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Ansa Economia
Fiat:immatricolazioni gennaio +5,6%
Quota di mercato del Gruppo 31,4% | 4Italia |
CMPnetAsia
IBM, LG Electronics Put Brakes On Joint Venture
IBM Corp. and LG Electronics Inc. will end their eight-year joint venture company, LG IBM PC Co., by the year's end, according to an Associated Press report. | 6Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Science
UK Scientists Allowed to Clone Human Embryos (Reuters)
Reuters - British scientists said on Wednesday
they had received permission to clone human embryos for medical
research, in what they believe to be the first such license to
be granted in Europe. | 6Sci/Tech |
BBC - Front Page
Colin Powell: US losing Iraq war
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell says overstretched US troops are losing the conflict in Iraq. | 10Top News |
Rediff Movies
Tarantino stars in Miike's next
Director Quentin Tarantino acts in cult Japanese director Takashi Miike's next film, a Django remake. | 1Entertainment |
BBC - Front Page
Brown to lobby EU on greener VAT
Gordon Brown says he will push for lower taxes on environmentally friendly products across the EU. | 10Top News |
Ansa Italia
Fini: elettori Udc voteranno noi
Immediata replica di Casini, 'sbagli i tuoi calcoli' | 4Italia |
The Register
DVD ripping to be rendered impossible?
DVD Copy Control Association ponders further restrictions
Buying a DVD and then copying it for use on your PSP, iPod or laptop could soon become impossible, if the DVD Copy Control Association gets its way.⊠| 7Software and Developement |
The Motley Fool
More Than Momentum: Stocks Rising for a Reason
Sorting the real growth stories from the flashes in the pan. | 0Business |
Kansas.com
Toshiba, TCL to Cooperate on Appliances
SHANGHAI, China - Focusing on the fast-growing Chinese market, Japan's Toshiba and major Chinese appliance maker TCL have signed a broad agreement to cooperate in making and marketing appliances in China, the companies said Thursday. | 0Business |
Ansa Economia
Sospeso sciopero dipendenti Sea
Dopo osservazioni Commissione garanzia | 4Italia |
Topix.Net Europe
Polish President Calls Kerry 'Immoral,' Bush 'Gentleman'
Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry was labeled "immoral" by the president of Poland on Tuesday for failing to recognize his country's involvement with the coalition forces in the ongoing war in ... | 2Europe |
Crain's New York Business
Manufacturing improves in September: survey
Manufacturing activity in New York grew at a better-than-expected pace in September, recovering much of the momentum it lost in August, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's latest survey. | 0Business |
Yahoo Health
E. coli infections rise to 19 in N.J.
(AP)
AP - An outbreak of E. coli bacterial infections in central New Jersey has grown to 19 confirmed cases, a health official said Monday. | 3Health |
BBC - Front Page
Children have their say on rights
Thousands of children across Wales are to be asked their views for an United Nations report on children's rights. | 10Top News |
Guardian
3am tussle that put Harry in the frame
For most 20-year-olds a night on the town ends with a long wait for the last bus home. Not so Prince Harry. His latest fracas concluded with him being bundled into a limousine by royal protection officers | 13World |
Time U.S.
What is this Man Plotting?
A newly revealed summit of terrorists raises fears of a fresh plan to attack the U.S. This bombmaker and pilot could be a key player | 12U.S. |
Yahoo Sports
Test drives with a twist
(The Sporting News)
The Sporting News - Imagine the Atlanta Braves letting Andruw Jones, knowing he would be gone in 2008, practice with one of his potential new teams a few weeks before the end of the 2007 season. | 8Sports |
Yahoo World
General strike cripples Italy to protest Berlusconi's economic policies (AFP)
AFP - Italy ground to a halt as millions of workers observed a general strike in a show of force against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition government. | 13World |
Ansa
Affonda peschereccio, muore ragazzo
San Benedetto del Tronto, il giovane dormiva nella cuccetta | 4Italia |
Reuters Business
French bank SocGen says hit by $7.16 billion fraud
PARIS (Reuters) - French bank Societe Generale disclosed one of the biggest alleged frauds in financial history on Thursday, adding to a wave of gloom surrounding world markets battered by credit market losses. | 0Business |
Team 4 News
Wagon Mound native among those killed in Texas Black Hawk crash
WAGON MOUND, NM Friends say a man who grew up near Wagon Mound, New Mexico, was among seven soldiers killed in today's crash of an Army helicopter in Texas. | 1Entertainment |
ABC News
Canada's Grandi Wins Giant Slalom
Thomas Grandi of Canada speeds down the course on his way to winning a World Cup men's Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004. | 8Sports |
Yahoo World
Musharraf: Mohammed hatched other plots
(AP)
AP - The mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks helped lay the groundwork for the London subway bombings and a plot to strike Heathrow Airport, Pakistan's president says in his memoir. | 13World |
Reuters U.S.
Immigration raids Koch Foods Ohio chicken plant
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Hundreds of U.S. immigration agents raided the Koch Foods Inc. chicken plant in Fairfield, Ohio, and arrested more than 160 employees as part of a criminal operation against illegal immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Tuesday. | 12U.S. |
Wired Business
Blurb.com Gets Book Smart
In the latest Book 2.0 dust-up, a startup helps bloggers self-publish in hardcover. Is it just vanity publishing, or a warning shot for an old-fashioned industry? By Jeff MacIntyre. | 0Business |
New York Times Business
Who Gets to Keep the Barry Manilow Records?
For many couples, Valentineâs Day brought the realization that their relationship just wasnât working. | 0Business |
RedNova general
McGreevey Accuser Says He Won't Sue
NEW YORK - A former aide who claims New Jersey Gov. James E... | 13World |
Yahoo Europe
Wrongly-named terror suspect accepts libel pay-out
(AFP)
AFP - A man has accepted substantial damages from a number of newspapers after he was wrongly identified as a suspect in an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic passenger jets. | 2Europe |
Yahoo Entertainment
Sean Penn dismayed by `Wild' discovery
(AP)
AP - Sean Penn made a disheartening discovery on his latest trip to Alaska this summer: Someone had walked off with a pair of boots that had sat in an old bus in the wilderness for almost 15 years. | 1Entertainment |
Boston Globe sports
In Shadow of Series, Yankees Stay Quiet
The Yankees interviewed three candidates to replace Joe Torre this week, but announced that they have reached no conclusions about who will be chosen. | 8Sports |
Yahoo World
Castro looks healthier in TV interview
(AP)
AP - Speaking slowly and focusing on past memories rather than his recovery and future, a healthier looking Fidel Castro appeared on Cuban television Tuesday, giving the world its first long look at him since he fell ill and gave up power last summer. | 13World |
Reuters U.S.
Philadelphia wireless Internet project advances
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Philadelphia has finished testing its wireless Internet project, setting the stage for America's biggest citywide Wi-Fi network that will also offer access to low-income households, officials said on Thursday. | 12U.S. |
Big News Network.com
Typhoon Megi claims six lives
Heavy rains from Typhoon Megi pounded Shikoku island in western Japan, killing at least six people, the Mainichi Shimbus reported Wednesday. | 13World |
The Register
US cybersecurity czar quits
Spending more time with his family | 6Sci/Tech |
Washington Post Tech
Sony Develops Film-Thin Display
TOKYO -- In the race for ever thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all _ a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full-color video. | 6Sci/Tech |
Reuters World
Oil aid heads to North Korea, nuclear talks set
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea sent oil to the North on Thursday, part of a deal by which the communist state is to shut its nuclear reactor, and Beijing said big powers would meet next week for talks to push Pyongyang to scrap its atomic arms program. | 13World |
Yahoo Business
IBM Results Seen Boosted by Weak Dollar (Reuters)
Reuters - A weaker U.S. dollar should help
IBM exceed Wall Street forecasts when the company
reports year-end results next Tuesday, boosting profits from
overseas sales for the world's largest computer maker. | 0Business |
Yahoo Politics
US envoy: Iran gained from US invasions
(AP)
AP - Iran is stronger today because of the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the American ambassador to the United Nations said Friday. | 13World |
CBS MarketWatch
TI increases dividend, buyback
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- With its stock down 26 percent this year, Texas Instruments boosted its quarterly dividend payment to 2.5 cents a share and set a $1 billion stock repurchase plan, the chipmaker announced late Thursday. | 0Business |
iTunes Music
My Mom / Underground - Kimya Dawson
My Mom / Underground by Kimya Dawson | 5Music Feeds |
BBC - Front Page
Will Blair's benefit plan work?
Tony Blair has announced plans to get more people off incapacity benefit and into work. What do you think of the move? | 10Top News |
Boston Globe
No end to news of brawl
The brawl has been over for four days, but there's still plenty to fight about. There was action on several fronts yesterday as the players, the teams, the fans, and law | 1Entertainment |
The Washington Post sports
Bills TE Has Surgery After Spinal Injury
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett had surgery Sunday after injuring his spine on a kickoff against the Denver Broncos, and there is concern about whether he will be able to walk again. | 8Sports |
BBC - Front Page
Oil firms ordered to Niger Delta
Nigeria's government tells all oil firms that fled militant attacks in the Niger Delta to return or cease work. | 10Top News |
Bloomberg
Texas Farmers Prepare Trade Complaint Against Mexico (Update1)
A group of Texas farmers and ranchers said they would file a trade complaint demanding $500 million in damages against Mexico saying the government there curbed the flow of water to the Rio Grande. | 3Health |
Reuters World
Russia Using Soviet Tactics Over Ukraine -- Warsaw
WARSAW (Reuters) - Russia's refusal to cooperate with the West to ensure a fair election in Ukraine signals that Moscow is slipping back to Soviet-style tactics, a senior Polish diplomat was quoted Wednesday as saying. | 13World |
Boston Globe business
Business notebook
Fined: Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Lester Crawford was sentenced to three years probation and fined more than $89,000 for failing to disclose he owned shares in companies the agency regulated. | 0Business |
The Age
Car bombs kill at least 41
At least 44 people were killed, most of them children, and scores wounded in three car bombings in Baghdad today, said the morgue director at the capital's Yarmuk Hospital. | 13World |
Reuters World
U.N. chief's reform plans may be stalled in meetings
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Developing nations withheld approval on Monday of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's reorganization plans, supported by the United States and Europeans, who warned of death by 1,000 meetings. | 13World |
Yahoo World
Volcano belches more ash in Philippines
(AP)
AP - A volcano in the Philippines showed more signs of erupting Tuesday, belching ash three times overnight as officials evacuated tens of thousands of villagers. | 13World |
Yahoo Europe
Climate report spurs call for change now
(AP)
AP - The bleak outlook of a major new report on climate change shifted the onus onto governments, even mankind, to take action, with dire warnings Friday from around the world that drastic, rapid change is needed — not least from the United States. | 2Europe |
New York Times health
When Both Parents Suffer Dementia, Children Suspect It Is Also in Their Future
Having just one parent with Alzheimerâs disease triples the risk; when both parents are affected, the amount of extra risk is not certain. | 3Health |
The Tennessean
Miami heat: QBs Fiedler, Feeley wilt; starter is unsettled
These days no other reference to Marino is merited, considering the sorry state of the Dolphins' quarterback situation. Jay Fiedler started against the Titans yesterday and completed only 5-of-13 passes for just 42 yards. | 8Sports |
RedNova technology
Dell Warns of Profit Pressure
By NO BYLINE DELL, the world's second-largest personal computer maker, today warned profits would continue to remain under pressure in the short term after it saw fourth-quarter profit drop to GBP 344 million, from around GBP 516m the year before. | 6Sci/Tech |
Reuters Top News
UAW strikes GM as talks fail to produce deal
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp workers at plants in Michigan, Ohio and Kansas began walking off the job and organizing pickets as a national strike against the automaker began on Monday. | 10Top News |
Yahoo Entertainment
Friends, Co-Stars Mourn Jerry Orbach (AP)
AP - Jerry Orbach was mourned with music, memories and meditation Friday during a funeral where he was eulogized as the quintessential New Yorker on the long-running police drama "Law & Order." | 1Entertainment |
The Register
UK policeman arrested over phone tap claims
Watching the Detectives | 7Software and Developement |
Alameda Times-Star
FDA must be made to do its job
A20-YEAR veteran of federal drug safety wars sent shock waves through the Food and Drug Administration and the pharmaceutical industry when he told a Senate hearing that regulators are "incapable of protecting America against another Vioxx. | 11Top Stories |
Ansa
Usa: terrorismo, Padilla condannato
Avrebbe progettato di far esplodere 'bomba sporca' in Usa | 4Italia |
Reuters
UPDATE 1-RESEARCH ALERT-UBS raises 3 airlines, cuts 2
UBS on Wednesday raised its ratings on Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) from "reduce" and America West Holdings Corp. | 0Business |
BBC - Front Page
Rumsfeld visits US troops in Iraq
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flies into northern Iraq to meet US and Iraqi commanders. | 10Top News |
Reuters World
Amnesty urges Iran to stop stoning executions
LONDON (Reuters) - Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Iran to abolish the "grotesque and horrific" practice of stoning people to death. | 13World |
Yahoo Entertainment
Just A Minute With: Actress Cate Blanchett
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett
says she is looking forward to trading the silver screen for
the stage in her new role as co-artistic director of the Sydney
Theatre Company. | 1Entertainment |
Yahoo World
Nigerian Senate orders Shell to pay 1.5 billion dollar compensation (AFP)
AFP - The Nigerian Senate has ordered Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell to pay 1.5 billion dollars (1.2 billion euros) compensation for damages caused by nearly 60 years of exploration in the Niger Delta, a Senate document said. | 13World |
Yahoo Entertainment
Tideline (Variety)
Variety - A TVA Films release of an EGM Prods., Les Films de Cinema production, with participation of Telefilm Canada. Produced by Brigitte Germain. Co-producer, Pascal Judelewicz. Directed by Wajdi Mouawad. Screenplay, Mouawad, Pascal Sanchez, adapted from Mouawad's play. | 1Entertainment |
Boston Globe
Giants hand it to Manning
The "future" is getting a chance to revive the presently struggling New York Giants. Two other teams also decided it was time for a change at quarterback, but the Buffalo Bills are not one of them. | 8Sports |
Syfy.com
Abhishek Vs. Abhishek at the boxoffice
After two weeks of real-life couples trying to woo the audience itÂs now time to swing away from romance into unexpected territory. | 1Entertainment |
Yahoo Tech
Two Firms Cleared of Swapping Violations (AP)
AP - The makers of two leading file-sharing programs are not legally liable for the songs, movies and other copyright works swapped online by their users, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a stinging blow to the entertainment industry. | 6Sci/Tech |
ComputerWorld
Microsoft releases fixes for seven 'critical' vulnerabilities
OCTOBER 12, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Microsoft Corp.'s monthly patch release cycle may be making it more predictable for users to deploy software updates, but there appears to be little letup in the number of holes being discovered in the company's software | 6Sci/Tech |
CBC News
American soldier gets 8 years for abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib
The highest-ranking US soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison case was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison, the severest punishment so far in the scandal that broke in April with the publication of photos and video showing | 1Entertainment |
Guardian
Shoppers Hospitalized After Pepper Spray
Police were reviewing video camera footage to find out who discharged pepper spray inside an elevator at Toys R Us' crowded flagship store, sending at least three people to the hospital, authorities said. | 1Entertainment |
BBC News world
Ganguly plays down security fears
The Indian squad arrives in Bangladesh despite threats allegedly sent by Islamic militants. | 13World |
The Washington Post world
Sunni Cleric Killed in Mosul
Gunmen on Monday assassinated a member of an influential Sunni clerics' group that has called for a boycott of national elections, just a day after Iraqi officials announced the balloting would be held Jan. 30 in spite of rising violence in Iraq. | 13World |
The Washington Post world
Bishops Call for Transparency at Vatican
An outgoing Brazilian bishop's plea to the Vatican for greater transparency in its process for selecting bishops has received the support of at least 10 of his colleagues. | 13World |
Yahoo Business
Stocks to Watch Tuesday (Reuters)
Reuters - Stocks to watch on Tuesday: MARRIOTT
INTERNATIONAL INC. : | 0Business |
The Delaware County Times
Rock Music Menu: Ramones left their musical mark
com The Ramones were never considered mainstream. None of their singles ever really had much success on the billboards. Many music critics considered them "fringe" or | 1Entertainment |
Reuters Business
Bush eyeing JPMorgan's Ryan for Treasury post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is considering T. Timothy Ryan, a former top financial regulator who is now with JPMorgan Chase, to become Treasury's point person on international affairs, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. | 0Business |
Yahoo Tech
Analysts say Sprint 'doesn't stand for anything'
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - New Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse has lots of choices as he takes over the ailing mobile carrier and looks for problems to start solving. | 6Sci/Tech |
Wired Tech
Cadavers Steal the Show in L.A.
An exhibit of dissected and flayed corpses, on display for the first time in the United States, attracts a steady stream of visitors curious to see what humans really look like under the skin. Randy Dotinga reports from Los Angeles. | 6Sci/Tech |
Reuters Sports
Powell breaks world 100 meters record
RIETI, Italy (Reuters) - Asafa Powell showed he had recovered from his disappointing third place at the world championships by breaking his 100 meters world record with a time of 9.74 seconds on Sunday. | 8Sports |
Reuters Business
U.S. Market Big Test for Mexico's Bimbo
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Bimbo, the world's No. 3 bread maker, is expected to start turning around its ailing U.S. unit next year, aided by new technology to improve distribution and by the partial closure of a tough competitor, according to analysts. | 0Business |
NEWS.com.au
Africa backs Ivory Coast embargo
AFRICAN leaders have backed an arms embargo and other immediate UN sanctions against Ivory Coast, isolating President Laurent Gbagbo's hardline Government even further in its deadly confrontation with its former colonial ruler, France. | 1Entertainment |
Voice of America
Suicide Bomber Strikes in Kabul Market
Officials in Afghanistan say an apparent suicide bombing has injured at least seven people in downtown Kabul's market district. | 13World |
RedNova general
Nelly Showcases Originality With CDs
NEW YORK - Everyone wants to be part of Nelly's clique these days - and who can blame them? The man who put St. Louis on the map has sold an astonishing 15 million copies of his first two albums, and on Tuesday released not one, but two separate albums - "Sweat" and "Suit" - on the same day... | 13World |
Yahoo World
Turkey official warns on Iraq federalism
(AP)
AP - Turkey's foreign minister warned Monday that a federal system in Iraq that could lead to autonomous Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish regions could break up the country and threaten the stability of the region. | 13World |
Washington Post Business
Economic Downturn Emboldens Shareholder Activists
NEW YORK -- Investor groups angered by plunging stock prices are vowing to hold executives and corporate board members accountable at annual shareholder meetings this spring, turning up the pressure on U.S. companies already reeling from the credit crunch. | 0Business |
CNET personal technology news
The challenge of algae fuel: An expert speaks
Blog: Algae is great, but where do you grow it? | 6Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Science
American acceptance of nuclear power grows
(Reuters)
Reuters - As the price of oil rises, so has the
number of Americans who believe nuclear energy is an acceptable
source of power, although the pro-nuclear camp is still a
minority, a study showed on Monday. | 6Sci/Tech |
BBC News world
End of Falklands War marked
The 25th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands will be marked by events in the UK and south Atlantic. | 13World |
RedNova general
Spears Weds Fiance in Surprise Ceremony
LOS ANGELES - Pop singer Britney Spears married her fiance, dancer Kevin Federline, in a surprise ceremony, her record label said Sunday. "She did marry him yesterday," Jive Records spokeswoman Sonia Muckle said... | 13World |
Ansa
Pakistan: accuse a figlio Bin Laden
Autobiografia postuma dell'ex premier | 4Italia |
Yahoo World
Opel plans to reintroduce 40-hour week (AFP)
AFP - Troubled German car maker Opel, a unit of General Motors, is planning to extend the working week for employees from 35 to 40 hours without any corresponding rise in pay, the mass-circulation daily Bild reported. | 13World |
Reuters Sports
Sabbatini wins Colonial tourmament after three-way playoff
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - Rory Sabbatini won the Colonial Invitational on Sunday after rolling in a 15-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole to beat Bernhard Langer and Jim Furyk. | 8Sports |
RedNova space
NASA's THEMIS Mission Launches to Study Geomagnetic Substorms
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's THEMIS mission successfully launched Saturday, Feb. 17, at 6:01 p.m. EST from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. THEMIS stands for the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms. | 6Sci/Tech |
Telegraph.co.uk
Abu Ghraib soldier fears Baghdad trial
Lawyers for Specialist Charles Graner said that if a trial were held in Baghdad it could lead to retaliatory attacks on American soldiers and "hurt the mission" there. | 13World |
Yahoo Entertainment
Capsule reviews of this week's new films
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week: | 1Entertainment |
New York Times health
McDonald's Settles Trans Fats Lawsuits
McDonald's agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle two lawsuits accusing it of misleading consumers about the levels of trans fat in its food. | 3Health |
Boston Globe sports
Vick Tests Positive for Marijuana
A federal judge placed tighter restrictions on Michael Vick on Wednesday after he tested positive for marijuana. | 8Sports |
Reuters U.S.
Ex-bad boy author finds a legal pleasure - wine
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - U.S. writer Jay McInerney, the quintessential chronicler of 1980s excess in New York, says he has mellowed with age, now preferring Bordeaux and Burgundy wines to the illegal drugs of his youth. | 12U.S. |
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