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US News Archive for April 2006:
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French police, protesters clash
A million protesters took to the streets of France for a fifth "day of action," hoping to kill a new labor law under which employers could hire and fire young workers more easily. In Paris, pockets of demonstrators threw bottles and rocks at riot police...
CNN - April 4, 2006
France hit by new mass protests
More than a million protesters took to the streets of France on Tuesday hoping to kill a new labor law that will allow employers to more easily hire and fire young, first-time workers...
CNN - April 4, 2006
Reports Critique U.S. Red Cross's Katrina Response
The U.S. Red Cross often failed to meet the needs of victims, according to international Red Cross officials...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Spitzer Sues Software Company Over Spyware
New York's attorney general says that Direct Revenue installed software on computers without permission...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
NBC Said to Be Close to Signing Vieira for 'Today'
A deal to replace Katie Couric with Meredith Vieira of ABC could be completed as soon as this evening...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Wal-Mart to Offer Help Near Urban Stores
Small retailers will be offered grants, training on how to survive with Wal-Mart in town and free ads...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Calpine to sell fifth of stations
US energy firm Calpine aims to sell one-fifth of its power plants as part of its turnaround plans...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
Norton settles price fixing claim
Healthcare giant Norton pays £13.5m compensation to the NHS to settle a claim for alleged price fixing...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
Golf: Woods to open with Allenby
Tiger Woods will begin his campaign for a fifth Masters title alongside Robert Allenby and Edoardo Molinari...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
Fears for Colombia Indian groups
Colombia's conflict poses a growing threat to indigenous peoples, the UN refugee agency warns...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
Forecasters predict busy hurricane season
The 2006 hurricane season will not be as ferocious as last year when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but will still be unusually busy, a noted forecasting team said Tuesday...
CNN - April 4, 2006
Thai leader announces resignation
A day after claiming victory in this weekend's election, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announces he will resign amid mass protests and a political crisis that has thrown the future of the government into question...
CNN - April 4, 2006
Developer Set to Plead Guilty Is Slain at Home
A wealthy Greenwich real estate developer had agreed to plead guilty to having swindled tens of millions of dollars...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
DeLay Decides to End Career in Congress
The former majority leader faced a difficult race for re-election following a corruption scandal...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Computer Sciences Rises After It Hires Goldman to Explore Sale
Shares of the Computer Sciences Corporation climbed about 4.5 percent after it said it had hired Goldman Sachs to advise it on a possible sale of the company...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Wal-Mart to Open Stores in Struggling Urban Neighborhoods
Wal-Mart said it plans to build more than 50 stores in struggling communities over the next two years...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Citigroup has takeover ban lifted
US banking giant Citigroup has its one-year ban on pursuing large-scale takeovers lifted by US federal regulators...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
Americas bankers' debt challenge
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it can only help reduce debts if loans are made faster and investment increased...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
Syringe thrown at slugger Bonds
A needleless syringe is tossed at San Francisco Giants hitter Barry Bonds during his side's 6-1 defeat by San Diego Padres...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
Brazil targets 2014 World Cup
World Cup holders Brazil target 2014 as the year to stage the finals for only the second time in their history...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
Hussein charged with genocide
The Iraq tribunal Tuesday announced new criminal charges against Saddam Hussein and six others in 1980s crackdown against the Kurds, including the gassing of thousands of civilians in the village of Halabja...
CNN - April 4, 2006
Gators Cap Run With First Title
Florida's journey from anonymity to a national championship ended with a 73-57 blowout of U.C.L.A...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
DeLay Is Quitting Race and House, Officials Report
Weakened by a corruption scandal, the former majority leader, Tom DeLay, has decided to leave Congress, House officials said...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Novartis Raises Bid for Chiron
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
At Sears and Ford, Internal Border Wars
The two companies are finding that attempts to streamline by taking Canadian subsidiaries private can prompt protracted legal battles...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
German Tire Maker to Acquire Motorola's Auto Electronics Unit
Continental A.G. said that it would pay $1 billion to acquire the business to expand into vehicle computing and communications...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Film Director Is Accused of Lie to F.B.I.
John McTiernan was charged with hiring a detective to wiretap conversations of a movie producer and then lying about it to F.B.I. agents...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
One Big Insurer Decides to Offer Flood Coverage, Selectively
After decades of declining to sell flood insurance, the private insurance industry is tip-toeing into the business, starting with coverage in three inland states, one of the largest insurance companies said yesterday. The focus is on selected homes where risk is low and with premiums that might most appeal to princes and millionaires...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Jury to Start Deliberation in Two Vioxx Injury Cases
ATLANTIC CITY, April 3 — After a month of testimony, the fourth Vioxx-related personal injury trial ended Monday with well-worn closing arguments from lawyers for Merck and for two men who say the company's drug Vioxx caused their heart attacks...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
U.S. Vehicle Sales Fall 2.9%, Dragged Down by G.M.
DETROIT, April 3 — A sharp drop at General Motors helped push down auto sales nationwide in March, despite pitches from American carmakers for consumers to take advantage of the latest deals...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Murphy's Law and Business Trips
A flight from St. Louis to Houston. A short van ride to her hotel. And then, just before the van pulls up to the curb, Carolyn Walsh realizes that she forgot to pack the keys to her luggage...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Casino Owner Has Third Suitor
By Reuters...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Verizon seals Latin American sale
Telephone provider Verizon is to sell its Latin American and Caribbean operations to focus instead on US customers...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
America Online to rebrand as AOL
America Online, the internet division of Time Warner, is to rebrand itself and be known simply as AOL...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
Baseball: White Sox win opener
A syringe is tossed at San Francisco Giants hitter Barry Bonds during his side's 6-1 defeat by San Diego Padres...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
US releases more Guantanamo files
The Pentagon voluntarily releases over 2,500 pages detailing tribunal hearings at the detention centre in Cuba...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
Officer: 'Miracle' that everyone survived
A huge military cargo plane faltered after takeoff and belly-landed short of the Dover Air Force Base runway Monday, breaking apart and drenching some of the 17 people aboard with fuel but causing no fire or life-threatening injuries...
CNN - April 4, 2006
DeLay ending House run
Just a month after easily winning a contested primary for his House seat in suburban Houston, Texas, embattled Rep. Tom DeLay has decided to drop out of his re-election race and plans to resign from Congress by the end of May. GOP sources said DeLay has recorded a speech that will be posted on his House Web site Tuesday...
CNN - April 4, 2006
Justices Decline Terror Case of a U.S. Citizen
The Supreme Court left Jose Padilla's detention intact, but justices offered a warning to the Bush administration...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Race Is at Fore as Vote Nears in New Orleans
With the city's majority-black status in doubt, candidates for mayor are aligning themselves by race...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
DeLay Is Quitting Race and House, Reports Assert
Weakened by a corruption scandal, former majority leader Tom DeLay has decided to leave Congress, House officials said...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
An Immigration Debate Framed by Family Ties
Lawmakers' family histories have shaped the outlook and legislative positions of some of the most passionate Republican voices...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Gators Cap Dominant Run to First Title
Third-seeded Florida's journey from anonymity to a national championship ended with a 73-57 blowout of U.C.L.A...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
On the Road: It's Time to Admit It: Hotel Food Is Getting Good
On the road, eating decently used to be a challenge. But the truth is, food at hotels has become the brightest spot in business travel...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Market Place: Signs That Biotech Has a Healthier Future
THE biotechnology industry is finally getting closer to an elusive goal: breaking even...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Frequent Flier: Running From a Runaway Plane
I'VE been on airplanes since I was in high school, which was a while ago. You name it, I've flown it. I like to travel first class, but I've also flown on the dirtiest, dingiest planes on earth...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
3 Verizon Caribbean Units Sold to Mexican Magnate
In a strategic shift, American phone companies have been selling their foreign investments...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Lucent's Deal With Alcatel, as Translated for Europe
Negotiating language differences is just one of the challenges that the companies face after announcing their $13.4 billion combination...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Manufacturing Up, but Pace Slackens
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Ex-Westar Officials Sentenced to Prison
TOPEKA, Kan., April 3 (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced the former chief executive of Westar Energy, David C. Wittig, to 18 years in prison for looting millions from Westar, a Kansas utility...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
G.M. Board Gives Chief Some Time
In announcing a deal to sell a majority stake in its financing arm, the board also expressed support for its embattled chief executive...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
A CBS Deal With Katie Couric May Be Near
A deal to recruit her away from NBC's "Today" show and into the CBS anchor chair may come as early as this week...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Quarter Starts With a Bang and a Sputter
News of brisk deal-making and a generally positive outlook for earnings sent stocks higher early today, but the market failed to sustain the momentum...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
Advertising: Chevy Tries a Write-Your-Own-Ad Approach, and the Potshots Fly
Introducing a Web site that allows users to create their own advertising, Chevrolet found the results were not always what the company had in mind...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
In Enron Trial, a Calculated Risk
The trial has moved to what may be the make-or-break moment for both sides: the testimony of Jeffrey K. Skilling and Kenneth L. Lay...
New York Times - April 4, 2006
US police hunt 'slavemistress'
US police search for a woman who allegedly treated two British girls in her care as slaves for 13 years...
BBC News - April 4, 2006
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