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US News Archive for July 2007:
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Taliban: Male hostage shot dead
A second South Korean held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been killed, a spokesman for the group tells CNN. A Taliban deadline for the release of prisoners in return for the 22 captives expired earlier Monday. full story...
CNN - July 30, 2007
Chief Justice Roberts suffers seizure
Chief Justice John Roberts has been taken to hospital as a "precaution" after falling at his summer home in Maine, the Supreme Court said Monday. full story...
CNN - July 30, 2007
Vick?s Co-Defendant Agrees to Plea Deal
One of the men indicted with Michael Vick on federal charges stemming from a suspected dog-fighting ring, pleaded guilty Monday and agreed to help prosecutors in the case...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Bill Walsh, Former 49ers Coach, Dies at 75
Mr. Walsh coached San Francisco to three Super Bowl titles and was one of pro football?s most influential figures...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Tom Snyder, TV Talk Host, Dies at 71
Mr. Snyder introduced a highly personal style that would have a strong influence on other television interviewers...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Bush and Brown Project Unity at Talks
Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain indicated that he mostly shared President Bush?s views on terrorism and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Chelsea Clinton Is Primed for Another Parent?s White House Run
If her mother manages to become the first female president of the United States, Chelsea Clinton could be in a historic position: the first first child twice over...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
HSBC Says Profits Up 13 Percent
Europe?s biggest bank posted a 13 percent increase in first-half profit despite a big rise in bad debts linked to its problems in the U.S. housing market...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Loews Profit Up 15 Percent
Loews said improved results in tobacco and drilling operations helped boost second-quarter profit 15 percent...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Alberto-Culver Profit Falls 17.8 Percent
The company, the maker of TRESemme and Nexxus hair-care brands, posted a 17.8 percent drop in quarterly profit after special items and discontinued operations...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
FPL Posts Sharp Increase in Profit
FPL said net income rose to $405 million, from $236 million a year before, helped by utility customer additions and strong wholesale generation performance...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Sun Reports Profit, Beating Forecasts
The computer server maker beat Wall Street?s estimates for its quarterly earnings, providing evidence that its turnaround plan was working and lifting shares in after-hours trading...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
German Lender Hit by U.S. Subprime Woes
The American mortgage crisis claimed IKB as a first victim in Germany today, setting off sharp falls in other bank shares there...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
American Home Mortgage Tumbles on Liquidity Issues
Shares of American Home sank today after the home loan provider announced ?major? writedowns, delayed a dividend and said lenders were demanding it put up more cash...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Stocks Finish Higher After Pullback
Wall Street found some stability today as investors, still anxious that a credit crunch will crimp growth, took advantage of low prices after last week?s steep losses...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
F.D.A. Panel Votes to Keep Diabetes Drug on Market
A federal drug advisory committee voted 22 to 1 to keep Avandia, a diabetes drug that may raise the risks of heart attacks, on the market...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Global stocks struggle to recover
European markets were broadly flat after flip-flopping nervously throughout the trading day following last week's tumble...
BBC News - July 30, 2007
Belgian U-turn over Ecuadoreans
Belgium halts the repatriation of an 11-year-old Ecuadorean girl and her mother, in a high-profile case...
BBC News - July 30, 2007
Dogfighting co-defendant flips; Vick speaks
A co-defendant in the Michael Vick dogfighting case pleaded guilty agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors. Tony Taylor could be the government's star witness. This is not good news for the Atlanta Falcons' embattled star quarterback, who spoke Monday with an Atlanta radio station. full story...
CNN - July 30, 2007
Taliban resumes talks on hostages
Taliban kidnappers and Afghan negotiators resumed talks to free 22 South Korean hostages who were still alive on Monday despite two rebel deadlines expiring. full story...
CNN - July 30, 2007
Brown agrees with Bush on war on terror
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday that Britain "absolutely" shares President Bush's philosophy on the war on terror but he avoided discussing his administration's purportedly waning support for Bush's Iraq policy. full story...
CNN - July 30, 2007
Vick Co-Defendant Agrees to Plea Deal
One of the ment indicted with Michael Vick on federal charges stemming from a suspected dog-fighting ring, pleaded guilty Monday and agreed to help prosecutors in the case...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Tom Snyder, TV Host, Dies at 71
As the host of NBC?s ?Tomorrow Show,? Mr. Snyder introduced a highly personal style that would have a strong influence on other television interviewers...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
British Prime Minister Is Cautious on Question of Iraq Troop Withdrawal
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told President Bush Monday he shares the U.S. view that there are "duties to discharge and responsibilities to keep" in Iraq...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Tyson Foods Returns to Profit
The largest U.S. meat company reported a quarterly profit of $111 million, compared with a year-earlier loss, due to better results in its beef, pork and chicken units...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Wrigley Profit Rises 21 Percent
The gum and candy maker said its second quarter net income climbed 21 percent, to $169.8 million, helped by international growth and a weaker dollar...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Humana Profit More Than Doubles
Humana reported second-quarter net income of $216 million, citing improved cost controls and sharply higher income from its government business...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
RadioShack Posts Profit But Sales Weaken
The electronics retailer reported a second-quarter profit of $47 million, against a year-earlier loss, aided by lower costs...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
ADM Quarterly Profit Rises
The company posted quarterly profit that more than doubled due to a gain from an asset exchange, but business was hurt by a drop in ethanol sales volume...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
F.D.A. Scientist Warns of Risk From Diabetes Drug
Avandia should be withdrawn because it increases heart risks, a federal drug safety official said today...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Verizon Earnings Up 4.5 Percent
The company reported second-quarter earnings of $1.68 billion, up 4.5 percent from a year ago, mainly due to its successful cell phone division...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Taliban silent as deadline passes
A purported Taliban deadline for the lives of 22 South Korean hostages has passed with no word on the captives' fate, and an Afghan governor pleaded with the militants to give negotiations more time. full story...
CNN - July 30, 2007
Ingmar Bergman, Famed Swedish Film Director, Dies at 89
Ingmar Bergman, one of the greatest directors in motion picture history, died today, Swedish news reports said...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
The Long Run: In Illinois, Obama Proved Pragmatic and Shrewd
In his eight years in the Illinois State Senate, Barack Obama did not bring revolution, but he had an eye for opportunity and a willingness to compromise...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
In Opposing Tax Plan, Schumer Breaks With Party
The senator has been reassuring Wall Street managers that he will resist efforts to increase taxes on their profits...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Monday on Wall St.: Jitters Rather Than Mergers
Given the rout in the financial markets last week, ?Merger Monday? may be suspended ? indefinitely...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
BBC team on US Spanish trip
A team from BBC Mundo are setting off on a journey across the US speaking only Spanish...
BBC News - July 30, 2007
Korean firm buys Bobcat diggers
US group Ingersoll-Rand sells its Bobcat digger business to South Korean firm Doosan Infracore for $4.9bn...
BBC News - July 30, 2007
Davies shooting case dropped
Charges are dropped against a man accused of shooting Ray Davies after The Kinks singer does not appear in court...
BBC News - July 30, 2007
Brazil hopes for Rio Games boost
The Pan Am Games close in Rio with organisers hoping they boosted Brazil's chances of staging more events...
BBC News - July 30, 2007
Mexico allows gay conjugal visits
Mexico City prisons allow conjugal visits from gay partners in response to a human rights commission's request...
BBC News - July 30, 2007
Gunfire greets Iraq soccer win
A thumping header by Iraq's Younis Mahmoud Khalaf in Jakarta, Indonesia, set off blasts of jubilant gunfire Sunday nearly 5,000 miles away in Baghdad, as Iraq celebrated its first-ever Asian Football Cup championship. full story...
CNN - July 30, 2007
Contador Wins a Scarred Tour de France
Alberto Contador, a 24-year-old from Madrid who rides for the Discovery Channel team, won the overall title, the youngest rider in a decade to win cycling?s biggest event...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Advances Cited in Research on Multiple Sclerosis
Researchers say they have identified new genetic variants that contribute to the neurological disease...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
At Hall of Fame, Day Dedicated to Two Icons
The induction of Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday was notable primarily because no one mentioned Barry Bonds?s race catch Hank Aaron...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Political Memo: Anti-Abortion Leaders Size Up G.O.P. Candidates
Six months before the Iowa caucuses, abortion opponents are trying to adjust to a strikingly different political landscape...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Taking on a Lake-Eating Monster in East Texas
Caddo Lake, often called Texas?s only honest lake, is under siege by a fast-spreading, Velcro-like aquatic fern...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Early Experience: At State Level, Obama Proved to Be Pragmatic and Shrewd
Barack Obama did not bring revolution to Springfield, Ill., in his eight years in the Senate, but he had an eye for opportunity and a willingness to compromise...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
The Week Ahead
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Investors will be looking for signs of where the financial and credit markets are headed. A major signal will come from the employment figures for July (Friday)...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Airline Is Ending New Haven Flights
NEW HAVEN, July 29 (AP) ? After five months of service, Pan Am Clipper Connection plans to end its service on Monday between Tweed New Haven Regional Airport and the Baltimore-Washington area...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Treasury Bills Scheduled for This Week
The Treasury Department?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 - July 30, 2007
Initial Benefit From Genetic Engineering Likely to Be Medicine
Because of the high prices that drugs can command, medicine ? not food ? might provide the earliest payoff from genetically engineered livestock...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Drilling Down: Minding the Gap in Sizing Up Sale Prices
Eleven years ago, researchers discovered a quirk in consumers? thinking about prices: they acted as if low digits were farther apart than higher ones...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
South Korean Company to Buy Bobcat
The Doosan Infracore Company agreed to buy the Bobcat unit and other divisions from the Ingersoll-Rand Company for $4.9 billion...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Saudi Company?s Shares Up in Debut
Shares of the Kingdom Holding Company of the billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia rose as much as 41 percent...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Advertising: Good News, Elaine: The Sponge Is Back, With a More Modern Approach
The Today Sponge contraceptive is once again on sale and is the focus of a marketing campaign by its new owner, Synova Healthcare Group...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
When Dave Welcomed Drew, the Time Was Right
Drew Carey?s announcement that he would become host of the game show ?The Price Is Right? revealed much about the art of media wrangling...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Schumer Shows Support for Wall Street
The New York senator has been reassuring hedge fund and private equity managers that he will resist efforts from his party to increase taxes on their profits...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Museum Review | The New World of Coca-Cola: Ingredients: Carbonated Water, High-Fructose Corniness ...
If you want to have a Coke and a smile, and you don?t mind being engulfed by an enormous commercial, this museum offers its own puzzles and pleasures...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
E-Commerce Report: U.S. Merchants Look to the North in Bid to Rejuvenate Slowing Sales
The Canadian online retailing market is in the midst of brisk growth, and the turnaround is of no small significance for American merchants...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Summer Is Springfield Season in Theaters
?The Simpsons Movie? sold a strong $71.9 million in tickets at United States theaters over the weekend and another $100 million overseas, making it No. 1 at the box office...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Diddy Rants on YouTube to Recruit New Assistant
Sean Combs is looking for a helper to fill the shoes of his former assistant. But instead of résumés, Mr. Combs is accepting only video applications uploaded to YouTube...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
New Life on the Web for a Killed Newspaper Column
A column killed at The Los Angeles Times finds new life on a Web site called L.A. Observed...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Tabloid Eaten by Aliens! Fake Columnist Loses His Job!
After years of talk radio and cable-news pundits, Ed Anger?s America may feel very familiar, but Ed Anger himself does not. Perhaps that is because he isn?t real...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Old Game Show Network Reinvents Itself With Interactivity
On GSN, formerly the Game Show Network, a new program called ?Without Prejudice?? stands out. It may be just what GSN needs in seeking an identity...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Environmentalists Push, but Home Depot Refuses to Drop Ads on Fox News
Activists are urging Home Depot to withdraw advertising from Fox News, whose hosts and commentators dismiss global warming as liberal hysteria...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Board to Remain Neutral in Bids for Dutch Bank
The decision by ABN Amro?s board is expected to be announced Monday when the company reports second-quarter results...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Investor With Close Ties to Putin Is in Talks to Buy Oil Company
The owners of Russneft, one of Russia?s largest private oil companies, are in talks to sell their shares and are near a deal with Oleg V. Deripaska...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
The Ludlum Conundrum: A Dead Novelist Provides New Thrills
Robert Ludlum died six years ago, but that has done nothing to slow the release of books published under the name of the actor-turned-novelist...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
China-U.S. Talks Continue, Amid Legal Volleys
A year after the United States began a ?strategic economic dialogue? with China, the word ?dialogue? hardly seems to apply...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
New Scrutiny for Facebook Over Predators
Like MySpace before it, Facebook, the online social network, is being subjected to accusations that it does not do enough to keep sexual predators off its site...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Family That Controls Wall Street Journal Is Said to Remain Divided as Sale Deadline Looms
The Bancroft family and even some of its advisers seem sharply split over whether to sell Dow Jones & Company to Rupert Murdoch?s News Corporation...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Gates Plans His Leave Amid Great Change
Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft, still intends to step away next year as planned. But so far, Mr. Gates, the company?s chairman, is showing no sign of fading away...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Monday on Wall St.: A Day Filled With Jitters
Given the rout in the stock and debt markets last week, ?Merger Monday? may be suspended ? indefinitely...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
Without U.S. Rules, Biotech Food Lacks Investors
Federal officials seem to be getting serious about drafting rules that would determine whether and how genetically engineered animals can safely enter the food supply...
New York Times - July 30, 2007
World owes US a debt, says Brown
UK PM Gordon Brown says the world owes a debt to the US for its fight against terrorism, as he arrives in America...
BBC News - July 30, 2007
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