WASHINGTON — In 14 months as C.I.A. director, David H. Petraeus has shunned the spotlight he once courted as America’s most famous general. His low-profile style has won the loyalty of the White House, easing old tensions with President Obama, and he has overcome some of the skepticism he faced from the agency’s work force, which is always wary of the military brass. Brendan Smialowski/Getty...
Bits Blog: Data Shows Twitter Posts That Resonate With Electorate
Label: TechnologyIn Florida, voters responded most when Mitt Romney posted about education and when President Obama did the same about foreign affairs. In Ohio, Mr. Obama’s posted about gay rights, more so than any other topic, held the most traction. For Mr. Romney, it was his posts about the economy.Twitter introduced an interactive map on Thursday showing which of the candidates’ tweets drove the most engagement...
Second Illness Infects Meningitis Sufferers
Label: LifestyleJust when they might have thought they were in the clear, people recovering from meningitis in an outbreak caused by a contaminated steroid drug have been struck by a second illness. The new problem, called an epidural abscess, is an infection near the spine at the site where the drug — contaminated by a fungus — was injected to treat back or neck pain. The abscesses are a localized infection,...
Second Illness Infects Meningitis Sufferers
Label: HealthJust when they might have thought they were in the clear, people recovering from meningitis in an outbreak caused by a contaminated steroid drug have been struck by a second illness. The new problem, called an epidural abscess, is an infection near the spine at the site where the drug — contaminated by a fungus — was injected to treat back or neck pain. The abscesses are a localized infection,...
For Hourly Workers After the Storm, No Work, No Pay
Label: BusinessChantal Sainvilus, a home health aide in Brooklyn who makes $10 an hour, does not get paid if she does not show up. So it is no wonder that she joined the thousands of people taking extreme measures to get to work this week, even, in her case, hiking over the Williamsburg Bridge. While salaried employees worked if they could, often from home after Hurricane Sandy, many of the poorest...
Nov
02
Guinea-Bissau, After Coup, Is Drug-Trafficking Haven
Label: WorldAgence France-Presse — Getty ImagesSoldiers in Bissau, the capital. BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — When the army ousted the president here just months before his term was to expire, a thirst for power by the officer corps did not fully explain the offensive. But a sizable increase in drug trafficking in this troubled country since the military took over has raised suspicions that the president’s sudden removal...
Sony, Sharp and Panasonic Report Significant Losses
Label: TechnologyTOKYO — After years of bets gone wrong and lost opportunities, three of Japan’s consumer electronics giants are showing some signs of faltering. In the most dire warning, Sharp forecast on Thursday a 450 billion yen ($5.6 billion) full-year loss and warned that it had “material doubts” about its ability to survive. On the same day, Panasonic’s shares lost a fifth of their value in...
At Bellevue, a Desperate Fight to Ensure the Patients’ Safety
Label: LifestyleUli Seit for The New York TimesRalston Davis had a triple heart bypass operation at Bellevue, but when the hospital lost power, he walked down 10 flights of stairs and was moved to another medical center. From the moment the water lapped above street level in Lower Manhattan, the doctors and nurses of Bellevue Hospital Center began a desperate struggle to keep patients safe. By 9 p.m. Monday, the...
At Bellevue, a Desperate Fight to Ensure the Patients’ Safety
Label: HealthUli Seit for The New York TimesRalston Davis had a triple heart bypass operation at Bellevue, but when the hospital lost power, he walked down 10 flights of stairs and was moved to another medical center. From the moment the water lapped above street level in Lower Manhattan, the doctors and nurses of Bellevue Hospital Center began a desperate struggle to keep patients safe. By 9 p.m. Monday, the...
Modest Jobs Growth in Final Report Before Election
Label: BusinessThe economy may have some more underlying strength than earlier believed, according to the final job market report released before Tuesday’s presidential election. The nation’s employers added 171,000 positions in October, the Labor Department reported on Friday, and more jobs than initially estimated in both August and September. Hiring was broad-based, with just about every industry except...
Nov
01
Live Coverage: Burdens of Storm’s Damage Ease Slightly
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