NY's Bloomberg dampens talk of White House bid
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday he was not a candidate for U.S. president in 2008 despite speculation he quit the Republican party to prepare to run as an independent.
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg  said on Wednesday he was not a candidate for the 2008 U.S.  presidential election despite having changed his political  affiliation to independent from Republican.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg has offered to help get stalled labor negotiations between Broadway stagehands and theater producers back on track, but feels "at least for the next month or so, there is no danger of a work stoppage or lockout on Broadway."
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In his State of the City address, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg offered a range of plans but cautioned about difficult economic times ahead for New York City.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reaches decisions by relying on a mix of gut feelings and obsessively collected and analyzed data, while saying nothing about any of it to outsiders.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg accused the White House and Congress on Wednesday of negotiating a shortsighted economic stimulus package after years of lousy financial management.
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New York's mayor claims he has no plans to run for President. But his latest party change suggests he's toying with the idea
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Michael Bloomberg isn't known here as the Jewish mayor.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg,  often mentioned as a possible third-party 2008 presidential  candidate, said on Tuesday he was changing his political status  to independent from Republican.
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Michael Bloomberg may soon begin a massive operation to get on the ballot in up to 15 states even though the billionaire mayor may not decide until May whether to run for president, according to associates.
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It's the question Michael Bloomberg has been answering, or not, for months: are you running for U.S. president? Under oath, the New York mayor refused to respond.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg may simply be promoting bipartisanship or he may be plotting his own independent presidential campaign.
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As Republicans and Democrats snipe at each other a day before the New Hampshire primary, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is starring at a bipartisan sideshow where the underlying message is that he could launch his own independent run for the White House.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, often mentioned as a possible third-party 2008 presidential candidate, said on Tuesday he was changing his political status to independent from Republican.
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Sen. Joe Biden planned to spend Wednesday focusing on his official announcement that he was running for president, but the Delaware Democrat instead found himself defending remarks he made to the New York Observer about his Democratic opponents.
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Rudolph W. Giuliani helped Mr. Bloomberg get elected mayor of New York; now the men could face off as presidential candidates.
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Billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday he was quitting the Republican Party, sparking immediate speculation he was plotting an independent bid for the White House in 2008.