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US News Archive for August 2005:
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Katrina batters Gulf Coast
Hurricane Katrina -- now downgraded to a Category One storm -- pummelled the U.S. Gulf Coast as it came ashore, bringing "extensive and life-threatening" flooding. The Mississippi governor said his greatest fear was "that there are a lot of dead people."...
CNN - August 29, 2005
Bush may tap oil reserve
President Bush, urging prayer for Gulf Coast communities "hit hard" Monday by Hurricane Katrina, weighed whether to release oil from petroleum reserves to help refiners, administration officials said...
CNN - August 29, 2005
Louisiana and Mississippi Face Flooding and Structural Damage
There were reports of at least two storm-related deaths, but New Orleans appeared to escape the cataclysm that some authorities had predicted...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Relief Agencies Mobilize Massive Effort
Hundreds of shelters were opened and operated by government agencies, the American Red Cross and other nonprofit relief groups across the Gulf Coast, Red Cross officials said...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
U.S. Indicts 8 Ex-KPMG Employees Over Sales of Tax Shelters
KPMG itself admitted to wrongdoing and agreed to pay $456 million, sidestepping a criminal indictment that might have put it out of business...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
NYSE member arrested over threats
A man has been arrested in connection with a death threat made against an opponent a proposed NYSE merger deal...
BBC News - August 29, 2005
Katrina pounds U.S. Gulf Coast
Parts of New Orleans are flooded with up to six feet of water after some of the pumps that protect the low-lying city fail under the onslaught from Hurricane Katrina, the mayor says...
CNN - August 29, 2005
Katrina's floodwaters inundating Gulf Coast
Parts of New Orleans are flooded with up to six feet of water Monday after some of the pumps that protect the low-lying city failed under the onslaught from Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin said...
CNN - August 29, 2005
Gunmen assassinate two in Baghdad
Unknown gunmen assassinated the brother of the former governor of Baghdad and an official assigned to the Iraqi Elections Commission in separate incidents Monday...
CNN - August 29, 2005
FEMA in disaster mode
The Federal Emergency Management Agency went into disaster mode as it and other federal agencies prepared to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush made sure the federal response would not be delayed by declaring emergencies in Mississippi, Florida and Alabama just hours after a similar declaration for Louisiana...
CNN - August 29, 2005
Bush Decision on Oil Reserves Is Expected
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New York Times - August 29, 2005
High Winds and Rain Lash New Orleans and Southern Mississippi
In New Orleans, a levee was breached, which could cause six to eight feet of flooding, according to state officials...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Storm Concerns Send Oil Prices Sharply Up
Energy companies shut down oil rigs and refineries and evacuated employees in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Katrina approached over the weekend...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Intelsat to Acquire Rival PanAmSat for $3.2 Billion
The deal, announced today, would combine two of the world's largest operators of satellites that transmit video and data...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Satellite firms agree $3bn tie-up
Intelsat, the forty-year-old satellite communications firm, agrees a $3.2bn deal to buy rival PanAmSat...
BBC News - August 29, 2005
Member states discuss UN reform
A negotiating group meets to discuss key issues of UN reform, ahead of a major summit in September...
BBC News - August 29, 2005
Tennis: Rusty Serena wins
Serena Williams posts a straight-sets win as the US Open gets under way on Monday...
BBC News - August 29, 2005
A Producer in Another Star Turn
A cool arrogance has crept into the songs of Kanye West's "Late Registration." Also, new releases by Brooks & Dunn, Herbie Hancock and Eric Clapton...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
National Hockey League Starts Comeback Campaign
National Hockey League...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Nick, Nora and Asta, This Is the Age of Prada and 'CSI'
Michael Baden and Linda Kenney's autopsy thriller unfolds with the orderliness of a to-do list as it methodically incorporates tools of the mystery-writing trade...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Andrónico Luksic, 78, Magnate in Chile, Dies
Andrónico Luksic was a Chilean billionaire who built one of Latin America's biggest business empires...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
British Air Caterer Offers Layoff Deal
Gate Gourmet, which provides catering services for British Airways, announced a deal on layoffs that it said it hoped would help end a dispute that led to the grounding of hundreds of flights early this month...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
U.S. Studies Report Its Soldiers Killed Journalist
A soundman working for Reuters Television was shot dead Sunday in Baghdad, and a cameraman with him was wounded and then detained by U.S. soldiers...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
A Producer Is Back on Location and Ready to Celebrate
Julius R. Nasso, the one-time producing partner of Steven Seagal, is opening his own studio...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Liz Hurley, on the Cover and in the Ads
A new shape magazine cover contest and model seem heavily weighed towards Estee Lauder, which bought the inside cover page...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Summer Migration: Viewers Turn to Cable
Network television had a bad summer as several highly promoted reality shows imploded, while cable TV did surprisingly well in the ratings...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
The Business Week Ahead
LEAPIN' LAGGARDS With Europe and Japan stumbling along a seemingly unending path of economic anemia, the United States has for the last few years borne the burden of acting as the engine of world economic growth. But rising consumption and capital spending in Japan suggest it may be revving up its motor, too. A spate of reports on economic activity in July that are due out in Tokyo this week - the unemployment rate and retail sales today, automobile production and automobile exports tomorrow and construction orders and industrial production on Wednesday - should give a clearer picture of whether the Asian giant is waking up...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Copter Export Is Cleared
The State Department has approved a Sikorsky Aircraft helicopter for overseas sales without the export clearances required for military aircraft...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Treasury Bills Set for This Week
The Treasury's schedule of financing this week includes today's regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Garage Rock Meets Garage Critics
Anybody who has a voice strong enough to stand out on the Web can have a real impact on the media business...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
New York Speeds Up Ad Replacement
Almost eight years after its last advertising campaign, New York magazine plans to start one that will change five days a week...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
A Hand-Held Gaming Device With Many Talents
Gizmondo, a hand-held mobile gaming device, is the sole product of a British company called Tiger Telematics that has done deals with EA and others and seen its stock price surge...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
New Era of Ticket Resales: Online and Aboveboard
Ticket scalpers have not been able to shake their reputation as hustlers, but with America Online joining them, can legitimacy be far behind?...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Missed Church? No Worries. Download It to Your IPod.
Just as Christian organizations embraced radio and television, podcasting has quickly caught on with religious groups offering spiritual recordings...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Canceling AOL? Just Offer Your Firstborn
America Online is now required to "remove obstacles consumers face when seeking to switch or cancel service." But there is evidence that breaking up with AOL is hard to do...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
European Trade Commissioner Pledges to End Quota Dispute
The European trade commissioner sought to quiet a dispute over Chinese textile imports promising to release within a month the 80 million Chinese-made sweaters, trousers and bras that are held up in European ports...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Early Look at Research Project to Re-engineer the Internet
The National Science Foundation is planning an effort to create a network more suited to the computerized world of the next decade...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Media Executives Court China, but Still Run Into Obstacles
The long-held optimism of Western media companies about venturing into China has suffered several setbacks recently...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Northwest Airlines Strikers Showing Signs of Dissent
Signs of dissent are beginning to bubble up among mechanics' union members on picket lines at airports around the country...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
A Haitian Slum's Anger Imperils Election Hopes
Bringing order to Cité Soleil, Haiti's biggest slum, and giving its residents a chance to vote in national elections is seen as vital to establishing a new, credible government...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
In Re Grammar, Roberts's Stance Is Crystal Clear
An obsession with rhetorical precision is a central trait of John G. Roberts Jr., said friends of the Supreme Court nominee...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Powerful Storm Threatens Havoc Along Gulf Coast
Hurricane Katrina sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing and prompted a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Intelsat Agrees to Acquire Rival in Big Satellite Deal
In a deal that would combine two of the world's largest operators of satellites that transmit video and data, Intelsat agreed to acquire PanAmSat for $3.2 billion...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Approaching Storm Slows Oil Output in Gulf of Mexico
Energy companies rushed to shut down oil rigs and refineries in the Gulf of Mexico, shrinking oil output when markets are already on edge over surging energy prices...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
KPMG’s Deal May Portend a Loss for Former Partners
The federal investigation of questionable tax shelters sold by KPMG, the large accounting firm, will take a complicated turn if former partners are indicted on criminal charges...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
At Defunct Fund, Close Ties to Auditor
Public documents show close ties between the Bayou Group, a Connecticut firm that is under investigation by federal and state authorities, and the firm that audited the hedge fund...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
Martha Stewart, Unchained
Martha Stewart will not be free of her court-mandated monitoring bracelet until this week, but she has already started on various business ventures...
New York Times - August 29, 2005
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