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US News Archive for December 2007:
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City Room: Considering the Urban Planet of 2050
What does New York City have in common with cities in Africa and Asia, like Mumbai, Seoul, Jakarta, Lagos, Cairo and Kinshasa? Three experts talked about the urban future at a panel discussion...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
The Lede Blog: Coin Toss Elections
A small town in Washington State reminded us that there is a dead simple way to settle things once and for all...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Goal Blog: Q&A With Freddy Adu
Freddy Adu left the United States and Major League Soccer to seek fame and fortune in Europe, playing for Benfica of Portugal. Adu, who was signed by M.L.S. in 2004 at age 14, was assigned to DC United, but expectations weighed heavily on Adu, who was traded to Real Salt Lake before the 2006 season. [...]...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Blogging NPR?s Democratic Debate
The major Democratic presidential candidates are facing off in Iowa for a two-hour debate...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
?Suicidal Gestures? at Guantánamo Disclosed
A military official said that there had been four to six incidents of detainees harming themselves in the last two months...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Elizabeth Hardwick, Writer, Dies at 91
Elizabeth Hardwick was a critic, essayist, fiction writer and a co-founder of The New York Review of Books...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Kidnappers in Iraq Release Video of Briton
A group of kidnappers threatened to kill a hostage within 10 days unless Britain withdraws its troops from Iraq...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
China?s Endangered Turtles, Emblems of a Worsening Biodiversity Crisis
The saga of the last two Yangtze giant soft-shells is symbolic of the threatened state of wildlife as a result of pollution, hunting and rampant development...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
G.M. Bids for Stake in Russian Automaker
G.M. said it bid for a ?significant? stake in AvtoVaz, Russia?s biggest automaker. The two already have a joint venture that produces Chevrolet models in Russia...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
In Alaska?s Far North, Two Cultures Collide
The traditions of the Inupiat, natives of Alaska?s arid north coast, are coming into conflict with the quest for oil...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Nokia in Free Music Pact With Universal
Nokia said it has agreed to offer free 12-month access to Universal artists? music for buyers of Nokia?s music phones...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Activision?s Chief Looks for Gaming?s Next Moves
As Activision prepares to join forces with Vivendi Games, its chief executive faces an industry in transition...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Wall Street Declines on Profit Concerns
Stocks dipped today as investors awaiting next week?s Federal Reserve meeting remained uneasy over fallout from the sinking housing market...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Senate Approves Peru Trade Deal
The Senate gave overwhelming approval to a trade agreement with Peru, with most Democrats joining nearly all Republicans in handing President Bush an unusual victory...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Florida Moves to Guard Assets
State officials moved to stabilize Florida?s $14 billion local investment pool by placing restrictions on withdrawals to keep the program from going broke...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
The Caucus Blog: John McCain?s MTV Moment
At a MySpace/MTV forum, the Republican candidate spends most of the time on foreign policy...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
City Room: The ?Draft Gore? Movement, Sidelined
An unsanctioned effort to draft Al Gore for the New York Democratic primary was put on hold at his request, but petitions are still stacked in an apartment on East 84th Street...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Well Blog: When Hitting the Slopes Really Hurts
As ski slopes go extreme, so do the injuries...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Blast Called 1st by Woman in Pakistan
Police described an explosion at a military cantonment as the work of a female suicide bomber, in what would be the first attack of its kind in Pakistan...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Northwest Reeling From Storms
High winds and heavy rains caused floods that prompted the governors of Oregon and Washington to declare states of emergency...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Sloppy Police Lab Work Leads to Retesting
The N.Y.P.D. has begun to test thousands of drug samples after a review found the lab could have skewed evidence...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
How Did a 2005 Estimate on Iran Go Awry?
President Bush could end his term with even his own intelligence apparatus uncertain about Iran?s intentions...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
House Committee Chairman Orders Inquiry Into F.C.C.
The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee said the F.C.C. has suffered ?an apparent breakdown in an open and transparent regulatory process.?...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Florida Is Advised on Saving a State Fund
BlackRock, the asset management firm hired to advise Florida on a state pool whose subprime-tainted holdings led to withdrawal of almost half its $27 billion assets, recommended yesterday that the remaining holdings be split into two entities to ensure the fund?s survival...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Accounting Errors Cause Plunge in VeriFone Shares
The maker of electronic-payment equipment lost nearly half its market value in New York trading after accounting errors erased four-fifths of pretax profit for the first nine months of 2007...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Larry Wachtel, Market Analyst, Is Dead at 77
Mr. Wachtel was a stock market analyst whose humor and trademark Brooklyn accent kept radio listeners attuned to the ups and downs of the markets for more than three decades...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Frequent Flier: Taking Off in Blue Jeans and Landing in Armani
In my job, you have to look good. Fortunately, being stylish, or at least trying to look stylish, is something that I?ve managed to do, even at 30,000 feet...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Memo Pad
The airline delay rate has averaged 23.95 percent of all domestic flights this year through October, the highest in 12 years...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Merrill Hires Finance Chief
The new chief executive of Merrill Lynch, John A. Thain, made his first big move at the brokerage firm by hiring his former finance chief at the New York Stock Exchange...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
AT&T to Exit Pay Phones as the Business Shrinks
AT&T said on Monday that it would exit the rapidly shrinking pay phone business by the end of next year, before it becomes unprofitable...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Financial Shares Lead Market Lower
Investors balked after two Federal Reserve officials expressed concern about the subprime mortgage crisis and its impact on banks and brokerage firms...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Manufacturing Expands Amid Signs of Concerns
The November results, the 10th consecutive monthly expansion, were slightly stronger than analysts expected...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Imus Is Back, Chastened but Still Proudly Obnoxious
Back on air after eight months, Don Imus vowed not to say anything like the disparaging remarks that got him fired...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Buffett Is Named as a Witness in the Fraud Trial of 5 Insurance Executives
Federal prosecutors intend to call the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway to testify against five former insurance executives accused of helping A.I.G. manipulate its financial statements...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Ford and G.M. Plan to Trim 2008 Output
The decisions came as both General Motors and Ford Motor Company are struggling to keep their respective turnaround plans on track...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Dow Chemical to Cut 1, 000 Jobs
The chemical maker said it is cutting about 2.3 percent of its work force and closing several plants as part of a plan to increase its global efficiency...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
As Scripted Shows Dry Up, Reality Sets In
As the writers? strike halts much scripted television production, networks are increasingly relying on unscripted fare to fill the programming gaps...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Bunking Up, Business Class
With overall costs for business travel expected to rise 6 to 8 percent next year, more companies appear to be saving on lodging by having employees share hotel rooms on business trips...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Bright Prospects for a Comfortable Ride
The $2.4 billion chauffeured transportation business is doing well both in the United States and overseas...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
German Bank Acts to Help Its Programs Tied to U.S. Mortgages
The German bank WestLB said Monday it would guarantee full liquidity to several of its investment vehicles that had put money into asset-backed securities...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Advertising: Forecasters Say Madison Avenue Will Escape a Recession, Just Barely
The continuing strength of ad spending online ? as well as the stimulative effects of the elections and the Summer Olympics ? should keep the ad industry from suffering a recession in 2008...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Tired of Corruption but Afraid of the Crackdown
Despite the enormity of its recurring scandals, Samsung is unlikely to go the way of Enron, in part because of its economic importance to South Korea...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
F.D.A. Criticizes Avastin Use for Breast Cancer
Genentech?s drug Avastin did not help women with breast cancer live meaningfully longer, and it caused significant side effects, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
MySpace to Showcase Music and Sell Performance Videos
The social networking site plans Tuesday to start positioning itself as a top destination for buying exclusive musical performances...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Paulson Sees Limited Aid in Rate Plan
The Bush administration?s effort to help borrowers in danger of defaulting on their subprime mortgages could help only a small number of those who took out such loans...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
A Lurid Aftermath to a Hedge Fund Manager?s Life
The unfolding drama over Seth Tobias?s estate is providing a racy account of fast money and faster living in the volatile world of hedge funds...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Merck's Profit Forecasts Disappoint
The drugmaker said that higher sales of its human papilloma virus vaccine and diabetes treatment will drive earnings growth in 2008...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Stocks Slip Amid Economic Unease
Stocks fell again today as investors awaiting next week?s Federal Reserve meeting faced renewed concerns about weakness in the credit markets...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Cerberus and H&R Block End Mortgage Unit Deal
H&R Block said it will lay off about 620 employees, close three offices and take a $75 million restructuring charge as it shuts down lending at Option One...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Bank of Canada Unexpectedly Cuts Key Rate
The bank cut its key interest rate today by a quarter-point, to 4.25 percent, citing concerns about the global effect of the subprime loan crisis in the United States...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Canada rate cut amid credit fears
Canada cuts interest rates for the first time since April 2004, raising the chances of a similar move in the UK...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Cricket: Win for West Indies
West Indies record a thumping victory over Zimbabwe in Harare to open up a 2-1 lead in the five-match one-day series...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Tiger attack at star's sanctuary
A man is critically injured when he is mauled by a tiger at a US animal sanctuary run by actress Tippi Hedren...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Knievel attack victim wants cash
An author assaulted by Evel Knievel plans to sue the late stuntman's estate for tens of millions of dollars...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Bush tells Putin of poll concern
US President George W Bush expresses concern over Russian elections during a phone call to President Vladimir Putin...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Bush urges Colombia trade deal
President Bush urges the US Congress to pass a trade deal with Colombia to help curb Venezuela's influence...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Dot Earth: Are Words Worthless in Climate Fight?
One of the other hurdles to getting people focused on climate and energy is the distinctly human habit of giving outsize consideration to the here and now, even when looming, well-understood hazards pose existential threats...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
British Teacher Home From Sudan
A teacher jailed for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad arrived home after being pardoned...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Vulnerable Democrats See Fates Tied to Clinton
Some House Democrats are concerned over the possibility that Hillary Rodham Clinton will be their party nominee...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Seized Mexican singer strangled
A Mexican singer seized after playing a concert is found tortured and strangled to death, police say...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
Pitt unveils Orleans homes plan
Actor Brad Pitt pushes for 150 houses to be built in an area of New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina...
BBC News - December 4, 2007
TV Decoder Blog: CBS Announces Revised Schedule
On Monday, two broadcast networks, CBS and NBC, gave the clearest indication to date of how their programming schedules were being affected by the four-week writers' strike. CBS said it would introduce several new reality shows and midseason replacements beginning in January, including the first winter season ever of the reality show ?Big Brother.? ?Big Brother,? [...]...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Calculating Energy Bill?s Real Figures
Auto policy experts were still struggling on Monday to determine exactly what the effects would be under the energy compromise reached by Congressional leaders last week...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Patriots 27, Ravens 24: Patriots Survive at Baltimore
New England pulled off its greatest escape thus far to become the sixth team in NFL history to start a season with 12 victories...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
2 Are Hurt in New York by Debris From Towers
Wind gusts knocked glass or debris from two skyscrapers in Midtown Monday afternoon, including the new building that houses The New York Times...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Giuliani?s Firm Lobbied for Bill Considered Threat
Although Rudolph W. Giuliani is campaigning as President Bush?s ally in the war on terror, his law firm has lobbied on behalf of legislation the administration calls a threat to antiterror efforts...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Tension at the Edge of Alaska
The traditions of the Inupiat, natives of Alaska?s arid north coast, are coming into conflict with one of the modern world?s most urgent priorities: finding oil...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Vulnerable Democrats See Fates Tied to Clinton Bid
Some House Democrats in Republican-leaning districts are already concerned over the possibility that Hillary Rodham Clinton will be their party?s nominee...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Life Was Lost in Maelstrom of Suspicion
Charles D. Riecher?s suicide threatens to plunge the Air Force into a quagmire even as it struggles to emerge from one of the worst scandals in its history...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
American Exception : Serving Life for Providing Car to Killers
An American legal doctrine makes accomplices as liable as the killer for murders committed during felonies...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Sloppy Police Lab Work in New York Leads to Retesting of Drug Samples
The N.Y.P.D. has begun to test thousands of drug evidence samples after a review found that sloppy work in its laboratory could have skewed drug evidence...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Forecasters Say Madison Avenue Will Escape a Recession, Just Barely
The continuing strength of ad spending online ? as well as the stimulative effects of the elections and the Summer Olympics ? should keep the ad industry from suffering a recession in 2008...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Florida Is Advised on Saving a State Fund
BlackRock, the asset management firm hired to advise Florida on a state pool whose subprime-tainted holdings led to withdrawal of almost half its $27 billion assets, recommended yesterday that the remaining holdings be split into two entities to ensure the fund?s survival...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
House Committee Chairman Orders Inquiry Into F.C.C.
The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee said the F.C.C. has suffered ?an apparent breakdown in an open and transparent regulatory process.?...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Accounting Errors Cause Plunge in VeriFone Shares
The maker of electronic-payment equipment lost nearly half its market value in New York trading after accounting errors erased four-fifths of pretax profit for the first nine months of 2007...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
EBay to Try Again in Japan by Using Help From Yahoo
EBay and Yahoo Japan said Tuesday that they would link up their auction sites to make cross-border bidding easier, in a deal that will give eBay another chance to woo Japanese consumers...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Memo Pad
The airline delay rate has averaged 23.95 percent of all domestic flights this year through October, the highest in 12 years...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Larry Wachtel, Market Analyst, Is Dead at 77
Mr. Wachtel was a stock market analyst whose humor and trademark Brooklyn accent kept radio listeners attuned to the ups and downs of the markets for more than three decades...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
AT&T to Exit Pay Phones as the Business Shrinks
AT&T said on Monday that it would exit the rapidly shrinking pay phone business by the end of next year, before it becomes unprofitable...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Taking Off in Blue Jeans and Landing in Armani
In my job, you have to look good. Fortunately, being stylish, or at least trying to look stylish, is something that I?ve managed to do, even at 30,000 feet...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Manufacturing Expands Amid Signs of Concerns
The November results, the 10th consecutive monthly expansion, were slightly stronger than analysts expected...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Merrill Hires Finance Chief
The new chief executive of Merrill Lynch, John A. Thain, made his first big move at the brokerage firm by hiring his former finance chief at the New York Stock Exchange...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Financial Shares Lead Market Lower
Investors balked after two Federal Reserve officials expressed concern about the subprime mortgage crisis and its impact on banks and brokerage firms...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Magazine Voices Doubt Over ?Diary? From Iraq
After accusations that reports in The New Republic about the cruelty of ordinary officers in Iraq were false, the magazine says that it can no longer stand by the articles...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Bright Prospects for a Comfortable Ride
The $2.4 billion chauffeured transportation business is doing well both in the United States and overseas...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Ford and G.M. Plan to Trim 2008 Output
The decisions came as both General Motors and Ford Motor Company are struggling to keep their respective turnaround plans on track...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
German Bank Acts to Help Its Programs Tied to U.S. Mortgages
The German bank WestLB said Monday it would guarantee full liquidity to several of its investment vehicles that had put money into asset-backed securities...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Bunking Up, Business Class
With overall costs for business travel expected to rise 6 to 8 percent next year, more companies appear to be saving on lodging by having employees share hotel rooms on business trips...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
As Scripted Shows Dry Up, Reality Sets In
As the writers? strike halts much scripted television production, networks are increasingly relying on unscripted fare to fill the programming gaps...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Imus Is Back, Chastened but Still Proudly Obnoxious
Back on air after eight months, Don Imus vowed not to say anything like the disparaging remarks that got him fired...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Buffett Is Named as a Witness in the Fraud Trial of 5 Insurance Executives
Federal prosecutors intend to call the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway to testify against five former insurance executives accused of helping A.I.G. manipulate its financial statements...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
MySpace to Showcase Music and Sell Performance Videos
The social networking site plans Tuesday to start positioning itself as a top destination for buying exclusive musical performances...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
F.D.A. Criticizes Avastin Use for Breast Cancer
Genentech?s drug Avastin did not help women with breast cancer live meaningfully longer, and it caused significant side effects, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Paulson Sees Limited Aid in Rate Plan
The Bush administration?s effort to help borrowers in danger of defaulting on their subprime mortgages could help only a small number of those who took out such loans...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Tired of Corruption but Afraid of the Crackdown
Despite the enormity of its recurring scandals, Samsung is unlikely to go the way of Enron, in part because of its economic importance to South Korea...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Calculating Energy Bill?s Real Figures
Auto policy experts were still struggling on Monday to determine exactly what the effects would be under the energy compromise reached by Congressional leaders last week...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
A Lurid Aftermath to a Hedge Fund Manager?s Fast Life
The unfolding drama over Seth Tobias?s estate is providing a racy account of fast money and faster living in the volatile world of hedge funds...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
Tension at the Edge of Alaska
The traditions of the Inupiat, natives of Alaska?s arid north coast, are coming into conflict with one of the modern world?s most urgent priorities: finding oil...
New York Times - December 4, 2007
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