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Mainland inflation slows to 2.8pc easing rate rise fears Mainland inflation eased in November as food prices slowed their climb. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.8 per cent from November 2003, the smallest year-on-year increase since February #39;s 2.1 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics said. | 2 |
Molson, Coors Set January Merger Vote, Hire BMO to Get Ballots Molson Inc. and Adolph Coors Co. plan to hold shareholders votes on their merger to create the world #39;s fifth-biggest brewer on Jan. 19 and hired Bank of Montreal #39;s securities arm to persuade investors to cast ballots. | 2 |
Altria hikes cigarette prices Philip Morris USA, a division of Manhattan #39;s Altria Group and the largest US maker of cigarettes, announced Friday that it will cut discounts on its Marlboro, Virginia Slims, Basic and Parliament brands--the first time in two years the company has | 2 |
To the beat of drums, African woman receives Nobel Peace Prize The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, environmental activist Wangari Maathai, received her award Friday to the beat of drums and | 0 |
Greeks grease palms, expect drop in graft The state health service, political parties, tax officials and the media top Greeks list of perceived corruption, according to a global survey published yesterday by the Transparency International graft watchdog. | 0 |
EU chief backs Turkey #39;s bid, but warns over Cyprus The European Commission voiced support for Turkey #39;s bid to join the EU Friday and expressed hope for a quot;positive outcome quot; at a summit next week, but warned that recognition of Cyprus is crucial to Ankara #39;s hopes. | 0 |
Violence flares in Kashmir NEW DELHI - At least two Indian policemen have been killed and five wounded in a Muslim rebel attack on their camp in Kashmir. Two of the wounded are in critical condition, according to police. | 0 |
Sony Says All Systems Go for PSP Launch Handheld gaming device debuts in Japan this weekend, but won't be available in U.S. until next year. | 3 |
Thomson to Back Both Blu-ray and HD-DVD Company, one of the core backers of Blu-ray, will also support its rival format. | 3 |
Microsoft Readies Windows Server 2003 Update R2, an interim release, will begin beta testing later this month. | 3 |
Auburn Keeps Faith After being left out of the Orange Bowl, Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville hopes a Sugar Bowl win over Virginia Tech can earn his Tigers a share of the national title. | 1 |
Thomson to Support Next-Generation DVD Formats Short for high definition-DVD, a generic term for the technology of recording high-definition video on a DVD. In general, HD-DVD is capable of storing between two and four times as much data as standard DVD. | 3 |
Napster Branches Into Ringtones Los Angeles-based Napster, the online music division of Roxio, announced that the company is making a foray into the downloadable ringtone market in a deal with Dwango Wireless, a publisher of mobile entertainment content. | 3 |
Microsoft Preps Five Windows Patches Microsoft #39;s monthly patch day for December will produce security updates for five vulnerabilities affecting Windows users, the company said Thursday. | 3 |
We #39;ll never let Gerrard leave FORGET any transfer bids for Steven Gerrard - that #39;s the cry from Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry. The midfielder fuelled speculation that a move was imminent when he stated earlier this week that the club must start winning things to keep him. | 1 |
Going head to head at Williams Two drivers - Antonio Pizzonia and Nick Heidfeld -re chasing the final seat at the BMW Williams team and as everyone knows, two into one simply does not go. | 1 |
It's Crunch Time for Biotech Companies Washington area biotech companies will face pivotal moments this year, finding out whether key products work before money dries up, fending off competition from bigger companies, and, perhaps filing to go public.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 |
OPEC to Cut Production After Six-Week Price Decline (Update3) OPEC, producer of more than a third of the world #39;s oil, agreed to cut output by about 4 percent to end the biggest six-week drop in prices since demand collapsed after the September 2001 attacks on the US. | 2 |
Foods tycoon buys assurance funds Food and drinks entrepreneur Hugh Osmond has bought four life assurance funds for 1bn (\$1.97bn). Mr Osmond has purchased the brands - Pearl Assurance, NPI, London Life and Provident Life - from financial services group HHG. | 2 |
Napster #39;s mobile market plans The company has formed an agreement with mobile developer and publisher Dwango Wireless to launch the service - Napster Mobile - across the US and Canada in 2005. | 3 |
Free Yahoo X1 desktop search p2pnet.net News:- Yahoo says it #39;ll enter the desktop search stakes in the New Year, joining Google, Ask Jeeves, Microsoft #39;s MSN and AOL. | 3 |
Microsoft Readies Windows Server 2003 Update Microsoft has started recruiting testers for the first beta of Windows Server 2003 R2, an update to Windows Server that the vendor plans to ship in October next year. | 3 |
Think Again? Maybe with its relative distance from Microsoft, Lenovo will feel free to do what domestic PC makers don #39;t: aggressively make and market Linux desktops and laptops. | 3 |
Growth in Government Specialty Work Federal spending on contractors is expected to grow more quickly than it has historically in 2005, with contractors that specialize in technology services growing the most according to experts. <br> <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 |
Iraqi abductors release Bangladeshi truck driver Iraqi kidnappers have released a Bangladeshi truck driver after holding him hostage for more than a month, a foreign ministry official said on Friday. | 0 |
Search Engine Forums Spotlight Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: SEO Thoughts on Google - Yahoo! Local Listings - New Program - User Reviews and Local Search Optimization - Data Providers: The Engine That Drives Local Search - Google Affiliates Update - Confessions of a White Hat Content Spammer: What I've Learned by Ignoring Google | 3 |
Winn-Dixie Ousts CEO Frank Lazaran Struggling grocery giant Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. forced out president and chief executive Frank Lazaran on Friday and named Peter L. Lynch, a former Albertsons Inc. | 2 |
Airbus shareholders approve launch of new A350 to rival Boeing 7E7 Shareholders in Airbus SAS have approved the launch of a new A350 passenger jet to rival Boeing Co. #39;s 7E7, a spokesman for Airbus parent EADS said Friday. | 2 |
Can an Aging Mercenary Ever Go Home? My guess is that no relationship has made Bill Parcells, the quintessential North Jersey guy, as happy as the one he found next door, with the Giants. | 1 |
Space station astronauts told to ration food Two astronauts face a not-so-merry Christmas after being told to ration their food and hope a cargo ship with extra supplies docks on December 26. | 3 |
Despite All the Criticism, the B.C.S. Has Produced a Classic Matchup On Tuesday night, when No. 1 Southern California and No. 2 Oklahoma meet in the Orange Bowl, all the foibles about the B.C.S. will move to the background. | 1 |
Auburn Trustee Boosts Everyone, Including the Chaplain Why would Bobby Lowder invest so much money into Auburn University and have so many ties to the football team's chaplain? | 1 |
Reality of Steelers Puts a Quick End to the Bills' Dream Buffalo's offense, which had led the way to six straight victories, was inefficient in a defeat to Pittsburgh. | 1 |
Q amp;A: Berlusconi trial Italy is awaiting the verdict in the long-running corruption trial of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. In this guide we examine what is at stake. | 0 |
Iraqi militants free Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi hostages Iraqi militants have released a Sri Lankan truck driver and his Bangladeshi colleague after holding them hostage for 43 days, the foreign ministry said Friday. | 0 |
Rams and Jets Find Playoff Berths Behind Door No. 1 The Jets are taking uncertainty - more than anything else - into the postseason. They will play the Chargers in an A.F.C. wild-card game on Saturday. | 1 |
Gemstar-TV Guide Taps Fox Executive as CEO Television listings company Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. has named a Fox Entertainment Group vice president, Rich Battista, as chief executive, succeeding Jeff Shell, who resigned. | 2 |
Ameritrade Posts November Client Trades Ameritrade Holding Corp., a provider of brokerage services for individual investors, said Friday that daily average client trades in November reached 183,000, with 29,000 new accounts opened during the month. | 2 |
Philip Morris Eases Discounts, Ups Prices Philip Morris, a unit of Altria Group Inc. (MO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , told wholesalers on Thursday it would reduce its quot;off-invoice quot; discounts to \$5.50 a carton from \$6.50, a move that | 2 |
Putin: Iraq Still Too Dangerous for Russian Firms (Reuters) Reuters - Iraq is still too dangerous for Russian\companies to work there, President Vladimir Putin was quoted as\saying on Friday. | 0 |
McGrady's Flurry Sends Rockets Past Spurs (AP) AP - Tracy McGrady let fly with a running 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left, capping a one-man rally in the final minute to send the Houston Rockets past the San Antonio Spurs 81-80 Thursday night. | 1 |
Palestinian Girl Killed in Gaza Strip, Medics Say (Reuters) Reuters - Israeli troops shot dead a 7-year-old\Palestinian girl in a Gaza refugee camp on Friday, medics said,\after militants wounded four Israelis in a mortar attack on a\nearby Jewish settlement. | 0 |
Bomb Kills 10, Injures 20 in Pakistani City (Reuters) Reuters - A powerful bomb exploded near\an army truck in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on\Friday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 20,\officials said. | 0 |
Search Rushes to the Desktop Late Wednesday night, Yahoo (Quote, Chart) unveiled plans to debut a beta version of Yahoo Desktop Search in the coming weeks. At the same time, Ask Jeeves (Quote, Chart) confirmed to internetnews. | 3 |
Oracle Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Oracle #39;s Tsunami hits the shore, but is it making waves? Today they have announced the launch of their new Enterprise Content Management (ECM) technology, Oracle(R) Files 10g. | 3 |
South Korean soap opera boosting tourism from Japan, says thinktank (AFP) AFP - A South Korean soap opera called "Winter Sonata" -- whose leading actor Bae Yong-Joon is hugely popular with middle-aged Japanese women -- is generating 1.1 billion dollars for Seoul through increased tourism business, a thinktank said Friday. | 0 |
Is The Tide Shifting On The Mersey? How bad were Everton last season? On the last day, with 39 points, they travelled to Manchester City, who had 38. Any other year this would have been a straight battle for survival, with the losers going down. | 1 |
Spain coach faces investigation Spain #39;s Anti-Violence Commission have asked the country #39;s football federation to open a disciplinary case against national team coach Luis Aragones. | 1 |
Sale nearly set for NBA Cavaliers (AFP) AFP - Cleveland Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund is involved in contract talks to sell the National Basketball Association team, which has become a top NBA contender behind second-year star LeBron James. | 1 |
Mubarak Denies Israel Deal, Envoy's Return (AP) AP - President Hosni Mubarak said reports of a deal with Israel were exaggerated and denied that the Egyptian ambassador would soon return to Tel Aviv, a leading newspaper reported Friday. | 0 |
Finley to Remain in Southern Calif., with Angels (Reuters) Reuters - The Anaheim Angels have\reportedly agreed to a contract with veteran free-agent\outfielder Steve Finley. | 1 |
Egyptian police block solidarity group accompanying aid to Palestinians (AFP) AFP - Members of an international solidarity group trying accompanying humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip abandoned their trip after a standoff with security forces, a member of the group said. | 0 |
BREAKDOWN: Dolphins vs. Broncos The Dolphins haven #39;t had a 100-yard rusher all season, but the odds of TB Travis Minor reaching that mark are improved now that impressive rookie RG Rex Hadnot has replaced Taylor Whitley in the starting lineup. | 1 |
Police charge Toronto doctor with 46 counts of sexual assault (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - A Toronto doctor was been charged with 46 counts of sexual assault after some of his female patients alleged he touched them inappropriately during physical exams, police said Friday. | 0 |
MSN Search Engine - Searching for ways to make Redmond rise again MSN Search Engine - Searching for ways to make Redmond rise again\\What would you do if you were tasked with designing a new search engine? You have all the resources the world can offer and the certain knowledge that your project is so important to your employer that mountains, molehills, ... | 3 |
Laptop Usage Can Lead to Low Sperm Count and Infertility Laptop Usage Can Lead to Low Sperm Count and Infertility\\Laptops may be one of the most useful inventions in the world, even more useful than TiVo and Jiffy Pop. However, a quite frightening study was released yesterday that linked laptop usage to infertility in males. The study, released by the ... | 3 |
Sentiment Strong in December Consumer attitudes showed more signs of improvement heading into the holidays as an early reading on consumer sentiment in December beat expectations. | 2 |
Kenya to repossess illegal land Kenya says it has started to repossess millions of hectares of land acquired illegally since independence in 1963. | 0 |
IEA trims 2005 world oil demand growth forecast PARIS (AFP) - The International Energy Agency trimmed its forecast for growth in global oil demand next year but warned that prices were likely to remain high and dismissed producer fears of a sharp fall as quot;overstated. | 2 |
Sprint, Nextel May Merge With a combined 38.5 million customers, the new company formed by a Sprint and Nextel merger would move closer to frontrunner Cingular, which now has some 47 million customers following its | 2 |
First direct flight from US to Vietnam since 1975 has landed HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam The last time a US passenger plane landed there, it was Saigon. Today, the first US commercial flight to Vietnam in nearly 30 years arrived in Ho Chi Minh City. | 2 |
Wholesale Prices Rise in November an improvement compared with the previous month #39;s surge, but still fresh evidence that inflation is picking up as the economy gains momentum. | 2 |
Hooray for Blu-Ray! If there was ever a time to feel sorry for a corporate titan like Sony (NYSE: SNE) it may have been last month when rival movie studios announced that they would be supporting Toshiba #39;s HD-DVD technology in upcoming releases over the promising Blu-ray | 3 |
Astronauts Await Vital Christmas Food Package The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been put on a diet because they are running out of food, it emerged today. | 3 |
Cisco turns 20 com December 10, 2004, 4:00 AM PT. When Cisco Systems unveiled its latest and greatest network router in May, it trumpeted the event as a watershed. | 3 |
Ericsson Gets China, South Africa Deals Ericsson said Friday that it received contracts to build wireless communications networks in China and South Africa. China Telecom Corp. | 3 |
Adware War Heading to Federal Court Is all fair in love, war and adware? A federal court may help decide - as far as adware goes, at least - in a case involving software from one company uninstalling a rival #39;s computer code. | 3 |
Turkey joins 19-race Formula One schedule A record 19-race calendar was approved Friday for the 2005 Formula One season, with the Turkish Grand Prix joining the lineup. The British, French and San Marino races remain after facing cancellation threats. | 1 |
Gustafsson Turns Up Heat on Challengers Unknown Swedish blond Peter Gustafsson manufactured a crafty early-morning 68 to take an unexpected two-shot lead into Saturdays third round of the Dunhill Challenge at the Leopard Creek Golf Club. | 1 |
Wenger ruling out goalkeeper swoop LONDON, England -- Arsene Wenger has ruled out a January transfer swoop for Australia #39;s Mark Schwarzer or any of the other goalkeepers he has been linked with. | 1 |
Rejuvenated Hughes leads Australian Masters by four strokes Two-time winner Bradley Hughes, boosted by a new relaxed approach to his game, led the Australian Masters by four strokes after completing rounds of 64 and 66 on Friday for a 14-under-par 130. | 1 |
Utah State hire Brent Guy as football coach Guy, a former Utah State assistant coach from 1992-94, has spent the last four seasons as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Arizona State. | 1 |
Bomb Kills Soldiers, Civilians in Pakistan An apparent terrorist bombing in southwestern Pakistan has killed at least nine people and injured a dozen others. Police say a bomb attached to an abandoned bicycled explode at a crowded | 0 |
Woman, 79, Accused of Cocaine Smuggling (AP) AP - A 79-year-old woman has been caught attempting to smuggle heroin out of Colombia on a flight to New York, police said Friday. | 0 |
Court: certificates used to detain suspected terrorists are constitutional (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Security certificates used to detain suspected terrorists like Adil Charkaoui are constitutional, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled Friday. | 0 |
Hunts 'to meet legally' after ban More than 250 hunts will meet legally the day after the ban on hunting with dogs comes into force, campaigners say. | 0 |
OPEC Cut Will Be 1 Million Barrels per Day Iraq isn #39;t part of its quota system -- pump about 1.1 million barrels a day over their agreed 27 million barrels a day target, leaving them room to cut production without adjusting the target. | 2 |
First US flight to Vietnam for 30 years For the first time since the war ended nearly 30 years ago, a US passenger jet landed in Vietnam today. United Airlines Flight 869 took off from San Francisco yesterday and arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly | 2 |
Automotive supplier Delphi to cut 8500 jobs in 2005 (Detroit-AP) Dec. 10, 2004 - The world #39;s largest automotive supplier says it will slash 8500 jobs next year. Delphi had set the same goal for this year and exceeded it. | 2 |
Southwest to bid for ATA assets Low-cost airline said it will bid at least \$100 million for assets of bankrupt ATA Airlines. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines said Friday it will bid at least \$100 million for certain assets of bankrupt | 2 |
Producer Price Gain Bigger Than Expected US producer prices climbed an unexpectedly steep 0.5 percent last month as energy costs mounted, according to a government report on Friday that buttressed the case for interest-rate rises to keep inflation at bay. | 2 |
Wireless Internet Napster Enters Ringtone Market Music download sewvice Napster will try to claim a piece of the growing market for mobile phone ringtones through a partnership with Dwango Wireless, which specializes in wireless content. | 3 |
Cisco Expands Router Offerings with BCN Buy Cisco will pay approximately US\$34 million in cash for all outstanding equity interests of BCN. In addition, the acquisition price may be increased by as much as \$122 million depending on | 3 |
Two adware firms battling in court As millions of computer users try to deal with the scourge of adware and other nefarious online marketing programs, two purveyors of the technology are battling in a Seattle court. | 3 |
Notre Dame Eyes Clements, Weis Two NFL offensive coordinators, the Buffalo Bills #39; Tom Clements and the New England Patriots #39; Charlie Weis, have become focal points of Notre Dame #39;s head-coaching search. | 1 |
Dallas Mavericks Team Report - December 10 (Sports Network) - The Dallas Mavericks were knocked off by the Seattle SuperSonics, 107-102, at American Airlines Center. Dirk Nowitzki tallied 27 points and seven rebounds for the Mavs, who have dropped two of three. | 1 |
Sharon, Bolstered by Vote, Reaches Out to Labor Party Prime Minister Ariel Sharon phoned the leader of the Labor Party, Shimon Peres, this morning and asked him to begin talks on forming a coalition government, Israel Radio reported. | 0 |
19 Iraqis Killed in Car Bombing Insurgents pressed their campaign against Iraqi security forces, killing 18 members of the Iraqi National Guard and a civilian. | 0 |
Bring that Guy back Logan, UT (Sports Network) - Brent Guy, a former Utah State assistant, has been named the 25th head coach of the Aggies. Guy, who coached the Utah State linebackers from 1992-94, has spent the last four seasons | 1 |
Powell Bids Nostalgic Farewell to NATO Secretary of State Colin Powell bid a nostalgic farewell on Thursday to the NATO Western security alliance he first served as platoon commander facing down the Soviet army 46 years ago. | 0 |
Shia leader Sadrs movement insists on Iraq election boycott BAGHDAD - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadrs movement will not participate in the national Iraqi elections due on January 30, Sadrs senior assistant asserted on Friday. | 0 |
Petrol price cut sparks pump war The fall in crude oil prices has begun to reach UK consumers, with supermarket Morrisons sparking a potential price war in the run up to Christmas. | 2 |
Types of Investors: Which Are You? Learn a little about yourself, and it may improve your performance. | 2 |
Yahoo Searches Desktops, Too Catching up to Google, Yahoo unleashes a desktop search tool Also: IBM makes move in data storage market hellip;. HP makes cheap computer with rural Chinese appeal hellip;. and more. | 2 |
US Jet Flight to Vietnam Makes History United Airlines Flight 869, from San Francisco, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, at shortly after 10:00 pm Friday (10 am EST). | 2 |
Airbus owners approve A350 to compete with Boeing #39;s 7E7 The owners of Airbus approved the launch of a new A350 passenger jet Friday to rival Boeing #39;s 7E7, a spokesman for Airbus parent EADS said. | 2 |
Van Der Moolen Specialists CEO Retires Dutch investment firm Van der Moolen Holding NV on Friday said James P. Cleaver Jr. will retire as chairman and chief executive of Van der Moolen Specialists USA LLC at the end of the month. | 2 |
Cisco Buys Network Design Firm For \$34 Million BCN Systems #39; routing architecture will be used to to speed development of converged networks for data, voice, and video. By Networking Pipeline News. | 3 |
Players offer to slash 24 from salaries The NHL Players #39; Association handed the NHL a strong proposal Thursday it believes can not only salvage the season but more importantly address all of the league #39;s economic issues. | 1 |
Zajec Targets Hat-Trick Velimir Zajec aims to register a hat-trick of Barclaycard Premiership victories for Portsmouth at Newcastle tomorrow. And if it had all been within the same calendar month the man | 1 |
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