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Clarke completes record victoryNorthern Ireland #39;s Darren Clarke smashed the course record as he sealed victory in the Taiheiyo Masters. Clarke was 22 under for the tournament after a final round of 68 which left him six shots ahead of Britain #39;s Lee Westwood and Japan #39;s Nozomi Kawahara. | 1 |
Angels climb into tie for firstVladimir Guerrero says he #39;s not trying to win a MVP award, that he #39;s merely trying to drive the Angels to the postseason. But it #39;s uncanny how in striving for one goal, sometimes another appears on the horizon. | 1 |
No. 2 Kansas Hosts Horned FrogsLAWRENCE, Kan. (Ticker) -- Second-ranked Kansas looks to post its 12th straight win at Allen Fieldhouse when its host Texas Christian on Thursday. | 1 |
Caesars Profit Rises, But Outlook Lags (Reuters)Reuters - Caesars Entertainment Inc.\on Thursday posted a rise in third-quarter profit as Las Vegas\hotels filled up and Atlantic City properties squeaked out a\profit that was unexpected by the company. | 2 |
SlipStream, Opera Enhance Browser(Article Central) Opera Software and SlipStream Data announced on Thursday that they have integrated the Opera browser with SlipStream #39;s Web and email acceleration technology. | 3 |
Five die in stampede for trainFOUR women and a 12-year-old girl died and at least 10 people were injured in a stampede at the Indian capital #39;s main railway station today as hordes of people tried to board a train, officials said. | 0 |
Troubled Mutu sees shrinkAdrian Mutu has gone to Rome for two days after seeing a Football Association psychiatrist. Chelsea #39;s Romanian striker, who has flown abroad to clear his head as he attempts | 1 |
Linux seller completes name changeThe Linux specialist formerly known as Lindows announces that it has completed its name change to Linspire. | 3 |
UPDATE 2-Judge approves settlement on CBOT ownership stakesThe Chicago Board of Trade took a leap forward on Monday on its goal to become a for-profit company when an Illinois judge approved a deal on how to carve up ownership of the oldest US futures exchange. | 2 |
US Airways, pilots seek common groundPilots and management at US Airways continue talks Friday in hopes of making a deal to help save the struggling carrier. Negotiations might continue into the Labor Day weekend, says pilots union spokesman Jack Stephan. | 2 |
Cubans Risking Life for Lure of America (AP)AP - Sandra de los Santos became famous this summer when she left Cuba for the Bahamas and then, after a brief disappearance, climbed out of a wooden cargo crate in Miami. Her odyssey was one of the more creative ways that dozens of Cubans have made bids to reach the United S... | 0 |
Vodafone, Nokia Team Up to Simplify Mobile Software AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Mobile phone giants Vodafone and Nokia teamed up on Thursday to simplify software for cell phones written with the Java computer language that promises to bring cheaper, smarter handsets. | 3 |
Time Warner: Lights, Camera, InactionIt stopped its MGM bid -- again -- citing financial discipline. But even if Sony buys the studio, problems may emerge down the road. | 2 |
The valiant fight of the Bigley familyThis fact has never been better evidenced than by watching the astonishing way in which the family of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley have waged their own campaign for his release. | 0 |
Blue Chips Slip on Record Crude Prices NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips inched lower on Tuesday afternoon as investors worried that oil prices, which jumped to another record, will eat into corporate profits and dampen consumer spending. | 2 |
Switching to Linux picks up steamSurvey from The Yankee Group shows cautious corporate interest in moving desktop and server systems to Linux. | 3 |
Economy posts 6.2 growth in second quarterThe countrys gross domestic product (GDP) rose 6.2 percent in the second quarter of the year, while gross national product (GNP) went up by 5.7 percent despite the rising world oil prices. | 2 |
S amp;P cuts debt ratings for SBC, BellSouth, CingularStandard amp; Poor #39;s on Tuesday lowered the long-term debt ratings on BellSouth Corp. (BLS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , SBC Communications (SBC. | 2 |
Gazprom decides to bid for Yukos key oil unitMOSCOW - Russia #39;s Gazprom said on Tuesday it will bid for embattled oil firm Yukos #39; main unit next month, as the Kremlin seeks to turn the world #39;s biggest gas producer into a major oil player. | 2 |
Mars Rovers #39; Break Time OverNASA #39;s robotic explorers are back at work on Mars following an extended siesta that had left mission managers with only hope and optimism that the rovers | 3 |
Cendant buys Ortiz for \$1.25BCendant Corp., the world #39;s largest hotel franchiser and owner of the Avis car-rental company, said Wednesday it agreed to purchase Orbitz, a popular Internet travel agency, for \$1. | 2 |
Nvidia to supply PlayStation 3 graphics chipNvidia will supply the graphics chip for the successor to the PlayStation 2 being developed by Sony, the companies announced. The deal also gives Sony the right to use the chip in its digital consumer products, according to the companies. | 3 |
Winning Southern 500 name of gameThe five drivers locked in the closest championship race in NASCAR #39;s history have a single, simple goal in today #39;s Southern 500: win. | 1 |
Bulletin: PeopleSoft ousts CEO amid Oracle battlePeopleSoft today said its board had ousted President and CEO Craig Conway due to ""a loss of confidence"" in his ability to lead the software company. | 3 |
Infanticide trials reexamined in BritainLONDON -- On Nov. 9, Margaret Smith, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2002 for smothering her 4-month-old son, was acquitted at a retrial. She was one of several British mothers who lost one or more children in infancy and were convicted of murder. | 0 |
Atomic confession no bar to talksTOKYO: Japan, South Korea, and the US have agreed six-nation talks on North Korea #39;s nuclear drive would take place this month as planned, despite Seoul #39;s admission of secret atomic research, a Japanese official said. | 0 |
You can keep it late -- but if you keep it too late, you own itDALLAS Blockbuster is eliminating late fees on games and movies, but there #39;s a catch: If you keep it too long, you #39;ve bought it. | 2 |
Singh Takes Over Golf's No. 1 RankingVijay Singh won the Deutsche Bank Championship to knock Tiger Woods from No. 1 in the world golf rankings after a record 264 consecutive weeks. | 0 |
FedEx Boosts Profit Forecast, Stock Jumps NEW YORK (Reuters) - FedEx Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FDX.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">FDX.N</A> on Monday raised its earnings forecast for the fiscal first quarter and full year due to strong demand in several ... | 2 |
Stocks #39; second thoughtsIndexes are up so far this week, but another record oil price could put some of those gains at risk. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - US stock markets were set for a little slip at Friday #39;s open, but it would take a | 2 |
FDA Testing Limits of Medical TechnologyWASHINGTON - A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be. One cutting-edge experiment is designed to see if injecting certain drugs directly into diseased arteries works better than commonly used sten... | 0 |
US Dollar Falls Against the YenThe dollar fell against the yen and the euro in Asia on Monday for the first time in three sessions as US hedge funds and Japanese exporters resumed selling the greenback on concerns about US economic imbalances. | 2 |
SBS journo released by captors in IraqAustralian journalist John Martinkus has been released unharmed after being detained by an unknown group in Iraq, SBS television says. | 0 |
Qantas rules out Air NZ alliance appealQantas has decided that it will not appeal against a New Zealand High Court decision stopping it from forming an alliance with Air New Zealand. | 2 |
No. 13 Mich. St. Tops Santa Clara, 81-59 (AP)AP - Kelli Roehrig had 23 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 13 Michigan State to an 81-59 victory over Santa Clara on Saturday in the semifinals of the Rainbow Wahine Classic. | 1 |
AMD and IBM collaborate on strained siliconAMD and IBM said today they will begin using a strained-silicon transistor technology designed to augment processor performance and power efficiency. | 3 |
Best Buy's 3Q Earnings Climb 21 Percent (AP)AP - Best Buy Company Inc., the nation's largest electronics retailer, said on Wednesday that third-quarter earnings rose 21 percent, but gave hints that profits during the holiday selling season may not be quite what analysts were hoping for. | 2 |
US Pressures Rebels in Najaf as Talks to End Fighting StallAs negotiations between Moktada al-Sadr and the interim Iraqi government stalled today, American forces intensified pressure on rebels loyal to Mr. | 0 |
Report: Real estate issues complicate Target talksDiscussions about a possible acquisition by Minneapolis-based Target Corp. of Canada #39;s Hudson #39;s Bay Co. (HBC) continue, though quot;complicated quot; real estate issues are bogging them down, according to a report published at www. | 2 |
Dollar Falls Broadly on Record Trade Gap NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar tumbled broadly on Friday after data showing a record U.S. trade deficit in June cast fresh doubts on the economy's recovery and its ability to draw foreign capital to fund the growing gap. | 2 |
When Private Passions Meet Public Journalism Should Fox News keep relying on a political reporter who privately mocked John Kerry as a well-manicured ""metrosexual""? | 0 |
Report: VoIP to Top 12M Homes by 2009The number of US households using Voice over IP (define) will rocket from 400,000 to 12 million over the next five years, a new report from JupiterResearch predicts. | 3 |
Sharon presses on with Gaza planJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has vowed to press ahead with his Gaza pullout plan despite a humiliating rebuff from his own party of his bid to forge a coalition with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party. | 0 |
Sharon Gov't Partner Quitting Over Gaza Pullout (Reuters)Reuters - Israel's pro-settler National\Religious Party (NRP) decided on Monday to quit Prime Minister\Ariel Sharon's government in protest at his Gaza pullout plan. | 0 |
Fannie Mae Execs, Regulator Square Off WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae executives and their regulator squared off on Wednesday, with executives denying any accounting irregularity and the regulator saying the housing finance company's management may need to go. | 2 |
NASA Calls Off Launch of Black Hole Hunter (AP)AP - With just hours left in the countdown, NASA called off the launch Wednesday of a spacecraft that will hunt for emerging black holes. | 3 |
Bank One Chief Economist to Step DownBank One said Thursday that its chief economist is leaving the company, less than two months after it was purchased by JP Morgan Chase amp; Co. | 2 |
Soccer: United keeps agents richLONDON As Wayne Rooney, the world #39;s most expensive teenage soccer player, prepared for his debut in the Champions League on Tuesday night, his new club Manchester United disclosed the true cost of paying middlemen to smooth the path between clubs who buy | 1 |
After Arafat Death, Sharon Vows to Pursue Gaza Plan (Reuters)Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\said on Thursday Yasser Arafat's death could be a turning point\for peacemaking but he would pursue a unilateral plan that\would strip Palestinians of some land they want for a state. | 0 |
Smaller, Cuter Isn #39;t Always BetterNEW YORK - Now that digital music players have evolved beyond the ability to store 20 gigabytes worth of music, storage capacity memory is no longer the only factor to consider before buying. | 3 |
#39;Electronic eye #39; helps blind cross the roadAn electronic quot;artificial eye quot;, developed for people with impaired vision, has been shown to reliably identify pedestrian crossings, determine when it is safe to walk across and even measure the width of a road. | 3 |
Bush win brings hope of stock market boomBy Simon English, Malcolm Moore and Yvette Essen (Filed: 04/11/2004). Wall Street cheered the election victory of President George W Bush yesterday as investors bet lower taxes on profits would lead to a stock market boom. | 2 |
Tuesday #39;s Top 25 CapsulesBJ Elder scored 27 points, Will Bynum had 19 and Jarrett Jack added 16 for No. 4 Georgia Tech in a 99-68 victory over Michigan on Tuesday night in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. | 1 |
Spain #39;s Martinez/Fernandez wins Olympic men #39;s sailing 49er goldATHENS, Aug. 26 (Xinhuanet- Spain #39;s Iker Martinez and Xavier Fernandez won the Olympic gold medal in men #39;s sailing 49er at the Athens Olympics here on Thursday. | 1 |
Captain Kirk signs up for real life space travelHe thrilled us with his on screen adventures as the Captain of the space ship USS Enterprise for decades, and now William Shatner has signed up for real life space travel, he has committed a whopping 200,000 dollars to business tycoon Richard Branson, to | 3 |
3Com buys Net phone business3Com, which makes switches that run corporate data networks, said Monday that it would buy TippingPoint Technologies for \$430 million to add products that bolster security for Internet-based telephone networks. | 2 |
Notebook: Daniels making an impactMINNEAPOLIS - After a dozen games, Antonio Daniels has established himself as one of the favorites to win the league #39;s sixth-man award. | 1 |
Perhaps only heaven can help return Notre Dame to glory daysExperts everywhere say Utahs Urban Meyer is the front-runner to replace Notre Dame football coach Tyrone Willingham, who was fired Tuesday. | 1 |
HP To Stop Selling Itanium-Based WorkstationsHP says it is still committed to the Itanium processor, but it has decided to stop equipping workstations with the chip, due to demand for processors that run in both 32- and 64-bit environments. | 3 |
Finnish chemicals group Kemira spins off fertilizer business GrowHow (AFP)AFP - Kemira, the Finnish chemicals giant, spun off its fertilizer business GrowHow by listing it separately on the Helsinki stock exchange with a launch price of 5.25 euros per share. | 0 |
Microsoft pushes back release of its next version of WindowsSEATTLE - Microsoft Corp., whose software runs about 95 percent of personal computers worldwide, has delayed the next version of its Windows PC operating system until late 2006 because engineers took time away from the project to improve the security of | 3 |
Players discuss tougher testing policyPhoenix -- Baseball #39;s union leaders, facing calls from some of its members to crack down on steroids, will discuss changing its drug-testing policy today after reports of Barry Bonds #39; and Jason Giambi #39;s explosive grand jury testimony in the BALCO case. | 1 |
IAEA Inspectors in S.Korea for 2nd Investigation (Reuters)Reuters - Inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog\arrived in Seoul on Sunday to conduct a second inspection of\South Korea's nuclear experiments, a day after the South said\it had no plans to develop or possess nuclear weapons. | 0 |
Impact May Be Small As Fannie, Freddie RegroupMortgage securities traders and strategists say if Fannie Mae does reduce the number of mortgages it buys, it could lead to a small, short-term increase in mortgage interest rates paid by consumers, probably no more than 0.1 percent. | 2 |
Dell Profit Rises 25 as Sales Beat Growth Rate for IndustryDell Inc. said that its quarterly profit climbed 25 percent, propelled by an increase in technology spending by American businesses and a surge in sales abroad. | 3 |
Japan's production fails to growJapanese industrial production fails to expand for a second month in a row, official figures show. | 2 |
Olympics: Party, Party, Party - Greece's Parting Gift ATHENS (Reuters) - They will be dancing in the aisles at the Olympic closing ceremony when Greece throws a giant Bacchanalian bash for athletes and fans. | 1 |
Microsoft #39;s Halo 2 Video Game Leaked on InternetHalo 2, the sequel to Microsoft Corp. #39;s MSFT.O best-selling game for its Xbox video console, has leaked onto the Internet nearly four weeks before its planned sale, the world #39;s largest software maker said on Friday. | 3 |
Martha Stewart Asks to Begin Prison Sentence as Soon as PossibleNEW YORK - Martha Stewart (search) announced Wednesday at a press conferecne that had decided to surrender for prison as soon as possible, citing the need quot;to put this nightmare behind me. | 2 |
Liverpool showdown looming for WayneWAYNE Rooney will have a scan today which will determine whether he makes his Manchester United debut against Liverpool on September 20. | 1 |
No. 17 Michigan 24, San Diego State 21Braylon Edwards caught eight passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner in the third quarter, to lead No. 17 Michigan past San Diego State 24-21 on Saturday. | 1 |
Van Nistelrooy, Ferguson, Daum, Giggs lead the praise for hat <b>...</b>Ruud van Nistelrooy and Alex Ferguson led the praise for Wayne Rooney #39;s three-goal debut performance for Manchester United. Van Nistelrooy, who set up the first of Rooney #39;s goals in Tuesday night #39;s | 1 |
Martha on the MarkMartha Stewart hooks up with reality television guru Mark Burnett to reinvent Martha. | 2 |
Nanogen to buy Bothell biotechEpoch Biosciences, a small Bothell company that makes tools to speed up genetic analysis, said yesterday it has agreed to be sold to San Diego-based Nanogen for about \$60 million in stock. | 2 |
Dollar Hits 8-Month Lows Vs. Euro LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar hit 8-month lows against the euro and traded near multi-month lows against other major currencies on Friday on worries about the U.S. economy and its ability to attract global investors. | 2 |
Snow: U.S. Backs Sweeping Debt Relief (Reuters)Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow\repeated on Sunday the Bush administration would support\complete debt relief for the poorest countries and said details\of how to implement a plan could be worked out. | 2 |
Honey bees close museum A Worcestershire museum is forced to close for several weeks while a swarm of honey bees is removed. | 3 |
Crash in Benefits System Caused by Human ErrorHuman error caused the crash that left 80 percent of staff without access to benefits payment processing systems at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) last month, supplier EDS has acknowledged. | 3 |
China's Local Growth Economy Still Strong (AP)AP - China's investment in construction and factory equipment, a key growth indicator, slowed slightly in November on lower public spending, but local-level investments surged, the government reported Thursday. | 2 |
Microsoft Launches Web Search Technology (AP)AP - Microsoft Corp. finally debuted its own Web search technology on Thursday, hoping to challenge Google Inc.'s long dominance of the field with results tailored to a user's location and answers from its Encarta encyclopedia. | 3 |
E.U. Set To Lift Sanctions For NowEuropean Union has decided to lift, at least temporarily, sanctions imposed on U.S. goods since Congress enacted sweeping changes in corporate tax law earlier this month. | 2 |
HP to lead consumer launch with branded iPodFriday product launch to put music player at forefront of effort to make once-stodgy printer manufacturer ""cool."" | 3 |
Guerrero is AL MVPVladimir Guerrero had such a huge impact during the final week of the season that voting for the American League Most Valuable Player award wasn #39;t even close. | 1 |
British Citizen Indicted on U.S. Terrorism Charges A man arrested in Britain in August for allegedly soliciting money and recruiting jihadist fighters using Internet servers in the United States also purchased bombmaking materials and camouflage suits, according to court papers filed by the U.S. attorney in Connecticu... | 0 |
Livewire: Back to School Means Back to Advergames LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Back to school for many kids means ""back to Internet access"" in classes where the best of filtering software is not foolproof, particularly against seemingly harmless Web sites used for invasive marketing. | 3 |
Microsoft to Pay \$536 Million to Novell to Settle Antitrust DisputeMicrosoft settled with Novell for \$536 million. Novell also intends to file a new suit againt Microsoft regrading word-processing software. | 2 |
SpaceShipOne is Time #39;s #39;Invention of the Year #39;SpaceShipOne, the world first privately developed spacecraft that first entered the space in October, has been named #39;2004 Invention of the Year #39; by Time magazine as a part of its annual #39;Coolest Invention #39; issue. | 3 |
No. 13 Bears Face Difficult Early Tests (AP)AP - What's being billed as one of the most promising seasons for California in years could crash quickly if the Bears can't navigate a difficult early road. | 1 |
IBM Offers Companies Monthly Security Report ServiceIBM today introduced a security service that offers a concise, monthly global-network threat report designed to help organizations assess security needs and vulnerabilities from a business perspective. | 3 |
Should you jump to satellite radio with Howard Stern?WEST PALM BEACH, Fla - Shock jock Howard Stern is dumping traditional radio for satellite. Should you? The question is on millions of listeners #39; minds after Stern stunned the radio world this week by announcing | 2 |
Kidde pours cold water on 1.3bn bidSHARES in Kidde soared more than 17 per cent yesterday after it emerged that the fire equipment group had rejected an indicative 1. | 2 |
Cognos offers \$52M for Swedish firmOTTAWA (CP) - Business software firm Cognos Inc. is offering \$52.2 million US for Frango, a Stockholm-based company specializing in financial reporting. | 2 |
Bush-Martin back-slapping can't hide ideological divide (Canadian Press)Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Two days of friendly banter couldn't bridge the chasm separating George W. Bush and Paul Martin in style, substance and worldview. | 0 |
US Stocks Gain for a Third Day, Led by Home Depot, RetailersAug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks rose for a third straight day after an unexpected drop in consumer prices encouraged investors that the Federal Reserve may be able to slow the pace of interest rate increases. Benchmark indexes pared gains as oil prices ... | 2 |
Canada #39;s Top Central Banker Says Economy Looking Best in YearsCanadian central bank chief David Dodge told Finance Minister Ralph Goodale in July the country #39;s chances of steady economic and job growth are the best in years, a rosier assessment than his public statements on the matter. | 2 |
Lexmark Loss Good for ConsumersUntil earlier this week, some electronics companies were wielding the Digital Millenium Copyright Act -- a law that tries to curtail piracy of music and movies -- as a shield to protect their businesses from competition. | 3 |
Becks get Sven #39;s full supportSven-Goran Eriksson has refused to publicly criticise David Beckham for his reckless lunge at Ben Thatcher and subsequent booking. | 1 |
China denies pigs have lethal strain this yearBEIJING - China said yesterday that a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs last year but denied that the animals had the disease this year. | 0 |
IRA Says Disarmament Pictures 'Never Possible' BELFAST (Reuters) - The Irish Republican Army said on Thursday it would never provide photographic proof of disarmament as demanded by its Northern Ireland Protestant opponents. | 0 |
Roundup: Ravens get scare when Ogden hurtTake away the seemingly minor knee injury to seven-time Pro Bowl tackle Jonathan Ogden, and the Baltimore Ravens had a perfect exhibition finale against the New York Giants last night. | 1 |
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