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Sonics dance in Dallas DALLAS -- Two games in two days in a pair of sold-out arenas and the Sonics are now two-for-Texas after they beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-102 last night at American Airlines Center. | 1 |
After the Fall: Measured Moves Individual investors are struggling to find a balanced approach at an unreliable time for the market. | 2 |
India, Pakistan discussing transit route to Afghanistan: Singh NEW DELHI (India): India is in touch with Pakistan on the issue of opening road route for transhipment of goods to Afghanistan through that country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Parliament on Thursday. | 0 |
Militant chief wounded in Israeli strike in Gaza GAZA - A militant leader survived an Israeli missile strike on his car in Gaza on Thursday in Israel #39;s first assassination attempt in the Palestinian territories since Yasser Arafat died in a Paris hospital. | 0 |
US mobile giants in merger talks Sprint and Nextel, two large US mobile companies, are discussing a possible \$70bn merger, according to newspaper reports. | 2 |
The Fidelity watch Scott DeSano, Fidelity Investments' super-powerful head of stock trading, and his band of traders are suddenly under the gun. | 2 |
Fund insiders: Lavish gifts abound Mutual fund companies in Boston say they have strict prohibitions against employees getting the kind of wining and dining and luxe entertainment that government regulators are investigating at Fidelity Investments, but industry officials and attorneys in the field contend such extravagance is nonetheless common in the investment world. | 2 |
City shuts Back Bay Holiday Market The hard luck Back Bay Holiday Market at Prudential Center was shut down for about five hours yesterday by the Boston Public Health Commission, prompting one merchant to say she plans to leave. | 2 |
Kuwaiti: OPEC will cut output OPEC will cut back on oil production early next year in a bid to stave off a further decline in the world price, Kuwait's oil minister said yesterday. | 2 |
New IBM workers to get 401(k) Starting next year, International Business Machines Corp. will exclude new workers from its contested cash-balance pension plan and offer them only a 401(k) savings plan. | 2 |
Malden Mills workers accept contract A union representing about 700 textile workers at Malden Mills Industries Inc. voted to accept a contract offer, averting a possible strike. Paul Coorey, president of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees Union, Local 311, said workers voted 301-136 to accept a three-year pact that included annual wage increases of 2 percent, 2 percent, and 3 percent. But ... | 2 |
World has 1.5bn cellphone subscribers Cellphone subscribers around the globe totalled nearly 1.5 billion by the middle of this year, about 25 percent of the world #39;s population, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said yesterday. | 2 |
CAO #39;s parent not expected to be implicated in scandal: report BEIJING : The parent firm of troubled Singapore-listed China Aviation Oil (CAO) does not expect itself or any of its other subsidiaries to be implicated in the scandal surrounding CAO #39;s trading losses, state media said on Friday. | 2 |
US mobile giants in merger talks US mobile operators Sprint and Nextel are in talks about a \$70bn merger (36bn) according to newspaper reports. The deal would create the country #39;s third-biggest mobile operator which would have 38.5 million | 2 |
AirTran, Southwest seek Midway gates AirTran and Southwest emerged Thursday as the leading airline bidders for valuable gates at Chicago #39;s Midway Airport, where troubled discounter ATA is selling assets for cash. | 2 |
Web site compares drugs for #39;best buys #39; The publisher of Consumer Reports launched a free Web site Thursday to do for prescription drugs what it has already done for cars, refrigerators and other gadgets: rate them on safety, effectiveness and cost. | 2 |
Amazon launches DVD rentals in UK SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- It #39;s been widely speculated that e-tail giant Amazon would one day set its sights on Netflix #39;s business, and on Thursday it confirmed that prediction, launching a DVD rental service in the United Kingdom. | 2 |
Reporter uses kettle, bell to collect funds; finds job satisfying Want to make \$27 per hour just to stand around and smile and wiggle your wrists? Plenty of seasonal opportunities exist through Dec. 24. | 2 |
U.S. Marine Killed in Western Iraq (Reuters) Reuters - Insurgents have killed a U.S. Marine in\western Iraq, the U.S. military said on Friday. | 0 |
Steelers Need Wins to Match Patriots (AP) AP - Heinz Field doesn't look very hospitable now that November has yielded to December, leaving the midsection of the playing field barren of grass and as rough and tumble as a North Side alleyway. | 1 |
Belarus Opposition Streams to Kiev (AP) AP - "Today Ukraine, tomorrow Belarus!" read a banner strung up this week in a tent camp for opposition protesters. | 0 |
Yahoo Details Desktop Search Plans; Ask Jeeves amp; MSN Launch This <b>...</b> Yahoo has announced that it will release a desktop search product after the New Year, putting the search engine firmly in the desktop search race that Google kicked off earlier this year and that other major search engines have already declared that they | 3 |
Space station crew cuts food intake, awaits Christmas resupply WASHINGTON--NASA officials said Thursday the international space station is running so low on food that its two crewmen have had to cut back on their eating and may have | 3 |
Tremors rock earth deep beneath San Andreas Fault Mysterious tremors deep beneath the San Andreas Fault near the quake-prone town of Parkfield are shaking the earth #39;s brittle crust, far below the region where earthquakes normally strike -- and scientists say they can #39;t understand what #39;s happening or what | 3 |
Using tools is monkey business in Brazil Researchers at a British university say they have seen monkeys in South America using stones to dig for food in the wild, a use of tools never previously seen in non-human species. | 3 |
Sharman exec calls child porn unstoppable Sharman Networks #39; chief technology officer has refuted a claim on the Kazaa Web site that the company could quot;permanently bar quot; users who are using its peer-to-peer software to distribute child pornography. | 3 |
Samsung Doubles Memory Density According to a Samsung release, the device is the most advanced graphics double-data-rate synchronous DRAM available for graphics card makers, as well as game console manufacturers. | 3 |
Summary: Faith in Democratic Iraq Slips (AP) AP - CONFIDENCE SLIPS #151; Fewer than half of Americans, 47 percent, think it's likely Iraq will establish a stable, democratic government. In April, 55 percent said they believed such a government probably would be established. | 0 |
Klitschko wanted Tyson, settles for Williams Vitali Klitschko #39;s dream was always to fight Mike Tyson. For now, he #39;ll have to settle for fighting the man who last beat Tyson. | 1 |
Abdur-Rahim three beats Celtics at buzzer Coach Doc Rivers had to have liked what he saw in the first half of last night #39;s game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Gary Payton scored | 1 |
No. 1 Illinois 74, Georgetown 59 WASHINGTON - Chants of quot;Overrated! Overrated! quot; bellowed from the Georgetown fans even before the opening whistle. Illinois needed about 14 minutes to shut them up. | 1 |
ND, Weis are ready to talk By Nick Cafardo and Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff December 10, 2004. Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis, long rebuffed in his attempts to land a head coaching position in the NFL, has emerged as a | 1 |
Dougherty makes return For the former Roy Williams assistant, who spent seven years at Kansas, the crowd stood and applauded. It was pretty much the same old Phog for TCU #39;s third-year coach. | 1 |
Include party financing in corruption legislation - Munroe Government senator Professor Trevor Munroe, and a lobbyist for party financing regulation, yesterday described its omission from amended corruption legislation as quot;a glaring gap quot;, saying it could serve to further the influence of big business and the drug | 0 |
Shiite parties announce candidates for election A Sunni group that had called for a delay in voting quietly files its slate for balloting. Seven Iraqis were killed Thursday in clashes in Baghdad and the volatile city of Ramadi. | 0 |
For sale signs While keeping pitcher Pedro Martinez and catcher Jason Varitek remain the primary objective for the Red Sox as they head to baseball's winter meetings for the first time as World Series champions, a flurry of free agent signings this week would appear to foreshadow an active weekend of player movement. | 1 |
Glaus goes to Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks moved quickly to get a righthanded power hitter with their first free agent signing in what they promise will be a busy offseason. | 1 |
It's tough to trap these tigers The Patriots' defense is expecting a challenge Sunday from the Cincinnati Bengals, who have scored 85 points in their last two games. | 1 |
NFL games on TV TAMPA BAY (5-7) vs. SAN DIEGO (9-3) When, where: Sunday, 4:15 p.m., at San Diego. TV: Ch. 25. Last season: Buccaneers won, 25-17, in 1996. Comments: The Chargers, sitting at the top of the NFL draft, wheeled and dealed back in April so they could land their quarterback of the future. Little did they know, they already had him. Drew ... | 1 |
It's clear they know who to call for help quot;Commissioner Tagliabue, it's Commissioner Stern on Line 1. quot; quot;Who's Commissioner Stern? quot; | 1 |
NBA snubs hearing with arbitrator Ron Artest took the witness stand in New York yesterday and described one of the worst brawls in NBA history. Indiana Pacers 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. It went on for six hours, with none of the witnesses being cross-examined by ... | 1 |
New Orleans Bowl Teams: North Texas (7-4) vs. Southern Mississippi (6-5) When: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Where: New Orleans TV: ESPN At a glance: The Mean Green are really mean, and not green, other than freshman running back Jamario Thomas, who has rushed for 1,709 yards and scored 17 TDs. Thomas is worth watching and is the best running back not involved in the ... | 1 |
O'Brien awaits offer Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo met yesterday morning with football coach Tom O'Brien, who returned to campus after an out-of-town meeting Wednesday with officials from the University of Washington about their head coaching vacancy. While neither party elaborated on what was discussed, all indications were that O'Brien informed DeFilippo that if the Washington job were offered to him, he ... | 1 |
Opec states to press for oil cuts The oil producers' group is set to meet, with some members pressing for a reduction oil output. | 0 |
Museum Puts Life, Truth and, It Hopes, Sales in a Wine A new museum in Italy features exhibits that show the link between wine and the place it comes from. | 0 |
Hospitalized Reservist's AWOL Case to Proceed An Army reservist who checked himself into a civilian psychiatric hospital after being turned away from a military clinic should be court-martialed for being absent without leave, according to an Army report. | 0 |
Security Checks to Greet Fallujah's Returning Residents FALLUJAH, Iraq, Dec. 9 -- When the residents of Fallujah begin trickling back to their devastated city, they will be routed through sandbagged checkpoints where U.S. and Iraqi troops will take their fingerprints, issue ID cards and in some cases scan their irises, part of an elaborate plan to keep insurgents out of the former radical militant stronghold. | 0 |
Dollar Extends Its Rebound Into Third Day TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar extended its rebound into a third day on Friday as investors worried that the dollar's two-month slide had been too rapid and sought more neutral ground in the final stretch before the year-end. | 2 |
Grocer Winn-Dixie to Name New CEO -- WSJ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WIN.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">WIN.N</A> is ousting its Chief Executive Frank Lazaran and replacing him with Peter Lynch, a former executive at the Albertsons Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ABS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ABS.N</A> supermarket chain, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. | 2 |
PalmSource set to acquire China MobileSoft US-based software developer PalmSource Inc. said Wednesday it had entered agreement to acquire China MobileSoft Ltd. in a bid to extend its market as a software provider for cell phones and mobile devices. | 3 |
OPEC Poised to Stamp Out Excess Supply (Reuters) Reuters - OPEC oil producers were poised on Friday\to stamp out excess supply that has lowered world prices from\record highs. | 2 |
Ford Motor names Padilla president Ford Motor Co. Thursday named Chief Executive Officer Jim Padilla president to succeed Nick Scheele, who is retiring in February. Vice Chairman Allan Gilmour will also retire in February, the automaker announced. | 2 |
Sprint, Nextel exploring merger; 40 million subscribers involved Nextel Communications and Sprint are negotiating a possible merger, according to a source familiar with the discussions. It was not clear how far the talks had progressed, and | 2 |
Arrested CAO chief is released on bail Chen Jiulin, the chief executive of China Aviation Oil (Singapore), was arrested yesterday as Singaporean authorities step up investigations into the city state #39;s biggest trading scandal in nearly a decade. | 2 |
Car Talk: Fire hazard on Honda CR-V is real Dear Tom and Ray: I was pretty freaked out recently to learn that more than 20 2003-04 Honda CR-Vs had caught fire after their first oil change. | 2 |
Yahoo Adds Tool to Search Hard Drives SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. is adding a tool to search computer hard drives as it scrambles to catch up with Google Inc. and stay a step ahead of Microsoft Corp. | 3 |
Solar-system births witnessed Giant planets and broad bands of dust swirl around seven distant stars in new images captured by two NASA telescopes, both built partly in Colorado. | 3 |
British Grand Prix is rescued thanks to Mirror BRITAIN #39;S Silverstone Grand Prix was yesterday saved for the next five years after a Daily Mirror campaign. Formula One rights holder Bernie Ecclestone gave it a reprieve until 2009 by signing | 1 |
Oh where, oh where will Kent get to play? It #39;s the call of an offseason in the making, the Dodgers finally on the move. Have a big free-agent signing to announce at the first day of the winter meetings. | 1 |
USC #39;s leading man Los Angeles - If you think the freeways around Southern California are crowded, you should see the crowd in the Southern California locker room after a football game. | 1 |
Collapse in judgment: C #39;s fall apart late in loss to Blazers The Celtics were playing their only national television game of the season last night, so the rest of the country now knows about your club #39;s late-game lapses. | 1 |
National unity government expected within days Premier Sharon has already begun to initiate coalition negotiations with Labor, UTJ and Shas, following his significant victory at last nights Likud convention vote, which overturned a previous decision by the central committee nixing a coalition with | 0 |
Peace talks on Darfur to resume A new round of peace talks between the Sudanese government and rebels from the Darfur region is set to re-open on Friday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. | 0 |
NBA Wrap: McGrady Leads Rockets to Stunning Win NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tracy McGrady hit a running 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left on the clock to give the Houston Rockets a dramatic 81-80 win over the San Antonio Spurs in National Basketball Association play Thursday in Houston. | 1 |
College Basketball: Illinois, Kansas Win WASHINGTON (Sports Network) - Roger Powell Jr. netted 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting to lead top-ranked Illinois to a 74-59 victory over Georgetown at the MCI Center. | 1 |
McDonough shocked he's not coming back His emotions alternating between his trademark humor and broken-voiced sadness, veteran broadcaster Sean McDonough confirmed yesterday that NESN informed him last Friday that he will not be part of the Red Sox broadcast team in 2005. | 1 |
Barnicle has hill to climb Newton North cross-country star Chris Barnicle will escape the frigid temperatures of the Northeast for a weekend of sunshine and 75-degree weather in San Diego. | 1 |
This weekend on TV, radio TODAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL/MEN 7 p.m. -- Harvard at Colgate, WRCA (1330) 10 p.m. -- Alabama-Birmingham at Oklahoma St., ESPN2 PRO BASKETBALL 8 p.m. -- Philadelphia at Chicago, ESPN 10:30 p.m. -- Portland at Utah, ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 p.m. -- Division 1-AA Tournament semifinal: James Madison at William amp; Mary, ESPN2 GOLF 9 a.m. -- PGA European Dunhill Championship (second ... | 1 |
Transactions BASEBALL Arizona (NL): Signed 3B Troy Glaus to a four-year contract. Atlanta (NL): Signed 1B Julio Franco. Chicago (AL): Signed OF Jermaine Dye. Los Angeles (NL): Signed 2B Jeff Kent. New York (AL): Named Neil Allen bullpen coach and Rich Monteleone special pitching instructor. San Diego (NL): Signed OF Eric Young; designated P Mike Bynum for assignment. | 1 |
Ukraine Candidates Start Campaigning (AP) AP - Ukraine's two presidential candidates mapped out campaign strategies with less than three weeks remaining before the repeat of last month's fraud-marred election runoff, and opposition protesters lifted their two-week siege of the Cabinet headquarters. | 0 |
Gay Rights Activists Reassess Strategy (AP) AP - The ritual was replayed from Boston to San Francisco: Exuberant gay couples sharing marriage vows and slices of wedding cake. | 0 |
Peace talks on Darfur to resume Peace talks addressing Sudan's troubled region of Darfur are set to resume in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. | 0 |
Missile 'targets Gaza militant' An alleged militant in northern Gaza is unharmed in an Israeli missile attack, hours after a similar strike in the south. | 0 |
Child cancers steadily increasing \The rate of childhood cancer has slowly increased over the last three decades, research has found. | 0 |
Reporter Prompted Query to Rumsfeld Edward Lee Pitts of the Chattanooga Times Free Press told colleagues in an e-mail that he and members of the Tennessee Army National Guard now in Kuwait "worked on questions to ask Rumsfeld about the appalling lack of armor" and that Spec. Thomas Wilson posed the question at his request. | 0 |
Vietnam prepares for arrival of first US passenger jet since war Vietnam is preparing for the arrival of the first passenger jet from the United States since the end of the war in 1975. The United Airlines flight from San Francisco, via Hong Kong, is scheduled to land in | 2 |
Yahoo! takes a partner for desktop-search fray Yahoo! plans to launch software in coming weeks that allows users to search for e-mail and other files stored on their computers, but unlike rivals Google and Microsoft, it is turning to a partner for help with the technology. | 3 |
Astronauts running low on food WASHINGTON - The two astronauts on board the international space station are cutting back on their food as supplies are running shorter than expected in advance of the planned arrival of a Russian supply ship on Christmas Day. | 3 |
PSP #39;rubbish #39;? Nintendo think so. (PSP, DS) At least, according to Nintendo President Satoru Iwata it isn #39;t. Whilst talking to journalists in Japan the boss let his feelings loose concerning Sony #39;s foray into the handheld market, stating that the PSP would simply alienate possible new gamers rather | 3 |
New heavyweight record set Las Vegas - Vitali Klitschko #39;s fight with Danny Williams on Saturday will be the biggest heavyweight clash ever - at least in the ring. | 1 |
Jordan welcomes Silverstone deal Silverstone owners the British Racing Drivers Club and Bernie Ecclestone #39;s FOA announced Thursday that they have signed a contractual and financial agreement to secure the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for the next five years. | 1 |
No moves for Rockies Anaheim, Calif. - By standing still, the Rockies seem to be falling in the National League West. The Rockies finished fourth in their five-team division in 2004, behind the San Diego Padres and ahead of the abysmal Arizona Diamondbacks. | 1 |
KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT OF IT, LOWE HARRY REDKNAPP has warned Southampton chairman Rupert Lowe to keep his nose out of team affairs. Lowe has gained a reputation for offering advice to his managers, and appears regularly on the | 1 |
ND aide shaves her head to support Willingham The assistant to Notre Dame #39;s president has shaved her head to protest Tyrone Willingham #39;s firing as football coach, saying she will remain bald until the Irish win a national championship. | 1 |
Sharon, with Party Backing, Invites Labour Into Govt Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday invited the opposition Labour Party to begin talks to form a unity government, a move that would avoid early elections and pave the way for a withdrawal from Gaza. | 0 |
China mine blast kills 33 Thirty-three workers have been killed after a gas explosion at a coal mine in China #39;s northern Shanxi province. Officials say 71 miners were in the shaft when the blast occurred at Nanlou township. | 0 |
Yahoo set to launch desktop search tool Yahoo is preparing to stake its claim to a key part of the burgeoning search engine business with a desktop search tool that makes it easier to find information on the hard drives of personal computers. | 3 |
Lakers Beat Nuggets, 99-91 (AP) AP - Kobe Bryant scored the Lakers' first 14 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 42, carrying Los Angeles to a 99-91 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night. | 1 |
Diamondbacks clinch Glaus signing The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed former Anaheim Angel third-baseman Troy Glaus on a four-year deal. The 28-year-old free agent hit 18 home runs last season despite missing over three months through injury. | 1 |
Caps' Ovechkin Shines With a 7-2 triumph over the United States, impact teens Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin place Russia in the World Juniors championship game against Canada. | 1 |
Business ; HHG sells life insurance arm Business News, MELBOURNE, Financial group HHG has agreed to sell its life insurance business, including Pearl, National Provident Life and London Life, for 1.025 billion pounds to Life Company Investor Group, and plans to return 875 million pounds of the | 2 |
Chinese Inflation Drops Sharply China #39;s annual inflation rate dropped sharply in November, providing further evidence that steps to cool the economy are working and reducing the chances in the near term of a fresh rise in interest rates. | 2 |
China Crime Chief Urges End to 'Social Conflicts' (Reuters) Reuters - China's security chief has urged\officials to heed the grievances of their communities, state\media reported Friday, following a series of violent protests\that undermine efforts to maintain stability. | 0 |
Khartoum, Darfur Rebels Split on Peace Chances (Reuters) Reuters - Sudan's government said on Thursday it\hoped to reach a deal in talks resuming Friday with rebels in\Darfur, which the United Nations says is descending into chaos. | 0 |
Yahoo #39;s New Year #39;s Resolution: Desktop Search Yahoo Inc. will enter the desktop-search field in early January. According to the company #39;s top search executive, Yahoo expects to quickly integrate its various online services into the product. | 3 |
Calhoun not fond of loss But Calhoun likes his players and his university and the fact that the Huskies are the defending national champions a lot more. Calhoun was livid with himself and the collective | 1 |
Trail Blazers Edge Celtics 89-87 Portland Trail Blazers #39; Zach Randolph, right, loses the ball as Boston Celtics #39; Gary Payton looks on during the second quarter Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. | 1 |
Thirty-three dead in latest China mine blast BEIJING : Thirty-three workers have been killed in the latest gas explosion at a Chinese coal mine, once again highlighting the appalling safety standards blighting the industry. | 0 |
Singapore Crt OKs 6-Weeks Extension For China Aviation-2- SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore #39;s High Court Friday threw a six-week lifeline to troubled China Aviation Oil Singapore Corp. (C47. | 2 |
Sprint, Nextel consider lucrative deal Sprint (FON) and Nextel (NXTL) are in discussions to merge, with an eye to creating a wireless giant that could rival Cingular and Verizon Wireless in size and scope, according to two people with direct knowledge of the talks. | 2 |
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