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Boston Globe sports
Mets 6, Marlins 2: Hernández Finds Warm Welcome Back Home
Orlando Hernández oined in the Marlinsâ celebration of Cuban Heritage Night by allowing only two hits over six scoreless innings. | 1Sports |
Boston Globe
Fleet layoffs call merger into question
ACTIONS SPEAK louder than words -- and Bank of America's layoffs this week are another example of its failure to live up to commitments made prior to receiving state regulatory approval to merge with Fleet Bank. | 2Business |
Yahoo Business
Pfizer Profit Up, Warns of Patent Lapses (Reuters)
Reuters - Pfizer Inc. on Wednesday said
third-quarter earnings rose on higher sales of cholesterol and
arthritis drugs, but the company cautioned that 2005 results
will likely be hurt by generic competition for four other
popular medicines. | 2Business |
This is London
Virgin jumbo in bomb scare
A Virgin passenger jet bound for Heathrow made an emergency landing today after a suicide bomb threat. The alert unfolded as the plane flew over Southend | 0World |
Detroit Free Press
4 of a kind for 1st-place Twins, 5-3
On Monday afternoon, Tigers owner Mike Ilitch praised Ivan Rodriguez's leadership. In the fourth inning Monday night, Rodriguez showed plenty of it. | 1Sports |
Reuters Tech
Comcast starts offering wireless phone service
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp. has become the
first U.S. cable operator to take on telecommunications
providers in the cell phone market, having begun marketing the
service to consumers in Boston. | 3Sci/Tech |
Boston Globe sports
Whither the Game? Just Asking
In the coming months and the coming baseball season, there are a number of questions seeking answers. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
EU Head Office Orders Izar to Repay Aid (AP)
AP - The European Commission on Wednesday ordered Spain's troubled state-owned shipbuilder Izar to repay $702 million in government assistance. | 0World |
The Register
UK to regulate online gambling advertisers
Filtering out rogue operators
Online gambling operators outside Europe will have to seek Government permission to advertise in the UK. The British government's reform of gambling law mandates the seeking of permission in an attempt to crack down on rogue operato... | 3Sci/Tech |
Daily Star
Official warns citizens to leave Iraq after abduction of child
BEIRUT: The Lebanese charge d'affaires in Iraq warned Lebanese expatriates in Iraq to take extreme cautions or leave the country entirely, following the kidnapping of a 7-year old Lebanese boy there. | 0World |
DetNews.com
New England wins 21st in row
FOXBORO, Mass. - With a little more than two minutes to play and the New York Jets driving for a go-ahead score, the New England Patriotsâ defense huddled on the sideline. | 1Sports |
CNET personal technology news
Yahoo buys e-mail software firm Zimbra
Yahoo's $350 million purchase shows commitment to communications services as company redefines its place in the market, says exec. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times world
Puccini for the People: The MetÂs Free Lunch
How do you get on the Metropolitan Opera stage? Stand in line. | 0World |
BBC News world
Thatcher protests coup innocence
Mark Thatcher, the son of the former UK prime minister, denies any involvement in an alleged coup in Equatorial Guinea. | 0World |
The Washington Post sports
Contract Extension for Baxter
Former Maryland basketball player Lonny Baxter extends his contract with his Italian club through the 2007-08 season despite being sentenced to two months in jail. | 1Sports |
BBC News world
US hails EU passenger data deal
A deal on sharing EU passenger data with the US will help fight terrorism, says US security chief Michael Chertoff. | 0World |
Search engine watch
Yahoo Local Officially Launches
After just two months in testing, Yahoo has pushed its local search out of beta and is giving the service prominent exposure on the Yahoo home page. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times Business
Report Stirs Concern Kazakh Oil Deal May Be Scuttled
Shares in the Italian oil company Eni dipped Friday following an unconfirmed report that Kazakhstan was poised to cancel a contract to develop the Kashagan field. | 2Business |
Washington Post Business
A Mortgage Is for Paying Off
African Americans are often the target of financial pitchmen trying to convince them they should never pay off their mortgages. Instead, the line goes, people should dig deeper into mortgage debt to purchase cars, fund their chosen lifestyles or invest. | 2Business |
Forbes
'); //--> Eye On Stocks
Flextronics International (nasdaq: FLEX - news - people ) announced fiscal second-quarter earnings in-line with Wall Street estimates. | 2Business |
Wired Tech
Great Ride: Swobo's Street-Smart City Bike
City cyclists don't need fancy, fragile, European racing bikes -- they need unpretentious, street-smart machines that can take a beating. Swobo, the San Francisco company known mostly for woolen cycling outerwear, has answered that call with the burly Folsom. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Mourning injures knee in NBA Heat defeat
(AFP)
AFP - Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning tore the patella tendon tear in his right knee in an awkward fall during Wednesday's National Basketball Association overtime loss to the Atlanta Hawks. | 1Sports |
CNET enterprise hardware news
MySpace to officially join Google's OpenSocial
The News Corp.-owned social network is formally part of the Google-created social networking developer platform. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times Business
Novelties: What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You
The creator of a new video recorder, has invited skilled users to customize or âhackâ its device and share the improvements with others. | 2Business |
Reuters Business
Citigroup Profit Rises, Cautious on 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. on Thursday said quarterly profit rose 12 percent as consumer and investment banking grew, but said it sees 2005 profit at the low end of Wall Street estimates due to rising interest rates and other factors. | 2Business |
New York Times Tech
Digital Music Group Plans to Merge With the Orchard
The merger will give the Orchard a foothold in the online video distribution business, as well as the ability to raise money in the public markets. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters World
Truck bomber kills 135 in deadliest Iraq blast
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 135 people on Saturday in the deadliest single bombing in Iraq since the 2003 war, driving a truck laden with one ton of explosives into a market in a mainly Shi'ite area of Baghdad. | 0World |
eTaiwan News
Worst rains in years kill dozens in PRC
At least 79 people were killed and 74 were missing after some of the worst rainstorms in recent years triggered landslides and flash floods in southwest China, disaster relief officials said yesterday. | 0World |
Bloomberg
China Warns Japan Not to Issue a Visa to Tibet's Dalai Lama
China sent a warning to Japan not to issue a visa to Tibet's exiled leader the Dalai Lama, who is planning to visit Japan in April, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said. | 0World |
Houston Chronicle
Beijing takes part in a workshop with 30 other countries
Long shunned as a player in US-led international space ventures, China has been admitted to talks with NASA about helping to accomplish President Bush's goals for exploring the moon and Mars. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Motley Fool
Foolish Forecast: Quiksilver Hits Powder
The board-sports retailer gets the hang of skiing and golfing. | 2Business |
Boston Globe sports
Giants-Cowboys Game Is on the Lines
When the Giants play in Dallas on Sunday, the outcome may depend on how the Giantsâ aggressive defensive line performs against the Cowboysâ big and gifted offensive line. | 1Sports |
Insurance Journal
Hardie Building Group $1.1 Billion Asbestos Settlement is Largest <b>...</b>
Although asbestos was used in such disparate products as building insulation and brake linings, in its raw form it came out the ground, and nobody in Australia mined and processed more of it than the James Hardie group. | 2Business |
Reuters
Afghan president says 'fight drugs like Russians'
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged his countrymen to tackle the war on drugs with the same zeal they fought the Red Army during the Soviet Union's decade-long occupation that ended in 1990. | 0World |
The Motley Fool
Hot Stocks for 2008
Find out what -- and where -- the real winners are this year. | 2Business |
Le Revenu
MILAN, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2004--
Les sociétés vont concentrer leurs efforts communs en matiÚre de développement, de commercialisation et de marketing en vue de saisir des opportunités d'affaires sur les marchés des réseaux de nouvelle génération et des services de voix aux | 3Sci/Tech |
CNET security news
Today's Apple iPhone video is: keyboard!
Blog: Apple has released another video showing how to use the keyboard on the iPhone. | 3Sci/Tech |
Washington Post
Markets Join Victory Rally
Stocks staged a modest rally Wednesday as Wall Street embraced President Bush's reelection and cheered the absence of a prolonged legal fight for the White House. | 2Business |
Reuters Business
European Shares Up on Fed Relief
LONDON (Reuters) - European shares tracked Wall Street's gains after the Federal Reserve stuck to its "measured" rate-tightening pace, reassured on inflation and indicated that the U.S. economy was growing at a moderate pace. | 2Business |
Boston Globe business
SEC alleges Cheshire firm bilked investors of $9b
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday accused a Western Massachusetts company of bilking investors of $9 million by using high-pressure sales tactics and promises of extraordinary returns to induce them to buy shares in unproductive oi... | 2Business |
eWeek
Longhorn Delay Stirs Dismay, Delight in Developers
Developer reaction to Microsoft's decision to hold off on delivering planned parts of the next release of Windows Longhorn to meet the 2006 deadline has been mixed, with many calling it a prudent move and others outright upset by the decision. | 3Sci/Tech |
Computerworld news
Review: 32GB iPod touch
The inclusion of Mail, Stocks, Maps, Weather and Notes has transformed the iPod touch. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times sports
Best game in town
WALTHAM -- OK, granted, we're not Texas or Florida, and we're not Arkansas, Nebraska, or Alabama, either. In the grand scope of Football America, what we are is quaint. | 1Sports |
Reuters Sports
Steelers Defense Takes a Hit; Two Placed on IR
PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Steelers defense suffered a major blow on Wednesday when the team placed Pro Bowl nose tackle Casey Hampton and safety Mike Logan on the reserved/injured list, effectively ending the season for both players. | 1Sports |
Reuters
UPDATE 1 Monaco strike two early goals to tame Deportivo
Early goals by strikers Mohamed Kallon and Javier Saviola earned Monaco a 2-0 victory over Deportivo Coruna in their Champions League Group A match on Tuesday. | 1Sports |
Washington Post
Nuclear Capabilities May Elude Terrorists, Experts Say
Of all the clues that Osama bin Laden is after a nuclear weapon, perhaps the most significant came in intelligence reports indicating that he received fresh approval last year from a Saudi | 0World |
Boston Globe sports
Belichick Puts Pads Away in Short Week for Patriots
With a short week to prepare for their attempt to go 16-0, the Patriots conducted only a walk-through in the teamâs indoor practice facility Wednesday. | 1Sports |
Australian IT
Stereo sun birds study space weather
AUSTRALIAN scientists are working with NASA and the French government to create an advanced space weather instrument that will go on board the STEREO (Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory) space mission next year. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters World
China mine bosses jailed after gas blast kills 166
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court jailed two managers of a state-owned coal mine on Wednesday for negligence two years after a gas explosion killed 166 miners, Xinhua news agency said. | 0World |
BBC News world
Afghan warlords 'threaten poll'
Afghan warlords are involved in intimidation which could threaten October's elections, Human Rights Watch says. | 0World |
Reuters World
N.Irish UDA Guerrillas Pledge to End Violence
BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's largest Protestant guerrilla group promised on Sunday to join the peace process in the British-ruled province by ending violence, but said it would disarm only when its republican foes did so too. | 0World |
Washington Post Business
How Far Should You Follow Your Boss?
Karen Wright feels a connection with her boss. In 1991, she started as a receptionist at a firm led by Kimberle Levin, an entrepreneur who has founded several technology companies. She had little tech experience other than some college courses, and along... | 2Business |
Rockford Register Star
Favre, Pack offense are clicking like never before
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre did something Sunday he hadn't done for a long time. He finally posted a quarterback rating of at least 100. | 1Sports |
Bloomberg
Crude Oil Little Changed After Rising on Cold Weather Outlook
Crude oil futures were little changed after posting their biggest weekly gain in almost five years on expectation below-normal temperatures in the US Northeast will increase demand on heating oil stockpiles. | 2Business |
The Register
Can intelligence really help business get out of a hole?
BI want to break free
Whitepaper Business Intelligence (or BI) is often promoted as a âget out of gaol freeâ card â surely, intelligence in business is a good thing (although perhaps we wouldnât know, we havenât met much of it), so payin... | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Lou Henson Hopes to Return to Coaching (AP)
AP - Lou Henson is in a wheelchair and has no mobility in his right leg, but the New Mexico State men's basketball coach is optimistic he'll be back on the sidelines this season. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Sports
Celtics dominate Raptors to win ninth straight game
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Boston Celtics eased to a ninth
consecutive victory with a dominant 90-77 road win over the
Toronto Raptors on Sunday. | 1Sports |
The Washington Post world
Arabs Reject U.S. Push for Reform
RABAT, Morocco, Dec. 11 -- Senior Arab officials attending a U.S.-sponsored conference to promote democracy in the Middle East emphatically rejected on Saturday the Bush administration's assertion that greater democracy in the region would help end terrorism... | 0World |
The Motley Fool
Greeted With Profits
Profits double at American Greetings as new initiatives gain traction. | 2Business |
USA Today
Stoudemire scoring big at center for Suns
The only centers to lead the NBA in scoring in the last 28 seasons are Shaquille O'Neal and David Robinson, but the way Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire has been pouring in the points, he could very well be the third. | 1Sports |
National Geographic Society
Photo Gallery: Gold-Mining, Burial Artifacts Unearthed on Nile
Ancient Egyptians coveted the famed gold of the kingdom of Kush. Now, 2,000 years later, evidence of the massive mining operation has finally come to light. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Daily News
Kids in orbit
A group of enterprising students from a Washington Heights school are wishing for a Christmas that's out of this world - literally. | 3Sci/Tech |
ZDNet.com
Reheated Bagle smokes out antivirus defenses
com October 29, 2004, 8:21 AM PT. Cyber threats, chiefly viruses like NetSky and Sasser, make security an ongoing concern as it holds steady over software infrastructure as the third top priority. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
US Stocks Up; Pfizer,IAC/InterActive Gain
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained strength on Tuesday, getting a boost from Pfizer Inc. PFE.N , after investor fears of the withdrawal of its arthritis drug Celebrex were calmed, while IAC/InterActive Corp.'s IACI.O helped fuel the tech-heavy Na... | 2Business |
Yahoo Sports
Bobby Bowden, Turning 75, Eyes ACC Title (AP)
AP - Florida State coach Bobby Bowden turns 75 Monday and wants to keep winning so fans won't say he's getting too old. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Business
Circuit City names chief financial officer
(Reuters)
Reuters - Electronics retailer Circuit City
Stores Inc. , which is in the midst of a multiyear effort
to overhaul its business and win back market share, on
Wednesday said it named Bruce Besanko chief financial officer,
effective July 30. | 2Business |
New York Times sports
Stanford makes a local connection
With most of the Globe's All-Scholastics opting to attend local colleges, Stanford pulled off a major coup by nabbing two of the state's best linemen yesterday when Chris Marinelli of BC High and Gatorade Player of the Year James McGillicuddy of St. John's of Sh... | 1Sports |
The Motley Fool
The Best Closed Mutual Funds: Part 1
Though closed to new money, these large-cap funds still excel. | 2Business |
CNET security news
Google offers $10 million to 'sustainable transportation' firms
Google.org incites others to share its love for plug-in hybrid vehicles and other cleaner forms. | 3Sci/Tech |
International Herald Tribune
ADV: Trade Currency-Free Practice Account
Learn currency trading with real-time rates, news, charts, and a free demo trading account from FXCM - the market maker for Forex trading. | 2Business |
Straits Times
Justine exits, loses top rank
NEW YORK - She came into the tournament as Olympic champion, US Open champion and the world No 1. Justine Henin-Hardenne will leave with just her Olympic title after she was bumped from the fourth round 3-6, 2-6 by Russia's Nadia Petrova. | 1Sports |
Independent
Oil prices slip back after coming close to $50 level
Oil prices surged closer to $50 a barrel after hitting yet another record high in the US yesterday, as confusion reigned over the fate of Najaf, sparking fresh fears about Iraq's oil supplies. | 2Business |
CNET networking news
Research on a dire problem--carbon capture--gets going
Big holes in Texas could hold carbon dioxide. | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova technology
Metacafe Named One of Business 2.0's Next Net 25
Metacafe, one of the world's largest video sites, today announced it has been named to Business 2.0 Magazine's Next Net 25. The Next Net 25 picks out the top technology companies that are best positioned to succeed in 2007. | 3Sci/Tech |
Canada.com
Japanese PM to view earthquake damage; death toll rises to 27
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi headed to northern Japan on Tuesday to survey the damage wrought by the deadliest earthquakes to hit the country in nearly a decade, as the death toll rose to 27. | 0World |
InfoWorld news
India kicks off pan-African e-network project
( InfoWorld ) - Ethiopia, South Africa, Ghana, and Mauritius will be the initial countries for the Indian government's $1 billion Pan Africa E-network project, a joint initiative with the Africa Union (AU).
The project aims to develop Africa's information a... | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times sports
A 7th-rounder, Givens has caught up fast
FOXBOROUGH -- It began as a punch line for Tom Brady's satellite radio ad. "I thought I was his favorite receiver," David Givens says, as Troy Brown and Deion Branch glance at him askance. Right now, he is. Brady, the Patriots' diplomatic quarterback, lik... | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Ericsson sees growth in GSM: CEO
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ericsson (ERICb.ST), the top global
mobile telecoms equipment maker, said on Thursday it expects
growth of about 5 percent for the world's biggest mobile
standard, GSM, and its successor, WCDMA, in 2006. | 0World |
Yahoo Sports
Young Suns Outhustle 76ers 108-98 (AP)
AP - Amare Stoudemire scored 29 points, Shawn Marion had 24, and Joe Johnson 22 to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 108-98 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. | 1Sports |
New York Times sports
Let's just acknowledge their superiority
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Four out of five is a bit more than a trend, wouldn't you say? | 1Sports |
Boston Globe sports
Sports of the Times: Yanks Find New Leader in Former Outcast
The strangest part of the A-Rod saga is the identity of the player who put the hammer down on the most remote Yankee, Jason Giambi. | 1Sports |
Turkish Press
Oil prices head higher despite Nigeria peace talks
LONDON, Sept 30 (AFP) - Oil prices resumed their march towards 50 dollars in New York on Thursday even as peace talks were set to resume in major producer Nigeria and following an unexpected rise in US crude inventories. | 2Business |
FOX Sports
US dreams end as Agassi, Roddick exit Open
In what was certainly the darkest day for American men's tennis this year, Andy Roddick and Andre Agassi were sent packing out of the US Open quarterfinals Thursday by a classy Swiss and a cool-headed Swede. | 1Sports |
The Washington Post world
Pfizer Charged by Nigerian Officials
Officials in Nigeria have brought criminal charges against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. for the company's alleged role in the deaths of children who received an unapproved drug during a meningitis epidemic. | 0World |
Reuters World
Disease fears rise in Indonesia's flood-hit capital
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Fears of disease gripped Indonesia's flood-hit capital on Friday with thousands of people living in cramped emergency shelters and some streets still inundated a week after the city's worst floods in five years. | 0World |
Yahoo Sports
Sportsview: Effort Benefits Steelers (AP)
AP - All the Buffalo Bills had to do to make the playoffs was beat a Pittsburgh team playing Brian St. Pierre at quarterback, Willie Parker at running back and a bunch of other no-names. | 1Sports |
New York Times Tech
The Deal Professor: How Microsoft Could Go Hostile
If Yahooâs board resists the offer, Microsoft would have to pursue a proxy contest. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times Business
Sony Profit Spikes on Sales of Consumer Electronics
Sharply higher quarterly profits are the latest sign that cost-cutting and the disposal of some units have set the electronics and entertainment giant firmly on the course to recovery. | 2Business |
CBC News
Biggest US insurance broker faces penalty 'far higher' than $500M <b>...</b>
The price for settling state charges of collusion and bid-rigging by America's largest insurance broker could be "far higher" than $500 million, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Thursday. | 2Business |
Forbes
Fast Track To Nowhere
Democrats signal intention to block trade agreements with South Korea and Colombia. | 2Business |
Washington Post Business
Blackstone, Sugar Daddies and a Sweet Deal
We'd all love to find an Uncle Sugar to fork over the dough we need to pay the income taxes we owe Uncle Sam. For most of us, alas, finding such a sugar daddy (or mommy) is only a fantasy. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Anger over river burials for India's dead babies
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Within sight of Delhi's gleaming new metro train, Nawal Kishore slips the body of a baby into the waters of the Yamuna, one of the world's filthiest rivers. | 0World |
The Register
Spooky <u>Reg</u> powers zap MS Linux hit man's gig
It just came apart in our heads | 3Sci/Tech |
Forbes
Climate Change's $75 Billion Bill
Economic cost of natural catastrophes rises by 50% in 2007 driven by climate change, according to Munch Re. | 2Business |
Yahoo Politics
Ga. runoff expected for U.S. House seat
(AP)
AP - Two Republicans will likely go head-to-head in a runoff after Wednesday's election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood. | 0World |
Boston Globe
Green, Chiefs not half bad
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Trent Green completed 14 of 15 passes after halftime for 229 of his 340 yards and hit Eddie Kennison for a tiebreaking 70-yard touchdown with 2:04 left in Kansas City's 34-27 victory over the Oakland Raiders yesterday. | 1Sports |
New York Times Business
Lilly in Settlement Talks With U.S.
A settlement of an inquiry into Lillyâs marketing of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa could result in the company paying more than $1 billion to federal and state governments. | 2Business |
The Scotsman
Chip sales hit £10.1bn
GLOBAL semiconductor sales rose to £10.1 billion in August from the previous month and it appears chip inventories are declining, industry trade group the Semiconductor Industry Association said. | 2Business |
Computerworld news
IBM to buy Web application security vendor Watchfire
IBM has agreed to buy Watchfire, a developer of web application security auditing tools, and plans to incorporate it into its Rational business unit. | 3Sci/Tech |
Boston Globe sports
Three Shorthanded Goals Lift Islanders
Mike Sillinger scored two of New Yorkâs three short-handed goals to lead the Islanders past the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. | 1Sports |
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