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US News Archive for May 2007:
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Bush toughens Sudan sanctions
U.S. President George W. Bush imposes sanctions against Sudan in reaction to the "genocide" in Darfur, and orders actions against 31 companies and three people...
CNN - May 29, 2007
U.S. imposes new sanctions against Sudan
President Bush imposed sanctions Tuesday against Sudan in reaction to the "genocide" in Darfur, and has ordered actions against 31 companies and three people -- preventing them from doing business in or with U.S. companies...
CNN - May 29, 2007
'Peace Mom' gives up protest
Cindy Sheehan, the California mother who became an anti-war leader after her son was killed in Iraq, says she's walking away from the peace movement...
CNN - May 29, 2007
Obama would tax wealthy to pay for health care
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday offered a plan to provide health care to millions of Americans and more affordable medical insurance, financed in part by tax increases on the wealthy...
CNN - May 29, 2007
2 Flights Carried Man With Deadly TB
Public health officials urged the passengers and crew of the two recent trans-Atlantic flights to get checked for tuberculosis...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Obama Offers Health Care Plan
The senator?s plan aims to cover uninsured Americans and to reduce premium costs for everyone else...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Justices Limit Discrimination Suits Over Pay
Employers should be protected from lawsuits over pay discrimination linked to gender or race, the Supreme Court ruled...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Bush Takes on Opponents of Immigration Deal
President Bush accused opponents of his proposed immigration measure of fear-mongering to defeat it in Congress, and took on his own conservative political base as he did so...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Boeing Makes a $2.4 Billion Sale of 787s in Russia
Boeing on Tuesday sold 15 of its next-generation 787 jets to S7 Airlines, one of the largest private operators in Russia...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Convictions of Samsung Executives Upheld
A court on Tuesday upheld a 2005 conviction of two Samsung executives on charges that they helped the only son of its reclusive chairman, Lee Kun Hee, inherit control of the conglomerate...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
NBC Brings In Programming Help
NBC Universal hired one of the hottest young production talents in television, Ben Silverman, as a chairman of both its entertainment division and its television studio...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Iraq attacks kill 10 US soldiers
Ten US troops are killed in Iraq, officials say, making May the deadliest month this year for the US military...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Second Venezuela TV under fire
Venezuelan authorities accuse a TV station of calling for the president's murder, hours after taking another off air...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Barak in Israeli Labor Party Runoff
In the runoff, the former prime minister, Ehud Barak, will face the former security agency chief, Ami Ayalon...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Lens Solution Recall Is Blow to Company?s Stock
Shares of Advanced Medical Optics plunged in trading on Tuesday as investors reacted to a recall of one of the company?s best-selling contact lens cleaning solutions over health concerns...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Tishman Speyer in Deal for Big REIT
Tishman has joined with Lehman Brothers to buy Archstone-Smith Trust, the second-largest public apartment owner in terms of market cap and asset value, for $13.5 billion...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Group Makes $95.6 Billion Bid for ABN Amro
The bid by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and two other European banks topped an offer by Barclays...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
US consumer confidence rises
US consumers were more upbeat than expected about the economy in May, a survey says, helped by a strong stock market...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Bush toughens Sudan sanctions
US President George W Bush announces fresh sanctions on Sudan over the four-year conflict in Darfur...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Argentina uncovers Eichmann passport
The passport used by Holocaust organiser Adolf Eichmann to enter Argentina is unearthed in court records...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
In India, Grandma Cooks, They Deliver
Delivery men called dabbawallas transport home-cooked meals to workplaces all over Mumbai, with near-clockwork precision...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
War Fears Turn Digital After Data Siege in Estonia
The removal of a Soviet statue prompted cyberassaults that nearly shut down Estonia?s Internet infrastructure...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Google-Doubleclick deal probed
US regulators begin examining Google's planned takeover of internet advertising specialist Doubleclick...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Ice hockey: Ducks snatch win
Travis Moen's winner hands the Anaheim Ducks victory in game one of the Stanley Cup finals against the Ottawa Senators...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Peru police evict market traders
Peruvian police storm a Lima market to evict thousands of traders and end a five-year dispute over the site...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
US-Iranians charged with spying
Iran formally charges two Iranian-American academics currently in jail in Tehran with espionage...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Brazil to subsidise contraception
Brazil announces a $51m plan to make birth control pills more affordable for the country's poor...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
US anti-war mother ends protest
US peace activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son died in Iraq, says she is giving up campaigning to end the war...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
Opposites Who Attack Share Power in Albany
Evidence of the antagonism between Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno accumulates daily...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Duke?s Comeback Season Ends Short of the Title
Duke overcame a six-goal halftime deficit but could not convert two shots to tie the score in the final seven seconds of the N.C.A.A. men?s lacrosse title game against Johns Hopkins...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Bay St. Louis Journal: A Bridge Restores a Lifeline to a Battered Town
A new span across the copper-colored St. Louis Bay is a hopeful link to the return of better days...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Alone in a City?s AIDS Battle, Hoping for Backup
Washington is the only city in the country barred from using local tax money for needle exchange programs...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Giuliani Tempers Tough Image on Campaign
The Rudolph W. Giuliani on the campaign trail is a disciplined fellow who has abandoned his gruff tendencies...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Memo Pad
FEWER TRAVELING TO EUROPE Passenger traffic from the United States to Europe last year was just short of 13 million and the 2000 record of 13.1 million, said Donald N. Martin & Company, quoting new Commerce Department data. European destinations, however, are losing overall market share. In 2006, visits from the United States to all foreign destinations (excluding Canada and Mexico) were up 12.2 percent over the year 2000, to 30.3 million. Last year, Europe?s share of total overseas traffic from the United States was 43.1 percent, compared with 48.9 percent in 2000...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Frequent Flier: Stuck in the Security Line? Try These Exercises
A set of exercises for fellow business travelers...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Rise in Metal and Mining Shares Bolsters Foreign Markets
Shares rallied on speculation that global demand for commodities and higher raw-material prices may fuel more takeovers...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Addenda: 6 Agencies Are Seeking Census Bureau Account
6 Agencies Are Seeking...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Vital Signs: Hazards: Obese Employees More Likely to Be Injured on the Job
A new study suggests that workers who weigh too much are at risk for a variety of problems on the job...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
?Pirates? Haul So Far Estimated at $401 Million
?Pirates of the Caribbean: At World?s End? set new industry benchmarks with its aggressive global release on Memorial Day weekend...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Recall Slows Company?s Plan to Grow in Eye Care
The recall of one of its best-selling contact lens solutions has put Advanced Medical Optics into crisis mode...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
A Rival Bidder for ABN Amro Is on the Spot
A bidding consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to give some insight as to whether it will go ahead with a rival offer...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Advertising: Twenty Questions Even a Caveman Can Ask
It is time again to ask 20 questions about advertising, marketing, the media and popular culture...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
On the Road: Not a Noise You Want to Hear at 18,000 Feet
Pilots are worried about safety in an air travel system stretched tight, with airline work forces reduced...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
After Build-A-Bear, Build-A-Toy-Car
The founder of the Build-A-Bear Workshop is backing a new concept called Ridemakerz, a make-and-outfit your own toy car business...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Telepresence TV
Thanks to new technology, videoconferencing is delivering on its promise as an alternative to traditional business travel...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
In Canada, Fretting Over Foreign Takeovers
A recent series of acquisitions of Canadian corporations has prompted a growing public debate over foreign control...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
News Analysis: In China, a Stake in Blackstone Stirs Uncertainty
Opinion in China remains divided on whether the government is leaping into deals without a clear investment strategy...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Grandma Cooks, They Deliver
Delivery men called dabbawallas transport home-cooked meals to workplaces all over Mumbai, India, with near-clockwork precision...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Kremlin Aim of Monopoly Threatens BP Gas Venture
Russia?s strategy to secure a monopoly for Gazprom on exports to Asia is threatening an important investment by BP...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Avaya Is Said to Be Exploring a Sale of All or Some of Itself
The telecommunications company is said to be in negotiations, in what may be the latest round of deal making in its industry...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
The Energy Challenge: Efficiency, Not Just Alternatives, Is Promoted as an Energy Saver
Even supporters of alternative energy agree that the easiest way to cut carbon emissions and air pollution is to focus more on efficiency...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Google Deal Said to Bring U.S. Scrutiny
The F.T.C. has opened an antitrust investigation into Google?s planned $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Silicon Valley Wide-Eyed Over a Bride
Anne Wojcicki has captured Silicon Valley?s attention with her marriage to a co-founder of Google, and with a biotech company she recently co-founded...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Big Landlord Close to Deal for a REIT in New York
Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers are near a deal to buy Archstone-Smith Trust for more than $20 billion...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
War Fears Turn to Cyberspace in Estonia
The removal of a Soviet statue in Estonia prompted cyberassaults that nearly crippled the country...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process
The push for coal-to-liquid fuels reflects a tension between slowing global warming and reducing dependence on foreign oil...
New York Times - May 29, 2007
US to toughen sanctions on Sudan
The United States is set to impose fresh sanctions on Sudan over the conflict in Darfur, officials say...
BBC News - May 29, 2007
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