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Have your say - Microsoft v GoogleTimes Online tried Microsoft #39;s new search engine, and it broke. Here #39;s a selection of reader experiences with the new service. | 3 |
Radical cleric arrested under British anti-terror law; U.S. wants extradition (Canadian Press)Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - Police arrested a radical Muslim cleric Thursday on suspicion of preparing or instigating ""acts of terrorism,"" a move that could delay U.S. attempts to extradite the suspect for allegedly tryin... | 0 |
Jones #39; Sydney medals safeMARION JONES will be able to keep the three gold and two bronze medals she won at the Sydney 2000 Olympics even if it is proved she was taking banned drugs at the time. | 1 |
EDS Reduces 2004 Cash Flow ProjectionsElectronic Data Systems Corp. cut its cash flow projections for 2004 on Monday because it spent \$522 million to pay off money borrowed by a trust to finance a huge technology contract with the Navy. | 2 |
CarMax Earnings Fall, Stock Up on OutlookCarMax Inc. (KMX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday posted lower quarterly profit, but the used-car retailer said its sales have been steadily improving, sending its shares up as much as 14 percent. | 2 |
Smuggled Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Return Home (Reuters)Reuters - Egypt on Monday showed off some of the\619 ancient artifacts smuggled out of the country in the late\1990s and repatriated from London last week. | 3 |
US Air, Pilots to Reopen Concession TalksUS Airways (UAIR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and its pilots union agreed to reopen concession talks late on Friday after leaders of the labor group declined to endorse a plan proposed by management for nearly \$300 million in | 2 |
Krispy Kreme COO Leaves for New Job CHICAGO (Reuters) - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KKD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">KKD.N</A> said on Monday that its chief operating officer is leaving the company for another job, the latest setba... | 2 |
Corporations too trusting of Indian securityERNST AND YOUNG #39;S the Global Information Security Survey is just the latest to survey senior management #39;s cluelessness when it comes to IT and are far too trusting when it comes to Indian outsourcing, it alleges. | 3 |
Three Black Watch soldiers deadDefence minister Adam Ingram today told MPs that three members of the Black Watch regiment had been killed in central Iraq. Mr Ingram was unable to give details of the incident in his Commons statement but | 0 |
Giving Overstuffed Cameras Some Offloading OptionsFor regular travelers with eager shutter fingers, storage gadgets can be more economical than additional memory cards. | 3 |
Retired Judge Wins GOP Del. Gov. Primary (AP)AP - Retired judge Bill Lee, the runner-up in the Republican gubernatorial primary in 2000, won his party's nomination for Delaware governor Saturday, setting up a November showdown with Democratic Gov. Ruth Ann Minner. | 0 |
San Diego-Born Panda Hua Mei Has Twins (AP)AP - San Diego's native-born panda, Hua Mei, gave birth to twins on Wednesday, less than a year after she was sent into a Chinese breeding program. | 3 |
The cream of the cropTheir beacons of hope are Kevin Youkilis , Casey Fossum , and Shea Hillenbrand , prospects who once walked in their spikes and made it to the bigs. Nearly 200 Red Sox farmhands from the Dominican Summer League to Triple A Pawtucket yesterday were close to packing their equipment bags and heading ho... | 1 |
Mozilla FireFox Preview Reachs 1 Million Download MarkThe Mozilla Foundation announced yesterday there have been over one million downloads of Firefox Preview Release in less than 100 hours, after being made available on the Internet last Tuesday. | 3 |
What's the Deal With CarMax?Underpromising in order to overdeliver can't make up for sluggish operating results. | 2 |
Researcher Pulls His Name From Paper on Prayer and FertilityA prominent researcher at Columbia University has pulled his name from a controversial study of prayer's effect on fertility, the university says. | 3 |
On-Demand Apps Break Enterprise Barriers (TechWeb)TechWeb - Now with easy customization and process integration, will utility apps dominate? | 3 |
Consumers stay in spending modeConsumers lost a little of their enthusiasm for auto purchases last month but spent like mad in a number of other areas, including clothing and gasoline, the Commerce Department reported Friday. | 2 |
PeopleSoft Product Exec Follows CEO Out the DoorOCTOBER 18, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Just two weeks after PeopleSoft Inc. ousted former CEO Craig Conway, the business applications vendor said that another top executive -- Ram Gupta, who had been executive | 3 |
The Fool's Look AheadChips, animated clips, supermarket slips, and dot-com flashback trips will shape the week that lies ahead. | 2 |
Merck hit by \$36bn backlashA GLOBAL drugs recall caused a \$US26.5 billion (\$A36.5 billion) wipeout for US giant Merck amp; Co yesterday. Merck #39;s loss was the equivalent of the entire Commonwealth Bank, which has a similar market capitalisation | 2 |
Suicides #39;will not deter #39; porn probeFOUR men committed suicide after being investigated for possessing child pornography, the government confirmed today, as it warned more arrests would be made this week. | 0 |
Open-Knowles and Nestor win men #39;s doubles at US OpenMark Knowles of the Bahamas and Daniel Nestor of Canada claimed their second grand slam title when they beat Leander Paes and David Rikl 6-3 6-3 to win the men #39;s doubles at the US Open. | 1 |
UK expansion helps lift Sonic profitPathology and radiology group, Sonic Healthcare, has benefited from its expansion in the United Kingdom to achieve a 41 per cent jump in full-year profit to almost \$58 million. | 2 |
Shevchenko nets European Footballer of Year awardParis, France (Sports Network) - AC Milan and Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko was named the European Footballer of the Year Monday. | 1 |
Hamm Can Keep Olympic All-Round Gold LONDON (Reuters) - American gymnast Paul Hamm will keep his Olympic all-round gold medal after the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected an appeal from South Korea's Yang Tae-young. | 1 |
Wrong or wronged?KOLKATA: The two-Test ban slapped on Sourav Ganguly by ICC Match Referee Clive Lloyd for his slow over-rate has evoked wide-ranging response from former players in the country. | 1 |
XM introduces portable satellite radio deviceXM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday introduced a handheld portable version of its satellite radio, hoping to extend demand for its service | 2 |
Dodgers Lead Cardinals 1-0 After OneLos Angeles Dodgers #39; Shawn Green watches his home run in the sixth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, in Los Angeles. | 1 |
UTStarcom 3Q Profit Down, Beats EstimateUTStarcom Inc. on Tuesday said its third-quarter profit plummeted, but beat Wall Street expectations. The networking products company reported earnings of \$5 million, or 4 cents per share, down from \$59. | 2 |
Series to savor: Top highlights from 2004 ALCSThe 2004 American League Championship Series created enough memories to last a lifetime. Here are some of the moments and men whose exploits in this historic series won #39;t soon be forgotten. | 1 |
US aircraft keep up Falluja raidsUS planes fire a missile into rebel positions in the Iraqi city of Falluja for the fourth day, killing a civilian. | 0 |
Microsoft debates spoofing as security flawMicrosoft rejects claims from security researchers that a spoofing technique discovered on Internet Explorer is a vulnerability. | 3 |
Allstate, Other Insurers Face New Loss From Frances (Update1)Allstate Corp., St. Paul Travelers Cos., Ace Ltd. and other insurers face as much as \$10 billion in losses as hurricane winds batter Florida for second time in three weeks. | 2 |
Saboteurs Halt Oil Exports In Southern Iraq30 August 2004 -- Oil exports from southern Iraq have completely ceased following a series of pipeline attacks by saboteurs. Two senior officials from the South Oil Company, speaking on condition of anonymity | 0 |
weather wrecks a classicEveryone was agreed: this was one of the greatest Test finishes there never was. Rain has seldom been as cruel as the downpour that washed away the thrillingly poised second Test here at Chepauk with India | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Australia #39;s Computershare buys US EquiServeAustralian financial software group Computershare Ltd. (CPU.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to buy US share registrar EquiServe for \$292 million from DST Systems Inc. | 2 |
Alessandro Petacchi Claims 2nd Stage of Tour of SpainItalian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi won the second stage of the Tour of Spain in a mass sprint finish, as Dutchman Max van Heeswijk claimed the leader #39;s yellow jersey. | 1 |
Federer Pulls Out in BasleRoger Federer has pulled out of his home event in Basle with a left thigh injury. The top-ranked player in the world pulled out of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament after tearing a muscle in his | 1 |
Apple offers fix for spotted PowerBook displays (MacCentral)MacCentral - Apple on Friday posted details of its 15-inch PowerBook G4 Display Repair Extension Program, which offers a fix for certain Titanium and Aluminum 15-inch PowerBook G4's that show faint white spots on the screen. The worldwide program covers replac... | 3 |
Court Rejects Challenge to Do-Not-Call List WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower-court ruling that telemarketers' rights to free speech are not violated by the government's nationwide do-not-call list. | 2 |
Call Girls, UpdatedThere are no official gauges of the sex industry, but if the Manhattan Yellow Pages is any guide, it is thriving. | 0 |
Trial Shows How Spammers OperateAs one of the world's most prolific spammers, Jeremy Jaynes pumped out at least 10 million e-mails a day with the help of 16 high-speed lines, the kind of Internet capacity a 1,000-employee company would need. | 3 |
Kuwait to Back Quota Hike if Price HighMajor Gulf producer Kuwait will back a hike of 1 million barrels per day in OPEC #39;s output ceiling if oil prices stay at record levels, a move that | 2 |
They were playing for prideFOXBOROUGH -- For the Patriots, the game had been won. But for the Patriots' defense, there was still something at stake in yesterday's contest with the Seattle Seahawks at Gillette Stadium. | 1 |
Boks bring #39;streetwise #39; approach to TwickenhamFew who witnessed the decisive sucker-punch try by Ireland #39;s Ronan O #39;Gara in Dublin last Saturday, scored while the Springbok captain John Smit was engaged in a lengthy conference with his team on the subject of illegal ball-killing, would use the word | 1 |
Darfur families face food miseryA World Food Programme survey says almost half of all families in Darfur are hungry, confirming aid agency fears. | 0 |
Lions supporters lick their woundsBrisbane #39;s AFL fans gathered in their thousands all over the city with high hopes the Lions could win their fourth consecutive grand final. | 1 |
Intel injects cash into WiMAX firmTHE CAPITAL division of Intel has invested in a Seattle firm in bid to promote the WiMAX wireless standard. Speakeasy, based in Seattle, is a beneficiary from the Intel Communications Fund but it #39;s not clear | 3 |
Nortel dumps bandwidth exchange suitCompany says Arbinet will settle in copyright infringement dispute. \ | 3 |
No.5 Oklahoma St. Tops No.4 Syracuse 74-60 (AP)AP - Stephen Graham scored 16 points, including two three-point plays in the final 4 1/2 minutes, and No. 5 Oklahoma State beat No. 4 Syracuse 74-60 on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic. | 1 |
Italy sports new-look squadMilan, Italy (Sports Network) - Italy coach Marcello Lippi will field an altered team Wednesday in a friendly match against Finland. | 1 |
No. 3 Syracuse Beats St. Bonaventure 91-67 (AP)AP - Hakim Warrick had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Josh Pace added 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 3 Syracuse past St. Bonaventure 91-67 on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Putin: Russia #39;s Fight Against Terrorism Will Not Sidetrack ReformsRussian President Vladimir Putin is defending his government #39;s efforts to strengthen and centralize control in the wake of several recent terrorist attacks. | 0 |
Audit Board Delays Rule on Options as ExpensesThe move will delay the reduction in reported profits for many companies, and may give them more time to lobby Congress to stop the rule from taking effect at all. | 2 |
Pakistan move into slender leadFAISALABAD: Pakistan took a slender first innings lead over Sri Lanka at end of the second day #39;s play in the first Test. The home side reached 256-8, 13 ahead, after Sri Lanka earlier lost their last three wickets for 10 in Faisalabad. | 1 |
U.K. government hit with another large computer failureAs many as 80,000 civil servants at the U.K.'s Department of Work and Pensions had to deal with what is being described as the biggest computer crash in government history on Monday. | 3 |
Darfur summit opposes #39;foreign intervention #39;Tripoli - An African summit meeting wound up here overnight with a joint statement rejecting any quot;foreign intervention quot; in the crisis-torn Sudanese region of Darfur and voicing strong support for the Sudanese government which is threatened with | 0 |
Israeli dedicates first gold to Munich victimsIsrael #39;s first Olympic gold medallist has dedicated his victory to his 11 countrymen killed in the Munich massacre of 1972, vowing he would visit their memorial to show them his medal. | 1 |
Russia in shock as hostage drama follows suicide blastMOSCOW, Russia -- Russia was in shock Wednesday as an armed group took more than 200 people hostage at a school near Chechnya just hours after a suicide bomber killed 11 people and injured dozens outside a busy Moscow subway station. | 0 |
Iran Rejects Kerry #39;s Nuclear ProposalIran has dismissed a proposal by US presidential candidate John Kerry, that Tehran be provided nuclear fuel if it agrees to give up its fuel-making capabilities. | 0 |
Stottlemyre, Mattingly back in Bronx; Girardi bench coachBronx, NY (Sports Network) - Contrary to previous reports, Mel Stottlemyre will return to the New York Yankees as their pitching coach for the 2005 season. | 1 |
James Hardie Underfunded Asbestos Fund, Inquiry Says (Update1)James Hardie Industries NV underfunded a trust to compensate asbestos victims by at least A\$1.5 billion (\$1.1 billion) and misled investors when it said it had set aside enough money | 2 |
UConn still gets a kick out of women's soccerWhen people talk about sports at the University of Connecticut, the subject most likely is basketball. Men's or women's, it really doesn't matter, since both teams won the national championship last season. But there's another sport on campus that, although it doesn't grab a... | 1 |
Agassi Wins in Straight Sets in Madrid (AP)AP - Andre Agassi breezed past fellow American Vince Spadea 6-1, 6-3 Thursday night to reach the quarterfinals in the Madrid Masters. | 1 |
Boxing Preview: Ronald #39;Winky #39; Wright vs. #39;Sugar #39; Shane Mosley for <b>...</b>On Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort amp; Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada Winky Wright defends his WBC and WBA Junior Middleweight titles against former IBF Lightweight, WBC | 1 |
Rutgers stumbles past OwlsPISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Jeremy Ito kicked three field goals and Ryan Hart threw a late touchdown pass to help Rutgers hold off Temple, 16-6, in an error-filled game yesterday. | 1 |
Werder Bremen #39;s Ismael claims unwanted recordMILAN September 15 (SW) - Werder Bremens Valerian Ismael earned himself an unenviable place in Champions League record books after only five minutes of his teams 2-0 defeat at Inter when the French defender became the recipient of the fastest | 1 |
EU leaders hold talks on IraqEuropean Union leaders are meeting in Brussels for two days of talks on issues including Iraq, asylum and economic reform. The summit, which will be attended by the 25 national leaders, also provides the first | 0 |
MS sues resellers for counterfeit certificatesMicrosoft is taking action against US resellers who are using dodgy Certificates of Authenticity (COA) to pass off counterfeit software as the real deal. | 3 |
Indonesia Govt Confirms Stanchart Wins Bk Permata SaleJAKARTA (Dow Jones)--A consortium led by Standard Chartered PLC (STAN.LN) has won the bidding for a 51 stake in PT Bank Permata (BNLI. | 2 |
Bush Campaign's Top Outside Lawyer Advised Veterans GroupBenjamin L. Ginsberg said the veterans attacking John Kerry's Vietnam War record asked for his help and that he agreed. | 0 |
Colombian Far-Right Leader Gunned Down-PoliceA far-right Colombian warlord participating in peace talks with the government was shot dead by his own men, police said on Monday, in another bloody incident that could undermine the negotiations. | 0 |
AOL signs up for Omniture traffic toolThe three-year, \$15 million deal is for Omniture's SiteCatalyst traffic analysis service. | 3 |
Spice Isle in ruinsBRIDGETOWN, Barbados - There are reports that at least 12 people were killed and 90 per cent of all homes in Grenada have been destroyed by Hurricane Ivan which has left quot;incalculable destruction quot; in the Caribbean #39;Isle of Spice #39;. | 0 |
Federer knocks out Agassi at US OpenGusting winds and a gutsy Andre Agassi were not enough to blow Roger Federer away. Federer moved into his first US Open semifinal on Thursday, completing a five-set thriller over Agassi and | 1 |
France #39;s Joubert wins Skate America men #39;s titleFrance #39;s Brian Joubert was ready for a win after a second-place finish earlier this year at the World Championships. Despite trouble landing several jumps, Joubert got his victory in the men #39;s free skate Friday | 1 |
UK July Annual House Prices Rise Most in a Year (Update1)UK house prices in July grew at their fastest pace in a year as higher interest rates failed to damp demand for property, a government survey showed. | 2 |
Gaza settlers lay siege as MPs voteFURIOUS Jewish settlers besieged the Israeli parliament last night in a last-ditch effort to persuade wavering legislators to vote down Ariel Sharons controversial plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. | 0 |
U.S. Food Imports ClimbAppetite for foreign foods and beverages is among the reasons the nation is expected to pay as much for imported products in 2005 as it earns by selling products abroad. | 2 |
CA Taps IBM Vet John Swainson As CEOSwainson, a 26-year IBMer, most recently led the worldwide sales organization for the company #39;s software group. He replaces interim CEO Kenneth Cron. | 2 |
What happened?OTTAWACanada #39;s military is facing tough questions today after a submarine fire billed as minor and quot;non-life-threatening quot; claimed the life of a crewman. | 0 |
Israeli Military Kills 4 Palestinian Militants in Gaza OperationThe Israeli military killed four Palestinian militants on Wednesday as troops in tanks and armored vehicles pushed into another town in the northern Gaza Strip, extending | 0 |
Mobile Phone Cheats Mar S.Korean College Exam SEOUL (Reuters) - Police questioned 350 South Korean students Friday and more were under suspicion in a widening probe into cheating that has uncovered a link between two national obsessions -- education and mobile phones. | 3 |
Asian Shares Higher on Oil Dip SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian investors took advantage of a pause in climbing oil prices on Thursday to buy beaten-down technology stocks, autos and other exporters, snapping a nine-session losing streak by Japan's key stock index. | 2 |
US finds Earthlike planets at other starsUS astronomers announced Tuesday their discovery of two small planets orbiting distant stars, setting off a dispute with European astronomers over who found the new, unusually small class of planets first. | 3 |
Spitzer A guerrilla fighting corruptionInvestors shrugged when state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Dec. 10, 2001, that he was investigating research at Merrill Lynch amp; Co. | 2 |
SEC Subpoenas Target MCI CreditorsEleven members of MCI Inc.'s former creditors committee asked for documents related to confidential communications between the company and its bondholders, according to federal bankruptcy court filings. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2"" color=""#666666... | 3 |
Mr Palestine is deadThroughout last week, the name of Yasser Arafat dominated the news of the world. Arafat was the 75-year-old Palestinian leader who had ruled 40 years. | 0 |
JoCo consumer confidence rises againJohnson County consumers were more confident in October than last month and October 2003, County Economic Research Institute Inc. said. | 2 |
Moon, Jupiter, Venus slated for get-togetherEarly-morning risers this week will be treated to a wonderful display of planetary motion, as Venus and Jupiter cross each other #39;s path in the eastern sky before dawn. | 3 |
CAR BOMB ROCKS CENTRAL BAGHDADA suspected car bomb has exploded outside the Education Ministry in central Baghdad killing at least five people, two of them women. | 0 |
Aboriginal welfare plans cause stirAn Australian government rethink of its welfare system for Aborigines sparks widespread controversy. | 0 |
Transmeta bets on LongRun2While Intel and AMD continue bringing low-power mobile chips to market, Transmeta is faced with the possibility of shifting its focus from operations and toward licensing its technologies. | 3 |
Sudan Needs Help to End Darfur Crisis - EgyptSudan #39;s government has agreed with African leaders meeting in Libya Sunday to do its best to end the conflict in Darfur that has displaced about 1.5 million people, a senior Egyptian official said. | 0 |
Asean meets in LaosLaos on Thursday opened its first-ever major conference, drawing together Asian nations in their aspirations for economic integration while addressing terrorism and other regional threats. | 0 |
Williams offers to swap securities to cut debtWilliams Cos. Inc. (WMB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is offering to exchange up to 43.9 million of its Feline PACS securities in a bid to reduce its overall debt, the natural gas company said on Friday. | 2 |
Pathan, Harbhajan hold up Aussie victory push (Reuters)Reuters - Indian tail-enders Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh held up Australia's push for victory in the first test on Sunday with a defiant ninth-wicket partnership of 72. | 0 |
Landslide leaves 65 missing in south ChinaA landslide struck a village in southwest China early Friday, destroying 25 homes and leaving 65 people missing, Xinhua news agency reported. | 0 |
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