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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Rwanda protocol chief says shell prove innocence
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Nepals Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Hollywood actors guild to seek strike
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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US News Archive for April 2007:
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UK sailors reunited with families
Fifteen British service members detained for almost two weeks in Iran are reunited with their families after flying home from Tehran. After landing at London's Heathrow Airport following a six-hour flight, they were transferred by helicopter to a military base in southwestern England...
CNN - April 5, 2007
Gonzales prepping for critical testimony on firing
As part of intensive preparations for coming congressional questioning concerning the eight fired U.S. attorneys, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales next week will take part in mock question-and-answer sessions that could include outside legal advisers, Justice Department officials said Thursday...
CNN - April 5, 2007
Florida Lets Most Felons Regain Voting Rights
The change is a major step for Florida, which bans more people from the polls than any other state...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
3 Charged in 2005 London Transit Attacks
The charges against three Muslim men today were the first to be brought in connection with the attack...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
The Masters: Mickelson's Defense Off to Rough Start
Justin Rose led the field at three-under-par Thursday while defending champion Phil Mickelson stumbled to a four-over-par 76 in the first round...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Claim Raises Questions About Nuclear Plant
The owner of an Ohio nuclear plant has asked its insurance company to pay for two years of lost production after a corrosion problem that it called ?unexpected and unforeseeable.?...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
China?s Harvest in Brazil
Diminishing cropland and water supplies are pushing China to seek more of its staples from South America...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
China Says It Had Nothing to Do With Tainted Pet Foods
The government said it did not export wheat gluten or any product that might have put poison in dog and cat food in the United States...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Ford Pays Chief $28 Million for 4 Months? Work
The automaker, which reported a record $12.7 billion in losses last year, paid its new leader more than three times as much as any other executive...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Cable TV Networks Boycott eBay Ad Exchange
National networks tested the exchange and decided that it went too far in removing humans from the ad sales process...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Kerkorian Offers $4.5 Billion for Chrysler
The bid came 12 years after an earlier attempt by the billionaire to buy the company, which was instead acquired later by Daimler-Benz of Germany...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Billionaire buys stake in Arsenal
ITV plc unconditionally sell their 9.99% shareholidng in Arsenal Holdings plc to Stan Kroenke's KSE UK INC...
BBC News - April 5, 2007
Canadian's terror appeal denied
Canada's Supreme Court denies a terror suspect the right to appeal against anti-terror legislation...
BBC News - April 5, 2007
Ford?s C.E.O. Made Over $28 Million. In His First Four Months.
Alan R. Mulally?s compensation included an $18.5 million bonus from a car company that lost $12.7 billion last year...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Ecuador seeking a return to Opec
Ecuador, South America's fifth-largest oil producer, confirms that it wants to rejoin the Opec oil cartel...
BBC News - April 5, 2007
SEC probes Grand Theft Auto firm
The publisher of computer game Grand Theft Auto faces a stock options probe by the US finance watchdog...
BBC News - April 5, 2007
Live - Masters 2007 at Augusta
Play is under way at the 2007 Masters with players finding conditions tough at Augusta...
BBC News - April 5, 2007
World growth to 'resist US blip'
The global economy should withstand slower US growth and wobbles in its housing market, the IMF says...
BBC News - April 5, 2007
Calls for end to US repossessions
US civil rights groups call for borrowers from sub-prime lenders to be helped instead of having homes repossessed...
BBC News - April 5, 2007
New York City Plans to Promote Circumcision
The department has started asking some community groups and gay rights organizations to discuss the procedure with their members...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Study Questions Exam to Detect Breast Cancer
A widely used system for examining mammograms is leading to less accuracy, a new study finds...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Injured in Iraq, a Soldier Is Shattered at Home
Sam Ross?s story, with its heart-rending arc from hardscrabble childhood to hardscrabble adulthood...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
News Analysis: Early ?08 Fund-Raising Has Clear Blue Tint
Democrats raised a total of $78 million, compared with just over $51 million by their rivals, figures show...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
World Business Briefing | Australia: Cemex Bid for Rinker Advances
Cemex, the third-largest cement producer in the world, received clearance from United States antitrust regulators for its $11.7 billion hostile offer for the Rinker Group of Australia. The Justice Department said Cemex, based in Monterrey, Mexico, had agreed to sell 39 operations in Florida and Arizona to preserve price competition for large transportation projects in the two states. Rinker, based in Sydney, a building materials maker, gets about 80 percent of its sales in the United States...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Switzerland: Diagnostics Deal by Roche
The health care company Roche Holding agreed to buy the BioVeris Corporation of the United States for $600 million to expand its medical testing business. The move strengthens Roche?s position in diagnostics, where it is already a global leader. BioVeris said it had agreed to be acquired for $21.50 a share, a 58 percent premium to Tuesday?s closing price of $13.60. The purchase will allow Roche to expand its immunochemistry business from human diagnostics into segments like life science research, patient self-testing, veterinary testing, drug discovery, drug development and clinical trials...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Siemens Unit Files Patent Case
A unit of Siemens, the biggest engineering company in Europe, sued Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Plastics, contending infringement of a patent for a radiation detector that is used in medical diagnostic scanners. Siemens Medical Solutions USA said the United States unit of Saint-Gobain, a European building materials supplier, was wrongly using the technology in marketing PreLude 420 crystals for scanners that produce images from radioactive materials injected into the body to detect diseases like cancer. The suit was filed in Federal District Court in Wilmington, Del. Siemens is based in Germany and Saint-Gobain is based in France...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
World Business Briefing | Americas: Brazil: Google Steps Up Oversight
Google agreed to make it easier to remove offensive content posted on its Orkut social-networking site, heeding requests from prosecutors in Brazil. Google will set up a page on Orkut where prosecutors will send requests to remove content, the Rio de Janeiro state prosecutor?s office said. In Brazil, where Orkut is the most-used social networking site, prosecutors complained last year that the company was taking too long to comply with their demands to eliminate some material on the site. Google, based in Mountain View, Calif., said it had added workers to review reports of offensive or illegal content, along with special tools for law enforcement to expedite reviews...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Immigration Raid Yields 62 Arrests in Illinois
The operation was the latest in a string of raids on companies accused of employing illegal immigrants...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
United Airlines Drops Fallon and Hires Start-Up Agency
United dismissed Fallon Worldwide, which created campaigns for the airline since 1996, and awarded its creative account to Barrie D?Rozario Murphy...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
World Business Briefing | Americas: Canada: Acquisition by Mining Company
The Lundin Mining Corporation, a Canadian mining company operating in Europe, said it had agreed to acquire Rio Narcea Gold Mines for 993 million Canadian dollars ($858 million) to take advantage of record nickel prices. Lundin offered 5 Canadian dollars for each share of Rio Narcea, 3.7 percent higher than its closing price on Tuesday, and 1.03 Canadian dollars per warrant, Colin Benner, the vice chairman of Lundin, said in a conference call. The company plans to increase Rio Narcea?s nickel and copper operation in southern Spain and might sell its gold mine in Mauritania, it said. Rio Narcea is based in Toronto, and Lundin is based in Vancouver, British Columbia...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Monsanto Profit Rises
The world?s largest seed company said a strong market for corn-based ethanol fueled its corn seed sales and raised quarterly profit by 23 percent...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Cruise?s Studio Hires a Disney Executive
United Artists recruited Dennis Rice, as its president for worldwide marketing and publicity...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Quota Quickly Filled on Visas for High-Tech Guest Workers
To the chagrin of tech firms, the federal government said it will not accept any more visa petitions for skilled workers for 2008...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Growth in the Service Sector Slowed in March
The job market also showed only modest improvement, reinforcing views of a weakening economy...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Prosecutors Rest Case Against Ex-Chief of Qwest
Defense lawyers are expected to introduce evidence about classified business contracts involving secret government agencies...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Online Bookseller to Take Option Charge
A subsidiary of Barnes & Noble will take a $10 million charge related to an investigation of stock option granting practices...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Black Defense Says Payouts Were Backed by Board
Defense lawyers sought to show that millions in payments received by Conrad M. Black and his co-defendants were approved by the board of his former company...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Best Buy Reports 18.5% Increase in Profit
The consumer electronics chain reported an increase in its quarterly profit while its rival, Circuit City Stores, swung to a loss...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Market Keeps Momentum With an Uptick
Stocks advanced slightly as oil prices dropped and economic data offered little incentive to buyers...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Front Row : Thinking Outside the Gap
This month the Gap will introduce limited-edition shirts designed by Doo-Ri Chung, Thakoon Panichgul and Laura and Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Telephone Deregulation Announced for Canada
Canada?s Conservative government said local markets would be eligible for deregulation after April 18...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Equity Firm to Sell South Korean Units
Lone Star Funds said it would divest itself of two of its South Korean holdings, fueling speculation it was planning to exit the country...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Italians Win Yukos Units, but Gazprom Is to Benefit
The two Italian energy companies who won the Yukos auction announced they would sell most of the assets to the state-owned Russian gas giant Gazprom...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Student Loans Led to Benefits by College Aides
Officials at three universities profited from the sale of shares held in a student loan company that each of the universities recommends to student borrowers...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Economic Scene: Why That Hoodie Your Son Wears Isn?t Trademarked
Fashion remains a rare industry where copying actually promotes the welfare of all competitors...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Equity Firm Is Seen Ready to Sell a Stake to Investors
The planned sale would contradict earlier reports that Apollo Management was planning an initial public offering...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Google?s Chief Gets $1 in Pay; His Security Costs $532,755
Eric E. Schmidt received a salary of $1 but his personal security cost shareholders $532,755, representing the bulk of his compensation...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Women Entrepreneurs Take on Rugged Alaska
For women entrepreneurs, starting and sustaining a business in Alaska can pose special challenges...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Advertising: Online Experiment for Print Magazine
The magazine, The Week, will publish the extra issue online to expand their digital presence in response to changing habits of both readers and advertisers...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Discovery to Start Channel Focusing on Green Movement
Discovery plans to start a 24-hour channel focused on eco-friendly living, as part of a push into the rising environmental movement...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
At Wal-Mart, Lessons in Self-Help
Wal-Mart has quietly introduced an ambitious self-help project to make its workers more productive...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Shell Expects Full Output From Nigeria
Shell expects to resume oil production in Nigeria within five to six months after shutting down operations because of militant violence...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Trust Sued Over Backing Retiree Plan
The lawsuit contends that the New York State United Teachers breached its fiduciary duty when it accepted millions in exchange for endorsing products to plan members...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Ford Chief Sticking to His Road Map for Turnaround
Ford?s chief executive insisted that he saw no need for deeper cuts beyond those slated in the company?s recovery plan...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Daimler?s Chief Confirms Talks to Sell Chrysler
The company confirmed for the first time that it is in negotiations about a deal for the troubled American unit...
New York Times - April 5, 2007
Golf: Augusta set for showdown
The 71st Masters tees off on Thursday with most attention focussed on Tiger Woods and 2006 winner Phil Mickelson...
BBC News - April 5, 2007
Transport protests flare in Chile
Police in Chile's capital, Santiago, arrest about 100 in a fresh protest against a new public transport system...
BBC News - April 5, 2007
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