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RealPlayer Music Store promotion leads to 3 million songs soldRealNetworks seems to have had a very popular promotion in celebration of its new Harmony technology, which allows consumers to download songs bought at the RealPlayer Music Store and transfer them to popular portable devices, including iPods. | 3 |
Barbour makes decisive move Donors come up with much of the moneyAs soon as Sandy Barbour arrived as Cal #39;s athletic director in September, she knew she would be judged by one criterion: Could she keep Jeff Tedford? | 1 |
Alcan shares fall after rival Alcoa profit warningShares of Alcan Inc. (AL.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (AL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) tumbled almost 5 percent on Friday morning, after rival aluminum-maker Alcoa (AA. | 2 |
Dream Team Stunned by Puerto Rico 92-73ATHENS, Greece - In an upset that was as historic as it was inevitable, the U.S. men's basketball team lost for only the third time ever in the Olympics on Sunday, 92-73 to Puerto Rico... | 0 |
Shell shuts 30,000 bpd more due to Nigeria protestRoyal Dutch/Shell has shut in another 30,000 barrels per day of oil output in Nigeria due to a protest by villagers over jobs, bringing its total cut to 100,000 bpd, a spokesman said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Russians Rally Against Terror, Bury DeadMOSCOW Sept. 7, 2004 - Tens of thousands of Russians massed outside the Kremlin to rally against terrorism Tuesday as mourners lowered caskets into the damp earth at a Beslan cemetery four days after the school siege that claimed more than 350 lives. | 0 |
Trump Optimistic on Scuttled Casino Deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - A scuttled deal to rebuild Donald Trump's casino empire on Thursday left the star of ""The Apprentice"" optimistic he could forge a new agreement, but bond analysts were wary of the prospects for the money-losing gambling company. | 2 |
Cell Phones Increasingly Attractive To Hackers (washingtonpost.com)washingtonpost.com - Early this month, several Web sites began offering software promising ringtones and screensavers for certain cell phones. But those who downloaded the software found that it turned every icon on their cell phones' screens into a sku... | 3 |
Stock Fund Inflow Slows To #36;9.46 Bil (Investor's Business Daily)Investor's Business Daily - Despite a sagging stock market, investors put #36;9.46 billion into stock mutual funds in July. | 2 |
Australia #39;s Maritime Security Net Stirs Concern Among NeighborsPlans by Australia to enforce an extensive new offshore security zone are causing concern among its neighbors. The Maritime Identification Zone announced by Prime Minister John Howard will extend 18-hundred | 0 |
Tough road awaits LehmanAnticipating the US Ryder Cup team will be the underdog - for perhaps the first time in decades - in the 2006 matches at The K Club outside Dublin, Ireland, newly named US captain Tom Lehman figures that will give his squad a psychological advantage and | 1 |
Enter your e-mail:Last week, Microsoft posted a notice about a new kind of vulnerability in Windows machines. The MS04-028 announcement states that merely opening a JPEG image (one that had been tinkered with by a hacker, of | 3 |
Pakistani, Indian FMs agree on series of CBMsNEW DELHI, September 06 (Online): Pakistan and India Sunday agreed on a series of confidence-building measures (CBMs), including talks on starting a bus service between the divided parts of Kashmir, in a bid to normalise ties. | 0 |
Gas Price Drop Lowers CPIModerate news on the inflation front and a Labor Department report showing that consumer prices actually fell in July gave comfort to investors who are worried about potential price hikes. | 2 |
Next space station crew to launchExpedition 10, the latest crew to take up residence on the International Space Station, is set to launch from Kazakhstan. | 3 |
Plan to limit foreigners mootedArsene Wenger #39;s policy of bringing youngsters from across Europe to build his next Arsenal squad could be outlawed under a new UEFA ruling. | 1 |
Abercrombie Warns of Profit Shortfall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Youth-oriented retailer Abercrombie Fitch Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ANF.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">ANF.N</A> on Tuesday posted an unexpected fall in quarterly profit, due largely to a lawsuit... | 2 |
Recovery modeNo frothy champagne showers. No celebratory sprints to the Baseball Tavern. No grateful hugs from principal owner John W. Henry. | 1 |
IBM's T-Rex Still Preserves Plenty Of Bite (Investor's Business Daily)Investor's Business Daily - Though pundits have long dismissed mainframe computers as throwbacks to a long-gone era, the big, brawny machines are very much alive. | 3 |
Sharapova Defeats Serena in WTA Final (AP)AP - Maria Sharapova overcame an early third-set mental lapse against an injured Serena Williams to win the WTA Championships 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 Monday night in a rematch of their Wimbledon final. | 1 |
Kofi Annan No Confidence Vote?Angered at Secretary-General Kofi Annan #39;s dismissal of allegations against the UN #39;s top investigator, union leaders representating over 5,000 UN employees met for a second day on Friday to decide what action to take. | 0 |
Ukraine lawmakers agree to amend lawsKIEV -- Ukraine's political rivals agreed early today on legislation to ensure a fair vote during the rerun later this month of the presidential runoff but remained divided on constitutional amendments trimming presidential powers. | 0 |
Staying power of Google Inc.? Time will tellInvestors who got in on the ground floor of Google Inc. #39;s public stock offering might be tempted to pop some champagne corks right about now. | 2 |
Bush has grand health plans; some are skepticalIf Congress enacted President Bush #39;s entire health care agenda, campaign aides have asserted, as many as 10 million people who lack health | 2 |
Genesis Space Capsule Crashes in UtahDUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah - The Genesis space capsule, which had orbited the sun for three years gathering potential clues to the origin of the solar system, crashed to Earth and cracked open Wednesday, exposing its collection of solar atoms to contamination. Flight engineers s... | 0 |
Update 2: Euro #39;s Eclipse of Dollar Is #39;Unwelcome #39;The euro #39;s growing strength against the US dollar is quot;unwelcome, quot; the European Central Bank chief said Monday as the 12-nation European currency hovered just below a record high. | 2 |
Market sees another Fed hike this week, but future course unclearThe Federal Reserve is likely to lift key rates by a quarter-point this week, but a sputtering US economy is forcing policymakers to re-evaluate the outlook for future increases, analysts say. | 2 |
Radical fabric is one atom thickA new class of material, which brings computer chips made from a single molecule a step closer, has been discovered by scientists. | 3 |
EU to Tackle Asylum and Security PolicyEU Justice and Interior ministers on Monday will discuss the future policy course on a wide-ranging security and immigration program that includes controversial proposals for refugee detention camps in Africa. | 0 |
SpaceShipOne Wins #36;10 Million Ansari X Prize in Historic 2nd Trip to Space (SPACE.com)SPACE.com - MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA - Human \ flight took a significant step forward today as the privately built SpaceShipOne \ flew into suborbital space for the second time in five days, apparently securing \ the #36;10 million ... | 3 |
Nokia sees rise in handset salesThe Finnish mobile phone giant says its next results will now be better than expected, thanks to a boost in handset sales. | 2 |
Mizuho, Sumitomo Mitsui Post Lower ProfitsMizuho and Sumitomo Mitsui, two of Japan #39;s four biggest banking groups, reported Monday that their group net profits for the first fiscal half fell from the previous year, despite some progress in getting rid of bad debts. | 2 |
Britain will not back Iran war, says StrawBritain will not back military action against Iran if President George W Bush decides to confront Tehran in his second White House term, Jack Straw has said. | 0 |
British sec. to reveal terror proposalsBritish Home Secretary David Blunkett was expected Sunday to reveal proposals for strict anti-terror measures, the BBC reported. The proposals were said to include anti-terror | 0 |
Giants Are in Another Free FallSomewhere in their latest indignity in a six-game losing streak, the Giants stepped into a rabbit hole and found themselves reliving last season all over again. | 1 |
Ch. 11 threat for US Airways flier milesUS Airways is at risk of filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which has frequent fliers thinking about cashing in miles, Boston.com reports. | 2 |
Mortar Attack Kills 27 at Kufa MosqueKUFA, Iraq - A mortar barrage hit the main mosque in the Iraqi city of Kufa on Thursday, killing 27 people and wounding 63 others as they prepared to march on the violence-wracked city of Najaf, hospital officials and witnesses said. Thousands of people were crowded around the mo... | 0 |
Tuning in to Digital RadioThe proposed merger of GWR and Capital comes at a pivotal point for the radio industry as the digital revolution gathers pace. Broadcasters have frequently stated how | 2 |
Charley Sends Mobile Home Stocks Soaring NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of mobile home manufacturers soared on Monday on hopes of increased business after the destruction Hurricane Charley wreaked in Florida over the weekend, an analyst said. | 2 |
Spitzer Said to Pursue Record Labels - NYTimesNew York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who has confronted the financial services industry over its business practices, is now turning his attention on the record industry #39;s influence over the public airwaves, the New York | 2 |
Oracle warns of exploits for latest DB flawsOracle Corp. is warning customers to apply software patches it released in August, citing the availability of malicious code that can exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in its software. | 3 |
Powell misses medalJAMAICA #39;S ASAFA Powell, a hot favourite for a medal in the men #39;s 100 metres, ran his worst race of the 2004 Olympic Games last night to finish fifth in the final at the Athens Olympic Stadium. | 1 |
U.S. Nuclear Panel Closes Online Library (AP)AP - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has shut down its online document library, pending a review to determine what potentially sensitive documents should be removed because they might be useful to terrorists, the agency said Tuesday. | 3 |
Albertsons #39; profit falls 36 percentAlbertsons Inc., the No. 2 US supermarket chain, said second-quarter profit dropped 36 percent after the Boise, Idaho-based company slashed prices to attract shoppers lost during a strike in Southern California. | 2 |
Arsenal equal recordArsenal matched Nottingham Forest #39;s record of 42 consecutive league games without defeat at Highbury on Sunday afternoon after defeating a stubborn Middlesbrough side in an extraordinary eight goal thriller. | 1 |
Parmalat investors head for courtShareholders in stricken Italian food group Parmalat sue the firm's former managers, banks and auditors. | 2 |
Hurricane Hits Florida, Cutting Power and Water for MillionsShrieking winds and angry sheets of rain thrashed Florida's coast as Hurricane Frances hit land early this morning and was making its way slowly across the state. | 0 |
Update 12: EU Accuses Microsoft of Paternal ViewMicrosoft Corp. said Friday that small companies and their customers would suffer most if it is forced to remove its digital media software from Windows, while the European Union accused it of being quot;paternalistic | 2 |
Data Ontap 7G abolishes preallocation tyrannyNetwork Appliance has brought out the latest version of its Data Ontap software, which imposes a grid storage architecture on NetApp devices by creating an abstraction layer between application servers, storage controllers and disc arrays. | 3 |
Another round for the great survivorAll of the downfalls and the resurgences of Ariel Sharon pale in comparison to the battle awaiting him on Thursday, when the Likud conference votes on whether to hold coalition talks with Labor. | 0 |
Fossil indicates ancient brown bears migrated south before Ice AgeCALGARY, Alberta -- A fossilized jaw found in an Alberta gravel pit may have cleared up a mystery for researchers wondering how brown bears originally made it across North America. | 3 |
Stocks creep higher in New YorkNEW YORKUS blue-chip stocks ended barely higher yesterday as a spike in oil prices to record closing levels pared earlier gains and renewed concerns about the effect of high energy prices on consumer spending and corporate profits. | 2 |
Travel Vets Launch Beta of #39;Google for Travel #39;Veterans of Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia have teamed to launch a new travel search company, Kayak.com, a public beta of which launched this week. | 3 |
Linux: the enemy of my enemy is... my enemyMicrosoft Corp finally, it seems, has something in common with Linux: the mutual threat to market share posed by pirated copies of Windows in emerging markets. | 3 |
Rivalry you can bank onFor employees at Bank of America's headquarters, lunch time presents geographic as well as culinary challenges. Workers must choose whether to walk a couple of blocks to the city's most popular sandwich shops, which happen to be clustered near the headquarters of Wachovia Corp. , Bank of America'... | 2 |
SBC readies 50,000-node IP phone system at FordSBC Communicationswill design, implement and manage an IP (Internet Protocol) telephony system for more than 50,000 employees at Ford Motor's world headquarters and other facilities, the carrier said Tuesday. | 3 |
US Olympic Officials Condemn New Assault on Hamm #39;s Gold MedalThe US Olympic Committee says quot;outrageous and improper quot; pressure is being put on gymnast Paul Hamm to give up his gold medal to a South Korean rival. | 1 |
No. 13 Minnesota (5-0) at No. 14 Michigan (4-1)Outlook: No other team in the nation has a running back duo like Minnesota's Marion Barber III and Laurence Maroney, who have combined for 274.4 rushing yards per game -- and distribute it quite evenly. Michigan freshman QB Chad Henne went 17 for 21 for 316 yards and thre... | 1 |
Vodafone chief outlines 2.5bn plan to cut costsArun Sarin, the chief executive of Vodafone, revealed yesterday the company was expecting to deliver annual cash flow improvements of 2. | 2 |
Upgrades, staffing costs squeeze British IT budgetsA U.K. survey finds little money left over for new investment, and that Linux is not leaving its mark on the desktop. | 3 |
Alitalia directors, unions scramble amid bankruptcy threatROME : Alitalia directors and union delegates worked on thrashing out a rescue plan for the Italian flag carrier which has warned it could go bankrupt within a month. | 2 |
IBM, LG winding down joint ventureSources say the two companies will likely dissolve their 8-year-old subsidiary sometime this year. | 3 |
Today's scheduleCollege basketball: Men -- Indiana vs. UConn at Hartford Civic Center, noon; Pioneer Valley Classic at Westfield, 1 and 3 p.m.; BU at UNH, 2 p.m.; Harvard at Maine, 2 p.m.; Babson at Salem St., 2 p.m.; Wheaton at Endicott, 2 p.m.; Tufts at Clark, 2 p.m.; Maine-Presque Isle Tournament at Presque Isle, Ma... | 1 |
U.S. Eateries Push for Obesity Lawsuit ProtectionBy IRA DREYFUSS WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bills to protect restaurants and food companies against lawsuits by people who claim the meals or snacks made them fat are moving ahead in the states like hamburgers passed out a drive-thru window. Measures known as ""cheeseburger... | 3 |
Oracle ups bid for PeopleSoft in #39;final #39; offerNOVEMBER 01, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Oracle Corp. extended what it called its quot;best and final offer quot; for rival PeopleSoft Inc. | 2 |
Lamy to reassure ASEAN on EU expansionBRUSSELS (DPA): European Union trade chief Pascal Lamy heads off to Jakarta for a meeting with economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Saturday, EU officials said on Thursday. | 2 |
Cingular to sell 33 stake in Idea to ST Telemedia and Telekom <b>...</b>NEW YORK, December 13 (newratings.com) - Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC Communications (SBC.NYS) and BellSouth Corporation (BLS), has agreed to sell its 33 stake in Indias fifth-largest mobile operator, Idea Cellular, to... | 2 |
Govt hikes FDI cap in civil aviation to 49 pcGovernment today hiked Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap for domestic airlines from 40 to 49 per cent through the automatic route but barred foreign airlines from picking up direct or indirect equity. | 2 |
Courts not convinced in Apple DRM battleVirgin #39;s attempt to force Apple to open up its digital rights management (DRM) technology has failed. The French Competition Council has dismissed a Virgin France case that alleged Apple had abused market dominance. | 3 |
Ailing McDonald #39;s CEO resigsMcDonald #39;s Corp. CEO Charlie Bell, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in May, resigned Monday to focus on his battle with the disease, the company announced. | 2 |
S Asia rivals hold nuclear talksThe meeting in Islamabad is part of wider efforts to improve relations between the South Asian rivals. Officials from both sides will discuss putting in place safeguards to avert a possible nuclear conflict. | 0 |
EU Moves to Lift Trade Sanctions On US ExportersBRUSSELS -- The European Union moved to lift hundreds of millions of dollars in trade sanctions against US exporters, responding to sweeping new US corporate-tax legislation that closes tax breaks ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization. | 2 |
U.S. Troops Launch Offensive for Iraq's Falluja FALLUJA (Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops backed by tanks stormed into Falluja at nightfall on Monday in a fierce offensive to retake the rebel stronghold. | 0 |
Murdoch #39;s Pay Rises 42 to \$17 Mln as Fox TV Gains (Update2)News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch #39;s pay rose 42 percent to \$17 million as television shows such as American Idol #39; #39; and viewer gains at the FX cable network lifted profit in fiscal 2004. | 2 |
Taco Bell's Blue DewPepsi pushes a blue version of Mountain Dew only at Taco Bell. Is this a winning strategy? | 2 |
End of Series will bring a lot of questionsNow what? Was winning the World Series truly the last hurrah for franchise players Pedro Martinez and Jason Varitek and more than a dozen teammates, including Derek Lowe and Orlando Cabrera , who are eligible for free agency? | 1 |
Scotland 14 - 31 AustraliaAt half-time it looked like a rag-tag tartan army were going to suffer the ultimate humiliation - a record loss. They didn #39;t. They actually won the second half 14-3 against Australian opponents who had clearly done enough. | 1 |
WVU Launches New Brain Surgery System (AP)AP - West Virginia University's neurosurgery department has launched a new system to help surgeons view brain disorders and diseases more precisely. | 3 |
Beating Oklahoma would be OK with the LonghornsWhen it happens, somehow it will change. It will change by making the remainder of the season more meaningful, extending the dreams of a BCS bowl | 1 |
Unanimous vote to raise British interest rates: official minutes (AFP)AFP - The Bank of England's nine-member monetary policy committee voted unanimously to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.75 percent earlier this month, official records showed. | 2 |
France will not repeal head scarf law despite demands from kidnappers in Iraq (Canadian Press)Canadian Press - PARIS (AP) - France will not revoke a law banning Muslim head scarves in public schools despite demands by a militant Islamic group holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq, a government spokesman said M... | 0 |
Karzai pledges to check warlordsHamid Karzai formally accepted his election as president of Afghanistan Thursday, a day after a joint UN-Afghan electoral board proclaimed him the victor in the October 9 vote, and said he would not condone the existence of quot;private militia forces | 0 |
Finally, Fall Racing MeaningfulIf the Chase for the Championship is really supposed to be the elite part of the schedule, why does it include such mundane races as the fall events at New Hampshire, Dover and Martinsville and not the Daytona 500 or Brickyard 400? | 1 |
Space Station Food Supply Lower Than ThoughtAstronauts aboard the International Space Station have been asked by NASA to ration their food supply until a cargo ship with fresh supplies arrives on, or about December 25. | 3 |
Tokyo Stocks Up as Steel Firms Rise TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.88 percent by mid-afternoon on Friday, bolstered by gains in Nippon Steel Corp. and its rivals after firm Chinese growth data eased concern over a slowdown in one of Japan's biggest export markets. | 2 |
Musharraf elevates ISI chief to top postConsolidating his hold on the military, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday appointed chief of the country #39;s powerful spy agency ISI General Ahsanul Haq as chairman of the joint chiefs of military staff after promoting him to the rank of four | 0 |
UK report says Linux is 'viable'A UK government study finds the open-source Linux operating system is a ""viable"" alternative to rival products. | 2 |
IRA: Willing to Disarm, But Photos ImpossibleIRA guerrillas said on Thursday they would never be quot;humiliated quot; by the photographing of their final acts of disarmament -- the last sticking point in an Anglo-Irish drive for a Northern Ireland political settlement. | 0 |
Woman Working for British Charity Abducted in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Kidnappers seized a woman who heads a British charity in Baghdad Tuesday, just over two weeks after captors beheaded British hostage Kenneth Bigley. | 0 |
Germany #39;s Glagow, Fischer win biathlon eventsGermany #39;s Martina Glagow won a 15-kilometer biathlon event Thursday for her first World Cup victory this season, and compatriot Sven Fischer won a men #39;s 20-kilometer race. | 1 |
Auto Retailer CarMax Cuts Profit Outlook (Reuters)Reuters - Auto retailer CarMax Inc. (KMX.N) on\Tuesday said it was cutting its second-quarter earnings\forecast due to slower-than-expected used-car sales. | 2 |
Oracle Talked of Lowering PeopleSoft BidOracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Larry Ellison said on Friday his company has talked about revising its current \$21-per-share offer to buy rival PeopleSoft Inc. | 2 |
Mobile firms sign 'Super 3G' dealNTT DoCoMo, Vodafone and 24 other mobile phone firms and manufacturers join forces to develop the next generation of high-speed networks. | 0 |
Novartis: FDA Wants More Certican DetailsSwiss drug maker Novartis Pharma AG said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration has again requested more information on the company #39;s Certican treatment, when used in combination with Neoral, to prevent heart and kidney transplant rejection episodes | 2 |
Bypassed for top job, Penney #39;s department store chief leavesPLANO, Texas An executive recruited by JC Penney to revive its sagging department stores has left the company after being passed over for the retailer #39;s top job. | 2 |
Sun upgrades J2SE platform (InfoWorld)InfoWorld - Application developers are getting a raft of new options this week with Sun updating J2SE, Borland upping its CORBA ante, and Compuware detailing products that will work with Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 toolbox. | 3 |
Ponting says Kiwis aren #39;ta bogy sideRICKY Ponting says cricket watchers have fallen for the quot;myth quot; that New Zealand knows the secret to rattling Australia. Speaking before tonight #39;s Champions Trophy clash at The Oval, Ponting insisted the world | 1 |
Air Force Seeks Contract ReviewsDepartment of Defense asked to lead review of contracts awarded by a former procurement official who has admitted giving Boeing Co. preferential treatment. | 2 |
Study: Recycling Cost OverstatedNova Scotia makes a name for itself as a rigorous enforcer of recycling. Now a study finds that while the province may be spending millions on its garbage program, it's actually saving far more. By Stephen Leahy. | 3 |
Experts Study New Sign Language SystemA new system of sign language developed by deaf children in Nicaragua may hold clues about the evolution of languages. When the country #39;s first school for the deaf was established | 3 |
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