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United Adds Fee for Frequent-Flier Phone BookingsUnited Airlines is adding a \$15 fee for booking frequent-flier trips by telephone. | 2 |
LTTE kills Karuna #39;s brotherColombo: Four people including a top renegade Tamil Tiger rebel were shot dead Thursday in growing factional fighting in Sri Lanka despite efforts to revive the peace process, officials and a pro-rebel website reported. | 0 |
Alcoa closing Ohio plant, cutting 140 jobsAlcoa Inc. will close an automotive components factory in Ohio and lay off its staff in a bid to cut excess capacity, the Pittsburgh-based company said Tuesday. | 2 |
Amd64 Journeys to Shangri-La with Mark KnopflerSUNNYVALE, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) -ct. 18, 2004 - (NYSE:AMD) today announced that guitar superstar Mark Knopflers latest album Shangri-La was recorded in high-resolution 24-bit/96kHz | 3 |
Space station crew change may be delayedThe launch of a Soyuz spacecraft with new astronauts for the international space station could face a delay of several days so experts can examine a potential docking system problem, the Russian Federal Space Agency said Wednesday. | 3 |
Brokerage to Lay Off 3,000Marsh amp; McLennan, a subject of New York state Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer #39;s investigation of insurance bid-rigging, said it will lay off 3,000 employees, about 5 percent of its workforce. | 2 |
Plan May Keep Bird Off Endangered ListAn initiative by the Bureau of Land Management to conserve the habitat of the northern sage grouse is complicating efforts to earn the bird designation as an endangered species. | 3 |
Charles tries to pacify subjects: Britains Prince Charles, under fire for being old fashioned and elitist, battled today to convince his future subjects he is not out of touch. | 0 |
Western Afghan city quiet after bloody clashesHERAT, Afghanistan: The western Afghan city of Herat has returned to calm following bloody riots over the sacking of the local governor which left at least four people dead and 50 injured. | 0 |
Grokster touts 'legal, licensed' p2p music share systemLicenses Mercora 'person-to-person' radio software | 3 |
Clashes break out in Najaf, but government says it hopes to <b>...</b>By Abdul Hussein Al-Obeidi, Associated Press, 8/22/2004 15:32. NAJAF, Iraq (AP) Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf #39;s Old City on Sunday in a fierce battle between US forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations | 0 |
Friedgen #39;s QB call: GametimeTerrapin quarterbacks Joel Statham and Jordan Steffy will compete the remainder of the week to start Saturday at Clemson. Coach Ralph Friedgen said yesterday his choice will be a quot;game-time quot; decision. | 1 |
American Eagle plans 1st cash payoutTeen clothier American Eagle Outfitters Inc. has decided to pay shareholders its first cash dividend on the heels of a solid back-to-school performance. | 2 |
Leinart #39;s big game bolsters Heisman chances quot;Heisman Trophy? Definitely. He #39;s going to get it, quot; Trojans guard Fred Matua said after Leinart threw for a career-high 400 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-10 win over Notre Dame on Saturday night. | 1 |
SugarCRM sweetens new open-source CRM productOpen-source software start-up SugarCRM Inc. tomorrow will release Sugar Sales Professional 1.5, the first commercial enterprise version of its Linux-based open-source CRM application. | 3 |
IBM Wins \$1 Billion Contract from Lloyds AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - IBM has signed a 7-year, \$969 million contract with British bank Lloyds TSB to supply it with Internet telephony and data services, The U.S.-based computer giant said on Monday. | 2 |
UPDATE 2-AMD warns of lower sales, citing flash memorySemiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) warned on Monday that its quarterly revenue will be lower than forecast, citing softness in | 2 |
Home PCs to get key Windows fixPC owners will be able to download a major security update for Windows XP as from Wednesday. | 3 |
Start-Up Offers Low-Power 'Personal Supercomputers' NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lower electrical power consumption, not just greater data processing oomph, will help a new class of desktop supercomputers unveiled on Monday turn conventional industry logic on its head, its designers say. | 3 |
Stocks Rally as Oil Prices Drop NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks extended their post-election rally on Thursday, pushing the S P 500 to its highest close for more than two years as oil prices tumbled below \$49, while tobacco and food company Altria Group Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.... | 2 |
Before UN, Sudanese pledge peaceA Dec. 31 deadline is set for an accord to end the region #39;s 21-year civil war. By EVELYN LEOPOLD. NAIROBI, KENYA - Staking its prestige on Sudan #39;s troubled peace process, the UN Security Council met away from | 0 |
O #39;Neill #39;envious #39; of Europe #39;s top clubsMartin O #39;Neill last night confronted the disappointment of seeing his Celtic side being ejected from European football before Christmas, but batted away questions about being in charge of a cash-strapped team following the 0-0 draw with AC Milan. | 1 |
Airbus snags Asian orderThe Boeing Co. #39;s major rival, Airbus, announced Wednesday it has received an order from Cebu Air Inc., the Philippines #39; second-largest airline, for 12 new A319 jets. | 2 |
S.Africa Police Say Thatcher Was Ready to Leave CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's son was planning to leave South Africa before his arrest on suspicion of involvement in a coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, police said on Thursday. | 0 |
Rice wants more action, here or somewhere elseAfter spending part of his 42nd birthday Wednesday reiterating his dissatisfaction with his shrinking role with the Raiders and expressing his desire to play somewhere else, Jerry Rice scheduled an evening meeting with owner Al Davis to discuss the state | 1 |
Schroder adopts Russian orphanThree-year-old Victoria, from St Petersburg, has been living at the Schroders #39; family home in Hanover in northern Germany for several weeks. | 0 |
Pierce Beats Wimbledon Champ SharapovaNEW YORK - Maria Sharapova's drive to win another Grand Slam title got dashed Saturday when tennis' newest ""It"" girl lost to Mary Pierce 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the third round of the U.S. Open... | 0 |
Singh extends lead, closes in on WoodsVijay Singh shot a 68 to widen his lead over Tiger Woods at the Deutsche Bank Championship, putting him one round from his sixth victory of the year and the No. | 1 |
Bailed jockeys back in saddleChampion jockey Kieren Fallon and colleagues Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams are due back in action after their arrests over allegations of race-fixing. | 1 |
IBM Claims Top Spot in World #39;s Fastest Supercomputer ListingInternational Business Machines Corp. has assembled the world #39;s most powerful computer, unseating Japan #39;s NEC Corp. after more than two years, according to an industry ranking. | 3 |
Georgia Accuses Russia Of Air Space ViolationGeorgian Defense Minister Georgi Baramidze said in Tbilsi that a Russian aircraft crossed into the Georgian region of Shatili on 19 September, near the border with Chechnya. | 3 |
Skulls.B worm spreads on Series 60 via BluetoothA new version of the Cabir quot;Skulls quot; malware program is on the lose. The first version, discovered only a few weeks ago, was a trojan horse program that blocked access to built-in applications and erased data. | 3 |
U.N. Nuclear Inspectors Ready to Return to Iraq VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors, barred from most of Iraq since last year's invasion, are ready to return to probe the disappearance of equipment that could be used in atomic weapons, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday. | 0 |
A snapshot of camera phones that answer photography #39;s callIf a picture is worth a thousand words, can a camera cell phone lower your monthly talk-time bills? Probably not, but that hasn #39;t impeded the phenomenal international success of the quot;cellcam. | 3 |
Yahoo! Seen Outperforming PeersGoldman Sachs reiterated an quot;outperform quot; rating and raised estimates for third-quarter revenue and earnings before interest depreciation and amortization for Yahoo! | 3 |
IPod Helps Lift Apple's Fourth-Quarter Profit (washingtonpost.com)washingtonpost.com - The iPod helped Apple's profit get up and dance. | 3 |
HP Deals to Aid RFID Push Into Retail, Manufacturing (Ziff Davis)Ziff Davis - HP is working with specialists BearingPoint and OATSystems on RFID for Wal-Mart compliance and other retail implementation. Meanwhile, the major IBM competitor is building ""domain knowledge"" about RFID in manufacturing. | 3 |
Crude oil futures flat; Saudis look to raise capacityLONDON (CBS.MW) -- The benchmark New York crude contract was little changed at \$49.44 a barrel early Monday after the Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Nuaimi said the country will raise production capacity to 12.5 million barrels per day within a few years from | 2 |
Sony prefer PS2 over PSPSony is not exactly going mega with the launch of its handheld gaming system named PSP on December 12. Instead, critics already fear that getting hand on one would be a very tough affair. | 3 |
Rite Aid lowers financial projections for fiscal 2005CAMP HILL, Pa. Rite Aid says it #39;s lowering its financial projections for the current fiscal year, citing slowing pharmacy sales and lower-than-expected reimbursement rates paid by insurance companies and other health plans. | 2 |
Saturn HailstormWhen Cassini reached Saturn On June 30th, it dashed through a gap in Saturn's rings, twice. One of onboard science instruments recorded a flurry of ring-dust harmlessly striking the spacecraft.\\ | 3 |
Lineup Shifts Pay OffBrian McBride and 20-year-old Eddie Johnson strike for goals on Saturday night to secure the U.S. national team a hard-fought, 2-0 win over host El Salvador. | 1 |
Talks Between D.C. Hotels, Union Still in DeadlockStarting Nov. 1, if there is no new contract, unionized workers will have to bear the cost of the increase in their health insurance premiums. | 2 |
Iran to cooperate with IAEA to prove US claims are baseless <b>...</b>TEHRAN (MNA) - Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rowhani said on Monday that Iran is cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to show the world that the US allegations against Tehran #39;s n... | 0 |
Down To Business For Kobe CaseYou are going to hear a lot over the next few days from jury consultants who are going to opine about what sort of jurors each side wants to select in the Kobe Bryant rape case. | 1 |
Funner e-worm no jokep2pnet.net News:- A three-day problem with MSN Messengers had nothing to do with Funner, the newest e-bug to bite Microsoft. quot;MSN Messenger, Microsoft #39;s instant message service, is back up and running this | 3 |
Arafat: A leader without a conscienceI will not shed a tear for the passing of Yasser Arafat, a man who invented modern terrorism. He was a leader who taught generations of Palestinians how to hate and how to kill. | 0 |
BASEBALL STRIKE REPRIEVE?Japan #39;s baseball players are likely to decide not to strike again with club representatives set to accept their demand to allow a new league team from next season. | 1 |
Verplank, Tway to represent USSEVILLE, Spain -- South Africa will underline their strength in depth if Trevor Immelman and Rory Sabbatini can retain their title at the WGC-World Cup of Golf at Seville #39;s Real Golf Club. | 1 |
Dollar Holds Gains, Fed Comments Help (Reuters)Reuters - The dollar held on to the previous day's\gain on Tuesday, supported by a retreat in oil prices and\upbeat comments on the U.S. economy from Federal Reserve\officials. | 2 |
Otis Spunkmeyer Melts Over GoodLinkSANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Good Technology, Inc., the industry standards-based leader in wireless messaging and corporate data access, announced today that Otis Spunkmeyer has selected the | 3 |
Almost 40 ceasefire violations in Darfur from October: officialABUJA, Dec 13 (AFP) -- An African Union ceasefire commission said about 40 ceasefire violations by parties to a conflict in Sudan #39;s Darfur crisis were recorded between October and early December, an AU spokesman said. | 0 |
Digital Angel Renews Distribution DealDigital Angel Corp., which makes implantable microchips used to track animals, said Thursday that it renewed a contract with a unit of Schering-Plough Corp. for exclusive distribution of its US pet-identification products. | 3 |
Ancient Roman Cosmetic Face Cream DiscoveredResearchers at Bristol University, in the UK, have reproduced an ancient Roman cosmetic face cream from a 2000 year-old original, which was discovered intact at an ongoing archaeological dig in London. | 3 |
Opec #39;s new cash pileTHE rise in the price of crude oil over the last several months has brought the 11 members of Opec an unprecedented windfall, so much so it has revealed some cracks within what was supposedly the cartel #39;s public unity on prices. | 2 |
Patriots on the lookout for a time-shareWhen it comes to timing, the Patriots can't get a break. When they were making their great stretch drive through the best teams in the NFL last winter on their way to winning their second Super Bowl in three years, they often were overshadowed by a team not even playing at the ti... | 1 |
Chirac to skip EU meeting with AllawiJacques Chirac, the French president, is to miss an EU summit meeting today with the interim Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi. Aides to Mr Chirac, an opponent of the US-led war, denied the move was a snub | 0 |
Gates Touts Software MagicMicrosoft Chief Software Architect Bill Gates took the stage of the IT Forum in Copenhagen Tuesday to introduce a handful of tools and a hatful of promises designed to offer relief from managing complex, distributed systems. | 3 |
Salton's Quarterly Loss Widens NEW YORK (Reuters) - Salton Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SFP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">SFP.N</A>, a maker of household appliances, on Wednesday reported wider quarterly losses as hefty restructuring charges more than offse... | 2 |
Iraqis Celebrate Olympic Victory with Bullets BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis, weary of violence and deprivation, erupted in wild celebration Saturday after their national soccer team beat Australia 1-0 in the Athens Games. | 0 |
Honeywell LCD patent suit targets PC industrySAN FRANCISCO - Aerospace manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. has filed suit against 34 PC and mobile phone companies that it says are infringing on its patents for LCD (liquid crystal display) technology.<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p><p><img src=""http://ad... | 3 |
Hopes Pinned on Talks in Russia Hostage Drama BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - A prominent doctor negotiated on Thursday with gunmen holding hundreds of children, parents and teachers for a second day under threat of death in a school near Russia's rebel Chechnya region. | 0 |
Scientists Think Data From Space Capsule Can Be SalvagedSamples and data inside the wrecked Genesis space capsule appear intact enough to salvage most of the mission's science, optimistic researchers said Friday. | 3 |
Nixon is eager to hit his strideANAHEIM, Calif. -- In the immediate moments after Wednesday night's win over the Anaheim Angels, reporters gathered three-deep around the locker of catcher Jason Varitek, who clubbed a two-run homer to tie the game in the sixth, and helped navigate the heartening performance of Pedro Mar... | 1 |
Profit up, ex-CEO out at Scottsdale waste giantAllied Waste Industries Inc. on Tuesday reported a mixed profit picture amid sluggish revenues. On the same day, its former chairman and chief executive officer severed ties to the company. | 2 |
Pakistan Arrests 'Important' Al Qaeda Pair ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces have arrested two ""important"" al Qaeda operatives, including an Egyptian and a Saudi national, officials said Wednesday. | 0 |
New MySQL Good To GoThe latest point release of MySQL database is now good to go, the company said Wednesday. MySQL 4.1, available in both open-source and commercial versions, promises more enterprise-worthy features and faster | 3 |
Ford President Scheele to RetireFord Motor Co. President Nick Scheele will retire early next year after 38 years with the No. 2 US automaker, Ford said on Thursday. | 2 |
Wi-Fi Successor Called High-Speed Hype, for Now SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - At virtually every turn, Intel Corp. executives are heaping praise on an emerging long-range wireless technology known as WiMAX, which can blanket entire cities with high-speed Internet access. | 3 |
Souness Happy To Secure The WinNewcastle United manager Graeme Souness was relieved to see his side emerge from a potentially awkward Uefa Cup tie in Athens with all three points. | 1 |
Experts Calculate Risk of Uncontrolled Hubble Re-entry (SPACE.com)SPACE.com - If NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) fireballs into Earth's atmosphere on its own, the reentry of that massive orbiting observatory violates the space agency's own safety standard. | 3 |
Stocks Flat; Oil Falls, Waiting for Fed NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks hovered near the unchanged mark on Tuesday as investors took another pause after last week's big rally, with the Fed expected to raise interest rates a quarter point on Wednesday. | 2 |
Randy Moss' Status Unknown for Sunday MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Sports Network) - Minnesota Vikings star receiver Randy Moss suffered a hamstring injury during Sunday's win over New Orleans and his status for this weekend's game versus Tennessee is unknown. | 1 |
Astros Top Rockies to Claim NL Wild Card (AP)AP - The Houston Astros charged into the playoffs with their 18th consecutive home victory, capping an incredible turnaround by beating Colorado 5-3 Sunday to win the NL wild card. | 1 |
Sharon deal to ease pullout from GazaISRAELS opposition Labour Party last night clinched a deal with Ariel Sharons Likud Party to join his coalition, a move that could ease the planned withdrawal from Gaza. | 0 |
Continental Airlines to cut 425 jobsContinental Airlines Inc. said yesterday it would cut about 425 jobs, or 1 percent of its work force, through staff reductions, attrition, and elimination of unfilled vacancies as part of an effort to trim expenses by another \$200 million. | 2 |
White House Silent on Bremer Troop RequestWASHINGTON - The White House refused to say Tuesday whether the top U.S. civilian official in Iraq after Saddam Hussein's ouster had asked the president for more troops to deal with the rapid descent of postwar Iraq into chaos... | 0 |
Microsoft Biting the Apple (The Motley Fool)The Motley Fool - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) is waking up to the music. In the latest attempt to capture the fast-growing market of online music the big M is fighting to break the hold Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) iPod has on the market. The deal is to join up with a bi... | 3 |
Logan may benefit from fewer O #39;Hare flightsWASHINGTON -- Flight reductions by 16 major airlines serving O #39;Hare International Airport -- the result of two weeks of talks with the Transportation Department to alleviate traffic at the ... | 2 |
Macworld Boston to move to smaller digsAfter low turnout at the Boston Convention #38; Exhibition Center, IDG World Expo moves the confab to the Hynes Convention Center. | 3 |
Rijkaard lauds LarssonBarcelona coach Frank Rijkaard praised Henrik Larsson #39;s contribution as the striker scored on his return to Parkhead in the 3-1 win over Celtic. | 1 |
SunGard Spins Off Data-Availability UnitSunGard Data Systems will spin-off its data recovery business as a separate company. The company #39;s software and services unit handles most trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange. | 2 |
Australia #39;s Sims Grp: Expects 1Q Earnings Above A\$50M -2-SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian metal recycler Sims Group Ltd. (SMS.AU) on Monday raised its profit outlook by some 23, saying it expects first quarter earnings to exceed A\$50 million. | 2 |
Air Force Cadet Innocent of Steroid Charge (AP)AP - Air Force linebacker Overton Spence was found innocent of drug charges Wednesday after telling a court-martial he thought the steroids he had taken were legal. | 1 |
Bank of America to Move Part of Business to BostonThe move concentrates one of the company's four major business lines in the city and seeks to reassure Massachusetts officials that it is committed to the Northeast. | 2 |
U.S. Won't Back Iran Nuke Incentive Plan (AP)AP - The Bush administration said publicly Wednesday it does not endorse a plan by three European allies to offer Iran incentives to suspend its enrichment of uranium, a key step in producing nuclear weapons. | 0 |
Karzai Win Assured as Afghan Poll Count Winds Up KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is sure of victory in his country's historic presidential poll, but the result will not be announced for a day or so until the last few ballot boxes are counted, an official said Monday. | 0 |
Treasuries Edge Up on Soft Inflation Data (Reuters)Reuters - U.S. Treasuries built on early gains\on Monday after data showed U.S. inflation remained tame in\July and light summer trading combined with safe-haven buying\to move prices higher. | 2 |
Second Pitcairn man pleads guiltyA second man pleads guilty to sex offence charges against young girls on the Pacific island of Pitcairn. | 0 |
SMS Google to SearchGoogle has launched a beta test version of a text service that allows people to use mobile phones to search the Web via text messages. | 3 |
Gov't shells out billions on outside consultants (AFP)AFP - The government spent 1.75 billion pounds last year to hire outside consultants, some of who were paid roughly 10 times that of a civil servant doing same job. | 0 |
Staple stays positive for USADespite an inevitable hammering by a powerful New Zealand outfit, USA skipper Richard Staple says his team are still positive and looking forward to taking on world champions Australia. | 1 |
Report: China to Release Jailed Dissident (AP)AP - China plans to release a prominent imprisoned dissident this week, cutting short his sentence in an apparent ""conciliatory gesture"" by the government of President Hu Jintao, a human rights group said Tuesday. | 0 |
German chipmaker Infineon to pay 160 million dollar antitrust fineWASHINGTON : German microchip giant Infineon Technologies agreed to plead guilty and to pay a 160 million dollar fine for participating in quot;an international conspiracy to fix prices quot; US officials said. | 3 |
EU Hopes for Clean End to Ukraine Election KIEV (Reuters) - Western diplomats said on Monday they had secured assurances that Ukraine would hold a free and fair presidential run-off election, seen as a choice between closer ties with Russia or moves toward the West. | 0 |
Gandhi's Grandson Urges Palestinians to March Home (Reuters)Reuters - The grandson of Mahatma\Gandhi urged Palestinian refugees Sunday to march home from\Jordan en masse, even if the Israelis ""kill 200 people,"" to\shock the world into taking notice. | 0 |
SBC Drives VoIP to FordIt #39;s looking more and more like Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, is ready for prime time. Today, SBC Communications (NYSE: SBC) said that it will provide VoIP services to Ford (NYSE: F) in one of the largest deployments of its type to date. | 2 |
UT reigns on NIUFor the 11th straight time, the University of Toledo defeated Northern Illinois, and this time it is was a Northern Illinois team that had been unbeaten in the Mid-American Conference and seemingly headed for its first appearance in the league | 1 |
Sony Woos Mac Users with DVD BurnerThe drive also features a unique vertical design for easy placement and portability, and offers connectivity with both i.LINK and hi-speed USB digital interfaces. | 3 |
US, China Count Down to Space CooperationSpace cooperation between China and the US may finally be getting off the ground a year after China put a man in orbit, with the two countries holding their first talks and planning a series of exchanges. | 3 |
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