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Boston Globe owner threatens to shut newspaper down
The Boston Globe management warned the newspaper’s four unions Sunday that failure to reach a financial concession would force the company to file a notice to shut down, the Guild said in a statement. The notice would allow The New York Times Co., which owns the Massachusetts newspaper, to close it in 60 days, the Globe reported. The Times Co
BP profits slump by 62 percent
British oil giant BP announced Tuesday that its profits for the first quarter of 2009 have fallen by 62 percent. In a statement on its Web site, BP said its replacement cost profit — an oil industry measure of profitability — was $2.4 billion, compared with $6.2 billion a year ago. The decline was blamed on falling oil prices, which have dropped to around $41 a barrel from July’s record high of $147 a barrel.
2009 Pulitzer Prizes awarded
The Pulitzer Prize winners for 2009 were announced Monday, with The New York Times capturing five of the awards. The Times garnered wins in the categories of breaking news reporting, investigative reporting, international reporting, criticism and feature photography. In the arts, “Olive Kitteridge” by Elizabeth Strout won for fiction, “Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II” by Douglas A
UK ready to send more troops to Afghanistan
Britain is prepared to send more troops to Afghanistan, the head of the British Army said in an interview published Friday.
Can Pakistan Be Untangled from the Taliban?
In Washington, a New York Times report that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency is directly assisting militant groups fighting against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has barely raised an eyebrow. Veteran Pakistan watchers here have known — or suspected — as much for several years.
KenKen: The Next Sudoku?
Will Shortz is to puzzles what Oprah is to books — an endorsement by the New York Times crossword editor is as good as gold. He helped popularize Sudoku in the U.S.
Indian doctors save boy impaled on iron rod
Indian doctors have successfully removed a 1.2-meter rod from a three-year-old boy after he was impaled on it at his grandparents’ house.
Obama: Don’t fear the future
President Obama can’t assure that the economy will bounce back this year, but he says he will "get all the pillars in place for recovery this year." Obama made the pledge in a 35-minute interview — largely focused on the economy and the war in Afghanistan — with The New York Times aboard Air Force One on Friday, according to a story published Saturday.