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Winn-Dixie: Paper or Drastic? The Southeastern grocer sinks to a new low as it bows out of the S P 500. | 2 |
Global economy to hit headwinds next year: OECD (AFP) AFP - China, Japan and North America will pull the global economy forward over the next two years despite headwinds thrown up by high oil prices and tenacious deficits, the OECD predicted. | 2 |
Wal-Mart to Cut Prices After Poor Sales NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WMT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">WMT.N</A>, the No. 1 U.S. retailer, on Tuesday signaled it will cut prices in the weeks before Christmas after a strategy against deep discounts backfired on the first weekend of the holiday shopping season. | 2 |
Wal-Mart to Cut Prices After Poor Sales Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), the No. 1 US retailer, on Tuesday signaled it will cut prices in the weeks before Christmas after a strategy against deep discounts backfired on the first weekend of the holiday shopping season. | 2 |
Smithfield 2nd-Qtr Net Soars 61 on Higher Hog Prices (Update3) Smithfield Foods Inc., the world #39;s largest pork producer, said profit in the fiscal second quarter rose 61 percent as the company sold more hogs at higher prices. | 2 |
Winn-Dixie: Paper or Drastic? In a humiliating move that may only equal being tossed out of a supermarket express checkout line for trying to sneak through 11 items instead of 10 or less, Winn-Dixie (NYSE: WIN) is being heaved out of the popular Standard amp; Poor #39;s 500 index. | 2 |
Hurricane Season Comes to an End Nov. 30 - In under 24-hours one of the nation #39;s worst hurricane seasons will come to an end. The end of Tuesday day marks the end of the 2004 hurricane season. | 2 |
New N.Ireland talks as leaders push for swift peace deal (AFP) AFP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern were meeting Northern Ireland's main Protestant and Catholic leaders as efforts intensified to seal a comprehensive power-sharing deal in the province. | 0 |
Leading Cuban Dissident Writer Freed Cuba #39;s communist government freed dissident writer Raul Rivero from prison Tuesday, the latest in a series of releases apparently aimed at cleaning up the island #39;s human rights record. | 0 |
Ukraine Protesters Rush to Parliament KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian opposition protesters rushed to parliament and massed at its main door Tuesday after the assembly failed to take any decision over a disputed presidential election the opposition says was rigged. | 0 |
Romania Opposition Demands Election Rerun, Alleges Fraud BUCHAREST, Romania (Reuters) - Romania's centrist opposition Tuesday demanded a rerun of Sunday's general elections, alleging fraud in the electronic vote counting had helped the ruling ex-communists, who held a slim lead. | 0 |
Euro Rises to Record High Above \$1.3329 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The euro hit a fresh record high against the dollar above \$1.3329 on Tuesday following the release of weaker-than-expected U.S. consumer confidence data. | 2 |
Euro Rises to Record High Above \$1.3329 The euro hit a fresh record high against the dollar above \$1.3329 on Tuesday following the release of weaker-than-expected US consumer confidence data. | 2 |
Browns Head Coach Butch Davis Resigns (Reuters) Reuters - Cleveland Browns head\coach Butch Davis resigned Tuesday. | 1 |
MmO2 teams up with Japan #39;s DoCoMo European cell phone group mmO2 has agreed to adopt the i-mode mobile Internet technology pioneered by Japan #39;s NTT DoCoMo and plans to bring | 3 |
Beijing Backs Out Of Microsoft Contract An order for Microsoft software was cancelled by Beijing #39;s municipal government after complaints that local governments do not support software developed domestically. | 3 |
HP ditches data centre service for new automation module HP is replacing its over-ambitious HP/UX utility data centre (UDC) service with a business automation module for OpenView, which it says will let companies be more flexible. | 3 |
Philippines Landslides, Flash Floods Kill Hundreds In this photo released by the Philippine Air Force, shows uprooted trees littered near a swollen river after it was hit by a storm in Infanta town, Quezon province, eastern Philippines on Tuesday Nov. 30, 2004. | 0 |
Indonesian plane skids off runway, 10 die An Indonesian airplane with 146 people aboard skidded off the runway on landing at central Java #39;s Solo airport, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens. | 0 |
Italy #39;s General Strike Underway Much of Italy has been shut down Tuesday by a general strike called by unions to protest Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi #39;s economic policy. | 0 |
Iraqi police, troops under insurgent fire Iraqi insurgents are targeting fellow Iraqis serving as police or national guardsmen and their families, the New York Times reported Tuesday. | 0 |
Browns Head Coach Butch Davis Resigns CLEVELAND, Ohio (Sports Network) - Cleveland Browns head coach Butch Davis resigned Tuesday. | 1 |
Hamilton Fired by Team Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton's pro cycling team fired him after he failed doping tests, the sport's world governing body said Tuesday. | 1 |
US economy expands 3.9 percent in third quarter (AFP) AFP - The US economy grew at a faster-than-expected 3.9 percent annual pace in the third quarter of 2004, powered by robust consumer and business spending, the government revealed. | 2 |
Brazil's Economy Expands in 3Q on Exports (AP) AP - Brazil's economy expanded 6.1 percent in the third quarter compared to same period a year ago, lifted by exports and rising domestic consumer demand, the government said Tuesday. | 2 |
Ryanair Launches New Irish Hub, Eyes Italy Europe #39;s biggest budget airline Ryanair launched another European hub on Tuesday at Shannon Airport in the west of Ireland, and said it was also looking to expand in Italy. | 2 |
Hollywood Steps Into DVD Format Fight (AP) AP - Three top Hollywood studios are throwing their considerable weight behind one of two competing formats for the next generation of DVDs, citing in part the need to stem piracy. | 3 |
Priceline to Stop Offering Northwest Air (Reuters) Reuters - Online travel agency Priceline.com Inc.\ said on Tuesday it will no longer offer Northwest\Airlines Corp. tickets due to a disagreement over the\terms of distribution. | 3 |
Norwegian Rats Invade North Sweden Mining Town (Reuters) Reuters - Kiruna, a mining town in north\Sweden, has been invaded by thousands of rats thought to have\crossed the border from Norway with garbage shipments for the\local recycling center, officials said Tuesday. | 0 |
Sony to launch its first MP3 hard-disk music player (MacCentral) MacCentral - Sony Corp. is broadening support for the MP3 file format in its portable music player range. It will introduce a new hard disk-based MP3 player in December, and will offer software upgrades for earlier players with hard disk storage so they can play MP3s too. | 3 |
#39;Rollup #39; replaces SP5 for Windows 2000 Microsoft said it will deliver an quot;update rollup quot; for Windows 2000 in mid-2005, rather than a final service pack for the operating system. | 3 |
Play it differently, Sam: Jussi Jskelinen at Bolton Already last season Bolton Wanderers, a modern-day minnow even if they were one of the founder-members of the Football League in 1888, managed to cause a measure of astonishment in the English Premiership. | 1 |
Browns Coach Butch Davis Resigns After Fifth Straight Loss Butch Davis resigned as coach of the Cleveland Browns after a five-game losing streak dropped the team into last place. Davis, 53, compiled a 24-36 record in almost four seasons with the Browns. | 1 |
Baseball America As you may have heard, the Red Sox won the first World Series championship for the franchise since 1918. Making that championship even sweeter, they pulled off an unprecedented comeback against the team they and their fans love to hate, the Yankees. | 1 |
At least 13 die as Indonesian jet crashes At least 13 people have been killed and the toll is expected to rise after a jet carrying 153 passengers and crew skidded off the runway while landing in heavy rain in Indonesia #39;s central Java, an airport official says. | 0 |
Rwandan President Warns Forces Will Deal with Rebels in <b>...</b> Rwanda #39;s president on Tuesday warned he would send forces after rebels that have launched attacks from neighboring Congo -- and suggested he may already have -- if Congo and the United Nations don #39;t do more to disarm the fighters. | 0 |
Bush arrives in Canada for first stage of world charm offensive (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - U.S. President George W. Bush swooped into town Tuesday for a whirlwind visit designed to begin mending international fences in the wake of the Iraq war. | 0 |
Ukrainian Opposition Reportedly Pulls Out of Talks KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) - A top Ukrainian opposition leader, quoted by Interfax-Ukraine news agency, said supporters of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko had withdrawn from talks on last week's disputed election. | 0 |
Sony Cyber-shot DSC P150 <strong>Review</strong> Fast, inexpensive and highly pocketable | 3 |
Pupils to get anti-piracy lessons Songwriter Guy Chambers helps schools introduce lessons on music piracy and copyright. | 3 |
MMO2 signs Japanese net deal MMO2 gears up to launch i-mode internet services in the UK, Germany and Ireland. | 3 |
Where to Look When You Need a Stand-In Sitter When parents need a babysitter this holiday season, they may find their usual choices -- a local high school or college student, a relative or nearby friend -- are on vacation or unavailable. When those options don't work, an increasing number will turn to a different source: the Internet. | 3 |
Consumer confidence falls NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The confidence of US consumers worsened in November, a research firm said Tuesday, with the number falling below Wall Street #39;s expectations. | 2 |
FDA Reviewers Mixed Over Two New Cancer Drugs US Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers on Tuesday questioned clinical data for non-Hodgkin #39;s lymphoma drug Marqibo, made by Inex Pharmaceuticals Corp. | 2 |
Hurricane Season Ends Good riddance! Tuesday #39;s the last day of the 2004 hurricane season -- a day of relief for millions of Florida residents battered by four punishing hurricanes. | 2 |
Ukraine Unrest Worries Barcelona Soccer (AP) AP - FC Barcelona asked the European soccer body, UEFA, whether it will be safe for the team to play in a Champions League game in Ukraine next week. | 1 |
Siemens to extend mobile network for Chinese province of Anhui Anhui Mobile Communications, a subsidiary of China Mobile, has commissioned the Siemens Communications Group to expand the GSM and GPRS mobile network in the province of Anhui. | 3 |
Microsoft Sting Targets Resellers For Alleged Hard-Disk Loading Microsoft filed lawsuits late last week against eight resellers nationwide for allegedly buying and selling counterfeit and used Certificate of Authenticity labels. | 3 |
Winny user #39;s 3-year sentence p2pnet.net News:- A man accused of using Japan #39;s Winny p2p file sharing application to release movies online has received a suspended sentence in Japan. | 3 |
England can match Aussies - Fleming New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming says England will have to play extremely well to beat Australia in next year #39;s Ashes series, but they have the players to do it. | 1 |
Gough gets Livi job Troubled Bank of Scotland Premier League side Livingston today appointed Richard Gough as their new manager. Gough emerged as the leading candidate for the post after captaining Rangers, Scotland and Everton | 1 |
Alonso wants further improvement Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso wants his side to build on Sunday #39;s confidence-boosting win over Arsenal. The Spaniard, who scored his first goal at Anfield to open the scoring, said: quot;The result was very good for our morale and to score was even better. | 1 |
We #39;d like to set a 250-run target: Jennings Kolkata: Having managed to quot;take the momentum away from India quot;, South Africa are now looking to set a target of 250 runs for the hosts in the fourth innings of the second and deciding cricket Test here. | 1 |
PM Lee hopes ASEAN will be an Economic Community before 2020 VIENTIENE, Laos: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hopes ASEAN will be able to bring forward the deadline to become an Economic Community before 2020. | 0 |
Weather Blamed for Whale, Dolphin Beachings Nov. 30, 2004 - Rescuers succeeded Tuesday in saving most of the whales stranded on beaches in Australia and New Zealand in the past days as scientists pinpointed cyclical weather patterns as a likely cause of the increased beachings. | 0 |
LG Unveils Big, Pricey Plasma TV 71-inch HDTV comes with a home stereo system and components painted in 24-karat gold. | 3 |
Dollar Crumbles Before Euro, New Low Hit NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar sagged to a record low against the euro on Tuesday after remarks on monetary policy by European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet did not detract from bullish euro sentiment. | 2 |
United v Arsenal: Head to head WEDNESDAY #39;S Carling Cup clash between Manchester United and Arsenal pits together two of the fiercest rivals in the English game. | 1 |
Blogs Diamond in the Rough for your Marketing? Blogs #8211; Diamond in the Rough for your Marketing?\\Blogs are a potential diamond in the rough for your website's marketing campaign. They offer readers a goldmine of insights, provided by business leaders, market leaders, innovators, philosophers, marketers, political commentators, and many other opinion makers who never before have enjoyed ... | 3 |
Kazaa Court Trial Brings File Swapping to the Judge Kazaa Court Trial Brings File Swapping to the Judge\\Kazaa has had a bumpy ride in the last couple of years. While Kazaa is dropping down users popularity ratings (because of the high rate of bad files), it is high on the potential list of companies to sue of big music ... | 3 |
Content Management Systems and SEO - A Powerful Mix Content Management Systems and SEO - A Powerful Mix\\Search Engine Optimization revolves around providing useful, unique content on your website and making sure that search engines can find and understand it easily. 'Organic SEO' as it is called, puts emphasis on optimizing hundreds of keyword rich content pages as 'spider-bait' ... | 3 |
Domain Hijacking - Major Issue for Search Engines and Optimizers Domain Hijacking - Major Issue for Search Engines and Optimizers\\I have yet to discuss the topic of domain hi-jacking through the use of redirects in detail. Please do not expect me to detail how to accomplish such a hi-jacking of a domain name, that will just make things worse. But ... | 3 |
How's my coding? Dial: 0800 666 700 <strong>Cash'n'Carrion</strong> User feedback from TechnoDepot | 3 |
Building disaster into the network: how UK.gov does IT <strong>Analysis</strong> Contracting out the blame... | 3 |
Romania Opposition Sees Fraud, Demands Poll Rerun BUCHAREST, Romania (Reuters) - Romania's centrist opposition Tuesday demanded a rerun of Sunday's general elections, claiming fraud in the electronic vote counting had helped the ruling ex-communists win a slim lead. | 0 |
Bush picks Cuban for Commerce WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush has nominated Kellogg chairman Carlos Gutierrez as commerce secretary, picking a Cuban refugee who rose to the top of the biggest US cereal maker as the chief advocate for American business. | 2 |
Gold Fields #39; IAMGold bid cut by \$200 million JOHANNESBURG (Mineweb.com) -- Gold Fields has formally announced that its proposed merger terms with Toronto-listed IAMGold, due for the vote on December 7, are unchanged but that Gold Fields will contribute \$200 million (in US dollars) less in cash to | 2 |
Dollar Crumbles Before Euro, New Low Hit The dollar sagged to a record low against the euro on Tuesday after remarks on monetary policy by European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet did not detract from bullish euro sentiment. | 2 |
Scotiabank 4th-Qtr Profit Rises on Capital Markets (Update1) Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada #39;s third- largest bank, said profit climbed for a sixth consecutive quarter, driven by capital markets-related fees and international banking. | 2 |
Gartner: Third Of Top PC Vendors Gone In Three Years Three of the top 10 PC vendors will be pushed out of the business by 2007, research firm Gartner predicted Monday. By Gregg Keizer. | 2 |
Peach Bowl Picks No. 20 Florida Gators (AP) AP - The Peach Bowl wants Florida to play in the Dec. 31 game #151; and hopes Ron Zook will hang around to coach the Gators for a few more weeks. | 1 |
Georgia Tech Headed to Champs Sports Bowl (AP) AP - Georgia Tech finally will play in a bowl that's not too far from home. | 1 |
DVD Format War Intensifies Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and Warner Brothers have all thrown their weight behind high definition DVD, which was developed by Toshiba and NEC. | 3 |
Sparring begins in Kazaa trial This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients. | 3 |
Microsoft Order Cancelled by Beijing The Chinese city of Beijing has cancelled an order for Microsoft software, apparently bowing to protectionist sentiment. The deal has come under fire in China, which is trying to build a domestic software industry. | 3 |
Successful docking clears way for two spacewalks The crew of the International Space Station flew an emergency lifeboat from one docking port to another at the outpost Monday, clearing the way for two spacewalks planned for next year. | 3 |
New Netscape embraces Firefox, IE com November 30, 2004, 8:00 AM PT. This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients. | 3 |
HYDROGEN MILESTONE Turning water into hydrogen energy... A major R amp; D milestone could help the nation advance toward a clean hydrogen economy. It #39;s a project the INEEL and a Salt Lake ceramics company are collaborating on, using | 3 |
Cassini probe snaps Mimas The Cassini space probe has taken a stunning image of Saturn #39;s moon Mimas against the blue-grey backdrop of Saturn #39;s rings. | 3 |
Man Gets Jail Term for Using Net File-Sharing Software Yoshihiro Inoue used the Winny program at his home in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan on September 24 and 25 last year and enabled general computer users to download the Hollywood film quot;A Beautiful Mind quot; and another movie on the Internet, the ruling said | 3 |
China 'blocks Google news site' China has been accused of blocking access to Google News by the media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders. | 0 |
British rower Pinsent retires CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Four-time Olympic rowing champion Matthew Pinsent announced his retirement from the sport on Tuesday. Pinsent, 34, captured his most recent gold medal by winning the coxless fours event in Athens this past August. | 1 |
Irreparable harm Sonar teams were back on the Delaware River on Monday, seeking the cause of the worst oil spill there in a decade as experts fretted about the crude seeping into sensitive streams and tidal marshes along Delaware Bay. | 1 |
Dein hails Thierry Henry Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein insisted Thierry Henry was the only realistic candidate to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award. | 1 |
Rowhani: Iran to suspend uranium enrichment only for as long as <b>...</b> Tehran, Nov 30, IRNA -- Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) secretary Hassan Rowhani said on Tuesday that Tehran #39;s commitment to freeze its uranium enrichment activities would be good only for as long as it was engaged in talks with Europe. | 0 |
Up to 31 dead in Indonesia jet crash Up to 31 people have been killed and many more injured after a jet carrying 153 passengers and crew crashed on landing in heavy rain in Indonesia #39;s central Java. | 0 |
Paisley says it #39;s now or never for IRA after No 10 meeting Ian Paisley warned the IRA today that it was quot;now or never quot; for Republicans if they wanted to conclude a deal on powersharing with his Democratic Unionist Party. | 0 |
Rwandan troops enter Congo a Congolese minister has said, shortly after the Rwandan president said his forces may have launched an attack. region, where four million people have died in the past decade | 0 |
Super Bowl Advertisers Still in the Game NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advertisers may have been bitten once by an indecency scandal at the 2004 Super Bowl, but they are not shy about getting back into the game for the next U.S. football championship. | 1 |
Parliament, Court Yet to Defuse Ukraine Crisis A top Ukrainian opposition leader, quoted by Interfax-Ukraine news agency, said supporters of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko had withdrawn from talks on last week's disputed election. | 0 |
Kazaa challenged over kiddie porn control policy If it can boot off smut peddlers, it can boot off copyright infringers | 3 |
Euro hits record high of 1.3336 dollars in European trade LONDON : The euro hit a new record high of 1.3336 dollars in European trading following publication of disappointing US consumer confidence data. | 2 |
Gazprom to Bid for YUKOS Key Oil Unit Russia #39;s Gazprom said on Tuesday it will bid for embattled oil firm YUKOS #39; main unit next month, as the Kremlin seeks to turn the world #39;s biggest gas producer into a major oil player. | 2 |
Brazil's Economy Expands in 3Q on Exports Brazil's economy expanded 6.1 percent in the third quarter compared to same period a year ago, lifted by exports and rising domestic consumer demand, the government said Tuesday. | 0 |
The Orange Revolution Why Russia, the U.S. and Europe care so much about Ukraine's disputed presidential election | 0 |
Olympic rowing champion Pinsent bows out A few months after winning his fourth Olympic Gold Medal Matthew Pinsent, one of Britain #39;s premier rowers in recent years has announced his retirement. | 1 |
Swift Shoaib arrives in style Never one to do things by half, Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar made a Hollywood-like arrival yesterday at his team #39;s first training session of their Australian tour. | 1 |
Middlesbrough defender Franck Queudrue red card appeal rejected Middlesbrough defender Franck Queudrue was suspended for three matches Tuesday after losing his appeal of a red card. The Frenchman was sent off for a two-footed tackle on Noe Pamarot in Sunday #39;s 2-0 loss to Tottenham. | 1 |
Rain in Spain Doesn #39;t Dampen Spirits It may have been raining outside in Seville today but it didn #39;t dampen the mood of either the Spanish or American teams, as they appeared before the world #39;s press. | 1 |
Soccer Fans Out of Control In Europe Fan violence is worse -- and much more common -- at soccer \games in Europe | 0 |
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