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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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US News Archive for December 2005:
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Passenger killed after bomb claim
A man shot on a boarding bridge to a Boeing 757 at Miami International Airport has died from his injuries, two sources tell CNN. The man, identified as Rigoberto Alpizar, said there was a bomb in his carry-on backpack, a Department of Homeland Security official said...
CNN - December 7, 2005
'The Iraqi people have made amazing progress'
President Bush touted U.S. wartime successes in helping Iraq improve its economy and infrastructure Wednesday during a high-profile speech saying "we have to win the battle after the battle." Bush said "amazing progress" has been made but conceded that the reconstruction "has not always gone as well as we had hoped."...
CNN - December 7, 2005
Air Marshal Shoots and Kills Passenger at Miami Airport
A federal air marshal aboard a jetliner on the ground in Miami shot and killed a man who had claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Transit Union Cool to M.T.A. Offer of Two-Year Contract
The sixth round of talks ended in failure as union members in New York City dismissed the transit authority's proposal as unacceptable...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Menendez Will Replace Corzine in Senate
Robert Menendez will serve out the one year that remains in the Senate term of Jon S. Corzine, the governor-elect of New Jersey...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
House Would Put Off Big Tax Increase for a Year
A bill passed today would postpone for one year a big increase in the alternative minimum tax at a cost of $30 billion...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Justices Agree Benefits May Be Cut to Cover College Debts
The Supreme Court ruled today that the government may offset Social Security benefits in order to collect student loan debts...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
G.M. Said to Invite Tracinda to Join Board
G.M.'s board of directors has asked former Chrysler Corp.'s chief financial officer to join its board as a representative of billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Europe Divided Over Introduction of Internet Domain Name
Residents of the European Union can now register Internet addresses ending in ".eu," but a campaign seeks to promote national domain registries...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
McCann Wins Army's Ad Account, Replacing Burnett
McCann Erickson Worldwide is about to undertake one of the most challenging assignments in advertising: convincing young men and women to join the U.S. Army...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Coke to launch new advert slogan
Drinks giant Coca-Cola is to introduce a new marketing slogan as it continues efforts to turn around its fortunes...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Chile's frontrunner cancels rally
The leading candidate for Chile's election cancels her final rally after four of her supporters died in a bus crash...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Trial hearing without Hussein
Saddam Hussein's trial continues without the deposed Iraqi leader in the courtroom after a delay of three hours when he refused to appear. Proceedings were later adjourned for two weeks...
CNN - December 7, 2005
'Amazing progress' in Iraq
President Bush says the Iraqi people have made "amazing progress," in transitioning from life under a brutal tyrant to liberation. But Bush concedes reconstruction "has not always gone as well as we had hoped." The president today detailed U.S. efforts to boost Iraq's infrastructure and economy...
CNN - December 7, 2005
Bush: Must win battle after battle
U.S. President George W. Bush hails successes in helping Iraq to improve its economy and infrastructure during a high-profile speech aimed at combating doubts about the war, saying "we have to win the battle after the battle."...
CNN - December 7, 2005
'We're helping the Iraqis rebuild'
President Bush detailed U.S. efforts to boost Iraq's infrastructure and economy Wednesday. "We're helping the Iraqis rebuild their infrastructure and reform their economy and build a prosperity that will give all Iraqis a stake in a free and peaceful Iraq," the president said...
CNN - December 7, 2005
Bush Cites Economic Progress in Iraq, but Says It Is Uneven
The president acknowledged problems with reconstruction and conceding the inevitability of more bloodshed...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
New Partnership for Rap Producer
The rap producer Irv Gotti, who was acquitted last week of federal charges that he laundered money for a Queens drug kingpin, has been in talks to form a record label partnership with the Warner Music Group, according to executives briefed on his plans...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
3M Names Chief, Ending 5-Month Search
3M announced today that it had named George W. Buckley, the chief executive of the Brunswick Corporation, as chairman, chief executive and president...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
US senators push Bush on climate
Almost a quarter of the US Senate signs a letter urging President Bush to take part in climate talks in Canada...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Winnie joins ex-gang leader plea
South Africa's Winnie Mandela calls for clemency for ex-gang leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Mixed reaction to Venezuela poll
International monitors in Venezuela give mixed reactions on Sunday's congressional election...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
US bound by torture treaty - Rice
The US secretary of state says the UN treaty on torture applies to US interrogators both in the US and abroad...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Bush sees Iraq economy improving
President George W Bush cites progress in rebuilding Iraq's economy, but admits it had not always gone well...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Trial resumes without Hussein
Saddam Hussein's trial resumed Wednesday without the deposed Iraqi leader in the courtroom after a delay of three hours when he refused to appear...
CNN - December 7, 2005
Business Briefing: World: Europe, Americas
EUROPE...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Constance L. Hays, 44, Business Reporter at Times and an Author, Dies
Constance L. Hays wrote on subjects from magazine publishing to the food and beverage industry to advertising...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Kroger Profit Up 30 Percent
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Following Recent Pattern, a Big Early Rally Fizzles
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Productivity Rises, Wages Fall and Inflation Seems in Retreat
Productivity rose at its fastest pace in two years in the third quarter, far more quickly than earlier predicted...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Holiday Season Is a Holding Action at Gap Stores
The nation's largest specialty apparel retailer has largely written off a strong showing this holiday season...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
'Tortured' Australian speaks out
Australian Mamdouh Habib says he was caught up in the US policy of transferring terror suspects abroad, and abused...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
Golf: Woods scoops tour prize
Tigers Woods is voted PGA Tour Player of the Year for the seventh time in nine years...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
China vow to punish spill cover-up
China will severely punish anyone who lied about or tried to cover up a massive toxic chemical spill last month that polluted a major river and temporarily cut off water supplies to millions, the government has said...
CNN - December 7, 2005
India Accelerating: All Roads Lead to Cities, Transforming India
The financial and psychic influence of India's growing cities is remaking a society weaned on the virtues of village life...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Skepticism Seems to Erode Europeans' Faith in Rice
The secretary of state gave reassurances that the U.S. would not tolerate torture, but many in Europe do not believe her...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Not Guilty Verdicts in Florida Terror Trial Are Setback for U.S.
A former professor and three co-defendants were acquitted on a number of charges in a major defeat for federal law enforcement...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Supreme Court Weighs Military's Access to Law Schools
The justices appeared strongly inclined to uphold a law that withholds federal grants from schools that do not allow recruiters...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
New Optimism About the Japanese Economy After a Bleak Decade
Japan seems to have addressed its bubble-era problems and emerged leaner and more competitive...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Wal-Mart Unit Hears Gay Wedding Bells
Wal-Mart's British subsidiary has introduced a line of wedding cards and "commitment rings" just in time for the country's legalization of gay civil partnerships...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Federal Advisory Group Calls for Change in Food Marketing to Children
A federal advisory institution said Tuesday that there was compelling evidence linking television advertising and the rise of childhood obesity in the U.S...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Running a Seattle-Area Mall as a Family Business
Bellevue Square is one of just a handful of successful family-owned malls in the country...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Publishers Assess the Fall Season's Winners and Losers
There were some surprise best sellers this fall, including an Italian cookbook and a memoir by Joan Didion, but the publishing industry is still struggling...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Windows Ruling in Korea
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Implant Maker Says Offer By Allergan Beats Rival's Bid
Inamed said that a $3.3 billion buyout offer from Allergan was superior to one from Medicis Pharmaceutical...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
NBC to Sell TV Shows for Viewing on Apple Software
NBC Universal said Tuesday that it would start to sell downloadable versions of 11 of its television shows through Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Panel Backs Ruling on Memory Patent
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Merrill to Bring Back Profit From Overseas
Merrill Lynch & Company said Tuesday that it expected to repatriate around $1.9 billion in profit earned from overseas operations in the current quarter...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Businessman Frederik Philips Is Dead at 100.
Frederik Jacques Philips was credited with saving hundreds of Jews during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Advertising: Did You See That Sign? Advertisers Will Have Their Answer at Last
Nielsen Media Research is proceeding with an ambitious, expensive effort to provide data to help measure the effectiveness of outdoor advertising...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Ex-Chief of A.I.G. Seeks Executives' Shares
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
F.D.A. Official Becomes 3rd to Quit Agency Since Summer
Dr. David Orloff, a division director who oversees the review of drugs to treat metabolic and endocrine disorders, is resigning to join private industry...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Finance Chief Is Out at G.M.
General Motors replaced its chief financial officer on Tuesday with a longtime company executive who has experience in cost-cutting...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Director Chooses Time Warner Over Lazard Amid Proxy Fight
Robert C. Clark, who had been a director of both Time Warner and the investment bank that is advising Carl C. Icahn, resigned from Lazard...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Times Plans 5% Increase in Ad Rates
The New York Times Company said yesterday that it planned to raise advertising rates about 5 percent at The Times next year and to spend at least $40 million on previously announced employee cutbacks...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Higher Speed From Cingular
Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest provider of mobile phone service, has introduced high-speed wireless network services in 16 cities...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Mel Gibson Developing Holocaust Mini-Series
Mr. Gibson, whose film "The Passion of the Christ" was criticized as anti-Semitic, is developing the miniseries for ABC...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Big Board-Archipelago Deal Approved by Wide Margin
The deal will transform the 213-year-old New York exchange, previously a not-for-profit entity, into a publicly traded company next year...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Market Place: For Sears Shareholders, Silence Stirs Anxiety
The low profile of Sears chairman Edward S. Lampert has contributed to sharp swings in the company's shares this year...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Construction Manager Wanted, Badly
Commercial real estate executives say the New York area has a shortage of experienced construction managers...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Rivals Gird for Battle on Guidant
A Johnson & Johnson statement indicates the company has no intention of entering a bidding war with Boston Scientific over Guidant...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Out of Fashion
Gap, the nation's largest specialty apparel retailer, has largely written off the holiday selling season...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Lines Drawn for Big Suit Over Sodas
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is spearheading a lawsuit to be filed in the next few months to ban sales of sugary beverages in schools...
New York Times - December 7, 2005
Annan sacks UN head of elections
Kofi Annan fires the head of the UN elections unit over charges of sexual harassment of staff...
BBC News - December 7, 2005
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