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To Pay Debt, Transit Agency Goes to Market The M.T.A., in an effort to raise more than \$1 billion, wants to sell or lease many of its 14,000 properties. | 0 |
Space Station Astronauts Told to Eat Less as Food Runs Low The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been asked to curb their calories because of a food shortage, NASA officials said Thursday. | 0 |
French government cuts stake in Air France-KLM Herv Gaymard, France #39;s new finance minister, yesterday made his first move towards reducing the state #39;s hefty budget deficit by selling almost half of the government #39;s holding in Air France-KLM for a total of 682m (\$906m). | 2 |
Investors flock to HK Reit Hong Kong retail investors have flocked to the US\$3bn listing of shops and car parks by the local Housing Authority with nearly one in ten of the territory #39;s | 2 |
Premier pays 70m for Bird #39;s Custard Premier Foods, the manufacturer of foods with long shelf lives, is to acquire Bird #39;s, the best-selling custard brand that has drenched countless dishes of jam sponge and spotted dick during its 167-year history. | 2 |
#39;French CNN #39; to challenge US view of world affairs France is to launch a French-language news channel next year in a long-awaited attempt to challenge the dominance of the American view of world current affairs, the prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, said yesterday. | 2 |
AWB sells stake in Futuris The country #39;s grain exporter has been busy again, selling its stake of almost 15 per cent in Elders #39; parent company, Futuris. | 2 |
EU moves to bar #39;protective #39; mergers Neelie Kroes, the EU #39;s controversial new competition commissioner, yesterday signalled to the French authorities that she would block any attempt to protect France #39;s energy market by engineering a merger between its state-owned electricity and gas groups. | 2 |
Dollar Gains, Oil Prices Slide SINGAPORE (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 |
No. 1 Illini Wear Down Georgetown 74-59 (AP) AP - In the first half, Illinois trailed for 11 minutes, 20 seconds, longer than it had in its first seven games combined. In the second half, the Fighting Illini were in control buzzer-to-buzzer in a solid defense of their No. 1 ranking. | 1 |
No. 21 Purdue Defeats No. 15 DePaul 69-61 (AP) AP - Katie Gearlds scored 21 points for No. 21 Purdue, which handed 15th-ranked DePaul its first loss of the season, 69-61 Thursday night. | 1 |
Statement of Senator Barbara A. Mikulski on Hubble Report Issued <b>...</b> quot;I commend the National Academy of Sciences on this outstanding report. I fought to add \$300 million to NASA #39;s budget for a Hubble servicing mission and I will continue to advocate for a mission to take place. | 3 |
OU #39;s White takes Maxwell, Davey O #39;Brien awards Oklahoma quarterback Jason White was a two-time award winner Thursday night, taking the Maxwell Award as college football #39;s best all-around player and adding his second straight Davey O #39;Brien quarterback trophy. | 1 |
Sharon warns Likud to vote for coalition Ariel Sharon, Israeliprime minister, yesterday warned his rightwing Likud party that it would face early elections unless it backed a coalition with the opposition Labour party | 0 |
The greatest catastrophe The HIV/Aids pandemic is the worst catastrophe in history and is blighting childhood across the developing world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations said yesterday. | 0 |
Road sparks alarm for Brazil rainforest Brazil and Peru have announced a 363m plan for a highway to link Brazil #39;s Amazon basin to the Pacific, raising concerns about further devastation in the rainforest. | 0 |
Berra Speaks Against Giambi's Return Manager Joe Torre repeatedly declined comment Thursday on whether he thinks first baseman Jason Giambi will return to the Yankees, but the Hall of Famer Yogi Berra did not. | 1 |
Injuries Are Plentiful, but Nothing to Be Alarmed About The operative word in the National Football League this season is ouch. | 1 |
Hoyas Sparkle, Fade Georgetown led for most of the first half Thursday night, before succumbing to top-ranked Illinois, 74-59, at MCI Center. | 1 |
Arbitrator Hears Pacers The NBA declines to participate as Indiana teammates testify before an arbitrator in an attempt to get their brawl-related suspensions reduced. | 1 |
Carter is Grounded Toronto star Vince Carter will miss at least two games with a strained left Achilles' tendon, suffered Wednesday in a loss to Detroit. | 1 |
Season Over for Priest Kansas City's star running back Priest Holmes, who was leading the NFL in scoring and rushing when he got hurt Nov. 7, will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. | 1 |
Ohio State Banned Ohio State has imposed a one-year postseason ban on its men's basketball team after the university admits former coach Jim O'Brien gave a recruit \$6,000. | 1 |
Euro Takes Hit on Broad Dollar Rally SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The euro bore the brunt of a broad-based dollar rally on Monday, the first trading session of 2005, shedding nearly 1 percent on technical factors and the adjustment of positions in thin trade. | 2 |
The case against cutting oil output As ministers from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries meet in Cairo, there are calls for cuts in output to prevent the slide in oil prices accelerating with the seasonal decline in demand in the spring. | 2 |
Ford announces top management changes Ford announced several high-level management changes yesterday, including the retirement of two stalwarts, its president Sir Nick Scheele and vice-chairman Allan Gilmour, who played | 2 |
WMC to return A\$1bn of capital WMC Resources, the Australian mining group fighting a hostile A\$7.4bn takeover bid from Xstrata, is to return up to A\$1bn (US\$1.3bn) to shareholders after yesterday upgrading its profit forecast for 2004. | 2 |
Nextel Said to Be in Talks With Sprint The cellular telephone industry #39;s game of musical chairs has restarted again - and the music may soon stop with one less chair. | 2 |
Pizza and pub tycoon to buy Pearl Hugh Osmond, the business man who made his fortune through pizzas and pubs, is at the head of a consortium spending over 1bn to buy the Pearl life insurance business. | 2 |
US Could Seek Recall of Up to 600,000 Dodge Trucks The US government has asked DaimlerChrysler AG #39;s Dodge to recall some of its Dodge Durango SUVs and Dodge Dakota pickup trucks due to concerns over their safety, Chrysler officials said on Thursday. | 2 |
Hyatt to buy AmeriSuites Hyatt Corporation, the hotel operator owned by the Pritzker family, yesterday said it would buy the AmeriSuites chain from Blackstone, the private equity group, in a deal believed to be worth about \$600m. | 2 |
Unheralded McDonald one up on favorite Els in the Alfred Dunhill MALELANE, South Africa (Sports Network) -- Unheralded Bruce McDonald, a 23-year-old from Zimbabwe, posted a 6-under-par 66 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead over tournament favorite Ernie Els after the opening round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship. | 1 |
UAL resumes service to Vietnam United Airlines Thursday launched the first scheduled flight of a US airline to Vietnam in almost 30 years. quot;Today #39;s launch of direct service to Vietnam marks an historic step in the relationship between the | 2 |
Pixar Vs. DreamWorks Contest Panned by Wall Street Computer animation pioneers Pixar and Dreamworks have set the stage for a potentially bruising box office battle after both studios changed their schedules this week | 2 |
Stern Stance for Europe #39;s New Antitrust Chief Talking tough in her first public appearance since becoming Europe #39;s competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes blocked a merger in Portugal #39;s energy industry on Thursday and | 2 |
Pizza king snaps up life fund in record 1bn deal HUGH OSMOND, the pizza and pub entrepreneur, last night snapped up the closed life fund of HHG, formerly part of Australias AMP, for 1.025 billion. | 2 |
ACCC clears way for 3G sharing THE national competition regulator has elected not to oppose Telstra #39;s 3G radio access network sharing arrangement with rival telco Hutchison. | 3 |
Cisco Buys Routing Software Startup BCN Systems Cisco Systems on Thursday agreed to buy up the remaining portion of routing software startup BCN Systems that it didn #39;t already own. | 3 |
British Grand Prix Safe Till 2009 The British Racing Drivers #39; Club has come to a financial agreement with Bernie Ecclestone which will keep the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on the F1 calendar for the next five years. | 1 |
Rain eases to showers ahead of one-day decider Rain is continuing to fall around Brisbane, threatening the deciding match in the Chappell-Hadlee one day series between Australia and New Zealand. | 1 |
Buy Now, Buy Often, but Make a Good Deal The glass doors to the Anaheim Marriott opened into a spacious lobby that was calm early on Thursday afternoon. All but one of the plush chairs near the entrance was | 1 |
Putting a Face on College Programs Shortly before Steve Spurrier appeared at Derrick Williams #39;s Upper Marlboro home on Monday night, the phone rang. It was Ron Zook. | 1 |
Buy Now, Buy Often, but Make a Good Deal The off-season activity will surely intensify as Major League Baseball's winter meetings officially start on Friday. | 1 |
N.H.L. Players Propose a 24 Percent Solution Seeking to end the lockout, the N.H.L. Players Association on Thursday offered an immediate pay reduction of 24 percent and other concessions to the league. | 1 |
N.B.A. Sits It Out as Pacers Plead Case Four of the Pacers involved in last month's brawl pleaded their cases before an independent arbitrator on Thursday, but no representative from the N.B.A attended. | 1 |
Oil Steady, OPEC Expected to Cut Supply (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices held steady on Friday just\hours ahead of a key meeting of the OPEC producers' cartel,\which was expected to agree to curb crude output running above\the group's official production limits. | 2 |
Corporations in Brazil Shed Stay-at-Home Tradition Many of Brazil's biggest companies riding high at home are increasingly flexing their muscles on the international stage. | 2 |
US-Vietnam flight launched United Airlines (UA) on Thursday launched the first daily flight service to Vietnam from the United States since 1975. The flight represents the first such service by an American air carrier since the end | 2 |
Swiss Life sells its closed UK business for 205m Resolution Life, the closed life assurance consolidator led by Clive Cowdery, completed its second acquisition yesterday with the 205m purchase of Swiss Life #39;s closed UK business. | 2 |
REVIEW: Kit Automates Holiday Lights (AP) AP - It's a chore that can quickly chill the warmth of the holiday season: Trudging outside each winter night to unplug the lights, deflate the blowup snowman and shut off the rest of the outdoor extravaganza. | 3 |
NHL Players Propose a 24 Percent Solution Seeking to end the lockout that threatens this season, the National Hockey League Players Association offered an immediate pay reduction of 24 percent Thursday and other concessions | 1 |
Malloy #39;s Remarks on Firing at Notre Dame Gaining Applause As Notre Dame continued to search for a football coach yesterday, the former agent for the fired coach Tyrone Willingham applauded the criticism of the firing by the university #39;s president, the Rev. | 1 |
Woods, Furyk, Monty share lead in California Thousand Oaks, CA (Sports Network) - Colin Montgomerie, Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods, the tournament host, each posted rounds of four-under-par 67 on Thursday to share the lead after one round of the Target World Challenge. | 1 |
Colts Lock Up Harrison Long Term (Reuters) Reuters - The Indianapolis Colts\signed wide receiver All-Pro Marvin Harrison to a long-term\contract extension Thursday. | 1 |
NATO Agrees to Expansion of Forces Training Soldiers in Iraq The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed Thursday to increase its forces training soldiers in Baghdad, but six member countries refused to take part, prompting expressions | 0 |
Bush wants Annan to stay US Ambassador to the United Nations John Danforth says the Bush administration has confidence in UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and is not calling for his resignation. | 0 |
Bush II keener on India VISITING US secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld sent a strong message on Thursday that the second Bush regime was keen on strengthening strategic ties with India. | 0 |
Lex: Nextel/Sprint (FT.com) FT.com - Good call. If Nextel can pull off a merger with Sprint, it would crown its recovery from the dark days of 2002 when its shares dipped below #36;3 - compared with #36;30 on Thursday. It would also fill important gaps for both mobile operators. | 3 |
No. 23 TCU Defeats Oklahoma 81-65 (AP) AP - Sandora Irvin had a career-high 32 points and 18 rebounds to lead No. 23 TCU to an 81-65 victory Thursday night over Oklahoma. | 1 |
Goin' Back to Cali: Kent Signs with Dodgers LOS ANGELES (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Dodgers and second baseman Jeff Kent agreed to a two-year contract on Thursday, bringing the All-Star back to the state where he won his lone NL MVP award. | 1 |
Schools failing 'missing pupils' Vulnerable youngsters expelled from schools in England are being let down by the system, say inspectors. | 0 |
Stern Stance for Europe's New Antitrust Chief Talking tough in her first public appearance since becoming Europe's competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes blocked a merger in Portugal's energy industry. | 2 |
Getting Animated About Summer Call it the CG dance -- CG as in quot;computer generated. quot; A day after Pixar (PIXR ) and Disney (DIS ) announced they would delay for seven months the release of their next animated feature, Cars, DreamWorks SKG Animation (DWA ) said it will do the same with | 2 |
Paris cuts Air France KLM stake France is selling almost half its stake in Air France KLM, in a deal set to raise at least 700 million euros (\$933 million), sources close to the operation said. | 2 |
UPDATE: China #39;s ZTE Shares Rise 11 On Hong Kong Debut HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--China #39;s second-largest telecommunications equipment maker ZTE Corp. (0763.HK) staged a strong debut at its listing on the Hong Kong bourse Thursday | 2 |
Kremlin draws a bead on Vimpelcom Moscow is demanding \$160 million in back taxes fines and interest from the nation #39;s No. 2 cellular company. The claim against OAO Vimpelcom is fueling fears that the Kremlin attack on oil giant OAO Yukos could | 2 |
America West won #39;t bid for ATA Airlines America West Airlines, which has been considering a bid for ATA Airlines for more than a month and was widely expected to make an offer by Friday #39;s deadline, Thursday said it will not make an offer. | 2 |
Kroes Vows to Be Tough on Big Business The European Union #39;s new antitrust chief Neelie Kroes used her first major rulings Thursday to make plain her aversion to cartels and reject suspicions that she would bow to the interests of big business. | 2 |
NBA: Stoudemire Shines as Suns Stop Trailblazers NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amare Stoudemire poured in a career high 50 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Phoenix Suns cruised to a 117-98 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, improving their record to an NBA best 26-4. | 1 |
Perth join Super 14 THE Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has announced that Perth have been chosen as the fourth Australian team for the expanded Super 14 rugby competition in the 2006 season. | 1 |
Woods on Target in California Tiger Woods has taken share of the first-round lead of the Target World Challenge in California with Colin Montgomerie and Jim Furyk. | 1 |
As Earnhardt, Pepper got up to speed Dale Earnhardt #39;s fierce presence on the raceway earned him a name: The Intimidator. His spirit had a similar effect on those making 3, an ESPN movie about the NASCAR legend that | 1 |
Unicef Report Says Children in Deprivation Reach a Billion over half the children in the world - suffer extreme deprivation because of war, HIV/AIDS or poverty, according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations Children #39;s Fund. | 0 |
Shiites Signal Concern Over Sunni Turnout Amid Violence A leading Shiite political figure showed signs of unease on Thursday about the risks that the continuing violence here poses for the elections. | 0 |
Quik Drop and NuMarkets Services Sell eBay for You Quik Drop and NuMarkets Services Sell eBay for You\\After cleaning out my parent's garage the other month, I was thinking about selling off some of their junk on eBay. Unfortunately, I was overwhelmed over the amount of trinkets and toys that we had pulled out of the garage. So overwhelmed ... | 3 |
Cellphones Aloft: The Inevitable Is Closer Federal regulators plan next week to begin considering rules that would end the official ban on cellphone use in commercial flights. | 3 |
Portsmouth players make Shaka favourite to join Southampton Portsmouth players have installed goalkeeper Shaka Hislop as favourite to follow Harry Redknapp to south coast rivals Southampton. | 1 |
NHL players #39; new offer includes 24 salary cut The NHL Players #39; Association is offering to cut player salaries by 24 per cent in a bid to end the lockout, but is not offering the salary cap the league has said it wants. | 1 |
Perth Selected to Host Australia #39;s New Super 14 Rugby Team The Australian Rugby Union chose Perth over Melbourne to host the country #39;s fourth rugby union franchise when the annual Super 12 competition expands to 14 teams from 2006. | 1 |
China Mine Blast Kills 33 in 10th Mishap in 3 Months (Update1) A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China killed 33 workers in the 10th deadly mine blast reported in three months. The explosion occurred yesterday at 4:20 pm at Nanlou township | 0 |
Heroin Holy War Pledged by Afghan President Afghanistans President Hamid Karzai has declared a holy war on Afghanistans runaway narcotics industry, calling for international aid to counter a threat he said was more dangerous than any his country has faced in more than 20 years of war. | 0 |
Tokyo Stocks Higher, Dollar Up Vs. Yen (AP) AP - Tokyo stocks edged higher Friday morning amid some bargain-hunting in technology and auto companies. The U.S. dollar was higher against the Japanese yen. | 0 |
Some Venezuelan TV Channels Alter Programs 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 |
Opec likely to focus on quota busters Cairo - The push to cut Opec oil production grew yesterday with the minister of the United Arab Emirates saying on the eve of a meeting of the oil producers #39; cartel that members had to honour output quotas to stem oversupply and falling prices. | 2 |
Germany #39;s New Reality During much of Germany #39;s postwar economic boom, as prosperity mounted and car sales multiplied, workers at the Opel automobile factory here | 2 |
Hollywood Manager in Talks to Run Paramount LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood dealmaker Brad Grey, an executive producer of the hit television show "The Sopranos" and manager of Brad Pitt, is in line to take over Paramount Pictures, a once-great studio that has fallen on tough times, news reports said on Sunday. | 2 |
Bare cupboards force space station crew to diet CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - The two crew on the international space station need to cut back on calories for the next two weeks because of dwindling food supplies. | 3 |
Ubiquitous browser hole an easy target for scammers Dec 10, 2004: A new web browser security hole has been uncovered by a security firm, which could provide scammers with the means to launch phishing attacks from pop-up windows on genuine, trusted websites. | 3 |
NASA Telescopes Find Dust Rings Around In this artist #39;s concept released by NASA, a ring of dusty debris is seen around a star. NASA #39;s Spitzer Space Telescope found rings of dust around planet-bearing stars, an important confirmation of theories | 3 |
Eolas, Microsoft make their case--again com December 8, 2004, 11:09 AM PT. Microsoft and the University of California are getting ready to make their respective cases before the US Court of Appeals on Thursday in the biggest patent fight in Web history. | 3 |
Perth wins Super 14 berth Perth has triumphed over Melbourne to win the endorsement of the Australian Rugby Union to establish Australia #39;s next provincial rugby franchise. | 1 |
New Zealand Opening Batsman Richardson to Retire From Cricket New Zealand batsman Mark Richardson said he will retire from cricket next week after a Test career in which he averaged more than 44 runs an innings. | 1 |
Kenya #39;s anti-graft drive dismal - survey Nairobi - Kenya #39;s government had missed its best chance to stamp out rampant corruption and faced a tough task to regain credibility, Transparency International said yesterday on International Anti-corruption Day. | 0 |
No. 2 Kansas Tops TCU 93-74 (AP) AP - Wayne Simien had 20 points and Keith Langford added 17 in No. 2 Kansas' 93-74 victory over TCU on Thursday night. | 1 |
Fairy Tale or Not, Knicks Call Malone Isiah Thomas, the team president, made a call Wednesday to the agent for Karl Malone, the disillusioned former Lakers forward. | 1 |
Buy Now, Buy Often, but Make a Good Deal Baseball's winter meeting will run through the weekend and could lead to any number of trades and free-agent signings. | 1 |
Malloy's Remarks on Firing at Notre Dame Gaining Applause An assistant to the university's president said that she had shaved her head to protest the firing of football coach Tyrone Willingham. | 1 |
McGrady Shocks Spurs With the Rockets seemingly headed to another tough home loss, Tracy McGrady puts them on his back by scoring 13 points in the final 35 seconds as Houston stuns the Spurs, 81-80. | 1 |
Functional Fashion at Airport Checkpoints In this era of tightened airport security, retailers are offering new products -- such as bras and shoes -- designed to get passengers through the checkpoints without the indignity of a pat-down. | 2 |
Report Denies Privatization Windfall NEW YORK, Dec. 9 -- Opponents of creating private accounts under Social Security often argue that the primary beneficiaries would be Wall Street investment firms. Wall Street's main trade group on Thursday said it isn't so. | 2 |
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