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US News Archive for July 2006:
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Heat wave kills at least 132
The death toll from California's record-breaking heat wave reached 132 on Friday, the first day in nearly two weeks that temperatures were expected to stay below 100 degrees across most of the state...
CNN - July 28, 2006
Bush, Blair urge Mideast cease-fire
U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announce their support for a U.N. cease-fire resolution to end the Mideast crisis and a multinational force to help with humanitarian relief...
CNN - July 28, 2006
Minimum wage increase tied to tax cuts
Republican leaders are willing to allow the first minimum wage increase in a decade but only if it's coupled with a cut in future inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates, congressional aides said Friday...
CNN - July 28, 2006
Heat Recedes in California; Ohio Hit With Floods
The heat-related death toll in California rose to 112. Torrential rains in Ohio forced evacuations...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Hezbollah Launches Longer-Range Rocket as Israeli Attacks Continue
Hezbollah fired what it said was a new type of rocket that landed about 30 miles inside Israel...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Suspect in Teenager’s Murder Held Without Bail
Draymond Coleman, who is accused of murdering Jennifer Moore, 18, was arraigned today...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Parts of French ‘iPod Law’ Struck Down
The French Constitutional Council’s ruing undermined some controversial aspects of the legislation...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Wal-Mart Decides to Pull Out of Germany
The decision amounts to a rare retreat by the world’s largest retailer from its breakneck global expansion...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Gibson charged with drink-driving
Hollywood actor and director Mel Gibson is charged with drink-driving after being stopped in California...
BBC News - July 28, 2006
Deaths mount in California heat
Officials blame the searing heat for about 100 deaths while farmers report losses of crops and cattle...
BBC News - July 28, 2006
Leaders urge Mideast cease-fire
U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announce their support for a U.N. cease-fire resolution to end the Mideast crisis and a multinational force to help with humanitarian relief...
CNN - July 28, 2006
Killer heat to back off
A long-awaited cooldown was set to begin Friday as the number of deaths blamed on California's record-breaking heat wave approached 100. Highs around the state were expected to dip below the triple-digit mark after 12 straight days of scorching heat. But in the Central Valley, temperatures were still expected to hover near 100 degrees...
CNN - July 28, 2006
Bush, Blair call for Mideast cease-fire
President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Friday their support for a U.N. cease-fire resolution to end the Mideast crisis and a multinational force to help with humanitarian relief...
CNN - July 28, 2006
Landis Says He’s Innocent of Doping
The Tour de France winner unequivocally denied that he had used any banned substances to enhance his performance in the race...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
U.S. Economic Growth Slows Significantly
The annual rate of 2.5 percent was seen as more sustainable and orderly than the torrid pace reported last quarter...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Inco bows out of mines battle
The complex bidding circle in Canadian mining loses a participant, as Inco drops out of the Falconbridge fight...
BBC News - July 28, 2006
Landis rejects claims of doping
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis protests his innocence after failing a drugs test during this year's race...
BBC News - July 28, 2006
Heatwave hits vegetable supplies
The current extreme hot weather in Europe could threaten supplies of fresh vegetables, farmers warn...
BBC News - July 28, 2006
UN body criticises US on rights
The US should shut all secret jails, ensure the rights of the poor are respected and halt executions, a UN report says...
BBC News - July 28, 2006
Border towns bombarded
Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon were reported again Friday with no sign of a let-up in hostilities in Lebanon. Meanwhile a spokesman says PM Tony Blair, on his way to the U.S. for talks with President Bush, will seek a U.N. resolution to resolve the Mideast crisis by early next week...
CNN - July 28, 2006
Border towns bombarded
Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon were reported again Friday with no sign of a let-up in hostilities in Lebanon. Meanwhile PM Tony Blair is on his way to the U.S. for talks with President Bush...
CNN - July 28, 2006
Wal-Mart scraps German venture
Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, retreats from the German market as rival Metro takes over its 85 stores there...
BBC News - July 28, 2006
Hasselhoff 'not drunk' at airport
Actor David Hasselhoff was unable to board a flight from the UK because he was ill, not drunk, his publicist says...
BBC News - July 28, 2006
Tennis: Roddick struggles in LA
Andy Roddick needs three sets to beat Scott Oudsema in the Countrywide Classic second round...
BBC News - July 28, 2006
Haiti ex-PM released from prison
Haitian former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune is freed after serving more than two years in jail without trial...
BBC News - July 28, 2006
Peru ready for Garcia second term
Leaders from Latin America and other regions are arriving in Peru for Alan Garcia's presidential inauguration...
BBC News - July 28, 2006
Haifa grimly faces war
The streets, buildings and beaches of Haifa, Israel's third-largest city, appear virtually deserted in northern Israel as the Israeli military and Hezbollah fighters exchange fire around three towns on the Lebanon-Israel border...
CNN - July 28, 2006
California heat kills
After a dozen days of high temperatures, aid workers are going door-to-door in overheated California communities in an effort to prevent more deaths. Fresno County's morgue is overcrowded with bodies from suspected heat-related deaths. "It's never been like this in my years here," Coroner Loralee Cervantes said...
CNN - July 28, 2006
Dems launch '06 agenda
Democrats Thursday promoted their own election-year doc ument of six broad legislative goals, called "Six for '06," but insist most of this year's campaigns -- 75 percent -- will be a referendum on President Bush...
CNN - July 28, 2006
Night Out in City Ends in Slaying of Woman, 18
The New Jersey teenager had vanished after a night spent drinking with a friend in a Chelsea nightclub...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Tour Champ Is Suspended After Testing Positive
A second positive sample for high levels of testosterone would cost Floyd Landis the Tour de France title...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Las Vegas Makes It Illegal to Feed Homeless in Parks
City officials said that regular offerings from advocates have lured the homeless to parks and led to complaints...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Mrs. Astor’s Son Denies Claims of Neglect
The son of the philanthropist Brooke Astor, 104, spoke out against allegations that he is mistreating his mother and enriching himself...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
In California, Heat Is Blamed for 100 Deaths
A searing heat wave nearly two weeks old is responsible for a toll of casualties that has no recent precedent...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
People
Richard Owens, the chief of the securities and commodities fraud unit in the United States attorney’s office in Manhattan, is joining the New York office of Latham & Watkins as a partner in the litigation department...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
S.E.C. Says It Waived Payments From Ex-WorldCom Executives
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Utilities Pay Scientist Ally on Warming
Coal-burning utilities are contributing money to a scientist who is openly critical of the broad consensus that fossil fuel emissions are intensifying global warming...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Postal Service Is Criticized
The Postal Service frequently cannot give customers an accurate estimate of when their mail will be delivered, a government report said...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Boston Scientific Posts $4.26 Billion Loss
By Reuters...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Northrop Grumman Earnings Increase 17%
LOS ANGELES, July 27 (AP) — The military contractor Northrop Grumman said Thursday that its second-quarter earnings rose 17 percent, as operating profit at its systems and information technology units overcame a decline at its ships division...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Kellogg Profit Rises 2.9%
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Chinese Workers Protest at Factory Making Toys for McDonald’s
Rights groups accused the factory of violating Chinese labor laws, including provisions limiting overtime to 36 hours a month...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Earnings Are Up Sharply at Volkswagen
Europe’s largest automaker, said its earnings more than doubled in the second quarter, citing stronger car sales and the sale of its Europcar rental unit...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Comcast Reports 7% Earnings Increase
The nation’s largest cable TV operator attributes to a sharp increase in subscribers for its Internet telephone service...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
VC Nation : Venture Capital Moves Out of the Garage
Venture capital firms, long synonymous with early-stage investing in entrepreneurs toiling away in their garages, are increasingly emphasizing later-stage deals...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
W.T.O. Leader Promises to Push for Talks
The latest round of negotiations was suspended on Monday after major powers failed to achieve a breakthrough in agriculture...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Missed Estimates Lead a Market Retreat
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Higher Claim Costs Reduce Quarterly Profit at Aetna
Shares of Aetna Inc. plunged after it reported that its earnings dipped 1 percent because of growing costs from large claims and competitive pressures...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Shell Posts 36% Rise in 2nd-Quarter Profit
The oil giant Royal Dutch Shell's profit profit rose as high oil prices and healthy refining margins made up for production declines partly caused by violence in Nigeria...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
In Microsoft Plan for Future, All Roads Lead to Internet
The company detailed how it was spending heavily on building Internet services into its products, but that any payoff from the effort would not come for a few years...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Airbus Parent Cuts Forecast, Warning on Effects of Delays
The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company announced that its net profit for the second quarter dropped 9.4 percent...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Republicans Near a Vote to Increase U.S. Wage
Momentum in the House has shifted in favor of a vote on raising the $5.15 an hour minimum wage by at least $2...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Senate Chiefs Plan to Resist Compromise on Energy Bill
Republican and Democratic leaders said they would oppose weaker protections for Florida included in the House’s version of a bill to expand drilling in coastal waters...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
A Slowdown in Home Sales and Orders
Housing data and a gauge of business spending in June signaled slower economic growth in the coming months, according to reports...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Cameras and TV’s Lead Sales Gains at Sony
Analysts called the return to profit an early sign of success for Sir Howard Stringer, who took Sony’s helm a year ago...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Record and Movie Industries Reach a Settlement With Kazaa
The file-sharing service agreed to pay more than $100 million and to transform itself into a legitimate seller...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Intel Presents New Line of Processors
The Intel Corporation hopes to reclaim market share that it has lost over the last three years to a smaller rival, Advanced Micro Devices...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Mercedes Unit Helps Parent Double Profit
DaimlerChrysler more than doubled its earnings, despite a slump at Chrysler that the automaker warned would worsen in the months ahead...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Street Scene: Bottom of the Ninth for Topps
A proxy fight led by the manager of a tiny hedge fund is pressing management at the baseball card maker...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
[TS] Floyd Norris: Deep Secret: Why Auditors Are Replaced
Auditors are there to protect investors. When an audit firm resigns an engagement, the investors deserve to know why...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Raising Issue of Succession at Pfizer
Directors of Pfizer could decide by Friday on a successor to Hank McKinnell, the chairman and chief executive, possibly ending a fierce competition within the company...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Exxon Rides Oil and Gas Prices to 36% Gain in Profit
The world’s largest publicly traded oil company has prospered as gasoline prices have risen sharply in reaction to mounting global tensions in several oil-rich areas...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Patent Deal on a Drug Scrutinized
The Justice Department is investigating whether the deal thwarted a lower-priced competitor for Plavix...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
I.R.S. Reviewing Companies in Options Inquiries
The agency is examining as many as 40 companies to determine whether they owe millions of dollars in unpaid taxes...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
With $3 Gas, Detroit Pays for Its Past
The last week has proved one thing: Detroit is having trouble dealing with high gasoline prices...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Advertising: U.S. Restaurant Chains Find There Is No Too Much
A lot of Americans say they want to eat healthier these days, but increasingly, restaurant chains are not buying it...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
Drug Makers Pay for Lunch as They Pitch
Free lunches, along with pitches from drug makers, arrive regularly at doctors’ offices nationwide...
New York Times - July 28, 2006
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