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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 Octomber 2007:
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Accounts of Gotbaum Death Conflict
The family?s attorney says that a witness claimed that Carol Anne Gotbaum may have been unconscious before she even got to a police holding area...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Jones Admits Doping Before 2000 Games
Triple gold medalist Marion Jones admitted using steroids before the 2000 Olympics in a recent letter to close family and friends, The Washington Post reported Thursday...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Craig Says He?ll Stay in Senate Despite Ruling
Senator Larry E. Craig said today that he would finish out his current term in office even though he failed in his effort to withdraw his guilty plea following his arrest in a sex sting...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
City Room: Mayor Confirms He Discussed Company Matters
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg acknowledged today that he discussed allegations against his company in a lawsuit...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Congress Seeks Justice Dept. Documents on Interrogation
Democrats asked the Justice Department today to turn over secret legal opinions issued in 2005 that authorized the use of harsh interrogation techniques against terrorism suspects...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
high & low finance: In China, a Rising Star Falters
The reputation of China Expert Technology suffers as hints of possible fraud emerge...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Now It?s Just Daimler
As DaimlerChysler voted to lop off the name of its American ex, the only remaining issue was whether to bring back the Benz name. Benz boosters were disappointed...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Stocks Slightly Up Ahead of Jobs Report
Today?s economic date gave investors little incentive to make any big moves ahead of the payrolls report on Friday...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Record Companies Win Music Sharing Trial
A federal jury on Thursday found a Minnesota woman shared copyrighted music online and levied $220,000 in damages against her...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
European Bank Holds Interest Rates Steady
The central bank stuck by its upbeat view of the region?s economy, despite the credit squeeze that has roiled financial markets. The Bank of England also left rates unchanged...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Clinton relaxed over Hillary bid
Former US President Bill Clinton tells the BBC he will take a back seat if his wife Hillary is elected president in 2008...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Giuliani tops Republican funding
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani raises $11m in three months, just ahead of rival Mitt Romney...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Paper Cuts Blog: Nobel Predictions
Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said Asbar) at the Frankfurt Book in 2004. (Photo: Michael Latz/Getty/Agence France-Presse The winner of this year?s Nobel Prize in Literature will be named in the next few weeks - although, according to the Nobel Foundation Web site, there?s no firm date set for the announcement. The speculation has begun, however. Writing in The [...]...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
TierneyLab: Sputnik Birthday Special!
If you’re looking for ways to celebrate Sputnik’s 50th birthday — and really, who isn’t? — here’s your chance. The International Space University, which trains aspiring astronauts and space scientists at its central campus in France and other locations, is raising money with an auction on eBay today. Here’s what the university is offering: Included in [...]...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
City Room: TKTS Booth... Transformed
So why is the renovation of the TKTS discount theater tickets booth in Duffy Square, which is in Times Square, taking so long?...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Myanmar Leader Willing to Meet Opponent
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The head of Myanmar's military junta told a U.N. envoy this week that he is willing to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but with certain preconditions, the state media reported Thursday...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
House Passes Bill to Prosecute Contractors
The bill would make all private contractors working in Iraq and other combat zones subject to prosecution by U.S. courts...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
State of the Art: Laptop With a Mission Widens Its Audience
A low-cost computer intended to aid children in poor countries will soon be on sale here, for two weeks only...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Sony Executive Signs New Deal
Sony said yesterday that its entertainment chief, Michael Lynton, had signed a new contract to lead the company?s film and television studios until 2012...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Life?s Work : A Capital Idea for Women
The theory behind Nell Merlino?s business is that some companies started by women would thrive if they had the capital...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
3 Say Bloomberg Keeps Hand in Company
The three women whose complaints of discrimination at Bloomberg L.P. spurred a federal lawsuit say Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is involved in running the company despite his public statements to the contrary...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Lender Loses Round
A Delaware judge granted a Countrywide shareholder limited access to company records as part of an investigation into possible manipulation of stock option grants to executives...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Bear Stearns and Credit Suisse Announce More Layoffs
Bear Stearns and Credit Suisse announced the layoffs following the recent turmoil in home loans and mortgage-backed securities...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
2 Union Locals Approve G.M. Pact
United Automobile Workers members at two General Motors locals have approved the union?s tentative contract agreement with G.M., local union officials said Wednesday...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Awaiting Data, Market Drifts Downward
Wall Street extended its pullback as investors waited to see how well corporate earnings and the job market have held up in an uneven economy...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Growth Slows in Services, but a Recession Is Doubted
The Institute for Supply Management reported that the service industries slowed last month, but still showed some growth...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Dealing With the Damage From Online Critics
Negative online postings by disenchanted employees and competitors can do more than irritate; financial damages can reach millions of dollars or shut down a business entirely...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
British Regulators Criticize Leading Airport Operator
BAA, which operates London Heathrow and other busy British airports, was criticized for allowing security and flight delays to reach unacceptable levels...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Advertising: Tailoring Messages to a New Audience: Wrinkled Baby Boomers
After decades of ardor for young consumers, marketers are looking for ways to reach older audiences as the baby boomers reach the upper age brackets...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
As for Music, Gates?s Taste May Not Be Adventurous but His Strategies Are
In an interview, Bill Gates expressed surprise that the music industry had failed to turn digital music into a big moneymaker...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Democrats Split on Ways to Ease Mortgage Crunch
While the House has passed several bills, Senate Democrats have been bogged down by disagreements and difficulties in lining up enough votes to block a filibuster...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
French Inquiry Into EADS Trading Gains Momentum
The insider trading investigation centers on whether executives of EADS and Airbus knew of production problems with the Airbus A380 when they exercised stock options...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Keeping Arteries Cleared and the Courts Clogged
With billions in profits at stake, stent makers are embroiled in lawsuits in the U.S. and abroad over patents...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Less Harm Than Feared at Largest German Bank
Deutsche Bank said Wednesday that it expected to write down $3.1 billion in loans and mortgage-backed assets, less than some analysts had expected...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Lean Crop of Dollars
Despite intense lobbying, growers of fruits, vegetables and tree nuts are falling short in their goals to secure government payments in the farm bill now being debated on Capitol Hill...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
In Facebook, Investing in a Theory
Thousands of software developers are creating features for Facebook, the fast-growing social network, many hoping to strike it rich alongside Facebook?s own employees...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Factory Orders Drop; Jobless Claims Rise
Factory orders fell 3.3 percent in August, the largest decline since January, on big drops in aircraft and auto orders. Jobless claims were up by 16,000 last week...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
2 Executives Are Ousted at Merrill
The firings signal that the aggressive push by Merrill?s chief executive, E. Stanley O?Neal, into riskier markets may be coming back to haunt him...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
European Bank Holds Firm on Interest Rates
Keeping its benchmark rate at 4 percent, the ECB resisted pressure for a cut in the face of a rising euro. The Bank of England also left its key rate unchanged...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Stocks Trade Flat Ahead of Jobs Report
Stocks traded mixed as Wall Street, hoping for both a stable economy and more interest rate cuts, grappled with a higher-than-expected reading jobless claims...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Microsoft Rolls Out Personal Health Records
Microsoft is starting its drive into the consumer health care market by offering free health records on the Web...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Wal-Mart faces extra damages
Wal-Mart has been ordered to pay extra compensation to workers who were forced to work during breaks...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
US factory orders hit 7-month low
US orders for factory goods saw their biggest drop in seven months in August, official figures show...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Herbert Muschamp, 59, Architecture Critic, Dies
Mr. Mushcamp?s deeply personal reviews for The Times made him one of his generation?s most influential architecture critics...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Myanmar Junta Rounds Up Scores More
Despite gradually easing its iron grip on Myanmar?s main city, the junta continued to round up scores of people and grill hundreds more arrested during last week?s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy marches...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
On Stump, Low-Key Thompson Stirs Few Sparks
As Fred D. Thompson campaigned in Iowa this week, he was something other than the dynamic presence some Republicans have been yearning for...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
In Ballot Fight, California Gets a Taste of ?08
An initiative on electoral votes has become a battleground for Rudolph W. Giuliani and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
A Capital Idea for Women
The theory behind Nell Merlino?s business is that some companies started by women would thrive if they had the capital...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Britain: Cadbury to Move Plant
Cadbury Schweppes, the soft drink and candy maker, plans to move some of its chocolate production to Poland from Britain, eliminating 700 jobs. A plant at Keynsham in southwestern England is scheduled to close by 2010, affecting 500 workers, the company said. Cadbury will cut an additional 200 jobs during the same period at its Bournville plant in Birmingham, England, and that plant will take on some of the Keynsham factory?s work. Cadbury, which is based in London, said in June that it planned to shed 7,500 jobs, or 15 percent of its candy work force, to increase profit...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Chile: Inflation Rose Last Month
Chile?s inflation rate unexpectedly rose 1.1 percent in September, the third consecutive month of increases, raising analysts? expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates next week. The increase was the highest for September in 14 years. The September increase took 12-month inflation to 5.8 percent. The central bank, which is to meet Oct. 11 to decide interest rate policy, has set an inflation ceiling of 3 percent...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Canada: Scrutiny for Takeovers
Canada will add national security to the list of issues it considers before approving foreign takeovers of companies, Prime Minister Stephen J. Harper said. The change will not apply to takeovers that have already been announced. Mr. Harper?s announcement follows a plan by a government-owned company from Abu Dhabi to acquire the PrimeWest Energy Trust, an oil and gas producer based in Calgary, Alberta, with properties in Western Canada, Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota. An earlier plan by a company controlled by the Chinese government to acquire a Canadian mine operator provoked considerable controversy in Canada. It was ultimately abandoned...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
France: Michelin to Trim Jobs
Michelin, the French tire maker, will cut 1,320 jobs by closing a French plant and modifying production at a Spanish factory to become more competitive with low-cost producers. Michelin, based in Clermont-Fererand, also said it planned to invest 2 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in Western Europe. The company said it would take a one-time charge in 2007, without specifying the amount. The French plant, in Toul, will close in 2009. There is too much production capacity in the market for the tires it makes, the company said, and its costs are 50 percent more than those of its competitors. The Spanish factory, in Lasarte, will make high-end motorcycle tires instead of low-margin automobile tires...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
British Insurer Buys Care Homes
The British United Provident Association, a private British health insurer, agreed to buy a controlling stake in the DCA Agedcare Group, an operator of homes that care for the elderly in Australia and New Zealand, from CVC Capital Partners. DCA comprises the Amity Group in Australia and Guardian Health Care in New Zealand and manages 7,000 beds in 96 care homes, British United said. The acquisition values DCA at 1.23 billion Australian dollars ($1.1 billion). CVC Capital is a private equity firm based in London...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Brazil attracts foreign farmers
Cheap land, ample sun and official encouragement spur foreigners to buy land in Brazil but at what cost to locals?...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Disney to build resort in Hawaii
Disney plans to build an 800-room luxury resort to cater to families, but it will not be an island Disneyland...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Ford ready to start union talks
Ford's boss says a recent deal at GM over pay and benefits could be a framework for its own pay talks...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Rugby: Pumas star fitness fight
Argentina's Felipe Contepomi is struck by a flu virus ahead of Sunday's World Cup quarter-final against Scotland...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Phil Spector retrial faces delays
Music producer Phil Spector's retrial for the murder of Lana Clarkson may not take place for several months...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Ecuador assembly plans attacked
Congressmen in Ecuador say President Rafael Correa's plans to dissolve parliament are an attack on democracy...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Call for lethal injection boycott
Rights group Amnesty urges medical staff to refuse to carry out lethal injections as it breaches ethical oaths...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
'Unknown' Peru Amazon tribe seen
A previously unknown indigenous group is found deep in Peru's Amazon jungle, officials say...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
Security Bulletin Problem Creates Message Flood
An e-mail message responding to an antiterrorism bulletin from the Homeland Security Department turned into a flood of more than 2.2 million messages that clogged the e-mail accounts of government and private experts on domestic security...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Herbert Muschamp, Architecture Critic, Is Dead
His deeply personal reviews for The Times made him one of his generation?s most influential architecture critics...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Bush Vetoes Child Health Bill Privately
After he vetoed a bill that would have expanded government health insurance for children, President Bush said he was open to compromising with Congress by spending more money on the program than his budget has proposed...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
For Baltimore, Housing Slump Slows a Revival
The slowdown in the housing market is endangering Baltimore?s efforts to reinvent itself...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
A Taste of ?08 in Fight to Split Electoral Votes
An initiative in California has become an battleground for Rudolph W. Giuliani and Senator Hillary Clinton...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Subdued Thompson Stirs Few Sparks on Stump
As Fred Thompson traveled across Iowa this week, he was something other than the dynamic presence some in his party have hoped for, often lulling listeners into stillness...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
In February 2005, the Justice Department issued an opinion that provided explicit authorization to barrage terror suspects with a combination of painful physical and psychological tactics, according to officials...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
When 2 Is Bigger Than 48
The economies of New Hampshire and Iowa are not similar to the rest of America, a fact that can?t help but skew the political debate...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Laptop With a Mission Widens Its Audience
A low-cost computer intended to aid children in poor countries will soon be on sale here, for two weeks only...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Sony Executive Signs New Deal
Sony said yesterday that its entertainment chief, Michael Lynton, had signed a new contract to lead the company?s film and television studios until 2012...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
3 Say Bloomberg Keeps Hand in Company
The three women whose complaints of discrimination at Bloomberg L.P. spurred a federal lawsuit say Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is involved in running the company despite his public statements to the contrary...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Lender Loses Round
A Delaware judge granted a Countrywide shareholder limited access to company records as part of an investigation into possible manipulation of stock option grants to executives...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Bear Stearns and Credit Suisse Announce More Layoffs
Bear Stearns and Credit Suisse announced the layoffs following the recent turmoil in home loans and mortgage-backed securities...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
2 Union Locals Approve G.M. Pact
United Automobile Workers members at two General Motors locals have approved the union?s tentative contract agreement with G.M., local union officials said Wednesday...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Awaiting Data, Market Drifts Downward
Wall Street extended its pullback as investors waited to see how well corporate earnings and the job market have held up in an uneven economy...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Growth Slows in Services, but a Recession Is Doubted
The Institute for Supply Management reported that the service industries slowed last month, but still showed some growth...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Europeans Again Approve Sony?s Merger With BMG
Sony Music and BMG received approval for their merger from European regulators a second time. The alliance was the target of a legal attack by independent music labels...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
British Regulators Criticize Leading Airport Operator
BAA, which operates London Heathrow and other busy British airports, was criticized for allowing security and flight delays to reach unacceptable levels...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Dealing With the Damage From Online Critics
Negative online postings by disenchanted employees and competitors can do more than irritate; financial damages can reach millions of dollars or shut down a business entirely...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
As for Music, Gates?s Taste May Not Be Adventurous but His Strategies Are
In an interview, Bill Gates expressed surprise that the music industry had failed to turn digital music into a big moneymaker...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Tailoring Messages to a New Audience: Wrinkled Baby Boomers
After decades of ardor for young consumers, marketers are looking for ways to reach older audiences as the baby boomers reach the upper age brackets...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Democrats Split on Ways to Ease Mortgage Crunch
While the House has passed several bills, Senate Democrats have been bogged down by disagreements and difficulties in lining up enough votes to block a filibuster...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
French Inquiry Into EADS Trading Gains Momentum
The insider trading investigation centers on whether executives of EADS and Airbus knew of production problems with the Airbus A380 when they exercised stock options...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Keeping Arteries Cleared and the Courts Clogged
With billions in profits at stake, stent makers are embroiled in lawsuits in the U.S. and abroad over patents...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Less Harm Than Feared at Largest German Bank
Deutsche Bank said Wednesday that it expected to write down $3.1 billion in loans and mortgage-backed assets, less than some analysts had expected...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
In Facebook, Investing in a Theory
Thousands of software developers are creating features for Facebook, the fast growing social network, many hoping to strike it rich alongside Facebook?s own employees...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Lean Crop of Dollars
Despite intense lobbying, growers of fruits, vegetables and tree nuts are falling short in their goals to secure government payments in the farm bill now being debated on Capitol Hill...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
For Baltimore, Housing Slump Slows a Revival
The slowdown in the housing market is endangering Baltimore?s efforts to reinvent itself...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
2 Executives Are Ousted at Merrill
The firings signal that the aggressive push by Merrill?s chief executive, E. Stanley O?Neal, into riskier markets may be coming back to haunt him...
New York Times - October 4, 2007
Chavez hostage swap talks delayed
A meeting of Venezuela's leader and Colombian Farc rebels to discuss a hostage swap is postponed...
BBC News - October 4, 2007
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