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US News Archive for March 2007:
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Bush: Iran's actions 'inexcusable'
President Bush and Iranian President Ahmadinejad on Saturday ramped up the rhetoric over British sailors and marines held by Iran. Bush called them "hostages" and said Iran's actions were "inexcusable." Ahmadinejad called British forces "arrogant" for not apologizing after entering what Iran considers its waters...
CNN - March 31, 2007
Australian Critics See Politics in Detainee Deal
Prime Minister John Howard is facing accusations that the relatively brief sentence on Guantánamo detainee David Hicks resulted from governmental pressure...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Ex-Aide Details a Loss of Faith in the President
The chief 2004 campaign strategist for President Bush said he was disappointed with Mr. Bush?s leadership, becoming the first member of an inner circle to break so publicly with the president...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
DataBank: Bernanke Speaks, and the Market Retreats
The stock market dropped last week on Congressional testimony of Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, on Wednesday...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Suits: Oops, There Goes That Ferrari Enzo
It appears that Daniel Sadek, a real estate investor turned movie producer, got a rude surprise in the wake of filming ?Redline.?...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
The Count: Yes, Retirement Still Seems an Impossible Dream
It?s time for another retirement study to make you feel anxious and afraid...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Market Week: Looking for Signs of Stability in Job Tally
The softening economy is hitting us where we live, but so far there has been little discernible impact on where we work...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Investing: Interest-Rate Roulette: A Game of Many Dangers
A wrong guess on the Federal Reserve?s next move can hurt your portfolio...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
The Boss: It?s Not All About the Process
?I got a heightened sense at a young age of what is right and what it is wrong,? said Andrew Prozes, chief executive, LexisNexis Group...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Career Couch: Want Recognition? Share the Limelight
Even if the project was yours and yours alone, modesty can be the best policy...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Home Front: A Map for the Maze of Federal Contracts
Many small-business owners find the process of securing a federal supply contract frustrating...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Off The Shelf: What Consultants May Not Know About Leadership
One view that emerges in Bill George?s book, ?True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership,? is that the soul of leadership cannot be taught...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Strategies: How to See the Big Picture in Little Slices of the Market
Diversification, it turns out, is important not only in your overall portfolio, but also within the particular market sectors you favor...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
The Basics: Taking Aim at All Those Plastic Bags
Quick: Paper or plastic? Still not sure? Well, San Francisco has made its choice...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Re-Education
Can China create schools that foster openness, flexibility and innovation? And what happens to China if it does?...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
National Perspectives: Retirement Homes Go High-Rise and Urban
A growing number of retirement communities, many developed by nonprofit organizations, are coming to city neighborhoods...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
[TS] Fair Game: Cold Reality in Some Hot I.P.O.?s
To anyone with a memory going back more than five minutes, this year?s ratio of profitable to unprofitable I.P.O.?s is something of a danger sign...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
The Goods: A Brighter Padlock, at Twice the Price
Appealing to students by using L.E.D. technology to make glow-in-the-dark locks...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Economic View: A Bridge Over the Atlantic, in Labor Policy
Competition from workers in China and other poor countries is pushing American and European policy makers to borrow from each other?s playbooks...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Square Feet | Ventures: Why REIT Shoppers Are Heading to the Malls
Analysts say that space is tightest in the regional malls, which generally contain 400,000 to 800,000 square feet of enclosed real estate for department stores, specialty shops and, often, a food court...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Spending: A Nice Stiff Breeze, and a Nice Little Power Bill
As energy costs rise, more consumers are investing in wind turbines, aiming to take control of their household utilities and to cut their energy bills...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Novelties: For Chatting Face to Face, Webcams With a Clearer View
To tap the potential world of video buddies, manufacturers are offering high-quality portable Web cameras...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
What?s the One Thing Big Business and the Left Have in Common?
(Believe it or not, it could be a desire for universal health care.)...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Digital Domain: If at First You Don?t Succeed, Write a Check
Microsoft?s new program to pay companies to use its search engine brings an entirely new approach to acquiring customers: buying them at wholesale, instead of retail...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Media Frenzy: Push Comes to Shove for Control of Web Video
Ads, even for YouTube, remain the name of the game...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
New Bar Codes Can Talk With Your Cellphone
Software will let phones read encoded data on everyday objects to call up videos, pictures or text from the Internet...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
The End of the Line as They Know It
Detroit?s displaced are struggling to build new lives...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Borrowing Trouble
A class-action suit tests the practices of NovaStar Financial, a mortgage lender based in Kansas City, Mo...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Tennis: Serena wins title
Serena Williams saves two match points to beat Justine Henin 0-6 7-5 6-3 and win the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Britain, Iran 'discussing sailors'
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett says she has written to Iran to seek a peaceful resolution to the standoff over 15 sailors and marines, now held for nine days. Iran has launched a legal inquiry and could put the captives on trial, its ambassador to Russia was quoted as saying...
CNN - March 31, 2007
New brand added to pet food recall
The recall of contaminated pet foods expanded Saturday to include a new brand, even as investigators puzzled over how a chemical called melamine would kill dogs and cats...
CNN - March 31, 2007
Beckett: Britain, Iran discussing sailors
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Saturday she had written to Iran to seek a peaceful resolution to the standoff over 15 sailors and marines, now held for nine days. Iran has launched a legal inquiry and could put the caprives on trial, its ambassador to Russia was quoted as saying...
CNN - March 31, 2007
Bush?s Global AIDS Effort Limited by Restrictions
The president?s program should move from an emergency response to a long-term battle plan, a panel of experts said...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
In Major Shift, U.S. Imposes Tariffs on Some Chinese Paper
Trade and industry officials say the new policy could lead to duties on imports of Chinese steel, plastics, machinery and textiles...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
U.S. rejects Iran captives swap
U.S. officials say they have ruled out a deal to exchange the 15 British Royal Navy personnel captured by Iran for five Iranians held by U.S. forces in Iraq. Tehran is continuing to defy international pressure to release the sailors and Royal Marines they have been holding for nine days...
CNN - March 31, 2007
Audit Challenges Bush?s AIDS Effort
President Bush?s $15 billion plan to fight AIDS globally is hampered by restrictions, a panel of medical experts said...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
In Major Shift, U.S. Imposes Tariffs on Chinese Paper
The U.S. is imposing duties on two Chinese makers of high-gloss paper, but trade and industry officials say the new policy could lead to tariffs on imports of Chinese steel, plastics, machinery and textiles...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Singer Marie Osmond to divorce
US Singer and TV personality Marie Osmond and husband Brian Blosil
are divorcing after 20 years of marriage...
BBC News - March 31, 2007
Gitmo's Hicks to serve nine months
A U.S. military tribunal sentenced Australian al Qaeda trainee David Hicks, gray suit at left, to seven years in prison, but he will only have to serve nine months of the sentence...
CNN - March 31, 2007
Team decimated by bus crash returns to field
There was a festive atmosphere Friday for the return of baseball to Bluffton University in northwest Ohio. Fans spread blankets and lawn chairs 10-deep along the fences and grilled hot dogs and burgers. But there also were reminders of tragedy. Five names and numbers hung from the outfield fence, one for each member of the baseball team killed March 2 in a bus crash...
CNN - March 31, 2007
Mugabe endorsed as 2008 candidate
Zimbabwe's ruling party on Friday endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its 2008 presidential candidate. Mugabe has faced international condemnation over a brutal crackdown on opponents, which left opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai hospitalized...
CNN - March 31, 2007
Bush?s AIDS Effort Limited by Restrictions
President Bush?s $15 billion plan to fight AIDS globally is seriously hampered by restrictions imposed by Congress and the administration, a panel of medical experts said...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Australian to Serve 9 Months in Terrorism Case
Under the terms of the deal in which David Hicks pleaded guilty on Monday, all but nine months of his seven year sentence will be suspended...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
As Cheerleaders Soar Higher, So Does the Danger
Cheerleaders suffer more catastrophic injuries than female athletes in all other sports combined...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Clinton Camp Turns to a Star in Money Race
The early deployment of Bill Clinton highlights concerns about the strength of Senator Barack Obama?s candidacy...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Gulf Hits Snags in Rebuilding Public Works
Nineteen months after Hurricane Katrina, many school buildings remain closed, public water systems leak, roads crumble and libraries molder...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Philip Morris Parent Pays Full $3.5 Billion to States in ?98 Deal
The move by Altria Group Inc. may bolster the prices of municipal bonds backed by the payments...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Rule on Brokers Is Overturned
A federal appeals court overturned a Securities and Exchange Commission rule exempting certain securities brokers who offer investment advice from strict disclosure requirements...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Market Values: Speed May Do More Harm Than Good
In the time it takes to read this sentence, you could be making big money in the markets. In theory...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
United Technologies Offers to Buy Security Unit
Rentokil?s Initial Electronic Security Group operation sells integrated security systems, intrusion detection, closed-circuit televisions, access control and security software...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Shares Falter on Trade Tensions
Escalating trade tensions between the United States and China pushed the Standard & Poor?s 500-stock index slightly lower yesterday, the last trading day of March, limiting its third straight quarterly advance...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Ex-Chief of Kodak Chosen as Chairman of Delta
Daniel A. Carp will become chairman of the board after Delta Air Lines emerges from bankruptcy protection at the end of April...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Incomes Rose, as Did Buying in February
Consumers spent more in February, and construction spending rose by the largest amount in 11 months...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Man Group, the Large British Hedge Fund, Plans to Spin Off Its Brokerage Unit
A majority stake in the brokerage unit, which will be renamed MF Global, will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the third quarter of this year...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Enterprise Rent-a-Car Buys Vanguard, a Rival
The acquisition comes during a time of increasing investor interest in the car rental business...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
J. Paul Sticht, 89, Executive Who Expanded R. J. Reynolds, Dies
J. Paul Sticht, the first outsider to lead R. J. Reynolds, led the company through a time of rapid diversification...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Agency Rejects .xxx Suffixes for Sex-Related Sites on Internet
A proposal to create a specialized .xxx suffix for sex-related entertainment Web sites received a final rejection by the agency governing the Internet address system...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Authorities Arrest Founder of Internet Gambling Site
The founder of the BetOnSports gambling Web site, Stephen Kaplan, is named in a 22-count criminal case related to Internet gambling...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
What?s Online: The Name Game (Plus Typos)
Companies like Microsoft are filing lawsuits against outfits they say engage in a practice called ?domain swiping.?...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
What?s Offline: A New Rush to Go Public
Business 2.0 reports that we are about to witness a new round of technology companies racing to go public...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
German Retailer to Pay Restitution to Jewish Family for Berlin Property
Germany?s largest retailer will pay the heirs of a department store once owned by a Jewish family more than $100 million for the confiscation of what is now prime real estate in Berlin...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Five Days: Summer?s Here, at Least at the Gas Pump
Gasoline prices are surging again, but if drivers stop at a Burger King along the way, at least some of the food they eat will be from suppliers that treat their animals well...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Shortcuts: Too Busy to Notice You?re Too Busy
Being busy is part of our modern world, but there are some simple ways to wrestle back control...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Negotiators Extend Deadline for South Korea Trade Pact
The deal, if successfully concluded, would quickly remove 85 percent to 90 percent of tariffs between the United States and South Korea...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Homeowners, Call Your Bankers Before They Call You
With many adjustable-rate mortgages about to reset at a higher rate, it is important to take action before the lender does...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Big Test for Workers as Owners
With the Tribune Company on the verge of deciding its future, perhaps no interested party remains more in the dark than its 20,000 employees, who could end up as majority shareholders...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Does That Pack of Gum Need to Go on a Debit Card?
Debit card transactions were once free, but that is no longer always the case. Overdraft charges are one more thing to keep in mind when using your card...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
This Family?s Hot Stuff
Five generations of the family that owns and operates the McIlhenny Company have kept the Tabasco sauce business going while weathering many storms...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
[TS] Talking Business: Tug of War Puts the Fans in the Middle
A battle for Major League Baseball is a reminder that once upon a time, in an era we barely remember now, sports and television lived in harmony...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
Farmers Head to Fields to Plant Corn, Lots of It
The Agriculture Department said farmers would plant more corn this year than at any time since World War II...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
U.S., in Major Shift, Imposes Tariffs on Some Chinese Paper
The new policy could lead to duties on imports of Chinese steel, plastics, machinery and textiles...
New York Times - March 31, 2007
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