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US News Archive for June 2007:
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Death Is 3rd in 3 Years at Playland
A manager of the Mind Scrambler ride at Playland Amusement Park in Rye, N.Y., was killed Friday night after she rode it without wearing her seat belt...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Perspective on Her Side, Mrs. Edwards Enters Fray
Since her cancer diagnosis, Elizabeth Edwards has become an increasing presence in her husband?s campaign...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
After Bill?s Fall, G.O.P. May Pay in Latino Votes
The demise of the immigration bill may have damaged the party?s ability to attract more Hispanic voters...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
In Steps Big and Small, Supreme Court Moved Right
In the first full term of the Roberts Supreme Court, a third of decisions were decided by 5-to-4 margins, with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy as the linchpin...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
[TS] Fair Game: Risk-Aversion Therapy on Wall St.
Investors have some nerve to dump Blackstone?s shares ? don?t they know who Steve Schwarzman is?...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Suits: Only One Word for Subprime Mess
High-level public officials and private analysts suggest that the subprime mortgage mess is contained...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Market Week: Choosing Sides on Jobs Data
The monthly Labor Department jobs report is often wide of the mark, requiring substantial revisions weeks later and leaving investors unsure of how to interpret the results...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
National Perspectives: Restoring the Past to Improve the Future
The restoration of a historic theater is part of an array of changes intended to reinvigorate a once-thriving African-American community in Virginia...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
The Count: That War Is Over. It?s O.K. to Trade With the Enemy.
What began in 1776 as an act of rebellion against the British created not just a separate country but also a powerful economic force...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Dealbook: Your Debt May Become My Advantage
In buyouts, the winners can include rival companies that go head to head in the marketplace with businesses that are laden with debt as a result of leveraged buyouts...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Fundamentally: Don?t Let a Bouncing Bond Market Make You Dizzy
Just as increased volatility in stocks can highlight opportunities for equity investors, the recent rockiness in bonds can help clarify some decisions...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Investing: Value Stocks Prove That the Bargain Basement Isn?t Empty
With their bargain prices, value-oriented stocks can generate a healthy cash flow and give investors a reassuring margin of safety...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Spending: If One Vacation Home Won?t Do, How About a Bunch?
Destination clubs are a recent innovation in the shared-ownership industry, allowing members to vacation in luxurious, club-owned homes throughout the world...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Economic View: A False Sense of Security? You Must Own a Home
Never before have homeowners actually had such a small ownership stake in the houses they occupy...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Everybody's Business: What Is This Thing Called Private Equity?
There?s something not quite kosher about some private equity dealings, or so it seems to me. But I could be wrong...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
All the News That?s Fit to Print Out
How did the world?s biggest online encyclopedia turn into a leading source of daily journalism?...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
The Goods: As Laws Change, So Does the Baseball Bat
Legislation seeking to ban metal bats has been a boon for manufacturers of wood composite bats, which use blends of maple, ash and even bamboo...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Re:framing: A Challenge to Gene Theory, a Tougher Look at Biotech
The $73.5 billion global biotech business may soon have to grapple with a discovery that calls into question the scientific principles on which it was founded...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Ping: The Big Thought Is Missing in National Security
Why, six years after 9/11, is there no mega-research project to address the plausible security threats to the United States in the 21st century?...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Can She Turn Yahoo Into, Well, Google?
Susan L. Decker, president of Yahoo, faces daunting challenges: rebuilding morale, attracting top-notch recruits and delivering better results for investors...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
A Hamptons for Hedge Funds
The rise of Caribbean tax havens coincides with recent calls by American legislators for greater oversight and taxation of hedge funds...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Companies in U.S. Increase Testing of Chinese Goods
Widening recalls have forced big American companies to focus on potential hazards that were overlooked in the past...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Congressional Leaders Skeptical of South Korea Trade Deal
The Korean Free Trade Agreement calls for eliminating tariffs on 95 percent of consumer and industrial products traded between the United States and South Korea...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Golf: Injured Wie quits US Open
Michelle Wie withdraws from the US Women's Open with a recurrence of her wrist injury...
BBC News - June 30, 2007
US to reinforce airport security
The US is to tighten airport security in the wake of an incident at Glasgow airport and a bomb alert in London...
BBC News - June 30, 2007
Bell Canada?s Board Agrees to $49 Billion Offer to Go Private
The bid from a pension fund and private equity firm would be among the largest leveraged buyouts ever...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
2 U.S. Soldiers Charged With Murder of 3 Iraqis
The two soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder and planting weapons on dead Iraqis...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Kennebunkport Journal: Little Odessa? Maybe Not, but Bush-Putin Talks Lend This Resort a Russian Flavor
For the first time in its 39-year history, the Clam Shack has translated its menu of fried clams and lobster rolls into Russian...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Bomber?s End: Flash of Terror, Humble Grave
In Afghanistan, suicide bomber are buried without ceremony,the forgettable end to what most consider an unforgivable act...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Bell Canada Agrees to Buyout Offer
If approved, the deal would be Canada?s largest takeover and among the largest leveraged buyouts in history...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
US-South Korea trade pact signed
The US and South Korea sign a free trade agreement, the biggest such deal the US has sealed in 15 years...
BBC News - June 30, 2007
London on alert after explosives discovery
Security across London has been increased after police on Friday discovered two cars filled with explosives. British officials said hundreds of people could have been killed if the devices in the cars had been set off...
CNN - June 30, 2007
Immigrants Work On as Bill Dies and Views Divide
The day after the Senate failed to move on a proposal for a broad change in immigration law, it was time to take stock...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
N.F.L. Pulls the Plug on Its League in Europe
In the early ?90s, the N.F.L. wagered that North America and Europe would embrace a brand of football that was of lesser quality than the one the league?s 32 teams play in the United States. It was wrong...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
China anger over US seafood ban
China reacts angrily to a US ban on seafood products, after American authorities say they include banned antibiotics...
BBC News - June 30, 2007
Court admits Guantanamo cases
The top US Court will hear an appeal by Guantanamo inmates who want to challenge their confinement...
BBC News - June 30, 2007
Pakistan riots over aid delays
Hungry victims of monsoon-spawned floods in Pakistan have rioted over the slow, meager aid reaching their marooned villages, where many feared the receding waters will yield numerous bodies...
CNN - June 30, 2007
Man charged for stockpiling chemicals
A man who allegedly stored nearly 1,500 pounds of chemicals in his Staten Island home and a nearby storage facility was charged Friday with reckless endangerment, according to the New York City Police Department. Police said Miguel Serrano, 57, had bought the chemicals in bulk from and was intending to resell them on the Internet...
CNN - June 30, 2007
Poll: It's the people vs. government
People think the Democratic Congress is doing a lousy job after six months. Why the low marks? Democrats point to one issue, while Republicans point to another. But in both cases, not much seems to be getting done...
CNN - June 30, 2007
Money, Not Race, Fuels New Push to Buoy Schools
Even before a Supreme Court decision on integration, the push to improve public schools had turned, increasingly, on money...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
N.F.L. Pulls the Plug on League in Europe
In the early ?90s, the N.F.L wagered that North America and Europe would embrace a brand of football that was of lesser quality than the one the league?s 32 teams play in the United States. They were wrong...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
News Analysis: A Reversal of Fortune for Bush?s Political Capital
President Bush is in danger of losing control over a party that once marched in lockstep with him...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Manhattanites Face Driving Fee on the Way Out
The mayor?s plan would charge residents below 86th Street to drive their cars out of a congestion pricing zone...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
A One-Man Bandwagon Beats the Drum for Bloomberg ?08
Kevin Sheekey spent months preparing political power brokers to see Michael R. Bloomberg as a viable candidate...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Bill Dies, Views Divide and Immigrants Work On
The day after the Senate failed to move on a proposal for a broad change in immigration law, it was a time to take stock of the debate...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
In Shift, Justices Agree to Review Detainees? Case
The United States Supreme Court agreed to hear claims of Guantánamo detainees that they had a right to challenge their detention in American courts...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Bruce Kennedy, 68, Ex-Chief of Alaska Air, Dies
Bruce R. Kennedy was killed when the single-engine plane he was piloting crashed in central Washington...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Variations on a Theme: Explore the Differences in What Policies Offer
Disability insurance can stave off financial calamity, but policies vary significantly...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Liz Claiborne?s President to Join Talbots
Trudy F. Sullivan is stepping down to become president and chief executive of the women?s apparel retailer Talbots...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
AT&T Is Buying Oklahoma-Based Carrier
The wireless carrier agreed to acquire the rural wireless provider Dobson Communications Corporation for $2.8 billion...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Sanofi-Aventis Drops Application for Drug
The company withdrew its application to gain federal approval for a weight loss drug after a meeting at which government advisers rejected the treatment on safety grounds...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
May Spending by Consumers Matched Pace Set in April
Americans spent less than forecast in May, a sign that a consumer slowdown is restraining price pressures...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Five Days: Backers of the Buyout Boom Seem to Be Backing Out
The private equity business hit bumps. A deal was struck for a possible Dow Jones sale, and the Supreme Court struck down a longstanding rule on product pricing...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: A Big Early Climb Turns Into a Loss
Stocks fell after bomb scares swept London and concern grew that banks face more losses from subprime loans...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
What?s Offline: Out the Door, but Keeping It Open
In a tight labor market like this one, making sure you handle departing workers well is good for business ? and your remaining employees...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
What's Online: Some Bloggers Blur Some Lines
The decision by a blog-advertising network to deploy its writers to produce marketing copy for Microsoft and Cisco may have set back the efforts of professional bloggers to gain credibility...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Oil Giant Sees Some Strains in the System
James J. Mulva, chairman and chief executive of ConocoPhillips, spoke about his concerns that Congress and the country were not doing enough to meet the public?s energy needs...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Executive Pursuits: Heaven Is Above Manhattan, and the Dress Code Is Relaxed
Being rejected by Hell?s gatekeeper prompted me to embark on an executive pursuit of the rooftop bars that have proliferated across the city?s skyline...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Basic Instincts: Net Worth Can?t Measure Values
What is it like to be an ordinary person who comes into an extraordinary amount of money?...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Off the Charts: The Homes May Be Solid, but the Loans Look Shaky
Defaults have risen rapidly in the underlying mortgages in securities issued in the last half of 2006...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
U.S. Tightens Rules on Subprime Mortgages
Federal banking regulators set final rules on subprime mortgages, turning aside banking industry efforts to weaken them...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Chief Steps Down, and Commerce Bank Agrees to End Business Deals With His Family
The shake-up came five months after Commerce said that federal regulators were investigating Vernon W. Hill?s business dealings...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
[TS] Talking Business: iPhone Spin Goes Round and Round
A question about battery replacement is usually easy to clear up. But at Apple, there is no such thing as a straightforward answer. There is only spin...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Disability, the Insurance That Is Often Sadly Overlooked
Disability insurance coverage can make a big difference in the lives of disabled workers and their families...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Subpoena for Advisers on Salaries
Towers Perrin was subpoenaed by a House committee after it failed to comply with a request for information about potential conflicts in its compensation consulting business...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Old Drugs in, New Ones Out
Biotechnology companies are betting that pairing old drugs can be a better business than inventing new ones from scratch...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Gave Up Sleep, but at Least I Have an iPhone
Customers eager to buy the cellphone had waited in long lines in front of Apple stores in New York and other cities...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
Bear Stearns Shakes Up Funds Unit
Jeffrey B. Lane will replace a senior executive whose unit ran two hedge funds that nearly collapsed this month...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
China Vows Food-Safety Changes
China promised to cooperate in tackling its food safety problems but urged a quick resolution...
New York Times - June 30, 2007
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