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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 May 2007:
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Thomson Confirms Offer for Reuters
The merger, which values Reuters at $17.5 billion, would create a rival to Bloomberg in business information...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
2 Accused of ?Suspicious? Trading in Dow Jones Bid
The S.E.C. said a Hong Kong couple bought up shares before Rupert Murdoch?s offer was made public...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
HBO Chief Takes Leave After Assault Arrest
Chris Albrecht contended that he assaulted a girlfriend in Las Vegas as a result from a lapse in his sobriety...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Cisco Systems Says Quarterly Earnings Soared 34%
The company said that its revenue increased 21 percent to $8.87 billion, from $7.32 billion in the year earlier period...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
IBM and Amazon settle patents row
Computer giant IBM and internet retailer Amazon have settled their patent-infringement lawsuits...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Bid rumours boost US steel firm
Shares in US firm AK Steel jump amid reports that European rival Arcelor Mittal is considering a $4.5bn bid...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Cheney seeks Mid-East Iraq help
US Vice-President Dick Cheney heads to the Middle East to seek support for US efforts to stem the violence in Iraq...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
US student held over gun attack
Police in the US arrest a university student suspected of killing one man and injuring two more in a dispute...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
'Islamic radicals' accused of plot to attack Fort Dix
Six "Islamic radicals" were arrested early Tuesday on charges they plotted to attack the Fort Dix Army base and kill U.S. soldiers, federal authorities tell CNN. The six trained in the Pocono Mountains. A source says authorities have recovered video and audio tapes of the planning...
CNN - May 8, 2007
Power sharing begins in N. Ireland
Northern Ireland's major Protestant and Catholic parties join together Tuesday to form a power-sharing government, marking a "new era of politics" and an end to three decades of sectarian conflict in the British province...
CNN - May 8, 2007
Will Fred Thompson take role as GOP candidate?
Why the buzz about adding Fred Thompson to the pack of Republican presidential candidates? Unofficial Thompson advisers see it as dissatisfaction with the current lineup. Outside Thompson's non-campaign, it looks more like high school dating -- you want the one you don't have...
CNN - May 8, 2007
Power Sharing Begins in Northern Ireland
The leaders of Northern Ireland re-established a local authority made up of once implacable foes...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
6 Arrested in Plot to Attack Fort Dix
Six people have been arrested on allegations of plotting to kill soldiers at an army installation, an official said today...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Thomson Confirms Its Offer for Reuters
The merger, which values Reuters at $17.5 billion, would create a major rival to Bloomberg in business information...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Another Chemical Emerges in Pet Food Case
Cyanuric acid may have been added to animal feed to boost the protein count, Chinese chemical producers said...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Star dies in monstrous explosion
A star around 150 times the size of the Sun explodes in the most powerful supernova yet detected, Nasa says...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Kansas counts dead from tornado
Emergency workers continue efforts to clear up a tornado-hit town in the US state of Kansas...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Wolfowitz awaits World Bank fate
Paul Wolfowitz's fate is set to be decided as the World Bank reviews a report into his role in a row involving his partner...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Queen visits Nasa base on US tour
The Queen visits a Nasa space centre on the final day of her six-day tour of the eastern of the US...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
New era dawns in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's major Protestant and Catholic parties came together Tuesday to form a power-sharing government, marking a "new era of politics" and an end to three decades of sectarian conflict in the British province. Protestant Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley was sworn in as the assembly's first minister and Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein will take the role of deputy first minister...
CNN - May 8, 2007
A White-Tie Dinner for Queen?s White House Visit
President Bush and the first lady played host to Queen Elizabeth II and 130 other A-list guests on Monday night...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Power-Sharing Begins in Northern Ireland
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, May 8 ? Paying tribute to the thousands who died, the leaders of Northern Ireland drew a formal line today under decades of hostility and bloodshed, re-establishing a power-sharing local authority made up of once implacable foes...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Liberty Mutual to Buy Ohio Casualty
The auto and home insurer reached a definitive agreement to buy the Ohio Casualty Corporation for $2.7 billion...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Probe into Dow Jones share trade
Suspicious trading in Dow Jones share options before the firm received a $5bn bid is being investigated...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Boxing: Corrales dies in crash
Former two-weight world champion Diego Corrales dies in a Las Vegas motorcycle accident, aged 29...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Black aide tells of 'partnership'
Lord Black's main business associate tells a US court he consulted his colleague on all financial decisions...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
Top Sunni threatens pullout
Iraq's top Sunni official has set a May 15 deadline for pulling his entire bloc out of the government -- a potentially devastating blow to reconciliation efforts within Iraq. Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi told CNN: "If the constitution is not subject to major changes, definitely, I will tell my constituency frankly that I have made the mistake of my life when I put my endorsement to that national accord," he said...
CNN - May 8, 2007
Flight 507 engine failure a focus
Crash investigators were combing through the wreckage of Kenya Airways Flight 507 Monday. They were concentrating on the possibility that the jet lost power in both engines during a storm and tried to glide back to the airport before plunging nose-first into a mangrove swamp...
CNN - May 8, 2007
Twister town looks forward
Federal officials arrived Monday in ravaged Greensburg to survey the damage caused by the weekend's tornado-packed storms. But Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius expressed concern that rescue and recovery efforts were being strained because much of the needed equipment has been sent to Iraq...
CNN - May 8, 2007
Poll: GOP race tightens; Clinton gets boost
Republicans are supposed to be the party of orderly succession. Democratic races are often wide-open contests among little-known contenders. This time Republicans have 10 declared candidates but nobody's pulling ahead, according to a CNN Poll conducted by the Opinion Research Corporation. Among Democrats, frontrunner New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is gaining support, the poll found...
CNN - May 8, 2007
Yankees Rein in Expectations of Clemens
The Yankees have gotten the headlines and the hope. They will have to wait several weeks to see if signing Roger Clemens actually gets them much-needed victories...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
An Irish Taste for Real Estate in Manhattan
The weak dollar has made Manhattan real estate a bargain in booming Ireland...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Findings: A Lonesome Tortoise, and a Search for a Mate
Lonesome George, once thought to be the last of his kind on earth, may get a second chance at romance...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
50 Years Later, Little Rock Can?t Escape Race
Fifty years after an epic desegregation struggle, a school district in Little Rock, Ark., is still riven by racial conflict...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
The Queen Visits the White House
It was a day for pomp and circumstance, punctuated by a presidential slip of the tongue that lightened the moment during President Bush?s welcoming remarks...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
?Top Chef? Dreams Crushed by Student Loan Debt
For would-be top chefs, there are few jobs that pay enough for them to retire their student loans...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
The Committee: For Democrats, New Challenge in Age-Old Rift
Trade policy cuts to the heart of the Democrats? identity and how they view their party?s past and envision its future...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Addenda: People
People...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Russell W. Kruse, Auctioneer of Classic Autos, Dies at 85
Russell W. Kruse achieved fame for thinking up and building the business of auctioning classic cars...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Memo Pad
AIR TRAVEL DELAYS ARE UP Delays on domestic flights rose in the first quarter, with 25.25 percent of flights arriving late, compared with 21.35 percent in the first quarter of last year, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics said yesterday. The number of lost or otherwise mishandled checked bags rose in March ? to 7.71 per 1,000 passengers compared with 5.81 per 1,000 passengers in March 2006...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: Buyout Group Abandons Qantas Bid
The buyout group bidding for Qantas Airways of Australia on Tuesday declared its 11 billion Australian dollars ($9 billion) offer lapsed after deciding not to pursue a legal case to keep the takeover alive. The bid group, Airline Partners Australia, said it believed ?that Qantas shareholders need more certainty and, accordingly, it has determined that its bid should be treated as having lapsed on May 4, 2007.? The group, which includes Macquarie Bank and the private equity firm Texas Pacific Group, said it would not pursue a legal case over a clause in its offer which it claimed would have pushed acceptances above 50 percent by Friday?s deadline...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: Britain: Armor Holdings Acquired
The military contractor BAE Systems said it had agreed to buy Armor Holdings, a maker of armored vehicles for the United States military, for $4.1 billion. BAE Systems, based in London, is making its purchase through its American subsidiary of the same name. The company agreed to pay $88 a share for Armor Holdings, a 7 percent premium over its closing price Friday. BAE is also assuming $388 million in debt. Stock in Armor Holdings, which is based in Jacksonville, Fla., rose $4.45, or 5.4 percent, to $86.60 a share. The deal expands BAE?s presence in the potentially lucrative market for armored Humvees, personnel carriers and other military equipment...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: Higher European Growth Is Forecast
The European Commission forecast that economic growth would be faster than expected this year for nations using the euro and for the full European Union, with unemployment dropping to the lowest levels in 15 years. It estimated 2.6 percent growth in 2007 for the 13 nations using the euro, up from an earlier forecast of 2.4 percent, and 2.9 percent growth for the entire 27-nation union, rather than the previously expected 2.7 percent, as a result of increased investment and household spending...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: Mexico Bid for Rinker Advances
The largest shareholder of the Rinker Group, an Australian building company, said it had approved a $14.25 billion bid from Cemex, the Mexican cement company. Perpetual, a fund manager in Sydney that owns a 10.5 percent stake in Rinker, said it would accept Cemex?s amended offer. On April 11, Cemex gained the approval of Rinker?s board after raising its offer 22 percent, to $15.85 cash a share, in a bid that, if successful, would propel Cemex from the world?s third-largest cement producer to No. 1. Cemex announced on Sunday that it was extending the offer by three weeks, to June 8...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
World Business Briefing: New Bid for Energy Concern
The Macquarie Bank, Australia?s largest securities firm, made a new takeover offer for the energy transmission company Alinta to challenge Alinta?s agreement to be acquired for 7.4 billion Australian dollars ($6.1 billion) by Babcock & Brown and Singapore Power. Alinta, based in Perth, Australia, is seeking further information on the revised offer. Macquarie, based in Sydney, said its proposal included three options, one of them an all-cash bid. Macquarie did not disclose further details. Both Macquarie and Babcock plan to break up the utility, which has a nationwide network of gas and power lines, and generates electricity at five plants. Alinta rejected Macquarie?s earlier offer on March 30...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Steakhouses Accept Offer
The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group agreed to be bought by the Patina Restaurant Group for $94.6 million...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Liberty Mutual Agrees to Buy Ohio Casualty for $2.7 Billion
The auto and home insurer reached a definitive agreement to buy the Ohio Casualty Corporation for $2.7 billion...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Official Who Oversees Gulf Oil Drilling to Retire
Johnnie Burton, the top federal official overseeing Gulf of Mexico oil and gas drilling, will retire, effective at the end of this month...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Couple Expected to Plead Guilty to Insider Trading This Week
Prosecutors say a former Morgan Stanley compliance officer and her husband were part of the largest insider-trading scheme on Wall Street since the 1980s...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
HBO Chairman Held in Dispute With Girlfriend
Chris Albrecht was charged with domestic assault and battery after an altercation with a girlfriend, a police spokesman said...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Delphi Posts Wider Loss on Lower Sales
Managers at the former parts-making operation of General Motors said they were working to cut costs and to expand sales to companies other than G.M...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Consumer Borrowing Increased in March by Most in 4 Months
Americans charged more purchases to their credit cards and took out more car loans, Federal Reserve figures show...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Stocks & Bonds: Merger Activity Helps Large Companies Close Higher
A $27 billion bid by Alcoa for a Canadian aluminum rival, Alcan, buoyed blue-chip issues...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Energy Drink Is Withdrawn Over Concerns About Name
The F.D.A. said an energy drink called Cocaine was illegally marketed as a street drug alternative and a dietary supplement...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Thomson Confirms Interest in Reuters
The financial data provider confirmed that it had approached the board of the Reuters Group about a possible takeover...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Frequent Flier: Turkey With All the Trimmings in Pakistan
There are always some surprises that may make business travel worthwhile. For me, it was Thanksgiving in Islamabad...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
EADS Hoping to Increase Military Work for the U.S.
Friendly governments in France and Germany could help the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company expand its work in the U.S...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
More Hotel Rooms May Temper Rate Rises
An industry analyst did not expect the cost of hotel rooms to go down anytime soon but said the rise in rates would slow...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
For India?s Airlines, Passengers Are Plentiful but Profits Are Scarce
Emergency landings, chronic delays and millions of dollars in losses ? and that is just the month of April...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Deal Is Offered for Chief?s Exit at World Bank
Leading governments of Europe signaled that they were willing to let the United States choose the bank?s next chief if Paul D. Wolfowitz stepped down soon, officials said...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
On the Road: Flying This Summer? Fasten Your Seat Belt
Will this be the summer ? when a peak travel season meets a tottering system ? that finally breaks the poor camel?s back?...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Sale of Carbon Credits Helping Land-Rich, but Cash-Poor, Tribes
The National Carbon Offset Coalition is creating an Indian tribe ?carbon portfolio,? that allows tribes to sell carbon sequestration credits for cash...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Johnson & Johnson Won?t Seek Approval for a Heart Stent
Johnson & Johnson?s hopes for an early return on its acquisition Conor Medsystems were dashed by the failure of Conor?s heart stent design in a medical trial...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Clear Channel Postpones Vote, Giving Suitors? Bid More Time
Clear Channel postponed a shareholder vote on a revised buyout offer by two private equity firms...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Sun Plans Version of Java for Web-Linked Cellphones
Sun Microsystems will revamp its Java software to compete more effectively in the market for Internet-connected mobile phones...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Former Associate Testifies Black Was Kept Informed
F. David Radler portrayed himself as a close partner of Conrad M. Black who did not make a major move without talking with him...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Advertising: Liquor Maker Ups the Ante a Bit in Discouraging Young Drinkers
The maker of Jim Beam announced it would voluntarily adopt stricter ad rules to help curb under-age drinking...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Doing Good on Company Time
To teach team-building, corporations are sending executives to do volunteer projects, like helping repair flood-damaged houses...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Wall St. Journal Editors Held News of Murdoch Bid
Paul E. Steiger, the paper?s top editor who knew of Rupert Murdoch?s offer, is said to have decided not to publish any news of it...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Icahn Appears to Fall Short at Motorola
The billionaire financier Carl C. Icahn failed to get enough votes to be elected to Motorola?s board...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
A Cross-Country Blame Game
A partnership between subprime lenders and Wall Street banks has now degenerated into a cross-country blame game...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Alcoa Makes a Hostile Bid for Alcan
The success of Alcoa?s hostile $27 billion takeover offer for the rival Alcan of Canada may rest as much with politicians as investors...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Chevron Seen Settling Case on Iraq Oil
Chevron is preparing to acknowledge that it should have known oil kickbacks were being paid to Saddam Hussein...
New York Times - May 8, 2007
Haiti crossing death toll rises
The bodies of 54 Haitians are recovered after their boat capsizes in the West Indies, US officials say...
BBC News - May 8, 2007
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