Washington, Aug 15: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential candidacy will receive one final tribute when her name will be formally placed into nomination at the Democratic convention.

The symbolic move, announced on Thursday in a joint statement with Senator Barack Obama, is intended to soothe a lingering rift with Clinton supporters and to unify the party.

With Hillary scheduled to deliver a prime-time speech in Denver, a state-by-state roll call vote increases her time in the convention spotlight, the New York Times reported.

Washington  - Hillary Clinton's name is to be placed in nomination at the Democratic Party's convention this month, for a formal round of recognition of her historic candidacy, it was announced Thursday.

The symbolic move will ensure that Clinton's name appears in the state-by-state roll call, giving delegates an opportunity to reaffirm their support for her.

Washington, Aug.13 (ANI): Careful negotiation

Washington, Aug. 13 : A click on the Atlantic Monthly''s web site could help Republican presidential nominee John McCain find a raft of memos outlining possible ways to defeat his presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama.

The memos, prepared by Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton''s chief strategist, are drawing attention in large measure for what they reveal about the dysfunctionality of the New York senator''s operation.

Washington, August 12 : Hillary Clinton’s exit from the presidential race may have consolidated Barack Obama’s chances of becoming U. S. President, suggests a new study by an Indian-origin researcher.

Akshay Rao and his colleagues at the University of Minnesota''s Carlson School of Management have discovered that when an option enters and later leaves a market, the most similar remaining option — in this case Obama — stands to benefit.

The researchers say that this rule is applicable to almost everything, including political candidates, beer, healthy care plans, automobiles, etc.

Washington, Aug. 12 : New York’s junior senator and one-time Democrat presidential contestant Hillary Clinton was urged by her chief strategist to targetrival Barack Obama’s "lack of American roots".

According to an inside-the-bunker article published in The Atlantic, key adviser Mark Penn ridiculed Obama''s "boyhood in Indonesia and his life in Hawaii," arguing Obama''s multicultural diversity could be exploited.