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Italian team ordered to play without fans The Italian team Lazio was ordered Friday to play its next European game without fans as punishment for a game last month marked by racial taunts from the stands. | 1 |
D-Backs reportedly to sign Russ Ortiz ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Arizona Diamondbacks continue to make waves in the free agent marketplace, reportedly signing veteran righthander Russ Ortiz on Friday in what could be a precursor to a blockbuster involving Randy Johnson. | 1 |
AU-sponsored Darfur peace talks postponed to Saturday in Nigeria Peace talks aimed at ending a 22-month-old crisis in Sudan #39;s troubled Darfur region, scheduled for Friday in Nigerian capital Abuja, has been postponed for a day, a spokesman for the African Union said. | 0 |
Russia glad if Ukraine joins EU: Putin Russia quot;would only be too glad quot; if Ukraine joined the European Union (EU), Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, the Interfax reported. | 0 |
Oracle Moves Earnings Forward to Dec. 13 (Reuters) Reuters - Business software maker Oracle\Corp. on Friday said it had decided to move forward\the release date of its fiscal second-quarter earnings to\Monday, Dec. 13 before markets open instead of Thursday, Dec.\16. | 2 |
Forsee: Sprint CEO Eyed As Likely Leader If Nextel Deal Inked Haute monde meets mass market. Friday saw Sprint (nyse: FON - news - people ) shares open higher and Nextel Communications (nasdaq: NXTL - news - people ) slide as the market digested news of a possible merger between the telecommunications firms. | 2 |
America West: Will Not Bid for ATA America West Holdings Corp. (AWA) on Thursday said it would not bid for assets of bankrupt carrier ATA Airlines, saying the value does not justify the cost. | 2 |
Hurricane damage to Fla. citrus crop even worse than expected Floridas hurricane-damaged citrus crops will be even smaller than originally estimated, officials said Friday, raising the specter of higher prices for orange juice and an even greater scarcity of grapefruit juice. | 2 |
Halo 2, San Andreas key drivers of Nov. revenue, say NPD stats Absent sales from the killer titles published by Microsoft and Rockstar, November sales would have dropped more than 20 percent. With the two, revenues rose 11 percent. | 2 |
Community Bancorp Soars in IPO Debut Four new stocks shot out of the starting gates Friday and posted upbeat opening-day gains, riding investor momentum spurred by stronger-than-expected pricings from two initial public offerings while two others came in at the top of expectations. | 2 |
PeopleSoft scores analyst support LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- PeopleSoft Inc., whose board has spurned repeated hostile takeover offers from Oracle Corp,. got a major boost Thursday when several analysts raised their PeopleSoft financial forecasts. | 2 |
Napster to sell mobile ringtones Los Angeles-based music downloading service Napster has partnered with another company to sell mobile phone ringtones, ITObserver. | 3 |
Apple #39;s iTunes connects to PayPal Customers at online music store will be able to use eBay #39;s payment service to pay for songs. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. | 3 |
School #39;s out to shun IE Citing security risks, a state university is urging students to drop Internet Explorer in favor of alternative Web browsers such as Firefox and Safari. | 3 |
Cisco expands router offerings with BCN buy Cisco Systems today confirmed that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held BCN Systems, a Californian networking software design firm. | 3 |
Microsoft Contests Patent Decision Microsoft is in court today contesting a Federal Court ruling in favour of Eolas for \$565 million. The court upheld a lower court ruling that Microsoft #39;s popular Internet Exporer browser infringed on patents | 3 |
Allenby predicts Masters surge Defending champion Robert Allenby is confident of quickly bridging the gap between himself and tournament leader Bradley Hughes in today #39;s third round of the Australian Masters at Huntingdale in Melbourne. | 1 |
Mavericks Defeat Bucks 123-104 (AP) AP - Dirk Nowitzki scored 39 points and Josh Howard scored 11 of his 25 in the fourth quarter in the Dallas Mavericks' 123-104 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night. | 1 |
New BALCO hit: Collins banned 8 years COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Sprinter Michelle Collins was suspended for eight years for a doping violation linked to the BALCO scandal and will forfeit results that include 2003 indoor world and US titles in the 200 meters. | 1 |
Ives Galarcep Like James Dean #39;s character in Rebel Without a Cause, Clint Mathis seems to find trouble wherever he goes. The enigmatic former MetroStar and current Hannover 96 striker only needed a year to wear out his | 1 |
Blast in Quetta market kills 10 ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 10: At least 10 people, including a soldier, were killed when a bomb exploded near an Army truck in a busy market area in the Pakistani city of Quetta today. | 0 |
Japan to Ease Weapons Export Ban, Revamps Military (Update2) Japan #39;s government will ease a four- decade ban on weapons exports, opening up new markets for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. | 0 |
Chaos looms in Darfur as violence increases: Annan Chaos is looming in Sudan #39;s western Darfur region as violence increases, order collapses, and the number of desperate people in need of humanitarian aid reaches nearly 2.3 million, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report to | 0 |
Turkish Leader Calls for EU Membership Talks Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Brussels to make a final pitch before next week #39;s EU summit for the 25-nation bloc to set a date for his country to begin membership talks. | 0 |
Sony Prepares For PSP Launch Japan is preparing for the long-awaited launch of Sony #39;s answer to the Nintendo DS, the PSP. The target for the PSP launch is this coming Sunday. | 3 |
Browser Flaw Leaves Online Shoppers Open to Phishing Scam Security firm Secunia reported that the vulnerability affects nearly all browsers, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Firefox, Konqueror, Opera, Netscape and Safari. | 3 |
Dusty discs girdle distant solar systems Cold, dusty discs of debris have been clearly detected around stars in other planet-harbouring solar systems for the first time by NASA #39;s Spitzer Space Telescope. | 3 |
Drunken British soldier leaves party in suicide bomber costume; prompts alert (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - A drunken soldier sparked a security alert when he left a costume party dressed as a suicide bomber, wearing a turban, false beard and a combat jacket stuffed with pretend explosives, British police said Friday. | 0 |
Consumers Cheer Up, Budget Deficit Swells CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. consumers' mood brightened in early December, which may bode well for retailers in the key holiday shopping season, a survey showed on Friday. | 2 |
Sprint in Talks to Buy Nextel for \$36 Bln PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Corp. is in advanced talks to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for more than \$36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. wireless service carriers, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. | 2 |
Stocks Down Slightly; Economic Data Mixed NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Friday as a higher-than-expected jump in U.S. producer prices helped to offset a fall in oil prices and dividend hikes from General Electric Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">GE.N</A> and SBC Communications <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SBC.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">SBC.N</A>. | 2 |
AP: Rehnquist Plans to Swear in Bush (AP) AP - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, suffering from thyroid cancer, still plans to preside at President Bush's inauguration on Jan. 20, The Associated Press has learned. | 0 |
Dollar Holds on to Gains with Fed in View NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar posted broad gains on Friday for the third straight session, as traders took more year-end profits in other currencies in anticipation of higher U.S. interest rates after next week's Federal Reserve meeting. | 2 |
Airbus A350 Unleashes New War with Boeing PARIS (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus won approval from its shareholders on Friday to unleash a fresh marketing battle against arch-rival Boeing by seeking orders for a fuel-saving, wide-body jet to be called the A350. | 2 |
Supreme Court to Decide Grokster Case (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday\agreed to consider whether Internet file-trading networks\should be held responsible when their users copy music, movies\and other protected works without permission. | 0 |
Venezuelan Military Plane Crashes, 16 Killed CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A Venezuelan military aircraft crashed into a mountainside west of Caracas on Friday, killing 16 passengers and crew-members aboard including several senior officers, authorities said. | 0 |
Oil Prices Fall Despite OPEC Output Cut Oil prices fell to four-month lows on Friday even though the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries moved to curb production above its official 27 million barrel-per-day output ceiling. | 2 |
Shrek 3 Postponed Until 2007, James Brown Has Cancer, Kidman Out <b>...</b> com Staff. DreamWorks Animation Studios announced it was pushing the release date for its highly anticipated feature Shrek 3 from November 2006 to May 2007. | 2 |
White Has Chance to Make Heisman History (AP) AP - Archie Griffin wouldn't mind sharing his claim to fame. The former Ohio State tailback is the only player to win two Heisman trophies, receiving his second in 1975. | 1 |
iTunes now accepting Paypal payment Today, both Apple and Paypal have announced that the iTunes music store in the US will now accept Paypal purchases for anything on iTunes. | 3 |
Deep, faint tremors in central California fascinate, worry <b>...</b> Deep beneath the San Andreas Fault in central California, the ground has been erupting in strange, faint tremors that last up to 20 minutes, scientists reported Thursday. | 3 |
Syria to Offer Iraqi Expat Polling Sites (AP) AP - Iraqi expatriates in Syria will have the opportunity to vote in this month's Iraqi elections under an agreement signed Sunday between the Syrian government and the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration. | 0 |
Vick more comfortable with Crumpler Is it possible to win a playoff spot, in this era of aerial supremacy, without a single wide receiver posting 40 catches for the season? | 1 |
Bush Unlikely Heisman Trophy Finalist (AP) AP - In some ways, Reggie Bush is the most unlikely Heisman Trophy finalist. He doesn't start for No. 1 Southern California, and ranks second on the team in rushing and receiving. He's a sophomore, and the previous winners have all been juniors or seniors. Finally, he's often been overshadowed by teammate Matt Leinart, also a finalist for the award. | 1 |
Faruk talks to wife, brother after release Bangladeshi truck driver Abul Kashem Faruk, who was freed by Islamic Army of Iraq (IAI) Thursday, talked to his family over telephone and the government confirmed his release yesterday. | 0 |
Russian defense chief reserves right to conduct preemptive strikes Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Friday emphasized Russias right to conduct preventive strikes against terrorists anywhere across the globe, suggesting it has become common | 0 |
Venezuelan plane crash kills 16 quot;There were 16 people travelling aboard. ... It crashed into a mountain, quot; Col. Antonio Rivero, head of the Civil Protection service, told. | 0 |
Putin approves of Ukraine #39;s membership in EU RBC, 10.12.2004, Moscow 19:51:19.Russian President Vladimir Putin approves of the possibility of Ukraine joining the European Union. | 0 |
Italian Team Ordered to Play Without Fans (AP) AP - The Italian team Lazio was ordered Friday to play its next European game without fans as punishment for a game last month marked by racial taunts from the stands. | 1 |
Business ; Chinese Inflation Drops Sharply Business News, BEIJING, 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 |
Cut From Longhorn, WinFS Is in Peril The Windows Future Storage (WinFS) technology that got cut out of Windows quot;Longhorn quot; is in serious trouble, and not just the hot water a feature might encounter for missing its intended production vehicle. | 3 |
quot;I can take his punches quot; - Williams By Ant Evans in Las Vegas( pic by Mr Will/Hogan Photos): WBC heavyweight title challenger Danny Williams insists he #39;s completely unperturbed by champion Vitali Klitschko #39;s well-hyped punching power on the eve of their Mandalay Bay collision here Saturday | 1 |
Q amp;A with Metros GM Nick Sakiewicz com Staff. Following Friday #39;s trade involving the MetroStars and San Jose Earthquakes for defender Jeff Agoos, Metros general maanger Nick Sakiewicz took time to answer questions regarding his newest acquisition. | 1 |
Cyprus warns it could veto Turkey #39;s EU talks NICOSIA: Cyprus has upped the ante in its demands for recognition from Turkey, warning its European Union partners it may otherwise veto the start of accession talks with Ankara, local newspapers reported. | 0 |
World ; Russia defends anti-terror preventive strikes quot;Russia is not the only country that has announced the possibility of using or carrying out preventive strikes. I would like to stress that we did not invent it, quot; he added, hinting that Moscow was following a US lead. | 0 |
Shiite Group Reveals Some Iraq Candidates (AP) AP - Iraq's future political landscape began to take shape Friday, as a coalition led by powerful Shiite Muslim groups revealed a few of its candidates in next month's parliamentary election. They include former exiles, a prominent cleric and members of the interim government. | 0 |
U.S. Gives OK to China Furniture Duties (Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. trade panel on Friday\approved anti-dumping duties of up to 198 percent on #36;1.2\billion worth of wooden bedroom furniture from China. However,\many Chinese furniture companies will escape the highest duty\levels. | 0 |
High Court to Hear File-Sharing Dispute (AP) AP - The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider whether Internet file-sharing services are responsible for their customers illegally swapping songs and movies, a multibillion-dollar case testing the limits of copyright law in the digital age. | 0 |
Portugal faces general election Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio calls an early general election to end "crisis of credibility". | 0 |
Randall Wins ACC Honor Bryan Randall, who led a team picked sixth in the preseason to the title,is named The Associated Press ACC player of the year. | 1 |
US Jet Flight to Vietnam Makes History United Airlines became the first US carrier to fly to Vietnam since the war ended nearly 30 years ago, marking a new milestone in relations between the former enemies as VIPs on board were greeted at the airport with lotus blossoms and silk lanterns. | 2 |
General Electric raises dividend, announces plans to buy back <b>...</b> General Electric Co. raised its quarterly dividend by 10 per cent and launched a plan to buy back up to \$15 billion US in shares over three years, as it projected double-digit percentage earnings growth for 2005. | 2 |
Diamondbacks Sign Pitcher Russ Ortiz (AP) AP - The Arizona Diamondbacks kept busy Friday, signing free-agent pitcher Russ Ortiz to a four-year deal a day after agreeing to terms with third baseman Troy Glaus. | 1 |
Oil Slumps Below \$41, Dealers Shrug OPEC Cut Oil prices settled under \$41 for the first time since July Friday as dealers took profits on a widely expected move by the OPEC cartel to curb production in excess of its official output ceiling. | 2 |
Sprint in Talks to Buy Nextel for \$36 Bln PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Corp. is close to an agreement buy Nextel Communications Inc. for more than \$36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. wireless telephone companies, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. | 2 |
Apple: ITunes Music Store Accepts PayPal SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AAPL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AAPL.O</A> on Friday said customers of its iTunes online music store can now use eBay Inc.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=EBAY.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">EBAY.O</A> online payment service PayPal to buy songs and audio books, becoming the second major online music store to do so. | 2 |
High Court To Decide File-Sharing Case NEW YORK - Who should be held responsible for the use of peer-to-peer software program to trade copyright music and video files on the Internet? | 2 |
Airbus steps up challenge to Boeing #39;s 7E7 PARIS Airbus announced Friday that it would move ahead with two new long-range versions of its widebody A330 aircraft to cobble together a competitor for Boeing #39;s planned new 7E7. | 2 |
Update 1: Southwest Offers \$100M for ATA Assets The bidding war for bankrupt ATA Airlines #39; assets heated up on Friday when Southwest Airlines offered at least \$100 million in cash and loans for gates at Chicago #39;s Midway Airport and an alliance with ATA, its main rival there. | 2 |
Bank of America to move 300 jobs to Boston Bank of America plans to move an additional 300 jobs from its Wealth and Investment Management businesses to Boston. The bank was sharply criticized after it cut jobs at former Fleet branches in Massachusetts. | 2 |
Giants' Barber Leads NFL in Total Yards (AP) AP - Tiki Barber won the NFL yards from scrimmage title and set the New York Giants' all-time rushing record in Sunday night's game against the Dallas Cowboys. | 1 |
GE to Buy Back \$15 Bln in Stock, Raise Dividend (Update4) General Electric Co., the world #39;s biggest company by market value, will buy back as much as \$15 billion in stock and raise its dividend as Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt #39;s growth strategy generates more cash and profit. | 2 |
Napster To Enter Mobile Ringtone Arena Thanks two a partnership with Dwango Wireless; the new Napster is prepared to enter the mobile technology realm. But this time, it #39;s not for illegal mp3s. | 3 |
Kazaa Talked to Record Firms About Music Swaps Kazaa, the world #39;s most popular Internet file-swapping system, told a court on Thursday it was worried about users exchanging unauthorized files and held talks with record companies in the United States about the problem. | 3 |
Oklahoma #39;s Jason White Wins Maxwell Award Oklahoma quarterback Jason White has taken home the Maxwell Award as college football #39;s best all-around player and won his second straight Davey O #39;Brien quarterback trophy. | 1 |
Suns Place Voskuhl On IL Phoenix, AZ -- The Phoenix Suns Friday placed Jake Voskuhl on the injured list after the center had an emergency appendectomy surgery. | 1 |
Magic #39;s Garrity Activated From Injured List Oakland, CA -- The Orlando Magic activated forward Pat Garrity from the injured list on Friday and placed forward Brandon Hunter on the IL with a hyperextended right elbow. | 1 |
Nobel Peace laureate calls for a greener tomorrow OSLO - Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, who yesterday received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, said protecting the environment was vital to promote peace and democracy. | 0 |
UN: New Darfur displacements reported UN humanitarian agencies report thousands of people displaced for the second time in a month because of fresh outbreaks of fighting in Sudan #39;s Darfur region. | 0 |
Turkish Leader Wins EU Officials' Backing (AP) AP - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's drive to get his country into the European Union won strong backing from top EU officials Friday, a week before the bloc's leaders decide whether to open membership talks. | 0 |
Some of Leaders in United Iraqi Alliance (AP) AP - Some of the main leaders in the United Iraqi Alliance: | 0 |
U.S. Money Helped Opposition in Ukraine (AP) AP - The Bush administration has spent more than #36;65 million in the past two years to aid political organizations in Ukraine, paying to bring opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko to meet U.S. leaders and helping to underwrite exit polls indicating he won last month's disputed runoff election. | 0 |
US Supreme Court to hear appeal on music-swapping, copyright (AFP) AFP - The US Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on whether music-swapping services can be held liable for copyright infringement if their networks are used for illegal digital copies. | 0 |
Yushchenko in hospital for tests Ukraine's presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko is having tests in Austria into his mystery illness. | 0 |
Sources: Sprint, Nextel closing in on \$36B deal DECEMBER 10, 2004 (REUTERS) - Sprint Corp. is in advanced talks to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for more than \$36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No. | 2 |
Mobile phone users double since 2000 A report out yesterday from the International Telecommunication Union says that mobile phone users have doubled since the year 2000. | 2 |
UPDATE 2-Bank of America says moves 300 more jobs to Boston Bank of America Corp. (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , which suffered bad publicity over layoffs at former Fleet branches, on Friday said it will move an additional 300 jobs to Boston next year. | 2 |
Bristol-Myers to Seek Over-The-Counter OK Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Friday that it plans to pursue Food and Drug Administration approval to sell an over-the-counter version of its cholesterol-lowering drug, Pravachol. | 2 |
Update 2: Winn-Dixie Forces Out CEO Frank Lazaran Supermarket giant Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., struggling against competition from Wal-Mart and other grocery chains, named a new president and chief executive officer Friday, forcing out its previous leader after less than 18 months on the job. | 2 |
Video Gamer Makers Undeterred by Mixed Sales Data Shares of the leading video game software publishers traded higher Friday despite mixed November sales. US sales of console games -- those made for Sony #39;s (SNE:NYSE - news - research) PlayStation 2, Microsoft #39;s | 2 |
Shell: Gemstar-TV Guide Replaces CEO With Battista, Reportedly <b>...</b> Switching channels. Jeff Shell is out and Rich Battista is in as chief executive at Gemstar-TV Guide International (nasdaq: GMST - news - people ). According to the Los Angeles Times, Shell is resigning to | 2 |
Search companies vye for the desktop All the major Web portals seem to be rushing delivery on one product this holiday: desktop search software. Microsoft plans to introduce a test version of its desktop search application in the coming days, meeting its stated deadline by a nose. | 3 |
Access to Kazaa Not Blockable? That #39;s what Philip Morle told an Australian court, and he ought to know--he #39;s Sharman Networks #39; chief technology officer. | 3 |
JBoss aims high with Enterprise Middleware System DECEMBER 10, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Open-source vendor JBoss Inc. on Monday plans to formally announce a stack of middleware software designed to make it more competitive with the sophisticated products sold by companies like IBM, BEA Systems Inc. | 3 |
A gentleman and a boxer There was a time when knocking out Mike Tyson was boxing #39;s equivalent to beating Ken Jennings at Final Jeopardy. It was the most Heruculean of labors and when it finally happened, it was an international event | 1 |
Suns place Voskuhl on IL Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - The Phoenix Suns Friday placed Jake Voskuhl on the injured list after the center had an emergency appendectomy surgery. | 1 |
Magic #39;s Garrity activated from injured list Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - The Orlando Magic activated forward Pat Garrity from the injured list on Friday and placed forward Brandon Hunter on the IL with a hyperextended right elbow. | 1 |
Arizona Man to Drop Mike Tyson Car-Beating Charges An Arizona man who claims his car was attacked by Mike Tyson, said on Friday he will drop his criminal complaint against the ex-heavyweight champion for damaging the vehicle outside a local nightspot. | 1 |
Turkish leader wins EU officials #39; backing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan #39;s drive to get his country into the European Union won strong backing from top EU officials Friday, a week before the bloc #39;s leaders decide whether to open membership talks. | 0 |
US Soldier Pleads Guilty to Murdering Iraqi Youth A US soldier has pleaded guilty to murdering a wounded 16-year-old Iraqi boy. Staff Sergeant Johnny Horne was convicted Friday of the unpremeditated murder | 0 |
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