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Big Issue Energy crisis hitting home
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Scientists Virginia sharks pup a virgin birth
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago 1 arrest
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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Carter, peacemakers see Cyprus peace deal near
Southern Ledger - October 10, 2008
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US News Archive for April 2008:
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Perot Systems Posts Higher Earnings
The software services company earned $28 million in the first quarter, helped by offshore contracts, but forecast second-quarter revenue below analysts? expectations...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Biotech Drug Fails Crucial Lupus Study
Genentech and Biogen Idec said that a crucial study of Rituxan did not meet its main goal of a response in patients with lupus. Shares of both companies fell on the news...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Lord & Taylor Considers Stores Outside U.S.
The quintessentially American department store is weighing opening stores outside the United States, possibly in Mexico and Canada, its chairman said...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Citigroup to Sell $3 Billion in Stock
Citigroup Inc., the banking giant, said that it planned to sell $3 billion of common stock to bolster its capital levels...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Some Chinese Exporters Prefer Euros to Dollars
Facing losses tied to a falling dollar and weakening American demand, some Chinese exporters are asking European customers to pay in euros. Others are trying to increase domestic sales...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Crisis Catches Up to Deutsche Bank
The bank reported a pretax loss of 254 million euros ($396 million) for the first quarter, its first loss in five years, after writing down $4.2 billion in tainted loans and mortgage-backed securities...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Federal Mortgage Plan Falls Short, Critics Say
Statistics show that most people who have refinanced are homeowners who make their payments on time, not borrowers in crisis...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
City Room: Stop-and-Frisk May Turn Up Pot
The Police Department is disputing findings of a report that says the number of people arrested for small amounts of marijuana in New York City has increased tenfold in the past decade...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Committee Criticizes Move at Journal
The ouster of The Wall Street Journal?s top editor last week did not live up to the conditions that the News Corporation agreed to when it bought the paper, an oversight committee said...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
City Room: Chicago Gets N.Y. Congestion Money
Some of the $354 million in federal money that New York lost when the congestion pricing plan stalled is now headed toward Chicago, which received $153 million from the Department of Transportation...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
DealBook: Newsday, the Sale That Isn?t a Sale
Is the Tribune Company dodging the tax man? Not quite, but the newspaper company seems to be doing its best to avoid paying Uncle Sam a piece of the proceeds from the potential sale -- or non-sale, if you happen to be a representative from the Internal Revenue Service -- of Newsday. Newsday, a daily [...]...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Diner?s Journal: The Question of Favorites
Restaurants that don't need to be fancy to be great...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Karzai Attack Was Forecast, Intelligence Chief Says
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan was warned that an attack was being planned against him, an official said...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Trial Opens for Former Hussein Aide
Tariq Aziz went on trial in Baghdad as heavy fighting erupted between U.S. soldiers and gunmen in Sadr City...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Patent Law Battle a Boon to Lobbyists
In 15 months, two dueling business coalitions have spent $4.3 million lobbying on legislation that calls for the biggest changes in United States patent law in more than 50 years...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Bombing Verdict Upheld Against Port Authority
The Port Authority was found negligent in safeguarding the World Trade Center before the 1993 terrorist attack...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Obama Says He?s Outraged by Ex-Pastor?s Comments
?I find these comments appalling,? Barack Obama said in North Carolina. ?It contradicts everything that I?m about and who I am.?...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
McCain Offers Details of His Health Plan
The senator called for federal intervention with the states to assure coverage for people denied health insurance...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Saying Times Are Difficult, Bush Presses Congress to Act
The president called on Congress to expand energy production, stem the mortgage crisis and reduce what he called lavish subsidies to farmers...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Citigroup to sell $3bn of shares
Citigroup announces plans to issue $3bn (£1.5) of new shares to bolster its financial position...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Thurman family at 'stalker' trial
The parents of Hollywood actress Uma Thurman give evidence against the man accused of stalking her...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Lear Earnings Beat Expectations
The auto parts maker said sales outside North America lifted earnings, and its shares jumped 21 percent...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
McGraw-Hill Profit Falls 44%
Earnings fell to $81.1 million as business dropped at the company?s Standard & Poor?s ratings agency. The results beat Wall Street estimates, but the company forecast a decline in full-year earnings...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Martha Stewart Quarterly Loss Narrows
The media company cited higher advertising sales at its flagship magazine and other titles as it narrowed its first-quarter loss to $4.2 million from $11.9 million a year ago...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Belo Posts Loss After Newspaper Spinoff
The first-quarter $15.4 million loss includes charges related to the spin-off of the broadcaster?s newspapers, including the Dallas Morning News, into a separate company, AH Belo...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Office Depot Net Drops as U.S. Sales Fall
First-quarter profit dropped 55 percent as sales declined across North America, but results still managed to top Wall Street?s expectations...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Avon Profit Jumps on Strong Global Sales
Strength in emerging and developing markets offset the impact of a weak economy and service problems in North America for the cosmetics seller...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Corning Profit Surges on Strong Glass Demand
First-quarter profit tripled to more than $1 billion, exceeding Wall Street?s estimates, on soaring demand for glass used in flat-screen televisions and laptop computers...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
MasterCard Profit Soars on Global Business Gains
The company said it earned $446.9 million in the first quarter, as more customers outside the United States used their credit and debit cards for purchases...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Archer Daniels Midland Profit Jumps 42%
Earnings grew to $517 million, beating Wall Street estimates, as the agricultural processor took advantage of a volatile commodities market...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Declines in Europe Hit Profit at U.S. Steel
First-quarter earnings fell 14 percent as higher sales failed to offset pretax charges and declines in the steel producer?s European and tubular businesses...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Countrywide Posts Loss of $893 Million
The mortgage lender, which in January agreed to sell itself to Bank of America, said it said aside $1.5 billion to cover loan losses in the quarter...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Profit Rose 14% in Quarter for CBS
Helped by an increase in television revenue, CBS reported first-quarter net earnings of $244.3 million and raised its quarterly dividend...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Stocks Drop on Consumer Confidence Data
Wall Street declined after news of a sharp drop in consumer confidence and regulators rejected a new drug from Merck, a pharmaceuticals bellwether...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
I.B.M. Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend by 25%
The world?s largest computer services company announced ahead of its annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday that it had raised the dividend to 50 cents per share...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Shell and BP Report Record First-Quarter Profits
Higher oil and gas prices helped Europe?s two biggest oil companies to beat analysts? expectations...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
The Caucus: McCain Describes Health Care Plan
The Republican candidate rolls out details of his proposal at an appearance in Florida...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Dot Earth: Court Forces Action on Polar Bears
A court forces the Bush administration to speed its deliberation on the status of polar bears...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
The Lede: On YouTube, Decrepit Army Barracks
An unwelcoming situation for U.S. troops returning from war...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
DealBook: Who?s the Hero in Mars-Wrigley Deal?
Watching the WWE special event earlier this week, I just wished M&A could be so much fun. Then we could see Steve Ballmer superfly onto Jerry Yang, John Malone and Barry Diller in a real cage match, and someone desperately searching for United Technologies' Diebold hostile. But this is fantasy, of course: Deal-making is about [...]...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Well: Parents? New Miley Problem
Racy photos of Disney's Hannah Montana are steaming up the blogosphere...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Iranian President?s Visit Is a Test for India
The visit by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives India a chance to assert its independence from the United States...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
NYC: Cleared as Criminals, but Forever on Trial
Few New Yorkers are likely to hail the three men acquitted in the Sean Bell case as great detectives...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
City Room: 2 Construction Workers Badly Hurt
Two more workers are added to the list of recent construction injuries from accidents in the city. One of the accidents was this morning in Manhattan; the other was Monday night on Staten Island...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Deutsche Bank Reports Quarterly Loss
The biggest German lender reported a net loss of 141 million euros ($219 million) and warned of continuing turbulence in financial markets...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Consumer Confidence Slips as Home Prices Drop
American homes are losing their value at the fastest rate in two decades, a report said, while a confidence survey showed a growing gloom among consumers...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
China Jails 30 Tibetans for Riots
The sentences are the first batch of punishments meted out to those accused of taking part in last month?s riots...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Sidebar: New Look at Death Sentences and Race
A new study found that the race of the defendant plays a major role in explaining who is sentenced to death...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Bush Presses Congress on Economy
President Bush called on Congress to introduce measures to lower food and energy prices, stem the mortgage crisis and reduce what he called lavish subsidies to farmers...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Another loss for US mortgage firm
Countrywide Financial suffers its third consecutive quarterly loss as the US housing downturn deepens...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Bush defends Syria reactor claim
The US president says last week's disclosure of suspected Syria-North Korea nuclear links was a warning...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Daimler?s Profit Slips Despite Solid Sales
Automaker Daimler AG says its first-quarter profit slipped from last year, when its results were lifted by a one-time gain from the transfer of shares in Airbus parent EADS...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Shell?s First-Quarter Profits Beat Forecast
Helped by record oil prices, Royal Dutch Shell beat forecasts on Tuesday with a 12 percent rise in its first quarter current cost of supply net income...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
BP Reports 48 Percent Leap in First-Quarter
BP beat forecasts on Tuesday with a 48 percent leap in first-quarter replacement cost net income, helped by record oil prices...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Memo Pad: More Checked Bag Fees in Coach
American Airlines plans to join the competition May 12 and start charging $25 for a second checked bag...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Bank of America Vows More Help for Countrywide Mortgage Debtors
The bank said it would modify at least $40 billion in problem loans from at least 265,000 borrowers over the next two years...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
3 Tornadoes Strike Virginia, Hurting Hundreds
One of the tornadoes hop-scotched across the southeastern part of the state, injuring more than 200 residents...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Deutsche Bank Reports Quarterly Loss
Deutsche Bank reported its first quarterly loss in five years as the cost of the global financial crisis mounted for Germany?s biggest bank...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Blast Kills 15 in Afghanistan
A suspected suicide bomber killed 15 Afghans and wounded 14 more in eastern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, a NATO spokesman said...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
A Tantalizing Look at Iran?s Nuclear Program
Is Iran?s nuclear program peaceful or not? A trove of new photos is giving Westerners some tantalizing clues...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Dealbook: Junk Bonds, Mortgages and Milken
The former ?junk bond king? rebuts assertions that junk bonds were precursors to the subprime mess and argues against regulation...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Stocks & Bonds: Markets Await Fed?s Interest Rate Verdict
A session of modest moves came despite one of the most active days for acquisitions in almost three months and ahead of a widely expected interest rate cut by the Fed...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Its Candidates Otherwise Engaged, Democratic Party Goes After McCain
A new advertisement is an effort by the relatively cash-poor party headquarters to pick up the slack against the presumptive Republican nominee...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Tax Rebates in $168 Billion Stimulus Plan Begin Arriving in Bank Accounts
The federal government began issuing electronic tax rebates under a $168 billion program to bolster the economy...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
William H. Stewart Is Dead at 86; Put First Warnings on Cigarette Packs
Dr. Stewart put the first health warnings on cigarette packs and integrated the United States Public Health Service and many Southern hospitals...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Tyson Posts a Loss, but Surpasses Forecasts
Tyson Foods posted a small loss for the quarter on Monday, but the results were better than expected, partly because of higher pork prices...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Visa Reports Higher Profit Amid a Rise in Card Use
The world?s largest credit and debit card processor, said its profit rose 28 percent in the first three months of the year...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Earnings Buoy Humana Forecast
The health insurer Humana reported a rise of more than 12 percent in first-quarter profit Monday, surpassed analysts? expectations...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Merrill Hires Ex-Goldman Official
Merrill Lynch said on Monday that it had hired Thomas Montag, the former co-head of global securities trading at Goldman Sachs...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Earnings Up Almost 10% at Verizon in Quarter
More expensive wireless contracts helped drive earnings up nearly 10 percent during the carrier?s first quarter, offsetting declines in its traditional phone service...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Sysco, Food Distributor, Beats Profit Estimates
The food distributor posted net income of $240.9 million for the 13-week period that ended March 29, compared with $221 million a year earlier...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
RadioShack Profit Falls
The consumer electronics retailer said its profit fell to $38.8 million on sales of $949 million, down from $42.5 million on sales of $992 million a year earlier...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
On the Road: 2 Casualties Don?t Deter All-Business-Class Rivalry
High oil prices and stiff competition from major carriers might be taking its toll on the all-business-class start-ups, but don?t consign the concept to the ash heap yet...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Frequent Flier: When Your Laptop?s Flight Is More Interesting Than Yours
A businesswoman made her way to Chicago but her laptop found a new home with a would-be Romeo in Nicaragua...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Strike Possible This Week at Bloomingdale?s Main Store
Bloomingdale?s storied Manhattan window displays could soon be obscured by an unusual sight: picketing workers...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Ford Canada and Union Reach Deal
The tentative contract agreement would not create a lower wage rate scale for newly hired employees but would impose wage freezes and trim some benefits...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Merck Cholesterol Drug Rejected by F.D.A.
An experimental cholesterol drug being developed by Merck & Company was rejected by the Food and Drug Administration, the company said on Monday...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Calpers Chief Executive to Enter Private Sector
Fred R. Buenrostro Jr. is the second top executive to announce his departure from California?s public employee pension system in recent weeks...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
For Gamers, the Craving Won?t Quit
During the next two weeks, some five million couch jockeys are expected to plunk down $60 to buy Grand Theft Auto IV, the new release of a violent and episodic game...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Most Papers Again Report Big Declines in Circulation
Top U.S. newspapers posted further declines in weekday circulation in the six-month period ended in March, with the exception of USA Today and The Wall Street Journal...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Mistrial Rejected in Pellicano Case
Closing arguments will begin in Anthony Pellicano?s Hollywood wiretapping case after a federal judge rejected a defendant?s call for a mistrial...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
WB Network to Return as a Web Site
The launch of TheWB.com and KidsWB.com is part of TimeWarner?s ?digital destination? strategy to tailor Web sites to specific audiences...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
With Demand Slipping for Its Pickups and S.U.V.?s, G.M. Will Lay Off 3,550
General Motors plans to slash production of big trucks and sport utility vehicles by nearly 140,000 units this year, a move that would eliminate assembly shifts at four plants...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
No Break in the Standoff of Microsoft and Yahoo
The deadline that Microsoft imposed on Yahoo to reach a negotiated merger agreement passed April 26, and the two companies are still not talking...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
United Said to Restart Talks With US Airways
Although rival carrier Continental Airlines abandoned merger talks, United will keep looking for a partner, its chief executive, Glenn F. Tilton, said...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Mars Offers $23 Billion Cash for Wrigley
Analysts expect the companies to become a potent new marketing force as they try to appeal to a fast-growing markets in countries like China, India and Russia...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Severe Storms Strike Virginia
Apparent tornadoes swept through central and southeastern Virginia, damaging homes and buildings and injuring more than 200 people, authorities said...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
$81 Million for Reserve of Teachers
The money is being used to pay salaries and benefits for teachers without permanent teaching jobs, according to a report being released on Tuesday...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Chinese Students in U.S. Fight View of Their Home
Chinese students in the United States have been forced to confront an image of their homeland that they neither recognize nor appreciate...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Kerkorian Buys Stake in Ford
Upon completing his offer for a total of 120 million shares, Kirk Kerkorian would own a 5.6 percent stake in Detroit?s second-largest automaker...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
As Clinton Seeks Gas Tax Break for Summer, Obama Says No
As consumers across the U.S. agonized at the pump, the issue of high fuel prices flared on the campaign trail, sharply dividing the two Democratic candidates...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
The TV Watch: Not Speaking for Obama, Pastor Speaks for Himself, at Length
It turns out that the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. doesn?t hate America, but he loves the sound of his own voice...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Advertising: A New Mideast Paper Vows to Be Different
One of the Middle East?s wealthiest ruling families has a new asset: The National, a newspaper that promises independence from its royal owners...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Oil Price Rise Fails to Open Tap
A central reason that oil supplies are not rising with demand is that major producers outside OPEC, like Russia, Mexico and Norway, are showing signs of sluggishness...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
Mexico City Journal: ?Virtual Kidnappings? Exploit Very Real Fears
The latest crime craze in Mexico relies on a variety of tricks to make people believe their loved ones are being held for ransom, when, in fact, they are not...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
In a 6-to-3 Vote, Justices Uphold a Voter ID Law
The Supreme Court said the challengers to an Indiana law had failed to prove that the law?s ID requirement was an unconstitutional burden for voters...
New York Times - April 29, 2008
US rates tipped for one more cut
It is thought US interest rates will be cut to 2% from 2.25% this week, but is tipped to be the last for a while...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
Tornadoes tear through Virginia
Three tornadoes rip through the US state of Virginia, injuring 200 people and damaging buildings...
BBC News - April 29, 2008
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