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Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Cyprus reunification talks on Sept 3
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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US strengthening Zimbabwe sanctions
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Extradition appeal deadline for Karadzic closer
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Attacks kill 9 in Kashmir, including mom, 4 kids
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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South Korea struggles to probe tourist death
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Military Sri Lankan fighting kills 45
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Food industry bitten by its lobbying success
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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US News Archive for May 2008:
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Fair Game: How to Clear a Road to Redemption
The auction-rate securities mess is another illustration of damaging conflicts of interest at the nation?s big brokerage firms...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Letters: Food and Free Trade
Letters from readers concerning the article ?Freer Trade Could Fill the World?s Rice Bowl?, published on April 27...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
The Way We Live Now: Entitled to What?
To the next president: There is a retirement crisis coming...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
The Medium: Voilą (Sort Of)!
What this year?s television upfronts will actually reveal...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Consumed: This Joke?s for You
A satirical product from a dark comedy crosses over to reality...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Freakonomics: Hoop Data Dreams
Can the Bill James approach to numbers work in basketball?...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Off the Shelf: How Murdoch Got Lost in China
The phenomenal success of the News Corporation, of which Rupert Murdoch is chairman, owes a lot to his shaking up the business side of media properties ? and to risk taking...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
The Queen of the New Age
How the publisher Louise Hay unified psychics, mindhealers, angel therapists and positive thinkers of all varieties into a self-help spirituality empire...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
The Boss: To Sorrow and Back
After the death of a son, you have to force yourself to get back ? back to your family, and, as the head of a company, back to that company...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Preoccupations: Up in the Air, but Never Confused
Balancing a full-time job as a pilot, and a balloon ride business requires perfect organization...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Low Expectations Made for a Good Week
The stock market rose last week on news that generally wasn?t very good but was still better than expected...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
The Rebates Might Not Go to the Mall
Go ahead and spend ? it?s your patriotic duty. That?s one way to look at the government rebates that are just starting to arrive in taxpayers? bank accounts and mailboxes...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Can Rockefeller Heirs Turn Exxon Greener?
Descendants of John D. Rockefeller, who formed the company that was to become Exxon Mobil, would like to see the company invest more in alternative energy...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
In the Region | New Jersey: Ideas for Bell Labs? Future
Prominent New Jersey architects volunteered their time to brainstorm a wide range of redesign notions for the historic building in Holmdel, N.J...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Unboxed: Can You Become a Creature of New Habits?
Brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can encourage a way to innovation...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Travel Bug: The Camera That Wears a Badge
The adoption by law enforcement of photo-enforcement technology ? surveillance cameras that take a picture of an offending vehicle and its license plate ? has unanticipated consequences...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Economic View: The Case for a Newer Deal
A New Financial Deal, which may follow this financial crisis, should included the dreaded ?R? word ? regulation ? starting in the mortgage market...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Square Feet | Blueprints: All Over the Dial, and Under One Roof
Clear Channel has brought its five New York-area music stations from separate offices in Manhattan and New Jersey under one roof, but each station?s offices will maintain distinct identities...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Strategies: Report Earnings, and Watch the Stock Fall
A new study has found that top-performing stocks have a tendency to fall immediately after earnings are announced ? whether those earnings are good or bad...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
What?s an Investor to Do if a Star Firm Stumbles?
Clients of asset management firms that have lost much of their glitter, like Private Capital Management, are faced with the quandary of whether to bail out or hope for better days...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Career Couch: The Gainful Way to Use a Sabbatical
There are questions to ask yourself about whether a sabbatical is right for you, how to ask for it, and what to do with it...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Even the Insured Feel the Strain of Health Costs
Since the recession of 2001, the employee?s average cost of an annual health care premium for family coverage has nearly doubled while incomes have come nowhere close to keeping up...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
A Lender Gets Caught in the Currents
The story of CIT illustrates the perils awaiting any firm that jumps into seemingly lucrative new arenas at the expense of focusing on markets that it knows and understands best...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Prepping Robots for the O.R.
Dr. Frederick H. Moll has founded the company that dominates the field of robotics in the medical device industry...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Essay: Friends May Be the Best Guide Through the Noise
New companies are trying to solve a problem that the Internet itself created ? gathering the dense jungle of user-generated content across several platforms into one stream...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Patronage Stirs Fears in Nicaragua
Opponents say the Citizens Power Councils, a system of neighborhood committees, are reminiscent of organs of other totalitarian governments, such as Cuba...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Big Brown Wins Derby; Filly Is Euthanized
Big Brown dominated Saturday?s 134th running of the Kentucky Derby, winning by four and three-quarters lengths in a race that was marred by the death of Eight Belles, who finished second...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
If the Fish Can?t Kill You, Is It Really a Delicacy?
Powerful interests in Japan?s fugu industry are fighting to keep the ban on fugu livers even from poison-free fish...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Guam holds Democratic caucus
With most votes counted, Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in the US Democratic Party caucus in Guam...
BBC News - May 3, 2008
Fresh Honduran jail riots kill 18
At least 18 prisoners are killed during a fight at a jail in Honduras - the second such incident in less than a week...
BBC News - May 3, 2008
Chile volcano sparks evacuation
The Chaiten volcano erupts in southern Chile, forcing more than 4,000 people to leave their homes...
BBC News - May 3, 2008
Palestinians Seek Support on Borders
Palestinians hope that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will define the borders of a future Palestinian state as corresponding with the 1967 lines...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Political Memo: In ?88, a Lesson on Using Symbols as Bludgeons
Memories of the way the Republicans challenged the patriotism of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis still haunts many Democrats...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Despite Alert, Flawed Wiring Still Kills G.I.?s
Accidental deaths and injuries in Iraq caused by faulty electrical work are raising new questions about the oversight of contractors in the war zone...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
If the Fish Liver Can?t Kill You, Is It Really a Japanese Delicacy?
Powerful interests in the fugu industry are fighting to keep the ban on fugu livers even from poison-free fish...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
For Democrats, Instincts Differ on Economics
The Democratic candidates have taken contrasting approaches to the gas tax, the mortgage crisis and retirement savings...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Hollywood star for rapper P Diddy
Sean "Diddy" Combs is honoured with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame with a colourful ceremony...
BBC News - May 3, 2008
US envoys leave Belarus
Eleven US diplomats leave Belarus after being declared "personae non gratae" amid escalating tensions...
BBC News - May 3, 2008
Eight killed in Arkansas storms
At least eight people are killed in Arkansas after violent storms and tornadoes hit central US states...
BBC News - May 3, 2008
Congressman May Face Jail in D.W.I. Case
Representative Vito J. Fossella faces a mandatory five days in jail under Virginia statutes if convicted. He was stopped while driving with a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Philipp von Boeselager, Who Attempted an Assassination of Hitler, Dies at 90
Mr. Boeselager is believed to have been the last surviving member of the circle of German Army officers who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a briefcase bomb in 1944...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Pentagon Considers Adding Forces in Afghanistan
The increase would push the number of American forces there to roughly 40,000, the highest yet...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
NBA: Jazz and Cavs win
Utah and Cleveland progress to the NBA Conference semi-finals with victories over Houston and Washington...
BBC News - May 3, 2008
Business Briefing | Earnings: Profit Drops 39% at Washington Post Company
The Washington Post Company reported a 39 percent drop in first-quarter profit, hurt by buyout charges at Newsweek and a continued loss of newspaper revenue...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Business Briefing | Earnings: Weyerhaeuser Posts Loss in Housing Downturn
Weyerhaeuser, one of the world?s largest timberland owners and wood products manufacturers, said it swung to a loss in the first quarter...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Talking Business: An Upstart Up Against a Jewel
?The Takeaway,? a brand-new show broadcast on 15 public radio stations, is gearing up to face off with the mother of all public radio shows, ?Morning Edition.?...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Viacom?s Profit Increases 33% With Help From a Video Game
Rock Band, a video game involving players emulating rock ?n? rollers with toy instruments, helped increase revenue by 16 percent at Viacom?s media networks business...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Despite Loss, Nortel Sticks With Outlook
Nortel, which makes telecommunications equipment, reported a loss of $138 million, or 28 cents a share, compared with a loss of $103 million, or 23 cents a share, a year earlier...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Business Briefing | Earnings: Chevron Profit Rises Even as Production Falls
Chevron said first-quarter profit rose 9.5 percent, beating Wall Street estimates...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Business Briefing | Deals: Bristol-Myers Sells a Unit for $4.1. Billion
The drug developer Bristol-Myers Squibb said it would sell ConvaTec, its wound therapy and surgical care unit, for $4.1 billion to two private equity firms...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Business Briefing | Lawsuits: Parmalat Settles U.S. Shareholder Suit
The Italian dairy company Parmalat, which collapsed in December 2003 in the country?s largest bankruptcy, agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit in the United States...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Business Briefing | Deals: Dutch Company Buys a Citigroup Asset
The Dutch financial services company ING Groep said it would buy the retirement plan administrator CitiStreet, making it the third-largest defined-contribution business in the United States...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Most Popular: Most Popular Business News Articles on NYTimes.com
Following are the most popular business news articles on nytimes.com from April 25 through May 2...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Executive Pursuits: For a Dancer in the Moment, the Past and Future Converge
Known among enthusiasts as ?the hobby,? Colonial-era re-enactments are practiced by fewer than 5,000 people in the United States, and Colonial-era dances are practiced by even fewer...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
What's Offline: Boardroom Types
To make sure boards are truly diverse, companies need to take a director?s personality into account when they look to add a member or upgrade their performance, according to psychologists...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
What?s Online: The No-Tasting Taste Test
Many Web sites purport to replicate real-world experiences online, whether test-driving a car or finding out what coffee flavor you might enjoy best...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Actors Extend Their Contract Talks
Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said on Friday that they would extend their current round of contract talks through Tuesday...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Investors Flee Chief?s Fund at Citigroup
The chief executive of Citigroup, Vikram S. Pandit, finds himself in the position of having to restructure or make changes at the hedge fund he co-founded and that Citigroup purchased...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Cost Of Living: Listen to Your Statement
Even if the standard personal finance guidance is to monitor one?s spending over a longer period of time, reviewing a monthly bank statement can be just as valuable...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Pfizer Begins Settling Painkiller Cases
Pfizer has begun negotiating settlements with individual plaintiff?s firms over its Celebrex and Bextra painkillers, a New York lawyer said...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Gain, but Profit Taking Trims a Rally
Blue-chip stocks logged their third weekly advance in a row as investors grew more confident about the economy?s ability to outrun a deep downturn...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial Intelligence
Daphne Koller?s work has led to advances in artificial intelligence, having created tools useful in predicting traffic jams, improving machine vision and understanding the way cancer spreads...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Bankruptcy Protection for Retailer
Linens ?n Things, the big seller of beddings and home furnishings, also plans to close 120 of its 551 stores in the United States and lay off 2,500 employees...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Off the Charts: It?s Newer Homes That Stand Empty as Vacancies Rise
The Census Bureau reported that 2.9 percent of homes intended for owner occupancy were vacant at the end of the first quarter, a number that before 2006 had never exceeded 2 percent...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Saturday Interview: Turning Energy Uncertainty Into Opportunity
Donald E. Felsinger is the chief executive of Sempra Energy, a holding company that operates two Southern California utilities...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Your Money: Mortgage-Free, but Not Free From the Temptation to Borrow
For those people who own their homes mortgage-free, the question is what to do with a houseful of equity...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
No Budging Is Detected in Bidding for Newsday
Rupert Murdoch and Mortimer B. Zuckerman have not signaled they would increase their bid for Newsday to match a higher offer from Cablevision...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Derivatives Hurt Profit at Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway, Warren E. Buffett?s investment company, said on Friday that first-quarter profit tumbled 64 percent because of losses tied to derivative contracts...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Exercise Your Brain, or Else You?ll ... Uh ...
The fear of a decaying brain has inspired a mini-industry of products from dietary supplements to computer games...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Fed Moves to Loosen Tight Credit
The Federal Reserve announced it would increase the size of its cash auctions to banks and allow financial institutions to put up credit card debt, student loans and car loans as collateral for Fed loans...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Higher Offer by Microsoft Brings Yahoo to Table
The companies are in active merger talks, people involved said, and Microsoft is said to have increased its offer...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Derby May Have a Sprint at Start and the Finish
The initial dash to establish the all-important position on the rail will go a long way to determining the prospects of Big Brown, the morning-line favorite in the Kentucky Derby...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
On Sunday TV, One Hot Rivalry Fuels Another
Tim Russert and George Stephanopoulos plan competing interviews of the Democratic candidates on Sunday...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
A Last Vanishing Act for Robert Vesco, Fugitive
Mr. Vesco, who spent most of his life eluding American justice, died in Cuba last year, people close to him said...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Los Angeles Journal: In Taco Truck Battle, Mild Angelenos Turn Hot
Los Angeles residents, often loath to rally cohesively, are fighting a rule requiring taco trucks to move every hour...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Bids for Botox? Auctions Go Deep to Aid Schools
Parent association auctions have become more elaborate, and some have raised more than $150,000 in good years...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
After Hiatus, States Set Wave of Executions
Less than three weeks after a Supreme Court ruling ended a moratorium on lethal injections, at least 14 execution dates have been set for the coming months...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Israel?s Tactics Thwart Attacks, With Trade-Off
The Israeli military?s nightly arrests and sometimes deadly West Bank raids are at odds with a peace effort that envisions a separate Palestinian state...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
20,000 Jobs Lost as U.S. Registers 4th Monthly Dip
Many economists took the losses as powerful evidence of a recession, but the cuts? limited scope raised hopes that a slump would be mild...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Pentagon Considers Adding Forces in Afghanistan to Make Up for NATO Shortfall
The Pentagon said the step would push the number of American forces there to roughly 40,000, the highest level since the war began...
New York Times - May 3, 2008
Chile volcano prompts evacuation
The Chaiten volcano erupts in southern Chile, forcing more than 1,000 people to leave their homes...
BBC News - May 3, 2008
Guam to hold Democratic caucus
The Pacific territory of Guam is to hold a caucus to choose between the US Democratic Party presidential candidates...
BBC News - May 3, 2008
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