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Will Smith voted 2008s top moneymaking movie star
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Intel will miss its already-lowered 4Q targets
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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LG shows off Dick Tracy wristwatch phone
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Israeli strikes, Hamas rockets resume after pause
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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US supports Egyptian-French initiative on Gaza
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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US News Archive for November 2006:
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Family buries firefighter killed in California blaze
A small Southern California community held the first of five funerals for firefighters killed in a blaze that officials said was started by an arsonist...
CNN - November 3, 2006
Ohio's Bob Ney resigns
Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio, who pleaded guilty last month in the influence-peddling investigation of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has resigned his seat in Congress, his chief of staff said Friday. The former chairman of the House Administration Committee faces more than two years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts stemming Abramoff scandal...
CNN - November 3, 2006
U.S. Intelligence Chief Visits Baghdad
John D. Negroponte is the latest in a series of officials to visit the Iraqi leader at a time when ties are tense...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Tight Turn Cited in Report on Lidle Plane Crash
The plane made a difficult U-turn from the wrong spot, the National Transportation Safety Board said today...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Evangelical Leader Says He Bought Drugs
The Rev. Ted Haggard admitted he had bought methamphetamine from a gay escort but denied having sex with him...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Republicans Highlight Strong Economy
Republicans seized on a drop in the unemployment rate to assert that tax cuts are working and the economy is strong...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Fearing Slow Holiday Sales, Wal-Mart Cuts Prices
For Wal-Mart, the strategy represents a bet that it can save Christmas by single-mindedly stressing low prices...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Panama wins backing for UN seat
Panama is endorsed as the compromise candidate for a key regional UN Security Council seat...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
US closes 'bomb secrets' website
The US closes a government website that posted Iraqi material said to detail nuclear bomb-making...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
Gaza gunmen 'flee in human shield'
A standoff between the Israeli military and Palestinian gunmen ends after the militants -- who were holed up in a Gaza mosque for hours -- slip away by mingling with Palestinian women who had formed a human shield outside, according to the Israel Defense Forces...
CNN - November 3, 2006
Bush: Dems wrong on Iraq
President Bush blasted Democrats at a campaign rally, saying their opposition to the Patriot Act and National Security Agency's eavesdropping program shows they don't appreciate the stakes in the war on terror...
CNN - November 3, 2006
Jobs Statistics Report Offers Fuel for Both Sides
Businesses added just 92,000 workers in October, even as the unemployment rate fell to a five-year low...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Christian Leader Admits to Some Accusations
The Rev. Ted Haggard resigned after a former male prostitute in Denver claimed a sexual relationship...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Israel Kills 2 Women During Mosque Siege
About ten other women were wounded as they tried to help Palestinian militants holed up inside the mosque in Gaza...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
US warns of Nigeria oil attacks
US diplomats in Nigeria warn that a militant group is planning a new wave of attacks in the oil-rich Delta...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
Dutch territories gain autonomy
The Netherlands signs a deal granting autonomy to the Caribbean territories of Curacao and St Maarten...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
US jobless rate at five-year low
The US economy added just 92,000 jobs last month, but the jobless rate fell to its lowest level in more than five years...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
UK venues in line for NFL first
Wembley, Twickenham and Cardiff are the favourites in the race to stage the first competitive NFL game to be played outside the Americas...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
Nephew charged in Berbick death
A 20-year-old nephew of former heavyweight boxer Trevor Berbick is one of two men charged with his murder...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
US stops audit of Iraq rebuilding
The US official audit agency that has investigated corruption in the efforts to rebuild Iraq is to be closed down...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
At-a-glance: 3 November
Everything you need to know about the latest developments in this year's US mid-term elections...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
Israelis in battle at Gaza mosque
Israeli troops exchanged gunfire and grenades with militants holed up in a northern Gaza mosque Friday as intensified operations entered a third day, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said...
CNN - November 3, 2006
Report: Half of runways too short
More than half of U.S. commercial airports don't have a 1,000-foot margin at the end of a runway, an overrun area the federal government says is needed as a safety zone, according to a new report...
CNN - November 3, 2006
Five U.S. troops die in Iraq
Another four U.S. soldiers and a U.S. Marine have died in Iraq, the military said in statements Friday. The deaths bring to 2,824 the number of U.S. soldiers who have died since the war in Iraq began...
CNN - November 3, 2006
Awards Celebrate a City Pulsing With Latin Sounds
Shakira reigned at the Latin Grammy Awards, which were held in New York City for the first time on Thursday...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Port Elizabeth Journal: Poachers’ Way of Life Is Endangering the Abalone’s
Abalone poaching has become so widespread that it threatens to wipe the species from the southern tip of Africa...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Software executive gets 12 years
The former boss of Computer Associates is fined $8m and jailed for 12 years for his role in a $2.2bn fraud at the firm...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
Cruise is new top gun at United
Tom Cruise joins the management of Hollywood studio United Artists in a deal with its owner, MGM...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
Athletics: Graham charged
Sprint coach Trevor Graham is charged with hindering a US government investigation into steroids in sport...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
Shakira scoops four Latin Grammys
Colombian pop star Shakira wins four gongs at the seventh Latin Grammy awards ceremony in New York...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
IMF praises Latin America growth
The IMF's economic survey for Latin America forecasts strong growth and backs practical economic moves...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
Study Sees ‘Global Collapse’ of Fish Species
If fishing around the world continues at its present pace, more and more species will vanish, experts are predicting...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
In Virginia Race, Women May Be the Decider
The exceedingly tight contest for Virginia’s Senate seat may be decided by how women vote...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Infant-Care Rule Cites Immigrants in U.S. Illegally
Under a new federal policy, children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants will no longer be entitled to Medicaid...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Officials See Qaeda Trials Using New Law in 2007
The Pentagon expects to begin conducting the first war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by summer...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
This Election, Modest Tour for President
President Bush is visiting carefully chosen districts and states he won handily in 2004 where his aides believe he can provide pivotal help...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Awards Celebrate a City that Pulses With Latin Sounds
Shakira reigned over Latin music at the Latin Grammy Awards, which were held for the first time in New York City...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Samuel Casey, 78, Who Led Pullman, Is Dead
Samuel B. Casey Jr., oversaw Pullman’s transformation from a manufacturer of luxury railroad cars to a builder of vast construction projects...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
The Churn: People
People...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
World Business Briefing: BMW Profit Is Short of Forecasts
BMW’s third-quarter profit fell short of expectations as accounting charges put the brakes on what should have been an easy comparison with the 2005 period, when it took a big hit from a derivative contract. Norbert Reithofer, who succeeded Helmut Panke as chief executive in September, also damped investor hopes that he might be more generous in returning cash to shareholders than was his predecessor, causing the stock price to drop. Pretax profit rose 9.4 percent, to 720 million euros ($919 million) in the quarter, below expectations of 742 million euros, despite in-line results at its core automotive business as write-downs on financial instruments again hurt earnings. A year ago, BMW had to book a 175 million euro noncash pretax expense for a bond option exchangeable into shares of the British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce, after the latter’s stock sharply appreciated in the third quarter. BMW reaffirmed its forecast for 4 billion euros in full-year pretax profit, which includes a one-time gain of 375 million euros from selling Rolls-Royce shares this year...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
World Business Briefing: A Cut in Corporate Tax Rates in Germany
The German government agreed on a plan to cut its average corporate tax rate in a bid to encourage investment in the country, which has Europe’s largest economy. The step will take Germany from having the highest tax in Europe to one that is broadly in line with the other rich countries of Western Europe. After months of negotiations, the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats — which form the coalition governing Germany — decided to reduce the average rate from 38.7 percent to about 29 percent, beginning Jan. 1, 2008. The measure radically lowers Germany’s nominal rate of taxation — a crucial factor in international perceptions of the business environment — but will ease the overall tax burden by only about $6.4 billion. To offset the rate reduction, the plan foresees broadening the tax base by restricting deductions of interest payments, licensing fees and other costs...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
World Business Briefing: Earnings Decline at BASF
The chemical maker BASF said that third-quarter profit fell by 24 percent because of costs related to the acquisition of an American rival, Engelhard, and plant closings. It also announced that it would cut another 2,000 jobs. The company earned 613 million euros ($782 million) in the period, compared with 808 million euros a year earlier. That performance fell short of the 629 million euros forecast by analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires. Sales rose 28 percent, to 13.29 billion euros from 10.36 billion euros. BASF, based in Ludwigshafen, cut 4,000 jobs, or about 30 percent of its work force, at the time of the Engelhard acquisition to help cut costs by some $400 million. BASF said that it would cut another 2,000 jobs because of acquisitions, including 800 from Engelhard and 200 at the Degussa unit it acquired. It also warned that it would have to spend another 200 million euros to fold the units into its operations. Shares of BASF were down to 67.67 euros...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
World Business Briefing: German Unemployment Dips Below 10%
Germany’s unemployment rate dropped below 10 percent last month for the first time in four years, government figures showed, underlining the recovery of Europe’s biggest economy after years of stagnation. The unadjusted jobless rate fell to 9.8 percent in October from 10.1 percent in September. The number of Germans registered as unemployed fell by 153,000, to 4.085 million. The jobless rate was last below 10 percent in November 2002, when it was 9.7 percent...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
World Business Briefing: Indian Outsourcing Company’s Net Soars
One of the fastest-growing outsourcing services companies, Cognizant Technology Solutions, said quarterly earnings grew 50 percent as customers continued to send work offshore in areas like financial services and health care. Cognizant, which is based in Teaneck, N.J., but has the bulk of its development operations in India, said net income in the quarter rose to $61 million, compared with $40.6 million in the period a year earlier. Revenue rose 60 percent, to $377.5 million. It said it would invest $200 million through 2008 to expand its infrastructure in India to add more workers, spending on acquiring land and constructing buildings in Coimbatore, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad and at its Indian base in Chennai...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
World Business Briefing: Sales Rise at Royal Ahold
Royal Ahold, the operator of the grocery chains Stop & Shop, Giant and Albert Heijn, said that third-quarter sales rose 0.7 percent and warned that margins were slipping under heavy competition in the United States. Revenue in the period edged up, to 10.3 billion euros ($13.1 billion) from 10.25 billion euros a year earlier, better than the 10.17 billion euros ($12.98 billion) analysts had expected. Ahold has more than two-thirds of its sales in the United States, where it operates several grocery chains as well as U.S. Foodservice, which sells bulk food to cafeterias. Ahold said sales in that unit increased 5 percent, to $4.5 billion. An accounting scandal at Foodservice brought Ahold to the brink of bankruptcy in 2003, but the unit has been performing well in recent months. Shares of Ahold fell 5 cents, to close at $10.54 on the New York Stock Exchange...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
China Bank Sentence
The former chairman of the state-owned China Construction Bank was sentenced to 15 years in jail for accepting bribes...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Blockbuster Narrowed Loss in Third Quarter
The movie rental chain said a better DVD releases and a new return policy made the company “bullish on prospects for revenue in 2007.”...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Earnings Decline at Unilever
Unilever said it earned 737 million euros ($942 million) in the third quarter as revenue increased 1.6 percent...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Forecast Lifts Corn Prices
Corn prices surged to 10-year highs as a crop forecast led investment funds to bet on grains...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Lower Earnings at International Paper
Declines in the prices for wood products outweighed gains at its North American paper and packaging unit...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Former Comverse Counsel Pleads Guilty
William F. Sorin is the second of three executives at Comverse, a billing software company, to plead guilty in the options scandal...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Credit Suisse?s Stock Trading Lags Its Deals; Profit Is Off
Credit Suisse reported its third-quarter profit slipped after a decline in equity trading reduced earnings from investment banking...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Unexpected Profit at Electronic Arts as Video Game Sales Pick Up
The video game publisher’s shares jumped sharply on the news that the company now expected to make a profit for the full year...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
CBS Says Earning Fell in Quarter
Despite the drop, CBS reported that operating earnings rose and also announced a share buyback of up to $1.5 billion...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Ford Salaried Workers Won’t Get Raises, and Benefits Will Be Cut
Salaried workers will also pay more for health insurance under benefit changes announced by the company...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Stocks & Bonds: Weak Economic News Sends Dow Down for a Fifth Day
Wall Street dipped lower after a labor report said productivity was flat in the third quarter while wages rose nearly 4 percent...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
European Bank Hints at a Rate Increase
The European Central Bank signaled it would raise its benchmark interest rate to curb inflation in an expanding European economy...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Tribune Co. Sells $84 Million in Assets
Tribune sold its corporate jet as well as real estate and agreed to sell a stake in the human resources software company BrassRing...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Private Firm Sells Broker and Makes Quick Profit
Silver Lake’s decision to sell the electronic brokerage firm Instinet is the latest example of a private equity firm heading for a quick exit...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
No Citigroup Purchase, China Regulator Says
China’s banking regulator denied reports that a consortium led by Citigroup won approval to buy control of a state-owned bank...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
3 Americans Arrested by F.B.I. in Identity Thefts
The arrests follow a two-year operation by the F.B.I. to identify suspects using stolen consumer information...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Prosecutor in Enron Trials Heads for the Private Sector
Sean M. Berkowitz has joined the litigation department of the law firm Latham & Watkins in Chicago as a partner...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Insider: This Time the Wheeling and Dealing Wasn?t in the Men?s Room
When Verizon executives and bankers discussed the spinoff of the Yellow Pages unit recently, everyone at the table was a woman...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Poison Pill Is Among the Reasons Mittal Steel Deal Remains a Multi-Company Tangle
Now that Arcelor and Mittal have agreed to merge, the poison pill has turned out to be a refreshing remedy...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
F.C.C. Vote on the Deal for BellSouth Is Put Off
The F.C.C. delayed the vote for the third time as commissioners remained far apart on what terms to impose on the $80 billion deal...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Advertising: Realtors Say the Stars Are Aligned for Housing
A new $40 million ad campaign by the National Association of Realtors will promote that now is an ideal time to buy a home...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
No Longer the 1980s
As trading becomes more electronic, women traders on Wall Street are finding a slightly more level playing field...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
[TS] High & Low Finance: Consumers Signal Change in ’08 Election
The consumer confidence numbers are out, and they indicate the Democrats will take back the White House in 2008...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Mission: Rescue Operation
Tom Cruise will take charge of United Artists, the production company started by Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
2 Giants in a Deal Over Linux
Microsoft struck a deal with Novell to ensure that its version of Linux could operate with Windows in corporate data centers...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Some Californians to Pick Their Utility at the Polls
Voters in Yolo County could set a precedent if they decide to switch from Pacific Gas and Electric to the municipal utility...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
October Sales Were Weak at Wal-Mart
The results suggest that lower- and middle-class Americans are holding on to their wallets even as energy prices fall and wages rise...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
Ex-Leader of Computer Associates Gets 12-Year Sentence and Fine
Sanjay Kumar was sentenced to 12 years in prison and issued an $8 million fine for a huge accounting fraud at the software company...
New York Times - November 3, 2006
More violence in Oaxaca protest
Mexican riot police clash with activists at a university in Oaxaca as protests against the state governor continue...
BBC News - November 3, 2006
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