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Sudan expels representatives of two British aid groups (AFP) AFP - The Sudanese government declared the representatives of two British humanitarian organizations persona non-grata and gave them 48 hours to leave the country. | 0 |
Football: Diouf on spitting charge The FA charges Bolton's El-Hadji Diouf with improper conduct after he spat at Portsmouth's Arjan de Zeeuw. | 0 |
Strong dollar #39;to blame #39; TREASURER Peter Costello warned yesterday that exporters faced a challenging year, blaming the strength of the Australian dollar for an uncomfortably large current account deficit. | 2 |
The Bonus: A Rise in the Number Wall St. Crunches the Most The holiday season has arrived and with it the ultimate in year-end giving, bonus season on Wall Street. Top executives of the leading financial firms are now spending | 2 |
Toshiba wins backing for HD-DVD Toshiba has won a major victory in the battle to determine the standard for next-generation DVDs with the endorsement by four Hollywood studios of its High Definition-DVD format. | 3 |
The Internet Column Beware the web, beware even of known and trusted web sites that you have been visiting for years. For even the most trustworthy of organisations, operating the most trustworthy of web sites | 3 |
Cicadas #39; Overall Effect on Trees That appears to be the conclusion of research in this week #39;s issue of Science that assesses the effects of 17-year periodical cicadas on forest ecology. | 3 |
Blacks Caps stumble early in chase New Zealand was in early trouble during its second innings midway through day four of the second cricket Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval. | 1 |
Spain: Madrid and Valencia both win and consolidate their <b>...</b> MADRID, Nov 28 (SW) - A few magic minutes early in the second half were enough for Real Madrid to decide their home match against Levante. | 1 |
Experts debate over whale strandings A MASSIVE rescue operation is under way off the southeast coast of Tasmania after two mysterious strandings of long-finned pilot whales and bottle-nosed dolphins within | 0 |
SE Asia Forges Closer Ties with China, Japan, S.Korea <p>\</p><p> By Ed Cropley</p><p> VIENTIANE (Reuters) - Leaders of 13 Southeast and Northeast\Asian states Monday underlined their determination to turn\growing economic power into political influence by establishing\a new summit-level grouping.</p> | 2 |
Dollar Rests After Sharp Losses (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar held above last week's record\low against the euro and 4-1/2 year lows against the yen\Monday, winning some respite after 10 consecutive weeks of\losses. | 2 |
Eurostocks Near 28-Month Peak (Reuters) Reuters - European shares flirted with 28-month\highs on Monday, buoyed by a bounce back in auto groups after\their recent trouncing due to the weak dollar. | 2 |
Stephen B. Shepard to Retire from BusinessWeek; Expected to Lead <b>...</b> NEW YORK, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- After 20 years leading BusinessWeek magazine -- a tenure defined by editorial excellence, circulation growth and global expansion -- Stephen B. Shepard, Editor-in-Chief, will retire effective April 1, 2005. | 2 |
Stocks Set for Firmer Open; Retail Eyed Stock futures rose sharply on Monday, pointing to a strong open, as investors pinned hopes on a solid start to the holiday shopping season, while the dollar pulled back from record lows and oil eased slightly. | 2 |
Turnpike turns to temps With smooth holiday travel along its 531 miles of road, the Pennsylvania Turnpike will continue to cycle temporary workers and managers | 2 |
Net music swap firm a #39;pirate #39; A SYDNEY software company painted itself as a defender of the interests of millions of music fans when in fact it was the world #39;s biggest music pirate, a court was told yesterday. | 3 |
HD-DVD picks up Hollywood support By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service and Paul Kallender, IDG News Service. The group supporting the HD-DVD optical disc format for high-definition video has received a boost in its battle against the rival | 3 |
High-tech consortium to challenge Intel #39;s chip dominance IBM, Sony and Toshiba are joining forces to challenge Intel, creating a new computer chip called Cell. The three companies have been working together on Cell since 2001. | 3 |
Oram relishes the tough Aussie challenge Adelaide: New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram said playing in the lopsided series against Australia quot;leaves for dead quot; thrashing Bangladesh twice in Tests last month. | 1 |
Real Madrid stays in touch of leader Barcelona in the Spanish <b>...</b> Four goals in 11 minutes allowed Real Madrid to destroy Bernd Schuster #39;s Levante and win over some frustrated fans as it secured second place in the Spanish league standings. | 1 |
Sehwag slams 82 in Indian reply CALCUTTA, India - Indian opener Virender Sehwag slammed a sparkling 82 not out to ensure the base for a big total in reply to South Africa #39;s modest score in the second and final Test. | 1 |
Burger named IRB player of the year Schalk Burger completed a mesmerising season by winning the International Rugby Board (IRB #39;s) Player of the Year in London #39;s Royal Lancaster Hotel last night. | 1 |
Hope fading for China miners More than a day and a half after a deadly gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northwest China, rescuers are losing hope of finding 141 people still trapped underground. | 0 |
Sudan expels British charity head The head of Save the Children in Sudan has been expelled from the country over claims that the charity breached Sudanese law by claiming warplanes dropped bombs near an aid centre in Darfur. | 0 |
Account deficit blows out to \$13.7 bn MARK COLVIN: It #39;s been a day of records on the economic front, but they #39;re not the sort of achievements the Federal Government likes to trumpet. | 2 |
No-frills service could see prices drop LONDON (CBS.MW) -- T-Mobile is to act as carrier for a web-based UK mobile phone service set up by Denmark #39;s TDC and the EasyGroup that is to launch in March. | 2 |
Giants are now playing for next year When Tom Coughlin growled, gritted his teeth and clenched those fists his first day on the job, he vowed these Fasselian free falls were finished. | 1 |
Rugby: Burger named Player of the Year LONDON : Schalk Burger was named Player of the Year at the International Rugby Board (IRB) awards ceremony as South Africa scooped three awards. | 1 |
Pampling in lead at Australian Open SYDNEY, Australia -- Australias Rod Pampling got off to a rough start Saturday and finished with a 3-over-par 74, leaving him one stroke ahead of countryman Richard Green entering the last round of the centennial Australian Open. | 1 |
Chirac loyalist takes finance job Herve Gaymard, farm minister and loyal backer of French President Jacques Chirac, takes over the finance ministry from Nicolas Sarkozy. | 2 |
Top clubs 'should run UK football' Large football clubs should not be concerned about those struggling at the lower end of the leagues, says Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd. | 2 |
Update 2: Crude Oil Futures Ease Slightly Crude oil futures eased slightly Monday but remained close to the \$50 a barrel level amid lingering concerns about shortages of heating oil at the start of the Northern Hemisphere winter. | 2 |
Telekom Austria Plans to Buy Mobiltel for \$1.5 Bln (Update7) Telekom Austria AG plans to buy Bulgaria #39;s largest wireless company, MobilTel EAD, for 1.15 billion euros (\$1.5 billion), adding 3 million subscribers in a nation where less than half the population has a cellular phone. | 2 |
Martha has a jailhouse flock - nun popular with prisoners and guards who give her quot;kid-glove quot; treatment, a new report says. In the seven weeks since the diva of | 2 |
GDP in Q3 grows 6.3 DESPITE the budget deficit, continued increases in oil and consumer prices, the economy, as measured by gross domestic product, grew by 6.3 percent in the third | 2 |
Sony Discloses Details on Computer Chip (AP) AP - Sony Corp. plans to begin selling home servers for broadband and high-definition TV systems powered by a revolutionary new computer chip in 2006, the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant said Monday. | 3 |
Toshiba Announces the Next-Generation DVD Format Endorsement by <b>...</b> TOKYO --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 29, 2004 -- Toshiba Corporation disclosed today that the company has received separate commitments of support from Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema, and Warner Bros. | 3 |
Sony Discloses Details on Computer Chip Yoshihide Fujii, president and chief executive officer of Tokyoba Digital Media Network Co., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 29, 2004. | 3 |
Pirate for genuine XP trade BRITISH owners of pirated copies of Microsoft #39;s Windows XP operating system can trade them in for the real thing as part of a bid by the software giant to fight counterfeiting. | 3 |
Toshiba Wins Support for HD DVD from 4 Film Studios (Reuters) Reuters - Toshiba Corp. said on Monday it had won\support for the HD DVD optical disc standard from Warner Bros.\Studios, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and New Line\Cinema, advancing its cause in the battle for the\next-generation DVD. | 3 |
Russia Captures Fed Cup Tennis Title Favored Russia has captured the Fed Cup tennis title for the first time, with a dramatic 3-2 win over defending champion France in Moscow. | 1 |
Green slams tough courses RICHARD Green is campaigning for a fair go for golfers in a bid to inject more excitement into home tournaments this summer. Green blasted the brutal course set-up for last week #39;s Australian | 1 |
Spain fear Bryan brothers in Davis Cup final The United States doubles pairing of Mike and Bob Bryan could pose as big a challenge to Spain #39;s Davis Cup final hopes as world number two Andy Roddick, a Spanish team coach said on Monday. | 1 |
FA charge Diouf over spitting incident LONDON, Nov 29 (SW) - The English Football Association has confirmed Bolton Wanderers striker El Hadji Diouf had been charged with improper conduct. | 1 |
Iraqi Red Crescent Sets Up Relief Center (AP) AP - The Iraqi Red Crescent has established a relief center in Fallujah, Iraq, but continued fighting between U.S.-led forces and insurgents makes it impossible for doctors and nurses to move around and treat the wounded, the international Red Cross said Monday. | 0 |
GPL Could Put Heat on Microsoft (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Efforts under way to revise the popular GNU General Public License could put additional pressure on Microsoft by the time it tries to push its long-awaited Windows upgrades out the door. | 3 |
Breaking Down the Orange Bowl Match-Up (AP) AP - Southern California and Oklahoma both have a Heisman Trophy winner at quarterback, an All-American tailback and swift defenses that run similar schemes. A look at how the No. 1 Trojans and No. 2 Sooners will match up in the Orange Bowl on Tuesday night: | 1 |
Eagles to Weigh Playoff Pressure Over Week (AP) AP - The Philadelphia Eagles once again have home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. And once again, nothing less than a trip to the Super Bowl will be considered a success. | 1 |
Report Links Ex-TV Manager, Saddam's Son (AP) AP - A videotape found in Baghdad after the ouster of Saddam Hussein shows a former manager for Al-Jazeera television thanking one of Saddam's sons for his support, the newspaper Asharq al-Awsat says. | 0 |
Stocks Set to Rise; Retail and Apple Eyed (Reuters) Reuters - Stock futures rose on Monday, pointing\to a firmer open, as investors pinned hopes on a solid start to\the holiday shopping season, while Apple Computer Inc \was helped by another brokerage raising its price target on the\stock. | 3 |
Asia Faces Living Nightmare from Climate Change (Reuters) Reuters - The weather predictions for Asia in\2050 read like a script from a doomsday movie. | 3 |
Hillary Opposed to Highway to South Pole (AP) AP - New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest and the first to drive a vehicle to the South Pole, described a U.S. highway to the pole as "terrible." | 3 |
Creative Zen Micro 5GB music player <strong><cite>Reg</cite> review</strong> Mobile phone styling comes to the MP3 world | 3 |
Screensaver tackles spam websites A screensaver targeting spam-related websites could help drive spammers out of business. | 3 |
Intelligence Community Looks at Convera Software Software provider Convera Corp. of Vienna was awarded \$800,000 by a CIA-funded private-venture group to expedite the development of its search-and categorization capability. | 3 |
Company Hopes to Take Outsourcing to a New Level: Africa Many large companies have reaped the economic benefits of outsourcing in recent years. Karim Morsli is trying to make money bringing those same advantages to small and medium-sized businesses -- while also spurring economic growth in Africa. | 3 |
U.S. Opposes Passport Privacy Protections The Bush administration opposed security measures for new microchip-equipped passports that privacy advocates contended were needed to prevent identity theft, government snooping or a terror attack, according to State Department documents released Friday. | 3 |
Toshiba Wins Support for HD DVD from 4 Film Studios <p>\</p><p> By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Nathan Layne</p><p> TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp. said on Monday it had won\support for the HD DVD optical disc standard from Warner Bros.\Studios, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and New Line\Cinema, advancing its cause in the battle for the\next-generation DVD.</p> | 3 |
Australia Music Industry Decries Kazaa Lawyers for Australia's recording industry branded the popular Kazaa file-swapping network "an engine of copyright piracy to a degree of magnitude never before seen" as they launched a court battle to shut down Kazaa's illegal activities. | 3 |
'Ringback' Tones May Be Next Big Thing Ring tones are so yesterday. If wireless companies have their way, the next multibillion-dollar surprise in the cellular business will be "Ringback" tones. | 3 |
Asteroid named after professor Scientists name an asteroid after the professor responsible for the failed Beagle 2 mission to Mars. | 3 |
Asian equities higher as dollar claws back Asian equities were higher as the dollar clawed above last week #39;s record low against the euro and firmed against the yen, sending shipping and steel shares higher. | 2 |
GDP growth likely healthy Despite cautionary words from Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge last week about the impact of the rising dollar, Canadian gross domestic product likely grew at a healthy 3.5 clip in the third quarter due to strong consumer spending. | 2 |
CELL Prototype Announced By Sony, Toshiba, and IBM In two joint press releases, Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Toshiba, and IBM, have today announced the creation of the prototype CELL processor, which is currently being developed in Austin Texas. | 3 |
Expedition 10 Relocates Soyuz The Expedition 10 crewmembers successfully relocated a Soyuz spacecraft at the International Space Station this morning, setting the stage for their upcoming spacewalks. | 3 |
Sony keeps PSP production low, focuses on PS2 Low initial shipment figures for Sony #39;s forthcoming PlayStation Portable are down to a decision to focus on manufacturing the profitable PlayStation 2 hardware, according to a spokesperson for the Japanese giant. | 3 |
Creative Zen Micro Le Zen Micro te donne la possibilit de choisir ta couleur prfre. Tu prfres le rose au noir ou gris ? Fais ton choix entre toutes les couleurs que le Zen micro peut toffrir. | 3 |
Microsoft upgrade knocks out 80,000 government PCs Some 80,000 computers at the Department for Work and Pensions went down during #39;a routine software upgrade #39; of its Microsoft machines this week. | 3 |
Toffeemen #39;ecstatic #39; with a point Everton boss David Moyes was full of praise for his hard-working side after Lee Carsley #39;s free-kick goal saw them claim a point from their visit to St James #39; Park yesterday, writes Miles Starforth. | 1 |
Rugby-Burger named best player as Springboks sweep IRB awards Flanker Schalk Burger was named the International Rugby Board (IRB) #39;s player of the year as South Africa swept the top honours at a ceremony in London. | 1 |
Middle East ; Iran still striving for centrifuge exemption Middle East News, Iran said yesterday that it was still discussing with Europe on its demand on the exemption of 20 centrifuges from the suspension, sniffing at the prospect of the referral of its nuclear case to the UN Security Council. | 0 |
Bombing of Kazakh president #39;s office #39;hooliganism #39; not #39;terrorism #39; <b>...</b> Terrorism wasn #39;t involved in a pair of bomb blasts that rocked the pro-presidential party #39;s office in Kazakhstan #39;s commercial capital, police said Monday. | 0 |
Chile Will Give Pensions to Torture Victims Under Dictatorship Chile #39;s government said that tens of thousands of people were tortured during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet and that the victims will receive reparations. | 0 |
IBM opens on demand tech center Hoping literally to bring users more in touch with its on demand technologies, IBM on Monday announced the opening of a new technology center in Gaithersburg, Md., to help users implement a number of different orchestration and provisioning capabilities. | 3 |
Sony, IBM, and Toshiba reveal more plans for Cell chip The four companies developing the Cell microprocessor released a few more details about the chip on Monday -- and with them a surprise: first generation versions of the device won't be built on a cutting edge production technology into which the companies have sunk billions of dollars, but on a technology already in widespread use today. | 3 |
Microsoft and Sun plan Webcast to detail cooperation Those wondering what this year's surprise cooperation deal between Microsoftand Sun Microsystems will actually produce should get an update in coming weeks, when the companies detail some of their interoperability work in areas like Web services, directory services, and security. | 3 |
Russia welcomes foreign bids for assets of embattled Yukos oil giant (AFP) AFP - Russia said it would welcome Indian and other companies bidding for the assets of Russian oil giant Yukos, the country's biggest oil exporter, due to be sold off later this month. | 0 |
Satellite failure hits U.S. broadband services The failure of a communications satellite on Sunday has knocked out broadband services supplied by StarBand Communications, according to a statement posted on the company's web site. | 3 |
Industry group might buy Commerce One patents A move is afoot to form an industry consortium to buy about 40 patents that are among the assets of bankrupt Commerce One. | 3 |
Shopping Search Week 2004! Shopping has emerged as one of the most important vertical categories in the specialized search arena, for searchers, advertisers and merchants alike. This week we take a look at what's new and improved in shopping and product comparison search engines. | 3 |
Tutu and Mbeki in war of words The row between South African President Thabo Mbeki and Archbishop Desmond Tutu worsens. | 0 |
Reform candidate enters PA race Palestinian democracy activist Mustafa Barghouti joins the race to replace Yasser Arafat as Palestinian president. | 0 |
First look at PlayStation 3 chip The chip that will power the PlayStation 3 is said to be up to 10 times faster than current processors. | 0 |
North Carolina Cruises Playing their fifth game in eight days, the Tar Heels get 23 points from Jawad Williams to beat Southern California, 97-65. | 1 |
Ukraine Supreme Court Opens Hearing Into Vote Fraud Charges As the court met on whether the election results should be nullified, there were two other significant developments. | 0 |
Is Microsoft creating tomorrow's IE security holes today? <strong>Opinion</strong> Seeds of disaster | 3 |
U.N. Agency Welcomes Iran's Nuclear Halt The International Atomic Energy Agency adopted a resolution today welcoming Iran's suspension of its nuclear program but said it would continue to monitor it. | 0 |
Judge Orders Ex-State Senator Back to Jail A judge ordered former state Sen. Guy Velella and four others to return to jail today, but the defense promised an immediate appeal. | 0 |
AstraZeneca Gets Added Nexium FDA OK Drug maker AstraZeneca PLC reported Monday that the Food and Drug Administration approved its heartburn medication Nexium for the treatment of gastric ulcers associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs. | 2 |
BellSouth Names Feidler Operating Chief BellSouth Corp. on Monday said Mark Feidler will become chief operating officer on Jan. 1 amid a reshuffling of several higher-level executives. | 2 |
Dollar Firms as Focus Turns to US Data The dollar gained tentatively on Monday, recovering from last week #39;s record low against the euro and a 4-1/2-year trough against the yen as traders turned their sights to US economic reports due later in the week. | 2 |
GDP expands 6.5 in Jan-Sept The Philippine economy maintained its solid growth in the first nine months of the year as gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 6.5 percent, well on track of the governments full-year target. | 2 |
UnitedHealth to Buy Definity Health UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it would buy Definity Health Corp. for \$300 million, as the No. | 2 |
Atari names James Caparro president, CEO NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- Video-game maker Atari Inc. said Monday it named James Caparro president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. | 2 |
BusinessWeek editor to CUNY Stephen B. Shepard, the longtime editor in chief of BusinessWeek magazine, will retire in April to become the founding dean of the new Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. | 2 |
EADS plans decision on A350 on December 10: Airbus PARIS : The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) will reach a decision on launching the A350, a possible competitor to Boeing #39;s planned fuel-efficient 7E7, on December 10, a spokeswoman for the European consortium Airbus Industrie said. | 2 |
RIL Borad justifies superior power to CMD MUMBAI: Reliance on Monday asserted that there was no violation of law or memorandum of association by its Board in according superior power to Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani. | 2 |
Univision drops suit against Nielsen NEW YORK -- Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications Inc. on Monday said it has dropped its lawsuit against Nielsen Media Research over a new TV rating system Univision claimed miscounts its viewers. | 2 |
Russia May Repay Up to \$10Bln in Foreign Debt in 2005 Finance <b>...</b> Russia may allocate up to \$10 billion from its stabilization fund to repay foreign debt, Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin told reporters at a press conference held in the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti on Monday. | 2 |
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