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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 November 2006:
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Bush taps Gates for Rumsfeld job
U.S. President George W. Bush has named Robert Gates as his nominee to replace Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense, saying the country needs a "fresh perspective" on Iraq...
CNN - November 8, 2006
Rumsfeld quitting Pentagon
Donald Rumsfeld, the U.S. Defense Secretary and architect for the Iraqi war, is quitting. Critics have lambasted his policies, and exit polls from Tuesday's election showed that nearly 60 percent of voters were unhappy with happenings in Iraq. "The timing is right for new leadership at the Pentagon," President Bush said Wednesday...
CNN - November 8, 2006
Bush seeks 'fresh perspective'
President Bush announced the man who will replace U.S. Defense Secretary and Iraq war architect Donald Rumsfeld. The announcement came after exit polls from Tuesday's election showed that nearly 60 percent of voters were unhappy with happenings in Iraq. "The timing is right for new leadership at the Pentagon," President Bush said Wednesday...
CNN - November 8, 2006
Bush takes responsibility for election losses
President Bush on Wednesday took responsibility for his party's losses on Election Night and said he is willing to work with congressional Democrats on the major issues during the last two years of his presidency...
CNN - November 8, 2006
2 Billionaires Submit Bid for Tribune Co.
Eli Broad and Ronald W. Burkle joined forces to buy the owner of The Los Angeles Times and 10 other newspapers...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Giants' Toomer Out for the Season
Giants' wide receiver Amani Toomer will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury, the team announced in a press release Wednesday afternoon...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Gates Faces Major Challenges at Helm of Pentagon
The Pentagon’s ground forces are stretched and its officers yearn to give unvarnished advice...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
In Virginia, Webb Is Confident
With a 7,000 vote lead, the Democratic candidate began planning his transition to the Senate...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Rumsfeld Resigns as Defense Secretary After Big Election Gains for Democrats
Robert Gates, former head of the C.I.A., was nominated to replace a Cabinet member who came to symbolize President Bush’s controversial Iraq policy...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Editor of Philadelphia Inquirer Ousted
Amanda Bennett will be replaced by Bill Marimow, a former Inquirer editor who recently lost his job as the top news executive at National Public Radio...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
China's Trade Surplus Reaches Record High
China's trade surplus skyrocketed to a record $23.8 billion in October in the latest sign of the country’s phenomenal economic rise...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Starlet Adu to train with Man Utd
Freddy Adu will train with Manchester United for two weeks in November...
BBC News - November 8, 2006
NYSE to slash fifth of workforce
The New York Stock Exchange says it is axing more than 500 jobs in an effort to cut costs at the group...
BBC News - November 8, 2006
US stocks shrug off Democrat win
US shares close at record highs as investors shrug off concerns about the impact of a Democratic mid-term election win...
BBC News - November 8, 2006
Ex-CIA boss is next defense sec.
U.S. President George W. Bush announced Wednesday that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down from his post...
CNN - November 8, 2006
Democrats take House; Senate still undecided
Democrats took control of the House of Representatives for the first time in a dozen years, but the crucial question of which party will run the Senate hung Wednesday morning on neck-to-neck contests in Montana and Virginia...
CNN - November 8, 2006
Palestinians: Israeli tanks kill 19 in Gaza
Hamas' exiled political leader vows to retaliate after Israeli troops killed 19 Palestinian civilians, many of them women and children, during a military operation in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian medical sources...
CNN - November 8, 2006
Democrats Take Control of House; Senate Hangs on Virginia and Montana
By early this morning, Democrats had picked up at least 28 seats in the House of Representatives, leaving them firmly in control. The battle for the Senate focused today on Montana and Virginia, where razor-thin margins raised the prospect of lengthy recounts...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Chambers joins NFL training camp
Sprinter Dwain Chambers attends an NFL Europe training camp in Cologne as he considers a career change...
BBC News - November 8, 2006
American football star killed
University of Miami football star Bryan Pata has been shot and killed at his apartment complex on Tuesday night...
BBC News - November 8, 2006
Winners and losers
The US mid-term polls produce high-profile winners and losers for both Democrats and Republicans...
BBC News - November 8, 2006
Bush diminished as world leader
One question after the mid-term elections is whether President Bush's days of major foreign policy interventions are over, writes Paul Reynolds...
BBC News - November 8, 2006
US stocks fall as Democrats lead
US shares fall after Democrats win control of the House of Representatives, raising fears of higher taxes...
BBC News - November 8, 2006
Colombians in baby mix-up trauma
Two Colombian men switched by mistake at birth describe their feelings after a DNA test confirms the error...
BBC News - November 8, 2006
U.S. Senate hangs in the balance
Democrats will take control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since 1994, CNN projects...
CNN - November 8, 2006
Palestinians: Israeli tanks kill 18 in Gaza
The United Nations and the European Union condemn an Israeli tank attack on the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun that Palestinian medical sources say killed 18 people...
CNN - November 8, 2006
Big night for Democrats
Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives for the first time since the 1994 Republican revolution, while control of the Senate hinges on races in Montana and Virginia, CNN projects...
CNN - November 8, 2006
Dozens Killed in Suicide Bombing in Pakistan
The attack may have come in retaliation for the deaths of about 80 militants at a religious school last month...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
News Analysis: A Loud Message for Bush
A proudly unyielding president was put on notice that the voters want change, especially on the war in Iraq...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Clinton and Democrats Sweep Races in New York
Eliot Spitzer, Andrew M. Cuomo and Alan G. Hevesi rounded out the party’s triumph...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Venture to Offer Myspace for Asia
The News Corporation and the Softbank Corporation of Japan announced plans to offer MySpace, the Internet social networking site, in Asia through a joint venture, MySpace KK. Each company will invest 590 million yen ($5.01 million) in the new company, which adds to MySpace’s international operations in Britain, Germany, France, Australia and Ireland. The News Corporation, which is run by Rupert Murdoch, took over MySpace when it bought Intermix Media of Los Angeles for $580 million in 2005...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
World Business Briefing | Europe: Mcdonald’s to Reduce Trans Fats in Europe
The McDonald’s Corporation said its European restaurants would begin using cooking oil with lower levels of trans fats by mid-2008. The company, based in Oak Brook, Ill., said it would use the new oil at about 6,300 restaurants throughout Europe to reduce trans fat levels in its food to the equivalent of less than 0.5 gram per serving, a level that would qualify in the United States as free of trans fats. Many health researchers say trans fat contributes to clogged arteries and heart disease...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
World Business Briefing | Asia: China: Sparring Over European Trade Issues
A top European trade official called on China to live up to its status as a ma-jor economy by opening its markets wider to foreign competition, while Beijing accused Europe of protectionism for imposing antidumping duties on shoe imports. The European Union trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, left, was visiting Beijing as disputes have risen over trade in auto parts, shoes and other goods. He applauded China’s progress in meeting market-opening commitments, but said Beijing must do more in areas like fighting product piracy. Mr. Mandelson met later with the Chinese commerce minister, Bo Xilai, and they announced a series of initiatives including setting up a joint trade Web site and more official contacts to settle disputes. Mr. Bo criticized the decision by the European Union, along with the United States, to file a World Trade Organization complaint over China’s tariffs on auto parts imports and to impose antidumping duties on Chinese shoes...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Profit Rises 32% at Marks & Spencer
The Marks & Spencer Group, the British clothing retailer, said first-half profit rose 32 percent on higher sales after it invested aggressively in an advertising campaign. Net income for the six months ended Sept. 30 rose to £281.3 million ($536 million), from £212.6 million a year earlier, the company said. Sales rose 11 percent, to £3.93 billion ($7.48 billion). “We have delivered better product, better service and better store environment,” the chief executive, Stuart Rose, said. “We gained in market share in all areas in which we trade.”...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Sales Declined in October at Mercedes
The Mercedes Car Group, a unit of DaimlerChrysler, said October sales were hurt by declining demand for its Smart car and fell 3.5 percent compared with the same month last year, when the introduction of new models led to a surge in sales. The unit, which includes Smart and the luxury Maybach as well as the Mercedes-Benz brand, sold 102,500 vehicles last month compared with 106,300 a year earlier, the company said. Mercedes, which is based in Stuttgart, Germany, said sales of its Smart car fell 31 percent, to 8,300 cars. The company will introduce a new version of the Smart next year and will start selling the car in the United States in 2008...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
EchoStar Reports 33% Drop in Profit
Net income fell to $140 million from $209 million a year earlier, when results were aided by a tax benefit of $73 million...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
World Business Briefing | Europe: Russia: BP Licenses to Two Fields Are Challenged
The Russian prosecutor general’s office said two oil fields operated by a joint venture of BP, the British oil company, were in violation of their licensing terms and recommended that the Ministry of Natural Resources revoke the licenses. The move came a month after authorities threatened to revoke BP’s license to the huge Kovytka natural gas field near China, one of the world’s largest such deposits. That field is also operated through the joint venture, which is known as Rospan and is operated by BP and the Tyumen Oil Company of Russia. Russian authorities have been pressing BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil, Chevron and other foreign companies on environmental and other issues since August. Oil analysts say the Kremlin is trying to gain control of foreign-run energy projects by forcing companies to sell out or take a Russian state company as a partner...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Teva Profit Rises 127%
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said its third-quarter earnings rose on strong sales of generic depression and cholesterol drugs and its acquisition of the Ivax Corporation...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Emerson Electric Earnings Rise 26%
The diversified manufacturer Emerson Electric reported a 26 percent increase in quarterly earnings yesterday on strong global demand...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
A Scorsese Tie-In With Paramount in Films and TV
Paramount Pictures announced Tuesday that the director Martin Scorsese will produce and direct films, television and other content for the studio...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Disney Will Open a Video Game Studio
The Walt Disney Company will start a video game studio focused on creating Disney-inspired titles for Nintendo’s hand-held DS player and Wii console...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Real ‘OC’ Starts Objecting to Its MTV Portrayal
Three years after MTV set up shop to chronicle the lives of wealthy Laguna Beach High School seniors, some residents are saying enough is enough...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
After Previous Gaffes, Networks Mostly Take Their Time
The television networks reporting on the results of the midterm elections last night exercised an unusual degree of caution in declaring any shift of power in Congress...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
S Dakota rejects abortion ban
Voters in South Dakota reject a near-total ban on abortion, while voters in seven states
reject gay marriage...
BBC News - November 8, 2006
Democrats win U.S. House
Democrats will take control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since the 1994...
CNN - November 8, 2006
Ortega wins Nicaragua's presidency
Nicaragua's former Marxist guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega bounced back to power on Tuesday in a presidential-election victory that bolsters an increasingly assertive anti-U.S. bloc in Latin America...
CNN - November 8, 2006
Lieberman Prevails Against Lamont in Connecticut
Despite losing to Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary in August, Joseph I. Lieberman enjoyed a late resurgence in the polls...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Spitzer Leads Historic Sweep in N.Y. by Democrats
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Andrew M. Cuomo and Alan G. Hevesi rounded out the party’s triumph...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Democrats Take Control of House; Republicans Hopeful on Holding Senate
The House victory signaled a sea change in the political dynamics of a government that has been dominated by Republicans for a decade...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Square Feet: Where the Corner Bakery Is Sure to Be Organic
Riverhouse, a 31-story condominium rising at the northern end of Battery Park City, is so “green” that even its corner bakery is organic...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Linux Pact for $348 Million
Microsoft will make two payments totaling $348 million to the Novell Corporation in an agreement that allows Novell’s Linux software to work with Windows...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Square Feet: A Resurgence in Cleveland
University Circle, Cleveland’s eds and meds district, is on the verge of a major transformation after $2 billion worth of infrastructure investment...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Partners Out, Owner Plans to Expand Giant Minnesota Mall
The Triple Five Group has become the sole owner of the Mall of America, and it is planning an expansion that will more than double the mall’s size...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Nortel Networks Announces Reverse Stock Split
Nortel Networks said Tuesday that it planned to complete a 1-for-10 reverse stock split by the end of the month...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Stocks & Bonds: Prospect of Political Gridlock Ignites Rally
Stocks rose for a second day on anticipation that Democrats would take control of one or both houses of Congress in Tuesday’s election...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Vivendi Says Sales Missed Estimates in Quarter
Poor trading at Vivendi’s SFR mobile unit and its music business counteracted solid revenues from video games and Maroc Telecom...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Lagging Car Sales Reduce Borrowing
Consumer borrowing fell in September by the most since the recession in the early 1990’s, weakened by a big drop in auto loans...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Baldor Electric Buying Unit of Rockwell
The Baldor Electric Company, which makes electric motors, drives and generators, agreed yesterday to acquire the power systems business of Rockwell Automation for $1.8 billion, mostly in cash...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
General Motors Reduces Previously Reported Loss
G.M. says it lost $24 million less in the third quarter than previously reported because of additional loan sales by its financing subsidiary...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Court Clears 6 of Criminal Charges in Crash of French Jetliner in 1992
The clearing of former aviation officials and an ex-Airbus executive was greeted by the aviation industry as a victory in its effort to decriminalize air crashes...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
A Report by the World’s Largest Auditors Urges Relaxed Standards for Liability
The report appears to be the start of a campaign to protect the companies from the risk that bad audits could bankrupt one or more of them...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
South Korea Makes Arrest in Inquiry Into Bank Sale
The arrest of the Korea Exchange Bank’s former president came as prosecutors expanded their investigation into whether the bank was sold illegally three years ago...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
After Power Struggle, Volkswagen Ousts Its Chief
Analysts and industry experts said the sudden shakeup bore the fingerprints of Volkswagen’s influential chairman, Ferdinand K. Piëch...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Toyota Profit Jumps 34%; Sales Forecasts Are Raised
Toyota continues to grab market share from Detroit’s struggling auto companies, and analysts say Toyota may pass G.M. within the next year...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
High-End or Starter Homes, Builders Remain in a Slump
In a sign of a deepening housing slump, Toll Brothers and Beazer Homes reported steep declines in new orders and weaker fourth-quarter results...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Advertising: Videos in Lobby Help Nonprofit Theaters Keep Actors on Stage
Seven major regional theaters around the country have put video monitors in their lobbies to carry information and advertising...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Economix: Election’s Over. Now to Tackle the Realities.
For everyone who is worried about the country’s big economic problems — energy policy, health care, the budget deficit — today is a good day...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
FedEx Rescinds Order for Airbus A380s
FedEx became the first customer to abandon the European superjumbo jet in the wake of production delays that have shaken Airbus...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Los Angeles Paper Ousts Top Editor
Dean Baquet had refused to go along with staff cutbacks ordered by the paper’s owner, the Tribune Company...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
A Company, a Fund and a Feud
Five vocal critics of the hedge fund Allied Capital say that their phone records have been accessed without their knowledge or approval...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Drilling Deep in the Gulf of Mexico
Thanks to advances in technology used to drill and search for oil in deep water, oil companies hope to find billions of barrels of oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico...
New York Times - November 8, 2006
Mexico MPs block Fox foreign trip
Mexico's lower house of parliament votes to block President Vicente Fox's forthcoming visit to Australia and Vietnam...
BBC News - November 8, 2006
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