NEW YORK – Eastman Kodak Co. (EK) on Wednesday said operating profit from digital products was lower than expected because of weakness in its business with the medical industry and slower U.S. economic growth. Rochester, N.Y.-based Kodak, which is struggling to transform itself from a camera and film company to …
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Journalist Slaying Linked to Ukranian Politician
KIEV, Ukraine – A commission investigating the kidnapping and killing of a journalist five years ago has accused parliament’s speaker of instigating the slaying, a Web site with the panel’s findings said Wednesday. Heorhiy Gongadze (search), an Internet journalist who wrote about high-level corruption, was kidnapped and killed in 2000. …
Read More »New Attacks Follow Deadly Day in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Sunni-led insurgents killed at least 10 people with a car bomb in a crowded vegetable market Friday, the Muslim day of worship, in the second blast against Shiite civilians in as many days, police said. The death toll rose to 102 from the previous day’s attacks in …
Read More »Afghan Polls Close Amid Attacks
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghans chose a legislature for the first time in decades Sunday, embracing their newly recovered democratic rights and braving threats of Taliban (search) attacks to cast votes in schools, tents and mosques. Violence in the hours before voting began and during the day killed 15 people, including …
Read More »Many Names Floated as Next Supreme Court Nominee
WASHINGTON – President Bush’s supporters want him to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (search) with a rock-solid conservative jurist, but Bush’s low poll numbers have given liberals hope he’ll nominate a moderate to avoid a raucous fight in the Senate. “The real question is, ‘What is he trying to …
Read More »Matt Damon Reportedly Engaged
NEW YORK – Matt Damon (search) and his girlfriend, Luciana Barroso (search), are engaged, Us Weekly reported Monday. A publicist for the “Bourne Identity” actor told the magazine that after dating for two years, Damon popped the question “shortly before Labor Day.” Damon’s publicist, Jennifer Allen (search), didn’t immediately return …
Read More »Key Dates in Rehnquist's Tenure
Key dates in William H. Rehnquist’s tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court: —Jan. 7, 1972: Takes seat on Supreme Court after nomination by President Nixon (search). Confirmed by Senate, 68-26. —Jan. 22, 1973: One of two dissenters in Roe v. Wade (search), which overturned individual states’ laws against abortion and …
Read More »Schwarzenegger Vetoes Calif. Gay Nups Bill
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (search) followed through Thursday on his promise to veto a bill to legalize same-sex marriage (search), leaving the issue up to voters or judges who will likely face the volatile issue in the next year. “This bill simply adds confusion to a constitutional issue,” he …
Read More »McDonald's August Sales Up 3.4 Percent
CHICAGO – Sales at McDonald’s (MCD) established hamburger restaurants rose 3.4 percent in August on strong U.S. demand for a new line of higher-priced chicken sandwiches, the company said on Friday, sending its stock higher. Same-store sales, which measure results at restaurants open at least 13 months, were at the …
Read More »Transcript: Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman
This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” September 26, 2005, that was edited for clarity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We’re taking action to help deal with the shortfall caused by Katrina and Rita. (END VIDEO CLIP) NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: …
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