News 2008-08-04 Andanh.com

Housing Lenders Fear Bigger Wave of Loan Defaults Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:30:23 GMT
Homeowners with good credit are falling behind on their payments in growing numbers, just as the problems with subprime mortgages have begun to level off.

Media Outlets Are Seeking a Campaign Bounce of Their Own Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:09:20 GMT
Senator Barack Obama was asked about Senator John McCain during a taping of “The Situation Room” on CNN in May.

An Acid-Tongued Maverick Keeps Bankers on the Edge of Their Seats Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:57:08 GMT
Richard X. Bove is one of the few analysts to predict the the housing market blow-up. He is also one of the few whose advice would have made money for investors over the past year.

Applications Spur Carriers to Relax Grip on Cellphones Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:47:16 GMT
The Neo Freerunner is made by OpenMoko of Taiwan.

On Facebook, an 11-Letter Synonym for Scrabulous Turns Out to Be Wordscraper Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:19:42 GMT
People who were addicted to playing Scrabulous on Facebook have migrated by the thousands to Wordscraper.

Jewish Channel Offers Issues, History and Offbeat Movies Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:18:47 GMT
Elie Singer has prevailed in creating a cable outlet that’s been labeled the “Jewish HBO.”

A Union Divided Against Itself, Even as It Takes a Stand Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:22:16 GMT
Alan Rosenberg of the Screen Actors Guild said that “it is not productive to come out and attack leadership during a negotiation.”

Market Place: Newspapers Could Be Bargains, but Few Are Buying Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:44:37 GMT
The weak economy and tight credit market have slowed buying in all sorts of media, but the drop-off is especially pronounced in newspapers.

Link By Link: An Internal Wiki That’s Not Classified Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:28:40 GMT
The State Department’s creation of “Diplopedia,” an internal wiki, is part of its changing ethic from “a need to know culture” to a “need to share culture,” an employee said.

Media Talk: House Goes Home, but Video Goes Online via Cellphone Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:33:13 GMT
Representative John Culberson, a Texas Republican, acted as a citizen journalist, albeit a partisan one, covering Republicans in the House, after the chamber had adjourned for its recess.

Media Talk: A Rare CD by Today’s Hot Boy Band: Bids Start at $160. Do I Hear $200? Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:35:51 GMT
“It’s About Time,” a disc from before the Jonas brothers were stars.

Media Talk: NBC Ad Pairs ‘Mummy’ and Olympics Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:36:40 GMT
NBC executives call the company’s TV ads plugging its new movie, “The Mummy,” and the Beijing Olympics synergy. Some viewers call it confusing.

Intel’s Line of Graphics Chips Could Have Broader Uses Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:46:08 GMT
Intel said it would initially aim its new microprocessor family, code-named Larrabee, at the personal computer graphics market.

Advertising: The High Cost of a ‘Free Credit Report’ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:53:06 GMT
A consumer who failed to check his credit report resorts to working at a Renaissance fair.

Blog Posts Poke Holes in ‘Taste Test’ by Microsoft Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:56:05 GMT
Microsoft posted online videos to combat negative perceptions of its Vista operating system.

Drilling Down: Read, Then Cut Along the Dashes Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:39:57 GMT
Readers of Sunday newspapers are more likely than other Americans to use coupons, according to a survey released recently by Scarborough Research.

Looking Ahead: The Week’s Major Economic Reports Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:33:35 GMT
Economic news will be led by the Federal Reserve’s meeting on Tuesday to discuss the economy and interest rate policy.

Treasury Auctions Set for This Week Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:22:18 GMT
The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week included Monday’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and Tuesday’s auction of four-week bills.

A Textbook Example of Ranking Artworks Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:46:31 GMT
The economist David Galenson is convinced that the type of economic analysis that explains the $4-plus gas at the pump can also explain the greatest artists of the last 100 or so years.

Verizon Unions Postpone Strike, Citing Progress Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:43:29 GMT
Two unions representing 65,000 workers at Verizon postponed a strike threatened for Sunday morning, citing progress in late night labor negotiations.

The World: Beyond the Trade Pact Collapse Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:37:30 GMT

The Media Equation: Grim News for a Paper in Jersey Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:05:40 GMT
In a state with a record of corruption that needs watching, its major newspaper is looking for buyouts from a quarter of the newsroom.

Yahoo Is Still Searching for, Well, Yahoo Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:53:57 GMT
Jerry Yang, the chief executive of Yahoo. Many are questioning his leadership, but he says he is best suited to move the company forward.

Australians to Investigate Qantas Safety Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:26:33 GMT
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority said Sunday that it would investigate safety standards at Qantas Airways after recent episodes involving the carrier’s fleet.

Shipping Costs Start to Crimp Globalization Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:38:02 GMT

Strategies: The Stars Have Yet to Align for Stocks Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:59:34 GMT
The rally that began three weeks ago is fully supported by investor sentiment and not by fundamentals, suggesting that the bottom of this bear market has not yet been reached.

Researchers Look to Pill, Taken Daily, to Avert H.I.V. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:48:19 GMT
Researchers in a number of countries are conducting trials to test the unproven strategy that a daily pill, or a combination of drugs, can prevent H.I.V.

H.I.V. Study Says Rate 40% Higher Than Estimate Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:13:00 GMT
The U.S. has significantly underreported the number of new H.I.V. infections occurring each year, a study says.

Immigrants Facing Deportation by U.S. Hospitals Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:52:57 GMT
Luis Alberto Jiménez, an illegal immigrant injured in a car accident in Florida, was treated at a community hospital, which eventually sent him back to Guatemala. He spends most of his days inside a one-room house; only the presence of visitors, who can help him into his wheelchair, gives him the rare chance to get out of bed.

Simulating Age 85, With Lessons on Offering Care Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:23:02 GMT
Kim Burns, right, and colleagues at Westminster Thurber devised a driving route while wearing glasses that blurred their vision.

Anthrax Case Renews Questions on Bioterror Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:34:45 GMT
Hazardous materials workers at the Lincoln Memorial in 2006 after finding suspicious bottles and a note referring to anthrax.

Metrics: The Overflowing American Dinner Plate Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:05:55 GMT
Between 1970 and 2006, average Americans added 1.8 pounds of food a week to their diet.

Ragtag Taliban Show Tenacity in Afghanistan Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:31:37 GMT
Afghan soldiers at an outpost in Wardak Province, near the site where a Taliban attack killed three coalition soldiers in June.

China Orders Highest Alert for Olympics Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:52:44 GMT
Chinese paramilitary officers awaited instructions last week in the National Aquatics Center, known as the Water Cube, in Beijing.

Solzhenitsyn, Literary Giant Who Defied Soviets, Dies at 89 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:31:37 GMT
Mr. Solzhenitsyn in Germany in 1974.

In India, Nearly 150 Die in Stampede at Temple Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:26:36 GMT
Bodies of victims of a stampede at the Naina Devi temple in northern India. At this time of year, the temple is visited by tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims a day celebrating a nine-day festival.

9 Climbers Reported Dead After Avalanche on K2 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:45:05 GMT
An avalanche struck the climbers on a gully at a height of nearly 27,000 feet, just below the summit of the world’s second-highest peak.

Abroad: With Flemish Nationalism on the Rise, Belgium Teeters on the Edge Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:41:09 GMT
In Brussels people pass a Magritte-inspired scaffold during the nation’s Independence Day.

Anglicans to Seek Pact to Prevent a Schism Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:40:05 GMT
The 2003 election of Gene Robinson, who is gay, as bishop of New Hampshire fueled divisions in the Anglican Communion.

Asylum Is Denied to Fatah Forces Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:40:31 GMT
The Palestinian president refused to grant asylum in the West Bank to Fatah forces who had fled to Israel after intense fighting with Hamas, and ordered more troops to Gaza.

Kuala Lumpur Journal: Political Sex Scandals Rock Modest Malaysia Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:35:24 GMT
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia, right, with his deputy, Najib Razak. Mr. Najib’s name has surfaced in connection with the case of a woman who was killed in 2006.

Television Review | 'The Largest Chinese Restaurant in the World': 700 Orders of Moo Goo Gai Pan? Su Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:30:18 GMT
This odd little mini-series profiles a restaurant in Hunan Province that seats 5,000 guests, employs more than 300 chefs and goes through 700 chickens and 200 snakes in a week.

Bomb Blast Kills at Least 15 Women in Somalia Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:49:47 GMT
A woman was injured by a roadside bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast.

Sports of The Times: China’s Moment: Referendum on a Nation Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:35:09 GMT

Iraqis Fail to Agree on Provincial Elections Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:37:11 GMT
A man wounded Sunday in a truck bombing on a busy street in Baghdad lay in a hospital ward. The bombing killed 12 people.

North Threatens to Expel South Koreans Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:39:37 GMT
The threat escalated a standoff over the shooting death of a South Korean woman visiting a resort in the North.

David H. Popper, Ex-Envoy, Dies at 95 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:32:18 GMT
Mr. Popper was a seasoned United States diplomat who, as ambassador to Chile in the tense early years of Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s government, struggled to balance military and human rights concern.

Shaping a Mayor’s Spanish, Not His Ideas Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:54:35 GMT
The bond between Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his Spanish tutor, Luis Cardozo, is one of measured intimacy and mutual respect.

Ideas & Trends: Cast Out, but at the Center of the Storm Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:36:12 GMT

The World: At the Dacha: Consumers in Flower Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:48:00 GMT

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