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Stockland Buys Lensworth From Foster #39;s for A\$825 Mln (Update1) Stockland bought the Lensworth property development business from Foster #39;s Group Ltd. for A\$825 million (\$624 million), becoming Australia #39;s biggest residential property developer. | 2 |
Ukraine's Opposition Sees Path to Victory (Reuters) Reuters - Ukraine's opposition presidential hopeful\Viktor Yushchenko said on Wednesday parliament's vote to root\out cheating in elections opened the way for him to win a\re-run of a rigged poll. | 0 |
Allen: Baseball must act quickly Sen. George Allen, R-Va., says Major League Baseball needs to move fast to toughen its steroids-testing policy in order to avoid congressional action. | 1 |
Blair weary but not downhearted A disappointed but determined prime minister said last night he had not given up hope of reaching a lasting settlement in Northern Ireland. | 0 |
NATO Seeks to Boost Image, Presence in Middle East (Reuters) Reuters - NATO foreign ministers held\unprecedented talks with ministers from Israel and six Arab\states on Wednesday as part of the alliance's bid to improve\its image and ties in the region. | 0 |
Japan OKs Plan to Keep Troops in Iraq (AP) AP - Japan's Cabinet on Thursday approved a plan to keep Japanese troops in Iraq for another year, the trade minister said. | 0 |
Nintendo Ups DS Console Shipment Target TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co. Ltd. raised its 2004 shipment target for its DS handheld video game device by 40 percent to 2.8 million units on Thursday after many stores in Japan and the United States sold out in the first week of sales. | 2 |
Blair 'pressing US on climate' Tony Blair tries to persuade the US to cut greenhouse gases amid concerns over climate change. | 0 |
Ballerina Markova is remembered The funeral of one of the last century's greatest known ballerinas, Dame Alicia Markova, is held in Bath. | 0 |
IBM agreement fuels nation #39;s foreign growth Lenovo Group #39;s takeover of IBM #39;s personal computer business is a giant step in a multibillion-dollar foreign expansion by China, which is buying auto, television and telecommunications companies abroad. | 2 |
Stockland pays A\$825m for Fosters property unit Fosters, Australias largest beer and wine maker, has been trying to sell Lensworth, aiming to focus on its beverage business. | 2 |
Dynegy falls on forecast 2005 loss SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Shares of energy company Dynegy plunged 10 percent Wednesday after the company slashed its 2004 earnings estimate and warned investors it faces losses that could go as high as \$391 million next year. | 2 |
An open letter to the Linux community from PalmSource The following is a verbatim copy of a open letter to the Linux community issued by PalmSource. Read on for more information about the new acquisition and FAQs about how PalmSource will use the new resources and the new Palm OS Cobalt version of Linux. | 3 |
HOW IT WORKS Giving Gamers Another Window on Their World THE newest piece of hardware in the video game wars, the Nintendo DS hand-held console, arrived in stores last month, out to prove that two is better than one, in more ways than one. | 3 |
ON SOCCER 82,000 empty seats greet Madrid, Roma When Roma and Real Madrid took to the field Wednesday at the 82,000-seat Olympic Stadium in Rome, they walked into an empty stadium. | 1 |
Talks to resume N. Ireland peace collapses No agreement has been reached in the negotiation between Northern Ireland #39;s Democratic Unionist Party, or DUP and its rival Sinn Fein, to resume peace talks. | 0 |
Twenty Filipinos Found Alive in Rubble After Storm About 20 Filipinos were found alive in the rubble of a collapsed building on Thursday, 10 days after a fierce storm and landslides devastated several eastern and northern provinces, a radio station reported. | 0 |
Nikkei Hits 5-Week Closing Low TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 1.51 percent to a five-week closing low on Thursday as poor machinery orders data followed sluggish growth figures that undermined confidence in the economy a day earlier. | 2 |
CSFB Asia Unit Rebounds After Defections HONG KONG (Reuters) - Credit Suisse First Boston is targeting Asia for growth while cutting elsewhere, as its regional team springs back from high-profile defections to boost its M A and debt financing business. | 2 |
HP pressured to sell PC business after IBM SEATTLE, DEC 9: Hewlett-Packard Co will be under pressure to sell its personal computer business after IBM #39;s decision to sell its PC operations to China #39;s top PC manufacturer, but analysts said the No 2 computer maker would hold on to its \$25 billion PC | 2 |
Studios juggle release dates of animated films DreamWorks, Pixar and Disney have each rescheduled high-profile films in ways that could dramatically affect their earnings flow and status in | 2 |
Auto industry sues over California air plan Carmakers, dealers want to block rule to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying only the feds can decide fuel economy. By Jeff Plungis / Detroit News Washington Bureau. | 2 |
IRA Says Disarmament Pictures 'Never Possible' (Reuters) Reuters - The Irish Republican Army said on\Thursday it would never provide photographic proof of\disarmament as demanded by its Northern Ireland Protestant\opponents. | 0 |
Coulthard tests for Red Bull David Coulthard #39;s Formula One prospects have received a boost with news of a test with the Red Bull team at Jerez in Spain. Coulthard, who has no confirmed seat for 2005 after | 1 |
NHL players, owners will meet to seek ways to save season The day after a caucus convened in Toronto to brainstorm ways to reinvigorate hockey, the brain trust in charge of the league descends on the game #39;s de facto capital with hopes of reviving the hockey season. | 1 |
IRA Says Disarmament Pictures 'Never Possible' BELFAST (Reuters) - The Irish Republican Army said on Thursday it would never provide photographic proof of disarmament as demanded by its Northern Ireland Protestant opponents. | 0 |
WMC says moves are #39;business as usual #39; The chief executive of WMC Resources has denied the company #39;s share buyback and the sale of part of its business is designed to undermine a takeover offer from Swiss-based Xstrata. | 2 |
Australia Stockland Pays A\$825M For Foster #39;s Lensworth-2- SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Stockland (SGP.AU) said Thursday it will pay A\$825 million, plus working capital of A\$21 million, for Lensworth, the property development business of Foster #39;s Group Ltd. | 2 |
Merck #39;s stock rises despite cloudy outlook The big drug maker yesterday told Wall Street that the recent withdrawal of its Vioxx painkiller will dampen 2005 earnings even more than previously expected. | 2 |
OUR OPINION Target #39;s decision to ban The Salvation Army bell ringers from stores has sparked a backlash, according to news reports from around the country. | 2 |
Automakers Challenge CA CO 2 Regulation in Court As expected, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers has joined a group of automobile dealers in Californias Central Valley to file suit against Californias new regulation of CO 2 emissions. | 2 |
Sales soar in aerospace industry WASHINGTON -- After three dark years, the sun finally peeked through yesterday at the Aerospace Industries Association #39;s annual year-end review. | 2 |
Toshiba Develops Dual-Format DVD Toshiba with NEC and Sanyo, are backing the next-generation DVD #39;s called HD-DVD or High-Definition DVD. According to Toshiba and a disc maker, they have developed a dual-layer ROM disc which stores data in | 3 |
Watch out Outlook, here comes Thunderbird THE Open Source Mozilla Project is on a roll and attracting favourable attention and interest right now. Its Firefox 1.0 browser, officially launched last month, has created enough buzz judging from the number of downloads to date. | 3 |
Volcanic Activity Possible on Object Beyond Neptune A large planet-like object out in the realm of Pluto shows signs of either a relatively recent collision or perhaps volcanic activity, astronomers said today. | 3 |
China Bans Video Game for Breach of Sovereignty China, sensitive about issues of national sovereignty, has banned a computer sports game that classifies Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Tibet as countries and has threatened to fine Web sites that supply the game and net cafes that let | 3 |
Siemens sets up 1Gbit/s wireless link Siemens has claimed a world first for its transmission of data at a rate of 1Gbit/s over a wireless link. To achieve this rate, which is 20 times faster than today #39;s 50Mbit/s wireless LANs, researchers at | 3 |
Gritty Sonics roll on SAN ANTONIO -- Antonio Daniels scowled and every muscle in his body seemed steel-cable taut as he walked toward the Sonics #39; bench. | 1 |
Former US Marine in Iraq tells Canadian board some comrades became <b>...</b> A former US Marine in Iraq, testifying Wednesday at a hearing for an American military deserter seeking asylum in Canada, said several men | 0 |
Reports: Allawi says Iraq could spread out elections Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says national elections scheduled for Jan. 30 could be staged over two or three weeks so that the military can protect voters in dangerous places. | 0 |
Dollar Extends Rebound Against Euro, Yen TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar rebounded for a second session against the yen and the euro on Thursday as traders and investors took profits on bets against the U.S. currency before the year draws to a close. | 2 |
Computershare Says No Wrongdoing in Probe MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Computershare Ltd., the world's largest share registry, said on Thursday a New York division subpoenaed by U.S. market regulators investigating stock surveillance firms had not broken any laws. | 2 |
Oil Prices Rise for Second Day in a Row SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose for the second day in a row on Thursday with an Arctic blast forecast to hit the United States next week seen ramping up demand for heating fuels. | 2 |
Swiss insurer sells UK life unit Swiss Life, Switzerland's largest insurer, sells its UK life assurance business for 205m. | 2 |
An investing slam-dunk Leslie Alexander has led the kind of life people in the investment world dream about. | 2 |
Aerospace firms' sales, jobs climb The aerospace industry bounced back this year with record sales and the first upswing in employment in five years as a result of quot;robust quot; defense spending, according to an industry analysis released yesterday. | 2 |
Snow to remain Treasury secretary Just days after the Washington rumor mill had John Snow leaving his job as Treasury secretary, President Bush yesterday said Snow was staying on. | 2 |
Support builds for minimum wage hike Union leaders and advocates for the poor are uniting behind an effort to raise the state's \$6.75-an-hour minimum wage for the first time since 2001 and to tie future increases to the inflation rate, a move that would make Massachusetts only the fourth state in the nation to establish that link. | 2 |
Drumbeat grows for OPEC cuts The possibility of a cut in OPEC production grew stronger yesterday after the oil minister of Saudi Arabia indicated he was aware of majority sentiment in favor of a reduction. | 2 |
Merck slashes '05 forecast, citing Vioxx The withdrawal of painkiller Vioxx means Merck amp; Co. will miss the already diminished expectations of Wall Street analysts for 2005, the drug maker said yesterday. | 2 |
Growth of global PC market forecast to ease The global personal computer market will grow at a more modest pace in 2005 as the economic recovery slows, according to a report by a market research firm. | 2 |
Retailers' accuracy high on toy pricing Massachusetts retailers are doing a good job of charging the correct prices for toys, according to a survey released by state regulators that found an accuracy rate of 99.5 percent at eight retailers. The state Division of Standards checked 6,493 toys at 65 stores and found 6,304 of them scanned at the correct price and 189 at an incorrect price. ... | 2 |
Jury rules for franchisees in Shell trial A federal jury awarded more than \$3 million to eight Massachusetts gas station operators after finding Shell Oil Co. used unfair tactics that were effectively intended to drive them out of business. | 2 |
SEC probes auditor's link to fund trustees TIAA-CREF, the largest US retirement fund, said the Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an informal inquiry into a relationship between auditor Ernst amp; Young LLP and two former fund trustees. | 2 |
Women's apparel store shifts into high gear ARLINGTON -- Despite a fear of heights and her claim to be quot;the most unathletic person out there, quot; Becky Carriveau of Medford said she was inspired to sign up for a beginner's indoor rock-climbing class through the Wild Women Outfitters retail store in Arlington as a challenge for the coming year. | 2 |
Vivendi to Sell 15 Stake in Veolia to Cut Debt (Update2) Vivendi Universal SA, owner of the world #39;s largest music company, said it will sell a 15 percent stake in Veolia Environnement SA to cut debt and focus on its media business. | 2 |
Aerospace firms #39; sales, jobs climb The aerospace industry bounced back this year with record sales and the first upswing in employment in five years as a result of quot;robust quot; defense | 2 |
Ah, the whiff of a very old yolk It is one of the world #39;s oldest questions: Why did the chicken cross the road? It might seem like a #39;poultry #39; subject to weigh on the minds of hundreds of scientists, but research published yesterday has brought us a little closer to the answer. | 3 |
Longest-serving astronaut to retire HOUSTON -- 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 |
Lucent shines a little brighter It #39;s been a good two weeks for Lucent. Just when it looked like the troubled vendor was set to come in behind the pack in the 3G contract race, the carrier jumped ahead with two gigantic contract wins. | 3 |
Two China Banks Uncover Fake Web Sites (Reuters) Reuters - Two of China's leading banks have\identified fake Web sites in recent days and reported them to\the country's public security organs, bank officials said on\Thursday. | 3 |
EU sees no lifting of China arms ban The European Union and China agreed to boost relations yesterday, but the EU made clear there can be no early lifting of its 15-year-old | 0 |
Japan extends troops mission in Iraq Japan #39;s cabinet decided Thursday to extend the Self-Defense Forces #39; (SDF) humanitarian assistance operation in Iraq by one year until Dec. 14, 2005. | 0 |
UN General Assembly welcomes Annan #39;s call for reform The UN General Assembly has given Secretary-General Kofi Annan a symbolic show of support in the face of calls by some US lawmakers for his resignation. | 0 |
United States Blanks Mexico 5-0 (AP) AP - The security guards were trying to hustle Mia Hamm off the field, but she was having none of it. Making a U-turn, Hamm headed directly to a group of young fans seated in the stands who were screaming for her autograph. | 1 |
Lenovo shares slump after IBM deal (AFP) AFP - Shares in China's largest personal computer-maker Lenovo fell in Hong Kong trade, as they resumed trading after the company's purchase of American IBM's PC-making business. | 3 |
Timely Iraq Vote a Point of Pride (AP) AP - For an administration that likes to make the trains run on time, the Jan. 30 elections scheduled in Iraq are light at the end of a dark and violent tunnel. | 0 |
Sharon Warns of Snap Elections Without Likud Backing JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urged his Likud party on Thursday to vote for a governing alliance with the Labour Party, warning that failure to do so would force snap elections and derail his Gaza withdrawal plan. Internal polls predict victory for Sharon in a crucial ballot by the rightist Likud's Central Committee on whether to allow him to open talks with center-left Labour on joining a unity coalition to shore up his shattered government. | 0 |
Rivers: It starts with stops Doc Rivers was on the defensive following practice yesterday at The Arena, though purely in a basketball sense, which had nothing to do with the frustrations of Paul Pierce or the ongoing constructive criticism of Gary Payton. | 1 |
Brady is passing the true test Tom Brady in a slump? It's hard to imagine after a 24-3 win over Baltimore and a 42-15 romp over Cleveland the last two weeks. | 1 |
Lieber goes to the Phillies Jon Lieber agreed to a deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, Al Leiter returned to the Florida Marlins, and Woody Williams went back to the San Diego Padres as major league teams moved quickly to grab starting pitchers yesterday after the first free-agent deadline of the offseason passed. | 1 |
Free agents offered arbitration Players offered arbitration have until Dec. 19 to either accept or reject. Players who reject arbitration may sign with former club until Jan. 8 (or after May 1). | 1 |
NHL players to put new offer on table Any hope of saving the NHL season hinges on whether the next proposal by the Players Association stirs serious negotiating. | 1 |
Knicks snap out of it Stephon Marbury had 22 points and nine assists to help the New York Knicks end a three-game losing streak with an 86-79 victory over New Orleans last night, dropping the Hornets to 0-9 at home. | 1 |
Creamer already appears to be rising to top She couldn't accept the \$6,000 first-place prize, but no big deal. Paula Creamer had known that going into the tournament. But the free ticket from American Airlines? That was OK -- and quite amusing to the 18-year-old. | 1 |
Sharon seeks coalition go-ahead Israeli PM Ariel Sharon's Likud party is to vote on whether to invite the opposition Labour Party into the coalition. | 0 |
Laptops may damage male fertility Men who use laptop computers may inadvertently be risking their fertility, experts believe. | 0 |
Chess masters bloom in ancient desert city BEERSHEBA, Israel -- Beersheba is a city of humble origins. Once known as a biblical oasis, it became in its later incarnation a desert backwater. | 0 |
Reform vote eases crisis in Ukraine KIEV -- The bitter political crisis that has gripped Ukraine for more than two weeks eased dramatically yesterday as parliament overwhelmingly approved a compromise package of laws strengthening safeguards against electoral fraud while weakening presidential powers. | 0 |
Putin plan to appoint governors is approved MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin's plan to end the election of governors by popular vote passed its final hurdle yesterday, when the Russian parliament's upper chamber approved the bill. The law -- part of a package that has been assailed by opposition parties and human rights monitors as an attempt by the Kremlin to strengthen its authority at the expense ... | 0 |
US consulate attack JIDDA, Saudi Arabia -- The five men who attacked the US consulate are being vilified by some Saudis as criminals, not lauded as heroes, even though they targeted the offices of a country that remains unpopular among many Arabs. | 0 |
Brazil a leading world polluter, report says BRASILIA -- Burning of the Amazon and other forests accounts for three quarters of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions and has made the country one of the leading polluters in the world, a long-delayed government report said yesterday. | 0 |
N. Korea head purges key official SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il recently purged his brother-in-law from the government, removing a powerful party official who was thought to be a possible rival to Kim and his sons, South Korean intelligence officials have reported. | 0 |
4 soldiers disciplined in abuse case WASHINGTON -- At least four members of a special operations task force in Iraq have been disciplined in connection with an investigation of the abuse of prisoners, a Pentagon spokesman said yesterday. In at least one case the violation involved a Taser stun gun. | 0 |
Federal judge orders soldier back to Iraq WASHINGTON -- A soldier who challenged an Army policy requiring him to serve past the date of his enlistment contract must return for duty in Iraq while his lawsuit is under review, a federal judge ruled yesterday. | 0 |
Plea to the democratic world: Ukraine needs your support Ukraine needs your support. On Sunday December 26, 2004, a re-vote of the run-off for the Presidential Election in Ukraine is planned. nbsp;Anyone who is over the age of 18 and a citizen of another country (i.e. other than Ukraine) can become an international observer. nbsp;(Ukrainian citizens can be local observers) nbsp;The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC), in cooperation with the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), has organized international election observers for the first two rounds and are now seeking observers for round three. nbsp;You do not need to be Canadian to register through the UCC, you may be a citizen of any country except Ukraine. nbsp;You can make a contribution to democracy in Ukraine and spend the most interesting Christmas ever by coming to Ukraine to observe the elections. | 3 |
Disney Backs Sony's Blu-Ray for New DVD Format LOS ANGELES/TOKYO (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co. said on Wednesday it would support the Blu-ray standard for next-generation DVDs backed by Sony Corp., but kept open its options for a rival format championed by Toshiba Corp. | 3 |
IBM Reassures Workers After Milestone Deal IBM will sell its once vaunted personal computer business to Lenovo Group Ltd., the leading computer maker in China.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><br><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
On Local Sites, Everyone's a Journalist Several notable ventures have launched or raised money this year to create local news sites online in which readers contribute all or most of the news.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-Leslie Walker</b></font> | 3 |
Use Shuttle To Fix Hubble, NASA Is Told The space shuttle should be used to service the Hubble Space Telescope and can do the job without posing unacceptable risks to the astronauts, NASA's leadership was told Wednesday.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
Filipino Rescuers Pull 4 Storm Survivors (AP) AP - At least four survivors were pulled Thursday from a building that collapsed in mudslides 10 days ago, while the death toll from devastating storms in the Philippines' northeast rose to at least 842, with more than 750 people missing. | 0 |
Kraft Sells UK Desserts Unit for \$135 Mln NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc. said on Thursday it has agreed to sell its UK desserts unit to Premier Foods Plc for \$135 million in a bid to focus on larger-scale businesses. | 2 |
For Young Armenians, a Promised Land Without Promise An independent Armenia has proved too constricting and its promise too distant for the next generation's ambitions. | 0 |
The Terminator takes on Detroit Nine automakers, led by Toyota and General Motors, have sued to block California #39;s new greenhouse gas regulation, which would require a 30 percent cut in emissions from cars and trucks sold in the state by 2016. | 2 |
Ellision: Oracle to #39;oversupport #39; PeopleSoft customer SAN FRANCISCO - Business software maker Oracle Corp. will do everything it can to support PeopleSoft Inc. customers, who are vital to the success of Oracle #39;s proposed \$9.2 billion takeover of PeopleSoft, Oracle | 2 |
Target getting bum rap for ending #39;ringer #39; favoritism Target Corp. is being treated as the Grinch who stole Christmas because it bent its rules to play Santa Claus for Salvation Army bell-ringers for years -- to the tune of about \$9 million a year. | 2 |
Will Blu-ray Zap a Rival DVD Format? Three major movie studios have signed on for Sony #39;s high-definition technology for the discs. But a competitor has drawn big support, too. | 3 |
Orange Bowl will showcase four of five Heisman Trophy finalists LOS ANGELES - As Reggie Bush neared the goal line on the first of his two jaw-dropping long-distance touchdowns runs, the University of Southern California game-breaker went airborne. | 1 |
Japanese Troops Authorised to Stay in Iraq Japans Cabinet today approved a plan to keep Japanese troops in Iraq for another year. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a vocal supporter of the US-led invasion of Iraq, had argued the dispatch was needed | 0 |
Barghouti still in PA race Jerusalem Fatah leader Ahmed Ghanem, a close associate of Marwan Barghouti, was appointed with Barghouti #39;s approval to head the jailed Fatah leader #39;s election campaign for PA chairman. | 0 |
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