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US News Archive for July 2005:
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Match Was Epic; the Winner Is Williams
Venus Williams won her third Wimbledon singles title with a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 9-7 victory over Lindsay Davenport...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Youth Is Served Earlier in L.P.G.A.
Girls and young women are producing a moment in golf that their male counterparts may never enjoy for reasons physical and mental...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Conservative Groups Rally Against Gonzales as Justice
Conservative groups have warned President Bush that nominating his attorney general would splinter conservative support...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Confirmation Battle in Senate Could Define Specter's Career
Senator Arlen Specter will be the pivotal figure in the hearings as he tries to manage a bitterly divided Senate Judiciary Committee...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
The Car Is for Kids, but Gramps Is Driving
Trendy cars like Toyota's Matrix and Scion and the Honda Element were designed and marketed expressly for 20-somethings. But the people at the wheel often look much older...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
William Block Sr., 89, Newspaper Publisher, Dies
William Block Sr. was the longtime publisher of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
O.K., Japan Isn't Taking Over the World. But China . . .
China has emerged to be seen as the new economic menace threatening America's vital strategic interests...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Moonlighting Sure Pays Off at A.I.G.
Last week, investors learned just how big the benefits of an association with an offshore company have been for A.I.G. executives...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Working in a Coal Mine: Lord I Am So Tired, but Good-Looking
Hard bodies, clean energy. What message is General Electric sending?...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Attack of the $1 DVD's
While overall DVD sales are robust — last year retailers sold $15.5 billion in discs — the low-end market is positively booming...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
On the Matter of the Paintings, the Jury Is Still Out
L. Dennis Kozlowski is probably going to prison. But where is his art collection going?...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Cutting the Losses From Outsourcing
Does government policy encourage American jobs to move abroad?...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Whether on the Road or on the Patio, Burning Costly Fuel
Whether on the Road...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
These Days, It Has to Do a Lot More Than Roll
For some parents, baby strollers can come to mean much more than just transportation...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
My Dog. Our Wardrobe.
PET owners spend about $36 billion a year on their animals, so it makes sense that designers of more than cat beds and parakeet cages would want to tap into this gold mine. Barry Kieselstein-Cord, based in New York and known for his diamond-studded jewelry and leather handbags with sterling silver clasps, is a new entrant in the field: he will now design matching clothes and accessories for dogs and their owners...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
The Battle for Eardrums Begins With Podcasts
Apple has embraced podcasts, the free audio programming from the masses that has popped up in the past year...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
A Long Road From Ecuador
Napoleon Barragan is the founder and chief executive of 1-800-Mattress...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Chasing the Joneses, in a Fish Tank
Compassionate pet owners can place their fish in the tube-shaped biUbe, with an advanced filtration system and no right angles...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
A Stock Market Riddle May Have an Easy Answer
An explanation of why small-capitalization value stocks tend to beat large-cap growth stocks is based on simple logic...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
When the Everyday Was Revolutionary
HE finally stopped taking his Game Boy to work at Goldman Sachs to keep from playing Mario Brothers games during finance meetings...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
For One Blogger, Fun and Profit
Who said you can't make money giving away news and opinions on the Internet? Apparently not Jim Romenesko, who runs a popular site (poynter.org/column.asp?id=45) devoted to comings and goings in the news media. According to tax records filed by his employer, the Poynter Institute, Mr. Romenesko received $169,187 in salary and other compensation in 2003, making him Poynter's highest-paid nonexecutive...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Some People Pick the Stock. Others Choose the Moment.
Market timers believe significant declines in the stock market can be avoided by following certain signals...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
In Seat 12C, Speak Kindly and Carry a Big Candy Bar
IF you are a working stiff like me, you probably have to travel, and travel a lot. And unless you travel by private jet - a treat I had again last week - you probably suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous travel fortune: long lines; maddening, foot-tapping fellow passengers; hotel rooms that smell like gymnasiums; noisy neighbors; hard-to-find taxis; meals that leave you clutching your abdomen at 3 in the morning...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
In 2002, More Wealthy People Paid No Tax
The number of affluent individuals and married couples who paid no federal income taxes jumped more than 15 percent in 2002...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Were the Good Old Days That Good?
The American standard of living was climbing much faster in the 1950's compared with today's erratic gains...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Profit, Not Jobs in Silicon Valley
Changes in technology and business strategy are raising fundamental questions about the future of the nation's high technology heartland...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Blockbuster Drugs Are So Last Century
Eli Lilly sees its future in drugs that are aimed at smaller groups and can be developed more quickly and cheaply, possibly with fewer side effects...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Could a Few Hedge Funds Spoil the Party?
Competition has tempted hedge fund managers to find new, sometimes riskier ways to maintain their spectacular returns...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Luther Vandross, R&B Crooner, Is Dead at 54
Luther Vandross, who spun romance into hits like "Here and Now" and "Any Love," racked up eight Grammy Awards...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
So What's the 'Right' Pick?
President Bush is expected to appoint a judicial conservative to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, but the question is what kind of judicial conservative...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Taser controversy refuses to die
With electronic stun guns now being used by a growing number of UK police forces, BBC News examines the controversy in North America, where a series of deaths have put Tasers under fresh scrutiny...
BBC News - July 2, 2005
Tennis: Roddick through to final
Andy Roddick beats Thomas Johansson in a rain-delayed men's semi-final...
BBC News - July 2, 2005
Louis Friedland, 92, Television Executive, Dies
Louis N. Friedland played a prominent role in the development of syndicated television programming...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Names of Crash Victims Emerge, and Families Mourn
Officials in the Afghan capital said they had confirmed that all 16 on the helicopter died in the crash. Eight of the names had become public by late Friday...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Luther Vandross, Smooth Crooner of R&B, Is Dead at 54
Luther Vandross, the silky-voiced R&B crooner who spun romance into hits like "Here and Now" and "Any Love," racked up eight Grammy Awards...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
O'Connor Held Balance of Power
It is because Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has played a pivotal role on the court that her retirement is such a galvanizing event...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
After a Brief Shock, Advocates Quickly Mobilize
Justice O'Connor's retirement began a struggle with political implications for interest groups, the parties and the president...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Even Poolside, Casinos Entice by Hand-Held
A new law authorizes gamblers in Nevada to play games on hand-held wireless devices from public spaces in casinos...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Armstrong Victory Formula: Ride Fast but Dodge Disaster
It is often forgotten how many times Lance Armstrong has come close to disaster, barely avoiding crashes or other mishaps...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Two 1,000-Horsepower Motors, but No Cloud of Dust
Owners of triple-digit-speed boats belong to a rather exclusive group...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Schools That Train Real Estate Agents Are Booming, Too
As the real estate market booms, there has been a parallel boom in the real estate education industry...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Louis Friedland, 92, Television Executive, Dies
Louis N. Friedland, a retired broadcast executive who played a prominent role in the development of syndicated television programming, died on Wednesday...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
G.M. Sales Surge on Offer to Sell at Employee Price
G.M.'s Employee Discount for Everyone program touched the same kind of chord with shoppers as its Keep America Rolling campaign did after the Sept. 11 attacks...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Chinese Company Asks U.S. to Review Its Bid for Unocal
The Chinese oil company fighting for control of Unocal asked for a review of its $18.5 billion takeover offer, even as opposition to the bid was growing in Washington...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Jury Finds Infringements on Patents on Stents
A federal court jury concluded yesterday that Johnson & Johnson's method for coating its Cypher stent with drugs was an infringement on a patent owned by Boston Scientific. The jury also found that the structure of three Johnson & Johnson stents infringed a second patent...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Japan Corporate Survey Finds Optimism Is Up
Japanese corporate leaders were more optimistic about their prospects in June than they were three months earlier despite signs of a slowdown in exports...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Shares Rebound From Rate Increase to Finish Week Flat
This week, the market only had eyes for Alan Greenspan. But that could change in the coming weeks, as investors turn their attention to second-quarter earnings reports...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Manufacturing Activity Shows an Upturn for June
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
The Next Heavyweight Champion of Banks
Both Citigroup and Bank of America are heavyweights in financial services, but there are significant differences between them...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Making It Harder to Swap a Great Song (or Even a Mediocre One)
Upsets and underdogs topped the news this week, with the Supreme Court upsetting the Internet ethos that everything is (or should be) free...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Dollar Hits High Against Euro on Strong U.S. Economic Data
The dollar reached a 13-month high against the euro on Friday after faster-than-expected expansion in manufacturing...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Banker Convicted in Enron Barge Fraud Is Ordered to Prison
HOUSTON, July 1 (AP) - The former head of investment banking at Merrill Lynch & Company, who was convicted last year in Enron's bogus sale of power barges to the brokerage, must report to prison for a two-and-a-half-year term later this month, a judge has ruled...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Jurors Doubted Scrushy's Colleagues
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 1 - In the end, the jury deciding the fate of HealthSouth's former chief executive, Richard M. Scrushy, focused on one issue: credibility. But it was not Mr. Scrushy's credibility they were thinking about - he did not testify in his own defense. Instead, they wondered, could they believe the five former company executives who testified against him?...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
F.D.A. Says Flaws in Heart Devices Pose High Risks
The F.D.A. said that potential electrical flaws in some heart devices made by the Guidant Corporation posed a risk of serious injury or death to patients...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Senate Leader Calls for Limits on Drug Ads
Bill Frist called on the pharmaceutical industry to limit drug advertising directed at consumers, increasing the pressure on companies to curb such marketing...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Big Media's Power Plays
Opponents of big media often come to the same conclusion: the march of technological innovation will erode the power of giant media companies...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Heating Demand Pushes Oil Up $2.25
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
New Rules Make It Easier to Charge Executives, but Not to Send Them to Prison
The acquittal of the former chief executive of HealthSouth, Richard M. Scrushy, illustrates the weakness of forcing executives to certify regulatory filings...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
A Bond Maven Consults His Crystal Ball
William Gross, the chief investment officer at the Pacific Investment Management Company, is probably the biggest influence on bond prices after Alan Greenspan...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
The Lawyer Companies Love to Hate
William Lerach is the most aggressive, feared and controversial plaintiffs' lawyer in the land, but his courting of shareholder plaintiffs has landed him in hot water...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Don't Let Data Theft Happen to You
The recent spate of data breaches is worrisome, and although there are steps you can take to protect yourself - and you should - there are no guarantees...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Hot Stocks and Hooters Inc.
Low interest rates are not so great if you are counting on interest income to help pay the bills. Kiplinger's has practical ideas for earning higher yields...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Drug Lobby Got a Victory in Trade Pact Vote
The drug industry courtiers who represent what is arguably Washington's biggest lobby appear to have succeeded in the Central American Free Trade Agreement...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
Microsoft to Pay I.B.M. $775 Million in Settlement
The settlement stems from the Justice Department's antitrust case against Microsoft in 1995...
New York Times - July 2, 2005
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