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US News Archive for June 2006:
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Iran won't budge on program
Iran won't abandon its nuclear ambitions under Western pressure, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday, adding that Iran will hold "fair and unconditional" talks with the West, but won't halt uranium enrichment...
CNN - June 3, 2006
Crucible: Getting Used to War as Hell
The narrative of the Marines' experiences in Iraq have a central place for the brutalities associated with Haditha...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Is Qatar the Next Dubai?
The eye-popping extravagance of Dubai has made it one of the fastest-growing tourist destinations in the world -- a fact that hasn't been lost on its ambitious Gulf neighbor, Qatar...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
As President's Poll Numbers Fall, Many in Utah Stand by the Man
Utah's voters are among the committed Bush supporters who are standing proudly by him as he tries to reverse sliding poll numbers...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: Attention-Juggling in the High-Tech Office
That grinding sound? It's the switching of gears from phone to e-mail to Internet...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
The Count: Gold Prospectors Don't Always Head for the Hills
Gold Prospectors...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Letters
What Money Can't Buy...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Square Feet: Undulations in Light and Steel
When Heatherwick Studio of London was commissioned to create a sales emporium in Manhattan for Longchamp, it didn't make a shop; it made a work of art...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Off the Shelf: Finding Customers Through the Fog
Marketers, we have a problem. Three books aim to solve it...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Market Week: Price Swings Are Colliding With Anxiety
THE ups and downs in stock prices may be followed especially closely this week. Volatility has picked up markedly in the last month, rising to its highest level in two years, and concern about the market's future has risen with it...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Suits: 40 Percent for Me, 0.014 Percent for You
For every two shares of its newly traded stock that MasterCard has given to its chief executive, Robert W. Selander, it gave about three to the company's rank and file. The entire rank and file...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
A Week That Was Almost a Wash
The Dow Jones industrial average gave up ground last week, although the broader market managed a small gain...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: A Shareholder Demands Respect, and Gets It
A recent incident involving a money manager and a family of mutual funds provides a lesson: good things come to those who agitate...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
The Goods: You Light Up My Corset
A lifelong fan of "alternative lighting," a frustrated artist turns lingerie into lampshades...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
The Thrifty Millionaire: Art's Marginal Cost: The Ideal Frame
With the addition of the perfect frame, works of art may glow or gleam or rustle or whatever their makers intended them to do...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
The Boss: The Secret Word Was Duck
For the chief executive of Aflac, Daniel P. Amos, selecting a duck as the company's mascot was a big risk...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Digital Domain: Internet Phones: Please Wait for the Next Available Opportunity
The telephone and the PC are ubiquitous desk mates, but connecting home phones to the Internet remains a challenge...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Investing: Bond Buyers, Caught in the Narrows of Interest Rates
Bond investors are feeling besieged by inflation, a falling dollar and uncertainty about the Fed's next move...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Economic View: When Sweet Statistics Clash With a Sour Mood
An unlikely combination — strong macroeconomic indicators and a grumpy populace — has been a source of befuddlement to the Bush administration...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Strategies: That Hedge Fund May Be More Than a Flash in the Pan
A new study has found that many hedge funds can outperform their benchmarks consistently...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
DealBook: A Strategic Decision, or Self-Preservation?
The world of mergers and acquisitions sometimes requires a purposeful lapse in rational thinking. But last week, Mirant and NRG Energy lost their marbles...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
How eBay Makes Regulations Disappear
Billing itself as "the world's online marketplace," eBay has woven together a muscular and wily lobbying apparatus that spans 25 states...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
The Enron Case That Almost Wasn't
The legal hurdles on the path to Kenneth L. Lay's conviction were so daunting that some worried that they would never be able to charge him with any crimes...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Canada 'foils terrorist bomb plot'
Canadian police on Saturday said they have prevented a major al Qaeda-inspired terror plot to attack targets in southern Ontario. Twelve adults and five young people were arrested, authorities said...
CNN - June 3, 2006
SWAT teams hunt Indianapolis killer
Up to 100 police officers scoured Indianapolis Saturday, seeking the prime suspect in the killings of seven family members. Police came up empty-handed Friday after surrounding a house where they believed Desmond Turner, 28, was holed up...
CNN - June 3, 2006
Bush urges constitutional ban on gay marriage
President Bush on Saturday backed a resolution to amend the Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman even though the idea has little chance of being passed in the Senate...
CNN - June 3, 2006
Study Indicates Drug Has Promise for Breast Cancer
For women with a certain type of breast cancer, the drug Herceptin has represented an advance. But for some, it never works...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Miami's Road to Finals Is Less Traveled, More Appreciated
MIAMI, June 3 — Alonzo Mourning is more symbol than center now...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
In a Solidly Conservative State, a Loyal Core of Support for Bush
Voters in Provo, Utah, are among the committed Bush supporters who are standing proudly by him as he tries to reverse sliding poll numbers...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
A One-Town Drive for Energy Self-Sufficiency
A small town in Indiana wants to secede from America's energy grid and power itself entirely with renewable sources, like its corn and pigs...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Surge in Racist Mood Raises Concerns on Eve of World Cup
A surge in discriminatory behavior toward blacks by soccer fans and other players threatens to embarrass the sport on its grandest stage, the World Cup...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Stigmatized for Decades, French Has Renaissance
The stigma of being French-American has reverberated for decades in Maine, but French is making a comeback...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Border Patrol Draws Scrutiny as Role Grows
As it prepares for a major expansion proposed by President Bush, the Border Patrol is wrestling with recruitment problems and accusations of misconduct...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
US scientist in $1.64m lawsuits
A scientist once suspected as a spy settles lawsuits against the US government and five news outlets...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
EU chief 'to deliver Iran deal'
Europe's foreign policy chief is ready to head to Tehran to present new international incentive offers to persuade Iran to curb halt uranium enrichment, even as the country's president says it is not prepared to abandon its nuclear ambitions...
CNN - June 3, 2006
Peru's Voters May Turn to a Tested, and Failed, Leader
Alan García, the front-runner going into the runoff election on Sunday, is running against his own record as president in the 1980's...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
The Watchdog: In a War Zone, Battling to Keep the Contractors Honest and on Track
When it comes to assessing and improving the creaky infrastructure of Iraq, half the battle is won simply by going to take a look...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Five Days: Sales Are Up, and So Are Energy Prices
CONSUMERS were willing to open their wallets last month, but seem reluctant to do so in the near future. Energy companies, meanwhile, are eager to spend money and are likely to spend a lot more soon. These developments have something in common: energy prices. Gasoline near $3 a gallon and the prospect of high summer air-conditioning bills are spooking many consumers but are exciting energy executives looking to use their cash hoards to buy out rivals...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Basic Instincts: Credit Check: A Bother Worth Taking
I GOT a little jittery upon hearing that the Social Security numbers and other personal data of 26.5 million veterans were stolen last month...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Shares Finish Flat as Job Growth Brakes
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Yahoo Alters Chief's Pay
Yahoo said Friday that its board had reduced the annual salary of its chairman and chief executive, Terry S. Semel, to $1...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Getting Help for an Aging Relative
With adult children often far from elderly parents, geriatric care managers ease the burden and guilt of caring for aging relatives...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Where to Start on Geriatric Care
Q. How do I know if I need a geriatric care manager?...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
What's Online: MySpace No Longer Their Space?
When News Corporation bought MySpace, the site was at the height of its popularity. But now it looks like the teenagers who made MySpace cool may be moving on...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
What's Offline: Brains (and the Lack Thereof)
Suppose you are actually smarter than the person who signs off on your paycheck? What do you do?...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
N Orleans braces for storm season
New Orleans hopes its storm defences are adequate as the new hurricane season begins, the BBC's Jamie Coomarasamy writes...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Miami reach first NBA finals
Shaquille O'Neal stars as Miami beat Detroit 95-78 to win the Eastern Conference title series and reach their first NBA finals...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Cricket: Windies take charge
Dwayne Bravo takes four wickets as West Indies restrict India to 235-9 on day one of the first Test...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
UN Aids wording frustrates Annan
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says a UN declaration on Aids fails to deliver the clearest message...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
Colombia lose to Germany
Germany convincingly beat Colombia 3-0 in their final warm-up game for the World Cup...
BBC News - June 3, 2006
U.S. hit by Iraqi death inquiries
Eight U.S. troops being investigated in the death of an Iraqi civilian in April are being held in a military jail and four others have been confined to their base, a U.S. Marine spokesman has said. It is one of a number of incidents currently under investigation -- the most notorious being an alleged massacre of 24 civilians in Haditha...
CNN - June 3, 2006
Marines jailed after death
Four incidents have sparked allegations that U.S. troops killed civilians. As an investigation cleared troops involved in deaths in Ishaqi, the U.S. Marines said eight Marines were jailed for an April incident in Hamandiya...
CNN - June 3, 2006
Manhunt continues for family killer
Indianapolis police came up empty Friday night after surrounding a house where they suspected the primary suspect in the slayings of seven people was holed up, a police spokesman said...
CNN - June 3, 2006
Summer Already Over for Staten Island Arcade
Beachland, which is part of a dying breed of family-run arcades in the distant corners of New York City, will close for good on Saturday night...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Surprising Manhattan Strong-Arms Nebraska
Manhattan College defeated Nebraska, 4-1, for their first victory ever in the N.C.A.A. postseason baseball tournament...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Rise of Lobbyist Shines a Light on House Ties
Prosecutors are looking into Letitia Hoadley White's ties to her old boss, Representative Jerry Lewis of California...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Who Divides Antiterror Money? That's a Secret
The panel that guided the distribution of antiterrorism money is a shadow player in the war on terror...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Heat 95, Pistons 78: Heat's O'Neal Revives One-Man Show, and the Pistons Fall
Shaquille O'Neal, dominating as he did in his prime, pushed aside the Detroit Pistons and led the Miami Heat into the N.B.A. finals for the first time in its 18-year history...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Ruben F. Mettler, 82, Leader in Developing U.S. Missiles, Is Dead
Ruben F. Mettler was a former chief executive of the aerospace company TRW and a leader in the development of America's ballistic missile program...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Alan Kotok, 64, a Pioneer in Computer Video Games, Is Dead
Alan Kotok helped create the first video game program as a member of a small group of M.I.T. students in the early 1960's...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
News Media Pay in Scientist Suit
Wen Ho Lee, an atomic scientist once suspected of espionage, settled an invasion of privacy lawsuit against the government for $1,645,000...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Judge Approves $153 Million KPMG Settlement
A federal judge granted final approval yesterday to a $153 million settlement between the accounting firm KPMG and about 200 investors who bought questionable tax shelters...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Saturday Interview With Michel Tilmant: Like Its Logo, Dutch Bank Stays Simple
ING Group specializes in insurance and wealth management and is one of the world's 20 largest financial services companies...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
8 Foreign Workers Abducted From an Oil Rig Off Nigeria
The kidnapping was the latest of a string of violent incidents meant to disrupt oil production in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta region...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Executive Pursuits: The Opposite of Off-Track Betting
While off-track betting accounts for 90 percent of wagers, a Sunday at Belmont Park showed that the stands are still the best place to watch a horse race...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Steel Executive Sees Prize Beyond Setbacks
The chief executive of Mittal Steel said that the merger of Arcelor and Mittal is a "steel man's dream" that he is sure will come true...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Airbus Files Suit Contending That Boeing's Law Firm Has Conflict of Interest
Airbus is engaged in a dispute with Boeing over the government aid each company receives as it develops new commercial aircraft...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
[TS] A Column That Needs No Introduction
Kinder Morgan goes private, Home Depot spins its CEO's salary and Philadelphia has a new ownership model for newspapers...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
A Touch of Broadway Near Bentonville
Wal-Mart the Musical opened Friday, with two dozen New York actors singing and dancing their way through Wal-Mart's shareholder meeting...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Off The Charts: Snow Did Well on the Economy, but His Boss Did Poorly in the Polls
Why did some Republicans want John W. Snow out, and why did some on Wall Street ask why his replacement would want the job?...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Germans Not Ready to Quit Pursuit of a Euronext Deal
By JAMES KANTER...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
New Chief Executive Is Chosen by Goldman
The board of Goldman Sachs has chosen Lloyd G. Blankfein to succeed Henry M. Paulson Jr. as chairman and chief executive...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Job Growth and Wages Were Weak Last Month
The news was seen as an indication that higher gas prices and interest rates were starting to crimp growth...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Is Vonage Sinking or Coming Up for Air?
Its shares, initially priced at $17, have fallen as low as $11.64, a decline that is one of the sharpest for a new stock in recent years...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
Gardening Bogs Down a Law Firm
A tiny case in Florida has cost the law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner thousands of hours of manpower and millions of dollars in fees...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
On Route of Chevrolet Impala, Signposts to Detroit's Decline
G.M. is having trouble competing against Asian carmakers because it prefers to sell a variety of cars across its mass market...
New York Times - June 3, 2006
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