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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Dubai parties at hotel gala despite economic gloom
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Pakistan protests to US over deep missile strike
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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US News Archive for November 2007:
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The Caucus Blog: Rubin to Back Clinton
The former Treasury Secretary is expected to back the Democratic candidate...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Wheels Blog: Green Car Award Finalists
While I applaud those, such as the Green Car Journal which gives out this award, who care about sustainable mobility, and who seek to encourage and to inspire environmental responsibility with an award like this, I can only hope that next year they have more to work with...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
City Room: Con Ed Faces Fine Over Blackout
The utility was found to have failed to meet four performance targets. The penalty could complicate Con Edison's request for a substantial increase in electric rates...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely
The landing brings to a close one of the most eventful shuttle missions in the history of the program...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
U.S. Prosecutors to Seek Charges Against Kerik
An indictment sought against Bernard B. Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, includes corruption, tax fraud and conspiracy...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
State of the Art: Looks Good, Feels Good, but Wait...
T-Mobile?s new Shadow smartphone is supposed to be a communications powerhouse, but there are some drawbacks...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
AIG Posts 27 Percent Drop in Third-Quarter Profit
Hurt by the U.S. housing market and tight credit markets, American International Group, the world?s largest insurer, said third quarter profit dropped 27 percent...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Cisco Reports Rise in Quarterly Profit and Sales
Cisco Systems said its fiscal first-quarter profit jumped 37 percent amid strong demand for its equipment from service providers upgrading their networks...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
News Corporation Profits Rise
Rupert Murdoch?s News Corp said its quarterly operating profit rose 23 percent on strong box office sales of ?The Simpsons? and a rise in Fox News ad sales...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
New York Probe Hits Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
The state attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, said he has issued subpoenas to the agencies in his investigation into what he claims are conflicts of interest in the mortgage industry...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
TV Writer-Producers Show Solidarity
So-called show runners from at least 30 scripted television series walked the picket line this morning outside Disney headquarters...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
China Remarks Drive Dollar Lower
Currency traders gave the dollar a pounding today after a Chinese official suggested that the country could begin to diversify its huge foreign-exchange reserves...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Stocks Tumble on Weak Dollar and Oil Prices
The Dow dropped 360 points today as investors grew skittish about a weak dollar, record-breaking oil prices and warning signs from the corporate sector...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Nigeria releases US aid worker
A US aid worker and two Germans arrested in Nigeria's Niger Delta for "spying" are released without charge...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
UN head begins S America trip
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon begins a trip to South America that is to focus on climate change...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Argentina bomb warrants approved
Interpol approves arrest warrants for five Iranians and a Lebanese over a 1994 Argentina bomb attack...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Bits Blog: Facebook Everywhere
Once the company gets the bugs out of its system for social ads on its own site, Facebook will likely create a network to use its data to display advertising on other sites...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
DealBook Blog: DealBook: Ousted Citi Executive Fires Back
Todd S. Thomson, the former Citigroup executive whose January ouster was the talk of Wall Street and the tabloids, says that Charles Prince, until recently Citi’s chief executive, may have been part of a campaign to smear his reputation. Mr. Thomson’s comments Tuesday to Reuters were his first major public statement on the subject since [...]...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Good Conditions for Shuttle Landing
If conditions hold the shuttle?s braking rockets will fire just before noon, Eastern time, and begin the drop out of orbit...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
The Lede Blog: A Deadly School Shooting, This Time in Finland
School shootings have become painfully familiar news in the United States, but today it is happening far, far away...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
A History of Neglect: In Foster Care Review, Vows of Help and Vigilance
In 2005, New York?s child welfare commissioner faced a delicate challenge in evaluating minority-run agencies...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Pat Robertson Endorses Giuliani for President
The endorsement could help Rudolph W. Giuliani reassure Republican voters who have been wary of his support for abortion rights...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
IndyMac Loss Dwarfs Own Forecast
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IndyMac Bancorp Inc , one of the largest independent U.S. mortgage lenders, posted a quarterly loss on Tuesday that was more than five times larger than it had projected, hurt by mounting delinquencies and a collapse in demand to buy its home loans...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Cuomo to Look at Agencies? Role in Home Appraisals
The New York attorney general is expected to announce today that he is broadening an investigation of home appraisal practices to look at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Cable Unit and Box Office Lift Time Warner Results
Results matched expectations as the company added digital cable subscribers and posted strong box office results for the latest ?Harry Potter? film...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Strong Growth in Third-Quarter Productivity
Non-farm worker productivity increased at a seasonally adjusted 4.9 percent annual rate in the quarter, the strongest rate in four years, the government said...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Toyota Reports Strong Profits
The company?s growth remains in high gear despite soaring global fuel prices and signs of an economic slowdown in the U.S...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Disappointing Earnings and Weak Dollar Hit Stocks
Stocks opened steeply lower this morning, erasing yesterday?s gains as investors grew skittish on poor news in the corporate, commodities, and currency sectors...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Warning on Impact of China and India Oil Demand
Citing soaring demand for oil imports by China and India, the International Energy Agency urged oil producing countries to replenish inventories in light of record prices...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
G.M. Posts Its Biggest Quarterly Loss
The automaker reported a $39-billion loss after it took a huge noncash charge to write down deferred tax credits...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
GM reports record quarterly loss
General Motors reports a record $39bn quarterly loss, due to a massive one-off accounting charge...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Most deadly year for US in Iraq
The death of six US troops this week makes 2007 the US' most deadly year in Iraq since the invasion in 2003...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
New Jersey Voters Defeat Stem Cell Measure
In a stunning defeat for Gov. Jon S. Corzine, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have permitted the state to borrow $450 million for stem cell research...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Nortel Reports Lower Revenue but Improved Margins
Shares of Nortel Networks rose almost 18 percent on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday despite lower revenue as the company reported its best operating margin since 2004...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Cuts Urged in China?s and India?s Energy Growth
Unless curbed, the two countries? surging fuel consumption will strain global oil trade, push up prices and lead to substantially higher carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new report...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Toyota Reports 11 Percent Jump in Profit
Although sales were stagnant in Japan, Toyota?s sales were strong in North America, Europe, Asia and emerging markets...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
GM set for a huge quarterly loss
General Motors (GM) is set to report a huge loss for the third quarter after booking a $39bn non-cash charge...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Pound breaks through $2.10 level
The UK pound climbs past the $2.10 level against the US dollar, the highest it has been in 26 years...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Chile returns looted Peru books
Chile gives back almost 4,000 books to Peru, more than 120 years after they were stolen by Chilean soldiers...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Striking writers picket Housewives
Writers picket the Desperate Housewives set as their industrial action continues to hit Hollywood...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Bodies found in flood-hit Mexico
Two bodies are found as rescuers search for 16 people missing after a landslide hit a village in Mexico...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
City Room: The Beatle and the M.T.A. Official
Nancy Shevell, an M.T.A. board member who chairs the committee that oversees the Second Avenue subway, is the subject of British press reports about her relationship with Paul McCartney...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
The Medium Blog: Ron Paul, Our Internet President
Congressman Ron Paul, still trading at 8.7 on InTrade since raising more than $4.07 million yesterday, may already be our Internet president. He?s got all the hallmarks: + lots of video praise from blogosphere-certified free-thinkers Jon Stewart and Bill Maher + an ascetic engineer?s appearance (no hairspray, dye, bronzer or veneers) and plain-talk [...]...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
1937 Matisse Sells for $33.6 Million
Matisse?s ?L?Odalisque, Harmonie Bleue? went for $33.6 million at Christie?s Tuesday night, well above the painting?s $15 million to $20 million estimate...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Causes of Death Are Linked to a Person?s Weight
A group of federal researchers reports that overweight people are much less likely to die from a grab bag of diseases that includes Alzheimer?s and Parkinson?s, infections and lung disease...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Senate Committee Approves Mukasey Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to approve the nomination of Michael B. Mukasey as attorney general...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Kentucky Governor Loses to Democrat
Dogged by political scandal in his first term, Gov. Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky, a Republican, lost to Steve Beshear, a Democrat. In Mississippi, Gov. Haley Barbour, a Republican, won re-election...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Rebel, Disgraced, Tries to Pull Off Rebound
After leaving behind a wife, a ruined restaurant empire and a welter of debt, an underground restaurateur returns...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
In Foster Care Reckoning, Vows of Help and Vigilance
In 2005, the city?s child welfare commissioner faced a delicate and complex challenge in evaluating neighborhood-based, minority-run foster care agencies...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Republicans Join Vote to Override Water Bill Veto
A majority of House Republicans joined Democrats on Tuesday in escalating a confrontation with President Bush over federal spending...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Setback for J.& J. In Red Cross Suit
A federal judge has thrown out a main contention by Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit against the American Red Cross over use of the red cross symbol...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Fix-It Expert Will Lead a New Team at Citigroup
Reeling from its exposure to assets backed by subprime mortgages, Citigroup has appointed a triage team led by Richard A. Stuckey Jr., one of Wall Street?s best-known fix-it men...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Test to Guide Heart Treatment Inconclusive
A diagnostic test intended to identify patients who should receive heart defibrillators did not produce conclusive data, according to initial results from a clinical trial...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Archer Daniels Tops Forecasts
The Archer Daniels Midland Company, a major agricultural processor, reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit Tuesday...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Taming the Guzzlers That Power the World Wide Web
As energy consumption by data centers climbs, energy efficiency becomes a priority...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Toy With Date-Rape Drug Recalled
A bead toy that just won an Australian Toy of the Year award was recalled by its manufacturer on Tuesday after media reports that a chemical in it turns into a powerful date-rape drug, GHB, when eaten...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
For Suppliers, the Pressure Is on
Call it Phase 3 of the greening of corporate America. Companies are looking at their supply chain as the next frontier for combating climate change...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Radioactive Nimby: No One Wants Nuclear Waste
More than a half century after the opening of the first commercial reactor, there is still no permanent disposal site for highly radioactive waste...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Mum?s the Word: We Found a Greener Gas
What?s greener than HFCs for refrigeration? Carbon dioxide. Thus the public relations problem...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Aiding the Environment, a Nanostep at a Time
The ability to manipulate matter on a tiny scale could lead to environmental breakthroughs. Billions of dollars are being spent, but the most exciting green nanoproducts are still on the drawing boards...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Foreign Firms Envision Wind Farms Dotting the U.S.
The United States is the fastest-growing market in the world for wind power. Despite a patchwork of laws and regulations, many European energy companies would like to plant their windmills here...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Salt Lake City Is Finding a Payoff in Conservation
Sound environmental policy has emerged as a central organizing principle of the city?s economic growth...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Conservation at the Touch of a Button
Companies are giving up control of their electrical systems, and they are being paid to do it. The goal? To better manage the nation?s burdened power grid...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Shares Rise on Earnings Reports, in a ?Relief Rally?
Shares bounded higher Tuesday as investors still mindful of widening credit problems nonetheless went in search of bargains in the stock market...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
The Carbon Calculus
A proposal in Congress to put a price tag on greenhouse-gas emissions could overturn the economics of energy...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Nortel Reports Lower Revenue but Improved Margins
Shares of Nortel Networks rose almost 18 percent on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday despite lower revenue as the company reported its best operating margin since 2004...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Bush?s Import-Safety Plan Is Detailed
A proposal to give the federal government sweeping authority over imports won plaudits as a step toward restoring public confidence in product safety...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Ex-Worker at AT&T Fights Immunity Bill
A retired AT&T technician is fighting back against the Bush administration?s plan to grant companies legal immunity for their secret cooperation in eavesdropping programs...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Mortgage Lender Halves Dividend After Reporting Loss
IndyMac Bancorp, hurt by mounting delinquencies and a collapse in demand to buy its home loans, posted a quarterly loss on Tuesday that was more than five times what it had projected...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Microsoft Dismisses Chief Information Officer
Microsoft said Tuesday that it had fired its chief information officer, Stuart L. Scott, for violations of company policies, but a spokesman declined to give the exact reason for the dismissal...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Sidewalks of New York Become Premium Space
As the number of sidewalk cafes increases and the size of bus shelters and newsstands grow, the city?s sidewalks are more crowded than they have ever been, according to a design watchdog group...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
CSX Lawyers Says They Cannot Find Key Witness in Asbestos Case
Lawyers for the CSX Transportation Corporation, which is fighting costly asbestos claims, say they have been unable to find a crucial witness in a case, a doctor whom they accuse of fabricating scores of medical evaluations...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Your Ad Here: Web Surprise Hits ?08 Race
Campaigns venturing into the unruly territory of Web advertising risk losing the thing they crave most: control...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Financial Ground Has Shifted Under a Record Deal
Making its first major foray into the Manhattan office market, the Kushner Companies bought 666 Fifth Avenue for $1.8 billion, a breathtaking price even by Midtown Manhattan standards...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Morgan Stanley May Be Next to Write Down Assets
A securities analyst at Fox-Pitt Kelton downgraded Morgan Stanley, forecasting that the firm could suffer losses of $6 billion related to the reduced value of credit investments...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Yahoo Criticized in Case of Jailed Dissident
Yahoo officials ran into withering criticism from United States lawmakers for their company?s role in the jailing of a Chinese journalist...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Advertising: Facebook Is Marketing Your Brand Preferences (With Your Permission)
The social networking site now sells ads that display people?s profile photos next to commercial messages that are shown to their friends about items they purchased or registered an opinion about...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
BlackRock Chief Is Said to Be Meeting Over Merrill
Laurence D. Fink, the leading candidate to become the head of Merrill Lynch, has met with the executive search firm responsible for filling the position, according to a person briefed on the discussions...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
For Fiji Water, a Big List of Green Goals
Fiji Water plans to become carbon negative ? that is, to more than make up for the greenhouse gases released in the creation, transportation and sales of its product...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Economic Scene: When Trust in an Expert Is Unwise
A study of car mechanics comes to a depressing conclusion about situations where the expert who diagnoses a problem is the one who will be paid to fix it...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Private Efforts to Preserve the Coast
The concept of an easement is clear when it comes to land. But who owns the water, or the fish, or the right to fish?...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
G.M. Takes $39 Billion Charge on Tax Offset
Analysts said the step reflected the likelihood that the company would not earn significant profits on its automotive or its finance operations in the near future...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Some Television Writer-Producers Side With Guild
Some prominent show runners ? the writer-producers who fill multiple roles at the helm of television programs ? said they will not perform any duties while the writers? strike continued...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
A Model for Health Care That Pays for Quality
Seeing low fees for family doctors as a weak link in the nation?s health care system, some big employers and health insurers are seeking new ways to pay doctors to reward high-quality medical care...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
For Citigroup?s New Head, Focus Is Subprime Tangle
Robert E. Rubin, who was named Citigroup?s chairman after the departure of Charles O. Prince III, has moved quickly to deal with the turmoil that has engulfed the banking giant...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Little-Known Entrepreneurs Putting China Near Top of Billionaires? List
A year ago, there were 15 billionaires in China. Now, there are more than 100, according to the widely watched Hurun Report...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Bonuses Likely to Shrink for Many on Wall Street
Wall Street bonuses are expected to be flat to down 15 percent, making them the latest victim of the subprime mortgage collapse and the tight credit market...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
High-Priced Oil Adds Volatility to Power Scramble
The prospect of triple-digit oil prices has redrawn the economic and political map of the world...
New York Times - November 7, 2007
Arrests made in Brazil tax probe
Brazilian police arrest 19 people in an investigation into alleged money laundering, following raids at 44 sites...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
Mixed results in US state polls
Mississippi's governor is reelected while Kentucky's loses badly, as part of a series of US local polls...
BBC News - November 7, 2007
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