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U.S. Food Imports Climb Appetite for foreign foods and beverages is among the reasons the nation is expected to pay as much for imported products in 2005 as it earns by selling products abroad. | 2 |
Halliburton Payments May Be Withheld Inspector general for Iraqi reconstruction says the company's record-keeping was so poor that auditors could not determine whether the firm had fulfilled its obligations to the U.S. government. | 2 |
Yukos executives 'flee' Russia All the top executives at Russian oil giant Yukos have fled the country in fear of arrest as the government seeks to sell off its main asset. | 2 |
Sharp fall in mortgage approvals The number of mortgages approved by banks fall for the fifth month in a row in October, figures show. | 2 |
The Sites Before Christmas Internet retailers are figuring out what online shoppers really want and adding features to help, such as top-10 lists of hot sellers, gift picks by category and product ratings and reviews. | 3 |
Video Game Makers Rush to Cash In The 2004 shopping season is turning out to be the year of the blockbuster for video game companies as they race to score one more big hit before the current generation of Xboxes and PlayStation 2s makes way for new machines. | 3 |
Microsoft Foe Wins in Settlement Head of a technology industry trade group that encouraged aggressive legal action against Microsoft for antitrust violations for years received nearly \$10M as part of a settlement with the software giant. | 3 |
Canon Problems Ease Fears of LCD Glut (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's Canon Inc. said on Thursday\it had found problems with equipment for making liquid crystal\displays (LCDs), boosting shares in LG.Philips and other LCD\makers as fears of a supply glut eased. | 2 |
Oracle Fires Top PeopleSoft Executives The Oracle Corporation fired PeopleSoft's co-president and chief financial officer, Kevin Parker, and three other top executives. | 3 |
Cash Flow in '04 Found Its Way Into Dividends American companies stepped up their dividend increases in 2004, buoyed by strong cash flows and by a changed tax law. | 2 |
I.B.M. Division Headed to China Has Made No Profit in 3 1/2 Years I.B.M. said that the personal computer business it was selling to the Lenovo Group of China had not made a profit for three and a half years. | 3 |
Stranded travelers hope for better weather Thanksgiving Day CHICAGO Many holiday travelers say Thanksgiving didn #39;t start out as planned after fierce storms dumped snow in the Midwest. But they hope to rebound this morning, as normal flight schedules resume at Chicago #39;s | 2 |
Mickelson wins PGA Grand Slam of Golf Masters champion Phil Mickelson shot 13-under 59 to win the PGA Grand Slam of Golf. Masters champion Phil Mickelson tapped in a birdie on the final hole to become the fifth | 1 |
UNC wins Maui Invitational The junior point guard ran the offense as he always does, defended the opponent #39;s best backcourt player as he always does and even threw in a couple of highlight-tape moves in the 11th-ranked Tar Heels #39; 106-92 victory over Iowa on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Cagers fighting history in New York The Michigan mens basketball team has a chance to carve out its own little piece of history, beginning tonight in the semifinals of the Preseason NIT in New York. | 1 |
Iran #39;s president slams nuke plan IRANIAN President Mohammad Khatami has criticised an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution on its nuclear activities drawn up by Britain, France and Germany. | 0 |
Mexican police move against mob Hundreds of police and federal agents raided a Mexico City suburb on Wednesday night after two officers were killed by an angry crowd. | 0 |
PAISLEY #39;S PLAN FOR IRA NORTHERN Ireland could return to self-government next spring, the Rev Ian Paisley #39;s Democratic Unionist Party said last night. | 0 |
Judge Wants PeopleSoft To Explain Why It Turned Oracle Down During a scheduling hearing Wednesday, the judge overseeing Oracle #39;s attempt to overturn PeopleSoft #39;s takeover defenses said he wants to know exactly why PeopleSoft has turned down Oracle #39;s offer again. | 2 |
New CA CEO gets \$12.8-mn package NEW YORK: Computer Associates International Inc said on Wednesday it has awarded its new chief executive John Swainson a pay package totaling \$12.8 million (approx Rs 54 crore), in signing bonus, salary, stocks and options. | 2 |
Top News ; Rain, snow snarls US holiday travel Top News News, Dallas,Snow and rain snarled the holiday plans of millions of Thanksgiving travellers across the US as they battled flight delays and hazardous driving, reports UPI. | 2 |
Iran, EU Clash Over Terms of Nuclear Freeze (Reuters) Reuters - Iran is seeking exemptions from a deal\to suspend sensitive nuclear activities just three days after\it came into force, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said\Thursday. | 0 |
LeBron James Beats His Olympic Coach (AP) AP - If LeBron James was sending a post-Olympics message to Larry Brown, he wouldn't admit it. Perhaps trying to prove Brown was wrong to bench him in Greece, James scored a career-high 43 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 92-76 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night. | 1 |
UNC Win the Maui Invitational Title (AP) AP - Raymond Felton hardly looked like he was playing with a bad wrist. | 1 |
Bledsoe, Tobeck Are Old College Pals (AP) AP - Seattle center Robbie Tobeck once took a swing at Buffalo quarterback Drew Bledsoe. Not on the field, of course. They were college roommates at Washington State, where Tobeck snapped the ball to Bledsoe. | 1 |
Times Company Buys a Stake in Boston Metro, a Free Paper The New York Times Company said that it had agreed to buy 49 percent of Metro Boston, a free newspaper aimed primarily at commuters in their 20's and 30's. | 2 |
How Scientists and Victims Watched Helplessly The magnitude of the tsunami that remade the coasts of the Asian subcontinent was slowly gauged across the world. | 3 |
Deal to Acquire Pacific Exchange Is Expected Archipelago Holdings, the owner of ArcaEx, the largest electronic stock market, is expected to buy the Pacific Exchange for about \$50 million. | 2 |
Police continue probe as another Indy-Detroit battle looms (AFP) AFP - Police viewed videotapes from last week's basketball brawl between Indiana Pacers players and Detroit Pistons fans seeking evidence on the eve of another Indiana-Detroit sports showdown. | 1 |
A Catastrophe Strikes, and the Cyberworld Responds Much of the initial information about what had happened in Asia came from the Web. | 3 |
Iran #39;s Suspension of Uranium Enrichment Not Complete (Update2) The United Nations nuclear watchdog said Iran #39;s suspension of its uranium enrichment program isn #39;t yet complete and that it hoped to resolve Iran #39;s request regarding 20 centrifuges in the next day. | 0 |
The Art of the Fan A new fan Web site is unusual for the subject it obsesses over - the Conceptual Art star Matthew Barney - but otherwise it hews to the norm. | 3 |
Ethiopia Accepts Eritrea Border Ruling in Principle (Reuters) Reuters - Ethiopia said Thursday it\accepted "in principle" an independent commission's ruling on\its border with former foe Eritrea, possibly signaling an end\to a dispute that has simmered since their 1998-2000 war. | 0 |
No. 19 Alabama Tops Alaska-Anchorage 90-55 (AP) AP - Jermareo Davidson scored 15 of his 17 points in the first half, leading No. 19 Alabama to a 90-55 rout of Division II Alaska-Anchorage in the first round of the Great Alaska Shootout on Wednesday night. | 1 |
AMD Releases New Mobile Sempron Advanced Micro Devices #39; new Mobile Sempron processor gives the company a fresh chip for the holiday season, but it probably won #39;t help it overcome the solid advantage that rival Intel holds in the notebook market. | 3 |
It #39;s unfortunate: Waugh on Lara being dropped Tiruchirappalli: Former Australian captain Steve Waugh today described as unfortunate Brian Lara and other top West Indies players being ruled ineligible for a One-day cricket tournament in Australia in January after refusing to a sign a contract over | 1 |
Sports in brief Three-time All-Star catcher Jason Kendall was close to being traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for a pair of pitchers, a baseball official told the Associated Press on Wednesday. | 1 |
Examining the Swainson Move - Is IBM Planning to Buy Out CA? Computer Associates getting IBM veteran John Swainson as CEO - a move generally considered nothing less than brilliant - makes other ex-IBMers wonder how John managed to dodge the IBM border patrol and escape outside of a body bag. | 2 |
Nissan Halts Production at Japan Plants Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it will halt operations at three of its plants in Japan for five days starting later this month due to a steel sheet shortage. | 2 |
Remember When You Wanted Your Own Ms. Pac-Man? When arcade games are in the recreation room, no coins are necessary. | 3 |
Euro, oil saps German confidence Economists had forecast a drop to 94.8. The November business assessment index fell to 93.8 from 94.7 in October, while the business expectation index fell to 94.3 from 95.9 last month, Ifo said. | 2 |
Ethiopia backs down over border Ethiopia's government reverses its opposition to an international ruling on its border with Eritrea. | 0 |
Concern over Venezuela media law Venezuela passes a strict media law condemned by the opposition and human rights groups. | 0 |
Aziz briefs Pakistani officials Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is briefing top Pakistani officials of his talks with India #39;s premier on Kashmir. A meeting of the country #39;s national security council, comprising military and political leaders, is under way in the capital Islamabad. | 0 |
#39;6-Way Talks Prerequisite to Inter-Korean Summit #39; Unification Minister Chung Dong-young on Thursday stressed that the stalled six-way talks over Pyongyangs nuclear weapons programs need to be resumed first in order for the much-anticipated second inter-Korean summit to occur. | 0 |
Steel shortage hits Nissan plants Nissan is to stop production at some of its domestic car plants for five days due to a steel shortage. Japan #39;s second-biggest car maker will suspend operations at three of its four domestic plants on 29 and 30 November. | 0 |
Bomb blast kills one, injures 15 in southwestern Pakistan At least one person was killed and 15 bystanders were injured in a bomb blast in a busy market in Pakistan #39;s southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday, a local official said. | 0 |
Golf: Mickelson hits magic 59 Phil Mickelson scorches round in 59 shots to win the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Hawaii. | 0 |
Portugal child sex trial to begin The trial of seven people accused of forming a child sex ring in Portuguese care homes is set to begin. | 0 |
Transactions BASEBALL Arizona (NL): Named Bob Gebhard assistant general manager, Mike Aldrete hitting coach, Carlos Tosca third base coach, and Brett Butler first base coach. Chicago (AL): Signed P Kevin Walker. Cleveland (AL): Signed P Bob Wickman. Los Angeles (NL): Signed manager Jim Tracy to a two-year contract extension. Minnesota (AL): Signed C Mike Redmond to a two-year contract. Pittsburgh (NL): ... | 1 |
Bomb kills soldier in Pakistan A bomb in south-western Pakistan kills a soldier and injures 14, the latest in a series of attacks. | 0 |
Hunt for George Michael intruder Police look for a woman who broke into pop star George Michael's north London home earlier this month. | 0 |
News: Hacking tool reportedly draws FBI subpoenas Law enforcement has sought to identify some users of the Nmap freeware port scanner, the author says. | 3 |
New Year, New Scraps for Sun's Feisty Chief Despite a recent antitrust settlement, Scott McNealy says Sun Microsystems shaking hands with Microsoft is like two boxers tapping gloves. | 3 |
Barclay #39;s statement worries market Barclays, Britain #39;s third-biggest bank, said annual profit for the year would be in line with expectations at 4.5 billion but its shares fell more than two per cent amid concern | 2 |
Safety critic says he faces FDA transfer in quot;reprisal quot; Dr. David Graham, the Food and Drug Administration scientist who publicly criticized the agency #39;s approach to drug safety during a congressional hearing last week, said | 2 |
WINDIES SPONSORSHIP ROW West Indies may send a weakened squad to Australia for the forthcoming one-day series after most of their 25-man squad missed a deadline to make themselves available amid a dispute over sponsorship. | 1 |
Five-year ban for Blackburn fan One of the two Blackburn Rovers Football Club fans charged with public disorder for racially abusing Dwight Yorke has been handed a five-year ban. | 1 |
Boeing Converts 737 Into Bomber The squat little mainstay of the airline industry will become a fierce weapon for the Navy. The plane's new mission: to patrol the seas for submarines, then blow them to smithereens with bombs and missiles. Chris Genna reports from Seattle. | 3 |
The Dream Factory Any product, any shape, any size -- manufactured on your desktop! The future is the fabricator. By Bruce Sterling from Wired magazine. | 3 |
P2P Tilts Toward Legitimacy A peer-to-peer company signs a deal with three major record labels to provide content on its Peer Impact service, but it might not offer much for music fans. By Katie Dean. | 3 |
GAO to Probe Vote Counting Urged on by Democratic lawmakers, the Government Accountability Office plans to investigate the way votes were counted in the presidential election. The office cautions, however, that it is powerless to act if irregularities are found. | 3 |
Arctic Countries Agree on Perils of Climate Change but Not Solution The United States and the seven other countries jointly expressed concern about changes in the Arctic climate, but they did not agree on a strategy to deal with them. | 3 |
Girl Is First to Survive Rabies Without a Shot A critically ill Wisconsin teenager who was bitten by a bat recovered after being put into a drug-induced coma and being given antiviral drugs. | 3 |
Donald Puddy, 67, Space Flight Director, Dies Donald R. Puddy, a longtime NASA flight director, supervised Apollo, Skylab and early space shuttle missions from Mission Control. | 3 |
Intel Helping Asia to Use Linux sameerdesai writes quot;Seattletimes is carying this story on Intel helping major countries like China and India to help build Linux machines as an alternative to Microsoft Windows. | 3 |
Thatcher case postponed The case against Mark Thatcher, a British businessman who is being charged for allegedly bankrolling an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, has been postponed in the Wynberg Magistrate #39;s Court. | 0 |
Rwanda threatens to attack rebels in Congo A senior Rwandan government official signaled Wednesday Rwandan troops will attack the Congo-based rebels by saying that Rwanda will do all possible to defend her nationals if attacked by the militia. | 0 |
No End in Sight to Supply of Cheap TV's Industry experts say that the financial trouble of one of the biggest Chinese makers of television sets will not affect the market much. | 2 |
Web Sites Stirring Up Criticism of Coaches, Even the Unbeaten Ones Web sites have converted the mischievous idea of a few alumni into an odd form of futures market for betting on a college football coach's career. | 3 |
3 Music Companies Will Use Online File-Sharing Service Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service. | 3 |
Japan stocks close higher TOKYO: Japan #39;s Nikkei average inched higher on Thursday, helped by gains in steel producers like JFE Holdings after Nissan Motor said it was suffering from a shortage of steel. | 2 |
Microsoft paid CCIA \$19.75 million to settle The Financial Times reported yesterday that Microsoft paid the Computer and Communications Industry Association \$19.75 million earlier this month to settle an antitrust suit, and that the association #39;s top official received \$9.75 million of that amount. | 2 |
Update 2: Yukos CFO Delays Return to Moscow Chief financial officer for Russia #39;s embattled oil giant Yukos said Thursday he delayed his return to Moscow indefinitely after Russian prosecutors had summoned him for questioning. | 2 |
EU sanctions request on US exports The European Union and seven other countries #39; sanctions request on United States exports have been postponed to be considered by the World Trade Organization at a meeting. | 2 |
Update 1: German Business Sentiment Drops in Nov. Worries about the strengthening euro and concerns over persistently high oil prices helped push German business confidence down in November, a closely watched survey showed Thursday. | 2 |
Myths Run Wild in Blog Tsunami Debate As people gathered online to discuss the horror of the South Asian tsunami on sites known as Web logs, some bloggers said it had to be the government's fault. | 3 |
Davidson test cancelled Davidson was due to test with Williams in Spain next week as the team evaluates candidates for a race drive next season, but while BAR were seemingly prepared to offer Davidson to Williams for one year, the Grove-based team are said to have refused. | 1 |
Redknapp: I went of my own accord Under his two-and-a-half year tenure, the south coast club were transformed from First Division also-rans into an established side in the Barclays Premiership. | 1 |
Dechy takes France into final UNDER-STRENGTH France reached their third Fed Cup final when they took an unbeatable 3-0 lead in their semi-final against Spain today. | 1 |
No. 1 Deacons Take On Providence Wednesday Night Television: ESPN2. Dave O #39;Brien (play-by-play), Len Elmore (color analysis) and Stacey Dales-Schuman (sidelines) call the action. | 1 |
Shopping Spree That Wasn't as Markdowns Hurt Retailers This year was the season of the last-minute markdown as merchants, led by Wal-Mart Stores, scrambled to cut prices, choosing sales gains over higher profits. | 2 |
PeopleSoft case will be renewed A Delaware court has told the two sides in the trial over Oracle Corp. #39;s bid to overturn PeopleSoft Inc. #39;s antitakeover measure that they must return for more testimony next month, delaying a crucial ruling in the Redwood City giant #39;s plan to take over | 2 |
Microsoft Foe Wins in Settlement The head of a technology industry trade group that for years encouraged aggressive legal action against Microsoft Corp. for antitrust violations personally received nearly \$10 million as part | 2 |
UPDATE 1-Zimbabwe rescinds England media ban Zimbabwe have rescinded a ban on British journalists wanting to cover a five-match cricket tour by England, a senior official at the department of information and publicity said on Thursday. | 1 |
One good plus, two good minuses for A #39;s Well, let this be a lesson to us all. There really is no egregious mistake in the world of professional flesh peddling that cannot be undone. | 1 |
Reinventing the Wheel (and the Tire, Too) Michelin engineers are developing the "Tweel," a combined tire and wheel that could never go flat because it contains no air. | 3 |
US and British forces sweep through Iraq #39;s #39;death triangle #39; LATIFIYAH, Iraq (AFP) - American, British and Iraqi forces continued a major sweep through Iraq #39;s quot;triangle of death quot; to try to smash rebel enclaves before landmark elections in January. | 0 |
UK minister visits Arafat grave UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has laid a wreath at the grave of former Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat. Mr Straw is meeting Palestinian leaders at their headquarters in the occupied West Bank, following talks in Israel. | 0 |
Ukraine Opposition to Launch Strike in Vote Dispute (Reuters) Reuters - Ukraine's opposition takes its\campaign to overturn a presidential election result they say\was rigged to the factories and railways Thursday by trying to\organize a country-wide strike. | 0 |
Israel May End Construction of Barrier (AP) AP - Israel should stop building its West Bank separation barrier if Palestinian militants halt attacks, Israel's president was quoted as saying Thursday, in the most high-profile criticism yet of the contentious project. | 0 |
German business outlook drops Business confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, falls to its lowest level in more than a year. | 2 |
Ban hits Half-Life 2 pirates hard About 20,000 pirate players of Half-Life 2 have been banned from the game. | 0 |
The Ambanis: brothers at arm #39;s length? MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: On the face of it, the Ambani brothers, scions of the founding family of the countrys largest private-sector conglomerate, Reliance, are as different as the various businesses that make up the group. | 2 |
Update 4: Microsoft Judge Calls Surprise Meeting A European Union judge said Thursday he will continue to take into account testimony from the EU #39;s biggest former allies in its antitrust case against Microsoft, an indication their desertion would not affect the case. | 2 |
GE agrees to pay \$1.1b for Ionics Ionics Inc., a Watertown water treatment company with global operations, agreed to be purchased yesterday by General Electric Co. for \$1.1 billion in cash. | 2 |
US ; CIA funds chatroom surveillance US News, A university in New York has been funded to keep tabs on IRC conversations with money channelled through the National Science Foundation by the CIA, documents have revealed The CIA is quietly funding federal research into surveillance of Internet | 3 |
Ban hits Half-Life 2 pirates hard Game maker Valve shut down the online accounts of the players because it had evidence that their copy of the game had been obtained illegally. | 3 |
UPDATE 1-Barnes leads Australian Open after first round Former national amateur champion Kurt Barnes shot a brilliant 65 on Thursday to emerge as the unlikely first round leader of the centenary Australian Open. | 1 |
NHLPA set to pay its players NHL players are about to receive their first lockout stipends, amounts which will work out to roughly 3.6 per cent of the average NHL salary, according to the Canadian Press. | 1 |
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