|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
|
Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
|
Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
|
Rwanda protocol chief says shell prove innocence
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
|
Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
|
Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
|
Nepals Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
|
Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
|
Hollywood actors guild to seek strike
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
US News Archive for August 2007:
|
 |
Police arrest intruders near fallen bridge
Security is being beefed up at the site of last week's bridge collapse after 16 people were arrested for trespassing and hindering the investigation, Minneapolis police said Wednesday. full story...
CNN - August 8, 2007
Progress Reported in Drilling for Miners
Rescue teams have drilled about one-third of the way down to where six coal miners have been trapped underground since early Monday, a mine official said...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Shuttle Takes Off With Ex-Teacher on Board
Culminating a smooth countdown, the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off into the humid skies this evening, carrying pieces of the International Space Station...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
New York Company Indicted in Big Dig Death
The company that provided the epoxy blamed in the collapse of a traffic tunnel in Boston was indicted today...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Investigators Find Possible Flaw in Minneapolis Bridge
The discovery raises the possibility that the bridge was structurally deficient from the day it opened...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Fossils in Kenya Challenge Linear Evolution
Two fossils have shaken the human family tree, possibly rearranging major branches thought to be in a straight ancestral line to Homo sapiens...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Tornado Hit Is Confirmed as Subway Still Struggles
The M.T.A. said most of the city?s subway lines were running this evening after a storm that included a tornado in Brooklyn dropped 3 inches of rain on New York City last night...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
City Room: Another Trek for Commuters: Getting Home
A flood of Manhattan commuters began to make their way home tonight...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Jones Apparel Gets New Bid for Barneys
The bidding war over Barneys New York, the luxury clothing retailer, escalated when a private equity firm from Dubai raised its offer to $942 million ? $117 million more than it had originally bid...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Toll Brothers Sees Revenue Drop Amid Volatile Housing Market
The luxury homebuilder said the housing market is so volatile that it won?t give earnings guidance, but it reported a 21 percent decline in fiscal third quarter earnings...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Cable Networks Boost News Corp. Earnings
After reporting higher second-quarter earnings, Rupert Murdoch took aim at critics of his company?s $5 billion takeover deal with Dow Jones & Company...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Automakers See a Weak Year for Sales
General Motors, Ford and Toyota are predicting the leanest results in the American market since 1998 as a soft housing market and high gasoline prices take a toll...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Bush Vows a Veto on Any Tax Increase
President Bush described the economy as ?thriving? and said lower taxes are the best way to guarantee prosperity...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
News Corp's quarterly profits up
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation says fourth-quarter profit rose 4.5% thanks to higher advertising sales...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Golf: Ryder Cup deputies named
US Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger names his three vice-captains for next year's match against Europe...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Mexico cleric quizzed over abuse
Mexico's leading Roman Catholic cardinal is questioned by US lawyers over a child abuse case...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Police close to naming schooyard suspect
Police were close Wednesday to identifying at least one suspect in the execution-style slayings of three college students last weekend in Newark, New Jersey, schoolyard. full story...
CNN - August 8, 2007
Coalition kills 30 in raids on militia cell
Iraqi and coalition troops overnight killed about 30 people in Baghdad's Sadr City -- most of them in an airstrike -- as they targeted a militia cell with suspected links to Iran, the U.S. military said. Twelve suspects were detained in the raid, authorities said. full story...
CNN - August 8, 2007
Good Scores Reported on National Economics Test
The nation?s high school seniors received better scores than were expected on the first nationwide economics test...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Britain Eases Livestock Movement Ban
LONDON (AP) -- Britain said Wednesday it was easing a nationwide ban on moving livestock that was imposed after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in southern England, adding there was a low risk of the disease spreading outside the immediate area...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
New York City Transit System Is Crippled by Flooding
Subway tunnels were flooded after thunderstorms last night, forcing delays on all lines. The region?s three major airports all reported cancellations and delays...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
City Room: Latest Updates
A woman was killed in a storm-related car accident on Staten Island. About 4,000 Con Ed customers were without power...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Polo Profit Gains 10%
...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Sotheby's Profit Rises 48%
...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Delphi Posts Loss, Flat Sales
DETROIT (AP) -- Delphi Corp. on Wednesday posted a narrower second quarter net loss, reflecting a charge for liability in accounting lawsuits...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Revlon Narrows Loss
NEW YORK (AP) -- Revlon Inc. reported narrowed second-quarter losses Wednesday as the New York-based cosmetics company reaped benefits from a restructuring program initiated last year, a solid rise in sales and better cost controls...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Sprint Nextel Profits Down Sharply
Wireless provider Sprint (NYSE:FON) Nextel Corp. on Wednesday said second-quarter profits dropped sharply on takeover costs and expenses tied to its planned rollout of a WiMax network...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Cablevision Profits Jump on Asset Sale
Cablevision Systems Corp., a New York-area cable TV provider, reported higher profits Wednesday following an asset sale, but lowered its full-year revenue and profit estimates...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Liberty Media Results Mixed
Diversified media holding company Liberty Media Corp. posted mixed first-quarter operating results at its Liberty Interactive Group and Liberty Capital Group, which file earnings reports separately...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Barr Pharmaceuticals Profit Falls
...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Bausch & Lomb Posts $15 Million Profit
Bausch & Lomb (NYSE:BOL) Inc., which has agreed to a $3.67 billion buyout by a private equity firm, on Wednesday reported a $15 million profit in the second quarter on higher sales of contact lenses, eye-care medicines and lens cleaners...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
ExpressJet Reports $26.4 Million Loss
...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Vodafone hangs onto Verizon stake
Vodafone says it does not intend to sell part of its 45% share in US joint venture Verizon Wireless...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Dubai firm raises bid for Barneys
A Dubai private equity firm ups its offer for upmarket clothes chain Barneys, in the latest stage of a bidding war...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Coalition battles Medhi Army in Baghdad
Clashes between U.S.-led coalition forces and Mehdi Army militiamen broke out early Wednesday in Baghdad's Sadr City, leaving at least eight people dead and 10 others wounded, an official with Iraq's interior ministry said. full story...
CNN - August 8, 2007
Rivals attack Obama remarks on Pakistan
At a debate in front of thousands of labor union activists Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama's Democratic presidential rivals blasted him for his remarks about Pakistan. full story...
CNN - August 8, 2007
Deadly heat sweeps nation
Soaring temperatures are being blamed for at least three deaths and health authorities are urging people to stay inside in the cool. Temperatures on Tuesday reached well into the 90s and in some cases above 100 degrees, a trend expected to continue through the weekend in parts of the South and Midwest. full story...
CNN - August 8, 2007
Car ban as pilgrims enter Baghdad
Vehicles will be banned for two days in the Iraqi capital starting Wednesday as one of many security measures being implemented for a Shiite pilgrimage to Baghdad, a trek that left almost 1,000 pilgrims dead two years ago. full story...
CNN - August 8, 2007
Safety Issues Slow Mine Rescue Efforts
Efforts to reach six trapped coal miners slowed on Tuesday as rescue teams pulled back for safety reasons...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Court Rejects the Right to Use Drugs Being Tested
A federal appeals court ruled that patients with terminal illnesses do not have a constitutional right to use medicines that have not won regulatory approval...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Bonds Hits No. 756 to Break Aaron?s Record
Barry Bonds?s 756th home run pushed him past Hank Aaron and pushed baseball?s sacred history into an awkward spot...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Bill Aims to Spur Housing for the Poor in New York
A popular tax break for building developers is at the core of the agreement, which next goes to Gov. Eliot Spitzer...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
A Spy Chief?s Political Education
Mike McConnell, the nation?s top intelligence official, has brought criticism as the White House?s most visible advocate for changing a surveillance law...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Government Set for a Crackdown on Illegal Hiring
Federal authorities are expected to announce rules that would require employers to fire workers who use false Social Security numbers...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
At Duke Energy and TXU, Profits Fell in 2nd Quarter
Duke Energy, one of the largest electric power companies in the United States, said yesterday its second-quarter profit fell 17 percent after it spun off its natural gas business at the beginning of the year...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Moody?s to Reorganize Into 2 Units
Moody?s said yesterday that it would reorganize into two divisions, separating its credit ratings unit from sales, marketing and analytics to underscore the independence of its opinions on debt securities...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Square Feet: Checking Out Real Estate in New York to Make a Map, Not a Deal (Really)
The city that never sleeps is also the city that never stops rebuilding. But lately, building projects have loomed even larger in New York...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Slip in CD Sales Adds to Warner Losses
The Warner Music Group posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss , sending shares down roughly 10 percent...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
German Fund Stops Payouts, Citing Mortgage Market Unease
WestLB Mellon Asset Management suspended redemptions of an asset-backed securities fund amid investor concern about the problems in the subprime mortgage market...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Cisco Profit Up 25%; Routers and Switches in Demand
The company said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit climbed to $1.9 billion, or 31 cents per share, from $1.5 billion, or 25 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Mortgage Insurer?s Deal in Doubt
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 8 (AP) ? The private-mortgage insurer MGIC Investment said on Tuesday that it did not believe that it had to complete its $4.9 billion purchase of the credit risk manager Radian Group after their joint interest in a mortgage investor became all but worthless...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Consumers Picked Up Pace of Borrowing in June
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (Bloomberg News) ? Borrowing by American households rose more than forecast in June, as consumers turned to credit cards and nonmortgage loans to maintain spending...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
2 Lenders Voice Confidence as 2 Others Curb Operations
The Countrywide Financial Corporation and the CIT Group said they would be able to ride out the mortgage industry?s credit squeeze as two more rivals, the HomeBanc Corporation and Impac Mortgage Holdings, curtailed new loans...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Interpublic Profit Rises, and Shares Climb
The increase in profits was driven by a tax benefit and stronger spending on marketing by clients like Microsoft and the United States Army...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Tyco Has Loss on Legal Case, but Results Beat Forecast
WEST WINDSOR, N.J., Aug. 8 (AP) ? Tyco International said Tuesday that it fell to a fiscal third-quarter loss because of hefty charges primarily related to a legal settlement, but its adjusted results exceeded Wall Street?s expectations...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Marsh Misses Analysts? Estimates
The insurance broker Marsh & McLennan posted second-quarter earnings that missed analysts? estimates and warned of continued weakness in its core brokerage unit, sending its shares down yesterday...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Lenovo Shares Soar on Word of Talks to Buy Packard Bell
If successful, the deal would help Lenovo quickly capture market share in a region where it is ranked sixth and is barely profitable...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Advertising: Mr. Gorbachev, Show Off This Bag
About a decade ago, Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a television ad for Pizza Hut. Now he is trading in fast food for fine leather...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Investors Heartened by Fed Position
Wall Street interpreted the Federal Reserve?s decision to maintain interest rates as a sign that the economy was not threatened by turmoil in the credit markets...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Square Feet: Investors Lining Up for Pieces of Seattle?s Comeback
The Seattle office market has made a spectacular recovery in the last few years, and as a result, many real estate investors want to park their money there...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Deputy Editor Is Out at Portfolio
The heavily promoted new business magazine that is about to publish its second issue, Tuesday fired one of its top editors, James Impoco...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Court Papers Said to Show Added Payments by Reporter
A former New York Times reporter who wrote an article about a teenager who operated a pornographic Web site may have sent more money to the young man than he had previously acknowledged...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Quarterly Loss Widens at Trump Entertainment, but Shares Surge 27%
The company announced a second-quarter loss of $13.5 million as gambling revenue fell, for a loss of 43 cents a share...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Army Says Soldier?s Articles for Magazine Were False
An Army investigation into the ?Baghdad Diarist? ? a soldier in Iraq who wrote anonymous columns for The New Republic ? has concluded that the reports were false...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Executive Once Seen as Candidate to Be Next Chief Steps Down at Fidelity
Ellyn A. McColgan, Fidelity Investments? president for distribution and operations, said she was resigning to pursue opportunities outside of the company...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Market Place: Shaky Results in Core Areas Deflate High Hopes for Boston Scientific
In the last month, the continuing decline in Boston Scientific?s stock price has made some Wall Street analysts look bad...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
The Energy Challenge: Cooking Up More Uses for the Leftovers of Biofuel Production
Scientists, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists are becoming increasingly interested in making more than fuel out of the raw materials for biodiesel fuel and ethanol...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Ex-Brocade Chief Convicted in Backdating Case
The case of a former Brocade Communications executive was the first stock options backdating case to go to trial...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Ethanol Is Feeding Hot Market for Farmland
Skyrocketing farmland prices are stirring optimism, but for young and small-scale farmers, the news is grim...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Fed Leaves Rate Steady; No Sign of Future Cut
The Federal Reserve Tuesday largely sidestepped the growing anxiety over how tightening credit standards will affect the economy...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
More Generics Slow the Surge in Drug Prices
Prescription bottles bearing catchy brand names are being pushed aside by cheaper, tongue-twisting generics...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
The Almighty Ruble
Lifted by high oil prices and a wave of foreign investment, the once humble ruble is showing its muscle, and fueling a consumer boom...
New York Times - August 8, 2007
Bonds sets new home run record
Barry Bonds hits his 756th home run setting a new all-time record in American Major League baseball...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Athletics: Wariner races to best
American Jeremy Wariner warms up for the World Championships with a new 400m personal best of 43.50 seconds...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
Chavez offers LatAm energy pact
Venezuela will guarantee the energy needs of its Latin American allies, President Hugo Chavez says...
BBC News - August 8, 2007
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
| Keep up with Steve, join our G-Mail List to receive Gill Show updates and Steve's weekly column... |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
