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Stocks Up on PeopleSoft Deal, Retail Data NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday after software maker PeopleSoft Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PSFT.O</A> accepted rival Oracle Corp.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ORCL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ORCL.O</A> buyout offer and a government report showed better-than-expected retail sales in November, signaling an uptick in consumer spending. | 2 |
AMD, IBM Improve Processor Performance Companies will use strained silicon to boost transistor speed. | 3 |
Battle ended with a single phone call Oracles 18-month hostile takeover battle for PeopleSoft came to an end on Friday evening with a single phone call. A PeopleSoft director, through an attorney, contacted Oracle with the lucky number: \$26.50 | 2 |
Honeywell to Buy Novar to Expand in Building Products (Update9) Honeywell International Inc., the world #39;s largest supplier of building controls, agreed to buy Novar Plc for 798 million pounds (\$1.53 billion) to expand its security, fire and ventilation-systems business in Europe. | 2 |
Bombardier CEO Quits, Shares Dive Paul Tellier stepped down on Monday as president and chief executive of Bombardier Inc. (BBDsvb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (BBDb. | 2 |
Souness gets one-match ban for improper conduct Newcastle United manager Graeme Souness has received a one-match touchline ban for imporper conduct, the Football Association (FA) said on Monday. | 1 |
Baldini out at struggling Parma Parma, Italy (Sports Network) - Parma fired coach Silvio Baldini Monday after a loss to Livorno on Sunday left the club near the bottom of the table. | 1 |
Chilean Judge Charges Pinochet in Rights Case A Chilean judge on Monday formally charged former dictator Augusto Pinochet with homicide and kidnapping in one of many pending cases related to human rights abuses committed during his 17-year rule. | 0 |
Arab press roundup: December 13, 2004 Arab newspaper highlighted and commented on PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas #39; apology to Kuwait for the Palestinian position on Iraq #39;s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, angered by what it saw as the PLO #39;s support of the invasion. | 0 |
New Florida Coach Meyer Names Coaches (AP) AP - Florida coach Urban Meyer nearly filled out his coaching staff Monday, keeping two assistants from Ron Zook's staff and bringing four with him from Utah. | 1 |
Weis Introduced at Notre Dame SOUTH BEND, Ind. (Sports Network) - Charlie Weis was introduced as the new head football coach at Notre Dame on Monday and said he intends to bring the program back to national prominence. | 1 |
Chilean Judge Charges Pinochet in Rights Case SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - A Chilean judge on Monday formally charged former dictator Augusto Pinochet with homicide and kidnapping in one of many pending cases related to human rights abuses committed during his 17-year rule. | 0 |
Bomb Kills 7 Iraqis, Year After Saddam's Capture BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least seven Iraqis outside Baghdad's government compound on Monday, the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein's capture. | 0 |
Hamas Member Escapes Damascus Bomb Attack, 3 Hurt DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A bomb blew up in a car owned by a Palestinian in a crowded district of Damascus on Monday and a Palestinian source in Beirut said the blast was an attempt to kill a member of the militant Hamas group. | 0 |
Jets and Rams Make Playoffs Jeff Wilkins made a 31-yard field goal with 3:02 left in overtime to give the St. Louis Rams a 32-29 win over the Jets as both teams made the playoffs. | 1 |
German Stocks Gain, Paced by TUI, E.ON; Deutsche Boerse Slumps German stocks rose, led by TUI AG after the tour operator #39;s German low-cost airline unit said it plans to boost the number of passengers on its flights by about 40 percent next year amid higher demand. | 2 |
New Computer Chip Built for Speed IBM and Advanced Micro Devices have announced that they have produced a silicon chip with a marked improvement in speed by using strained silicon technology. | 3 |
NASA Administrator Sean O #39;Keefe to Resign WASHINGTON Dec 13, 2004 - Sean O #39;Keefe, who has spent three tumultuous years running the nation #39;s space program, is preparing to resign, a government official says. | 3 |
Apple PayPals Around Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is making its iTunes service a little more user friendly, by teaming up with eBay #39;s (Nasdaq: EBAY) PayPal to facilitate payments. | 3 |
Spidey slings into wireless Web with Mforma deal Those characters, as well as more familiar Marvel comics stars like Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk, are going mobile. Publisher Mforma Group Inc. | 3 |
England fans get first taste of SA With just two warm-up games prior to the Tests, Michael Vaughan and his men have had little time for relaxation. But for the supporters out here the opening games at Randjesfontein and Potchefstroom | 1 |
Seven Marines die in Anbar fighting Seven Marines have died in combat in western Iraq. The fighting in Anbar, a vast province including Fallujah and Ramadi, was the deadliest for US forces since eight Marines | 0 |
UN Calls For Cease-Fire As Congo Factions Continue Fighting The United Nations has called on all factions involved in several days of fighting in eastern Congo to agree to a cease-fire. Clashes continued Monday as the United Nations ordered the government | 0 |
Darfur Mediators Demand Respect of Cease-fire African Union mediators at peace talks for Sudan #39;s Darfur region say there has been an escalation of cease-fire violations during the past three months, and that these must stop before a comprehensive peace accord can be reached. | 0 |
Sprint and Nextel: A Done Deal? Rumors are swirling that the next massive wireless merger is in the works. | 2 |
USA : Tommy Hilfiger buys Karl Lagerfeld brands US fashion company Tommy Hilfiger Corporation and German designer Karl Lagerfeld, in a surprise move, have teamed up to build Mr Lagerfeld #39;s brands on a worldwide basis. | 2 |
US Economy: Retail Sales Rise 3rd Month in November (Update1) US retail sales unexpectedly increased for a third month in November, easing concern that consumers will be tight-fisted this holiday shopping season. | 2 |
Bombardier Board Ousts Chief Executive Paul Tellier (Update3) Bombardier Inc. ousted Chief Executive Officer Paul Tellier after he failed to stem a decline in profit, shares and credit ratings during his two-year tenure. | 2 |
DaimlerChrysler, GM to Team Up on Hybrid Engines General Motors and DaimlerChrysler are teaming up to develop fuel-saving hybrid technology for a range of vehicles. The engines are expected to help them compete with hybrid-vehicle leaders Toyota and Honda. | 2 |
Microsoft Set to Unveil Desktop Search, MOOL Microsoft on Monday morning will likely debut a beta version of its desktop search and unveil a new connection service to tie Hotmail and the Outlook mail client. | 3 |
Geminid Meteor Shower Could Be Spectacular DENVER -- Coloradans willing to brave the nighttime cold and get away from the lights of the city could be in for a spectacular show Monday night. | 3 |
Sun shows pleb-ready thin client At long last, Sun Microsystems has delivered a new set of thin client technology that could well push the slim computing devices into the hands of the average consumer. | 3 |
Shevchenko Crowned as Europe #39;s Finest Arsenals Thierry Henry today missed out on the European Footballer of the Year award as Andriy Shevchenko took the honour. AC Milan frontman Shevchenko held off competition from Barcelona pair Deco and | 1 |
NIGERIA-SUDAN: Violence pushes peace talks off track ABUJA, 13 December (IRIN) - Continuing violence in Darfur is derailing efforts to find a political roadmap out of a crisis that has pitted the Sudanese government against rebel groups for almost two years, delegates at AU-sponsored talks said on Monday. | 0 |
Fatal stabbings raise concern over dangerous holiday party season for teens (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The fatal stabbing of a young man trying to eject unwanted party guests from his family home, the third such knifing in just weeks, has police worried about a potentially fatal holiday recipe: teens, alcohol and knives. | 0 |
Retails Sales Up in November Consumers showed a bit of cheer in November, boosting sales at the nation #39;s retailers by 0.1 percent. The newest report on consumers #39; buying, issued by the Commerce Department today, turned out to be somewhat | 2 |
Cardinal Health to Slash 4,200 Jobs DUBLIN, Ohio - Cardinal Health Inc., a medical products and services company, plans to cut 4,200 jobs, or about 7 percent of its work force, and close 25 offices as part of a three-year restructuring plan, the company said Monday. | 2 |
Chipmakers Advance Transistor Technology IBM (Quote, Chart) and AMD (Quote, Chart) have devised a new silicon transistor technology they claim will boost the speeds of single- and dual-core chips. | 3 |
Sony PSP Debuts To Strong Sales The fight for the top of the portable gaming mountain has begun in earnest in Japan. Following up Nintendo #39;s highly anticipated DS launch, Sony has launched their version of a portable gaming system, the PSP. | 3 |
Online map of brain genes to be released It has been billed as one of the most massive information-crunching, gigabyte-gobbling research endeavors in history -- which might explain why after a year #39;s work, scientists have gotten through only about one-tenth of a mouse #39;s brain. | 3 |
Iraq ; Car bomb kills seven in Baghdad Iraq News, A suicide car bomber killed at least seven people today next to the heavily fortified area in central Baghdad housing the interim government and US embassy, and eight US Marines died in combat in western Iraq. | 0 |
Pakistan denies CIA has set up bases on its soil in hunt for Osama <b>...</b> Pakistan on Monday denied a newspaper report that the CIA has set up covert bases in the country #39;s remote tribal regions to hunt for Osama bin Laden and stop him from plotting another attack on the United States. | 0 |
Almost 40 ceasefire violations in Darfur from October: official ABUJA, Dec 13 (AFP) -- An African Union ceasefire commission said about 40 ceasefire violations by parties to a conflict in Sudan #39;s Darfur crisis were recorded between October and early December, an AU spokesman said. | 0 |
Malaysia, Singapore Propose Key Political Deal Malaysia and Singapore agreed Monday to work on a proposal to solve some of their long-standing bilateral disputes in what could be a milestone in relations between the two quarrelsome neighbors. | 0 |
EU calls for 'free' Maldives vote The European Union calls for free and fair elections in the Maldives with a parliamentary vote due this month. | 0 |
Top 10 in AP Women's Poll Stays Same (AP) AP - From LSU at No. 1 to Ohio State at No. 10, The AP women's basketball poll had no changes Monday. | 1 |
Allen center to post first brain-map data The Allen Institute for Brain Science is making its first batch of scientific results available to the public today, through a map that shows where nearly 2,000 genes are actively operating in the mouse brain. | 3 |
Tiger Wins Own Tournament Tiger Woods closed with a 5-under 66 to forge a two-stroke victory over Padraig Harrington of Ireland in the Target World Challenge. | 1 |
Kansas City vs. Tennessee NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Dick Vermeil and Jeff Fisher #39;s last meeting was one that will live in NFL lore. Vermeil and Fisher will oppose each other for the first time since Super Bowl XXXIV on Monday | 1 |
Pennington shoulders blame in loss to Steelers Chad Pennington put yesterday #39;s 17-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers squarely on his own shoulders, but he is certainly not the only one to blame, as the Jets | 1 |
Roddick splits with coach Gilbert Andy Roddick has sacked Brad Gilbert, the coach who guided him to world number one and the US Open crown in 2003. No reason has been given for the split. | 1 |
Blue Jays bring Koskie home ANAHEIM -- Suddenly, being Canada #39;s undisputed National Team comes with a burden, the Toronto Blue Jays seem to understand. Getting prominent Canadian natives into a Toronto uniform is part of the responsibility. | 1 |
U.S. Stocks Climb as Oracle Deal Lifts NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday after software maker PeopleSoft Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PSFT.O</A> accepted rival Oracle Corp.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ORCL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ORCL.O</A> buyout offer and data showed better-than-expected November retail sales, signaling an uptick in consumer spending. | 2 |
Lockheed Martin to Buy Stasys Ltd. Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. on Monday said it agreed to buy Stasys Ltd., a Britain-based technology and consulting firm specializing in network communications and defense interoperability. | 2 |
Inquiring Minds at OmniVision The SEC begins an informal inquiry into the image sensor maker's restatement. | 2 |
Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for \$10.3 Billion SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday agreed to a sweetened \$10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle Corp., relenting after a 18-month takeover saga that included the ouster of PeopleSoft's chief executive. | 2 |
Retail Sales Edge Up as Car Sales Dip WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy showed signs of strength with the release of stronger-than-expected retail sales data on Monday that helped cement views the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again this week. | 2 |
Retail Sales Rise a Surprise? Is today's big retail news a surprise? Only for those who weren't paying attention. | 2 |
Stocks 2005: Make Sure Risks Are Compensated! Bill Mann looks back at the returns from the three previous years of our annual stock guide. | 2 |
China to impose tariffs on some textile exports Bangladeshi garment exporters are poised to breathe a sigh of relief as China has decided to impose tariffs on some of its textile export items in preparation of the upcoming global textile quota phase-out. | 2 |
The Logic Behind a Sprint-Nextel Deal The imminent deal underscores how rapidly wireless is displacing the traditional land-line phone business. If the merger goes through, Sprint plans to sell off its local-phone business, which | 2 |
Eurostocks close higher Shares in the LSE jumped nearly 26 per cent to a new record at 540 pence after Deutsche Boerse made a 1.3-billion approach, which was rejected by Europe #39;s biggest equity market. | 2 |
Cingular Sells IDEA Cellular Stake Cingular Wireless continues to meet its AT amp;T Wireless merger approval obligations to shed some assets. The latest: The carrier is selling its stake in IDEA Cellular. | 2 |
3Com beefs up security with \$430M acquisition com December 13, 2004, 10:51 AM PT. TippingPoint makes an intrusion prevention appliance called UnityOne that sits on networks and quickly inspects incoming packets to determine whether they are malicious. | 2 |
Tellier: Bombardier Tells CEO To Take Flight Planes, trains and no CEO: Bombardier fired its chief executive officer on Monday and its Toronto-traded stock dropped to a record low. | 2 |
No SEC charges for Global Crossings ex-head Gary Winnick, the former chairman of Global Crossing, the Bermuda-based telecommunications group which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2002, will not be fined | 2 |
Volkswagen enters close cooperation with Abu Dhabi the German vehicle producing giant Volkswagen will assemble trucks in Abu Dhabi and enter a car leasing joint venture with the Gulf emirate, it was announced Monday. | 2 |
Franklin Funds Strikes #36;20 Mln SEC Deal (Reuters) Reuters - Two units of mutual fund company\Franklin Resources Inc. agreed to pay #36;20 million in\civil penalties to settle charges that they used fund assets to\pay for marketing and failed to adequately tell investors,\federal regulators said on Monday. | 2 |
IBM, AMD Find Way to Improve Chip Performance We #39;ve known about quot;strained silicon quot; for a while--but now there #39;s a better way to do it. Straining silicon improves chip performance. | 3 |
Micosoft Introduces MSN Toolbar Suite Beta Microsoft introduced a beta version of its new MSN Toolbar Suite, with desktop search functionality. The new MSN Toolbar Suite includes an updated version of the popular MSN Toolbar for Microsoft Internet | 3 |
Sony Debuts PSP To Challenge Nintendo Sony began selling the new PSP Playstation Portable yesterday in Japan. The company says it will ship 500,000 units of the console, which plays music, videos and games by the end of the year. | 3 |
NASA chief to resign NASA administrator Sean O #39;Keefe will resign his post, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Monday. NASA sources told CNN on Sunday that O #39;Keefe would announce his resignation Monday, but later said the announcement would come Tuesday. | 3 |
Geminid Meteor Shower Could Be Spectacular WASHINGTON -- It #39;s a global celestial event, and scientists say the annual Geminid Meteor Shower is the best astronomy show of the year. | 3 |
Samsung #39;s MMCmicro shrinks flash memory further Yet another card format is here, spun off of the venerable MMC format by Samsung. This one is small enough to fit on a key of a keyboard, or into the smallest device. | 3 |
Report: Firefox Gains 34 Percent in November Firefox use around the world climbed 34 percent in the last month, according to a report published by Web analytics company WebSideStory Monday. | 3 |
Worldwide Technology Consumers To Lose in DVD Standards War Blu-ray and HD DVD -- will be costly to everyone concerned, analysts say. The availability of two rival formats will raise prices and confuse consumers. | 3 |
HP Targets China #39;s PC Market Hewlett-Packard has begun selling a Pavilion PC that runs on processors from Advanced Micro Devices and a FreeDOS operating system. | 3 |
Allen Institute Debuts #39;Google for Gene Activity #39; (12/13/04)The Allen Institute for Brain Science (AIBS) has released its first dataset of gene expression data in the brain for nearly 2,000 mouse genes - the first public release of the Allen Brain Atlas initiative. | 3 |
Mforma Spins Spidey A Wireless Web Mforma has inked a multi-year, multi-level agreement with Marvel Enterprises to bring the likes of Spider-Man, X-Men, Blade, Ghost Rider and more to the world of wireless. | 3 |
An ATM approach to renting movies Most people are accustomed to automatic tellers at the mall that spit out cash and stamps. Eduardo Alvarez wants to persuade you to use an automatic teller at the grocery | 3 |
Moon that mimics early Earth revisited Saturn #39;s haze-shrouded moon Titan gets a second look today from the international Cassini Huygens spacecraft. Cassini #39;s planned flyover altitude of 746 miles above the moon is the same as its October flyby. | 3 |
Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko wins Golden Ball award CBC SPORTS ONLINE - AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko was named the Ballon d #39;Or (Golden Ball) award winner on Monday as European soccer player of the year. | 1 |
Souness gets one-match ban Newcastle United manager Graeme Souness has received a one-match touchline ban for improper conduct, the Football Association (FA) says. | 1 |
Neeskens sacked as NEC Nijmegen coach Johan Neeskens has been sacked as coach of NEC Nijmegen, the struggling Dutch first division club said in a statement on Monday. NEC are 14th in the standings | 1 |
Cavaliers activate Wagner CLEVELAND (Ticker) - The Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday activated guard Dajuan Wagner from the injured list. Wagner, 21, missed the last five games with soreness in his right foot. | 1 |
Gaza violence dents peace hopes depends on whether they can rein in militants, who killed five Israeli soldiers in Gaza in an attack on Sunday. drew missile strikes in a swift reprisal and dimmed hopes for an end to decades of conflict in the post-Arafat era. | 0 |
Pinochet indicted on human rights charges A Chilean judge has ordered the house arrest of the country #39;s former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, on human rights charges. | 0 |
Iran nuke talks launched Three European powers and Iran have begun talks on a long-term agreement on nuclear, economic and security cooperation with both sides seeking to build trust amid continuing suspicion over Tehran #39;s atomic programme. | 0 |
Holiday Tech Buying Guide Fast Forward columnist Rob Pegoraro hosts the third in a series of discussions on The Washington Post's holiday tech buying guide and answer your personal tech questions. | 3 |
New Strained Silicon Server Chips in #39;05 Thanks to a new #39;Dual Stress Liner #39; strained silicon manufacturing technique, AMD and IBM today announced that new Athlon64 and Power processors, set to debut in early 2005, could offer a performance boost of up to 24 percent. | 3 |
Airborne Cell Phone Ban Like To Remain in Effect Hopes -- and worries -- that U.S. regulators will soon end the ban on using wireless phones during U.S. commercial flights are likely at least a year or two early, government officials and analysts say. | 3 |
Former dictator Pinochet ordered to stand trial for murder <b>...</b> SANTIAGO (AFP) - A Chilean judge ordered former dictator Augusto Pinochet to stand trial on murder and kidnap charges linked to his role in Operation Condor, a conspiracy of 1970s South American dictatorships to eliminate opponents. | 0 |
The Military Family Network One year after US forces found him hiding in a spider hole near his hometown of Tikrit, former dictator Saddam Hussein remains imprisoned at an undisclosed location awaiting his trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. | 0 |
Retail Sales Rose an Unexpected 0.1 Percent in November In the latest snapshot of the holiday shopping season, the government reported a better performance than Wall Street had been expecting. | 2 |
Sony Launches Playstation Portable An initial 200,000 of the consoles went on sale in Tokyo on Sunday as thousands of shoppers lined up overnight to buy the first devices. | 3 |
Bettis Is Key to Surprising Steelers (AP) AP - Jerome Bettis is often a broken-down Bus by now, weary and worn out after all those games of 20-plus carries and all the contact that goes with being an NFL power running back. | 1 |
Miller skis to another World Cup win CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Bode Miller continued his impressive 2004-05 World Cup skiing season by winning a night slalom race in Sestriere, Italy on Monday. | 1 |
Cavs activate Wagner from injured list Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - The Cleveland Cavaliers activated guard Dajuan Wagner from the injured list Monday. Wagner has missed the last five games because of soreness in his right foot. | 1 |
Red Sox Replacing Team Physician Morgan (AP) AP - The Boston Red Sox are replacing team physician Bill Morgan, who helped stitch together a World Series title by suturing Curt Schilling's ankle and allowing him to stay in the postseason rotation. | 1 |
Dinosaur Tales Argentina is a great place for a confab on catastrophic climate change, only Buenos Aires isn #39;t the city for it. The delegates to this tenth Conference of the Parties to | 0 |
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