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Pedro poised for his big decision The clock kept ticking on the Pedro Martinez stats, news-Red Sox stats, schedule negotiations last night, with all signs pointing to the ace hurler making up his | 1 |
Israeli forces launch air raid on Gaza city Israeli forces fired rockets at the Gaza City on Monday, responding to an earlier attack launched by Hamas movement against an army post. | 0 |
Turkish EU entry opposed by many French and Germans Spain showed Spain was the only country with a large majority in favour of Turkey #39;s accession. poll of 4,813 people conducted between November 25 and December 3 and published by Le Figaro newspaper on Monday. | 0 |
For North Korea, Openness Proves a Two-Way Street Before his defection 11 months ago, Kim, a 35-year-old with round-rimmed glasses and a self-assured air, enjoyed the relatively blessed life of the North Korean elite. | 0 |
WORLD MARKET NEWS Oil prices climbed above \$41 a barrel on Monday after Saudi Arabia cut January crude deliveries to clients in Asia, confirming that the top exporter was adhering to OPEC #39;s agreement last week to curb excess supply. | 2 |
Stake in India cellphone operator to be sold The government of Singapore and Telekom Malaysia have agreed to buy a 48 percent stake in Idea Cellular of India from three companies for \$390 million to tap into India #39;s wireless market. | 2 |
Lamy Says France Proposed Him as WTO Head France has formally proposed former European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy as a candidate to become the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Lamy said Monday. | 2 |
Update 1: Ericsson Lands \$805M Contract From China Telecommunication equipment maker Telefon AB LM Ericsson said Monday it received a \$805 million (euro609.3 million) contract from Guangdong Mobile Communication Corp. | 2 |
Canada Confirms Second Mad Cow Case (Reuters) Reuters - A final laboratory test has\confirmed an Alberta dairy cow had mad cow disease, the second\case Canada has found in its herd, an industry source briefed\by veterinary officials said on Sunday. | 2 |
Basescu Leads Romania Presidential Runoff (AP) AP - Reformist opposition candidate Traian Basescu was winning Romania's presidential runoff in a tight contest, according to partial official results released Monday. | 0 |
Sony handheld wins customers Sony Corp. said on Monday retailers had almost completely sold out of the Play Station Portable on its first day in Japanese stores, marking a strong start for the company #39;s first handheld game machine. | 3 |
Meteor Shower: Free Sky Show It #39;s a celestial event and scientists say the annual Geminid Meteor Shower is the best astronomy show of the year, with meteors shooting across the sky in all directions. | 3 |
Clinton Stumps for Newest Search Engine (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Ex-president Bill Clinton last week delivered the keynote address at the launch of a new business-focused search engine. | 3 |
More schools offer cheap music downloads for students (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - More college campuses are adopting deeply discounted - and legal - digital music as the latest amenity for students. Several top schools began offering these services in September, either free or highly subsidized. | 3 |
Bernabeu Clash To Finish On January 5 Real Madrid will play the last six minutes of their match with Real Sociedad on January 5 after yesterdays encounter was abandoned because of a bomb scare. | 1 |
Nedved strike keeps Juve four points clear Pavel Nedved scored with a superb free-kick four minutes from time to give Juventus a precious 1-0 Italian Serie A win at Bologna on Sunday. | 1 |
Bettis #39; TD pass sparks Pittsburgh Running back Jerome Bettis flipped a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jerame Tuman three plays after surpassing the 13,000-yard barrier early in the fourth quarter, fooling what had been a nearly impenetrable New York Jets defense and sending the Pittsburgh | 1 |
Jaguars blitz Bears #39; playoff hopes With a chance to legitimize their postseason aspirations Sunday, the penalty-prone and offensively challenged Bears came up flat in a 22-3 loss to the Jaguars. | 1 |
Russia Defense Minister in China Cooperation Talks (Reuters) Reuters - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov\met Chinese military leaders in Beijing Monday to discuss\cooperation between China, a fast-rising military power, and\its main foreign arms and weapons-technology supplier. | 0 |
Sprint, Nextel could make deal this week (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Sprint and Nextel Communications could announce a #36;35 billion merger this week in a deal that would forge a third goliath in the quickly consolidating wireless industry. The union would complete Sprint's transformation from perennial also-ran in the troubled long-distance business. | 3 |
Sun License Thumbs Nose at GPL (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Sun's open-source license proposal for Open Solaris will surely be unpopular. | 3 |
Russia Defense Minister in China Cooperation Talks Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov met Chinese military leaders in Beijing Monday to discuss cooperation between China, a fast-rising military power, and its main foreign arms and weapons-technology supplier. | 0 |
PeopleSoft Relents, Agrees Oracle Bid (Reuters) Reuters - Oracle Corp. on Monday said\rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.'s board\has accepted a sweetened purchase offer of about #36;10.3 billion,\ending a long and bitter hostile takeover battle. | 3 |
Oracle Signs Merger Deal With PeopleSoft (AP) AP - Oracle Corp. announced Monday that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. for approximately #36;10.3 billion. | 3 |
Daschle packs up after 26 years on Hill (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - His elegant, red-walled Capitol office is filled with boxes of memorabilia and photos and artwork in bubble wrap. At the end of this week, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., will close the doors for the last time and leave behind the view of the National Mall that he has enjoyed for a decade. | 0 |
Red Thai Vegetable Curry This week I purchased the ingredients for Red Thai Curry, a fantastic dish I was first introduced to at Bangkok Pavilion in my wonderful home of Kansas City. It has fantastic, varied texture, a medley of rose-tinted colors, and a scent sure to get any curry enthusiast's saliva glands working overtime. After returning from the grocery store with my bag of goodies, I wasted no time in preparing my meal. My shopping list included: 1 bag sticky sushi rice 1 can coconut milk Red Thai curry paste fresh basil leaves fresh anise leaves 1 green bell pepper 1 red onion 1 tomato 1 bag frozen peas lemon grass Total time from preparation to serving is about 45 minutes, so set aside at least an hour just in case there's an unforeseen complication. | 3 |
Hey Ann, Just Try It! On a recent political round table on CNN, Ann Coulter took a swipe at Canadians, saying that we should consider ourselves "lucky that we are allowed to exist on the same continent" as the US. Alright, Ann, this isn't the first time that an American has denied our right to exist. It's been going on for most of US history. But let's say, for the sake of argument, that we exist at the USA's continued sufferance. If we're that much trouble, why not do what your implications in those statements suggest. Invade. You're bound to do better than you did before. Just remember that last time, someone burned the White House down. | 3 |
Local URLs \\Right now if I want to show you a resource local to my desktop I'd have to copy\it to an HTTP server and then provide you with the updated URL.\\While most geeks can do this easily enough its pretty hard for most users. Its\also very confusing.\\I guess IM is moving in this directly. If you want to give them a file just\drag it into your IM session.\\URLs might be overkill because you'd never want to put a local URL into an HTML\document or blog post.\\Then again it would be cool to have my own burtonator: URI scheme!\\ | 3 |
Siemens to sell mobile phone biz to China - report Chinese distributor lined up as 'potential buyer' | 3 |
ID checks could have stopped cockler deaths, says Blunkett Or more properly, could have lost them their jobs | 3 |
IBM, AMD, Sony boost chip speeds by 24 Chip-making technique to fuel AMD64, PowerPC, 'Cell' production | 3 |
Mobile cashpoints coming soon Bank customers may soon be able to check their balances on mobile phone screens in an initiative from the Link cash machine network and Morse. | 3 |
PeopleSoft Relents, Agrees Oracle Bid NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oracle Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ORCL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ORCL.O</A> on Monday said rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PSFT.O</A> board has accepted a sweetened purchase offer of about \$10.3 billion, ending a long and bitter hostile takeover battle. | 2 |
GLOBAL-MARKETS-Dollar on Ropes, Shares Up LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar was under pressure again Monday, snapping last week's rebound ahead of a key week of U.S. data and Tuesday's meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve on interest rates, but European shares got a lift as oil prices hovered near-five month lows. | 2 |
WTO Agrees Entry Talks with Iraq GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed Monday to begin accession talks with Iraq and Afghanistan, but the United States again blocked any such negotiations with Iran, diplomats said. | 2 |
O'Keefe Reported Ready To Quit NASA NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe will likely resign this week to take a \$500,000-a-year job as chancellor of Louisiana State University's Baton Rouge campus, university officials said on Sunday. | 3 |
'Pirates of the Internet' Is New Class Lesson Iris Beckwith uses a 5-foot-tall robot to help teach elementary school students why it is illegal to download movies and music from the Internet. | 3 |
This Just In, From The Guy Next Door Mark Potts, a self-described "recovering journalist," says with a bit of understatement: "It isn't Woodward and Bernstein stuff." | 3 |
An Optimistic Hiring Forecast Chief executives in the Washington-Baltimore region are more optimistic in their hiring plans for the year ahead than are their colleagues across the nation, according to a survey released last week. | 2 |
Oracle buys PeopleSoft for \$10 billion Ening a bitter battle, PeopleSoft's board has finally approved a deal worth around \$10 billion Oracle says. | 3 |
Beijing set to impose own tariffs on textiles HONG KONG The Commerce Ministry in China plans to impose tariffs on some textile exports, a step that could avert a trade war with the United States and the European Union over a new influx of low-cost Chinese garments that had appeared likely to flood | 2 |
LSE rejects Deutsche Boerse bid Deutsche Boerse has made a 1.3 billion (\$2.49 billion) approach for the London Stock Exchange, and the LSE #39;s rejection of it on Monday left observers doubting a much better offer would emerge. | 2 |
Retail Sales Edge Up Slightly, Cars Down US retail sales rose 0.1 percent in November, the Commerce Department said on Monday in a stronger-than-expected report that cemented views the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again this week. | 2 |
IBM Seeks To Minimize Disruption With PC Sale Ken Andre, CIO at packaging company Greif Inc. and an IBM customer, says he #39;s not worried about IBM #39;s sale of its PC business to China #39;s Lenovo Group Ltd. | 2 |
Hilfiger to Buy Lagerfeld Trademarks Clothing company Tommy Hilfiger Corp. said Monday that it agreed to purchase the trademarks of fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, including Lagerfeld Galleries and other Lagerfeld collections, for an undisclosed cash amount. | 2 |
DaimlerChrysler, GM team on hybrids DaimlerChrysler and General Motors will jointly develop new hybrid motors to compete against Japanese rivals on the fuel-saving technology that reduces harmful emissions, the companies said Monday. | 2 |
Computer Sciences to Sell DynCorp Assets Computer Sciences Corp. late Sunday said it has agreed to sell DynCorp International and related assets to private equity firm Veritas Capital for \$850 million. | 2 |
Iron Ore Prices to Jump 20 Percent in 2005 Iron ore prices will probably rise another 20 percent in 2005 after increasing 19 percent this year, the top executive of the world #39;s biggest ore exporter said Monday. | 2 |
Australian Livestock Exports May Hit A\$13 Billion Australia #39;s chief commodities forecaster, the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics, said Monday livestock exports will be nudged higher in the current economic year as overseas markets retain their appetite for Australian beef and lamb. | 2 |
Dollar #39;s decline concerns UK bank LONDON The possibility of a further slide in the dollar and a decline in demand for US assets has become a potential risk to financial stability, the Bank of England said on Monday in its semiannual Financial Stability Review. | 2 |
Lawsuit plunges \$3bn HK Reit into chaos The listing of the worlds largest real estate investment trust (Reit) by Hong Kongs Housing Authority descended into chaos on Monday after the agencys lawyers admitted | 2 |
Sony #39;s PlayStation Portable sold out on its first day! Sony #39;s anticipated PlayStation Portable (PSP) has virtually sold out on its debut day in Japan - the launch outside Japan will follow next year. | 3 |
Space agency chief #39;to resign #39; The head of the US space agency (Nasa), Sean O #39;Keefe, is preparing to resign, according to US newspaper reports. Mr O #39;Keefe will meet with a committee seeking to fill the job of chancellor at Louisiana State | 3 |
AMD, IBM announce semiconductor manufacturing technology <b>...</b> AMD and IBM today announced that they have developed a new and unique strained silicon transistor technology aimed at improving processor performance and power efficiency. | 3 |
Four NFL Teams Clinch Division Titles (AP) AP - Four teams took the first big step toward the Super Bowl by clinching division titles, joining the Philadelphia Eagles, who already wrapped up the NFC East crown. | 1 |
Meteor shower peaks tonight The Geminid meteor shower is one of the annual meteor showers that pull professional and amateur astronomers alike out into the cold night air. | 3 |
Week #39;s delay for Delta launcher Boeing #39;s new heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket must wait a further week before making its maiden flight from Florida, US. All the technical issues on the 70m-tall (230ft) vehicle that delayed its weekend blast-off | 3 |
Think Before You Click to Avoid Viruses and Scams One phenomenon that has become quite obvious from the vast numbers of virus victims over the last year is that people click first and ask questions later. | 3 |
Improved Opera Browser Competing with Explorer, Firefox All Mozilla browsers, including Firefox, boasted a combined share of 7.35 percent, a five-percent increase since May. Jakob Snilsberg, Opera Software #39;s manager of global distribution, gamely | 3 |
Newham chooses HP to build MS Exchange infrastructure Newham Council has signed a \$27m (16m) 10-year deal with Hewlett-Packard to provide a Microsoft Windows and Exchange 2003-based IT infrastructure. | 3 |
The iPod v. the Zen Micro It #39;s no wonder portable digital music players are one of the hottest gadgets this holiday season, as they carry hundreds or even thousands of songs, they #39;re compact enough to bring anywhere and getting music on to the player is as easy as two mouse clicks | 3 |
TVland a little bewildering Buying a new television used to straightforward: It was simply a matter of deciding how large you wanted the screen to be. Today, however, the purchase process has become much more complex as the 107-year-old | 3 |
Sharman witness: Tech can protect copyright Sharman Networks has called former Napster expert witness Justin Tygar to give his testimony during the ongoing trial against the peer-to-peer software provider for alleged copyright infringement. | 3 |
Samsung unveils thumbnail mobile phone memory Samsung today unveiled a small, low-power multimedia memory card (MMC) designed for mobile phones. At just 12 x 14 x 1.1mm, Samsung #39;s MMCmicro device is one-third the size of today #39;s common reduced-size multimedia cards. | 3 |
SingTel teams up with Samsung to tap the Korean market Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and Samsung Networks, an IP communications service provider in Korea, have signed an IP-VPN (Internet Protocol - Virtual Private Network) distribution agreement. | 3 |
Tiger roars in again TIGER WOODS again showed the world he #39;s back in business by winning his own golf tournament, the Target World Challenge in California. | 1 |
Bomb scare at Real Madrid stadium More than 70,000 people were forced to leave Real Madrid #39;s Bernabeu stadium on Sunday following a bomb scare. David Beckham and other Real Madrid players had to leave the pitch three minutes before the end of their 1-1 match against Real Sociedad. | 1 |
Klitschko a #39;Cut #39; Above the Rest Chris Byrd, John Ruiz, Lamon Brewster, and Vitali Klitschko all hold a fraction of the undisputed heavyweight crown, but which of these pugilists can claim legitimately that he is the one true champion? | 1 |
Rock steady Blues keep title in sight NERVES - no problem. That #39;s the verdict of Jose Mourinho today after his Chelsea side gave a resolute display of character at Highbury. | 1 |
Stop the talking and start spending FOR Celtic chairman Brian Quinn there is simply no hiding place from reminders of what has to be done. That includes when he is sitting watching his side win 2-0 at Dunfermline to reclaim top spot in the SPL. | 1 |
Serie A round-up: Milan to make Crespo bid Champions Milan have said they will make Chelsea an offer to sign on-loan striker Hernan Crespo. quot;We are already in talks with Chelsea, quot; confirmed Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani. | 1 |
Smith to join Redknapp at Saints New Southampton boss Harry Redknapp plans to bring Jim Smith in as his assistant in time for Saturday #39;s Premiership clash against Tottenham. | 1 |
Porto Wins European/South American Cup Porto FC of Portugal won the European/South American Cup, beating Once Caldas, from Colombia, 8-7 on penalty kicks after the game, including the additional time, ended in a 0-0 draw. | 1 |
Jays sign Canadian Koskie: report CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Toronto Blue Jays have reportedly lured Corey Koskie back to Canada. The third baseman from Anola, Man., has reached a preliminary agreement with the Jays on a three-year, \$17-million US contract, according to the Globe and Mail. | 1 |
He #39;s ND #39;s darling now, but jobs at football factories are risky Maybe I #39;m out of the loop, but I don #39;t remember when it was normal for a football coach to work for two teams at the same time. | 1 |
Pakistan #39;s Malik awaits results Pakistan #39;s Shoaib Malik could play in the first Test against Australia starting on Thursday as he waits for results of tests on his bowling action. | 1 |
Patriots once again beasts of AFC East: Clinch title in ugly win <b>...</b> The Patriots stats, news steamroller has yet to meet an obstacle it can #39;t obliterate. Job-hunting coordinators. (Allegedly) vengeful running backs. | 1 |
Jaguars get jump on Bears JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Byron Leftwich threw two touchdown passes and the Jacksonville defense constantly harassed Chad Hutchinson in the Jaguars #39; 22-3 victory over the injury-depleted Chicago Bears yesterday. | 1 |
Israel to Leave Palestinian Cities During Election (Reuters) Reuters - Israel plans to pull troops out of\Palestinian cities for a Jan. 9 presidential election to pick a\successor to Yasser Arafat, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said\on Monday. | 0 |
Saddam #39;s top aides end food protest: US Army The US Army said that eight of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein #39;s jailed lieutenants who were earlier refusing food had now given up their protest. | 0 |
Hospital says 13 killed in suicide blast in Iraq Hospital workers say a suicide car bombing in Baghdad has killed at least 13 people and injured 15 others. Police say the car exploded while waiting in line at a gate to the Green Zone. | 0 |
PNA lauds diplomatic reconciliation with Kuwait A Palestinian National Authority(PNA) senior official said Monday that the PNA welcomed a diplomatic reconciliation with Kuwait in a sign that the relations between the two sides were improving. | 0 |
Turkey divided over EU entry Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged yesterday to press forward with democratic reforms even if the European Union refuses to open membership talks with Turkey this week. | 0 |
Former Congolese rebels block troops deployment in eastern DRC Former Congolese rebels blocked Kinshasa #39;s troops reinforcement to the border with Rwanda, according to reports on Monday. According to senior military commanders in eastern | 0 |
US, UK Made Mistake #39; in Dismantling Iraqi Army, Yawar Says The US and Britain shouldn #39;t have dismantled Iraq #39;s army after toppling Saddam Hussein, Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawar said in a radio interview on the one-year anniversary of the former Iraqi dictator #39;s capture. | 0 |
Group: 2 More Detainees Die in Afghanistan (AP) AP - Human Rights Watch said Monday it had uncovered two more cases of prisoners dying in American custody in Afghanistan, and it accused the Bush administration of "dragging its feet" on investigations that could have prevented the abuse of prisoners in Iraq. | 0 |
Oracle Ups Its Offer and Buys PeopleSoft for \$10.3 Billion The acquisition will elevate No.3-ranked Oracle to No.2, behind SAP of Germany, the world's biggest maker of business-management software. | 2 |
Golden Globes names announced Jamie Foxx has three Golden Globe nominations, with Nicole Kidman and Johnny Depp also up for prizes. | 0 |
Oracle seals \$10bn Peoplesoft bid Peoplesoft agrees a \$10.3bn takeover bid from rival business software firm Oracle, after an 18-month corporate battle. | 0 |
Ericsson To Build China Telecom #39;s Next-Generation IP Backbone <b>...</b> STOCKHOLM, Sweden --(Business Wire)-- Dec. 10, 2004 -- Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) has been awarded a contract by China Telecom Corporation Limited (China Telecom) for building its next-generation IP backbone | 3 |
Learn to locate all of those missing Apple iTunes files Q:I HAVE SOME SONGS that play fine with the iTunes program, but when I look for the song files on my hard drive, I can #39;t find them. | 3 |
Powell Reaffirms Commitment of U.S. Aid (AP) AP - Ahead of his firsthand look at the tsunami's devastation, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday the United States has responded appropriately to what he called one of the world's greatest catastrophes. | 0 |
McGrath aims at struggling top order FAST bowler Glenn McGrath has batting trumps Inzamam-ul-Haq and Yousuf Youhana in his sights and he has warned Pakistan to expect a rough ride on an old-style Perth pitch this week. | 1 |
Paul Domowitch Birds suddenly careless with ball LANDOVER, Md. - Eagles offensive coordinator Brad Childress continually preaches the importance of quot;having respect #39; #39; for the football, and his players have done an impressive job of practicing what Childress preaches. | 1 |
Tunnel bomb unleashed PALESTINIAN militants found a way around the heavy fortifications at the Israeli army post between Egypt and Gaza -- tunnelling under the base and blowing it up. | 0 |
India, Pak agree to fight narco-terrorism jointly India and Pakistan on Monday agreed to jointly fight the war against narcotic and psychedelic substances quot;We have to fight the war against narcotic drugs together. | 0 |
Cricket: S Africa A beat England South Africa A complete a seven-wicket victory against England in their final warm-up before the first Test. | 0 |
US retail sales up 0.1 per cent in November US retail sales in November were up 0.1 per cent from the previous month, slightly higher than expected. Sales were 7.2 per cent up on the same month last year, according to advance estimates | 2 |
Honeywell bids \$1.5B for Novar Manufacturer Honeywell International agreed Monday to a \$1.5 billion bid for Britain #39;s Novar PLC, beefing up its security business and lifting 2005 earnings towards consensus forecasts. | 2 |
Tommy Hilfiger steps into Karl Lagerfeld brands PARIS (AFP) - US fashion company Tommy Hilfiger announced it had bought up clothing brands belonging to the stylist Karl Lagerfeld for an undisclosed sum. | 2 |
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