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UN Denies Annan #39;s resignation The United Nations says its Secretary-General Kofi Annan is not to quit despite US charges of his involvement into possible fraud in the oil-for-food program. | 0 |
Pace of U.S. Factory Growth Climbs in Dec (Reuters) 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 |
Sony Walkman takes on iPod Sony is finally out with their first direct assault on the famed Apple iPod digital music player. As reported earlier, Sony has gone ahead and released their first MP3 supported Walkman. | 3 |
NCAA Game Summary - Toledo at Miami-Ohio This was the first MAC title game to be played at a neutral site...The Rockets captured the West Division while the RedHawks were the East Division champs in the regular season...Toledo #39;s four previous appearances in the MAC title game included three | 1 |
Site still a disaster The legacy from environmental irresponsibility still hangs heavily over the city of Bhopal in India. Two decades after the world #39;s worst industrial disaster, the site still needs to be cleaned up. | 0 |
Tokyo Stocks Climb to a Two-Week High TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo stocks climbed to a two-week high on Friday after Tokyo Electron Ltd. and other chip-related stocks were boosted by a bullish revenue outlook from industry leader Intel Corp. | 2 |
Intel sunny about holiday sales The world's largest chipmaker, Intel, boosts its prediction of sales for the final three months of the year to \$9.3-9.5bn. | 2 |
News: Berkeley Hack Sparks Legislative Backlash An intrusion into a university research computer housing information on 1.4 million people leads to a proposed law that would cut researchers off from sensitive data. Opponents say important work would be hobbled in the process. | 3 |
Lycos Europe confronts strong resistance in spam war The online community/portal company #39;s offensive against spammers began this week, when it started distributing a screensaver that conducts a denial-of-service attack against sites that market products via spam. | 3 |
US ambassador to UN resigns US Ambassador to the United Nations John Danforth resigned on Thursday after serving in the post for less than six months. Danforth, 68, said in a letter released Thursday | 0 |
Bank sees \$320M in losses as it girds for higher rates SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Fifth Third Bancorp cut profit forecasts late Thursday as the bank alters its balance sheet to prepare for higher interest rates. | 2 |
4 Agree to Jail Sentences in Chip Price-Fixing Case Three German citizens and an American have agreed to serve jail time as part of an investigation into price fixing in the computer memory market. | 3 |
Rwanda Denies Army in Congo, Threatens Only Rebels (Reuters) Reuters - Rwanda denied on Thursday it\had pushed troops into Democratic Republic of Congo even as\United Nations peacekeepers said they had found compelling\evidence of an infiltration into the vast country. | 0 |
No. 15 Michigan St. Stuns No. 3 Notre Dame (AP) AP - Lindsay Bowen made a game-tying 3-pointer and scored five of her 23 points in overtime to lead No. 15 Michigan State to an 82-73 victory over third-ranked Notre Dame on Thursday night. | 1 |
No. 10 Duke Upends No. 4 Tennessee 59-57 (AP) AP - Monique Currie scored six points in the final 1:41 and No. 10 Duke upset fourth-ranked Tennessee 59-57 on Thursday night, becoming only the seventh team in 17 years to beat the Lady Vols in Thompson-Boling Arena. | 1 |
Venezuela's Chavez Says Bush Knew of Coup (AP) AP - President Hugo Chavez charged Thursday that the United States had been aware that dissident military officers were planning a coup in 2002. | 0 |
Nowitzki's career-best 53 launches NBA Mavericks past Rockets (AFP) AFP - Germany's Dirk Nowitzki scored a career-high 53 points to lead the Dallas Mavericks past Houston 113-106 in over-time here in a National Basketball Association showdown. | 1 |
College Basketball: Miss. State Beats South Alabama STARKVILLE, Miss. (Sports Network) - Lawrence Roberts scored 19 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead 15th-ranked Mississippi State to a 66-52 victory over South Alabama at Humphrey Coliseum. | 1 |
KC's Green Questionable for Sunday KANSAS CITY, Mo., (Sports Network) - Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders with bruises to his ribs and hip. | 1 |
Yanks and Baseball Meet as Report Ties Giambi to Steroids The Yankees may try to take action against Jason Giambi in the wake of a damaging report that he illegally used steroids. | 1 |
Knicks Could Face a True Test of Strength After a soft stretch in their schedule, the Knicks on Friday meet Orlando, their first opponent with a winning record since they beat Cleveland on Nov. 21. | 1 |
Ganguly was not sure of a win KOLKATA, Nov 2: If Sourav Ganguly reacted the way he did when Daryl Harper ruled Jacques Kallis #39;not out #39; on Wednesday, it probably had something to do with what he thought the match then! | 1 |
Nets #39; Planinic has hand surgery CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Zoran Planinic of the New Jersey Nets underwent surgery on his broken left hand Thursday and is sidelined indefinitely. | 1 |
UPS Eyes China Domestic Service HONG KONG (Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=UPS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">UPS.N</A>, the world's largest package delivery firm, said on Friday that it is evaluating China's domestic express market but is concerned about the country's proposed postal legislation. | 2 |
IBM Puts Its PC Business Up for Sale -NYT NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. has put its personal computing business up for sale in a deal that could be worth as much as \$2 billion, the New York Times reported on Friday. | 2 |
OUTLOOK 05: Fiber Pact #39;s End May Mean China-US Trade War (This is the first in a feature series about the regional impact of the Dec. 31 expiry of the Multifiber Agreement.) By Phelim Kyne OF DOW JONES NEWSWIRES. | 2 |
UPS to Take Over China Network United Parcel Service Inc., Atlanta, announced yesterday that it will pay \$100 million to take over most of the international express delivery operations of its Chinese partner, Sinotrans. | 2 |
Napster Creator Touts Legal File Sharing (AP) AP - Shawn Fanning's Napster software enabled countless music fans to swap songs on the Internet for free, turning him into the recording industry's enemy No. 1 in the process. | 3 |
Napster Creator Unveils Online Music Technology (Reuters) Reuters - Shawn Fanning, once reviled by\record labels as the creator of renegade song-swap service | 3 |
Microsoft Files Seven New Spam Lawsuits (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp. filed seven\lawsuits against senders of spam, or unsolicited e-mail, for\transmitting messages without labeling them as sexually\explicit content, the world's largest software maker said on\Thursday. | 3 |
IBM Puts Its PC Business Up for Sale -NYT (Reuters) Reuters - International Business Machines Corp.\has put its personal computing business up for sale in a deal\that could be worth as much as #36;2 billion, the New York Times\reported on Friday. | 3 |
Irish are in Utah to talk to Meyer SALT LAKE CITY -- Notre Dame began its pursuit of Utah #39;s Urban Meyer, with school officials arriving here Thursday to meet with him about becoming head coach of college football #39;s most glamorous program. | 1 |
PGA alters system for Ryder Cup points The PGA of America has radically altered the points system to determine future US Ryder Cup teams. Changes announced Thursday heavily weigh the points in favor of performances during a Ryder Cup year. | 1 |
Iran #39;s Nuclear Issue Sometimes it helps just to open an atlas and stare for a few moments. I did so this morning, checking out the Southwestern Asia map (#98) of the National Geographic Atlas of the World (a handsome volume, by the way). | 0 |
Schwarzenegger Aide Outlines Fuel Plans (AP) AP - A top aide to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger described the administration's plans to reduce California's oil dependence, calling Thursday for more conservation, fuel-efficient vehicles, and hydrogen power. | 3 |
Feds to Consider Protection for Lamprey (AP) AP - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to review whether four species of lamprey found on the West Coast should be protected by the Endangered Species Act. | 3 |
Researchers Develop Salmon Parasite Test (AP) AP - A new test could help scientists determine more quickly whether chinook salmon in the Klamath River are infected with a potentially deadly parasite. | 3 |
Bhopal Marks Anniversary with Candlelight Vigil BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - It was midnight when gas began to leak from a Bhopal factory and killed thousands as they slept in central India 20 years ago. | 0 |
Dutch Hospital Practicing Infanticide In 2001, the Netherlands became the first (only?) country in the west to permit "mercy killings". The law only allows such killings in very particular circumstances - a doctor can terminate the life of a person who was in great pain and had no hope of recovery. In addition, the law requires the informed consent of the patient. A hospital in the Netherlands has asked to dispense with that annoying part about consent - and the equally annoying part about pain. | 3 |
China Landslide Leaves 65 Villagers Missing - Xinhua BEIJING (Reuters) - A landslide destroyed 25 village houses in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou on Friday and 65 villagers, asleep at the time, were missing, Xinhua news agency said. | 0 |
Wal-Mart Comes Back Swinging After being outmaneuvered by aggressive competitors at the start of the holiday shopping season, Wal-Mart Stores (WMT ) is returning fire. | 2 |
Ex-Kmart execs charged in \$24 million fraud Federal regulators charged three former Kmart executives and five current and former managers of major vendors with accounting fraud, claiming they misrepresented | 2 |
NHL, union agree to meet next week After going nearly three months without speaking, the NHL has accepted an invitation from its locked-out union to meet next Thursday and Friday in Toronto. | 1 |
National Basketball Association Game Capsules Dallas, TX -- Dirk Nowitzki scored 10 of his career-high 53 points in overtime to lead the Dallas Mavericks past the Houston Rockets, 113-106, at AmericanAirlines Center. | 1 |
Baseball notebook: Leiter, Marlins close to a deal While the Mets brain trust huddled in organizational meetings at a Westchester County resort for a second consecutive day, left-hander Al Leiter appears close to accepting a contract offer from the Florida Marlins. | 1 |
Cavaliers 92, Nuggets 73 The LeBron-Carmelo matchup wasn #39;t much of a contest, and neither was the one between the Cavaliers and Nuggets. LeBron James had 17 points, eight rebounds and nine assists Thursday night to help Cleveland | 1 |
Bush rejects Iraq vote delay President Bush rejected calls for a delay in next month #39;s Iraqi elections, insisting Thursday that the vote was too important to put off even though violence and chaos still grip the country. | 0 |
IBM Puts Its PC Business Up for Sale -NYT International Business Machines Corp. has put its personal computing business up for sale in a deal that could be worth as much as \$2 billion, the New York Times reported on Friday. | 2 |
eBay Goes Phishing The popular online auction site rolls out a new approach in tackling account hackers: cut bait. | 2 |
Beaten Rangers on Uefa Cup tightrope Glasgow Rangers #39; hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the Uefa Cup suffered a major setback on Thursday when they went down to a 1-0 defeat against AZ Alkmaar. | 1 |
Superb display by Nowitzki Dirk Nowitzki netted 53 points - the top score in the NBA this season - as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Houston Rockets 113-106 in overtime. | 1 |
Attack on Baghdad Police Station Kills 11 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 11 Iraqi policemen and wounded six Friday when they stormed a police station in southern Baghdad, survivors of the attack said. | 0 |
Dollar Enjoys Solace Ahead of Jobs Report TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar edged up on Friday, building on the previous day's rebound from multi-year lows on speculation that a strong reading for upcoming U.S. jobs data could highlight the long-forgotten attraction of U.S. assets. | 2 |
Tokyo Stocks Climb to 2-Week Closing High TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo stocks climbed to a two-week closing high on Friday after Tokyo Electron Ltd. and other chip-related stocks got a boost from a bullish revenue outlook by global industry leader Intel Corp. | 2 |
Pakistan suffer humiliating tour defeat Cricket-India #39;s Laxman omitted for Bangladesh one-day series December 2, 2004 12:51:24 CALCUTTA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Middle-order batsman Vangipurappu Laxman has been left out of India #39;s 15-player squad named on Thursday for a one-day series in | 1 |
Bhopal marks anniversary with candlelight vigil It was midnight when gas began to leak from a Bhopal factory and killed thousands as they slept in central India 20 years ago. At midnight on Thursday, some | 0 |
Peres amp; Sharon Seeking an Anchor (IsraelNN.com) The Labor opposition party has already hammered out a preliminary agreement with the prime minister that would call for Labor remaining in a Likud-led coalition until November 2006, the scheduled date for national elections. | 0 |
Baer Understands Challenges of ND Coach (AP) AP - Kent Baer knows he has a difficult task as Notre Dame's interim head coach. | 1 |
Nokia regains share of global mobile handset market NEW YORK, December 3 (newratings.com) - Nokia Corp (NOK.NYS) continued to regain lost market share in the global handset mobile segment for the second consecutive quarter in 3Q, driven by new models and price cuts, according to a study conducted by the | 2 |
Calpers to begin search for new President NEW YORK, December 3 (newratings.com) - The Board members of the Californian state pension fund, Calpers (California Public Employees Retirement System), are scheduled to begin the process of selecting a new President today, after Sean Harrigan was | 2 |
Lenovo Mulling Purchase of IBM PC Business Lenovo Group stayed silent Friday about reports it is talking with IBM Corp. about buying the US company #39;s personal computer business, but an executive hinted that the Chinese company is looking to expand its PC operations. | 2 |
Pathmark may look for buyer Pathmark Stores, which owns 142 supermarkets in the city and throughout the northeast, hired Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein to advise it on options, including a possible sale of the company. | 2 |
Californians still loving their SUVs LOS ANGELES -- California #39;s love affair with the SUV has deepened since the early 1990s, with one in eight motorists driving the soccer-mom standby and registrations soaring 250 percent, a US Census Bureau report released yesterday said. | 2 |
Wolves to devour Burtonwood Pitcher and Piano owner Wolverhampton amp; Dudley says it is buying smaller rival Burtonwood for 119 million pounds after meeting forecasts with higher annual profits. | 2 |
US puts off Airbus case to next year The US government will wait until next year to argue its case before the World Trade Organization over European aid to aircraft maker Airbus, a US trade official said. | 2 |
House prices fall further House prices fell for a second straight month in November, down 0.4 percent, mortgage lender Halifax says, predicting property prices will fall 2 percent in 2005 after nine years of gains. | 2 |
Gordon Brown kicks awkward questions over touchline next May IT WAS a great kick; a wondrous kick; high and long - and executed with Eyes Wide Shut. Scotlands rugby selectors looking for an unshakeable kicker into touch while the opposing pack thunders towards him | 2 |
Elder Bush, Clinton to Lead Relief Effort (AP) AP - President Bush has tapped former Presidents Clinton and Bush to lead a nationwide charitable fund-raising effort for victims of the Asian tsunamis, the White House announced Monday. | 0 |
Out West? Get your free credit report Starting Wednesday, US residents in select states can begin claiming one free credit report per year under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act. | 2 |
World Muslims Begin Peace Prayers in Bangladesh (Reuters) Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from\around the world on Friday began a three-day annual Islamic\prayer meeting outside the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, with\politics banned and sermons set to call for world peace. | 0 |
Intel Sets Upbeat Tone on Wall Street (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. shares are set to open higher on\Friday, buoyed by Intel Corp. after the world's\largest chip maker raised its quarterly revenue target due to\strong demand, but all eyes will be on jobs data before the\opening. | 0 |
30 Killed in Pair of Major Attacks in Iraq (AP) AP - Insurgents launched two major attacks Friday against a Shiite mosque and a police station in Baghdad, killing 30 people, including at least 16 police officers, the deadliest insurgent attacks in weeks. | 0 |
Microsoft files 7 new spam lawsuits Said the accused violated the quot;CAN-SPAM quot; federal law requiring e-mail containing sexually explicit images to be clearly identified. | 3 |
Canuck iTunes music to a fan #39;s ears Canadians are finally getting a taste of Apple #39;s iTunes. The legal music download service finally launched in Canada yesterday, bringing with it over 700,000 songs, exclusive tracks, celebrity playlists and multiple CD burning rights. | 3 |
Mars Rovers Reports Published Both rovers were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on central Floridas Space Coast. Spirit ascended in daylight on June 10, 2003. | 3 |
Berners-Lee takes professorial chair at Southampton University The man recognised as the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is to begin work on the next version of the web at University of Southampton, where he has been appointed a professor. | 3 |
Sharman counter attacks Sharman Networks launched its counter attack against the record labels in the Australian Federal court yesterday. The company attacked the labels for their anti peer-to-peer tactic of deluging such services with so-called #39;spoof files #39;. | 3 |
Netscape prototype An early version of Netscape #39;s much-anticipated browser kills two birds with one stone: it runs the recent and wildly successful Mozilla Firefox engine, but renders pages in Internet Explorer, too. | 3 |
Blue-ray mass market move Singulus Technologies will begin selling machines for mass producing read-only Blu-ray Discs next year. German firm, Singulus, will supply machines that make the discs, called BD-ROMs, by | 3 |
More trojan programs showing up for the Symbian smartphones In addition to the previously know Cabir, Skulls and a Skulls variant that incorporated Cabir, it is now known of a new threat industry experts are calling Cantimer. | 3 |
Rwanda Entered Congo Briefly -- Diplomatic Sources (Reuters) Reuters - Rwanda troops pushed briefly into\Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to attack Hutu rebels early\this week but have since returned home, diplomatic sources in\Africa's Great Lakes region said on Friday. | 0 |
Steroid details rock sports A simmering steroid scandal that has plagued baseball for nearly a year began to boil over Thursday, with the promise of more eruptions tonight. | 1 |
Is Meyer the man to get Irish up? The timing of Notre Dame #39;s firing of Tyrone Willingham makes no sense . . . unless the board of trustees had a replacement not only in mind, but in hand. | 1 |
DC is on #39;very, very top #39; of Red Bull #39;s list Despite Red Bull Racing owner Dietrich Mateschitz #39;s comments earlier the season, David Coulthard could still be in a Formula One racing seat next season. | 1 |
NHL UNION TO RESUME TALKS The NHL and NHL Players Association will meet next week to review a proposal being prepared by the players, in a bid to end the lockout that has wiped out the first two months of the season. | 1 |
Retired Ricky to stay that way Ricky Williams has stuck it to the Dolphins one more time. By deciding once again he wants no part of playing football, he ruins any chance Miami had of trading him in the offseason for a No. | 1 |
Marlins reeling Al back in Al Leiter #39;s heart may be in New York, but the southpaw #39;s paycheck will come from the Marlins. Agent Randy Hendricks acknowledged quot;serious discussions quot; are underway to return Leiter to Florida | 1 |
Roddick May Be Key to U.S. Davis Cup Win (AP) AP - Three months ago, Andy Roddick swept Rafael Nadal 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the U.S. Open. Don't expect it to be that easy when Roddick plays the 18-year-old Spaniard in the Davis Cup final Friday. This time, the match is on clay. And Nadal will be cheered by an expected record crowd of 26,600 at Olympic Stadium. | 1 |
FDA Warns Cyberonics on Manufacturing (Reuters) Reuters - Medical devices maker Cyberonics Inc.\ on Monday said it received a warning letter from the\U.S. Food and Drug Administration saying the company's \response to issues involving manufacturing practices at its\Houston operations has been insufficient. | 2 |
BCS Set to Forge Failure The Bowl Championship Series was created with the sole purpose of finally producing a true national championship game in college football. | 1 |
Dow Accepts Responsibility for Bhopal -- Spokesman Dow Chemical Co, in a major policy reversal, is accepting full responsibility for the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India, a company spokesman said on Friday. | 0 |
Danforth steps down from UN post WASHINGTON - UN Ambassador John Danforth submitted his resignation yesterday after six months in the position, an official said. Danforth, 68, had been mentioned as a successor to Secretary of State Colin | 0 |
Oil price down on warm US weather The price of crude oil falls by more than a dollar in New York, as mild weather in northern US states eases demand for heating oil. | 2 |
Philippines: 1,000 dead or missing REAL, Philippines -- Rescuers are battling to reach thousands of people left stranded in the Philippines, where storms have left 1,000 people dead or missing. | 0 |
Bosnia peace troops swap insignia The European Union took on its biggest military mission yesterday, replacing Nato in charge of 7,000 peacekeeping troops in Bosnia. | 0 |
US demands immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi WASHINGTON : The White House on Thursday demanded that Myanmar military authorities quot;immediately and unconditionally quot; release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and condemned her extended house arrest. | 0 |
Militants kill 12 policemen in southern Baghdad A group of militants raided two police stations in Baghdad on Friday, killing 12 policemen and wounding several others, police said. | 0 |
Mortars hit Baghdad safe zone, killing one BAGHDAD At least five mortar rounds exploded in central Baghdad on Thursday, including two in the Green Zone, the enclave that houses Iraq #39;s interim administration and several foreign embassies. | 0 |
VW Offers Insurance to Lure U.S. Buyers FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The U.S. unit of Volkswagen will offer a year of free car insurance to customers in two states as a way of attracting business, Europe's biggest automaker said on Monday. | 2 |
Britsh press sees good result in French Socialist vote LONDON, Dec 3 (AFP) - The vote by French Socialists to back the EU constitution bodes well for its ratification, even though the outcome of a referendum in 2005 is still uncertain, major British newspapers said Friday. | 0 |
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