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SuperGen Tumbles, Intel Up Before Bell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of SuperGen Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SUPG.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">SUPG.O</A> dropped 17 percent before the bell on Monday after the company said it withdrew an application to market its pancreatic cancer treatment in the United States due to insufficient data. | 2 |
CSFB May Cut Jobs as Costs Outstrip Goldman, Lehman (Update1) Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland #39;s second-biggest bank, may eliminate hundreds of jobs at its securities unit to lower costs that are among the highest on Wall Street, people familiar with the matter said. | 2 |
Forecaster Sees Fewer Atlantic Hurricanes in 2005 Next year #39;s Atlantic hurricane season will again be more active than usual but is unlikely to be a repeat of this year #39;s disaster, a noted storm forecaster said on Friday. | 2 |
Heidfeld Happy in Testing Nick Heidfeld has declared himself happy with his first outings for Williams as he battles to retain his place on the Formula One grid. | 1 |
Halifax keeps CIS basketball championships CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Halifax will remain as the host city for the men #39;s university basketball championships for the next three years. | 1 |
Former star Murphy testifies in sex assault trial HOUSTON - Taking the stand in his own defense, Hall of Fame basketball player Calvin Murphy denied allegations that he sexually abused five of his 10 daughters. | 1 |
High Court to Hear Cable Internet Case WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it would decide what regulations should apply to high-speed broadband Internet service offered by cable television companies like Time Warner Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=TWX.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">TWX.N</A> | 2 |
L-3's Art of the Deal Aggressive mergers and acquisitions have been troublesome for many companies, but not L-3 Communications. | 2 |
Trump Lands on Mars A sweet challenge leads to a sour taste in the mouth of Trump's right-hand woman. | 2 |
Bally's Bully Tactics Backfire An enormous number of consumer complaints shows investors why this company is hurting. | 2 |
High Court to Hear Cable Internet Case (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court said on\Friday it would decide what regulations should apply to\high-speed broadband Internet service offered by cable\television companies like Time Warner Inc. | 2 |
Wal-Mart Starts Rare Newspaper Ad Blitz 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>, hurt by sluggish sales over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, on Friday launched a rare advertising blitz in newspapers across the United States touting price cuts. | 2 |
CSFB May Cut Jobs as Costs Outstrip Goldman, Lehman (Update3) Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland #39;s second-biggest bank, may eliminate hundreds of jobs at its securities unit to lower costs that are among the highest on Wall Street, people familiar with the matter said. | 2 |
Two More Top Nokia Execs Exit Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday the head of its networks unit had resigned and another top networks executive left, in the second major shake-up | 2 |
UPDATE 2-Fed #39;s Santomero sees solid growth, measured hikes The US economy should grow about 4 percent next year, giving the Federal Reserve room to continue raising interest rates at a measured pace, Philadelphia | 2 |
Walgreen Profit Rises 30.5 Percent CHICAGO (Reuters) - Walgreen Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WAG.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">WAG.N</A>, one of the largest U.S. drugstore chain operators, on Monday posted a 30.5 percent jump in quarterly profit, its largest increase in four years, boosted by higher sales of prescription drugs and general merchandise. | 2 |
Infineon Execs Plead Guilty in DRAM Probe Individual penalties for the four Infineon executives who pled guilty in a price-fixing scheme follow a record \$160 million fine that Infineon agreed to pay in mid-September stemming from the same investigation. | 3 |
Sun closer to open source Solaris with draft license The ostensible confusion within Sun over the relationship between its first-born Solaris and sibling-rival Linux won #39;t be cleared up by the open source license it submitted to the Open Source Initiative (OSI). | 3 |
MLB, Angelos Have Yet to Reach a Deal Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos and Major League Baseball had not reached an agreement late last night on a financial package designed to offset the impact the Washington Nationals will have on the franchise. | 1 |
Former 49er Owens accurately predicted team #39;s impending breakdown Terrell Owens has been called a lot of names -- most recently, the heedless heathen whose staged embrace of a naked actress signified the nation #39;s moral decline. | 1 |
Bush asked to nudge Musharraf on Pakistan's democratic future (AFP) AFP - US President George W. Bush should find out how Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf plans to restore civilian rule in his country during their talks this weekend expected to be dominated by terrorism, analysts say. | 0 |
Nadal Nails Roddick to Give Spain 2-0 Lead SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) - Teenage rookie Rafael Nadal blunted the world's fastest serve on Friday to stun Andy Roddick and give Spain a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Davis Cup final. | 1 |
U.S. Aims to Boost Electricity in Iraq to 20 Hours WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hopes to boost the availability of electricity throughout Iraq to at least 18 hours a day by the end of next year from 11 to 15 hours now, the top U.S. aid official said on Friday. | 0 |
Update 6: Crude Oil Prices Fall Below \$43 a Barrel Crude oil futures prices fell below \$43 a barrel Friday, extending two days of sharp sell-offs as worries about low winter fuel inventories dissipate amid rising supplies. | 2 |
SuperGen Tumbles, Intel Up Before Bell (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of SuperGen Inc. \dropped 17 percent before the bell on Monday after the company\said it withdrew an application to market its pancreatic cancer\treatment in the United States due to insufficient data. | 2 |
Infineon execs get jail time in price-fixing case Four senior executives of German chipmaker Infineon agreed to jail time and steep fines for their role in a scheme to fix prices in the memory chip market, the US Department of Justice said Thursday. | 3 |
Eagles Set for Pack Attack Dec. 3, 2004 - Of the six teams the Packers have beaten during their winning streak, only Minnesota has a winning record. The Packers get a true gauge of their standing Sunday at Philadelphia. | 1 |
IBM to Put Its PC Business Up for Sale SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - IBM <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=IBM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">IBM.N</A> is looking to sell its personal computer business in a deal that could be worth up to \$2 billion, The New York Times reported on Friday, capping a gradual withdrawal from the business it pioneered. | 2 |
Why Else Would Wood Leave? The PalmSource chief financial officer jumps ship. Does that mean it's sinking? | 2 |
Forget IBM Forget about IBM and all the other dinosaurs. But remember the investment lessons they offer. | 2 |
U.S.'s Snow Won't Discuss His Job Future (Reuters) Reuters - Treasury Secretary John Snow on\Friday said that any discussion about whether he continues in\his post or quits was a matter between himself and President\Bush. | 2 |
Fired Broker Sues Morgan Stanley (Reuters) Reuters - A fired female broker has sued Morgan\Stanley for alleged sex discrimination, barely four\months after the investment bank agreed to pay #36;54 million to\settle a landmark bias case. | 2 |
Former native residential school students can sue as a class: appeal court (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Ontario's highest court has given the go-ahead for the first class-action lawsuit by former students of a native residential school. | 0 |
SEC Could Slow Aggressive Rulemaking Pace (AP) AP - Spurred to action by a wave of scandals that rolled through corporate America and the mutual fund industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission could slow its aggressive rulemaking pace in coming months as internal dissension and outside pressures intensify. | 2 |
Danforth Quit U.N. Post to Return to Mo. (AP) AP - U.S. Ambassador John Danforth said Friday he took himself out of the running for any job in President Bush's second term because he wanted to go home to Missouri. | 0 |
Sudan War Marked Danforth's U.N. Tenure (AP) AP - During his five months at the United Nations, U.S. Ambassador John Danforth has focused on one goal: bringing peace to Sudan, which has been engulfed in war for 21 years. | 0 |
ETA Returns with Five Bombs in Madrid, No Injuries MADRID (Reuters) - Bomb explosions hit five petrol stations in the Madrid area on Friday after a telephoned warning from armed Basque separatist group ETA, police said. | 0 |
Stocks Flat as Jobs Number Offsets Intel NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday as a disappointing jobs report was offset by strength in tech stocks, after bellwether Intel Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=INTC.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">INTC.O</A> shot 6 percent higher after raising its sales forecast. | 2 |
Appeals Court Rejects ABB Ltd.'s \$1.2 Billion Asbestos Settlement Plan A federal appeals court has rejected a \$1.2 billion asbestos settlement plan for ABB Ltd., a setback for restructuring efforts by the Swiss-Swedish engineering company. | 2 |
EADS Offers to Split Deal With Boeing Airbus SAS's parent company has proposed splitting a contested U.S. Air Force contract for refueling tankers with its rival Boeing Co., the company said Friday. | 2 |
Automakers Telling the Same Tale The top two U.S. automakers continue to deal with declining sales while the little guy grows. | 2 |
Ukrainian Justices, in Show of Independence, Order New Runoff Ukraine's Supreme Court ordered that a new runoff vote between the two main challengers take place by Dec. 26. | 0 |
Explosions Reported in Madrid After Warning Bomb explosions hit five petrol stations in the Madrid area on Friday after a telephoned warning from armed Basque separatist group ETA, police said. | 0 |
Pennington to Start Jets quarterback Chad Pennington will start Sunday's game against the Houston Texans after sitting out the last three contests with a strained right rotator cuff. | 1 |
McDonald #39;s CEO says strategy unchanged McDonald #39;s (MCD) newly appointed Chief Executive Jim Skinner said Friday that there would be no change in strategy at the fast-food chain and a recent physical showed he is in good health. | 2 |
Major Atlantic hurricane season forecast FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Hurricane forecasters are calling for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season again next year after one of the most destructive seasons on record. | 2 |
November Job Growth Unexpectedly Weak The US economy created only 112,000 new jobs in November, the government said on Friday, about a third October #39;s total and weak enough to deepen a shadow of uncertainty hanging over the holiday sales season. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-Citigroup says committed to asset management -memo Citigroup Inc. (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world #39;s largest financial services company, said it remains committed to asset management, rejecting a published report it might | 2 |
Mars Once Ripe for Life, Rovers Discover Water once covered thousands of square miles of Mars, creating an ancient environment that hints at the possibility that life might be present there yet today, scientists reported. | 3 |
Apple iTunes Opens in Canada Apple announced yesterday the launch of its iTunes music store in Canada, making it the 14 country where iTunes is available. Apple said that the iTunes music store in Canada has more than 700,000 songs and | 3 |
Nintendo gets touchy feely Nintendo wants you to know that its new handheld is not just another blob of circuitry encased in cold silver plastic. To make this point, my review copy of the Nintendo DS came in unusual packaging. | 3 |
And the Winner Is... Guess what is the most popular search word in the online version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary? It #39;s blog. In case you didn #39;t know, that #39;s short for Web log, a form of online expression that has come into | 3 |
Samsung: Memory, LCD prices to drop; sales to rise While taking a back seat to software and security efforts, hardware is still a big time concern according to our survey. Organizations are taking the opportunity to consolidate their environments as they replace | 3 |
Iomega NAS Line Boasts Improved Speed, Capacity Iomega Corp. updated its network-attached storage line Friday with the NAS 400r, a rack-mounted NAS line featuring faster processors and improved capacity. | 3 |
Bonds Denies Steroid Use, Admits Using #39;Substances #39; SAN FRANCISCO - For the second morning in a row, there is a major development in the on-going scandal involving steroids and star athletes. | 1 |
3 Arrested in Suspected Plot to Attack Iraqi Prime Minister German police today arrested three Iraqis who the chief federal prosecutor said appeared to have been planning an attack on Prime Minister Ayad Allawi of Iraq, here for talks with Chancellor Gerhard Schrder. | 0 |
House Arrest Extended for Burmese Pro-Democracy Leader Suu Kyi Burma #39;s military junta extended the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung Sun Suu Kyi for one more year. According to CNN, the Bush Administration is calling on. | 0 |
Pennington Set to Start Sunday (Reuters) Reuters - New York Jets\quarterback Chad Pennington is expected to start Sunday's game\against Houston after missing the last three weeks with a\rotator cuff injury. | 1 |
Earnhardt Jr. Wins Most Popular Driver Award NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Dale Earnhardt Jr. was voted the NMPA NASCAR Most Popular Driver of the Year for the second consecutive year. The announcement was made Friday during the National Motorsports Press Association's breakfast at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. | 1 |
Pennington Set to Start Sunday HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (Sports Network) - New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington is expected to start Sunday's game against Houston after missing the last three weeks with a rotator cuff injury. | 1 |
Miller Wins Downhill for Fourth Win in Five Races BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) - American Bode Miller won a men's World Cup Alpine skiing downhill Friday to celebrate a phenomenal fourth win in five races. | 1 |
Supreme Court to Hear ISP-Cable Dispute The Supreme Court said Friday it would consider whether Internet providers should be allowed to sell their high-speed service over the cable television system. | 2 |
Kelly: Perennial Winner Southwest In 14.1 Traffic Jump <b>...</b> Southwest Airlines (nyse: LUV - news - people ) on Friday said its traffic jumped 14.1 in November. The discount carrier carried 9.6 more passengers during the month than in the year-ago period. | 2 |
Microsoft discovers blogging The beta version of MSN Spaces, web-logging service that enables consumers to create their own personal place on the web has been launched for current users of Hotmail or MSN webmail services. | 3 |
Napster Creator Launches New Music Service Napster founder Shawn Fanning is returning to the music downloading arena with a brand new offering that is receiving reasonable support - given their histories together -rom the music industry. | 3 |
Mozilla Outfoxing Microsoft pardon the pun -- and for good reason. Web surfers looking for a reliable alternative to Microsoft #39;s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Internet Explorer have been busy over the last | 3 |
Sun Offering Free, Open Source Solaris 10 - Not Quite Yet II #39;m reading everywhere that Sun is making Solaris 10 free and open source ( http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=106224). environment. | 3 |
Nintendo Sells 500K DS Systems Thus Far Shoppers snapped up more than 500,000 Nintendo DS systems during Thanksgiving week, representing more than 90 percent of all units available in stores across the United States. | 3 |
Match-fixing fear prompts Uefa inquiry Betting patterns described as quot;the most suspicious ever seen in football quot; yesterday prompted European football #39;s governing body to begin quot;gathering information quot; about a Uefa Cup match - in Newcastle United #39;s group - on Wednesday. | 1 |
F1 test vetoed NICK Heidfeld #39;s test with Williams has been brought forward after BAR blocked plans for Anthony Davidson to drive its Formula One rival #39;s car. | 1 |
Mailbag: Readers right? You be the judg First, thanks to all those Bengals fans who wrote to complain about the dig on their team #39;s uniforms. Yeah, this time of year I like pumpkin pie and sweet potatoes, too, but not when I have to wear them on Sundays. | 1 |
Microsoft Sues Porn Spammers Microsoft said on Thursday that the company filed seven lawsuits against spammers that have sent sexually explicit emails on the Internet without adhering to federal laws. | 3 |
Lycos Europe Withdraws Its Spam-Fighting Screensaver just a couple of days -- before newfound Lycos Europe enemies organized a multi-pronged counter-attack with delirious affects that forced Lycos to turn tail and | 3 |
MSN upgrades Messenger, Hotmail The MSN network of Internet services has introduced updates to its free communication services to make e-mail, instant messaging and online sharing easier and more personal for consumers. | 3 |
Napster creator develops Snocap Napster was a revolutionary product. It practically gave birth to the p2p industry on the Internet. It has lead to a stage that big corporations of the music industry are practically scared of losing a major chunk of their business from this phenomenon. | 3 |
Probe of UN oil-for-food cheating endorsed The State Department yesterday endorsed a Senate investigation into possible fraud in the United Nations oil-for-food program while sidestepping a senator #39;s | 0 |
#39;Security Council can #39;t be eroded #39; NEW DELHI: Russian president Vladimir Putin has, in one pithy paragraph, poured cold water on India #39;s hopes of making it as a card-carrying member of a reformed UN Security Council. | 0 |
Barghouti Release Would Reward Terror consecutive life terms, plus another 40 years, by an Israeli civil court that found him guilty of five cases of murder of innocent citizens, attempted murder and membership in a terror organization. | 0 |
Palestinian Militant Shot to Death in West Bank Israeli army officials say soldiers killed Mahmoud Hammad, a member of the militant group Islamic Jihad, as he tried to escape from a house in the village of Raba, close to the West Bank town of Jenin. | 0 |
Holiday sales outlook dims with retailers November results The outlook for the holiday season dimmed yesterday as several of the nation #39;s large retailers reported disappointing sales for November, which included an uninspiring Thanksgiving weekend, The Associated Press reports. | 2 |
Salvation Army using cardboard bell-ringers to stoke donations BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - There #39;s a reason that smiling Salvation Army bell-ringer looks a little stiff this Christmas season, and it #39;s not the cold weather. | 2 |
Moody #39;s may raise ratings on AES Corp. Moody #39;s Investors Service on Friday said it may raise its ratings on global energy company AES Corp.(AES.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , citing lower debt and improved cash flow. | 2 |
Fed Officials: No Inflation Alarm Bells PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve, while remaining watchful as prices and interest rates tick higher, is holding to its mantra that rate increases will be "measured," senior Fed officials indicated on Friday. | 2 |
Halliburton Says Court Clears Asbestos Settlement HOUSTON (Reuters) - Halliburton Co. on Friday said a federal court had signed an order that would end the company's asbestos liability later this month, clearing another hurdle for two of its subsidiaries to emerge from bankruptcy. | 2 |
iTunes Canada Launched iTunes, a legal music download service from Apple, previously unavailable in Canada, finally launched its much anticipated Canadian online store yesterday. | 3 |
The Best Way to Grow Operating cash flow is the best growth path there is, and Kenneth Cole is on it. | 2 |
DATE WITH DESTINY FOR COLLINS The fate of American sprinter Michelle Collins, who has been charged with doping violations, will be decided next week. Collins, last year #39;s world indoor 400metres champion, has been implicated in the BALCO | 1 |
Expos move closer to DC Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Owners voted 29-1 on Friday to approve the proposed move of the Montreal Expos to Washington for the 2005 season. | 1 |
30 killed in pair of major attacks against mosque, police station <b>...</b> In some of the worst violence in recent weeks in Baghdad, insurgents launched attacks Friday against Iraqi security forces in the north and west of the capital, killing at least 30 people. | 0 |
India, Pak end technical talks on rail link NEW DELHI, Dec 3. Technical level talks, led by railway officials of India and Pakistan, concluded in Islamabad today with an agreement to start the rail link, but no agreed dates on which to launch the train. | 0 |
Blair aiming for #39;opportunity and security #39; Tony Blair paid tribute to the chancellor #39;s handling of the economy today and made a pre-election promise to hand more power to the British people. | 2 |
FACTA amp; your credit A new federal law that entitles consumers to free credit reports sounds great, but the devil is definitely in the details. The Fair | 2 |
Salvation Army using cardboard bell-ringers to stoke donations There #39;s a reason that smiling Salvation Army bell-ringer looks a little stiff this Christmas season, and it #39;s not the cold weather. | 2 |
Nielsen Counts 54.5 Million Broadband Users in Europe The number of people in Europe surfing the Internet over a broadband connection reached 54.5 million in October 2004 -- an increased of 60 from 34.1 million a year earlier -- according to the latest report from Nielsen/NetRatings. | 3 |
Paper: Second Samsung 7G line to process larger substrates than <b>...</b> Samsung Electronics may process 2,0002,300mm glass substrates at a second seventh-generation (7G) line in the beginning of 2006, according to the South Korea-based Electronic Times, Seoul. | 3 |
Jones denies using performance-enhancing drugs The accusations were levelled by Victor Conte, founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO), the firm at the centre of the biggest doping scandal in sporting history. | 1 |
NOVO PROMISES RANGERS REACTION Striker Nacho Novo expects Rangers to respond in style to their UEFA Cup setback in Holland because of the prevailing quot;great spirit quot; in the squad. | 1 |
Jimenez fires 64 for lead at Omega Hong Kong Open Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez took his customary position when a superb six-under-par 64 hauled him into the halfway lead at the US\$800,000 Omega Hong Kong Open today. | 1 |
Thousands Uprooted by Clashes in East Congo - UN Thousands of civilians have fled their homes after clashes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Friday, although it was unclear who was behind the violence. | 0 |
US Congresswoman says she was denied Vietnam visa (AFP) AFP - A US Congresswoman who has criticised Vietnam's human rights record has been denied a visa to visit the communist country for the second time, she said. | 0 |
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