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Osmond buys life funds for 1bn Hugh Osmond, the entrepreneur better known for investing in the food and drink sector, on Thursday night sealed the UK #39;s largest closed life assurance deal with the | 2 |
Sprint and Nextel merger might work A possible merger of Nextel Communications, the fifth-ranked wireless carrier in the US, and Sprint, the third-largest, may be winning strategy, given the ferocious competition in the telecommunications industry. | 2 |
US Airways Needs More Savings To Attract Investors US Airways probably will need more cost cuts or a boost in revenue to attract the USD\$250 million in equity it says it needs to leave bankruptcy next year, the company said on Thursday. | 2 |
Bio of outgoing Harley-Davidson Inc. CEO Education: Bleustein holds a master #39;s degree and doctorate in engineering mechanics from Columbia University and a bachelor #39;s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. | 2 |
How to use multiple iPods with one Apple Mac or Microsoft Windows <b>...</b> Do you want to use more than one iPod with the same computer? There are a couple of different ways you can do it. Apple has posted an article about how to do so. | 3 |
Five NBA players among 10 charged with assault AUBURN HILLS (Michigan): Prosecutors issued assault and battery charges here on Wednesday against five National Basketball Association players and five spectators, with jail time possible for their actions in a November brawl. | 1 |
McDonnell still spoiling for a fight IN CASE anyone had forgotten, Jim McDonnell, Danny Williamss trainer, stood up at the last pre-bout press conference here on Wednesday and repeated his | 1 |
Tiger says children in the near future Now that he #39;s married, Tiger Woods says it won #39;t be long before he starts a family. quot;I don #39;t want to be an old father, quot; Woods said Thursday. | 1 |
Wizards #39; Kwame Brown suspended for one game The Washington Wizards suspended Kwame Brown for one game Thursday for conduct detrimental to the team. Brown will miss Friday #39;s game against the New York Knicks. | 1 |
Fergie stands by selection policy Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson insists he has no regrets about fielding a second-string side against Fenerbahce last night. Sanli Tuncays second-half hat-trick consigned the Red Devils to a 3-0 defeat | 1 |
Al Qaeda to Attempt Major Marine Attack -Report Al Qaeda will attempt an attack on a key maritime target in the next 12 months with potentially devastating economic consequences, UK security experts said on Friday. | 0 |
Ukraine government back to work as crisis eases (AFP) AFP - Ukraine's civil servants went back to work for the first time in weeks as the opposition lifted its blockade of government buildings and a political crisis eased following a compromise with the ruling regime. | 0 |
Shiites List Candidates for Iraq Election (AP) AP - Under the guidance of Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric, Shiite parties presented a list Thursday of 228 candidates for next month's parliamentary elections. Minority Sunni Arabs, who had been favored under Saddam Hussein, must now decide whether to join the race or renounce a vote that will help determine the country's future. | 0 |
Bush manipulated NKorea intelligence like he did in Iraq: US expert (AFP) AFP - The United States manipulated intelligence on North Korea's nuclear program in a similar fashion to its use of weapons of mass destruction to justify the war on Iraq, a US foreign policy expert said in an article. | 0 |
Clarkson's budget, gun registry among items up for vote late Thursday (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Parliament was set to vote on pair of thorny government expenses late Thursday: the scandal-plagued gun registry and the Governor General's budget. | 0 |
Summary Box: No Taxes for Social Security (AP) AP - NO HIKE: President Bush ruled out raising taxes to finance an overhaul of Social Security to help the system survive an impending wave of retiring baby boomers. | 0 |
That Certain Look: Animal Magnetism The Metropolitan Museum's show is a sumptuous assemblage of animal products used to keep humans warm, make them look good and ratchet up their social status. | 0 |
Russian stocks lose \$10 billion in value Nearly \$10 billion was wiped off Russian stocks Thursday, the Moscow Times reported. The huge fall was caused by investors #39; fears that a surprise \$158 million tax claim against Russia #39;s No. | 2 |
Osmond makes 1bn life insurance debut Hugh Osmond, the pubs-to-pizzas entrepreneur, is to make a dramatic move into Britain #39;s life insurance market by leading a 1billion cash acquisition | 2 |
America West declines to bid for ATA America West Holdings Corp., of Phoenix, the parent company of America West Airlines, declined to bid for bankrupt ATA #39;s assets Thursday, America West said. | 2 |
Artest Testifies About Basketball Brawl (AP) AP - Ron Artest took the witness stand and described, in his words, one of the worst brawls in NBA history. Teammates Stephen Jackson, Jermaine O'Neal and Anthony Johnson did the same, and a union attorney and one of O'Neal's bodyguards also testified. | 1 |
Space Station Crew Has Limited Food Supply Astronaut, Leroy Chiao, and his crewmate have eaten through more food than Mission Control anticipated. (NASA). By GINA TREADGOLD. | 3 |
Cisco snags routing start-up Cisco systems announced on Thursday that it has finalized a definitive agreement to acquire privately held BCN Systems. Cisco had been an investor in the Santa Clara, Calif. | 3 |
More top sports news THE first pro opponent of Danny Williams believes the Brixton Bomber will cut 6ft 7in Vitali Klitschko down to size to be WBC heavyweight champion, writes STEVE BRENNER. | 1 |
Leinart takes Camp honors NEW HAVEN, Conn, Southern Cal quarterback Matt Leinart has been named the Walter Camp player of the year after leading the Trojans to a 12-and-0 record and a berth in the BCS title game. | 1 |
Corruption Remains Rampant, Says Poll of 64 Countries A majority of people worldwide say corruption among government and business elites is a grave problem, and about 10 percent say that they or a member of their household paid a bribe in the previous year, according to a new global opinion poll. | 0 |
Challenges for Mr. Karzai A fghanistan #39;s three-year drive for stability reached a milestone when Mr. Hamid Karzai was sworn in Tuesday as its first popularly elected president. | 0 |
Telekom Malaysia To Buy 27.3 Of Indonesia Excelcomindo KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Telekom Malaysia Bhd. (4863.KU) late Thursday said it will buy a 27.3 stake in Indonesia #39;s PT Excelcomindo Pratama for \$314 million in cash. | 2 |
United launches US-Vietnam service United Airlines began service between San Francisco and Vietnam Thursday, the first such regular flight to the Asian country in 30 years. | 2 |
IBM shuts new workers out of pension plan International Business Machines Corp. has shut its cash-balance pension plan to new employees, CBSMarketwatch.com reports. Instead, new employees can contribute 6 percent of their | 2 |
Linux-based Palm OS on chart The open-source software Linux is making a bigger dent in China #39;s ever-galloping mobile phone market. US-based PalmSource, provider of Palm OS, a popular operating system powering | 3 |
Apple to use Toshiba chip next year Toshiba Corp, Japan #39;s second largest chipmaker, has agreed to start selling a type of semiconductor known as flash memory to Apple Computer Inc, maker of the best-selling iPod digital music player. | 3 |
Nintendo Unthreatened by PSP December 09, 2004 - In a recent statement given at the Tokyo headquarters of the Foreign Correspondents Club, Nintendo Co Ltd president Satoru Iwata said Nintendo will not lose the imminent handheld war against Sony. | 3 |
Analysis: Psst! Intifada #39;s over It was a telling sign when senior commanders in the Central Command recently started counting the number of Palestinian stone-throwing incidents in the West Bank. | 0 |
Defence pleads for conditional sentence for Alberta cop who shot prisoner (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - LETHBRIDGE, Alta. (CP) - Sending an RCMP officer to jail for shooting a drunken prisoner who grabbed his gun would amount to cruel and unusual punishment, Mike Ferguson's lawyer argued Thursday. | 0 |
Similarities Abound in Orange Bowl Teams (AP) AP - It was difficult for Southern California's Pete Carroll and Oklahoma's Bob Stoops to keep from repeating each other when the two coaches met Thursday. | 1 |
Fans Do Care About Players Who Cheat For people so sure that most fans don't care what Barry Bonds has fed his body, I would ask, why has baseball suddenly rethought its marketing position on his home-run record chase? | 1 |
Giants' Manning Needs Time to Mature, Like the Others As a rookie, Eli Manning needs the time to swat away the cobwebs of confusion, the time that almost every young quarterback has needed for one reason or another. | 1 |
US marine charged with desertion A US marine who turned up in Lebanon after disappearing from Iraq is charged with desertion. | 0 |
Colonel charged over Jara killing A retired Chilean army colonel is accused of orchestrating the execution of Victor Jara, a singer killed in 1973. | 0 |
Nextel Talk Catches Fire Nextel (NXTL:Nasdaq - news - research) and Sprint (FON:NYSE - news - research) shares surged to multiyear highs, fueled by reports that the telcos are in merger talks. | 2 |
Bankrupt US Airways hopes for profitability by 2007 ALEXANDRIA, VA. The former chief financial officer for US Airways is offering a bleak outlook for the carrier. Dave Davis told a bankruptcy court in Virginia the airline doesn #39;t expect to turn a profit until 2007. | 2 |
Disney Backs Blu-Ray This week, the Walt Disney Company and its Buena Vista division said they would release content on the Blu-Ray next-generation DVD standard, meaning that battlelines have been drawn in publishing content. | 3 |
NHL players offer 24 percent salary rollback in new proposal The NHL players #39; association offered an immediate 24 percent rollback of salaries Thursday as the centerpiece of a new proposal handed to the league in an effort to end the season-long lockout. | 1 |
Canada's disaster response team little used, criticized as 'paper tiger.' (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - DART: the name conjures up images of a fast-response, highly mobile team that can fly into a disaster zone, turn on a dime and deal with whatever catastrophe looms. | 0 |
Sudanese govt hopeful of deal in Darfur crisis Sudan #39;s government has said it hopes to reach a deal in talks resuming tomorrow with rebels in Darfur, which the UN says is descending into chaos. | 0 |
BALCO Scandal Inspired Worldwide Changes RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Don Catlin, head of the Los Angeles laboratory which identified a test for the designer steroid THG, believes the BALCO scandal has ultimately helped the war on drugs in sport. | 1 |
Strong U.S. Economy Attracts Dollar Buyers (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - After fretting for months about the bulging U.S. deficit, in recent days currency traders have turned their attention to the health of the world's other economies. | 2 |
Dollar Inches Up, Market Eyes Fed, Tankan (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar edged up on Friday as\investors took advantage of the currency's recent weakness to\take profits, and as the market took on more neutral positions\in the final stretch before the year-end. | 2 |
GM Europe cuts 12,000 jobs The General Motors #39; European unit accepted a deal Thursday to cut as many as 12,000 jobs to end four years of revenue losses, the BBC reported. | 2 |
Direct US flight to Vietnam departs With fanfare and an appearance by actor David Hasselhoff, a United Airlines flight headed for Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday - the first direct flight from the United States to Vietnam in almost three decades. | 2 |
Comparison-Shop For Prescription Drugs We look for the best bargain when we shop for a car or a new coat. But what if you could comparison-shop your prescription medication? | 2 |
Disney backs Sony #39;s Blu-ray DVD format It is being billed as the DVD equivalent of the Betamax versus VHS video format battle of the early 1980s. Disney announced yesterday it has signed up to Sony #39;s Blu-ray technology for the | 3 |
Golf: Tiger and Colin share lead at World Challenge THOUSAND OAKS, California : Host Tiger Woods fired a four-under par 67 here Thursday to match fellow American Jim Furyk and Scotland #39;s Colin Montgomerie for the lead after the first round of the World Challenge. | 1 |
India to play in Chittagong The Board of Control for Cricket in India has confirmed that the Indian cricket team will play in Chittagong after the venue was given the green light by the security delegation sent to Bangladesh. | 1 |
Hunt decides to sell Wizards Lamar Hunt announced on Thursday that he will sell the Kansas City Wizards, opening up the possibility that the club will leave the area for any number of opportunities throughout the United States or even Canada. | 1 |
Dollar Gains, Oil Prices Slide (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar staged a broad-based rally\Monday and oil prices slid, boosting shares in some Asian power\and exporter companies, but many investors struggled for\direction on the first trading day of 2005. | 2 |
Finley Returns From Injury List to Mavs (AP) AP - Mavericks swingman Michael Finley came off the injured list Thursday in time to start against the Seattle SuperSonics, giving Dallas another scorer besides Dirk Nowitzki. | 1 |
Chattanooga Reporter Claims a Role in Rumsfeld Showdown (Editor and Publisher) Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK One day after U.S. soldiers directly questioning Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about the lack of armored vehicles in Iraq made national news, an email from a Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times embedded reporter ignited more interest after it was posted on two influential Web sites. | 3 |
NASA Telescopes Find Dust Rings Around (AP) AP - For the first time, scientists have found rings of dust around planet-bearing stars #151; an important confirmation of theories about how planets form, NASA announced Thursday. | 3 |
Dear CVS: I'm leaving \\When we first met it was love at first sight! I loved that you were so open\minded about my geeky friends who had patches that I needed. You were a breath\of fresh air and and made my development life so simple.\\For the longest time we had a great love affair. I remember my first anoncvs\patch I generated with your help and I was hooked. I remember the first time\you sent me a diff against my own repository from another developer. What a\sweet gesture! You were so kind.\\Since then though you've started to let me down. What happened to you? In your\old age you've become confused when I've tried to share you with others. You\often can't make up your mind when I try to branch and mer ...\\ | 3 |
Dean on Blogs, Politics and the Internet \\My boy Howard Dean talks about the next generation of politics:\\"The destination of the Democratic Party means making it a party that can\communicate with its supporters and with all Americans. Politics is at its\best when we create and inspire a sense of community. The tools that were\pioneered in my campaign -- like blogs, and meetups, and streaming video --\are just a start. We must use all of the power and potential of technology as\part of an aggressive outreach to meet and include voters, to work with the\state parties, and to influence media coverage."\\The Internet will fundamentally change every aspect of society. It started in\how we developed software. Open Source is starting ...\\ | 3 |
Radioactive waste progress urged Peers express dismay that long-term solutions are not forthcoming on disposing of radioactive waste. | 3 |
Maoist rebels bomb Kathmandu building, no injuries (Reuters) Reuters - Maoists rebels set off a powerful bomb in the Nepali capital on Thursday, causing no casualties but leaving a large part of a government building in ruins, police said. | 0 |
As Prices Drop, OPEC Warms to Output Cuts OPEC ministers said Thursday that they were considering curbing output and taking some oil off the market to prevent a price slump. | 2 |
AMD cuts power on 90nm Opteron processors Advanced Micro Devices managed to reduce the maximum thermal output of its newly released 90 nanometer Opteron server processors by 25 percent compared to the previous generation, the company said Wednesday. | 3 |
Microsoft to Judges: Eolas Didn't Invent Patented Tech Software company asks appeals court to cancel patent infringement judgment. | 3 |
Lesser lights on leaderboard with Els In few other sports could three players across such a broad spectrum be in contention for a title. But such is the case after the first round of the Dunhill Championship, where only six of the world #39;s top 200 golfers are playing. | 1 |
Pittsburg #39;s offense hogs the ball When Pittsburg State (Kan.) football coach Chuck Broyles surveyed his roster last August, he was confident he had an offense that could score. | 1 |
Turnaround Progress Seen, 2 Executives to Leave Ford Two of the Ford Motor Company #39;s most senior executives retired on Thursday in a sign that the company #39;s deep financial crisis has abated, though serious challenges remain. | 2 |
First direct flight from US to Vietnam since 1975 is on its way _ For the first time since 1975, a US passenger jet is flying from the US directly to Vietnam. The United Air Lines flight with 347 aboard took off from San Francisco today and is scheduled | 2 |
PM Howard says Australia faces tough economic year in 2005 SYDNEY : Prime Minister John Howard warned that Australia #39;s strong dollar, high world oil prices and the lingering effects of prolonged drought would dampen the country #39;s long-buoyant economy in 2005. | 2 |
Nintendo Ups DS Shipments Nintendo has revealed the companies plans to increase by 40 the number of Nintendo DS portable gaming systems shipping in the US before the end of the year. | 3 |
Oracle and HP expand offerings to value-added resellers Through partnerships with leading technology vendors intended to leverage the capabilities of Oracle Files 10g, Oracle has announced evidence of strong support for its content management offering. | 3 |
Novell exchanges Linux collaboration products Novell Inc is set to discontinue its SUSE Linux Openexchange Server collaboration software product in favor of the Open-Xchange Server technology that underpins it from Netline Internet Service GmbH. | 3 |
Appeals court ponders Microsoft patent case WASHINGTON--A federal appeals court on Thursday wrestled with whether to overturn or uphold a lower court #39;s \$565 million judgment against Microsoft in the biggest patent dispute in Web history. | 3 |
Turnaround Progress Seen, 2 Executives to Leave Ford Two of the Ford Motor Company's most senior executives retired in a sign that the company's deep financial crisis has abated, though serious challenges remain. | 2 |
YORIO: NHL season is in Bettman #39;s hands Gary Bettman, the NHL season is now in your hands. And because you have said repeatedly that saving this season isn #39;ta concern of yours, that can #39;t be good news for fans. | 1 |
Cavs owner in #39;serious #39; negotiations to sell team Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund is in quot;serious quot; negotiations to sell the NBA franchise, which has enjoyed a dramatic financial turnaround since the arrival of star LeBron James. | 1 |
Kent agrees to \$17 million, two-year contract with Dodgers ANAHEIM - The Los Angeles Dodgers got the established run producer they coveted for the middle of their lineup, and Jeff Kent got the team he wanted to play for since he was a boy. | 1 |
Padres add Eric Young SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - The San Diego Padres lacked speed and an experienced bench last season, things veteran infielder Eric Young is capable of providing. | 1 |
South American leaders sign Ayacucho Declaration One day after creating the South American Community of Nations (CSN), a continent wide political-economic bloc, the leaders of South America on Thursday signed the Ayacucho Declaration | 0 |
The saving of Silverstone Perhaps it #39;s fitting that the future of the British Grand Prix has been secured after an argument straight from the playground. | 1 |
Fichardt looks strong in weak field Ernie Els is a red-hot favourite to win the Dunhill Championship, which begins at Leopard Creek in South Africa early tomorrow. The Big Easy is as short as 11-10 with the fixed-odds firms to brush aside a | 1 |
Griffin could get company as only Heisman repeat winner Two Heismans, one man. Maybe he #39;s been alone long enough, in the club that claims only him as a member. Time for Archie Griffin to get company? | 1 |
36pc babies born underweight About 50 percent of the children in Bangladesh are malnourished while 36 percent of the babies are born underweight. The country has around six million working children and about 2.5 lakh children die every | 0 |
Blair lobbies Bush on global warming Tony Blair has been lobbying for George Bush #39;s support for a new international treaty on global warming. On Thursday The Times claimed that Downing Street had confirmed the prime minister had held quot;lengthy | 0 |
Ford says two top executives retiring; Padilla named president DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. on Thursday announced the retirements of president Nick Scheele and vice chairman Allan Gilmour, two company veterans tapped by chairman Bill Ford to help the company emerge from a sea of red ink during the past three years. | 2 |
US airline starts Vietnam flights The first commercial flight from the United States to Vietnam since the war nearly 30 years ago has taken off from San Francisco. The new service to Ho Chi Minh City, run by United Airlines, will fly daily. | 2 |
Nextel and Sprint talk about \$70bn merger plan Sprint and Nextel, two of the top five US mobile phone carriers, are negotiating a merger, say people close to the proposed deal. The combined company would be worth about \$70bn. | 2 |
Climate control delegates talk global warming BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Delegates to a United Nations climate conference discussed new ways to combat greenhouse emissions after the current agreement expires as nearly 200 countries continued meetings Thursday on the effort to limit a gradual rise of | 0 |
Italy readies for Berlusconi trial The prosecution and defense in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi #39;s four-year-long bribery trial have one last chance Thursday to make their case before a panel of three judges begins deliberations. | 0 |
Some Venezuelan TV Channels Alter Programs (AP) AP - Some Venezuelan television channels began altering their programs Thursday, citing fears of penalties under a new law restricting violence and sexual content over the airwaves. | 0 |
Japan approves overhaul of military policy (AFP) AFP - Japan has approved an overhaul of its military policy to take account of threats from China and North Korea and to allow defense exports to the United States. | 0 |
Bush Taps Nicholson for Veterans Affairs (AP) AP - President Bush announced Thursday he was keeping the heads of the Transportation, Interior, Housing and Labor departments, ending the major shake-up that will put new faces on three-fifths of his Cabinet in his second term. | 0 |
J J, Guidant Talks Undeterred by Overlap PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Johnson Johnson aims to seal a purchase of Guidant Corp. without immediately jettisoning the medical device maker's stent operations, sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday. | 2 |
Dollar Inches Up, Market Eyes Fed, Tankan TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar edged up on Friday as investors took advantage of the currency's recent weakness to take profits, and as the market took on more neutral positions in the final stretch before the year-end. | 2 |
Khartoum, Darfur Rebels Split on Peace Chances (Reuters) Reuters - Sudan's government said on Thursday it\hoped to reach a deal in talks resuming on Friday with rebels\in Darfur, which the United Nations says is descending into\chaos. | 0 |
US airline starts Vietnam flights The US resumes commercial flights to Vietnam, 30 years after the last flight at the end of the war. | 0 |
Nextel Said to Be in Talks With Sprint Nextel Communications is in advanced talks to merge with the Sprint Corporation, a deal that would form the third largest cellphone company in the nation. | 2 |
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