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Microsoft Schedules Second Longhorn Event (PC World) PC World - Conference will allow developers to examine, discuss the successor to Windows XP. | 3 |
Leiter leaves Mets Al Leiter heard all the right things from the Florida Marlins. That was the reason he chose to move south and leave the New York Mets. | 1 |
Vince hurt as Raps bow in OT As the Raptors were falling 90-86 in overtime to the defending champion Detroit Pistons last night before a sellout crowd of 22,076 at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich. | 1 |
IBM Reassures Workers After Milestone China Deal (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Dec. 8 -- During an IBM employee meeting here Wednesday, a worker got up and asked a question that perhaps only 10 years ago would have been unthinkable: If he wanted to keep his job helping to design some of the world's most advanced computers, would he have to move to China? | 3 |
Unicef report: 1bn children suffering More than half the world #39;s children are suffering extreme effects of poverty, war and HIV/Aids, denying them a healthy and safe childhood, according to a report published today. | 0 |
Worst Oil Spill in Five Years Off S. China Coast (Reuters) Reuters - Two container ships collided and\spilled some 450 tons of fuel oil off China's southern coast,\the country's worst oil spill in five years, a maritime\official said on Thursday. | 3 |
Suspected Explosives Found Before Taiwan Election TAIPEI (Reuters) - Police found four packages of suspected explosives at the Taiwan capital's main railway station on Thursday, triggering a bomb scare days before a hotly contested legislative election. | 0 |
Opposition supporters leave tent camp in Kyiv, but many plan to stay (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Demonstrators removed blockades near the government building in Ukraine's capital on Thursday, signalling a further decrease in tensions following parliament's adoption of electoral and constitutional changes ahead of a repeat presidential runoff vote. | 0 |
Players, Owners to Meet in Bid to Save NHL Season TORONTO (Reuters) - National Hockey League owners will meet with representatives from the players union on Thursday in what is seen as a final bid to end a lockout and save the NHL season. | 1 |
Tyson Arrested in Arizona SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Sports Network) - Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was arrested after allegedly jumping on the hood of a car outside a nightclub. | 1 |
Glaus Headed to Arizona?? PHOENIX (Sports Network) - Free agent third baseman Troy Glaus is reportedly headed to the Arizona Diamondbacks. | 1 |
Els Makes Flawless Start in Dunhill MALELANE, South Africa (Reuters) - A faultless 67 left South Africa's Ernie Els one shot off the pace after the first round of the Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek Country Club on Thursday. | 1 |
Oil Rises as OPEC Considers Supply Cut Oil prices rose for the second day in a row on Thursday as several OPEC ministers called for the cartel to stop producing more oil than its official target. | 2 |
Paris to sell 700 million of its stake in Air France The French government is selling 17.7 percent of Air France-KLM Group, Europe #39;s biggest airline, taking advantage of an increase in the carrier #39;s shares as oil prices decline, the managers of the sale said on Thursday. | 2 |
GM Europe Axes 12,000 Jobs General Motors Europe will chop 12,000 jobs over two years -- around a fifth of its workforce -- to lop 500 million euros (\$673 million | 2 |
US Data Suggest Job-Market Recovery Losing Steam Wall Street had expected a drop in new unemployment claims. The prediction of economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and CNBC was a decline of 14,000 claims. | 2 |
Lilly: #39;05 Profit Driven by Newer Drugs Eli Lilly and Co. (LLY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it expects 2005 earnings to rise as higher sales of its newer drugs offset a decline in its top-selling schizophrenia drug Zyprexa. | 2 |
Costco profits rise, but stock falls in early trading ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Discount retailing giant Costco Wholesale Corp. said Thursday that profits grew 21 percent in its fiscal first quarter, thanks to higher sales and more revenue from membership fees. | 2 |
US Economy: Import Prices, Initial Jobless Claims Rise The costs of imported goods rose less in November than a month earlier, restrained by a drop in petroleum prices that may help boost consumer spending and the US economy. | 2 |
Agree with Target #39;s ban of Salvation Army bell ringers? For the past decade, the Salvation Armys familiar red kettles represented the sole exception to Targets (TGT, news, msgs) no-solicitation policy. | 2 |
McDonald #39;s Same-Store Sales Rise in Nov. McDonald #39;s Corp. said Thursday that global comparable-restaurant sales, or sales at restaurants open at least 13 months, rose 4.2 percent in November. | 2 |
Hyatt Books AmeriSuites Acquisition CHICAGO -- Hyatt Corp. said Thursday it will purchase the 143-unit AmeriSuites hotel chain from affiliates of The Blackstone Group. | 2 |
Disney backs Sonys Blu-ray DVD format The battle to set the standard for next-generation digital recording media took another twist on Thursday with the announcement that Walt Disney would launch titles on the Blu-ray Disc format promoted by Sony and Matsushita. | 3 |
Decoded chicken genome reveals common ancestors for birds and <b>...</b> Health India: Washington, Dec 9 : In a breakthrough revelation, scientists have succeeded in unveiling the genomic sequence of the chicken, thus bridging the gap between the genomes already obtained from mammals and other organisms which may help them | 3 |
Linux-based Palms on the way quot;Future Palm devices may run Linux, thanks to a surprise purchase by PalmSource. The company, which makes the operating software for the PalmOne devices (notably the Treo smartphones), intends to buy China | 3 |
Nintendo DS Proves Popular Sales of the Nintendo DS handheld gaming device are going better than expected, prompting Nintendo to raise its full-year shipment forecast, the company #39;s president says. | 3 |
Experts call on NASA to save Hubble with shuttle mission NASA should launch a shuttle mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope because its plan to use a robot to repair the instrument is unlikely to work, a panel of experts convened by the National Research Council recommended yesterday. | 3 |
New virus camouflaged as screensaver A virus that spies on keystrokes and downloads passwords and bank account details is circulating among emails, masquerading as a screensaver designed by internet portal Lycos to attack stammers, a watchdog warned on Thursday. | 3 |
Hollywood nails Kaleidescape The MPAA #39;s DVD Copy Control Association (DVDCCA), owner of the ineffective DVD #39;copy-protection #39; technology, is after a firm called Kaleidescape because, claim the studios, Kaleidescape #39;s \$27,000 jukebox illegally makes copies of DVDs. | 3 |
Kazaa #39;worried about piracy #39; Kazaa, the internet #39;s most popular file-swapping system, told a court in Sydney yesterday that it was worried about users exchanging unauthorised files and had held talks with record companies in the United States. | 3 |
Brazil accounts for 3 percent of emissions of greenhouse gases in <b>...</b> _ The burning and deforestation of Brazil #39;s vast Amazon rain forest causes nearly 3 percent of the world #39;s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a government report released Wednesday. | 3 |
Big Kuiper Belt object got a face-lift The ammonia and crystalline ice would be destroyed in about 10 million years, quot; Jewitt says. quot;This implies Quaoar gets recoated on that time scale or faster. | 3 |
Say hello to Yahoo on your handphone real soon THE online search giant Yahoo wants to make a debut on the small screens of handphone users soon. Yahoo has acquired WUF Networks, a small start-up with technology which aims to let consumers move their songs | 3 |
Siemens sets wireless speed record with OFDM German electronics manufacturer Siemens has set what it claims to be the fastest-ever wireless connection. At its research lab in Munich, Siemens achieved a transmission speed of 1gbps by combining an intelligent | 3 |
Another delay for Oracle Collaboration Suite update Oracle has postponed the delivery of a major update to its Collaboration Suite until mid-2005, which will add instant messaging and voice-over-IP capabilities, and offer content management features. | 3 |
Pacers to Appeal Suspensions (New York City-December 9, 2004) - Two days of grievance hearings stemming from the November Pacers-Pistons brawl are unfolding in New York City. | 1 |
Clijsters expected to miss Aussie Open Melbourne, Australia (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters continues to recover from a wrist injury and is not expected to play in next month #39;s Australian Open. | 1 |
Sir Alex:Our kids will come on a ton Sir Alex Ferguson today has no regrets about fielding a second-string side against Fenerbahce. Sanli Tuncay #39;s second-half hat-trick consigned the Red Devils to a 3-0 defeat in Istanbul and, more importantly | 1 |
Pitch change has Bracewell upset Five days of rain at the Gabba ground and forecasts of more have forced a pitch change for the deciding game Friday in the three-match limited-overs cricket series between Australia and New Zealand. | 1 |
Glaus joining Diamondbacks: report CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Arizona Diamondbacks have reportedly signed free-agent third baseman Troy Glaus. The Arizona Republic reported Thursday that Glaus and the Diamondbacks have agreed to a four-year, \$45-million US contract. | 1 |
Germany #39;s Glagow, Fischer win biathlon events Germany #39;s Martina Glagow won a 15-kilometer biathlon event Thursday for her first World Cup victory this season, and compatriot Sven Fischer won a men #39;s 20-kilometer race. | 1 |
Teammates unhappy with Bryant regime What were the Lakers thinking this summer when they let Kobe Bryant dictate whom the Lakers acquired in the offseason? Everyone knows that they were desperate to re-sign Bryant, but once you give | 1 |
IRA: Willing to Disarm, But Photos Impossible IRA guerrillas said on Thursday they would never be quot;humiliated quot; by the photographing of their final acts of disarmament -- the last sticking point in an Anglo-Irish drive for a Northern Ireland political settlement. | 0 |
'Mercenaries' appeal in Zimbabwe More than 60 suspected mercenaries are to appeal against their convictions in Zimbabwe over a coup plot. | 0 |
Sistani unveils electoral alliance, Sadr not on list Iraq #39;s Shiite Muslims led by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Thursday unveiled a broadly based electoral alliance which excludes radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. | 0 |
Survivors rescued after 10 days MANILA, Philippines -- As the confirmed death toll from devastating storms in the Philippines rises to more than 840, rescuers have pulled at least four survivors from a building that collapsed in mudslides 10 days ago. | 0 |
Koizumi will keep Japanese in Iraq TOKYO The cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decided Thursday to extend the mission of Japanese troops in Iraq despite the growing opposition of voters, political opponents and members of his own party. | 0 |
Europe and China: keeping pace with a growing giant The European Union #39;s arms embargo against China was the focus of nearly all the attention at Wednesday #39;s political summit in The Hague between the EU and China. | 0 |
Palestinian candidate says Israeli soldiers beat him Democracy activist Mustafa Barghouti who joins the Palestinian presidential race told reporters on Thursday that he and his bodyguards were beaten by Israeli soldiers on a roadblock in the northern West Bank. | 0 |
Zimbabwe curbs rights groups Zimbabwe's parliament passes a controversial bill banning international rights groups from working in the country. | 0 |
Serbian church sues over Kosovo Serbia's Orthodox Church files a lawsuit accusing the UK, France, Germany and Italy of failing to protect churches in Kosovo. | 0 |
Hello! appeals in Zeta Jones case Hello! magazine is to appeal against damages awarded to its rival OK! over Catherine Zeta Jones' wedding photos. | 0 |
Jobless Claims Up, Import Prices Gain (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. jobless claims unexpectedly\rose again last week in more worrying news for the labor\market, government data showed on Thursday, while other data\offered some positive signals for America's economy. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Up, Import Prices Gain WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. jobless claims unexpectedly rose again last week in more worrying news for the labor market, government data showed on Thursday, while other data offered some positive signals for America's economy. | 2 |
Global Growth Key to Beer Wars Anheuser-Busch teams up with Vietnam's largest brewer, laying the groundwork for future growth in the region. | 2 |
Hamm, Foudy Retire From Women's Soccer Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy closed out their remarkable careers with the U.S. women's soccer team in style Wednesday night, cheered on by droves of young girls in a 5-0 victory over Mexico. | 1 |
Dollar Rises, Investors Eye Yields NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rose on Thursday as traders, short of dollars after relentlessly selling them for weeks, looked to the growing yield advantage of U.S. assets as a reason to buy back the currency before the end of the year. | 2 |
Tech Stocks Tumble After Chip Makers Warn NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, hit by a sharp drop in technology shares following a slew of sales warnings from semiconductor makers, and as oil prices rose nearly \$1 a barrel. | 2 |
Hyatt to Buy AmeriSuites Hotel Chain NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hyatt Corp. on Thursday said it agreed to buy AmeriSuites, an upscale limited-service hotel chain that it hopes will complement its full-service portfolio. | 2 |
Showtime for Martha Next year will bring a brand new Martha Stewart show, but it's not as daring as it could have been. | 2 |
Is D B Down and Broken? Dave Buster's has a lethargic quarter, but the calendar proves that the third quarters are always slow at D B. | 2 |
Kos Sinks, Generic Drug Blamed CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KOSP.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">KOSP.O</A> slumped 8 percent on Thursday after an analyst suggested Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BRL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">BRL.N</A> could launch a copycat version of a key Kos drug earlier than expected. | 2 |
Japan Extends Its Military Presence in Iraq Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet agreed Thursday to extend the deployment of Japan's 600 non-combat troops in Iraq for up to one year despite widespread public opposition and condemnations by political opponents. | 0 |
OPEC Warns Oil Supply Cuts Needed for 2005 <p>\</p><p> By Peg Mackey and Francois Murphy</p><p> CAIRO (Reuters) - OPEC oil producers said on Thursday that\Friday's ministerial meeting would focus on halting oversupply\to bolster falling prices and that the cartel would have to\reduce output quotas early next year.</p> | 2 |
UK imports at record high The UK's trade gap widens sharply from 4.4bn to 5.3bn, as imports hit 21.5bn, the highest monthly level since records began. | 2 |
China officials halt Playboy club Business regulators in Shanghai turn down an application for a Playboy nightclub complex in the city. | 2 |
UK to launch Parliamentary inquiry into future e-voting The U.K. government will launch a Parliamentary inquiry next year into the practicalities of electronic voting. | 2 |
Bomb Explodes in Argentine Branch of Citibank <p></p><p> BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - A small bomb explodedearly on Thursday in an Argentine branch of Citibank but nobodywas injured, police said.</p> | 0 |
Venezuelan President Approves Media Law A law that gives the government control over the content of radio and television programs in Venezuela took effect Thursday. | 0 |
Folgers lifts ground coffee prices 14 Folgers, a brand of Procter amp; Gamble (PG), raised the price of its roast-and-ground coffee on Thursday, affecting about 75 of the company #39;s retail coffee line. | 2 |
Tech Stocks Tumble After Chip Makers Warn US stocks fell on Thursday, hit by a sharp drop in technology shares following a slew of sales warnings from semiconductor makers, and as oil prices rose nearly \$1 a barrel. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Up, Import Prices Gain US jobless claims unexpectedly rose again last week in more worrying news for the labor market while prices for imported goods grew in November, government data showed on Thursday. | 2 |
Bring on the big boys, says Bayern #39;s Magath Bayern Munich manager Felix Magath admits he is unconcerned who his side face in the last sixteen of the Champions League, claiming the 18-time German champions are capable of beating anyone. | 1 |
Tyson arrested for beating car POLICE have arrested former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson for allegedly jumping on the bonnet of a car outside a nightclub. The car #39;s driver Asaf Alikadic, 22, told police he had left the club and stopped | 1 |
Arms to Pak: India conveys concerns to US India today conveyed to the US its concern over repercussions of American arms supplies to Pakistan on the ongoing Indo-Pak dialogue and its impact on the positive sentiments for Washington in this country. | 0 |
ANNAN #39;S FUTURE: Remains up in the air with scandal When US Secretary of State Colin L. Powell met Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month at an Egyptian summit on Iraq, the two old friends shook hands. | 0 |
Nintendo boss slams PSP as DS shipment target is raised Sony #39;s forthcoming PlayStation Portable handheld will fail to attract newcomers to gaming, according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, whose comments come as shipment targets for the DS are raised once again. | 3 |
Humans favoured for Hubble rescue Shuttle astronauts would do a better job of upgrading the ailing Hubble Space Telescope than robots, a panel of space experts has said. | 3 |
Samsung shipping samples of 512Mbit GDDR3 Samsung Electronics has begun shipping samples of 512Mbit GDDR3 chips targeting the high-end graphics-card and the game-console markets. | 3 |
Angulo apology for Valencia fracas Valencia midfielder Miguel Angel Angulo has joined coach Claudio Ranieri in apologizing for his behavior during the bad-tempered Champions League match against Werder Bremen, daily Marca reported on Thursday. | 1 |
Saudis call for delays in output cuts Saudi Arabia is urging global oil stocks be increased before the world #39;s crude oil cartel consider cutting output. Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries | 2 |
MP Offers to Photograph IRA Decommissioning Maverick Labour MP Austin Mitchell today offered to use his photographic skills to end the impasse in the Northern Ireland peace process. | 0 |
Iraqi Shiites unveil broadly based electoral alliance BAGHDAD, Dec 9 (AFP) - Iraq #39;s majority Shiite Muslims on Thursday unveiled a broad alliance ahead of next month #39;s key elections that is backed by their highest religious leader but which excludes radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. | 0 |
Middle East ; Israeli airstrike wounds three Palestinians in Gaza Middle East News, Three Palestinian fighters were injured in an Israeli missile strike on their car in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medics said on Thursday. | 0 |
Tyco International Ups Dividend Tyco International (TYC:NYSE - news - research) Thursday reaffirmed guidance and said its board had approved a dividend increase. The Bermuda-based conglomerate said the quarterly dividend will increase to | 2 |
Mozilla tries to emulate Firefox success with email client. Mozilla the company behind the overnight success Firefox 1.0 has launched an email client to go up against Microsofts Outlook Express email client. | 3 |
Samsung doubles graphics memory density Samsung Electronics said today that it has made a memory manufacturing breakthrough that allows it to produce a graphics memory chip that is faster than any other on the market. | 3 |
Yahoo buys start-up to boost mobile Yahoo on Tuesday confirmed it acquired a start-up last month called Wuf Networks that produces technology to let people transfer digital files onto mobile devices. | 3 |
Charges filed in connection with brawl Seven fans have now been charged along with five Indiana Pacers players in the Nov. 19 brawl at a Detroit Pistons NBA game. Players Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, David Harrison and Anthony Johnson are charged with one count of assault and battery. | 1 |
BENITEZ OUT TO KEEP GERRARD Rafael Benitez has told his ambitious skipper Steven Gerrard that he can achieve all of his dreams at Liverpool. The Anfield manager understands fully Gerrard #39;s dilemma as the England midfielder contemplates | 1 |
Biathlon stars gather at Holmenkollen Norway #39;s biathlon queen lost more grip on her reign Thursday. The world #39;s top biathlon athletes gathered in Oslo for World Cup competition due to last through the weekend. | 1 |
Oil firm chief in Singapore free on bail Scandal-hit Chen Jiuling, the suspended chief of Singapore-based China Aviation Oil (CAO) was questioned by local police for a second straight day yesterday as the investigation | 2 |
SPX shakes up leadership: Blystone out, Johnson in The SPX Corp. Board of Directors accepted the resignation and retirement of Chairman, President and CEO John Blystone. The now Charlotte NC-based SPX -- which for years was the Sealed Power Corp. | 2 |
McDonald #39;s posts another monthly sales gain, led by US OAK BROOK, Ill. Oak Brook-based McDonald #39;s is reporting a solid four-point-two percent gain in worldwide comparable sales for November and a 20th straight monthly increase for its US business. | 2 |
Bank of England holds interest rates The Bank of England left the cost of borrowing unchanged at 4.75 per cent on Thursday after data had shown a slowdown in the housing market, slowing consumer | 2 |
November import prices rise 0.2, more than expected The price of goods imported into the United States in November rose 0.2, slightly more than expected, a Labor Department report showed on Thursday, as increases in non-petroleum prices hit a 10-month high. | 2 |
India to take on Bangladesh India #39;s first Test against Bangladesh begins on Friday in Dhaka and already all the talk is not on whether India will win but when. | 1 |
Sky is the limit The movement of oil prices this year, both in the international and local markets, has consistently maintained an upward trend causing hysteria in the global oil market. | 2 |
China/New York IBM deal reflects global realignment International Business Machines Corp. Tuesday agreed to sell its personal computer business to China #39;s largest computer manufacturer, backing out of a market the venerable technology | 2 |
The future in your pocket The next 12 months look like they are going to be a lot of fun if you are a geek or gadget fan. | 3 |
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