Tuesday provide new details about how the Central Intelligence Agency illegally spied on Americans decades ago...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Reflections in an Ice Cube: The Drinks of Memory
The right summer drink at the right moment feels like a lifeline and can stamp itself on the memory for years...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Canada?s Policy on Immigrants Brings Backlog
Canada?s merit-based immigration system has created waits of four years or more for immigrants...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
New Poll Finds That Young Americans Are Leaning Left
Young Americans are more likely to favor an open-door policy on immigration, the legalization of gay marriage and government-run health care, a poll found...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
George Kovacs, Innovator in Lighting Fixtures, Dies at 80
A designer, manufacturer and importer of innovative and stylish modern lighting fixtures, Mr. Kovacs introduced the ubiquitous halogen torchiere to the U.S...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Ralph Stayer, 92, Popularizer of Bratwurst, Dies
Ralph F. Stayer was the founder of a Wisconsin sausage company that helped popularize bratwurst in the United States...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Manulife Acquires a Fund Sales Group
The Manulife Financial Corporation, a Canadian life insurance company, said it would buy the Berkshire-TWC Financial Group?s mutual fund and securities dealerships to bolster its Canadian wealth management business. Manulife said the deal would double its number of Canadian wealth management advisers and triple its assets under administration in that business. The deal is part of a plan by Manulife of Toronto to expand its mutual funds unit. The takeover creates a sales force of 1,500 independent advisers and a business with about 19 billion Canadian dollars ($17.7 billion) in assets under administration. The price was not disclosed...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
World Business Briefing: Saudi Arabia: Mobile Phone Assets Acquired in Malaysia
The Saudi Telecom Company, the largest phone company in Saudi Arabia, bought a 25 percent stake in Maxis Communications of Malaysia for 11.4 billion riyals ($3 billion) to tap growth in developing markets like India. Saudi Telecom bought the shares from a Malaysian billionaire, T. Ananda Krishnan, who last month offered to buy the 40 percent that he did not already control in Maxis, which is based in Kuala Lumpur and is the country?s largest mobile phone operator. Maxis has 14 million subscribers in Malaysia and India. Under the agreement, Saudi Telecom will also acquire 51 percent stake in PT Natrindo Telepon Selular, the Maxis subsidiary in Indonesia, the company said...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
World Business Briefing: Japan: Coca-Cola Buys Stake in a Bottler in Tokyo
The Coca-Cola Company will buy a 34 percent stake in the Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling Company to increase sales in Japan after volume declined last year. The Japanese subsidiary of Coca-Cola will buy new shares of the closely held Tokyo-based bottler, the companies said in a statement. The financial terms were not disclosed. The Takanashi family, which founded the bottler 50 years ago, will retain control of about 65 percent of the company, Charlie Sutlive, a Coca-Cola spokesman, said...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
World Business Briefing: France: Alstom Buys a Wind Energy Company
Alstom, a maker of coal-fired power stations, agreed to buy Ecotècnia of Spain to enter the wind energy market. Alstom will pay 350 million euros ($471 million) for Ecotècnia, which also makes solar panels, it said. The purchase will help Alstom, which is based in Paris, expand in the United States and Asia, it said. Buying Ecotècnia strengthens Alstom?s presence in renewable energy as governments seek alternatives to coal, gas and oil. Alstom also sells hydroelectric equipment and worked with Russia?s state nuclear agency in April to develop atomic plants...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
World Business Briefing: Altria to Expand Cigarette Output in Europe
The Altria Group, the cigarette maker, will close a North Carolina factory and increase European production to save $335 million a year by 2011. The shutdown of the plant in Cabarrus County will result in a one-time charge of $325 million in the second quarter, Altria said. The company, which is based in New York, may be preparing to spin off its international unit, analysts and investors said. Factories in Europe will take over production of Marlboros and other cigarettes bound for Japan and the Middle East, which are currently being made in North Carolina. All of Altria?s United States output will be shifted to Richmond, Va. Closing the North Carolina facility, which employs 2,500, will cost about 10 cents a share in the second quarter, Altria said. Expenses will total $670 million by 2011...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Dutch Chemicals Maker Buying U.S. Company
Basell will buy a U.S. chemical company, the Huntsman Corporation, for $5.6 billion to strengthen its position as a global chemicals group...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Delay in Buyout Bond Sale
US Foodservice, the American unit of the Dutch supermarket Royal Ahold, has postponed its sale of $650 million in bonds that were expected to finance the unit?s equity buyout...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Kroger Posts Higher Earnings, but Labor Tension Hurts Profit
The supermarket chain said that first-quarter profit jumped 10 percent but was hurt by labor unrest...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Home Builder Reports a Loss and Foresees One Next Quarter
Lennar, a leading home builder, said that it had a second-quarter loss as inventories of unsold homes rose...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
3 Ex-Officers at Bank Admit Insider Trading
Three former executives of the Countrywide Financial have agreed to plead guilty to charges they conducted insider trading...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Post Modest Fall After Volatile Day
Investors parsed unimpressive data on home sales and consumer confidence and awaited the Federal Reserve?s meeting on interest rates...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Pimco Foresees Widening Subprime Harm
Bill Gross, manager of the world?s largest bond fund, said that the subprime mortgage crisis gripping financial markets was not an isolated event and would eventually take a toll on the economy...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Chairman Denies That S.E.C. Favors Business
Christopher Cox defended the agency?s record in pursuing corporate misconduct, rebuffing accusations that it may be tilting toward business interests...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Nike?s Quarterly Profit Beats Expectations
Nike posted higher fourth-quarter net profit as strong sales of Nike-branded footwear helped offset overall challenges in the U.S. athletic shoe market...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
U.S. Sues Merrill on Treatment of Muslim
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Merrill Lynch over its treatment of an Iranian Muslim employee...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Consumer Confidence Falls; So Do Sales of New Homes
Consumer confidence slid in June amid concern that high gasoline prices and a slumping housing industry might be undermining the job market...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Chef Sues Over Intellectual Property (the Menu)
A lawsuit by the owner of Pearl Oyster Bar in Manhattan may be the most aggressive use of intellectual property concepts by the owner of a small restaurant...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
BlackRock Spending $1.7 Billion to Get ?Fund of Funds? Operation
The rapidly growing asset management company said it had acquired the ?fund of funds? business of the Quellos Group...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Oracle?s Revenue Climbs 20%, Helped by Acquisitions
The software company continued to ride its three-year buying spree, leading its executives to claim substantial gains over its competitors...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Square Feet: Paving the Way for Hotels in Hell?s Kitchen
The pioneering San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group, which worked its way eastward, is looking west again ? this time to Hell?s Kitchen...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Outcome of an Ad Contest Starts an Uproar on YouTube
Some YouTube users cried foul when they saw the winning video in a Malibu Caribbean Rum user-generated advertising contest...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Dutch Opinion Lends Support to Barclays Bid for ABN Amro
The British bank bidding for ABN Amro, won an endorsement from a Dutch Supreme Court adviser that could help decide in its favor the next step in the banking takeover battle...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Psychiatrists Top List in Drug Maker Gifts
Psychiatrists earn more money from drug makers than doctors in any other specialty...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Advertising: Another Trim in Spending for ?07
A leading forecaster of advertising spending has again lowered his estimate for growth in the U.S. this year...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Within Days, Share Price of Blackstone Is Below $31
The slide poses an embarrassing setback for Blackstone, whose debut was among the most widely anticipated of the year...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Accord Seen on Oversight of Journal
The move is an important step toward a purchase by the News Corporation of The Wall Street Journal?s owner, Dow Jones...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Waiting for the Latest in Wizardry
Apple, known for its marketing wizardry, has apparently convinced thousands of people that the iPhone is no ordinary phone...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
2 Oil Firms Are Defiant in Venezuela
ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil refused to meet Venezuela?s deadline for ceding control of major oil ventures, a move that could mean the loss of billions in investments...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Carrier From Western Provinces Ends Bell Canada Bid
Telus, the Western Canadian telephone company, unexpectedly withdrew its bid for its larger rival, Bell Canada...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Jurors Are Expected to Get Conrad Black?s Case Today
The jury expected to begin poring over 100 pages of jury instructions starting Wednesday...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
MySpace, Chasing YouTube, Upgrades Its Offerings
A new service called MySpace TV will be set up as an independent Web site that people can visit to share and watch video...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Square Feet: In Silicon Valley, Steady but Cautious Growth Returns
As Silicon Valley undergoes a resurgence, companies like Google, Yahoo and Apple are again looking for space to grow...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Economix: Worthy Goal of Flawed Bill: Aiding Unions
It can be tempting to think of labor unions as an antagonistic relic of an industrial economy and to forget about their lingering impact...
New York Times - June 27, 2007
Venezuela hosts Copa America
Football's Copa America tournament kicks off in Venezuela with a colourful ceremony...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
Bolivia reclaims oil refineries
Bolivia takes full control of two oil refineries from Brazil's state-owned energy company after a compensation deal...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
California wildfire in new surge
Firefighters in California suffer a setback as a wildfire jumps a village defence line, forcing hundreds to flee...
BBC News - June 27, 2007
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