Articles Written by:    MIKE NIZZA     

A Stock-Killer Fueled by Algorithm After Algorithm

What made a six-year-old article about a bankruptcy filing by United Airlines reappear on Wall Street traders’ screens on Monday as if it were fresh news, prompting a sell-off that erased $1 billion in the company’s market value in a matter of minutes? ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  10 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Sun-Sentinel,  United Airlines,  Bloomberg News,  Tribune Company

A Thai Leader's Dueling Aspirations

Samak Sundaravej giving one of many cooking demonstrations. (Photo: Reuters) When Samak Sundaravej ascended to the top of Thai politics, foodies were delighted, or at least amused, that the host of a cooking show there, “Tasting and Grumbling,” could ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  9 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Delta Air Lines

Hawking Anticipates Collider's Start

Fears that the world might end when a grand scientific experiment begins on Wednesday have given way to something less urgent: Stephen Hawking may lose $100, or gain a Nobel Prize. Dr. Hawking will be one of the many physicists watching in hopes of ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  9 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Stephen Hawking,  BBC

On Hurricanes, Fear and Fatigue

Complaints about the media blowing things out of proportion are commonplace, especially in this period of nonstop election reporting. But a quotation from today’s Houston Chronicle was surprising nonetheless: “There are so many names coming by — it’s ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  8 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Bobby Jindal,  Ray Nagin,  Christopher Cox,  Jim Turner,  George W. Bush

Hanna Approaches Southeast U.S.

There isn’t any talk of evacuating a major American city, but there is plenty of preparation going on in the Southeast as tropical storm Hanna approaches. With 65 mile-per-hour winds, the storm isn’t carrying the destructive force of a hurricane and ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  5 Sep 2008
Related Topics: National Weather Service,  Ray Nagin,  Mark Sanford

We're Not Gonna Take It

Furious rail commuters in Argentina set fire to a train on Thursday in anger over delays during the morning rush hour. Television images showed black smoke and flames engulfing the train at the station of Merlo, in the western suburbs of the capital, ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  4 Sep 2008

Aeriel View of Troubled Canal in New Orleans

Two other images showed damage to a floodwall that was much closer to the canal than the ones maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers, which were splashed on front pages everywhere on Monday. A barge apparently slammed into the concrete barrier, ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  2 Sep 2008

Airline Finds Tickets and Meals Inseparable

With all the things that airlines are taking away, it’s nice to see an airline that is going to keep on giving. Well, nice if you enjoy airline food, that is. Earlier this summer, United Airlines announced plans to stop providing meals to coach ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: United Airlines,  Southwest Airlines

Revisiting a Levee Point of Anxiety

Before officials in New Orleans exhaled, they were holding their breath on Monday. And so was anyone watching the news coverage. Photographs and video of waters rising top the top of a levee brought back bad memories of Hurricane Katrina and spread ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: John Schwartz

Behind Gustav: Hanna, Ike, and a Josephine-in-the-Making

For New Orleans, the morning after Hurricane Gustav was filled with exhales. For the folks at the National Hurricane Center, it was another day at the office — though a particularly busy day. While Gustav’s potential wrath was less than fully realized, ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Ray Nagin

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