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High Turnout Reported for Ghana #39;s National Elections Vote counting has begun in Tuesday #39;s general election in Ghana, where President John Kufuor is widely expected to win re-election. | 0 |
Williams in Pull-Out Threat Over Beard Inspection LONDON (Reuters) - British heavyweight fighter Danny Williams has threatened to pull out of Saturday's World Boxing Council title fight with champion Vitali Klitschko if he is forced to shave his beard, British media reported. | 1 |
Lenovo IBM deal a #39;great leap #39; for Chinese companies on the world <b>...</b> SHANGHAI (AFP) - Computer maker Lenovo #39;s landmark purchase of the PC business of one of America #39;s most vaunted corporate names adds to a growing list of ambitious Chinese companies seeking to make a name for themselves on global markets. | 2 |
Bank of England policymakers meet; no change seen on interest rates (AFP) AFP - The Bank of England's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) began its two-day monthly meeting amid broad expectation that interest rates will be left unchanged due to signs of economic slowdown. | 2 |
Arsenal and Bremen advance with Porto #39;s hope alive Holders Porto survived a fightback to overcome Chelsea 2-1 and kept a Champions League second round hope alive as Arsenal and Werder Bremen booked their places in thenext round on Tuesday. | 1 |
Celtic needs to take stock - O #39;Neill Celtic boss Martin O #39;Neill admits the club needs to hold an internal investigation into where its future lies after being dumped out of Europe least night. | 1 |
Singh not breaking habits The world #39;s No. 1 golfer gave another relentless indication Tuesday why he has risen to the top. One day after he was named PGA Tour Player of the Year, Vijay Singh celebrated by pounding | 1 |
Arsenal v Rosenborg - Player Ratings Goal (Arsenal) (4) - Just what we needed early on. The nerves were removed, and we just kept on moving forward. A sweet ball from Bobby set Reyes up with a chance to run. | 1 |
He Sounds Confident, Not Cocky You could tell why University of President Bernie Machen and athletic director Jeremy Foley wanted Urban Meyer almost immediately after the coach started talking. | 1 |
Indian cricket team arrives in Bangladesh India #39;s national cricket team arrived in Dhaka Wednesday for a Bangladesh tour approved despite an Islamic group #39;s threat to kill the Indian players. | 1 |
Hamas rejects ceasefire in preparations for Palestinian elections The Islamic resistance movement Hamas on Wednesday refused to halt attacks against the Jewish settlements during the period of preparations for the Jan. 9 elections. | 0 |
Pixar Falls 4 Percent Before Bell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Pixar Animation Studios Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PIXR.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PIXR.O</A> fell 4 percent before the bell on Wednesday after it said it would postpone the theatrical release of its animated feature "Cars" to June 2006 from November 2005. | 2 |
Safeway Sets Outlook Below Estimates (Reuters) Reuters - Grocery chain operator Safeway Inc.\ on Wednesday set a 2005 earnings per share goal that\was below analysts' expectations, with added marketing expenses\and lingering impact from a strike at its Vons stores weighing\on profits. | 2 |
Nortel to File Restated Results Next Year TORONTO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NT.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">NT.TO</A> said on Wednesday that after months of trying to untangle faulty financial results, it plans to file 2003 and first-half 2004 results starting Jan. 10 of next year. | 2 |
Colgate overhaul to cut over 4,400 jobs Colgate-Palmolive, the US consumer products company, has said that it plans to close about a third of its factories and cut more than 4,400 jobs over the next four years as part of a major restructuring effort to increase profit margins. | 2 |
China Aviation Oil CEO arrested in Singapore, helping CAD with <b>...</b> SINGAPORE : Singapore #39;s white collar crime buster, the Commercial Affairs Department, has arrested China Aviation Oil #39;s beleaguered chief executive, Chen Jiulin. | 2 |
US is urged to adopt new, diverse energy policy WASHINGTON Trying to break a deadlock on energy policy, a diverse group of environmentalists, academics and former government officials were to publish a report on Wednesday that presents strategies for making the United States cleaner, more competitive | 2 |
Update 2: VimpelCom Hit With \$157M Back Tax Claim In what market watchers are calling a new battle between a Russian oligarch and the state, Russia #39;s second largest mobile phone operator, VimpelCom, has been hit with a 4.4 billion ruble (US\$157 million, euro118 million) back-tax claim for 2001, company | 2 |
Merck sets up new Vioxx review Drugmaker Merck has set up an independent committee to review the firm #39;s actions prior to the withdrawal of its painkiller Vioxx from the market in September. | 2 |
Fighting Rages in Iraq's Rebel-Held Ramadi (Reuters) Reuters - Fighting raged between rebels\controlling the western Iraq town of Ramadi and U.S. Marines\Wednesday after two Iraqis were killed in clashes following a\suicide car bomb attack, witnesses said. | 0 |
South American Leaders Discuss New Bloc (AP) AP - Presidents and high-ranking officials from 12 South American countries gathered in this ancient Inca capital to create a political and economic bloc they hope will put them on a more equal footing with the United States and Europe. | 0 |
Williams in Pull-Out Threat Over Beard Inspection British heavyweight fighter Danny Williams has threatened to pull out of Saturday #39;s World Boxing Council title fight with champion Vitali Klitschko if he is forced to shave his beard, British media reported. | 1 |
RANIERI BLASTS FRISK Valencia coach Claudio Ranieri was unable to hide his frustration at referee Anders Frisk after his side crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday. | 1 |
Aussies prevail in SCG thriller Australia has forced the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series into a decider, but only after surviving a stunning fightback by New Zealand in match two at the Sydney Cricket Ground. | 1 |
Karzai to Address Afghan Tribal Leaders (AP) AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to address tribal leaders Thursday on the need to eliminate this war-ravaged country's booming drug trade, an aide said. | 0 |
Karzai to Address Tribal Leaders Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to address tribal leaders Thursday on the need to eliminate this war-ravaged country #39;s booming drug trade, an aide said. | 0 |
DeTrani drums up support for talks December 09, 2004 A senior US official came to Seoul yesterday to create momentum for talks aimed at halting North Korea #39;s nuclear weapons program. | 0 |
Russia Using Soviet Tactics Over Ukraine -- Warsaw Russia #39;s refusal to cooperate with the West to ensure a fair election in Ukraine signals that Moscow is slipping back to Soviet-style tactics, a senior Polish diplomat was quoted Wednesday as saying. | 0 |
Paisley rules out devolution deal A deal to restore devolution in Northern Ireland will not be signed, DUP leader Ian Paisley confirms. | 0 |
Lenovo Buys IBM #39;s PC Business for \$1.25 Billion (Update7) Lenovo Group Ltd. agreed to pay \$1.25 billion for International Business Machines Corp. #39;s personal computer business, making the Chinese company the world #39;s third- largest PC maker and giving it a globally recognized brand. | 2 |
Calpers reveals risky investments #39; cost Calpers, the largest pension fund in the United States, has disclosed for the first time how much it paid the venture capitalists, hedge fund managers and others who handle its riskiest specialized investments, and how well those investments performed in | 2 |
Mission is over for top astronaut THE longest serving astronaut in history, who flew twice to the moon and commanded the first space shuttle mission, has announced his retirement after 42 years at Nasa. | 3 |
PA Sues Online #39;University #39; For Spamming CousinLarry writes quot;Online #39;university #39; Trinity Southern University (Google cache of disabled site homepage) has been sued by the state of Pennsylvania. | 3 |
Silverstone owners #39;hopeful #39; for F1 deal Silverstone #39;s owners say they are confident that a deal can be reached with Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One #39;s chief, to save the British Grand Prix. | 1 |
Thistle see an end to wanderings Inverness Caledonian Thistle will finally be allowed to return to their own ground after half a season #39;s wanderings following a change of heart by the Scottish Premier League. | 1 |
China #39;s Lenovo acquires IBM #39;s PC business Lenovo Group, China #39;s personal computer giant, Wednesday signed a definitive agreement with IBM to acquire Big Blue #39;s personal computer | 2 |
Merck Sees 2005 Profit Hurt by Vioxx Merck amp; Co. Inc.(MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , reeling from the recent withdrawal of its Vioxx arthritis drug, on Wednesday reaffirmed its 2004 earnings outlook but said earnings in 2005 will be lower than analysts had expected. | 2 |
AutoZone Earnings Are Flat Autozone #39;s (AZO:NYSE - news - research) first-quarter sales and earnings were virtually unchanged from a year ago, held back by higher fuel prices that made car owners skittish. | 2 |
'The boat started shaking' The BBC's Rachel Harvey meets a fisherman in the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh who survived the tsunami. | 0 |
Telecom Tests Online Aromatherapy Service (AP) AP - People play games, go shopping and meet dates on the Internet. So why not use the Web to download the perfect mood-enhancing fragrance? | 3 |
BEA Rolls Out WebLogic Server 9.0 for SOA SAN FRANCISCOBEA Systems Inc. took advantage of the proximity of Oracle Corp. #39;s OpenWorld conference here this week to introduce BEA WebLogic Server 9.0, which is designed to allow developers to rapidly | 3 |
Want a PS2 this Christmas? You #39;ll be lucky! Beleaguered parents hunting down a must-have games console for this Christmas are being told to keep on hassling their local games retailer - and keep their fingers crossed. | 3 |
India, Pakistan say need more talks on Kashmir bus (Reuters) Reuters - India and Pakistan were unable to agree on starting a bus service between the capitals of divided Kashmir in two days of talks which ended in New Delhi on Wednesday and said they would need more discussions. | 0 |
Benni the toast of Portugal Portuguese newspapers praised Porto #39;s Benni McCarthy on Wednesday after a late goal by the South African striker sent Chelsea crashing to a 2-1 defeat and won the club a spot in the knockout phase of the Champions League. | 1 |
No appeal against Mols five-match ban Utrecht #39;s Michael Mols is to start a five-match ban for knocking out a Graafschap Doetinchem defender in a game on November 28. | 1 |
Vodafone seeks second place in Japan with slice of growing 3G market (AFP) AFP - British giant Vodafone said it aimed to become the second biggest operator in Japan through an aggressive push in third-generation (3G) service which is taking off in the country. | 3 |
Penguin Computing launches cluster in a box (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Armed with a new form factor and its clustering management software, Penguin Computing on Wednesday launched an aggressively priced Linux-based blade server targeted at the lower end of the market -- a market recently entered into by Dell Computer. | 3 |
Finding the Best Programmer's Font Becoming frustrated with source code not aligning in my favorite source editor I decided to hunt for the best font. In particular, I began to hunt down the available fixed-width or monospaced fonts. What are monospaced fonts you ask? From Xerox:Monospace fonts (Such as Courier or LetterGothic), or "fixed pitch" fonts, contain characters that all have the same character width, producing text that can be used to create forms, tabular material or documents that require exact text line lengths. An example of a fixed pitch font is Courier 12 pitch, which is a 10 point font that will print at exactly 12 characters per inch. Why use monospaced fonts? Primarily because the text will align more readily. Especially is areas like the comment block header. Updated versions of this document will be located at http://www.lowing.org/fonts/ | 3 |
Experts: Men Distort Religion to Justify 'Honour' Killings STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Men all over the world distort the teachings of Islam and Christianity to justify abusing their wives and daughters, leading to thousands of "honor" killings a year for which courts provide virtual impunity, experts say. | 0 |
Intel CEO: Company Recovered From Missteps Intel Corp. chief executive Craig Barrett said Tuesday the company has "recovered" from product missteps that plagued the chip maker during the first half of the year. | 3 |
HP Board Pondered Breaking Up the Company <p>\</p><p> By Duncan Martell</p><p> SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The board of Hewlett-Packard Co.\<HPQ.N> discussed breaking up the No. 2 computer maker three\times in the past, yet each time decided to keep it intact,\Chief Executive Carly Fiorina said on Tuesday, defending her\strategy for the company.</p> | 3 |
'EverQuest,' 'Warcraft' Polished If my experiences with two new massively multiplayer online role-playing games have taught me one thing, it's that if I really wanted, I'd never have to interact face-to-face with another person again. I have all the friends and enemies I can handle thanks to "EverQuest II" and "World of Warcraft." | 3 |
Update 2: GM Europe Pledges to Avoid Job Cuts General Motors Corp. has pledged to avoid plant closures and layoffs in Europe as it seeks to return its money-losing European operations to profitability, worker representatives said Wednesday. | 2 |
Sony selects NVIDIA for Playstation 3 chips NEW YORK, December 8 (newratings.com) - Sony Corp (SNE.NYS) named NVIDIA yesterday as the supplier of the graphics chips required for its upcoming Playstation 3 video game console. | 3 |
Lycos Anti-Spam Screensaver Inspires Trojan Even though it #39;s been withdrawn, the Lycos anti-spam screensaver is not forgotten. Rollie Hawk writes quot;And with this, the #39;What #39;s Good for the Goose... #39; award goes to all those people trying to install that | 3 |
Ancient brew discovered in China People in ancient China may have been enjoying the delights of wine as long as 9,000 years ago, making them the first in the world to enjoy a tipple. | 3 |
Napster founder back with new file-sharing venture The kid who sparked the digital music revolution says he #39;s back to finish the job. As a 19-year-old college freshman, Shawn Fanning created Napster, the file-sharing software program | 3 |
Pair say strip cheats INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee members Susie O #39;Neill and Kevan Gosper have called for the IOC to strip Sydney triple gold medallist Marion Jones of her medals if she is proven to be a drug cheat. | 1 |
Gerrard Wants Fans To Play Their Part Steven Gerrard has called on Liverpool #39;s supporters to play their part in inspiring the Reds to victory against Olympiakos tonight. | 1 |
Indian cricket team in Dhaka: Sports India, Cricket: Dhaka, Dec 8 : A 15-member Indian cricket squad Wednesday arrived here amidst tight security to play two Tests and three one-day internationals against Bangladesh. | 1 |
Champions Trophy 2004 Pakistan #39;s Mohammad Saqlain (centre) raises his arms to celebrate the first goal against India during the six-nation Champions Trophy Tournament match at the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, on Wednesday. | 1 |
No Mideast peace deal yet: Palestinian official JERUSALEM - A senior Palestinian official called reports of a Mideast peace agreement premature, but said Israelis and Palestinians have agreed on the logistics of the upcoming elections to replace Yasser Arafat. | 0 |
Iraqi Officials Consider Extending Voting Period BAGHDAD - Iraq #39;s Independent Electoral Commission said on Wednesday it may consider holding next month #39;s elections over an extended period, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi had suggested. | 0 |
Annan rejects resignation demands United Nations: Buoyed by strong support from member nations including four out of five Security Council members, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has firmly rejected the demand of some American lawmakers to resign in view of allegations of corruption in | 0 |
Pakistan does 2nd test of nuclear-capable missile in 10 days ISLAMABAD, Pakistan- Pakistan on Wednesday test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead but insisted it was not sending a signal to India amid continuing peace moves with its regional rival. | 0 |
GREAT LAKES: African Union may help disarm militias ADDIS ABABA, 8 December (IRIN) - With the threat of renewed regional conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the African Union #39;s (AU #39;s) Peace and Security Council announced on Tuesday that it would seek a greater role in helping to disarm | 0 |
Stocks Open Higher, Lower Oil Prices Help NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Wednesday, a day after a sharp sell-off, as oil tumbled further, easing concerns about the impact high crude prices have on corporate profits and consumer spending. | 2 |
Saudi Arabia Questions Need for OPEC Move CAIRO (Reuters) - Top OPEC producer Saudi Arabia on Wednesday questioned the need for OPEC oil producers to rein in supply, saying the kingdom would keep crude output at current high levels as long as customers wanted it. | 2 |
Toro Earnings Rise, Dividend Doubled CHICAGO (Reuters) - Lawn-care equipment maker Toro Co.<A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=TTC.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">TTC.N</A> on Wednesday reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings and doubled its dividend, citing increased sales and cost controls. | 2 |
N. Korea Remains Are Not of Japan Citizen (AP) AP - Japan lodged a formal complaint with North Korea on Wednesday after tests showed that human remains which Pyongyang claimed belonged to a Japanese citizen abducted decades ago by communist agents are those of someone else. | 0 |
Wall Street set for steady open (FT.com) FT.com - Wall Street futures were flat on Tuesday, as a lack of economic news led investors to focus on the falling price of oil and the falling dollar. Investors were also assessing the merits of IBM's planned sale of its personal computer division to Lenovo, the Chinese computer group, for #36;1.75bn. | 3 |
Australia to Upgrade Embassy Security (AP) AP - Australia's foreign ministry said Wednesday it will boost security spending at its embassies by #36;52 million after a terror attack on the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia left nine dead earlier this week. | 0 |
Nobel Winners to Explain Discoveries (AP) AP - Their discoveries may be hard for many to comprehend, but this year's Nobel Prize winners still have to explain what they did and how they did it. | 3 |
IBM sells PC unit to Lenovo International Business Machines Corp. agreed to sell its personal computing business to China #39;s largest computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd. | 2 |
GM Europe Aims to Avoid Forced Layoffs General Motors aims to restructure its loss-making European operations without resorting to involuntary redundancies or shuttering any | 2 |
Merck Sees 2005 Profit Hurt by Vioxx Merck amp; Co. Inc.(MRK), reeling from the recent withdrawal of its Vioxx arthritis drug, said Wednesday it expects 2005 earnings of \$2.42 to \$2.52 a share -- a decline from expected 2004 results. | 2 |
Online university sued for selling fake degrees Trinity Southern University, an online school based in Texas, has been sued by the state of Pennsylvania for allegedly using state and private Internet addresses to hawk fake graduate degrees and prescription drugs. | 3 |
Muck of the Irish: Petrino staying at Louisville Cross another name off the Notre Dame wish list. Bobby Petrino is expected to announce he #39;s stayng at Louisville. Dec. 8 Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino, who was contacted by both Notre Dame and Mississippi | 1 |
Mid-East summit agreed as peace efforts pay off THE depth and scale of the covert diplomatic manoeuvring to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was dramatically illuminated yesterday when Egyptian government officials confirmed their involvement in talks leading up to a mid-year peace conference | 0 |
UN Council Warns Rwanda Against Attack in Congo The Security Council, in an apparent warning to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, said on Tuesday it intended to consider unspecified measures against individuals who undermined the peace process in Congo. | 0 |
Will More Power for Intelligence Chief Mean Better Results? Congress is close to approving a broad intelligence overhaul, but the changes that will matter most still lie ahead. | 0 |
Japanese get 'beautiful' housesitter with jellyfish-shaped robot (AFP) AFP - A Japanese firm said it has created a jellyfish-shaped robot that can alert homeowners to burglars or housesit for their pets -- and, when not at work, lounge about and be "beautiful." | 0 |
Israel's Sharon Lines Up Support for Likud Vote JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon marshaled support for Thursday's Likud party vote to bring the Labor Party into a government that would block snap elections and pave the way for a Gaza withdrawal next year. | 0 |
Blair Rules Out Iraq Civilian Death Toll Probe LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair rejected a call Wednesday for an independent inquiry into the civilian death toll in the U.S.-led war in Iraq. | 0 |
French Court Convicts Mitterrand Son of Tax Fraud PARIS (Reuters) - A French court Wednesday found the eldest son of former French President Francois Mitterrand guilty of tax fraud and sentenced him to a suspended 30-month prison sentence. | 0 |
Nortel to File Statements Next Year Nortel Networks Corp. said Wednesday it intends to file its long-delayed financial statements for the first two quarters of 2004 on Jan. 10 of next year. | 2 |
New sub-species of tiger found A genetic study of the tiger family reveals a previously unknown sub-species of the big cats. | 3 |
Israeli Forces End Northern Gaza Raid - Army GAZA, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Israeli forces ended an operation in the northern Gaza Strip less then 24 hours after they raided the area to try to stop cross-border rocket attacks by Palestinian militants, the army said Monday. | 0 |
Group formed to track IM threats A group of internet security and instant messaging (IM) providers have teamed up to detect and thwart the growing threat of IM and P2P viruses and worms. | 3 |
Aus beat Kiwis by 17 runs Australia have won the 2nd one dayer against New Zealand by 17 runs to level the three-match series at 1-1. Australia were down to 161 for 6 at one stage, but then added another 100 runs. | 1 |
Shanahan summit looks to improve game CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Behind closed doors, some of hockey #39;s most influential people met to discuss the game. It wasn #39;ta meeting to end the lockout, but how to improve NHL hockey once it gets up and running again. | 1 |
Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Baghdad Near Allawi HQ BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber posing as a taxi driver killed three people near the headquarters of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party in Baghdad on Monday as insurgents pressed a bloody campaign to disrupt a Jan. 30 election. | 0 |
Dell explores second factory in Europe Dellis considering opening a second European production plant to support its steady growth on the continent. | 3 |
IBM adjusts to harsh PC market Perhaps it isn't quite as surprising as if Ford MotorCo. suddenly decided to sell the Mustang sports car brand to Hyundai. But IBM's decision to sell its PC business to China's Lenovo Group underscores the challenges that manufacturers face in the modern PC business, even for a company synonymous with the product. | 3 |
IBM Sells Its PC Business Companies say customers will see no change in product availability or support. | 3 |
Dual DVD, HD-DVD Disc Developed New disc could ease the transition to the next-gen DVD standard, company says. | 3 |
Virgin Atlantic Inaugural Flight Lands in Sydney The wait for Virgin Atlantics daily service from Sydney to Hong Kong and London is finally over, with Virgin Atlantics inaugural flight touching down at Sydney Airport. | 2 |
Stocks sink on profit taking The Dow Jones industrial average fell 106 points to 10,440. Decliners on the New York Stock Exchange outnumbered advancers by a three-to-one margin. | 2 |
Arsenal in goalkeeper quandry The Spaniard has played in two victories in his first three starts - a 3-0 win over Birmingham and a 5-1 triumph over Rosenborg in the Champions League - after replacing Jens Lehmann. | 1 |
Benitez keeps eye on the prize Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez believes that his side have every chance of making the Champions League knockout stage tonight. The Spaniard is confident that the Reds can claim the 1-0 or two-goal win against | 1 |
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