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Update 1: Regulators Ask Prosecutors to Probe UFJ
Financial regulators on Thursday asked prosecutors to investigate allegations that UFJ Holdings Inc.'s banking unit illegally obstructed recent inspections by reporting misleading information about its nonperforming loans. | 0World |
Cameron Tells Mets He'll Work in Right
Mike Cameron, the former Gold Glove center fielder who lost his position when the Mets signed Carlos Beltran, told team officials that he did not want to be traded. | 1Sports |
Five nations win UN Security Council seats (AFP)
AFP - The United Nations elected five new members of the UN Security Council for two-year terms starting on January 1 -- Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan and Tanzania. | 0World |
Acton-Boxboro ranks with best
Acton-Boxboro, which sat atop the Globe's Top 20 standings all season, solidified that spot and capped a 13-0 season with a dominating 28-6 win over No. 6 Chelmsford in the Division 2 Super Bowl.Couple that with Everett's loss to Brockton in the Division 1 game, and there is no debate: A-... | 1Sports |
Wenger stays calm despite setback
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger refused to panic after his side were pegged back to a 1-1 draw by Panathinaikos in the Champions League. | 1Sports |
Funds close out 2004 with strong showings
NEW YORK -- Wall Street's fourth-quarter rally gave stock mutual funds a solid performance for 2004, with small-cap equity funds and real estate funds scoring some of the biggest returns. Large-cap growth equities and technology-focused funds had the slimmest gains. | 2Business |
Tutu and Mbeki in war of words
The row between South African President Thabo Mbeki and Archbishop Desmond Tutu worsens. | 0World |
Samarra on edge after days of fierce fighting
Samarra - An uneasy calm reigned over this former Sunni militant stronghold on Sunday as United States and Iraqi forces conducted mopping-up operations after two days of fierce fighting. | 0World |
Fischer finds mate but can't check US chasers
WASHINGTON: Bobby Fischer's plan to renounce his US citizenship and wed a Japanese chess official would not save him from prosecution, the US State Department said yesterday. | 0World |
HP, Intel End Itanium Chip Pact
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N and Intel Corp. INTC.O on Wednesday ended their 10-year partnership to co-develop the Itanium chip for server computers, following disappointing sales of the product. | 2Business |
Google Me, Google You: Admit It: You Search for Your Name on the Internet. But Do You Ever Get the Urge to Contact Those People Who Share Your Name to Find Out Just Who the Heck They Really Are? Reporter Richard Chin Did.
By Richard Chin, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Feb. 4--I, Richard Chin, am a newspaper reporter... | 3Sci/Tech |
Helicopter Crash, Bombing Add to US Death Toll
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two US Army helicopters crashed in Baghdad on Saturday, killing two soldiers, as the military reported that four other American troops had died in car bombings elsewhere in Iraq. | 0World |
Bill Clinton defends health care effort
(AP)
AP - Former President Clinton defends his administration's attempt to reshape the nation's health care system in a new book, saying the effort "was killed by politics, not the plan's particulars." | 0World |
Kuwaiti: OPEC will cut output
OPEC will cut back on oil production early next year in a bid to stave off a further decline in the world price, Kuwait's oil minister said yesterday. | 2Business |
At least 11 dead as two trains collide near Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed and 63 injured when a train packed with homeward-bound commuters rammed into another train on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. | 0World |
Survey: Porn to Boost Wireless Web Services (Reuters)
Reuters - Mobile phone users around the world
will spend $1 billion a year on pornography sent to their
handsets by 2008, which may boost the wireless services sector
much as it fueled growth in the fixed-line Internet, a market
research firm said. | 3Sci/Tech |
Haiti Ex-Soldiers Seize Aristide's Old Compound
Some 100 former soldiers who helped lead a revolt against ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide seized his abandoned residence on Wednesday and said they would make it their headquarters. | 0World |
UK mortgage lending rises sharply
The number of mortgages approved rose to 120,000 in July, the highest since the start of 2006. | 2Business |
Diplomat Says N. Korea Blast Not Nukes
BEIJING - A diplomat who visited the site of a huge explosion in North Korea said Friday he saw no evidence it was caused by a nuclear test, and South Korean officials said mushroom-shaped plume thought to be from the blast may have instead been a natural cloud formation. The ... | 0World |
Premiership: New boys can't buy a win
All three of the newly promoted sides are still searching for a first win of the season after a day of predictable results gave the Premiership table an all too familiar look. | 1Sports |
Fletcher Offers Conservation Effort: LANDOWNERS WOULD GET TAX BREAK IF THEY GIVE UP DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS
By John Stamper, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Feb. | 3Sci/Tech |
A's win meaningless finale
Rookie Nick Swisher singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the A's defeated the playoff-bound Anaheim Angels 3-2 on Sunday. | 1Sports |
Seven NBA Players to Aid Tsunami Victims (AP)
AP - Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, Jermaine O'Neal and four other NBA players have promised to donate $1,000 for every point they score in a game later this week to help victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. | 1Sports |
Conley leads Ohio State past Michigan
(AP)
AP - Seven-footer Greg Oden gets all the attention for No. 3 Ohio State. Maybe the shortest Buckeye deserves some of the focus. | 1Sports |
Bush signs energy bill into law
President George W. Bush signs into law a bill designed to improve fuel economy and reduce US demand for oil. | 2Business |
South Korea court allows probe of president-elect
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's constitutional court on Thursday ruled that a special counsel investigation into fraud allegations against President-elect Lee Myung-bak could go ahead, even though part of the process was unconstitutional. | 0World |
Flying Jumbo
Airbus unveils the world's largest passenger plane | 2Business |
New MicroSD, USB Reader Bundles from Kingston
Kingston has introduced two bundle kits that combine a microSD card with a Mac and PC-compatible USB reader. | 3Sci/Tech |
NYSE Euronext to acquire American Stock Exchange
NEW YORK (Reuters) - NYSE Euronext said on Thursday it agreed to acquire the American Stock Exchange for $260 million in stock to boost its business in options, exchange traded funds and other products. | 2Business |
No. 13 Louisville pounds Kentucky 59-28
(AP)
AP - Michael Bush sat up on the stretcher and waved to the Papa John's Stadium crowd. He didn't anticipate having to say goodbye so soon. | 1Sports |
Bolton on the move after Newcastle win
London, England (Sports Network) - In Sunday's only Premiership match, Bolton Wanderers moved back into the league's fourth position after beating Newcastle United 2-1. | 1Sports |
Hotel Workers in Three Cities May Strike (Reuters)
Reuters - Hotel workers in Washington D.C.,
San Francisco and Los Angeles on Sunday held out the threat of
a strike, but have told management they will resume contract
talks, a D.C. union official said. | 2Business |
Walker Reveals Multiple Personalities
ATLANTA -- Georgia football great Herschel Walker has multiple personalities _ a revelation in an upcoming book that surprises the man who coached the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner. | 1Sports |
Trail Blazers Suspend Woods
PORTLAND, Ore., (Sports Network) - Portland Trail Blazers forward Qyntel Woods was suspended without pay pending the club's investigation regarding allegations by Multnomah County for dog abandonment and by Clackamas County for dog fighting. | 1Sports |
Earthlink names Huff as CEO
(AP)
AP - Internet service provider Earthlink Inc. on Monday named the former leader of a voice and data services company known for his willingness to cut loose unprofitable projects as its new chief executive. | 3Sci/Tech |
Google Planning To Index Entire Libraries
Google Planning To Index Entire Libraries
For a long time there have been rumors going around about Project Ocean, a project by Google to index all the pre-1923 content in the Stanford Library. (I'd call it a little stronger than a rumor since it was in the New York Times, bu... | 3Sci/Tech |
Fresno Unified Longs for Tech Upgrade: School Board Will Consider Funding Faster Internet Access.
By Christina Vance, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Feb. 7--Unhappy with the speed of dial-up Internet access at home? Try being a Fresno Unified student. Many classroom Web connections move at a maddeningly slow pace in Califo... | 3Sci/Tech |
Showdown With The Rebel
The U.S. and the Iraqi government struggle
to contain the truculent cleric Muqtada al-Sadr | 0World |
Q&A: Microsoft's Will Poole talks about digital home entertainment
LOS ANGELES - With Microsoft pulling out the stops to make computers part of home entertainment, Will Poole was a natural choice to lead the business producing PC versions of Windows. | 3Sci/Tech |
Rose backs McGwire, self for Hall
(AP)
AP - Pete Rose thinks Mark McGwire should be baseball's Hall of Fame, and hasn't given up hope that he'll get there someday, too. | 1Sports |
New fish in town: Saban will coach Dolphins
Orlando, FL (Sports Network) - LSU head coach Nick Saban announced on Saturday night that he will become the new head coach of the Miami Dolphins beginning in the 2005 season. | 1Sports |
The Christmas console war: round one to Xbox?
Battle for the wrapping paper begins
In the run-up to the Christmas season, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo will all be eagerly analysing sales figures in an attempt to declare their own console champion of champions. Microsoft has already made the first move and declared tha... | 3Sci/Tech |
Lehman Seeking a New Tone in the Ryder Cup
Tom Lehman remembers watching last year's Ryder Cup on television, and feeling like he had tuned into a horror show. | 1Sports |
United Airlines: We'll strength hubs, pull back elsewhere
United Airlines management says it is "substantially accelerating" its restructuring plans to add lucrative international routes, strengthen its hubs, and cut back on other domestic service. | 2Business |
IBM's Blue Gene Wins Fastest Supercomputer Honors
IBM (Quote, Chart) secured the top spot in the rankings for world's fastest supercomputer as Blue Gene/L ran at a sustained speed of 36. | 2Business |
Plugging in a Musical Visionary's Next Ideas
Musician Brian Eno, who has been turning ideas into visionary music for decades, is looking to create software that will write song lyrics. | 3Sci/Tech |
Drug Reports May Affect Work Visas
SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic -- Baseball union head Donald Fehr has heard rumors about the possibility U.S. authorities could deny or restrict work visas for foreign players mentioned in reports of use of performance-enhancing drugs. | 1Sports |
Patches keep coming as Apple fixes OS X security bugs
The bug fixes kept coming Monday, as Apple shipped critical security updates for its Mac OS X operating system. | 3Sci/Tech |
How Goodwin Procter won many of Testa's law partners
Silicon Valley and Manhattan law firms descended on Boston in December, throwing money at the hotshot talent fleeing the country's premier high-technology law firm, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, as it was unraveling. | 2Business |
Free tax filing won't come with loan solicitations
WASHINGTON -- The IRS and private tax preparers have agreed that a free electronic filing program will be offered for 2006 tax returns without solicitations for refund loans that sometimes carry high interest charges and fees, the agency said yesterday. | 2Business |
Fannie Mae faces probe for fraud
Fannie Mae, the US biggest government-ruled mortgage lender, faces formal investigation conducted by the US Justice Department of possible accounting fraud. | 2Business |
FBI planted spyware on teen's PC to trace bomb threats
The FBI planted spyware on a 15-year-old boy's computer in Washington state to help finger him as the person responsible for a number of bomb threats e-mailed to his high school earlier this year. | 3Sci/Tech |
Vanderbilt Upsets No. 19 Alabama, 70-56 (AP)
AP - Mario Moore shot 4-of-5 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points to help lead Vanderbilt to a 70-56 upset of No. 19 Alabama on Wednesday night. | 1Sports |
Creator wins Ig Nobel for karaoke's 'new way to tolerate'
NEW YORK (Kyodo) Karaoke inventor Daisuke Inoue was awarded the humorous Ig Nobel peace prize in a Thursday ceremony at Harvard University for "providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other. | 3Sci/Tech |
PalmOne licenses Microsoft Exchange for mobile e-mail
PalmOne Inc. has licensed technology from Microsoft Corp. to make its devices work directly with Microsoft's Exchange e-mail server, the companies said Tuesday. | 3Sci/Tech |
Update: Darfur peace talks suspended as rebels pull out
The third round of peace talks aimedat ending a 22-month-old crisis in Sudan's troubled Darfur region has been suspended after the rebels accused government forces of continuing attacking them. | 0World |
Blair Gives Qualified Iraq Apology to Woo Party
BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - Tony Blair offered his Labour party on Tuesday a partial apology for waging war in Iraq -- a desperate attempt to pull supporters back behind him ahead of an election next year. | 0World |
Bills keep playoff hopes alive
His final season as a modestly talented tight end coincided with Chuck Noll's last hurrah on the sideline, and it was probably during that 1991 campaign with the Pittsburgh | 1Sports |
UK.gov wants to ramp up, co-ordinate anti-terror investment
Fragmentation is just one of our enemies
The UK government's chief scientific advisor painted a depressing picture of an ever-evolving terror threat that had to be be met with an ever agile investment in science and technology for security.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Intelligent, chatty machines
Also: Searching passengers' faces for subtle cues to terror. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra. | 3Sci/Tech |
Thou Shalt Not Increase G.D.P.
The wall separating church and economics is being breached as some academics turn to studying the effect of religion on economies. | 2Business |
US: Time Running Out in Airbus-Boeing Row
PARIS (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it may soon take legal action in a trade row over government help for Airbus and Boeing, particularly as the European aircraft maker was seeking support for a new project. Washington and Brussels have so far resisted laun... | 2Business |
US team wins Tommy Bahama Challenge in playoff
Americans Hank Kuehne, Chad Campbell, Zach Johnson and Chris Riley beat a foursome of international players on the first playoff hole Tuesday in the inaugural Tommy Bahama Challenge. | 1Sports |
Fertility Clinics Vary on Embryo Disposal (AP)
AP - The nation's fertility clinics vary widely when it comes to how they perform one of the most delicate aspects of their jobs: disposing of unused frozen human embryos that were created to help infertile women become pregnant. | 3Sci/Tech |
Manning outguns Favre
Peyton Manning threw for 393 yards and five first-half touchdowns and the Indianapolis Colts beat the Green Bay Packers 45-31 in a wild, high-scoring game on Sunday. | 1Sports |
U.S. Women Win Third Straight Hoops Gold
ATHENS, Greece - The United States shook off early shooting woes and sloppy play to claim its third straight Olympic gold medal Saturday, a 74-63 victory over Australia that was ugly but immensely satisfying for the Americans. They did it by turning up the defense, crashing the... | 0World |
Opec agrees to clamp down on oil production
OPEC, the oil producers' cartel, agreed yesterday to clamp down on its excess production, which has seen crude prices tumble by one-quarter in just six weeks. | 2Business |
UPS Profit Grows But Misses Estimates
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc. UPS.N said on Thursday its quarterly profit rose but missed expectations as shortfalls in its U.S. package business and rising fuel prices offset strength internationally. | 2Business |
Hokies Making Noise
Prognosticators pegged Virginia Tech as being among the worst teams in the ACC but coach Seth Greenberg has guided the surprising Hokies to fifth place. | 1Sports |
Polar Lakes and Global Warming
Previously undiscovered lakes under Antarctica may help improve our understanding of the interaction between global warming and the melting icepack. Plus: New climate accord sought. By the Associated Press. | 2Business |
Social Security a Priority for White House (AP)
AP - THE PROBLEM: Social Security faces a $3.7 trillion shortfall over 75 years. | 0World |
Trade Deficit Surges; Jobless Claims Up
The U.S. trade deficit, propelled by a record foreign oil bill, surged to $54 billion in August, the second highest level in history. | 2Business |
NASA, UK boffins plan tunnelling Moon mole robot
Beagle 3 to seek Martian fossils in lunar caverns
A joint working group set up by the British government and US space agency NASA has recommended that the two countries cooperate on a "UK-led" unmanned moon mission.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Thousands of British protesters demand Lebanon ceasefire
(AFP)
AFP - Activists, claiming a groundswell of anti-war sentiment not seen since the US-led invasion of Iraq, have staged a mass protest against the conflict in Lebanon and demanded a ceasefire. | 0World |
Airline Consolidation Could Mean Higher Fares
Industry observers say all the talks and recent airline restructurings have set the stage for big changes in the business next year | 2Business |
Big leap in foreign investment in India
Foreign direct investment inflows to India leapt by almost 70 per cent in the first six months of the year but are still running at only a tenth the volume of China. | 2Business |
GM Builds Time Machine
It's back to the future and back to the dealer for 10 million GM cars. | 2Business |
Tips for Last-Minute Holiday Shoppers (AP)
AP - Last-minute shopping recommendations from consumer finance experts: | 2Business |
Japan cuts short Antarctic whale hunt
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has abandoned whale hunting in the Antarctic for this season after its main whaling ship was crippled by a fire two weeks ago, the Fisheries Agency said on Wednesday. | 0World |
Delta, US Air Slump As Bankruptcies Eyed
Investors pulled back from shares of major air carriers Friday as concerns loomed that US Airways Group Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. | 2Business |
Hawkshead calls in administrators
Outdoor clothing company Hawkshead goes into administration amid problems with financing and its database. | 2Business |
Warmest January ever recorded worldwide in 2007: US scientists
(AFP)
AFP - World temperatures in January were the highest ever recorded for that month of the year, US government scientists said. | 3Sci/Tech |
Google Checkout & Customer Ownership
Google Checkout & Customer Ownership
Brian Smith at ComparisonEngines has an interesting post (citing research from Piper Jaffray’s Safa Rashtchy) on retailer fear surrounding Google’s control of customer data and the customer relationship. (Eric Schmidt in his remarks at SES gave ... | 3Sci/Tech |
Genetic test for prostate cancer
A genetic test which may improve accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer is launched in the UK. | 3Sci/Tech |
From Fall Classic to a classic fall
Two years ago, the Chicago White Sox were World Series champions. Three days ago, general manager Kenny Williams flew to Cleveland unexpectedly to apologize for the team's poor play. | 1Sports |
Europe revel in Ryder glory
Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer led the praise for his "tremendous" Europe team after their crushing 18œ-9œ defeat of the USA at Oakland Hills. | 1Sports |
Once Again, Capitals Are Gracious Guests
The Capitals surrender three power-play goals in the first period and a short-handed one in the second to hand the Canadiens a 5-3 victory. | 1Sports |
Hewitt cruises to quarterfinals
Former Wimbledon and US Open winner Lleyton Hewitt cruised to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Michael Llodra on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the TD Waterhouse Cup. | 1Sports |
Britain and Ireland Fail in Talks on Power-Sharing Government
The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland admitted today that they had failed so far to restore power-sharing government between Catholics and Protestants | 0World |
Funambol offers ad-supported mobile e-mail
Open-source mobile e-mail provider Funambol is working with advertising company Amobee to give network operators a way to offer free e-mail services to users. The new mobile offering, which Funambol plans to announce on Tuesday and demonstrate in Barcelona next week at the Mo... | 3Sci/Tech |
Review: Fake Steve Jobs' Options is funny, but optional
If you're a Silicon Valley insider, expect to laugh mightily at this send up of Northern California's movers and shakers. Others might not get the joke. | 3Sci/Tech |
House Panel Questions Role of French Bank (AP)
AP - Lawmakers are questioning whether a French bank failed to comply with U.S. money-laundering laws, possibly helping Saddam Hussein manipulate the $60 billion U.N. oil-for-food program. The bank denies any wrongdoing. | 0World |
Hunt for clues to Russia crashes
Russian investigators refuse to rule out sabotage after two airliners crash minutes apart, killing 89 people. | 0World |
Fussing About Fund Fees
Mutual fund fees may look small, but they can eat much of your earnings. | 2Business |
Orange off to a running start
(November 12, 2004) - SYRACUSE â-t took just 50 seconds to show how overmatched the Northern Colorado basketball team would be in Thursday night's 104-54 loss to Syracuse University. | 1Sports |
Blake into Vegas quarters amid rules snafu
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - James Blake was controversially given a place in the Las Vegas Open quarter-finals on Thursday after the ATP reversed a quirk in the rules of its new round-robin format that had seen him ousted in bizarre fashion. | 1Sports |
Samsung pumps $31bn into chip plants
SOUTH Korea 's Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chipmaker, is to invest $US24 billion ($31 billion) in new chip production lines over the next six years. | 2Business |
NBA: Hill Drives Orlando Magic to Beat LA Clippers
ORLANDO, Fla. (Sports Network) - Grant Hill scored a season-high 39 points and Steve Francis hit a pair of clutch shots down the stretch to lead the Orlando Magic over the Los Angeles Clippers, 99-94, at TD Waterhouse Center. | 1Sports |
Boller Still Finding Way
Kyle Boller faces mounting criticism after an ineffective game in Washington two weeks ago. With several offensive players out, Boller needs to play better vs. the Bills. | 1Sports |
FAQ: What does the digital TV switch actually mean?
It's not too early to start thinking about how to ensure your television won't go dark when analog broadcasts shut down in 2009. Photos: Converting from analog to digital TV | 3Sci/Tech |
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