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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 February 2007:
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Anna Nicole Smith dies
Anna Nicole Smith, the platinum blonde whose life played out as a tabloid tale -- Playboy centerfold, jeans model, bride of an octogenarian oil tycoon, reality-show subject, tragic mother -- died after collapsing at a hotel. She was 39...
CNN - February 8, 2007
Palestinians seal power-share pact
Rival Palestinian leaders signed an agreement in principle on a power-sharing government Thursday in Saudi-brokered talks in Mecca...
CNN - February 8, 2007
Cuomo to Sue Exxon Over Pollution in Brooklyn
New York?s attorney general will seek a far faster pace for recovering oil lying under Greenpoint and big fines...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Palestinians Announce Unity Deal
The two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, agreed today to form a unity government and settle some of the disputes that have led to months of violence between them...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
European Central Bank Warns of Higher Interest Rates
The bank president cited risk of inflation if unions win higher wages in upcoming negotiations...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Fox Will Launch Business Channel This Fall
Roger Ailes will lead the effort to take on CNBC, which has been rebounding...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
In the Land of the Euro, Small Towns Adopt Alternative Currencies
The success of locally issued vouchers defies traditional economic logic, but local officials say it helps their economies...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Kodak to cut an extra 3,000 jobs
Struggling camera company Kodak is to cut an extra 3,000 jobs as it continues efforts to adapt to the digital age...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Cubans warned about satellite TV
Authorities in Havana warn Cubans against using illegal satellite TV dishes and aerials to pick up foreign channels...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Warner backs DRM systems
Warner Music rejects Apple's call for the removal of copy protection software from music downloads...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
NY seeks ban on iPod shuffle
Pedestrians caught listening to their iPods while crossing the road in New York may soon have to pay a hefty fine...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Marine changes Iraq murder plea
A US marine who had pleaded guilty to the murder of an Iraqi civilian asks to change his plea at the last minute...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Prosecution rests in Libby case
Prosecutors in White House aide Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's trial rest their case after almost a month of testimony...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Muslim radical in UK terror arrest
One of Britain's most controversial Muslim figures, Abu Izzadeen, who shot to prominence last year when he heckled Home Secretary John Reid, has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging terrorism...
CNN - February 8, 2007
Lake effect snow buries upstate New York
While the northern Plains and Northeast shiver in dangerously cold temperatures, the folks in upstate New York are keeping warm shoveling snow -- lots of snow...
CNN - February 8, 2007
House Dems' Iraq vote plan: Keep it simple
House Democratic leaders are considering a straightforward approach to next week's Iraq war debate, planning a short and simple measure opposing President Bush's decision to send more forces into combat...
CNN - February 8, 2007
Iran?s Supreme Leader Lashes Out Against U.S.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the U.S. that Iran would respond to any aggression by striking back worldwide...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Landis Agrees Not to Race in Tour This Year
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis said he will not race in France until the end of 2007 and the French Anti-Doping Agency agreed to postpone its investigation into the cyclist...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Price of Next Big Thing in Physics: $6.7 Billion
A machine 20 miles long that will recreate conditions when the universe was only a trillionth of a second old...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Violence Said to Increase on Mexican Border
The homeland security secretary said the increase were tied to efforts to stop smuggling and illegal immigration...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Apartment Complex in Brooklyn Sold for $1.3 Billion
The sale of Starrett City, a low and moderate income complex, illustrates an exuberant real estate market, experts say...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
House Democrats Set Framework for Iraq Vote
The plan leaves any controversial decisions over war spending for a later discussion...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
International sales drive Pepsi
The world's second largest drinks firm, Pepsico, thanks strong overseas sales for a 38% jump in proifts...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Weak album sales hit Warner Music
Warner Music sees its latest quarterly profits fall 74% following weaker album sales than a year earlier...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Winter sports: Miller ahead
Switzerland's Daniel Albrecht shocks the favourites by winning the super-combined race at the World Ski Championships...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Nato chief in Afghanistan pledge
The secretary general of Nato pledges that the international community will do a "better job" in Afghanistan...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Negroponte nears Rice deputy role
A US Senate panel backs John Negroponte, the outgoing intelligence chief, as the new deputy secretary of state...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Minister seized in U.S.-Iraqi raid
U.S. and Iraqi forces raid an Iraqi Health Ministry complex in central Baghdad and arrest the deputy health minister, an Interior Ministry official says...
CNN - February 8, 2007
Militants hold more hostages in Nigeria
Hostages being held by militants in Nigeria are pawns in a wider rebel campaign over the country's oil wealth. In an exclusive report, rebels tell CNN's Jeff Koinange the hostage-taking is just the beginning of their battle...
CNN - February 8, 2007
US housing slowdown knocks HSBC
HSBC warns bad debt provisions will be 20% higher than expected after woes at its US mortgage business...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Rights for Colombia gay couples
Homosexual couples in Colombia have the right to share communal property, the Constitutional Court rules...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Big guns defend big oil in Nigeria
Filipino hostages being held by militants in Nigeria are pawns in a wider rebel campaign over the country's oil wealth. In an exclusive report, rebels tell CNN's Jeff Koinange the hostage-taking is just the beginning of their battle...
CNN - February 8, 2007
Global child porn ring uncovered
Austrian police have uncovered a massive child pornography ring on the Internet, tracking downloads of sexually violent material to more than 2,300 people in 77 countries, a government official said...
CNN - February 8, 2007
Over-the-Counter Weight-Loss Drug Is Approved
Experts expect the drug, Alli, to be available to consumers in the summer without a prescription...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Astronaut?s Arrest Spurs Review of NASA Testing
NASA will also try to determine whether ?indications of concern? in Capt. Lisa M. Nowak?s case were overlooked...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
At Libby Trial, Russert of NBC Gives and Gets
Tim Russert testified that he never spoke with I. Lewis Libby Jr. about Valerie Wilson, the C.I.A. officer...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Rejecting Stereotypes, Athletes Embrace Size
The weights of female athletes are almost never published, and the idea of weighing them is under debate...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Gaping Reminders of Aging and Crumbling Pipes
Though there is no master tally of sinkholes, there is consensus that things are getting worse...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Mormon Candidate Braces for Religion as Issue
Mitt Romney expressed confidence that he could quell concerns about his faith as he runs for president...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Fashion Review: Cutting to the Bone Without the Angst
Reviews and commentary on the Derek Lam, Michael Kors, Narciso Rodgriquez, Rodarte and Thom Browne fall 2007 collections...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Bradley Krause, 58, Kinko?s Partner, Is Dead
Bradley Krause became a founding partner of the office supply and printing company by raising his hand in his college graphics arts class...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: China: Bid for British Mine Company
A consortium led by China?s biggest gold mining company, the Zijin Mining Group, has made a $185.4 million bid for the British copper mining company Monterrico Metals in what could become China?s first outright takeover of an overseas listed company. The acquisition would be the latest in a series of low-profile but substantial purchases of overseas mining assets by Chinese companies, part of the country?s quest to diversify supplies of strategically important resources. Monterrico, which is based in London, holds rights to the still-undeveloped Rio Blanco copper and molybdenum deposits in northern Peru, which the company says could yield up to 25 millions tons of copper ore a year. Zijin holds a 45 percent share in the consortium, with a Chinese copper mining company, Tongling, taking 35 percent and Xiamen C& D, a trading and real estate conglomerate, holding 20 percent, Zijin said...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: Mexico: Pemex Oil Field Declining
Production at Mexico?s giant Cantarell oil field will fall by 15 percent this year, Jesús Reyes Heróles, left, the director general of Petróleos Mexicanos, Mexico?s state-owned oil monopoly, said. Output dropped 13.1 percent last year. Mr. Reyes Heróles, a former energy minister who took over at Pemex in December, said other projects would help make up for the shortfall at Cantarell, which last year accounted for about 55 percent of Pemex?s overall production of 3.26 million barrels a day. Mexico is a top supplier of imported oil to the United States. Mr. Reyes Heróles said that the company needed additional investment of $8 billion to $10 billion a year to keep up production, develop new reserves, expand its refining capacity and modernize its storage and transport network. But Pemex is closed to private investment and cannot finance the investment itself. Last year, Pemex sales surpassed $100 billion but it paid $79 billion in taxes, which accounted for almost 40 percent of Mexico?s federal budget...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: Britain: Grocery Discloses U.S. Store Plans
The British retailer Tesco said that it had selected the Phoenix area as the site for its first grocery stores in the United States. Tesco said that it had secured 20 sites for the stores, which will be called Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets and will open this year. The company, which already operates stores in 12 countries, said that it also planned to open stores in Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas. Tesco said that it had chosen the Phoenix area because of its high population growth and the strong potential of its expanding market. The city is among the fastest growing in the United States...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Weak Demand Hurts Whirlpool?s Profit
Whirlpool reported a 13 percent decline in quarterly earnings and cut its profit forecast for the year...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Sara Lee Posts a $62 Million Loss
The food and household products maker said it lost $62 million in its most recent quarter, largely because of one-time charges...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: Germany: A Siemens Ban on Consultants
Siemens, the German engineering company, banned its sales managers from using consultants for winning new orders after an investigation into whether money was embezzled through such agreements to bribe customers. ?We decided to introduce a general ban on the use of consultant agreements in our sales organization,? a spokeswoman, Monika Bruecklmeier, said. Exceptions can be granted only through the company?s head of compliance, she said. An investigation of such payments has spread to at least six countries and forced the company to review 420 million euros ($544 million) in payments, and has put pressure on Siemens to explain how the suspected system of bribes went unchecked by top management...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: France: Peugeot?s Profit Declines
The French automaker Peugeot-Citroën said that its earnings tumbled last year on weak worldwide sales, a poor product lineup, the cost of complying with new European pollution standards and higher prices for raw materials. Peugeot?s new chief executive, Christian Streiff, said that the company?s loss of market share in Europe, where competition is fierce, is one of its main problems. The company said net income fell to 176 million euros ($228 million) from 1.03 billion euros in 2005. Revenue rose 0.6 percent, to 56.59 billion euros ($73.31 billion)...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Shares Rise Slightly, Led by Technologies
Falling oil prices hurt energy stocks and a Fed official?s comments on interest rates also soured the market?s early good mood...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Profit Rises 10% at Health Insurer
Cigna said its fourth-quarter profit rose more than 10 percent as medical spending fell...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Productivity Up in Quarter; Pace Slowed in All of 2006
Productivity grew at a 3 percent annual rate in the final quarter, although for 2006, it expanded at the slowest pace in nine years...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Offer to Buy a Liberal Radio Network
Stephen L. Green has offered $4.25 million for the assets of Air America Radio, setting up an auction for the company...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Utility in Kansas City Buys Crosstown Rival
Great Plains Energy has agreed to buy the crosstown utility operator Aquila for about $1.7 billion...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
News Corporation Earnings Decline 24%
Rupert Murdoch?s media company said quarterly profit fell 24 percent from a year earlier, when it had a one-time gain from asset sales...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
HSBC Reports Rise in Troubled Loans
HSBC Holdings said its charge for bad debts would be more than $10.5 billion for 2006 because of problems in its mortgage portfolio...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Peter Doig ?Canoe? Painting Gets $10 Million
The sale broke the artist?s record and underlined the enduring market influence of the work?s latest owner, the collector Charles Saatchi...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Disney Profits Double on Strong DVD Sales of ?Cars? and ?Pirates?
First-quarter profit more than doubled on asset sales and income from last year?s two biggest-selling DVD releases...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Electronic Data Systems Nearly Doubles Quarterly Net Income
Fourth-quarter profit almost doubled after it reduced costs and generated more revenue from government orders...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Europe Cool to Apple?s Suggestions on Music
Europeans said the call to drop copy protection from music sold online seemed to be an effort to shift the focus of the debate...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Economic Scene: Kaizen, That Continuous Improvement Strategy, Finds Its Ideal Environment
On the Web, continuous improvement really is continuous...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
El Paso Corp. to Pay $7 Million as Settlement in Oil-Food Case
The largest American natural gas pipeline operator settled allegations of involvement in illegal payments under the United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
VeriSign Moves to Address an Internet Security Problem
VeriSign is undertaking a $100 million expansion of a crucial part of the system that speeds Web users to their destinations...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
EMC Plans Public Offering for 10% of Software Division
EMC said it planned to sell 10 percent of its fast-growing software subsidiary, VMware, in an initial public offering this summer...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Nortel to Cut Another 3,900 Jobs in Europe and North America
About 1,000 of those positions will be shifted to lower-cost operations in Mexico, China and India...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Wal-Mart and a Union Unite, at Least on Health Policy
Wal-Mart and the S.E.I.U. are said to have agreed on a series of goals for achieving universal health coverage...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
After Record Profit, Chief Says He?ll Leave
The chief of BHP Billiton, the Australian mining company, delivered an early farewell gift: record half-year earnings and a $10 billion stock buyback...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Merger Activity Lifts Lazard to Record 4th-Quarter Profit
Lazard said that strength in its merger-advisory business helped lift its fourth-quarter profit 50 percent, to a record $85.8 million...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
House Committee to Examine Recent Performance of S.B.A.
The agency has come under criticism for its disaster relief program as well as its operating, lending and contracting practices...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Europe Proposes to Reduce New Cars? Carbon Dioxide
The proposal prompted criticism from European automakers who said the rules went too far and environmentalists who said the regulations did not go far enough...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
If Leonardo Had Made Toys
A new generation of toys has extraordinary capabilities to fly, float, walk and roll in ways unimaginable just a few years ago...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
With Oscar and Felix as Co-Founders, Does a Company Have a Chance?
Specialists say extremely disparate personality styles in co-chief executives can actually work to a company?s advantage...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Advertising: Ads Made by You, in a Click
Several companies are offering automated ad creation over the Internet and ad placement services that can be used to focus marketing efforts...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
State of the Art: Breaking the Myth of Megapixels
The myth that the more megapixels a camera has, the better the pictures, is a big fat lie...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Waiting List Gone, Incentives Are Coming for Prius
Sales of the hybrid-electric Prius have flattened, prompting Toyota to offer incentives and begin a national ad campaign for the car...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Bank Settles Shelter Suits by Investors
The settlement by Deutsche Bank is a major shift in how it is dealing with the legal woes surrounding its tax shelter work...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Home Depot Gets a Fresh Coat of Less-Glossy Paint
Home Depot?s new chief is working to return the chain to its humble retail roots and erase the perception that it has lost its focus...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
A380 Test Flight: 2 Bars, 15 Lavatories and 200 Reporters
Airbus introduced its 519-seat double-deck airplane to 200 members of the news media in a flight over France...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Takeover Battle Ends With Sale of Big Landlord
The Blackstone Group won the bidding war for Equity Office with a $39 billion offer, the biggest leveraged private equity buyout ever...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Numbers Are Out on How Rich the YouTube Deal Was
The biggest windfalls went to YouTube?s three founders and its main financial backer, Sequoia Capital...
New York Times - February 8, 2007
Telescope mirror nearly ready
A giant mirror that will fly on the US space agency's next space telescope is a step closer to completion...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
Bolivia miners call off protest
Bolivian miners end their protest against a tax increase after reaching agreement with President Morales...
BBC News - February 8, 2007
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