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Yahoo Business
Indian Gap supplier using child labour: report
(AFP)
AFP - An Indian supplier to clothing retailer Gap has been found using child labour to produce items for Gap Kids branches in Europe and the United States, the Observer newspaper reported here on Sunday. | 2Business |
San Francisco Chronicle
Oracle bid has wiggle room
Two days after a PeopleSoft Inc. board member suggested the company may be willing to sell to Oracle Corp. for the right price, an Oracle director said his firm's offer to buy its Pleasanton rival for $21 per share may not be final. | 2Business |
Yahoo Tech
Online Research Worries Many Educators (AP)
AP - Go to Google, search and scroll results, click and copy. When students do research online these days, many educators worry, those are often about the only steps they take. If they can avoid a trip to the library at all, many students gladly will. | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova general
Underage Teens Turn Profit on Old Beer
OSLO, Norway - Confronting a grocery store with its promise to pay shoppers a bonus if they found any products with expired freshness dates, two enterprising teens turned a 7,000 kroner ($1,030) profit by loading up shopping carts with out-of-date beer they weren... | 0World |
Channel News Asia
Tunisians head to polls in national elections
TUNIS : Tunisians head to the polls to cast their ballots in legislative and presidential elections in which the ruling party of long-time President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is widely tipped to come out victorious. | 0World |
Yahoo Politics
Closing arguments set in CIA leak case
(AP)
AP - Prosecutors who spent more than three years on the CIA leak case, like the defense lawyers on the other wide, have been given just three hours to make their final arguments to jurors. | 0World |
The Register
Senate Frankensteins bid to revive dead wearable-tech gear
Land Warrior axed by Pentagon but may live again
The US Army's controversial wearable-tech programme for foot soldiers, known as " Land Warrior ," may not be dead after all.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Index futures edge up after PPI data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose slightly on Tuesday, indicating a higher market open, after data showed an index of overall U.S. producer prices fell in June. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Striking workers mob Palestinian PM in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's guards fired into the air on Monday to clear a path through striking workers who mobbed his motorcade in another sign of deep divides on the road to a unity government. | 0World |
Yahoo World
Bangladesh opposition threatens new protests
(AFP)
AFP - Bangladesh's main opposition threatened to stage more protests if reforms promised by the country's interim government were not implemented within 24 hours. | 0World |
Yahoo World
India's cellphone market set to grow 20 percent each year: official (AFP)
AFP - India's booming cellphone market is adding 1.7 million customers every month and will grow between 15 percent and 20 percent annually, a senior industry official said. | 0World |
Wired Tech
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Redmond steps up competition with Adobe in open source software, saying it will provide free access to its most sophisticated development tools. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo World
"Human bomb" tactic poses test for Algeria security
(Reuters)
Reuters - A suicide bombing in Algeria that
killed 19 people and wounded more than 100 marked two worrying
developments for the energy exporting country's fight to end
attacks by armed groups seeking a purist Islamic state. | 0World |
BBC News world
Football: Ramos sees Spurs lose
New Spurs boss Juande Ramos sees Christopher Samba smash an injury-time winner at White Hart Lane. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Chery-built Chrysler cars aim to reach U.S. in 30 mths
BEIJING (Reuters) - The first shipments of Chrysler cars built by China's Chery Automobile Co. could reach the U.S. or Europe within 30 months, Chrysler said on Wednesday, opening the door for Chery to be the first mainland auto maker to do so. | 2Business |
The Register
UN reports on dismal state of web accessibility
97% of websites fall short WCAG guidelines
Ninety-seven per cent of websites fail to achieve a minimum level of accessibility, according to the first ever global web accessibility survey. A new UN convention aims to change that.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Politics
Poland optimistic on US missile deal
(AP)
AP - Poland's top missile defense negotiator said Tuesday that Warsaw could conclude by September an agreement to host U.S. interceptors and accused Russia of trying to sidetrack talks with an alternative proposal. | 0World |
BBC News
Live: England v WI
West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl first in the ICC Champions Trophy final at the Oval. England retained the same XI that has brought them three victories in the tournament so far. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Sports
Jays, Gibbons agree to 1-year extension
(AP)
AP - The Toronto Blue Jays and manager John Gibbons have agreed to a one-year, $650,000 contract extension, a team official said Monday. | 1Sports |
Seattle Post Intelligencer
In the long run, humans prevail
To err may be human, but so, too, may be the ability to run. Specifically, the ability to run long distances across the African savannah may have given human ancestors an evolutionary advantage | 3Sci/Tech |
The Malaysia Star
Chelsea lose and CSKA Moscow drop out despite victory
PARIS: Captain Sergei Semak grabbed a hat-trick as CSKA Moscow won 3-1 at Paris St Germain on Tuesday but a late goal in Porto denied the Russian team a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League, handing Russian billionaire Roman Abram... | 1Sports |
New York Times
Trial Witness Says Ovitz Pay at Disney Was Unreasonable
The Walt Disney Company's multimillion-dollar contract with Michael S. Ovitz was unreasonable and one of the most generous ever, a compensation expert testified yesterday. | 2Business |
San Francisco Chronicle
Consumers head to stores the day after Christmas to grab bargains
Merchants who spent the past few weeks hoping shoppers would splurge on gifts opened their doors Sunday with high hopes the same people would now spend on themselves. | 2Business |
Vida en el Valle
Garnett leads T-Wolves over Heat 108-97
Dwyane Wade returned from his injury and played an amazing first half. The NBA MVP just did his usual thing, from start to finish. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Tech
RIM observers seek word of Pearl sales in earnings
(Reuters)
Reuters - Research In Motion Ltd. reports
second-quarter earnings on Thursday and investors and analysts
will be keenly watching for word of sales of the new BlackBerry
Pearl, the wireless e-mail device the company is hoping will
capture a ... | 3Sci/Tech |
scottish tv
Canadian submariner laid to rest
A memorial service will be held near the Faslane naval base today for the sailor who died on the stricken Canadian submarine the Chicoutimi. | 0World |
Victorville Daily Press
Arafat: Hero or villain?
There will be many tributes that focus on the accomplishments of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died Wednesday, but he is responsible for the deaths of thousands | 0World |
International Herald Tribune
Mondavi to move on
Robert Mondavi Corp. said it would sell not only the Napa Valley facility, perhaps America's most famous winery, but all of its high-end wine ventures in California and around the world, to concentrate on | 2Business |
Yahoo Tech
Epson Readies Windows Rally Products
(PC World)
PC World - Japan's Seiko Epson Corp. is planning to develop a range of products based on a Microsoft's Windows Rally technology for wireless networked devices. | 3Sci/Tech |
Telegraph.co.uk
Morrison accuses Frei of racist comment
The Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifying tie in Switzerland hardly needed an extra edge but Clinton Morrison added to what is being billed as a revenge match with accusations of racism against Alexander Frei. | 1Sports |
Reuters
UPDATE 2-Qualcomm may change accounting, shares fall
Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , a maker of chips used in mobile phones, on Friday said it may change the way it recognizes royalties from licensees | 2Business |
Yahoo Sports
Packers' Robinson gets 90 days in prison
(AP)
AP - Green Bay Packers wide receiver Koren Robinson was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days for violating probation in a drunken driving case. The sentence allows Robinson to finish this season before having to serve the time. | 1Sports |
Xinhua
Philippine govt, MILF agree to maintain common efforts for peace
The Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities, composed of representatives from the Philippine government and the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), agreed | 0World |
Boston Globe world
For Salvadorans living at dump, a helping of love
SAN SALVADOR -- It wasn't exactly traditional, but it got to the heart of the holiday. | 0World |
RedNova technology
Child's Play
By Anne D'Innocenzio NEW YORK -- As kids keep getting plugged into the Internet, toy makers are following them online. | 3Sci/Tech |
Washington Post
Banks Scrutinize Their Accounting
The nation's banks are heavy users of the complex financial contracts at the heart of Fannie Mae's accounting woes, but bank regulators and financial experts said banks likely will avoid Fannie's troubles. | 2Business |
Reuters Business
Sanyo to share battery recall cost with Lenovo
TOKYO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Troubled Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co. said on Friday it would shoulder with China's Lenovo Group the cost of recalling 205,000 Sanyo-made laptop battery packs that can overheat. | 2Business |
BCC Technology
Video game sheds light on fear
A Pac-Man-like game that delivers electric shocks to gamers reveals the brain's reaction to danger. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times Business
The Art of Giving a Bear Hug
In a letter outlining Microsoftâs hopes to Yahoo C.E.O. Jerry Yang, Microsoft C.E.O. Steven Ballmer followed a storied tradition on Wall Street: the bear hug letter. | 2Business |
Yahoo Tech
Lawmakers to tackle online child porn
(AP)
AP - Internet providers told Congress on Tuesday they're doing all they can to combat online child pornography, but they were told to expect legislation. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times Business
G.M. Posts Quarterly Profit on Cost Cuts
For all of 2006, the worldâs largest automaker reported a $2 billion loss but cited progress in its restructuring. | 2Business |
Houston Chronicle
Tiger Woods ties the knot in style
Rumor became reality Tuesday night as golf star Tiger Woods, 28, wed his girlfriend, Elin Nordegren, 24, at an exclusive Barbados resort, according to the Associated Press. | 1Sports |
Computerworld news
Opinion: Is your iPhone more secure than your laptop?
The problem that I have with some of the iPhone alarmism is that it leaves an impression that enterprise data is highly secure and that there aren't lots of other potentially much larger holes on which to focus. | 3Sci/Tech |
Bloomberg
Western Japan Shaken by Two Strong Quakes; 18 Hurt, Kyodo Says
Western Japan around Osaka was shaken by two strong earthquakes yesterday, causing 18 injuries and triggering tsunami warnings along the coast, Kyodo News reported. | 0World |
Reuters Tech
Car to driver: Please replace my fuel pump
PARIS (Reuters) - Imagine your car warning you of an icy road ahead, reading aloud the text messages arriving on your phone and sending you an e-mail that your fuel pump needs replacing soon. | 3Sci/Tech |
San Francisco Chronicle
Sudanese official calls US genocide accusation 'oil on the fire'
Secretary of State Colin Powell's declaration that genocide had taken place in western Sudan's Darfur only serves to heighten tensions, a top Sudanese official charged Thursday. | 0World |
Japan Today
Pakistan, India agree on new rail link
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and India have agreed in principle to open the railway link between the two border towns of Monabao in India's Rajasthan and Khokrapar in Pakistan's Sindh Province, a Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday. | 0World |
BBC News world
Nigerian 'strike' deaths probed
The bodies of 12 people killed by police in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna are exhumed to find out how they died. | 0World |
Seattle Times
Roundup: Newman earns Nextel Cup pole
Ryan Newman must be close to perfect the rest of the way to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series championship, and he took a step by earning the pole yesterday at Martinsville Speedway. | 1Sports |
Forbes
Update 1: Sony to Sell New Music Players in Japan
Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will begin selling in Japan two new models of digital portable music players that support the MP3 format, which is used by its rival iPod. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters
US Forces Attack Target in Iraq Rebel City
US forces launched a "precision strike" on Thursday on a building in Falluja said to be used by fighters loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Iraqi doctors said at least three people were killed. | 0World |
Yahoo News
Brazil's CVRD CEO: Iron Ore Prices Should Rise In 2005
RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)--After jumping 9% in 2003 and 19% in 2004, iron ore prices appear likely to rise another 20% or more in 2005 as the world's biggest steelmakers | 2Business |
BBC News world
Pakistan forces hunt for militant
Pakistani troops hunting for militant leader Abdullah Mehsud clash again with insurgents. | 0World |
RedNova technology
Schmidt, Josephine T.
Schmidt, Josephine T. (Nee Matsche) Born to Eternal Life on Wed., Dec. 6, 2006, age 71 years. Beloved wife of the late Ervin. Loving mother of Michael (Sandra) and Allen. Dear grandmother of the late Nicholas. Step- grandmother of Shana Styer. | 3Sci/Tech |
Wired Business
Super Lettuce Turns Sour Sweet
Scientists genetically engineer leafy greens to mass-produce miraculin, a chemical that makes pure lemon juice taste sweet when applied to the tongue. By Aaron Rowe. | 2Business |
Washington Post Business
Ford January sales down 19 pct
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. on Thursday said
U.S. January vehicle sales fell 19 percent from a year earlier
because of reduced sales to daily-rental companies. | 2Business |
RedNova technology
Join the Valedictorians Online
By San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jun. 1 | 3Sci/Tech |
Canada.com
Manchester United's struggles continue with 0-0 tie versus Everton
Manchester United's struggles continued Monday with a 0-0 tie versus Everton at Old Trafford on Monday with the two clubs also in transfer talks over the sale of England star Wayne Rooney. | 1Sports |
Boston Globe business
US official proposes limits on lenders, colleges
US Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, criticized for her oversight of the $85 billion-a-year student-loan industry, proposed banning company gifts to colleges and establishing rules for how schools recommend lenders. | 2Business |
KLTV
Sports: Howe to stay with Mets, for now
NEW YORK Art Howe will finish out the season as manager of the New York Mets. He announced today that he will finish out the campaign and manage the Mets for the final 17 games of the season. | 1Sports |
Channel News Asia
Unilever to axe 600 jobs at frozen food factory
LONDON : Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant, is to close a frozen-food plant in Grimsby, northern England, next year with the loss of 600 jobs, a spokesman said. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Sarkozy's ex-wife loses case to stop book
PARIS (Reuters) - The ex-wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday lost an attempt to hold up publication of a book in which she is quoted as describing her former husband in unflattering terms. | 0World |
CNET
Study: 100,000 civilian deaths due to Iraq invasion
Today, the Lancet medical journal published a report which concludes that 100,000 civilians died in the US-led invasion of Iraq. This is an incredibly high estimate, and at first may seem too farfetched not to be propaganda. But it cannot easily be dismissed. T... | 3Sci/Tech |
NBC 4.com
Phelps Apologizes After DUI Arrest
SALISBURY, Md. -- Olympic gold-medalist Michael Phelps has apologized after his arrest for driving under the influence. He was arrested after a state trooper saw an SUV allegedly driven by the 19-year-old | 1Sports |
The Register
MS search engine rumours abound
All revealed tomorrow, pundits predict | 3Sci/Tech |
BBC News world
Mid-East ceasefire is announced
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have declared a truce. | 0World |
National Geographic Society
In U.S. South, Textile Mills Gone but Not Forgotten
Since before vice presidential candidate John Edwards brought attention to the South's vanished textile mills, ex-mill workers and historians have been working to save the mills' legacy. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Mirror
BECKS: OWEN'S GOT A REAL PROBLEM
DAVID BECKHAM last night backed Michael Owen to prove he deserves to be a Real Madrid galactico but admitted that his new club-mate will have to prove it himself. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Pope, Orthodox patriarch pray together
(AP)
AP - Pope Benedict XVI and the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians prayed together in an Istanbul church Thursday, a service intended to underline their commitment to healing the 1,000-year-old rift between the two churches. | 0World |
BBC News world
Kosovo's PM in independence nod
Kosovo's prime minister gives the clearest indication yet that independence from Serbia will be declared on Sunday. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Sears sees quarterly profit decline, shares down
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp. on Tuesday forecast lower quarterly profit and admitted that it needs to become more relevant to consumers and control its costs, sending its shares down more than 7 percent in premarket trading. | 2Business |
Yahoo Sports
Gordon, Hinrich lift Bulls past Magic
(AP)
AP - Ben Gordon scored 25 points and Kirk Hinrich had 17 in the Chicago Bulls' 100-76 victory over the Orlando Magic on Thursday night. | 1Sports |
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. | 2Business |
Reuters Business
July Consumer Prices Drop, Energy Tumbles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices dropped in July for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in energy costs reversed, the government said on Tuesday in a report showing underlying inflation pressures largely in check. | 2Business |
The Malaysia Star
Toyota looks to sell more Prius in US
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp will more than double the number of its hot-selling Prius hybrid cars allocated for sale in the United States next year. | 2Business |
CBC British Columbia
Video shows US, UK hostages: Al-Jazeera
KIRKUK, IRAQ - Al-Jazeera television released new video footage Saturday of three hostages in Iraq and said a militant group threatened to behead the men unless its demands were met. | 0World |
RedNova science
Endangered Cranes Killed in Fla. Storms
By JAMES A. CARLSON MILWAUKEE - All 18 endangered young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin last fall as part of a project to create a second migratory flock of the birds were killed in storms in Florida, a spokesman said. | 3Sci/Tech |
Geek.com
Seiko Epson unveil updated micro flying robot
Seiko Epson have unveiled their latest wireless flying micro-robot named the FR-II. The successor to the FR robot the latest micromechatronic contraption has a number of improvements. It is 2.3g heavier than the original FR at 12.3g but does away with the ... | 3Sci/Tech |
The Register
Romania: Software piracy made us what we are today
Thank-you, Mr Gates
Romania's president delivered an enconium to software piracy during Bill Gates' world tour promoting Windows Vista.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
CNET enterprise software news
Wonkette: Blogs force quick action from major media
Plus: Row brewing over peer-to-peer ads. [News.com Extra] | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova science
Water Wasters Will Pay Up This Summer: City Creates Fee Scale to Deter Its Most Egregious Consumers
By Bob Shaw, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Jun. 3--WOODBURY -- No one will say who it is, but the Water-Hog of Woodbury has become a bit of a legend. | 3Sci/Tech |
E-Commerce Times
FCC Asks Supreme Court To Rule on Broadband
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal that could determine whether cable broadband providers can be forced to open their networks to other Internet providers. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Washington Post world
Russia Clashes With U.S. on Mideast Policy
Russia urged ending the isolation of the anti-Israeli militant group Hamas and including Syria in Middle East peace talks, exposing fissures in a high-level diplomatic group that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gathered yesterday in Washington... | 0World |
Boston Globe sports
[TS] Dallas Blossoming as Romo Absorbs ParcellsÂs Wisdom
Tony Romo and Eli Manning loom as Cowboys-Giants rivals for the next decade. | 1Sports |
Computerworld news
Effective Performance Management for Service-Oriented Applications
(Source: Symantec) This white paper demonstrates how the Symantec APM solution helps organizations keep SOA applications running at peak performance to improve interactions and enhance business agility, flexibility and productivity... | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Business
MasterCard IPO prices below forecast
(Reuters)
Reuters - MasterCard Inc., the world's No. 2
credit-card association, priced an initial public offering of
stock worth about $2.4 billion on Wednesday, amid expectations
of strong demand for one of the financial services industry's
top brands. | 2Business |
Reuters Tech
Online dating brings hope and frustration
TORONTO (Reuters) - Online dating renews women's hope in
love and sex, but can be just as disappointing as the real-life
dating scene, according to new Canadian research. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times Tech
Google Earnings Up 28% but Miss Expectations
The search giantâs shares declined sharply in after-hours trading despite its 58 percent increase in quarterly revenues. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo World
Nigeria's ruling party chooses nominee
(AP)
AP - Nigeria's ruling party on Sunday chose a Muslim from the north as its candidate for presidential elections that will mark the first transfer of power between elected governments since Nigeria's independence in 1960. | 0World |
Computerworld news
Green Computing
Saving has always been a business value. With the greening of the data center comes the greening of the balance sheet. In this Executive Briefing, we provide tips and tricks to help reduce power consumption, waste and chaos. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Ford's new CEO gets $18.5 million to take job
DETROIT (Reuters) -Ford Motor Co. F.N said on Friday it would pay veteran aerospace executive Alan Mulally $18.5 million to join the troubled automaker as its new chief executive in addition to an annual salary of $2 million. | 2Business |
Yahoo World
Government gets tough as South Korea's labor reform sparks protests (AFP)
AFP - The South Korean government is warning of tough action against union militancy as legislation aimed at increasing flexibility in South Korea's labor market triggered a head-on collision with labor groups. | 0World |
New York Times Business
Fidelity Reopens Magellan Fund to New Investors
Fidelity Investments plans to allow new investors to put money into Magellan, once the largest mutual fund in the U.S., for the first time in more than a decade. | 2Business |
BBC science
England 'to hit recycling target'
Recycling rates from local authorities show England should reach its 17% target for 2003/4. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters
Rossi grabs provisional pole in Australian GP
Italy's Valentino Rossi remained on course to complete the defence of his MotoGP world championship in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix by taking provisional pole on Friday. | 1Sports |
National Geographic Society
Video: Warming Threatens Alps Skiing
Retreating glaciers caused by global warming in the Swiss Alps are a reality. Now there's concern the warming could harm the small country's famed ski industry. | 3Sci/Tech |
San Francisco Chronicle
Yankees 5, Orioles 2
Unbeaten Orlando Hernandez pitched seven innings of five-hit ball to win his eighth straight decision, and the New York Yankees beat Sidney Ponson and the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Saturday. | 1Sports |
BBC News Business
Advertising costs hurt Creative
Digital music player maker Creative sees its profits fall by 84%, on increased advertising costs and an investment loss. | 2Business |
Forbes
Mikelsons: ATA Founder Has Grim Duty In Bankruptcy Filing
As Delta Air Lines (nyse: DAL - news - people ) agonizes over whether to seek the shelter of Chapter 11, ATA Holdings (nasdaq: ATAH - news - people ) beat them to the punch. | 2Business |
New York Times world
In Harlem, a Tough Choice Between Clinton and Obama
Five Democrats in Harlem weigh in on the choice between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. | 0World |
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