Ukraine's president, Viktor Yushchenko, could not have put it more starkly. Condemning Russia's decision to recognise the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgia's two separatist regions, Yushchenko warned yesterday: "Any nation could be next." In fact, Yushchenko was articulating what ...
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(CNN) -- Democrats tried to heal the wounds of a long primary season Tuesday with a primetime call for unity from the party's one-time presidential frontrunner, Hillary Clinton. They also repeatedly tied John McCain to an unpopular George W. Bush and a faltering economy. Close attention will be paid ...
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Aug. 27: The threat of the strengthening tropical storm Gustav moving into the Gulf of Mexico prompted Lousiana officials to plan for a possible evacuation Tuesday. NBC's Don Teague reports. NEW ORLEANS - National Guard troops stood ready and batteries and water bottles sold briskly as the New ...
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Jewelry retailer Tiffany says second-quarter profit doubled, beating Wall Street expectations as sales rose by double-digit percentages in Asia and Europe. The New York-based Tiffany & Co. said Thursday it earned $80.8 million, or 63 cents per share, in the three-month period ended July 31. That ...
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Oil prices rose above $119 a barrel Thursday on fears that Tropical Storm Gustav could strengthen on its way toward crude and natural gas rigs and refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. Royal Dutch Shell PLC said it's evacuating some 300 workers from offshore Gulf rigs, while BP PLC was also removing ...
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NEW YORK Wall Street headed for a lower open Thursday as investors awaited key government readings on U.S. economic growth and unemployment. Investors expect the Commerce Department to report that the economy strengthened slightly in the second quarter, boosted by robust U.S. exports and a bump at ...
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CHICAGO - When a computer system that distributes flight plans nationwide came rolling to a halt this week because of a software glitch, so did airplanes on tarmacs from Orlando, Fla., to Chicago. The ensuing delays drove home just how easily an apparently isolated problem can trigger network-wide ...
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