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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 February 2007:
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Senior Iraqi Urges Iran to Hold Talks With U.S.
TEHRAN, Feb. 5?A senior Iraqi Shiite leader said Monday at a news conference in Tehran that his country was urging Iran to hold talks with the United States and that such talks are important for the security of the region...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Boston Reaches Settlement in Bomb Scare
A broadcaster and a marketing agency agreed to pay $2 million after an ad campaign set off a terrorism scare...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Information on Pitcher?s Plane Crash Released
The National Transportation Safety Board today released hundreds of pages of reports about Cory F. Lidle?s crash...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Bush?s Budget Calls for Big Increases in Military Spending
The $2.9 trillion budget, which increases defense spending and maintains tax cuts, was immediately criticized today by Congressional Democrats...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Jakarta Remains Partly Submerged After Flood
At least 29 people were killed and 340,000 people were driven from their homes after this weekend?s flood...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Republican Senators Block Debate on Iraq Resolution
The vote left in doubt the fate of a bipartisan resolution opposing President Bush?s troop buildup in Iraq...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
State Street to Acquire Investors Financial
In a $4.5 billion stock transaction, the two will join forces to challenge the recently announced combination of Bank of New York and Mellon Financial...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
2 Apples End a Long-Running Trademark Fight
The settlement raised speculation that the Beatles? music might soon be licensed for downloads from iTunes...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Two Top Executives to Leave Discovery Communications
Leaders of Discovery?s cable channels will now report to the chief executive, giving him a more hands-on role...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
UPS makes major order with Boeing
US delivery firm UPS unveils a multi-billion dollar order to buy 27 freight aircraft from aerospace giant Boeing...
BBC News - February 5, 2007
US war objector pleads not guilty
A US army officer who refused orders to deploy to Iraq pleads not guilty as his court martial begins...
BBC News - February 5, 2007
Two charged over US boat deaths
The captain and owner of a boat that capsized in the US killing 20 tourists are charged after a 15-month inquiry...
BBC News - February 5, 2007
Spitzer Seeks Panel to Study Prison Closings
The effort would try to duplicate the recent commission that recommended shutting down at least 20 hospitals across New York...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Bitter Cold Grips Northeast and Midwest
Wind chill factors prompted school closings for tens of thousands of children and disruptions of transportation...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Familiar Face, but a New Tone to the Message
John Edwards is staking out provocative positions on big issues in an effort to gain an edge in a crowded field...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Bush Sends $2.9 Trillion Budget to Hill
The budget, which increases defense spending and maintains tax cuts, is certain to be sharply criticized by the Democrats, who control Congress...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Iraqis Fault Pace of U.S. Plan in Attack
A growing number of Iraqis blamed the United States for creating conditions that led to the single worst suicide bombing in the war...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Study Finds Web Antifraud Measure Ineffective
A new study suggests that image identification security systems provide little additional protection...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Hyundai Chief Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling
Chung Mong-koo, 68, committed a ?clearly criminal act,? the judge said, and will serve three years...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
NBC?s Board to Name Zucker as Chief Executive
The selection would complete a spectacular rise for a young executive who headed the ?Today Show? at 26...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
New Suitor Ignites Battle for Ailing Mills Corp.
Simon Property Group and Farallon Capital offered $1.56 billion, topping a previous bid from Brookfield Capital...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Super Bowl XLI as it happened
Indianapolis beat Chicago 29-17 in this year's NFL showpiece in Miami...
BBC News - February 5, 2007
Rio gang fights leave seven dead
Brazilian police step up patrols after armed groups clash in Rio's slums, leaving seven dead over the weekend...
BBC News - February 5, 2007
Bush submits $2.9 trillion budget
US President George W Bush submits a $2.9 trillion budget request, including billions of dollars for operations in Iraq...
BBC News - February 5, 2007
Police Officer Is Attacked in Queens
A city police officer was attacked by a man with a baseball bat early this morning in the 115th precinct in Queens, police said. The uniformed police officer, who is on an impact post, was patrolling on foot at about 1:20 a.m. at 102nd Street and 39th Ave., about a mile west of Shea Stadium in the Corona neighborhood. He was approached by a man with a baseball bat, who struck the officer in the head with the bat and stole his gun. A second police officer saw the commotion from a distance, unaware that it was a fellow officer who had been attacked, police said. He chased the bat-wielding man, capturing him and recovering the gun before making an arrest...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Pfizer loses China Viagra case
Pfizer has lost a Chinese court case aimed at protecting its rights to a popular Chinese translation of Viagra...
BBC News - February 5, 2007
In New Orleans, Dysfunction Fuels Cycle of Killing
Hurricane Katrina loosened the fragile social restraints in New Orleans, making the city perhaps more dangerous...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Democrats Seek Unpaid Taxes, Setting Up Clash
Congressional Democrats and the Treasury Department disagree over how much unpaid taxes could be collected...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
U.S. Set to Begin a Vast Expansion of DNA Sampling
New rules will allow the collection of DNA from most people arrested or detained by federal authorities...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Familiar Face, but a New Tone
John Edwards is trying to get an advantage among Democrats in the ?08 race by staking out provocative positions on the big issues...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Treasury Bills Set for This Week
The Treasury?s schedule of financing this week includes today?s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
This Week?s Equity Offerings
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Looking Ahead
A VERY BIG DEAL On Wednesday, shareholders of Equity Office Properties Trust will vote on a takeover offer by Blackstone, which is in a bidding war with Vornado Realty Trust. Whatever deal emerges will most likely be the largest private equity buyout ever, with a sale price in the $40 billion range...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Jimmy Choo Sold for $364 Million
TowerBrook Capital Partners has agreed to buy Jimmy Choo Ltd., for $364 million...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Author, Facing Court Date, Must Limit His Book Tour
Conrad M. Black is scheduled to be in court this spring while also promoting his new biography on Richard M. Nixon...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Drilling Down: High Prices Help Sell All-in-One Products
In an experiment, the proportion of subjects choosing an all-in-one product shot up by more than a third when it was priced at a premium...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Three Agencies Compete for Sprint Nextel Account
Sprint Nextel has named three agencies ? for now ? to compete for its creative account in a review that began in early January...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
For Newsweek Subscribers, a Question: Smoking or Nonsmoking?
Newsweek says it will provide tobacco-ad free copies of its magazine to any individual subscribers who request them...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Who?s Attacking an Online Marxist Archive? China Is Suspected of Trying to Block Access to Texts
An online Marxist library says computer attacks from China may force the library to stop providing material in Chinese...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Mayor Takes His Message to London
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took his message that New York City is losing its edge as a global financial center to London...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
A Distinctly Modern Demise for the World?s Oldest Newspaper
After more than 360 years, Sweden?s Post och Inrikes Tidningar, or PoIT, is going online only...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
A Medical ID Business, Much Criticized, Plans a Stock Offering
Applied Digital Solutions is about to test Wall Street?s interest in technology to implant radio chips in humans with an I.P.O. in its nascent business, the VeriChip Corporation...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
E-Commerce Report: Online Sellers Discover the Power of Video Clips
Online retailers have begun capitalizing on the YouTube craze, offering a video platform for product demonstrations, rants and raves, and just plain bizarre behavior...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Microsoft?s Vista Debut Wasn?t Nearly So ?Wow?
The Vista release did not generate anything close to the excitement created 12 years ago when Windows 95 was introduced...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Study Finds Security Flaws on Web Sites of Major Banks
A new study suggests that image identification security systems provides little additional protection...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Vornado Sweetens Its Bid for an Office Landlord
Vornado offered to modify its $41 billion bid for Equity Office Properties by paying the cash portion of its offer within a few weeks...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
The Media Equation: Skipping Merrily Along as Others Take the Heat
Robert D. Novak, the writer who first named a C.I.A. spy has remained on the sidelines of a game he started...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
A Long-Delayed Ad System Has Yahoo Crossing Its Fingers
Project Panama is Yahoo?s effort to close the wide gap with Google in the race for search advertising dollars...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
New Suitor Ignites Battle for Ailing Mills Corp.
Simon Property Group and Farallon Capital Management are planning a $1.56 billion cash bid for the outlet mall developer Mills Corporation...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
The Director Lines Up a Shot
A year after DreamWorks was sold to Paramount, Steven Spielberg is fighting to retain control of his company?s independence...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Advertising: Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War
The war in Iraq seemed to linger just below the surface of many of this year?s Super Bowl commercials...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Internet Boom in China Is Built on Virtual Fun
Instant messaging and game-playing are major obsessions, now central to Chinese culture...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Meeting of NBC Board May Mean Change at Top
Jeff Zucker is expected to be named chairman and chief executive of NBC Universal, succeeding Bob Wright...
New York Times - February 5, 2007
Colts triumph in Superbowl
The Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI in rain-hit Miami...
BBC News - February 5, 2007
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