Taiwan: News Media Access Eased
Date: 01 July 2008
By Edward Wong
Edward Wong
The Taiwanese government announced that it was relaxing rules limiting the access of journalists from mainland China to Taiwan.
Replaying Tuesday, July 1, 2008
The July 1, 2008 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 182 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 18 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, July 1, 2026, 5 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, July 1, 2027, in 359 days. You have lived for 6,579 days, or about 157,900 hours, or about 9,474,021 minutes, or about 568,441,260 seconds.
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1st of July 2008 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on July 1, 2008
Good News — or Less Bad News — for American Science
Date: 02 July 2008
By Kenneth Chang
Kenneth Chang
Congress gives an additional $337.5 million to science. Many scientists say they need more.
Fuselage Damage May Slow Boeing
Date: 02 July 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Already facing a delay of at least 14 months on its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft, damage to the fourth of six test planes could have an effect on the full program.
Denmark: Economy Enters Recession
Date: 02 July 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Denmark slid into recession in the first quarter, as its economy shrank 0.6 percent after contracting a revised 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter.
Delay in Medicare Cuts for Doctors
Date: 01 July 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Medicare will delay processing doctors’ claims to give Congress time to pass legislation that would block a scheduled 10 percent cut in payments.
India: Trade Deficit Widens
Date: 02 July 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
India’s exports grew at the slowest pace in 14 months in May as weakening global expansion hurt shipments of clothes, steel and electronic goods.
U.C.L.A. Signs Coach to 7-Year Deal
Date: 02 July 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
U.C.L.A. Coach Ben Howland, who has led the Bruins to the Final Four three straight years, agreed to a new seven-year contract through the 2014-15 season. Howland is guaranteed $1.97 million next season, with his compensation escalating to $2.3 million for the contract’s final season. The deal includes incentives of as much as $235,000 from his previous contract.
Russia: $5.3. Billion Bid for Energy Company
Date: 01 July 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The offer for Russia’s biggest wholesale power producer comes from Dubai World and OAO Roskommunenergo, an energy trading company headed by the son of the Kremlin’s top real estate official.
Some Glimmers of Good News in Crop Forecast
Date: 01 July 2008
By David Streitfeld
David Streitfeld
Recent floods were likely to have damaged the corn and soybean harvest less than feared and farmers have planted more corn than previously expected, the government said.
Are Bean Counters to Blame?
Date: 01 July 2008
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Sorkin
For Stephen A. Schwarzman, the co-founder of the Blackstone Group, an accounting rule partly explains why the American financial system looks so wobbly these days.