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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 June 2007:
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Gorbachev: Avoid Cold War repeat
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says that U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Europe are arrogant and threaten to usher in a new Cold War...
CNN - June 6, 2007
Reports: Police searching for teen find body
Police have found a body in the area where they have been looking for a missing teenager, according to media reports. Kelsey Smith, 18, has been missing since late Saturday, when she was apparently abducted from the parking lot of a Target store in suburban Kansas City...
CNN - June 6, 2007
Cuomo Broadens Student Loan Inquiry
New York?s attorney general said he would examine whether lenders were discriminating against students...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Selig Asks Giambi to Cooperate in Steroids Inquiry
The Yankees? Jason Giambi has created new problems for himself by indicating publicly that he had used steroids...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Senate Rejects Immigration Stricture
The measure would have made it much harder for many illegal immigrants to eventually achieve legal status...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Scientists Move Closer to Turning Cells Into Tissues
If a technique used in mice can be adapted to human cells, it would let scientists use a patient?s skin cells to generate new heart, liver or kidney cells...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
State of the Art: Not-So-High- Definition Camcorders
Two new cameras that take both still photos and high-definition video redefine ?high-definition? ? for the worse. Another new entry is closer to the mark...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Administration Seeks Overhaul of Patent System
The Bush administration wants to reform the nation?s patent system by requiring better information from inventors and allowing public scrutiny of applications...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Interest Rates Raised in Euro Zone
The European Central Bank on Wednesday raised borrowing costs to their highest level in nearly six years, pointing to a humming economy that raised the risk of higher inflation...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Chinese Auto Parts Enter the Global Market
Exports from China are shifting from basic goods like textiles, toys and shoes to higher-value industrial goods that compete more directly with products from advanced industrialized countries...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Automakers Push to Head Off Tighter Fuel Standards
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler executives met with Senate lawmakers on Wednesday as Democrats move toward a vote on a sprawling energy bill...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Stocks Decline on Inflation Fears
Stock prices extended their losses on Wednesday as Wall Street faced an array of unwelcome economic news that stirred concerns about high inflation...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
China to Revise Food and Drug Safety Rules
It is the strongest signal yet that Beijing is moving to calm fears that some of its exports pose health problems...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
TB man blames medics for scare
A US TB patient who sparked an health scare in May says doctors had told him he was not contagious...
BBC News - June 6, 2007
Andean nations object to Fifa ban
Five Latin American nations meet in Bolivia to formalise a protest against a ban on high-altitude football...
BBC News - June 6, 2007
Sources: Turkish troops enter Iraq
Several thousand Turkish troops have crossed into northern Iraq to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials say...
CNN - June 6, 2007
Man sought in teen's abduction
A young, goateed man videotaped leaving a Target store moments before the apparent abduction of an 18-year-old woman from the adjoining parking lot is being sought for questioning, investigators said...
CNN - June 6, 2007
GOP debaters snipe at Democrats, Bush
Republican presidential candidates directed their fire at Democrats in their first New Hampshire debate on Tuesday but President Bush caught a surprising amount of it, too, CNN analyst Bill Schneider says...
CNN - June 6, 2007
Bush pledges conciliation at G8
U.S. President George W. Bush promises to work towards resolving political tensions between the U.S. and Russia which threaten to overshadow this week's gathering of Group of Eight world leaders in Germany...
CNN - June 6, 2007
Cuomo Testifies on Student Loans
Abuses in lending to college students grew rapidly because the federal Department of Education and bank regulatory agencies took no action to intervene, Andrew Cuomo, New York?s Attorney General said today...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
French Open: Nadal Extends His Perfect Record at the French Open
Rafael Nadal cruised to victory over Carlos Moya in the quarterfinals, improving his career record at the French Open to an impressive 19-0...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Abbas Pulls Out of Planned Talks With Israel
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, dropped out after the two sides could not agree on an agenda...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Economix: Health Care as if Costs Didn?t Matter
A big reason for the high cost of health insurance is the explosion of expensive, medically questionable care...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Administration Seeks Overhaul of Patent System
The goal is to improve the quality of patents, which should curb the rising wave of patent disputes and lawsuits, the director of the government's patent office said...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
AstraZeneca Loses C.F.O. to Goldman Sachs
The move comes just months after Jon Symonds completed the $15.2 billion purchase of MedImmune, which some investors considered too expensive...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
F.D.A. Calls for New Warnings on Diabetes Drugs
The agency on Wednesday said that it had decided to put the most serious safety warning on Avandia and Actos...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
US shares dip on rates concerns
US shares fall in Wednesday morning trading amid fears of higher interest rates to combat inflation...
BBC News - June 6, 2007
US productivity revised
The productivity of US workers rose by less than first estimated in the first three months of 2007, figures show...
BBC News - June 6, 2007
Andean nations to oppose Fifa ban
Five Latin American nations are to meet in Bolivia to formalise a protest against a ban on high-altitude football...
BBC News - June 6, 2007
Protesters clash with police at G8
Violence erupts outside the annual G8 summit in Germany as protesters attempt to breach heavy security. Inside the meeting, political tensions, particularly a U.S.-Russia stand off over missile defense plans, are expected to dominate progress on climate change and Africa...
CNN - June 6, 2007
World Health Agency Warns of Surge in Drug-Resistant TB
Tuberculosis may reach the point where most new cases in some countries are resistant to many drugs unless far greater efforts are made now...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
The Energy Challenge: From Turkey Waste, a New Fuel and a New Environmental Fight
Advocates question the earth-friendliness of a novel method of producing electricity in Minnesota...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Football: Carlos to leave Madrid
Real Madrid defender Roberto Carlos agrees to join Turkish champions Fenerbahce at the end of the season...
BBC News - June 6, 2007
Iraq, immigration top debate
U.S. Republicans competing for their party's presidential nomination vigorously debated the Iraq war, immigration, health care and global warming. Earlier, the candidates touched on some of the most sensitive topics in U.S. politics, including abortion, evolution, and the "don't-ask, don't-tell" policy of gays in the U.S. military...
CNN - June 6, 2007
Castro interview focuses on past
A healthier looking Fidel Castro appeared on Cuban television Tuesday, speaking slowly and focusing on past memories rather than his recovery and future in his first lengthy appearance since he fell ill and gave up power last summer...
CNN - June 6, 2007
Voters grill GOP debaters
Ten Republicans who want to be president fielded questions from the audience tonight for their first debate in New Hampshire, hoping to make an impression on those who will cast ballots in the nation's first primary early next year...
CNN - June 6, 2007
Is U.S. Safer Since 9/11? Clinton and Rivals Spar
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has come under attack for defying a popular line of argument among some Democratic officials...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Hong Kong Journal: A Vestige of British Rule Is About to Vanish, Unmourned
As Hong Kong prepares for the 10th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule, Queen?s Pier has emerged as one of several symbols of Britain?s disappearing influence...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Ready for N.B.A. Throne, but Not Like Mike
LeBron James might soon fulfill the media?s hype ? if the viewing public can adapt to a new kind of superstar...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Libby Given 30 Months for Lying in C.I.A. Leak Case
The sentence was expected to prompt supporters of I. Lewis Libby Jr. to accelerate calls for a pardon from President Bush...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Charles Evans, 81, a Founder of Fashion Line, Dies
Charles Evans was a founder of the fashion house Evan-Picone and was also executive producer of the film ?Tootsie.?...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: Britain: Scottish Bank Forecasts a Profit
The Royal Bank of Scotland, the British bank that is leading a takeover bid for ABN Amro Holding, said it expected lower bad-debt provisions for the first half of the year, indicating its earnings will beat analysts? estimates. Royal Bank said profit in the first half would be ?slightly ahead? of that implied by the market median estimate for full-year earnings per share of 72.1 pence ($1.43). That compares with 66.7 pence in 2006. The earnings update did not include comment on the offer that Royal Bank and its consortium has made for ABN Amro. A group led by Royal Bank has bid 71.1 billion euros ($95.6 billion), or 38.40 euros ($51.59) per ABN Amro share, making its offer about 10 percent higher than one from Barclays, the British bank...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: Libya: Equity Firm Buys Stake in Oil Refiner
The private equity firm Colony Capital agreed to acquire control of Tamoil of Libya for 4 billion euros ($5.4 billion). The Libyan government will retain 35 percent of the company, which operates refineries and gas stations, Colony said. Tamoil, based in Switzerland and owned by the Libyan government under the name Oilinvest B.V., owns three refineries ? in Germany, Italy and Switzerland ? and 2,500 gas stations in Italy...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: South Korea: Hanwha?s Chairman Indicted
South Korean prosecutors indicted Kim Seung Yun, the chairman of an industrial company, the Hanwha Group, on six charges in connection with what the authorities say was a revenge attack on employees of a bar in Seoul. Prosecutors charged Mr. Kim and a bodyguard, both arrested on May 11, with confinement and causing bodily harm with a weapon, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors? Office said. A Hanwha Group spokesman, Ju Cheol Beom, declined to comment...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: American Trade Specialist Resigns
Franklin L. Lavin, under secretary of commerce for international trade, who prodded China to reduce trade barriers by backing new tariffs on Chinese goods, announced his resignation yesterday. Mr. Lavin plans to leave on July 13, less than two years after taking the post. He is joining the Washington office of Cushman & Wakefield, the real estate services company. He led negotiations for the United States at the World Trade Organization over how to rework trade laws...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: Ireland: Profit Up, but Outlook Dims at Ryanair
Ryanair posted a 33 percent increase in annual net profit, helped by higher ticket prices, but it said profit growth would slow as higher interest rates prompted travelers to seek cheaper deals. Ryanair, the biggest low-cost carrier in Europe, said it expected profit growth of about 5 percent in the year ahead, with average ticket prices falling as higher borrowing costs curb consumer spending in Britain, the Irish airline?s biggest market. Excluding one-time items, profit after taxes rose to 401.4 million euros ($540.4 million) in the 12 months that ended March 31, up from 301.5 million euros a year earlier, and better than the 393.5 million euros expected by analysts. Ryanair said its load factor fell to 80 percent in May from 82 percent a year earlier...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
World Business Briefing: Canada: Lowe?s Is Planning to Open Six Stores
The Lowe?s Companies, the home-improvement retailer, will open up to six stores in Canada by the end of January 2008. At least four stores will be in southwestern Ontario, including Toronto, said Doug Robinson, Lowe?s president of Canadian operations...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
I.B.M. Settles Suit Over Stock Expenses
The S.E.C. said that I.B.M. had settled a case in which it had been accused of misleading investors...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Restitution Deal Made
A former sales chief at CA Inc. has agreed to pay $29.7 million in restitution after pleading guilty last year to criminal charges...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Teachers? Pension Joins Bid for BCE
BCE, the parent of Canada?s largest telecom company, confirmed its suitors in takeover talks include the Ontario Teachers? Pension Plan...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Stock Market Falters as Bond Yields Rise
The stock market posted its first decline in a week after bond yields surged to a nine-month high amid signs that the economy might be gaining momentum...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Vioxx Damage Award
A judge reversed himself and awarded $1.6 million to a former F.B.I. agent who blamed the drug for his heart attack...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
NBC Universal Signs Head of Studio to a Five-Year Agreement
Ron Meyer will oversee movie production, theme parks and studio operations ?through at least 2012,? the company said...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Mexican Court?s Media Ruling Shows Support for Competition
The decision was a defeat for Mexico?s television duopoly, sending a clear message in favor of greater economic competition...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Square Feet: Looking Beyond L. L. Bean
In Maine, the town of Freeport recently approved the development of a $45 million ?lifestyle center,? to stay ahead of development in other areas of the state...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Radio Time to Join List of eBay Items Up for Auction
The auction giant said it would begin selling radio airtime to advertisers, expanding into a business that Google entered last year...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Service Industries? Expansion Picked Up Pace Last Month
The expansion unexpectedly accelerated last month to the highest level in more than a year, a sign the economy is strengthening...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
G.M. Chief Tells Shareholders to Take Long View
Rick Wagoner said G.M. had made major progress in turning around its fortunes last year and urged patience for the long term...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Square Feet: A Hands-On Hotel Owner Who Values Independence
A new breed of hands-on owners is actively pushing hotel managers to wring more profit out of their assets...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Dow Jones Union Seeks Billionaire?s Help in Finding Alternative Bidder to Murdoch
The union has begun talks with aides to Ronald W. Burkle, a California billionaire, to head off a takeover by Rupert Murdoch...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
British Grocer Set to Dip Toe in U.S. Market
Tesco is treading lightly to avoid the pitfalls that have tripped up other foreign retailers in the United States...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
The Energy Challenge: Energy Answer on Turkey Farms Draws Ire
Environmental advocates question the earth-friendliness of burning turkey waste to generate electricity...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Doll Web Sites Drive Girls to Stay Home and Play
Millions of girls are fueling the growth of interactive sites that offer virtual versions of traditional play activities...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
F.T.C. to Sue in Bid to Halt Food Merger
The F.T.C. said that the merger between Wild Oats and Whole Foods would lead to higher prices in markets where the chains compete...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Fed Chief Dims Hopes for a Rate Cut
The stock market stumbled as Wall Street seemed to grasp that the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to lower interest rates...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
HBO Moves to Fill Executive Void
Bill Nelson and three other top executives with long careers at HBO will replace Chris Albrecht, who resigned...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Advertising: A Niche Strategy Now Under Stress
GlaxoSmithKline?s effort to focus Avandia?s marketing on African-Americans could backfire as questions arise...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
Diabetes Drug Still Has Heart Risks, Doctors Warn
A study intended to demonstrate the safety of a diabetes treatment seems, instead, to have added to the controversy...
New York Times - June 6, 2007
US 'major illegal ivory importer'
The US has become a major importer of illegal ivory, according to a report by a UK animal welfare charity...
BBC News - June 6, 2007
Golf: Mickelson 'fit for US Open'
Phil Mickelson says his wrist injury will not prevent him playing at the US Open despite withdrawing from this week's St Jude Championship in Memphis...
BBC News - June 6, 2007
Colombian drugs money case fails
The trial of 147 Colombian soldiers accused of stealing $20m (£10m) in guerrilla drug money collapses...
BBC News - June 6, 2007
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