By Mara Der Hovanesian Investors are quickly losing faith in Citigroup (C). Shares of the company, once the largest and mightiest US bank by assets and market value, have fallen 66% in November, and finished down 1.85, to 4.55, on Nov. 20. ...
The MySpace application for Research In Motion’s Blackberry smartphones has been downloaded more than 400000 times since it was introduced a week ago. The two companies claim this is an app download record for them. Its users have sent a total of more ...
By Inside Track Madonna and her estranged hubby, British film director Guy Ritchie, have reached a divorce settlement, which will be presented in a London courtroom today. Yesterday, the case, listed under the names “Ciccone ML v Ritchie GS,” will be ...
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Ben Roethlisberger didn't let a bitter, snowy night bother his throwing or running, totaling 243 yards passing with a passing and rushing touchdown, as Pittsburgh methodically wore down Cincinnati, 27-10, ...
By David Brown Two years after the federal government recommended that patients in emergency rooms and doctors' offices be routinely tested for HIV, the advice is generally not being followed, according to a large number of studies presented this week ...
By Josh Meyer Reporting from Washington -- Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey was rushed to the hospital Thursday night after collapsing at the lectern and losing consciousness during a speech on the Justice Department's war on terrorism, ...
By Zachary A. Goldfarb Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced yesterday that they are temporarily suspending foreclosures and evictions during the holiday season in an effort to keep people from losing their homes. The companies said they are taking the ...
By Peter Finn and Walter Pincus The drive for dwindling resources, including energy and water, combined with the spread of nuclear weapons technology could make large swaths of the globe ripe for regional conflicts, some of them potentially devastating ...
By PETER BAKER and HELENE COOPER WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the Senate are prepared to give Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton a still-undefined leadership role there if she does not become Barack Obama’s secretary of state, Democratic officials ...
By MANOHLA DARGIS It’s love at first look instead of first bite in “Twilight,” a deeply sincere, outright goofy vampire romance for the hot-not-to-trot abstinence set. Based on the foundational book in Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling multivolume series, ...
The MySpace application for Research In Motion’s Blackberry smartphones has been downloaded more than 400000 times since it was introduced a week ago. The two companies claim this is an app download record for them. Its users have sent a total of more ...
By JESSE McKINLEY SAN FRANCISCO — When the California Supreme Court begins weighing arguments over same-sex marriage — again — in December, some 18000 such marriages could hang in the balance. Opponents of such unions also have high stakes, ...
By Cristina Corbin With only 206 votes out of 2.9 million total ballots separating Republican Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota from his Democratic opponent Al Franken, every vote counts -- including the elusive 32 absentee ballots first reported to be ...
By Inside Track Madonna and her estranged hubby, British film director Guy Ritchie, have reached a divorce settlement, which will be presented in a London courtroom today. Yesterday, the case, listed under the names “Ciccone ML v Ritchie GS,” will be ...
By MANOHLA DARGIS It’s love at first look instead of first bite in “Twilight,” a deeply sincere, outright goofy vampire romance for the hot-not-to-trot abstinence set. Based on the foundational book in Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling multivolume series, ...
By Mara Der Hovanesian Investors are quickly losing faith in Citigroup (C). Shares of the company, once the largest and mightiest US bank by assets and market value, have fallen 66% in November, and finished down 1.85, to 4.55, on Nov. 20. ...
The UAW is negotiating the possible elimination of its controversial jobs bank and is considering other concessions to help Detroit's automakers win low-cost loans from Congress, people familiar with negotiations said late Thursday. ...
By Bill Faries and Shamim Adam Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Leaders from 21 Pacific Rim nations will push for more trade accords when they meet this weekend, seeking to stem any turn toward protectionism amid the worst financial crisis since the Great ...
By Tim Johnston BANGKOK, Nov. 20 -- An explosion at an anti-government protest site in central Bangkok early Thursday killed one person and wounded 23 others, prompting a leader of the demonstration to call for a mass rally against the government on ...
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- The Russian parliament was expected Friday to approve a constitutional amendment to extend the presidential term from four to six years. Vladimir Putin was barred constitutionally from seeking a third consecutive term as ...
The Security Council authorizes about 3000 more personnel. A total of 17000 soldiers are already in the region. By A Times staff writer Reporting from The United Nations -- The UN Security Council on Thursday authorized increasing the number of ...
