15 May

Schoeneweis OK after trip to hospital

That Scott Schoeneweis was feeling better on Thursday afternoon was no minor relief. And he was indeed feeling better — at least to the extent that he could.
“A little better,” Schoeneweis joked. “Now I just feel regularly bad.”
Trust him — that’s more than fine. Schoeneweis experienced a scare early on Wednesday morning, when severe abdominal [...]

23 Apr

Bush and Jordan’s King Meet on Mideast

President Bush and King Abdullah of Jordan met privately for breakfast on Wednesday morning, as the White House tries to resuscitate the ailing Middle East peace talks before Mr. Bush leaves for Israel next month.
But the Jordanian Embassy said afterward that the king told Mr. Bush that negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis “should be based [...]

03 Apr

Armed Raid Opens Eldorado Investigation

Interior Ministry officers, armed with assault rifles, raided the Moscow head office of leading electronics retailer Eldorado on Wednesday morning after a criminal investigation was opened into alleged nonpayment of about $300 million in taxes.
Investigators from the Interior Ministry’s Central Federal District branch searched the company’s headquarters after about 20 heavily armed officers, including rapid [...]

03 Apr

Armed Raid Opens Eldorado Investigation

Interior Ministry officers, armed with assault rifles, raided the Moscow head office of leading electronics retailer Eldorado on Wednesday morning after a criminal investigation was opened into alleged nonpayment of about $300 million in taxes.
Investigators from the Interior Ministry’s Central Federal District branch searched the company’s headquarters after about 20 heavily armed officers, including rapid [...]

31 Jan

Frigid Winds Whip Into the Northeast

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Lake Erie surged over its eastern shore Wednesday, adding flooding to the headaches delivered by a windy storm that tipped tractor-trailers, disrupted flights, and toppled trees and power lines across a wide swath of the nation.Arctic air roared into New York before dawn, sending Tuesday’s springlike temperatures plummeting. Buffalo went from 53 [...]

28 Jan

When Rupert met Wendi

RUPERT Murdoch without a telephone was like an alcoholic without a drink. He would grow agitated, fidgety, desperately looking for a fix. Murdoch ran his empire by phone and at almost any time of his day ?every day, 6am in the gym or midnight in his hotel room ?there was an executive he could call [...]