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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 2006
Page
9
Edward Landry of Amarillo Texas joined hundreds of vacationers at Virginia Beach to escape a blistering heat wave that has tormented the East and Midwest for days. Umbrellas dot the sand as the heat finally shows signs of easing.
AOL plans to shed up to a quarter of its employees within six months as it seeks over 1 billion dollars in savings. The move targets slowing dial up marketing in the United States and reducing customer support needs while some European staff move to different entities. The company will stop distributing trial discs and cease unsolicited magazine mailings.
Ford Motor Co remains focused on a North American turnaround as recalls widen and quarterly losses grow. Kenneth Leet joins as strategic adviser to Bill Ford, signaling broader options including potential sales or plant closings, while Ford reiterates no plans to sell brands or form a new alliance. Penetrating competition from Toyota and other rivals frames the outlook.
Tropical Storm Chris rapidly weakened to a tropical low with 40 mph winds as it drifted west northwest in the eastern Caribbean. The center said the system, about 225 miles east southeast of Grand Turk Island, could bring 1 to 3 inches of rain to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Bahamas, with up to 5 inches in parts of the Dominican Republic.
An Israeli Zaka rescue worker cleans blood stains at a Hezbollah rocket attack site. The image captures emergency responders amid debris as the conflict escalates.
A massive rocket attack by Hezbollah killed eight Israelis in northern Israel, hours before the group’s leader threatened to intensify strikes if Israel continued air assaults. Four soldiers died in Lebanon as Israel fired artillery into southern Lebanon and Beirut reported new airstrikes on Hezbollah strongholds.
In Havana the state media urged calm as Fidel Castro neared 80 with no new health details. Raul Castro was named acting president while Fidel recuperates from surgery, and Cubans were assured the revolution would continue under the brothers' leadership.
Market recap brief credits Aiken Standard with market roundups. Limited readable text mentions titled Markets in Review and a contact number 648-2311. Hard to extract entities beyond publication name and page header.
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