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Anti-war meeting hears Paul Bigley messageAbout 200 anti-war protesters held a sombre meeting tonight calling for the withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq. The meeting, which was initially due to feature a live telephone link with Paul Bigley, brother | 0 |
Red Sox Favored Over Yankees in Las Vegas, by Futures TradersThe Boston Red Sox, who haven #39;t won baseball #39;s World Series since 1918, are favored to beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series by Las Vegas oddsmakers and futures traders. | 1 |
Germany Softens Stance on Sending Troops to Iraq (Reuters)Reuters - Germany said Wednesday it could not rule\out sending troops to Iraq, dropping its firm refusal to\consider any deployment to the country whose invasion last year\it staunchly opposed. | 0 |
BOFH: A ringside seat at the Boss-baiting pit<strong>Episode 34</strong> Place your bets | 3 |
Dow Accepts Responsibility for Bhopal -- SpokesmanDow Chemical Co, in a major policy reversal, is accepting full responsibility for the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India, a company spokesman said on Friday. | 0 |
Software Pirate Gets Jail TimeGerman man sentenced to three years for selling counterfeit Microsoft products. | 3 |
#39;Formulating #39; Breeders #39; Cup opinionsWe live in an era when a high school kid can Google the name of the cute girl sitting in the next aisle in an attempt to find out more about her. | 1 |
Ch #225;vez declares referendum victory, but is battle over?With record turnout, Venezuela's president survives a recall vote, but opponents claim fraud. | 0 |
Update 1: Freeze Is Upheld on Yukos SubsidiariesA Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by the Yukos oil company seeking to overturn a freeze on the accounts of the struggling oil giant #39;s core subsidiaries. | 2 |
Brazil Announces Record Budget Surplus (AP)AP - Brazilian government released federal budget figures Friday showing an unprecedented primary budget surplus of 10.9 billion reals ( #36;3.8 billion) in August, putting Brazil well ahead of performance targets set in a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund. | 2 |
AT T Wireless unveils messaging-only handheldThe company says the device, dubbed the Ogo, won't be bogged down by features that are ""hardly used."" | 3 |
Review: Halo 2GamePro reviewer says: This is about as easy an Xbox buying decision as there is -- just do it. | 3 |
Xandros unveils Linux Desktop Management Server appThe new Xandros Desktop Management Server software gives IT administrators the tools needed to roll out, configure and maintain mass deployments of Linux-equipped PCs. | 3 |
Qwest agrees to pay \$250 million to settle SEC allegations of <b>...</b>The settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission capped a 2 1/2-year investigation. Qwest did not admit or deny any wrongdoing. | 2 |
Fiber Pact: China Textile Dominance Spooks Asian RivalsBEIJING (Dow Jones)--China #39;s likely emergence as the world #39;s textile and garment superpower after 30 years of global quotas end Dec. 31 has spooked rival producers across | 2 |
Bloggers become weapon in US presidential election (AFP)AFP - The 2004 presidential campaign has marked the coming of age for Internet 'blog' journals as a cutting edge political tool for raising cash and revving up political support. | 3 |
Eagles Reward Reid with Four-Year Extension PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Eagles locked up their most successful head coach in franchise history Wednesday, signing Andy Reid to a four-year contract extension. | 1 |
Stelmar to Be Acquired for \$1.3 BillionStelmar Shipping Ltd. on Monday said it has agreed to be acquired by Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. for \$1.3 billion, including debt assumption. | 2 |
Records rebounding (Variety)Variety - HOLLYWOOD -- The recorded music industry showed signs of a rebound in the first half of the year, with full-length CD shipments to retail outlets increasing by 10.2 from 2003, according to the RIAA. | 3 |
Xerox Outlines Services PushNEW YORKA day after ditching its tagline quot;The Document Company, quot; Xerox Corp. sought to drive home the company #39;s new focus on services. | 3 |
Infineon Reaches Settlement with DoJ on Industry Wide DRAM <b>...</b>Infineon Technologies AG (FSE/NYSE: IFX) announced today that it has reached an agreement with the United States Department of Justice - Antitrust Division - (DoJ) to plead guilty to a single and limited charge related to the violation of ... | 2 |
US cyber security chief resignsThe man charged with making US computer networks safer has resigned suddenly. | 3 |
USA: Wal-Mart posts 8.7 rise in November salesUS retail titan Wal-Mart has reported an 8.7 increase in total company sales for November. The company said sales for the four weeks to 26 November were US\$23.5bn, compared to \$21.7bn in the corresponding period of the previous year. | 2 |
Freescale unveils dual-core PowerPC architectureFreescale, Motorola #39;s semiconductor subsidiary until July of this year, announced first details about its dual-core core strategy for the e600 PowerPC platform. | 3 |
EU study upbeat on Turkish hopes, warns may take timeTurkey #39;s EU entry should be good news if well managed, although Ankara may have to wait until quot;well into the next decade quot; to join, according to a European Commission study seen by AFP Thursday. | 0 |
Marriott earnings up 45 percent on growing demand for roomsCOLLEGE PARK, Md. - Hotel operator Marriott International Inc. said its third-quarter earnings rose 45 percent as growing demand for rooms helped drive revenue up 9 percent. | 2 |
Oracle Reaches Takeover Deal With PeopleSoft (washingtonpost.com)washingtonpost.com - SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13 -- Software maker PeopleSoft Inc. announced Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. in a #36;10.3 billion deal, ending one of the longest and nastiest takeover battles in recent corporate histo... | 3 |
MCI Reports \$3.4 Billion LossMCI Inc. (MCIP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday reported a \$3.4 billion third-quarter loss as it wrote down the value of its assets due to a withering price war for long-distance telephone service. | 2 |
Fujitsu Siemens profit rose 60 in first halfBERLIN Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the No.3 seller of PCs in Europe, said Wednesday that revenue and profit surged in the six months through September as sales to small businesses increased amid a revival in corporate technology spending. | 3 |
Red Hat buys technology from NetscapeSeattle, October 1: Linux distributor Red Hat Inc said on Thursday that it had bought Netscape #39;s computer user identification and management technology from America Online Inc, a unit of Time Warner Inc. | 3 |
Russians wary of Putin #39;s actionsMOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin says he will fight anti-Russian attacks by consolidating security agencies and further tightening political control over the country. | 0 |
Yen Hits 1-Wk High Vs Dollar, Shuns Data TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen hit a one-week high against the dollar on Friday as traders took their cue from a rise in Japanese shares on weak oil prices and shrugged off a surprise rise in Japan's unemployment rate. | 2 |
Spouse of Pakistan president's rival gets bailKARACHI -- After eight years in jail on corruption charges, the husband of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was released on bail yesterday, officials said, in a move the government called a step toward ''political harmony quot; with her opposition party. | 0 |
Hostage takers cite pact to free comradesKABUL -- Taliban-linked militants holding three UN hostages said yesterday the Afghan government has agreed to free some of their jailed comrades to prevent the killing of the foreign captives. Afghan state television reported that President Hamid Karzai had decreed the release ... | 0 |
Fiat's Trucks Unit Signs Deal With SAIC (AP)AP - Fiat SpA said Tuesday that its Iveco SpA trucks unit has agreed to develop a long-term partnership with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., one of the largest Chinese automakers, for building trucks and other industrial vehicles. | 0 |
Troubled Griffin's NBA homecoming brings 76ers sixth loss in a row (AFP)AFP - Eddie Griffin's National Basketball Association homecoming was more than the Philadelphia 76ers could handle. | 1 |
AL Wrap: Devil Rays Humble Red Sox, Yankees Triumph (Reuters)Reuters - Carl Crawford and Rocco Baldelli\cracked solo homers and rookie Scott Kazmir out-duelled Pedro\Martinez to lead the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a 5-2 road win\over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday. | 1 |
NFL Game PreviewThe struggling Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be trying to avoid an 0-5 start in the Superdome this Sunday, when Jon Gruden #39;s team visits the New Orleans Saints in an NFC South duel. | 1 |
Agreement offers flexibility and cash to bankrupt airlineSAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- ATA Holdings, the bankrupt parent of ATA Airlines, took a key step Thursday toward salvaging more of its struggling operations. | 2 |
In Mongolia, 'ninjas' struggle to make a living ZAMAAR, Mongolia -- Oyungerel crouches among the rocks and sand in the river bed, scouring for the means to send her children to college. | 0 |
Thousands Queue for Water in Aceh, Aid Blocked BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Hungry and filthy, Indonesians queued for water in their thousands on Tuesday as aid deliveries to tsunami-ravaged Aceh province hit new snags. | 0 |
Big Ben pressured, but respondsBen Roethlisberger knows he #39;s lived a charmed life. Of his first seven NFL victories, four of the games were at home. He #39;s worked with the lead so much that he only trailed for 14 minutes of the previous three games. | 1 |
Lemieux set to face Russia once againIt was Sept. 15, 1987, and Mario Lemieux scored the winning goal against Russia at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton to capture the Canada Cup. | 1 |
State of emergency declared in IraqIraq #39;s interim government has declared a 60-day state of emergency across the country, except for the Kurdish north. The move was announced by a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. | 0 |
Bomb Blows Up in Gaza, Israeli Casualties -Sources (Reuters)Reuters - Palestinian militants detonated a bomb\Tuesday near an Israeli army base in the central Gaza Strip,\causing several Israeli casualties, Palestinian and Israeli\security sources said. | 0 |
Billboard to Rank Cell Phone Ringtones (AP)AP - Back at No. 1 for the 29th straight week, it's everybody's favorite ringtone. The music market tracker Billboard will begin ranking the customized mobile phone sound snippets beginning next week #151; another sign that ringtones are fast becoming a staple of recording in... | 3 |
XM Satellite Unveils Online Music ServiceXM Satellite Radio Holding Inc. on Wednesday said it would launch a commercial-free, Internet music service in early October. With XM Radio Online, subscribers will be able to listen to the | 3 |
Pak, Sri Lanka lock horns in Karachi Test todayKARACHI, October 28 (Online): Bruised and battered Pakistan Cricket team will take on Sri Lanka to avenge the defeat of first test in final and decisive test of two match series here at National Cricket Stadium today (Thursday). | 1 |
Tokyo Exchange Plans Singapore Bourse Accord, Yomiuri SaysTokyo Stock Exchange Inc. plans a cross-membership agreement with the Singapore Exchange Ltd. to let its 109 member brokerages and Singaporean investors buy and sell equities on both | 2 |
Former Blue Jays Manager Mattick DiesTORONTO Dec 17, 2004 - Bobby Mattick, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays in 1980 and #39;81 and helped develop the talent that produced five division titles and two World Series championships, died at 89. | 1 |
Closer Percival OKs \$12M Deal With TigersDETROIT Nov 17, 2004 - Free agent Troy Percival and Detroit agreed Wednesday on a \$12 million, two-year contract, giving the Tigers two closers for their bullpen. | 1 |
France: Lyon extend lead at top of Ligue 1LYON, Nov 27 (SW) - Lyon stretched their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to six points over idle Lille with a 2-1 victory over Auxerre at the Stade Gerland on Saturday. | 1 |
A. Melhuse, COAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- After 159 games, the Anaheim Angels and the Oakland Athletics are down to a best-of-three series at Network Associates Coliseum for the American League West Division title. | 1 |
Pulitzer Inc. might be for sale, report saysThe Pantagraph #39;s parent company, Pulitzer Inc., which also owns the Post-Dispatch in St. Louis and 12 other daily newspapers, may be for sale according to a Friday report by the Reuters news service. | 2 |
Exports From Iraq North Oil Fields Normal (AP)AP - Exports from Iraq's northern oil fields are back to normal after a spate of attacks earlier this month that crippled a key pipeline, the state-run Northern Oil Co. said Tuesday. | 0 |
No. 6 Okla. St. Routs Wash. St., 81-29 (AP)AP - John Lucas and Joey Graham combined to outscore Washington State and No. 6 Oklahoma State beat the Cougars 81-29 Saturday to move Eddie Sutton into eighth place on the career coaching wins list. | 1 |
Moon will play hide and seek with us tonightTo tune in, turn off that TV and head outside about 8:45 tonight, because the best show of the evening is going to be hanging in the sky. | 3 |
Micropower 'could fuel UK homes'Household-scale renewable energy schemes could provide power for many British familes, conservationists say. | 3 |
Eight Drivers Are Jumbled Around The Cutoff PointJamie McMurray took one look at the assembled crowd -- about five dozen journalists, a bank of television cameras and a roaming gang of still photographers -- and reconsidered his wardrobe. | 1 |
Novell bundles JBoss app serverNovell Inc. earlier this month bundled the open-source, J2EE-compliant JBoss Application Server with its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, giving application developers a built-in deployment option. | 3 |
UPDATE 4-Beckham apologises over deliberate bookingEngland captain David Beckham has apologised to the Football Association (FA), his team mates and supporters after deliberately getting booked against Wales. | 1 |
Fitting Your PC in a PocketOQO, a tiny 14-ounce Windows XP computer, may just be the most elegant and versatile miniature PC possible with current technology. | 3 |
Patriots shift Nov. 28 startSunday at 1 o'clock. Time for football. That's the way it was for Patriots fans pretty much every fall weekend for four decades. Then Bill Belichick amp; Co. had to go and win two of the last three Super Bowls, and now they're TV stars. | 1 |
Oracle wins antitrust caseJudge rejects Justice Department charges, allowing Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft to continue. | 3 |
Manmohan pays tributes to RN GoenkaPrime Minister Manmohan Singh has described media baron Ram Nath Goenka as quot;one of the pillars of the freedom movement quot;. | 0 |
Cisco turns 20When Cisco Systems unveiled its latest and greatest network router in May, it trumpeted the event as a watershed. Having grown from start-up to industry behemoth over the past two decades, the company claimed | 3 |
Tropical Storm Jeanne leaves more than 500 dead in HaitiPORT-AU-PRINCE.More than 1,000 people have died or are missing as a result of Tropical Storm Jeanne, particularly in the northeastern region of the country where, at the close of this edition, more bodies were being discovered and the banks of certain | 0 |
Judge ponders effectiveness of MS remediesLUXEMBOURG - The judge deciding whether Microsoft Corp. must comply with the European Commission's remedies for the company's antitrust violations questioned Friday whether the steps ordered by the Commission will effectively curb Microsoft's power. | 3 |
Keeping an Eye on MovadoMovado is worth watching because its acquisition of Ebel should boost international sales. | 2 |
ASHADO WINS FOR PLETCHERHorseplayers started the Breeders #39; Cup with a bang heard round the nation #39;s betting parlors when Ashado, the unwavering favorite, trounced a smart field to win the \$1 million Distaff. | 1 |
OECD sees Japanese growth slower at just above 2.0 pct in 2005 (AFP)AFP - The Japanese economy is expected to grow just above 2.0 percent in 2005 and 2006, losing some steam on slower exports after an estimated robust 4.0-percent expansion this year, according to the OECD. | 2 |
Sharon's Party Rebels, Imperils Gaza Pullout Plan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's rebellious Likud party has dealt a severe setback to his plan to withdraw from occupied Gaza by voting to bar him from forging a coalition with the Labour opposition. | 0 |
UK may need to raise taxes to cut deficits - OECDBritish public borrowing is set to rise and the government will need to raise taxes or reduce spending to decisively cut the deficit, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said yesterday. | 2 |
Competition rules could scupper Abbey dealThe Spanish bank poised to take over Britain #39;s Abbey National will walk away if the 8.2bn (12.1bn) deal is stalled by competition concerns, it was reported today. | 2 |
Straw arrives in Middle EastForeign secretary Jack Straw is today beginning two days of talks in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Mr Straw will meet Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon before travelling on to the West Bank for | 0 |
Quadruple on the cards for wealthy Chelseaa 2-1 defeat to Benfica in the 2004 Portuguese Cup Final. That aside, his Porto team won everything they entered: two | 1 |
Philly Considers Wireless Internet for All (AP)AP - Forget finding an Internet cafe. For less than what it costs to build a small library, city officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot. | 3 |
Rogue proteins give yeast an edgeRogue proteins that behave like those linked to vCJD and Alzheimer's can give yeast a survival advantage. | 3 |
Disney to Hire Search Firm to Find New Chief by JuneDisney directors said they would hire an executive search firm immediately and name a successor by June to replace Michael D. Eisner, the current chief executive. | 2 |
Hurricane Ivan Devastates Isle of Grenada PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) - Powerful and strengthening Hurricane Ivan killed at least three people in Grenada and devastated its capital, St. Georges, as it pounded the tiny islands of the southeastern Caribbean on Tuesday. | 0 |
Bali tourism still going strongThe bombing outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta appears not to have harmed Australia #39;s renewed love affair with Bali. Travel wholesalers have reported that since the first anniversary of the Bali bombing | 0 |
David Beckham breaks into HollywoodBritain #39;s best-known soccer player, David Beckham, has signed up for a small part in a Hollywood movie, Sky News reported Monday. | 1 |
Personalized stamps canceledU.S. Postal Service refuses to extend Stamps.com's PhotoStamps customized stamp service. | 3 |
No sign of revival for struggling DeportivoBad luck and bad refereeing were the explanations offered by an out-of-form Deportivo Coruna for Tuesday #39;s 2-0 defeat at Monaco in the Champions League. | 1 |
NFL InsiderSix wins in a row have lifted the Green Bay Packers to the top of their division and into the NFC elite, which isn #39;t saying much. | 1 |
Analysis: PeopleSoft users speak out about Oracle takeoverThe great debate over the impact of Oracle's hostile takeover of PeopleSoft has all the big industry analyst organizations weighing in. However, in most of the analysis one group's opinion seems to have been overlooked: that of PeopleSoft users. | 3 |
'Three dead' in Riyadh shootoutSaudi Arabian authorities say the security forces have shot dead three suspected militants in the capital, Riyadh. | 0 |
450 Colombian Paramilitaries DisarmSome 450 right-wing paramilitary fighters left Colombia's crowded battlefields, turning in their weapons and asking society to let them back into its fold. | 0 |
Oil Prospecting Under Kremlin WatchBP, the only Western concern that owns a controlling share in a major Russian oil company, is hoping to avoid any direct conflict with the Kremlin. | 2 |
Halliburton posts lossHalliburton (HAL), the world #39;s No. 2 oil field services company, posted a third-quarter net loss Tuesday as it took \$230 million in charges to pay for its asbestos liability. | 2 |
Italy outraged over aid worker kidnappingsROME: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi joined opposition leaders to urge a united front following the Baghdad abduction of two female aid workers. | 0 |
Fleetwood 1Q Profit Sharply HigherFleetwood Enterprises Inc., a maker of recreational vehicles and manufactured homes, said Tuesday that first-quarter profits rose sharply due to strong sales in its motor homes and housing segments. | 2 |
4 killed, 54 wounded in three separate attacks in India #39;s restive <b>...</b>Residents of northeastern India were bracing for more violence Friday, a day after bombs ripped through two buses and a grenade was hurled into a crowded market in attacks that killed four people and wounded 54. | 0 |
Private Firms to Buy Intelsat for \$3 Bln PARIS (Reuters) - Four private equity firms plan to buy Bermuda-based Intelsat for about \$3 billion, the world's second-largest satellite operator said on Monday. | 2 |
Borland focuses on UML modeling (InfoWorld)InfoWorld - Borland Software this week is breaking up its Together ControlCenter package for UML modeling into separate products for developing, designing, and architecting applications. | 3 |
Blast, gunfire rocks BaghdadA CAR bomb exploded next to an Iraqi police station just outside Baghdad #39;s Green Zone today, killing six Iraqi policemen and wounding another 10 in the second attack in two days targeting local security forces in the capital, an Iraqi security official | 0 |
German Professionals' Growth Outlook Dips (AP)AP - German finance professionals grew sharply more pessimistic about the country's economic growth outlook, fearing that the euro's record highs against the U.S. dollar will hurt exports, a monthly survey showed Tuesday. | 0 |
US consumer prices post first decline in eight monthsWASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- US consumer prices declined marginally in July, posting the first fall since last November, the Labor Department said in a report released Tuesday. | 2 |
Black-and-blue Sox win againThanks to a variety of unforeseen circumstances over the past few days, Red Sox manager Terry Francona has gone from mere lineup crafter to juggler. | 1 |
US declares genocide in Sudanafrol News, 9 September - US Secretary of State Colin Powell today made a statement saying his government had reached quot;the conclusion that genocide has occurred and may still be occurring in Darfur. | 0 |
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