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Ford Cuts Production as Sales Fall Again (Reuters) Reuters - Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday said\it was setting first-quarter North American production below\the 2004 quarter's levels as U.S. sales fell again in November. | 2 |
Factory Growth Picks Up Speed in November (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. manufacturers ratcheted up the\pace of output in November as new orders jumped and factories\took on more workers, a report said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Eurozone economy hit with flood of bad news (AFP) AFP - The eurozone economy got slapped with a wave of bad news that highlighted a third-quarter slowdown, a decline in industrial activity and a stagnant job market. | 2 |
HP Looking to Ward off Viruses HP announced today that they are working on software to throttle viruses which could ultimately slow the spread of viruses and worms. | 3 |
Firefox and IE in the latest Netscape browser If you #39;re a Netscape fan, you #39;ve probably run into websites that require you to fire up Internet Explorer in order to see the site properly. | 3 |
Dolphins LB Thomas Out for Sunday #39;s Game DAVIE, Fla. (Sports Network) - Miami Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas will miss Sunday #39;s game against the Buffalo Bills with a hamstring injury. | 1 |
Nedbank Challenge #39;s status to be enhanced It is known to many as Africa #39;s major. However, the Nedbank Challenge is in line to get enhanced status. There are possible plans to include the Sun City event in the World Golf Championship calendar. | 1 |
Gunshots fired as Powell visits Haiti palace Gunshots were heard outside Haiti #39;s presidential palace while US Secretary of State Colin Powell visited there Wednesday, a source familiar with the incident said. | 0 |
Car #39;tried to ram #39; Serb president #39;s convoy A man in a car tried several times to ram the limousine carrying Serbia #39;s pro-Western President Boris Tadic through the streets of Belgrade late on Tuesday, the presidential press office said. | 0 |
Consumer Spending Stronger Than Expected WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending rose a sharper-than-expected 0.7 percent in October, showing the economy off to a solid fourth-quarter start despite a step-up in inflation, a government report showed on Wednesday. | 2 |
US CEOs Less Bullish About Economy-Survey NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. chief executives have become slightly less optimistic about the economy in the past quarter, but half plan to increase capital spending in the next six months, according to a survey released on Wednesday. | 2 |
Ford Cuts Production as Sales Fall Again DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=F.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">F.N</A> on Wednesday said it was setting first-quarter North American production below the 2004 quarter's levels as U.S. sales fell again in November. | 2 |
Soy Fungus Spreads to Tennessee WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Soybean rust was confirmed in a Tennessee, the ninth state infected by the highly contagious disease that has rapidly swept across the U.S. South and is taking aim at big Midwest farming states, officials said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Fairchild Semi Raises Outlook, Stock Up NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FCS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">FCS.N</A>, a maker of chips used to manage power in electronics, on Wednesday said quarterly sales would reach the higher end of its previous targets, sending its shares up as much as 8 percent. | 2 |
ECB Trims Growth Forecasts for 2004, 2005 FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will cut its euro zone economic growth forecasts for the next two years when official projections are released on Thursday, a monetary source told Reuters. | 2 |
Notre Dame just doesn #39;t get it The school doesn #39;t get the top recruits, doesn #39;t get the major bowl games it believes is its birthright, and doesn #39;t get the fact that the football program is just not a major power anymore. | 1 |
Mobile phone sales still booming Worldwide mobile phone sales rise 26 in the July to September quarter, driven by demand for new handsets. | 2 |
Brazil to break Aids drug patents Brazil says it intends to copy patented anti-Aids drugs without permission from next year. | 2 |
Giuliani Creates Investment Banking Firm Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced Wednesday he is creating an investment banking firm to advise companies on financial transactions. | 2 |
Investing in Dogs Putting some of your hard-earned cash into dogs, or even water buffalo, can be very rewarding. | 2 |
Chico's The Man The leading specialty women's clothier trounces expectations and sees more opportunity in the future. | 2 |
A Dollar for 85 Cents Closed-end mutual funds offer more bang for your investing buck as long as they are trading at a discount. | 2 |
Stocks Soar on Energy Inventory Buildup Stocks soared Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrials rising more than 120 points, as a large buildup in the nation #39;s energy inventories and increased consumer spending sent buyers back to the market. | 2 |
Barghouthi to Run for Palestinian President (Reuters) Reuters - Jailed popular leader Marwan Barghouthi\decided on Wednesday to run in a Palestinian presidential\election and Hamas militants vowed to boycott it, throwing the\campaign into turmoil after Yasser Arafat's death. | 0 |
Electronic Eye May Help Blind Cross Street (AP) AP - Equipped with a tiny camera, a high-tech device that recognizes the white stripes of a pedestrian crosswalk and reads traffic lights could tell a blind person when it's safe to cross the street, researchers say. | 3 |
Ericsson to Distribute Warner Music Tones (AP) AP - Looking to expand its offerings to European consumers, Warner Music International and Telefon AB Ericsson said Wednesday they plan to start distributing some of the label's artists music via mobile phone in Europe. | 3 |
Dolphins LB Thomas Out for Sunday's Game (Reuters) Reuters - Miami Dolphins linebacker\Zach Thomas will miss Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills\with a hamstring injury. | 1 |
Telecoms Winning the WiFi War (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - The signal is clear: In the tug of war betweeen Big Telecom and little governments, the powerful telecommunications lobby is winning, which could have major implications for how wireless Internet and other high-speed Internet service is doled out countrywide. | 3 |
The sticky problem of software authenticity Microsofts anti-piracy campaign is getting down to the nitty gritty of sticky labels that affix to PCs and software packaging. The company revealed today its cracking down on the illegal use of certificates | 3 |
Mexico Investigates Cancun Slayings (AP) AP - Mexican federal law enforcement officials were investigating their own Cancun office Wednesday, saying they may be tied to last week's slayings of nine people, including three federal agents. | 0 |
Samsung Pips Motorola in Cellphone Ranking (Reuters) Reuters - South Korea's Samsung\Electronics overtook Motorola as the world's second-biggest\mobile phone maker in the third quarter as the market continued\to boom, a survey showed on Wednesday. | 3 |
Washington, D.C. Council Moves on Baseball Funding (Reuters) Reuters - Washington, D.C.'s City Council on\Tuesday approved a debt and tax-backed financing plan to build\a new stadium for Major League Baseball, moving a step closer\to bringing baseball back to the U.S. capital. | 1 |
Siemens wins UMTS contract with US mobile phone giant Cingular (AFP) AFP - German electronics group Siemens said it had won a large contract with Cingular, the leading US mobile phone operator, to supply a UMTS network over the next several years. | 3 |
India eyeing Test series win Kolkata: India put themselves on course for their first home series win in two years, as their famed spinners exploited a wearing track to push South Africa on the mat in the decisive second cricket Test here today. | 1 |
Injured Fin: Miami LB Thomas out for Sunday #39;s game Davie, FL (Sports Network) - Miami Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas will miss Sunday #39;s game against the Buffalo Bills with a hamstring injury. | 1 |
EU Suspends Review of Microsoft Deal (AP) AP - The European Union suspended its antitrust review of Microsoft Corp.'s deal with Time Warner Inc. to develop anti-piracy software now that technology company Thomson SA has joined the proposed venture, officials said Wednesday. | 3 |
IBM Inks Outsourcing Deals Worth #36;1B (AP) AP - International Business Machines Corp. said Wednesday it signed a pair of outsourcing contracts worth more than #36;1 billion with two Danish companies, continuing the computer giant's push into northern Europe. | 3 |
South Asia Stares at Looming Water Crisis (Reuters) Reuters - It's been 10 years since farmer\Bhairu Singh saw water in the well on his rocky patch of land\in western India. | 3 |
Chicago Mayor's Son Enlists in Army at 29 (AP) AP - Mayor Richard Daley's son, whose name and MBA from one of the nation's most prestigious universities would have opened doors to a lucrative career, has instead joined the Army and could be sent off to the battlefields of Iraq or Afghanistan. | 0 |
Senator Calls on Annan to Quit Over Iraq Program (Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. senator investigating\corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program for Iraq said on\Wednesday U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan should resign\because the fraud took place on his watch. | 0 |
N.D. Consortium Wins NASA Research Job (AP) AP - NASA has awarded control of its DC-8 research aircraft to the Upper Midwest Space Consortium at the University of North Dakota, a move officials say will create new jobs at the university and give it added national prestige. | 3 |
Barghouthi to Run for Palestinian President GAZA (Reuters) - Jailed popular leader Marwan Barghouthi decided on Wednesday to run in a Palestinian presidential election and Hamas militants vowed to boycott it, throwing the campaign into turmoil after Yasser Arafat's death. | 0 |
Lunar Robotic Village, Moon Base Gains International Support (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - As Moon exploration \looms larger among nbsp;the growing community of scientists and engineers from Europe, India, China, \Japan, and nbsp;the United States, a robotic lunar village is gaining support, leading to \a permanent human presence on the Moon by 2024. | 3 |
Sampras Says Federer Can Match His Long-Term Dominance PARIS (Reuters) - Seven-times Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras believes Roger Federer could match his long stint as the world's dominant tennis player. | 1 |
Camels May Overrun Australia Outback (AP) AP - Parts of Australia's Outback could soon be overrun by wild camels if drastic measures are not taken to cull them, a wildlife scientist said Wednesday. | 3 |
UN Says May Have Spotted Rwandan Troops in Congo KINSHASA (Reuters) - The U.N. mission in Congo said on Wednesday it had spotted 100 soldiers, thought to be Rwandan, in the east of the vast Central African country but Kigali declined to say whether its troops had crossed the border. | 0 |
Israeli Coalition on Verge of Collapse Over Budget JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition reeled toward collapse on Wednesday over a budget vote likely to force him to remake his government or call elections that would imperil his Gaza withdrawal plan. | 0 |
Ukraine rivals bid to end crisis Presidential rivals Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych meet in a fresh bid to resolve the poll crisis. | 0 |
New Somali cabinet named in exile A new government is named for Somalia but it remains too dangerous for them to be based in the capital. | 0 |
Moratinos defends coup comments Spain's foreign minister defends his claim that the former government supported the 2002 Venezuela coup. | 0 |
Cricket: England outclass Zim England race to a 2-0 series lead with a comfortable 161-run win over Zimbabwe. | 0 |
Tsunami Prompts Online Outpouring In the aftermath of last week's tsunami disaster, the Internet is a tool for good and bad ... but mostly good. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT> | 3 |
Do They Know It's Simplistic? Band Aid's intentions are good, but Africa needs more than just a Christmas jingle | 0 |
Battle rages between Lycos and spammers Lycos #39; European anti-spam website was taken down only hours after it went live. The outage appears to be the result of a DDoS attack, most likely initiated by spammers in response to the search engine #39;s quot;Make | 3 |
Arrese sure of Spanish Davis Cup win Spain begin their third final in five seasons at the Olympic stadium hoping to secure their second title since their first in Barcelona against Australia in 2000. | 1 |
Chair suspect won #39;t talk The man suspected of throwing a chair during the Detroit Pistons-Indiana Pacers brawl refused to be interviewed by police on Tuesday. | 1 |
ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition <strong>Review</strong> Just as ATI's X800 XT PE ships, along comes the next board | 3 |
Gunfire erupted near US Secretary of State Colin Powell during <b>...</b> Some 20 minutes of heavy gunfire erupted near US Secretary of State Colin Powell Wednesday as he visited the National Palace here to show US support for the violence-racked country #39;s interim government. | 0 |
All 166 trapped Chinese miners dead BEIJING: All the coal miners trapped after a gas explosion in a shaft in norther China are dead, bringing the toll to 166 in one of the worst disasters to hit the world #39;s most dangerous mining industry, state media said yesterday. | 0 |
Villages tune in to digital trial Two villages in Carmarthenshire are the first in Wales to be converted to digital television. | 3 |
Samsung Pips Motorola in Cellphone Ranking AMSTERDAM/SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics overtook Motorola as the world's second-biggest mobile phone maker in the third quarter as the market continued to boom, a survey showed on Wednesday. | 3 |
Barghouthi to Run for Palestinian President-Official JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi decided on Wednesday to run for Palestinian president, reversing his earlier decision to stay out of the race, a Palestinian official said. | 0 |
Christmas Cracker In its first reaction to rebel warnings to return to their quot;freedom struggle quot; unless the 19-month impasse in peace talks was ended by Colombo, the government said the rebel position was unacceptable. | 0 |
Telecoms Winning the WiFi War The signal is clear: In the tug of war between Big Telecom and little governments, the powerful lobby is winning, which could have major implications for how wireless Internet service is doled out countrywide. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT> | 3 |
iTunes music store nowhere in sight VANCOUVER - When it comes to the world #39;s most popular legal music downloading service, Canadians were still waiting last night for the other song to drop. | 3 |
Egypt, Israel agree on border security Israel and Egypt Wednesday reached agreement on beefing up security along the border between Egypt and Gaza and for training of Palestinian police. | 0 |
Bombardier to cut 2,200 more jobs, reports poor 3Q earnings LONDON, December 1 (newratings.com) - Bombardier Inc (BBD.B.TOR) announced today plans to cut 2,200 more jobs at its train manufacturing unit, while reducing the production of its 50-seater regional jets, after having reported lower-than-expected third | 2 |
Siemens to supply 3G Cingular network Boca Raton-based Siemens Communications said Cingular Wireless has chosen it to help with the mobile phone company #39;s nationwide deployment of a true third generation (3G) high-speed universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network. | 2 |
Three U.S. Presidents Urge U.S. Relief Aid (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush brought together\former presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton on Monday to\launch an appeal for Americans to make a donation to help\victims of the South Asia quake and tsunamis. | 0 |
First Heisman ballot is in hand, but actually picking a winner a <b>...</b> I don #39;t get to the office all that often these days -- the beauty of this job is you can do it in your bathrobe while eating oatmeal and keeping one eye on The Price is Right -- so when I do, there #39;s usually a stack of mail awaiting. | 1 |
Two men banned from Pistons #39; games Two men have been banned from events at The Palace for what the Detroit Pistons say is their involvement in last month #39;s NBA brawl. | 1 |
London Denies Mutilated Woman Corpse is of Margaret Hassan The mutilated body of a woman of about sixty years, which was discovered in Iraq in the middle of November, is not that of kidnapped British aid worker Margaret Hassan, the UK Foreign Affairs Ministry announced. | 0 |
13 die in another Chinese mine accident 13 Chinese miners were killed and three others were missing after a gas blast at a township-run coal mine in Liupanshui city, southwest Guizhou province, today. | 0 |
Redskins' Taylor Pleads Not Guilty (AP) AP - Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a drunken driving charge, and his trial was rescheduled for Jan. 5. | 1 |
iTunes not ready to sing #39;O Canada #39; Apple Computer has apparently missed its self-imposed deadline for launching a Canadian version of its online music store. The company had promised a November launch of iTunes in the country. | 3 |
Customers Win in Database Vendors #39; Race to Linux Two splashy Linux announcements coming from major database vendors underscore the fact that Linux is profoundly shaking up the database market. | 3 |
WINS Flaw Found in Microsoft Server Software Microsoft (Quote, Chart) plans to issue a patch for a security flaw in Windows Server software that may allow attackers to gain control over systems running the program, the company said. | 3 |
Valve unleashes Half-Life 2: D Confirming suspicions, Valve releases a new multiplayer mode alongside the game #39;s SDK; Steam instantly swamped. When Half-Life 2 was released, many were disappointed that its only official multiplayer mode | 3 |
Indiana Fires DiNardo As Football Coach Gerry DiNardo was fired as Indiana #39;s football coach after a 3-8 season that ended with a 63-24 loss to Purdue, the Hoosiers #39; seventh defeat in eight years to their state rival. | 1 |
Redskins Rookie Taylor Pleads Not Guilty to DUI Charge FAIRFAX, Va. (Sports Network) - Washington Redskins rookie safety Sean Taylor Wednesday pleaded not guilty to a drunken driving charge. | 1 |
Gaza plan could revive road map-Israeli strategist Israel #39;s plan to quit the Gaza Strip could kick-start a stalled drive towards Palestinian statehood, one of its architects said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Sri Lanka rebuffs rebels #39; demands Sri Lanka #39;s government has rejected demands from Tamil Tiger rebels to unconditionally resume peace talks. The rebels threatened at the weekend to return to military action unless discussions based on their blueprint for self-rule began again. | 0 |
Gartner: Half of U.S. IT operations jobs to vanish In an eyebrow-raising forecast, Gartner researchers said they believe that as many as 50 percent of the IT operational jobs in the U.S. could disappear over the next two decades because of improvements in data center technologies. | 3 |
IBM scores \$1B in Danish contracts IBM said Wednesday that it has sewn up outsourcing deals with two Danish companies valued at more than \$1 billion over 10 years, reinforcing its strength in Europe. | 3 |
EU stops clock on ContentGuard investigation BRUSSELS -- The European Commission has "stopped the clock" on its antitrust investigation into digital rights management software maker ContentGuard, a joint venture between Microsoft and Time Warner, pending further information on the deal, it announced on Wednesday. | 3 |
Lycos' anti-spam screensaver draws fire A screensaver developed by Lycos Europe that gives spammers a dose of their own medicine is attracting plenty of attention, but not all of it good. | 3 |
Nokia earmarks millions to build new plant in India Nokia, the world's largest handset maker, is investing up to \$150 million over the next four years to establish a manufacturing facility in India, it announced Wednesday.<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p><p><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.ifw.general/solaris;sz=1x1;ord=200301151450?" width="1" height="1" border="0"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;12204780;10550054;n?http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;12165994;10522295;g?http://www.sun.com/solaris10">Solaris 10(TM) OS: Position your business ten moves ahead.</a><br/>Solaris 10 OS has arrived and provides even more\reasons for the world's most demanding businesses\to operate on this, the leading UNIX platform.\Like the fact you can run Linux and Solaris applications\side-by-side and run the same OS on SPARC(R),\AMD Opteron(TM), and Intel processor-based systems.\Discover more reasons and how Solaris 10 OS can move\your business ahead today.</p> | 3 |
Lycos Antispam Screensaver Draws Fire Screensaver offers to "spam the spammers," but not everyone is pleased with its message. | 3 |
Singingfish Unveils Multimedia Search Tool Consumers will be able to hunt for music, movies, news, and more. | 3 |
Microsoft Sues Alleged Software Pirates Resellers are accused of selling products with fake Certificate of Authenticity labels. | 3 |
Mutual Funds Can Have Tax Trap in December (AP) AP - The end of the year can be a great time to rebalance your portfolio and unload poor performers, but wise investors know to do a bit of research before buying and selling mutual funds in December. | 2 |
Els seeks fourth title in South African event Ernie Els hasn #39;t won a major this year. But he has a chance for a fourth career title in what #39;s billed as quot;South Africa #39;s major quot; _ the USS\$4.06-million Nedbank Challenge. | 1 |
News: Cabir added to payload of Symbian mobile Trojan Virus writers have packaged the Skulls mobile Trojan with Cabir to create a more potent threat against Symbian Series 60 smart phones. | 3 |
Ford Sales Fall, Chrysler Posts Gain (Reuters) Reuters - Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday\reported its sixth straight month of weaker vehicle sales,\prompting the second-largest U.S. automaker to further cut\production of cars and trucks, while Chrysler posted another\sales gain. | 2 |
New Game in Town: ESPN Phone ESPN teams with Sprint to create the first fully branded phone. Also: Researchers develop a smart camera to let blind people get around safely hellip;. Europe's Lycos takes a swing back at spammers hellip;. and more. | 2 |
Cingular to upgrade high-speed data network Cingular Wireless, the largest cellphone service provider in the United States, will upgrade its high-speed data network, allowing faster downloads than are now available | 2 |
Moody #39;s raises Freeport-McMoran Copper amp; Gold Moody #39;s Investors Service said on Wednesday it raised Freeport-McMoRan Copper amp; Gold Inc. #39;s (FCX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) ratings, citing the return of its PT Freeport Indonesia unit to normal mining operations. | 2 |
TiVo Upgrade Shifts TV Shows to Computer Laptop NEW YORK (Reuters) - TiVo Inc., maker of television recording technology, on Monday said it has started shipping "TiVoToGo," a service upgrade that allows some subscribers to view recorded programs on a computer or laptop. | 3 |
Kazaa Back In Court Beware music downloaders and users of the popular peer-to-peer network known as Kazaa. The Australian recording industry has begun civil proceedings against Sharman Networks Limited, who own the popular file sharing medium. | 3 |
Adventurer to launch solo flight from Kansas the first person to circumnavigate the globe solo in a balloon -- will begin his attempt at the first solo, nonstop flight around the world without refueling from an airport in Salina. | 3 |
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