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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Rwanda protocol chief says shell prove innocence
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Nepals Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Hollywood actors guild to seek strike
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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US News Archive for April 2006:
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As Tennessee Tries to Recover, Storms Hit Other States
Crews worked Saturday to clear wreckage and restore services a day after tornadoes spun off by severe thunderstorms wiped out homes and killed 10 people...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Off the Shelf : A Bit of Buffett, and a Pinch of Graham
The book "Rule #1" draws on the investment style of Warren E. Buffett and the men he learned from - Benjamin Graham and David Dodd...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Square Feet: Building a Work Space That Inspires Good Health
The new offices of Rodale, the media company that publishes health books and magazines, are meant to inspire employees to live a healthy lifestyle...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Armchair M.B.A.: The Impact of Image on the Bottom Line
The chief executive of Pfizer argues that C.E.O.'s are increasingly committed to socially responsible corporate behavior because it is essential to profitability...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
The Goods: To Dig and Plant, but Not in a Hurry
The Old-Fashioned Corn Planter is a favorite among consumers who romanticize Amish simplicity...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Strategies: Same Portfolio, Higher Cost. So Why Choose It?
You'd think that it would be obvious to investors to pick the index fund that charges the least. But you'd be wrong...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Letters
A Path for Retraining...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
What a Difference a Day Makes (Friday, That Is)
The stock market had a great week until Friday — and then nearly all the gains of the previous four days were wiped out in a wave of selling...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Pay for Oil Chiefs Spiked Like Prices
SUMMONED before a Senate subcommittee last fall to explain their industry's record profits, five chief executives of big energy companies were unanimous in explaining that they had no control over the prices set by global oil markets...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
C.E.O. Pay Keeps Rising, and Bigger Rises Faster
CHIEF executives' pay continued to rise in 2005, although at a slightly slower pace than in 2004...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Everybody's Business: First, Tame That Envy. Then Give Thanks.
A few words about envy and how to get past it and move on to success...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
J. B. Fuqua, 87, Entrepreneur Who Gave Millions to Duke U., Dies
J. B. Fuqua, a self-made businessman who built a multibillion-dollar conglomerate and became one of Duke University's biggest benefactors, died Wednesday at a hospital in Atlanta...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Suits: A British Perspective on the Couric Hoopla
The chief executive of BBC World offered a trans-Atlantic perspective on the game of musical chairs being played by Katie Couric and Meredith Vieira...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Behind Big Dollars, Worrisome Boards
Pay details have shock value, but are "just pebbles in the lake."...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Options in the Mirror, Bigger Than They Seem
The estimated value of stock options can miss by a mile...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Smaller Fish Are Also Doing Swimmingly
The people who run smaller companies have also been quietly racking up impressive compensation packages...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
How the Pay Figures Were Calculated
TO measure executive compensation, Sunday Business studied 200 large public companies that filed proxies by March 31 for last year...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
The Count: The S.U.V. Craze Is Fading? So What? Look at the Pickups
The S.U.V. Craze...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
The Boss: Diplomacy Over Diplomas
Klaus Peter Löbbe has found out what it's like to be a high school graduate surrounded by Ph.D.'s...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Market Week: Have Stocks of Papers Hit Bottom?
Some large newspaper publishers will announce this week just how many they managed to make in the first quarter...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Dealbook: A Trans-Atlantic Merger of Equals? Not Exactly
Have the lessons of the last merger boom-and-bust already been forgotten? It sure felt that way last week, when Alcatel announced that it would merge with Lucent...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
The Thrifty Millionaire: Nickel Brightens the Bath. Gold Stays in Your Pocket.
When it comes to bathroom faucets, brass means no class. So where can you a faucet set in chrome or polished nickel for a reasonable price?...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Shadowy Game of Gossip Rewards the Ruthless
The relentless gossip game has landed The New York Post squarely in the harsh glare it usually directs on others...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: Did Wall Street Really Learn Its Lesson?
A settlement intended to remove bias from brokerage firm analysts' work was signed almost four years ago. Has business as usual returned to the Street?...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Digital Domain: Looking at the Free Market, and Seeing Red
Lou Dobbs and others are in attack mode over Lenovo's contract to provide the State Department with computers...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Economic View: Seizing Intangibles for the G.D.P.
When it comes to measuring how much the American economy produces, the gross domestic product leaves something to be desired...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Spotlight on Pay Could Be a Wild Card
Despite improved transparency, there may still be many instances of executive pay that are way out of line with performance...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Bank of New York and J. P. Morgan Agree to Swap Assets
J.P. Morgan Chase agreed to trade its corporate trust unit for nearly all of Bank of New York's metropolitan area branches in a $3.1 billion deal...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Executive Pay: A Special Report: Off to the Races Again, Leaving Many Behind
While new technology and low-cost labor overseas are holding down the wages of the average American worker, executive pay continues to rise at an astonishing rate...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Storms slam Southeast
The Southeast is bracing for another battering from violent storms after severe weather killed at least 11 people and injured many more in Tennessee on Friday. The storms were the second wave of deadly weather to hit Tennessee where more than 30 people have died in less than a week. More tornadoes reportedly touched down in Mississippi and Georgia early today...
CNN - April 8, 2006
McCain Emphasizing His Conservative Bona Fides
Senator John McCain's campaign-style trip seeks to appeal to a diverse audience for a possible 2008 presidential bid...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
New York Tries Yet More Ways to Fix Schools
The New York City schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, is once again rethinking the nation's largest school system...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Making It Ashore, but Still Chasing U.S. Dream
They came to America on a rusty freighter from China in 1993, but many survivors still find citizenship elusive...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
As Home Costs Rise in Suburbs, Who Is Left to Fight the Fires?
In the wake of the recent real estate frenzy, firefighters and others are being priced out of the suburbs...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Lobbying Cases Shine Spotlight on Family Ties
The criminal inquiry centered on Jack Abramoff has widened to include his brother and lawmakers' wives...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Daniels Plans to Drop Out of Governor's Race
One of the three candidates for governor, Randy A. Daniels, plans to drop out and throw his conservative and upstate political coalition to a rival, John Faso...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
J.P. Morgan and Bank of New York to Swap Units
J.P. Morgan Chase agreed to swap its corporate-trust unit for the Bank of New York’s consumer and small-business banking unit in a transaction valued at about $3.1 billion...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Golf: Woods looks for surge
Tiger Woods is looking for a weekend surge to put him in contention for a fifth Masters title at Augusta...
BBC News - April 8, 2006
Casablanca tops movie script poll
Classic World War II movie Casablanca is named the film with the best screenplay by top US script writers...
BBC News - April 8, 2006
Police fire on Nepal protesters
Security forces open fire on demonstrators protesting against Nepal's monarch, killing one person and injuring at least two others in the resort town of Pokhara, an eyewitness says...
CNN - April 8, 2006
Iraqis mourn after mosque attack
Mourners are holding funerals for the victims of a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Baghdad. At least 74 people were killed and more than 140 others were wounded from the Friday attack...
CNN - April 8, 2006
Deadly storms sweep Southeast
A line of severe thunderstorms and multiple tornadoes swept parts of four states on Friday, killing at least 11 people and leaving a trail of damage north and west of Nashville, Tennessee, authorities said...
CNN - April 8, 2006
Nepal imposes curfew
Nepal's government on Saturday imposed a curfew and snapped mobile phone links Saturday...
CNN - April 8, 2006
Blame and Uncertainty as Immigration Deal Fails
Lawmakers went home for a recess to face voters who are as divided on the issue as Congress has proven to be...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
News Analysis: For President, First a Leak; Now, a Jam
The accusation that President Bush authorized a leak comes at an awkward time for the administration...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Idea for 'Da Vinci Code' Was Not Stolen, Judge Says
A British judge ruled that Dan Brown did not steal the idea for "The Da Vinci Code" from an earlier work...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Special Projects by Congressman Draw Complaints
The complaints came after Representative Alan B. Mollohan of West Virginia funneled $250 million into five nonprofit organizations that he set up...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Court Approves Delphi Early-Retirement Plan
The Delphi Corporation received bankruptcy court approval to offer early retirement incentives to 13,000 employees as part of a plan to cut labor costs...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Defendants in KPMG Fraud Case Get a Break
A Manhattan federal judge said that prosecutors must divulge whether they intend to show that the products were fraudulent in their design...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Pace Slowed, but Borrowing Rose 1.8%
Consumer borrowing in the United States increased at a slower pace in February, a Federal Reserve report showed...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Hyundai Chief Arrives Home to Face Inquiry
Prosecutors repeatedly called for the return of Chung Mong Koo to answer questions in an investigation into accusations of bribes for government favors...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Basic Instincts: Finding Happiness in the Pursuit
One of the great puzzles of human nature is why humans strive for more material things when they do not seem to make them any happier in the long run...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Solid Jobs Report Renews Inflation Fears
Solid employment data renewed Wall Street's inflation worries and sent shares skidding Friday...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Sealy Rises 9.4% in First Day of Trading
Sealy closed at $17.50, up 9.4 percent from the initial offering price of $16, the high end of the range set by the underwriters...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Burger King's Top Executive Steps Down
The departure of Gregory D. Brenneman raised questions about the company's impending initial public offering...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
UBS Will Pay $85 Million to Resolve Copper Suit
The lawsuit related to losses a decade ago by a rogue Sumitomo copper trader who became known as Mr. Copper...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Off the Charts: Italy's Prime Minister, Facing Voters, Finds the Economy Is No Help
Italy's real gross domestic product in the final quarter of 2005 was just 1.6 percent above the figure for the second quarter of 2001, when Silvio Berlusconi was elected...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Testimony Comes to End in Vioxx Case
A former official from the Food and Drug Administration testified Friday that Merck & Company properly submitted all information on its Vioxx drug to regulators...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Study Finds No Cancer Link to Sweetener
A new study on the artificial sweetener aspartame may make diet soda lovers breathe a little easier...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
In Drug-Aid Foundations, a Web of Corporate Interests
The mission of the HealthWell Foundation sounds unassailable. Founded two years ago, HealthWell offers financial assistance to patients who need help paying for medical care to treat cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Executive Pursuits: Pedicure Soothes and Tingles, Leaving Manliness Intact
My first religious experience of the 21st century began when I arrived at John Allan's Club in Manhattan in executive pursuit of a pedicure...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
What's Offline: The Win-Win Exit Interview
Inc. reports that meaningful exit interviews can help wise employers retain more of the workers they want to keep...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Diet Drug Moves Closer to Being Sold Over Counter
GlaxoSmithKline's plan to market an over-the-counter version of the prescription diet drug Xenical received an "approvable" letter from the F.D.A., the company said...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Five Days: G.M., Lucent and CBS Tackle Some Problems
Fixing lingering problems was at the top of the agenda for many big companies this week, from automakers to television networks...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Setback for 2 Rules on Mutual Funds
A federal appeals court threatened Friday to strike down two important regulatory changes in the mutual fund industry...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Saturday Interview With Jerry Rao: Outsourcer to Outsource Its Ownership
With consolidation expected in the outsourcing industry in the next two years, what's a midsize outsourcer to do?...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Drug Plan's Side Effect Is Severe
With the new Medicare drug program, thousands who take pills to fight cancer have found themselves with new bills to pay for their essential medicines...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Your Money: Words to Live By in Infomercial World: Caveat Emptor
Americans spent more than $8.5 billion last year on products advertised on infomercials, and Damon Darlin reveals some of their secrets...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
British Contractor in Talks to Sell Its 20% Stake in Airbus to EADS
BAE Systems plans to focus all its attention on the lucrative U.S. military market instead...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
In Page Six Inquiry, Gossip Swirls Around Gossips
Jared Paul Stern, a longtime contributor for The New York Post, is accused of trying to extort money from a California billionaire...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
What's Online: A Tug of War Over Keywords
A little-noticed legal battle between real estate companies in Minnesota may settle a multibillion-dollar legal question over keywords...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Now in the Rearview Mirror: Low Gasoline Prices
Prices have soared in recent weeks, reaching a national average of $2.61 a gallon for regular gasoline...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
Job Growth Was Solid Last Month
The increase suggested that the economy is likely to keep growing in the months ahead despite the prospect of higher interest rates...
New York Times - April 8, 2006
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