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US News Archive for July 2007:
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Williams Sisters Headline Wimbledon Drama
After her sister Venus eked out a come-from-behind, rain-delayed victory, Serena Williams overcame a scream-inducing calf injury to win her match as the sisters advanced...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Architect Chosen to Overhaul U.N. Headquarters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. architect Michael Adlerstein, who has helped renovate buildings ranging from the Statue of Liberty to the Taj Mahal, will take over the lagging project to restore U.N. headquarters, the United Nations said on Monday...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Behind in Money Race, McCain Reshapes Staff
Senator John McCain?s campaign said that it would cut staffers as it reported raising just $11.2 million in the last three months...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Bush Commutes Libby?s Prison Sentence
President Bush said today that he had used his power of clemency to commute the 30-month sentence for I. Lewis Libby Jr., who was convicted of perjury in the C.I.A. leak case...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
AT&T to Pay $2.8 Billion for Dobson
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New York Times - July 2, 2007
No Deal for Trump Casinos
Trump Entertainment Resorts announced Monday it is not likely to be sold, sending shares of the company plunging in early trading...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Carlyle Group to Buy Manor Care
Manor Care Inc. , the largest U.S. operator of homes for the elderly, said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Blockbuster Names James Keyes as C.E.O.
The video rental chain on Monday named James Keyes as its new chairman and chief executive to replace current CEO John Antioco...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
U.S. Manufacturing Expected to Expand
The Institute for Supply Management said that its manufacturing index rose to 56 in June. The reading marked the fifth consecutive month of growth...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Schwab to Return $3.5 Billion to Shareholders
Enriched from the sale of its wealth management subsidiary, Charles Schwab will buy back more than 100 million of its shares and paying a one-time dividend...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Shifting Careers: Selling Yourself by Showing Yourself, in a Good Way
Self-promotion is essential in today?s competitive landscape. And this is not just true for authors. It is true for anyone who wants to get ahead...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Macao Bank Allowed to Transfer $25 Million to North Korea
A complex series of negotiations, spurred by the Treasury Department, results in $25 million being transferred to North Korea from a small bank in Macao...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
New Type of Executive Helps With Greening of Corporations
Corporations are adding a new title to the executive suite ? chief sustainability officer ? not just an environmental watchdog, but someone to oversee the effort to go green...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Mind your language at Geno's
James Coomarasamy revisits a food stall owner in Philadelphia whose campaign for the English language has struck a chord in America...
BBC News - July 2, 2007
Venezuela deepens ties with Iran
Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez attend the start of a petrochemical plant in Iran...
BBC News - July 2, 2007
Missing US envoy is 'found dead'
A US diplomat in Cyprus who went missing four days ago is reportedly found dead on a remote part of the island...
BBC News - July 2, 2007
Libby refused delayed prison term
A US appeals court refuses to delay the jail term of former White House official Lewis "Scooter" Libby...
BBC News - July 2, 2007
Patchwork City: Largely Alone, Pioneers Reclaim New Orleans
Determined former residents who are bringing the Gentilly neighborhood back to life say government help has been minimal...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Universal in Dispute With Apple Over iTunes
The Universal Music Group notified Apple that it will not renew its annual contract to sell music through iTunes...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Taiwanese film director Yang dies
Award-winning Taiwanese film-maker Edward Yang dies from cancer at the age of 59...
BBC News - July 2, 2007
Robinho hat-trick revives Brazil
Real Madrid striker Robinho scores a hat-trick as Brazil beat Chile 3-0 in the Copa America...
BBC News - July 2, 2007
US boosts air-guards
The US boosts the number of marshals on flights between the US and Europe following recent UK car bombings...
BBC News - July 2, 2007
Israel Resumes Transfer of Taxes to Palestinians
Israel will resume monthly transfers of taxes to the government as well as return, in installments, about $600 million withheld from the Palestinians since early 2006...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Obama Campaign Raises $32.5 Million
Senator Barack Obama raised at least $32.5 million from April through June, he announced, and attracted more than 258,000 contributors...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
As Senator Rose, Lobbying Became Family Affair
The lobbying work that Fred D. Thompson?s sons did after their father won his Senate seat suggests how far the family has traveled from Mr. Thompson?s early career...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Block by Block: Largely Alone, Pioneers Reclaim New Orleans
Determined former residents who are bringing the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans back to life say government help has been minimal...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
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New York Times - July 2, 2007
Drilling Down: Harry Potter and the Gyrating Book Sales
The Harry Potter effect demonstrates a truth about sales of children?s books: they are highly volatile and dependent on blockbusters...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
A Rat Chef Leads Way at Box Office
The rodents of ?Ratatouille? and the fireworks of ?Live Free or Die Hard? joined at the box office over the weekend to narrowly reverse Hollywood?s recent slump...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
The Week Ahead
A MIDWEEK HOLIDAY The Fourth of July holiday on Wednesday breaks up the business week. All markets, banks and government offices and many businesses will be closed on Wednesday...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Toys for Toddlers From PG-13 Movie
Warning: ?Transformers? is steering toward your toddlers. At least that?s the complaint from a Boston-based advocacy group...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Link by Link: Taking the Copyright Fight Into a New Arena
A prominent voice in the fight to ease copyright restrictions, Lawrence Lessig has said he will now focus on combating political corruption...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
No Oil Yet, but African Isle Finds Dealings Slippery
The tiny island nation of São Tomé may have attracted oil-related corruption without producing any oil...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Labels Lack Food?s Origin Despite Law
Congress has delayed the enforcement of a law that requires country-of-origin labels on meat and produce...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Carlyle Group in Talks to Acquire Virgin Media
The potential bid for Sir Richard Branson?s Virgin Media could be worth more than $20 billion...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Chasing the iPhone
Asian manufacturers fear Apple may repeat in wireless communications what it accomplished in portable music with the iPod: changing the industry...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Apple Faces a Rebellion Over iTunes
The Universal Music Group of Vivendi, the world?s biggest music corporation, last week notified Apple that it will not renew its annual contract to sell music through iTunes...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Online Customized Ads Move a Step Closer
Yahoo will announce new tools for online advertising that could pull the company ahead in the race to better tailor online advertisements to the people most likely to buy...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Shifting Careers: Selling Yourself by Showing Yourself, in a Good Way
Self-promotion is essential in today?s competitive landscape. And this is not just true for authors. It is true for anyone who wants to get ahead...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Maharishi?s Minions Come to Wall Street
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whom the Beatles sought guidance from, is seeking investors, and a branch of his organization has come to New York?s financial district...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
For iPhone, Some Shortages and Activation Problems
Both Apple and AT&T acknowledged that some customers have had problems activating their phones to connect to the AT&T cellular network...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Public Enemy to Use a Digital Distributor
TuneCore, a digital music distributor, is expected to announce that Public Enemy, one of the seminal hip-hop groups, will use its service for its new album...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
A Web Cadre Turns the Tables on African Scam Artists
For some, replying to Internet scams is a rewarding hobby. They call themselves scam-baiters, and they have started taking justice into their own hands...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
British News Sites Seek Out Readers in the U.S.
With Americans seemingly developing a taste for news with a Fleet Street twist, British papers are stepping up their efforts to court American readers and advertisers...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
E-Commerce Report: To Raise Shopper Satisfaction, Web Merchants Turn to Videos
For years Internet merchants have poured millions of dollars into new technologies to make their sites easier to use. So why aren?t online customers happier?...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Al Gore?s Top-Secret Access for the Final ?Sopranos? Episode
Brad Grey, the chairman of Paramount whose studio distributed ?An Inconvenient Truth,? gave Al Gore an advance copy of the final episode of ?The Sopranos.?...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Xbox Offers a Forum to Reach Gamers Where They Live
Since November, Xbox LIVE Marketplace has offered video-on-demand downloads of movies and download-to-own episodes of television shows...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
In a Bid for Dow Jones, an Entrepreneur Again Finds Murdoch as Rival
Brad Greenspan, the former chief executive of Intermix Media, leads an investment group that he says is willing to spend $1.25 billion to buy 25 percent of Dow Jones...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Advertising: With a Big Day Ahead, Marketers Are Turning to Numerology
Saturday is July 7, 2007, or 7/7/07, and the opportunity to celebrate it has become the centerpiece of a spate of marketing campaigns...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
A $135 Million Home, but if You Have to Ask ...
Selling the most expensive single-family residential property in the nation on the market mostly consists of saying no...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Amazon.com to Sell More Films in HD DVD
The company currently offers more than 300 HD DVD titles for sale on its site, and more than 400 that use the competing Blu-ray DVD format championed by Sony...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
The Media Equation: How the Grid Is Changing the Village
A broader popular culture that many residents of Corinth, N.Y., have rejected by leaving big cities now rides back toward them on the information superhighway...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
The Winding Road to a Giant Deal to Sell Bell Canada
The 51.7 billion Canadian bid to take Bell Canada private unquestionably rewards the company?s shareholders. But getting there was not a pleasant experience for everyone...
New York Times - July 2, 2007
Rally for Lopez Obrador in Mexico
Supporters of defeated Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rally in Mexico City...
BBC News - July 2, 2007
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