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High Court Puts Limit On Lender Liability The Supreme Court overturned a five-figure damage award for an auto dealer's alleged loan scam, ruling that a federal appeals court had wrongly interpreted a federal fair-credit law when it upheld the award last year. | 2 |
Russia's Gazprom to Bid For Yukos Oil's Top Unit The nascent petroleum division of natural gas monopoly Gazprom will bid for the top production unit of the battered Yukos oil empire, its chief said Tuesday -- a widely anticipated move that could put the heart of the company into Kremlin-friendly hands. | 2 |
Fannie, Freddie Raise Loan Limits Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will raise by 7.8 percent the limit on the size of single-family-home mortgages they will purchase, increasing the pool of home buyers who will qualify for lower-cost financing. | 2 |
News: HP says 'virus throttling' software could slow spread of computer worms The Associated Press By Rachel Konrad | 3 |
SEMI expects sales to dip in #39;05 SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Sales for semiconductor manufacturing equipment is expected to rise sharply in 2004, but decline slightly in 2005, according to a year-end consensus forecast released late Tuesday by the industry #39;s largest trade group. | 2 |
Spurs Run Over Mavericks 107-89 (AP) AP - Devin Brown sparked a fourth-quarter spurt with two three-point plays and two dunks, helping the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 Monday night to spoil the pseudo-coaching debut of Avery Johnson. | 1 |
International Mediators Try to End Ukraine Crisis (Reuters) Reuters - International mediators will step up\efforts on Wednesday to resolve Ukraine's 10-day-old crisis\over a disputed presidential election after the collapse of\talks between pro-Western and pro-Russian factions. | 0 |
China Mine Death Toll 166 -Xinhua (Reuters) Reuters - The death toll from a coal mine blast\in northern China has risen to 166, Xinhua news agency said on\Wednesday. | 0 |
Pistons Race Past Rockets 93-72 (AP) AP - Antonio McDyess had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Richard Hamilton also scored 19, helping the Detroit Pistons snap a five-game road losing streak with a 93-72 win over the reeling Houston Rockets on Tuesday night. | 1 |
No. 1 LSU women roll past North Texas Seimone Augustus was perfect from the field, hitting 11-of-11, and true freshman Sylvia Fowles had her sixth straight game in double figures and her third double-double in the last | 1 |
Knicks 110, Hawks 109, OT Jamal Crawford #39;s 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds left in overtime lifted the New York Knicks to a 110-109 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night. | 1 |
No. 19 Florida 88, Florida A amp;M 51 Florida A amp;M had played two other ranked teams this season and was blown out both times. Mohamed Abukar scored a career-high 22 points, and No. | 1 |
#39;Prince was like a lovesick puppy #39; LONDON: In the tapes that were aired on US television channels on Monday night, the late Princess Diana claims that when Prince Charles first met, he was like a lovesick puppy and leapt on her and started kissing her the first time she sat near him. | 0 |
Construction Spending Down WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. construction spending fell unexpectedly by 0.4 percent in November, as a cooling in residential construction overpowered a small rise in public spending, a government report showed on Monday. | 2 |
Death Toll Rises to 166 China Coal Blast (AP) AP - The death toll in a massive coal mine explosion in central China rose Wednesday to 166 after scores of missing miners were declared dead, government radio reported. | 0 |
New York Comptroller Sues Merck New York Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi sued Merck amp; Co. on Tuesday, seeking to recoup value lost in the state #39;s pension fund after the drug manufacturer pulled its top painkiller Vioxx off the market in September. | 2 |
Pace of Factory Growth Climbs NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of growth at U.S. factories picked up in December, boosted by an increase in new orders and despite a decline in employment, a report showed on Monday. | 2 |
Suns Defeat Jazz 115-102 (AP) AP - Steve Nash had 20 points and 14 assists to lead the Phoenix Suns to their eighth straight win, 115-102 over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night. | 1 |
Taking the charge out of lightning-fast worms During the early morning of January 25, 2003, the Sapphire/Slammer worm ripped through 75,000 computers in less than half an hour. | 3 |
Sybase offers breakthrough Linux-based ASE value Sybase has announced that its Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) for Linux, the enterprise-class, relational database management system (RDBMS), will run on IBM #39;s eServer OpenPower systems, IBM #39;s POWER5 microprocessor- based servers tuned specifically for | 3 |
Knicks edge plucky Hawks in OT ATLANTA (Ticker) -- After being cold from the arc through four quarters, Jamal Crawford was clutch in overtime. Crawford #39;s 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds remaining helped the New York Knicks post a 110-109 victory | 1 |
NBA to Set new arena security guidelines NBA commissioner David Stern says the NBA will set new security guidelines for its arenas, exerting more authority over a matter previously left to individual teams. | 1 |
Cal Receiver Expects to Play in Finale (AP) AP - California receiver Jonathan Makonnen expects to play in the regular-season finale Saturday at Southern Mississippi after missing the last four games with a bruised liver. | 1 |
Teams scour Indonesia plane crash site Solo city as it landed in heavy rain around dusk on Tuesday after a flight from Jakarta. Other sources were giving different numbers on casualties. | 0 |
Italy crippled as strike bites Rome: Millions of Italian workers took part in a one-day general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. | 0 |
College Basketball: Georgia Tech, UConn Win ATLANTA (Sports Network) - B.J. Elder poured in a game-high 27 points to lead fourth-ranked Georgia Tech to a convincing 99-68 win over Michigan in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. | 1 |
#39;The age of cheap oil is over #39; Put away the stack-heeled shoes and the Slade records. Higher oil prices may have rekindled memories of glam rock and loon pants, but the west is not about to return to the days of sky-high inflation that marked the 1970s. | 2 |
Telstra chief resigns ahead of privatisation Telstras embattled chief executive resigned on Wednesday as Australias largest telecommunications company prepared for the A\$30bn sale of the governments remaining shareholding. | 2 |
Lycos Offers Spam-Server Attack Program (AP) AP - At the risk of breaching Internet civility, a European Web portal is offering its visitors a weapon against spam: a screensaver program that tries to choke spam servers by flooding them with junk traffic. | 3 |
Flaw opens crack in Windows servers com November 30, 2004, 11:48 AM PT. Security continues to hold steady over software as the third top IT priority, with organizations busy coping with cyber threats, keeping up with software | 3 |
NBA Wrap: Stojakovic Powers Kings Past Grizzlies (Reuters) Reuters - Peja Stojakovic scored 29 points to\steer the Sacramento Kings to their eighth victory in nine\games, a 98-93 decision over the Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday. | 1 |
Notre Dame players to vote on whether to take bowl trip Notre Dame players will vote on Wednesday whether to play in the Insight Bowl in Phoenix, SportsLine.com has learned. In light of the firing of coach Ty Willingham, the players have yet to determine if they are emotionally ready to play in the Dec. | 1 |
McLeish gives Smith vote of approval for Scotland job THE imminent appointment of Walter Smith as Scotland football manager has been given a glowing endorsement by leading figures in the game. | 1 |
Benitez signing a Giant step For quite some time there, Barry Bonds wasn #39;t the only sure thing the Giants had going for them. They also had a 300-save closer available in Robb Nen, night after night and year after year. | 1 |
LG Philips LCD announces five-billion dollar investment despite output glut (AFP) AFP - LG Philips LCD is to invest five billion dollars in new facilities to produce next-generation flat panel displays in order to strengthen its global market leadership. | 3 |
Philly, Verizon Complete Wireless Deal (AP) AP - The city of Philadelphia and Verizon Communications Inc. struck an agreement Tuesday that would allow the city to provide wireless Internet access as a municipal service even though Gov. Ed Rendell signed legislation giving Verizon the power to scuttle the project. | 3 |
Duke Tops Mich. St. 81-74 (AP) AP - Duke again was too much for Michigan State, thanks almost entirely to J.J. Redick and Daniel Ewing. | 1 |
New typhoon heading for flood-hit Philippines PILILIA, Philippines : Another powerful typhoon is bearing down on the eastern Philippines where rescuers are desperately trying to find survivors from floods and landslides that have left nearly 500 dead or missing. | 0 |
Investigation underway into Indonesian plane crash Indonesian transport safety officials have launched an inquiry into the crash of a passenger plane in central Java which has killed more than 30 people and injured at least 60 others. | 0 |
Rumours fuel fear of war in eastern Congo The threat of renewed war in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo increased yesterday amid unconfirmed reports by diplomats and a claim by a Congolese minister that | 0 |
Di claim dismissed LONDON: A former bodyguard of Britain #39;s Princess Diana yesterday said he doubted that one of her alleged lovers had been quot;bumped off quot; - a claim she made in never-before-seen videotapes broadcast in the US. | 0 |
Egyptian Officials Due to Arrive for Talks This Morning (IsraelNN.com) Egypts foreign minister and intelligence chief are scheduled to arrive for high-level talks in Jerusalem this morning. | 0 |
Universities Struggling with SSL-busting Spyware (PC World) PC World - Experts call Marketscore software a privacy threat. | 3 |
Sun: 1.9 million downloads of Java fix (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems on Tuesday said there have been 1.9 million downloads of an upgraded version of J2SE to correct a possible security vulnerability in the JVM, although there have been no attacks reported based on the problem. | 3 |
Death of Rare Bird Leaves Future Uncertain (AP) AP - One of the rarest birds on Earth came closer to being wiped out #151; if not already extinct #151; with the death of one of the last three believed to exist, officials said. | 3 |
Russia, NASA OK Space Station's Next Crew (AP) AP - Russia's Federal Space Agency and NASA have approved the crew of the next mission to the international space station, a Russian agency spokesman said Tuesday. | 3 |
Anthrax Vaccine Maker Announces Md. Facility BioPort Corp. of Lansing, Mich., dedicated a 150,000-square-foot facility in Frederick that is designed to produce 100 million anthrax vaccine doses when it becomes fully operational in two years. | 3 |
The Dollar Slips Against the Yen TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar slipped against the yen on Wednesday on a round of selling by Japanese exporters, but it found support from intervention worries and caution ahead of U.S. non-farm payrolls data due later in the week. | 2 |
Nikkei Down 1 Pct on Econ Fears TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei fell 1 percent by midsession on Wednesday as investors sold a broad range of shares, extending losses from the day before when poor Japanese industrial output data put a damper on the economy's outlook. | 2 |
Pfizer Affirms 2004 Forecast NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PFE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PFE.N</A> on Tuesday reaffirmed it expects 2004 earnings to be more than 20 percent above last year, but warned that results in 2005-2007 will be hurt by patent expirations on over a half-dozen of its best-selling medicines. | 2 |
OECD expects robust 3.6 percent growth Higher oil prices have slowed economic growth in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, but it should expand by 3.6 percent this year. | 2 |
Merck sued by New York fund over Vioxx issue NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) _ The New York state comptroller sued Merck amp; Co., claiming the drug maker hid certain risks associated with the painkiller Vioxx. | 2 |
Telstra CEO out ahead of full sale Australian telecommunications giant Telstra is looking for a new CEO to handle its full privatization after incumbent Ziggy Switkowski resigned Wednesday. | 2 |
Wal-Mart Sales Estimate Boosts Sector 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 world's No. 1 retailer, on Monday said December sales would be at the top end of its prior estimate on better-than-expected post-Christmas spending, driving its shares up 2 percent. | 2 |
ANALYSIS: Hollywood studios fire heavy salvo in DVD format war True, Monday #39;s thunderbolt from Tinseltown may not be enough to settle the DVD format war. But in a synchronized cluster bomb of press releases, the powerful content producers have sent a clear message to | 3 |
02 i-mode deal MOBILE phone giant mmO2 has secured a partnership with Japans NTT DoCoMo to bring its i-mode internet technology to the UK. The company hopes to boost revenues per user by selling the product, which allows | 3 |
HP to release Virus Throttler for Windows in 2005 NOVEMBER 30, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is planning to build virus throttling technology into ProLiant servers and ProCurve switches starting in early 2005, an HP executive said today. | 3 |
First Edition Cycling News The Swiss Phonak Cycling team has issued an official statement on the rejection of the team #39;s ProTour license on its website, www. | 1 |
Your Verdict: Diouf spitting shame El-Hadji Diouf is back doing what he appears to do best - spitting on people. Not content with covering a variety of fans with spittle he has now targeted his fellow professionals. | 1 |
Ladydogs Upend #20 Louisana Tech 72-55 The last time Louisiana Tech visited Starkville, in 1999, they left with an upset defeat at the hands of Mississippi State. Five Novembers later, the Lady Techsters returned to Humphrey Coliseum...and the Lady Bulldogs ready to do it again. | 1 |
Car bomb kills seven in Iraq BAIJI, December 01 (Online): A car bomb exploded in a crowded market in a town north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and wounding 20, underlining Iraqs severe security problems with elections just two months away. | 0 |
Net piracy expert flies in to scuttle Kazaa A key figure in the Kazaa file-sharing trial arrives in Sydney today to give evidence of Australian users downloading copyright material via the peer-to-peer software. | 3 |
GAME DAY RECAP Tuesday, November 30 A typical night for Tan White at Mississippi State led to a rare upset of Louisiana Tech. White scored 28 points to lead the Bulldogs to a 72-55 upset of the 21st-ranked Lady Techsters on Tuesday night. | 1 |
On Campus, Hanging Out by Logging On Thefacebook.com, a Web site that began 10 months ago, is now the most popular way to either network or waste time for a million college students. | 3 |
Cingular to Upgrade Data Network Cingular Wireless announced plans to upgrade its high-speed data network, allowing faster downloads on many home broadband connections. | 3 |
US sets penalties on import of shrimp The Bush administration upheld yesterday the imposition of penalty tariffs on shrimp imports from China and Vietnam, handing a victory to beleaguered US shrimp producers. | 2 |
Ziggy to resign IN BRIEF Telstra Chairman Donald McGauchie has today announced the resignation of Telstra #39;s current CEO, Ziggy Switkowski. Ziggy will officially step down from the role on 1 July 2005 but may give up his | 2 |
Cingular to launch US 3G network Cingular, the largest mobile phone operator in the US, is to launch a high-speed third generation (3G) network from next year. Mobile phone firms have been seeking new areas to boost revenue - and Cingular #39;s | 2 |
REL wants to know if RIL will play ball The board of Reliance Energy Ltd (REL) met on Tuesday and requested its six directors to reconsider their resignations. A Reliance Energy spokesperson told reporters that the quot;the board reposed full trust | 2 |
Lycos Europe To Spammers: It #39;s Pay-Back Time Lycos Europe NV is offering Internet users a way to stick it to spammers with its new screen-saver software, called quot;Make Love, Not Spam. | 3 |
Sun Microsystems to acquire SevenSpace Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the Santa Clara, Calif.,-based Sun will acquire SevenSpace in an all-cash transaction for an undisclosed amount. | 3 |
Russia #39;s space agency approves international space station #39;s next <b>...</b> MOSCOW -- An American and a Russian, both space veterans, have been selected as the next replacement crew for the international space station, a Russian agency spokesman said Tuesday. | 3 |
Microsoft investigates Windows Server flaw Microsoft is investigating a security flaw in Windows server software that could allow an attacker to gain complete control over systems running the software, the company said. | 3 |
San Francisco Signs Benitez to Three-Year Deal Free agent Armando Benitez and the San Francisco Giants agreed to a three-year contract yesterday, a move that stabilizes the club #39;s closer role that has been in flux since Robb Nen was injured two years ago. | 1 |
Substitute position is familiar arrangement for Robiskie Terry Robiskie has been here before. He #39;s an quot;interim coach quot; for the second time, named Tuesday to replace resigned Butch Davis as the Cleveland Browns coach with five games remaining | 1 |
NBA Wrap: Stojakovic Powers Kings Past Grizzlies Peja Stojakovic scored 29 points to steer the Sacramento Kings to their eighth victory in nine games, a 98-93 decision over the Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday. | 1 |
NBA Game Summary - San Antonio at Dallas Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan had 20 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks and Devin Brown scored 14 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 107-89 victory over the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center. | 1 |
Time #39;s on Sox #39; side: Club may not need four-year offer to keep <b>...</b> If Pedro Martinez stats, news ultimately decides to re-sign with the Red Sox stats, schedule - still a distinct possibility - it will not be for four more years. | 1 |
Rwandan Troops Enter Congo, Aide Says KINSHASA, Congo, Nov. 30 -- A senior Congolese official said Tuesday that troops from neighboring Rwanda had crossed into eastern Congo, and UN officials said they were investigating reports of Rwandan forces | 0 |
New Zealand announces initiatives to build links with ASEAN The New Zealand government has agreed to a range of initiatives to build closer ties with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Wednesday. | 0 |
GERMAN COURTS: NY-based rights group pushes war crimes probe An American civil rights group filed a criminal complaint in Germany on Tuesday alleging Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other US officials condoned torture and human rights violations at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. | 0 |
Japan's Nikkei Hits a One-Month Low TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei hit a one-month low on Wednesday as investors sold a broad range of shares, extending losses from the day before when poor Japanese industrial output data put a damper on the economy's outlook. | 2 |
Profit taking clips stocks AFTER a rollercoaster of a ride today the share market ended in negative territory on a frenzy of profit taking in the afternoon. Retailers were hardest hit following disappointing sales figures released yesterday | 2 |
SEC, PCAOB Allow Extra Time on Internal Control Reporting Washington (Dec. 1, 2004) - Thanks to some fast footwork by regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, accounting firms and many of their smaller | 2 |
Microsoft to set up lab in India Microsoft Research plans to establish its first-ever lab in India, hoping to attract top research talent in a country known for producing high-quality computer scientists. | 2 |
At least 100 Delta pilots expected to retire as pay cuts start <b>...</b> At least 100 Delta Air Lines Inc. pilots are expected to retire effective Wednesday, the start date for a 32.5-percent pay cut agreed upon in a \$1 billion | 2 |
Reliance arm asks six to stay The board of Indian power utility Reliance Energy Ltd. told the Bombay exchange Tuesday it had asked its six directors who resigned last week to reconsider their resignations. | 2 |
Botswana Leader Warns on AIDS: Abstain or Die (Reuters) Reuters - Botswana President Festus Mogae issued a\blunt message to his people Wednesday on HIV/AIDS: abstain from\unsafe sex or die. | 0 |
Hewlett-Packard says software could slow computer worms Engineers at Hewlett-Packard Co. are working on quot;virus-throttling quot; software that they say could slow the spread of Internet-borne viruses and worms. | 3 |
Bringing to Life the Genome of an Ancient Mammal CHEVY CHASE, Md., Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A group of researchers has re-created with remarkable accuracy part of the genome of the common ancestor of all placental mammals, a small shrew-like creature | 3 |
Tyler Hamilton fired by cycling team, which is barred from pro <b>...</b> Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton was fired by his cycling team two months after testing positive for blood doping. The Swiss-based International Cycling Union, or UCI, said Tuesday | 1 |
Bolton #39;s Diouf charged for spitting incident London, England (Sports Network) - Bolton striker El-Hadji Diouf was charged with quot;improper conduct quot; by the English Football Association (FA) Monday. | 1 |
Crawford nails late three-pointer in overtime as Knicks top Hawks <b>...</b> When he took a pass from Stephon Marbury with about five seconds left in overtime, Jamal Crawford didn #39;t hesitate. No matter that he was at least five feet behind the three-point arc. | 1 |
Panel Releases Report on Global Threats (AP) AP - With the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq serving as a backdrop, a high-level international panel called for sweeping changes Tuesday of the United Nations, including a recommendation that the Security Council must in the future authorize any pre-emptive or preventive global military action. | 0 |
Philadelphia, Verizon Strike Deal on WiFi (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 30 -- The city of Philadelphia and Verizon Communications Inc. struck an agreement Tuesday that would allow the city to provide wireless Internet access as a municipal service even if Gov. Edward G. Rendell (D) signs legislation to give Verizon the power to scuttle the project. | 3 |
China Toll 166 in Grim Saga of Mine Deaths (Reuters) Reuters - The death toll from a coal mine blast\in northern China has risen to 166, Xinhua news agency said on\Wednesday, confirming one of the worst disasters to hit the\world's most dangerous mining industry. | 0 |
Australia fails to obtain ICRC report on alleged torture at Guantanamo (AFP) AFP - Australia has failed to obtain a leaked Red Cross report alleging that terrorist suspects held at a US military camp in Cuba were tortured, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. | 0 |
No. 25 Wisc. Upsets No. 12 Maryland 69-64 (AP) AP - Alando Tucker scored a career-high 27 points and No. 25 Wisconsin beat No. 12 Maryland 69-64 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday night. | 1 |
International Mediators Try to End Ukraine Crisis KIEV (Reuters) - International mediators will step up efforts Wednesday to resolve Ukraine's 10-day-old crisis over a disputed presidential election after the collapse of talks between pro-Western and pro-Russian factions. | 0 |
Condoms, Parades Mark AIDS Day; China Gets Tough BEIJING (Reuters) - The world's two most populous nations promised Wednesday to eradicate ignorance about AIDS, a disease that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes. | 0 |
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