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Survey: Political Parties Seen As Corrupt (AP) AP - Political parties are the public institutions most marred by corruption, an international watchdog group said Thursday in a new global survey marking the United Nations' first International Anti-Corruption Day. | 0 |
Ask Jeeves to Launch Desktop Search On the heels of a series of desktop search releases, Ask Jeeves Inc. is set to launch an application to scour users #39; hard drives for e-mails and files. | 3 |
Portable playstation a hit in Japan The new PlayStation Portable (PSP) portable game console reportedly sold out at Tokyo electronic retailers within hours of its debut on Sunday. | 3 |
Anniversary marked with fire and blood BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomber linked to al-Qaeda killed 13 people in Baghdad yesterday, the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein #39;s capture. | 0 |
World #39;s tallest bridge opens in France Jacques Chirac, the French president, opened the bridge which is in the Tarn Valley in the south west of the country. The four-lane bridge is taller than the Eiffel Tower at 343 metres high and 1.5 miles long. | 0 |
Saddam officials #39; trials to begin The trials of former members of Saddam Hussein #39;s Iraqi regime will begin next week, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has said. | 0 |
Holt First With Five 1,300-Yard Seasons (AP) AP - Torry Holt of the St. Louis Rams became the first player in NFL history with five straight 1,300-yard seasons when he caught a 44-yard touchdown pass near the end of the first half against the New York Jets on Sunday. | 1 |
Trade Deficit Swells to Record \$55B America's trade deficit swelled to an all-time high of \$55.5 billion in October as imports -- including those from China -- surged to the loftiest levels on record. | 2 |
US trade gap balloons The US trade deficit widens to fresh record levels after higher oil prices raise the cost of imports. | 2 |
Egypt and Israel seal trade deal Egypt and Israel sign a trade protocol with the US, allowing Egyptian goods made with the support of Israel free access to American markets. | 2 |
Vodafone Says It Isn #39;t Discussing Bid for Sprint With Verizon Vodafone Group Plc, the world #39;s largest mobile-phone operator, said it #39;s not in talks with US partner Verizon Communications Inc. | 2 |
DALE JEWETT Automotive News General Motors and DaimlerChrysler are joining forces to develop a new hybrid powertrain that they claim is more efficient and flexible than current hybrids. | 2 |
US trade deficit hits another record WASHINGTON - The US trade deficit continues to swell to new records, hitting \$55.5 billion US in October. The US Commerce Department said Tuesday that the trade deficit grew by 8.9 per cent from September, even | 2 |
Humana buying CarePlus Health Plans The health insurer expects the proposed \$408M acquisition to boost its offerings of Medicare plans. CHICAGO (Reuters) - Health insurer Humana Inc. | 2 |
Blockbuster Dumping Late Fees (CBS/AP) Blockbuster Inc., plans to eliminate late fees on games and movies as of Jan. 1. But there is plenty of fine print, which suggests that the nation #39;s biggest movie rental company is still struggling | 2 |
Pier 1 Shares Up Home furnishings retailer Pier 1 Imports Inc. (PIR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday posted a sharp fall in third-quarter earnings, but its share price jumped as analysts had feared worse news. | 2 |
Merck to Cut About 5,100 Jobs by Year #39;s End Merck amp; Co., under siege because of lost revenues from its recalled blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx, will cut about 5,100 jobs by year #39;s end, more than originally planned, and will slash hundreds of millions of dollars in spending, Chairman Raymond V | 2 |
Pearson Agrees to Sell Spanish Publisher Recoletos Britain #39;s Pearson agreed on Tuesday to sell its 79 percent stake in Recoletos to a management-led consortium offering 941 million euros (\$1.25 billion) for the entire Spanish media group. | 2 |
S amp;P 500 Rises as Veritas Advances on Report; Gains Are Limited The Standard amp; Poor #39;s 500 Index rose, spurred by gains among computer-related shares after the New York Times reported Symantec Corp. | 2 |
UPDATE 2-ProQuest buying education company, stock jumps Electronic publisher ProQuest Co. (PQE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it would buy privately held Voyager Expanded Learning, a reading curriculum provider, for \$360 | 2 |
Heat Puts 14-Game Streak to Test (AP) AP - Seattle and Miami are among the NBA's four winningest teams so far this season, ranking just behind Phoenix and San Antonio. Yet when the Heat put their 14-game winning streak on the line Monday night against the SuperSonics, Miami won't be looking at the matchup as a potential NBA Finals preview or a measuring stick to see where it ranks against one of the Western Conference's elite clubs. | 1 |
Microsoft Launches Desktop Search Microsoft debuts a preview of its long-anticipated desktop search as part of a toolbar suite that integrates with Windows, Internet Explorer, and the company #39;s Outlook e-mail client. | 3 |
Google to Offer Libraries #39; Books to Lure Web Surfers (Update4) Google Inc., the most-used Web-search service, will scan books and documents from four universities and the New York Public Library, offering access to material unavailable on Yahoo! | 3 |
Study: 10 of all bird species could be extinct in 100 years (National-NBC) Dec. 14, 2004 - Conservation biologists say ten percent of all bird species could be extinct in the next 100 years. | 3 |
Firefox Keeps Slicing Into IE #39;s Share Firefox #39;s share of the US browser market grew by more than a third in the last month. Firefox #39;s share of the US browser market grew by more than a third in the last month, a Web metrics firm said Monday. | 3 |
Samsung, Sony Enter Cross-License Agreement Two of the world #39;s consumer electronics giants, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Corp., have signed a cross-license agreement detailing mutual usage of patents across major product lines owned by the two companies. | 3 |
Report: Hollywood steps up piracy fight Major movies studios to announce fresh crackdown on illegal downloads, according to a news report. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The Motion Picture Association of America is expected to announce a new campaign aimed | 3 |
Rock-solid signs of early water on Mars Spirit, one of the two rovers exploring Mars, has discovered the first rock on the planet that scientists say could have formed only in water - - but whether the water was flowing, or lay like a shallow sea that came and went, remains unknown, the mission | 3 |
Samsung launches tiny memory card for mobiles In a flash, Samsung has unveiled its latest removable storage product, and it #39;s only a quarter of the size of a standard multimedia memory card. | 3 |
Heart Patch Pulses Like the Real Thing - Study Pulsing transplanted heart cells with electrical current helps them grow into mature cardiac cells, bringing doctors closer to a grow-your-own heart patch, US researchers said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Football: Shevchenko named Footballer of the Year The poll conducted by European football journalists from 52 countries organised by France Football magazine, voted for the 28-year-old Ukrainian for his outstanding scoring record for Milan since he joined the Italian side in 1999. | 1 |
Red Bull want to give Coulthard wings Red Bull Racing are still hopeful of signing David Coulthard for the 2005 formula one season - but admit the chances of getting their man are just quot;50-50 quot;. | 1 |
Old Firm pair hit with suspensions Celtic #39;s Henri Camara and Nacho Novo of Rangers have been suspended for offences missed by the referee in last month #39;s explosive Old Firm match. | 1 |
France unveils its motorway in the clouds Taller than the Eiffel Tower and longer than the Champs Elysee, the Millau viaduct was today opened by President Jacques Chirac to acclaim as marvel of art and architecture. | 0 |
Iran may negotiate with US over nukes Iran is willing to talk with the United States about a nuclear program that Washington alleges is aimed at secretly acquiring the bomb, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Monday. | 0 |
Hizbollah TV stops broadcasting to France PARIS - The television channel run by Lebanon #39;s Hizbollah guerrillas and banned in France as anti-Semitic has agreed to stop its satellite broadcasts here immediately, France #39;s broadcasting authority said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Ex-PM #39;erased #39; Madrid blast files SPAIN #39;S Prime Minister has accused the government he succeeded of ordering the destruction of all computer records on the March 11 Madrid train bombings in an attempt to influence the outcome of the election held three days later. | 0 |
SF accuses Paisley of holding gun to Ahern and Blair Sinn Fin has accused DUP leader Ian Paisley of effectively holding a gun to the heads of the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister on the issue of photographic proof of IRA decommissioning. | 0 |
Trade Gap Swells More Than Expected (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. trade deficit widened\nearly 9 percent in October to a record #36;55.5 billion as\sky-high oil prices helped propel imports into new territory,\the government said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Coffee Prices Perking Up 14 Percent (Reuters) Reuters - Coffee lovers are digging deeper into\their pockets for their daily fix of the black brew. | 2 |
Verizon: No Imminent Plan for Sprint Bid (Reuters) Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc. has\eyed a potential acquisition of Sprint Corp. , but has\no imminent plans to make a bid, people familiar with the\situation said on Tuesday. | 2 |
U.S. Stocks Flat, Bonds Fall Ahead of Fed (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. stocks hovered around the\break-even mark, bonds fell and the dollar recovered a bit on\Tuesday just hours before the Federal Reserve was expected to\raise U.S. interest rates for the fifth time this year. | 2 |
U.S. Trade Deficit Swells to Record #36;55.5B (AP) AP - America's trade deficit swelled to an all-time high of #36;55.5 billion in October as imports #151; including those from China #151; surged to the loftiest levels on record. Skyrocketing crude-oil prices also contributed to the yawning trade gap. | 2 |
Pier 1 Shares Up (Reuters) Reuters - Home furnishings retailer Pier 1\Imports Inc. on Tuesday posted a sharp fall in\third-quarter earnings, but its share price jumped as analysts\had feared worse news. | 2 |
Fifth rate hike expected from US Fed Federal Reserve officials are set to jack up interest rates tonight for a fifth time this year, confident the US expansion is self-supporting and no longer in need of rock-bottom borrowing costs for a boost. | 2 |
A Holiday M A Party Despite a lowered outlook for 2005, investors gave a thumbs-up for Honeywell's recent deal. | 2 |
Bristol-Myers' Smart Moves Although problems still hang over the company, Bristol-Myers is paving the way for recovery. | 2 |
Verizon: No Imminent Plan for Sprint Bid Verizon Communications Inc. has eyed a potential acquisition of Sprint Corp. (FON.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , but has no imminent plans to make a bid, people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. | 2 |
US trade deficit hits new record 55.5 billion dollars WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US trade gap unexpectedly shot to a record 55.5 billion dollars in October as Americans sucked in more imports, particularly from China, and oil prices sizzled. | 2 |
Act of desperation The nations largest video chain says there will be no more late fees charged on any movie or game rental at its more than 4,500 US outlets, starting Jan. 1. Blockbuster (BBI, news, msgs) said it spilled | 2 |
Microsoft launches desktop rival to Google The battle for search-technology supremacy extended to new front today when Microsoft launched a tool for finding files stored on personal computers. | 3 |
Google plans to put millions of books online Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the founders of search giant Google, have long had a dream of putting all the world #39;s information on the Internet, free for the world to browse. | 3 |
Thunderbird, Firefox, and Transitional Applications quot;These last few months have been extremely exciting for the talented developers at the Mozilla project. Their Firefox browser has re-ignited the browser wars and done what no one thought possible -- taken | 3 |
Celtic go three points clear in Scotland (AFP) AFP - Celtic went three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League with a 2-1 win at home to Livingston. | 0 |
Fernando Poe Jr. Dies; Filipino Film Star, Presidential Hopeful Fernando Poe Jr., 65, the Filipino action film star and presidential candidate who refused to concede May #39;s election, died just after midnight Dec. 12 US time at a hospital in Quezon City after a stroke. | 0 |
India, Pak officials discuss nuclear CBMs India and Pakistan on Tuesday held talks on nuclear confidence building measures aimed at reducing the risk of accidental war and promoting strategic stability. | 0 |
Israel, Egypt Sign US-Backed Trade Agreement In the latest sign of a thaw in Israeli-Egyptian relations, Israel and Egypt on Tuesday signed a US-backed economic pact hailed as the most important agreement between the two countries in two decades. | 0 |
Abbas calls for end to armed Palestinian uprising JERUSALEM - The armed uprising against Israel was an error and should end, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in a rare public condemnation of the four-year-old intefadeh that has killed hundreds of Israelis. | 0 |
Trade Deficit Swells to Record \$55B America #39;s trade deficit swelled to an all-time high of \$55.5 billion in October as imports -- including those from China -- surged to the loftiest levels on record. | 2 |
Md. Judge Strikes Down Anti-Spam Law (AP) AP - A judge has ruled that Maryland's anti-spam law #151; the first state law to penalize senders of junk e-mail #151; is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate commerce outside the state's borders. | 3 |
Report lays part of blame for Concorde crash on Continental Airlines (AFP) AFP - A French legal inquiry into the July 2000 Concorde crash outside Paris that killed 113 people presented findings Tuesday that put part of the blame on the US airline Continental. | 0 |
AOL Canada makes the leap into VoIP AOL Canada Inc. will announce plans today to enter the burgeoning market for providing telephone service over the Internet. The on-line service company has beaten its US parent Time Warner Inc | 3 |
Worldwide PC Market Seen Doubling by 2010 (Reuters) Reuters - The number of personal computers\worldwide is expected to double to about 1.3 billion by 2010,\driven by explosive growth in emerging markets such as China,\Russia and India, according to a report released on Tuesday by\Forrester Research Inc. | 3 |
Verizon wins Vodafone backing for Sprint bid - report (AFP) AFP - Verizon Communications has reportedly gained the backing of its wireless partner, Vodafone Group, for a potential bid for Sprint Corp, clearing a major hurdle to such a deal. | 3 |
Insecurity Cuts Off 360,000 of Darfur's Needy-WFP (Reuters) Reuters - About 360,000 needy people in\Sudan's Darfur region are out of reach of the World Food\Program because of fighting, officials said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Gaudi's Cathedral Gets Help from Dassault, IBM (Reuters) Reuters - Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi's\unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral is nearing completion\faster with the help of software from France's Dassault\Systemes and IBM, Dassault said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Conservatives say they'll move to protect traditional definition of marriage (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The federal Conservatives are girding for a same-sex battle with Paul Martin's Liberals, saying they will move to protect the traditional definition of marriage. | 0 |
Media 100 HD video editing system released for Mac (MacCentral) MacCentral - Optibase Ltd. subsidiary Media 100 on Tuesday announced the release of Media 100 HD for Mac OS X, providing Mac-based video professionals with another option for manipulation 10-bit uncompressed Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) digital video. | 3 |
Montenegro MPs Oppose Plan to Flood Tara Gorge (Reuters) Reuters - The parliament\of Montenegro on Tuesday opposed government plans to build a\dam that would flood part of the Tara River canyon, the deepest\and longest canyon in Europe. | 3 |
Democrat May Be Leading in Wash. Race (AP) AP - Through all the counting and recounting in the closest governor's race in state history, Republican Dino Rossi has held the slimmest of margins over Democrat Christine Gregoire #151; even picking up a few votes here and there as a tedious hand recount grinds on. | 0 |
Israel responds to massive tunnel blast ISN SECURITY WATCH (14012/04) - The Israeli army has responded to a massive explosion that killed five Israeli soldiers on Sunday by launching an attack on two buildings in Gaza City allegedly being used by Palestinian militants to manufacture weapons | 0 |
Proud France Inaugurates World's Highest Bridge (Reuters) Reuters - President Jacques Chirac\inaugurated the world's highest bridge on Tuesday, a creation\taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer than the Champs Elysees\and designed to end a traffic bottleneck in southern France. | 3 |
Military Will March Front and Center at Inaugural Festivities (Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON #8212; As he leaves the Capitol after taking the oath of office Jan. 20, President Bush is expected to exercise a familiar presidential prerogative #8212; reviewing the troops. | 0 |
High Court Upholds Inmate's Death Penalty (AP) AP - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Florida death row inmate should not automatically get a new trial because his lawyer conceded the man's guilt without his consent. | 0 |
One in 10 avian species #39;extinct by end of century #39; By the end of the century one in 10 species of birds in the world will be extinct and a further 15 per cent will be on the brink, according to one of the largest studies of avian biodiversity. | 3 |
Mixed Report for Math, Science Grades (AP) AP - U.S. eighth-grade students are improving in science and math compared with international peers, but the nation's fourth-graders have stagnant scores and are slipping behind in both subjects, according to a study of achievement across the globe. | 3 |
Study Says Dolphins Are Too Thin (AP) AP - One-third of the bottle-nose dolphins swimming off Israel's Mediterranean coast are too thin, apparently due to a lack of food from overfishing, researcher said Tuesday. | 3 |
Abbas Calls for End of Armed Uprising The armed uprising against Israel is a mistake and must end, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published Tuesday, signaling his determination to change direction after Yasser Arafat's death. | 0 |
At Least 27 Dead, 36 Injured in India Train Crash Two passenger trains collided head-on in northern India Tuesday, killing at least 27 people and injuring 36, officials said, blaming the accident on communications problems between stations. | 0 |
Employers To Ring In New Year With More Jobs In its latest quarterly survey, the staffing firm Manpower contacted 16,000 US companies, and about 25 percent of them said they expect to have more openings in the first three months of the new year. | 2 |
Update 1: Groups: Holiday Shoppers Not in Rush With less than two weeks until Christmas, consumers don #39;t seem to be in a big rush to finish their holiday shopping, evidence from two groups that track sales confirmed on Tuesday. | 2 |
Heart Tissue Is Grown From Rat Cells CAMBRIDGE Dec 14, 2004 - Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used rat cells to grow dime-sized swatches of heart tissue that twitch like a beating heart when an electrical current passes through. | 3 |
Toshiba Announces iPod-Ready 80GB Mini Drive Toshiba Corp. announced Tuesday a 80 gigabyte (GB), 1.8-inch hard drive that will set off speculation of a new, higher capacity Apple iPod models later in 2005. | 3 |
Let #39;s Talk About VoIP Are we ever sick of talking on the phone. (Sorry, Mom!) After trying out six VoIP services on both cable and DSL lines, on workdays and weekends, while surfing the Web or staring at the | 3 |
Kraft Raises Coffee Prices by 14 Percent Following a surge in the price of coffee beans, Kraft Foods will hike the price of a 13-ounce can of Maxwell House coffee by 14 percent to \$2.29, the company said Tuesday. | 0 |
Schilling says he likely won #39;t be ready by Opening Day Red Sox ace Curt Schilling said his right ankle isn #39;t recovering from surgery as quickly as he expected and he doesn #39;t think he #39;ll be ready to pitch by Opening Day. | 1 |
U.S. Fed Set to Nudge Interest Rates Up WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials gathered on Tuesday for their final policy meeting of the year and were widely expected to nudge interest rates up to stay ahead of inflation amid a steady economic expansion. | 2 |
Merck Cuts More Jobs as Earnings Decline NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck Co. Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MRK.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MRK.N</A>, whose earnings are being hurt by the withdrawal of its arthritis drug Vioxx, said on Tuesday it has increased the number of jobs to be cut by year-end to 5,100 from 4,400. | 2 |
Price of Maxwell House Coffee Up 14 Pct. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KFT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">KFT.N</A> said Tuesday it raised the price of its Maxwell House coffee brand by 28 cents per 13-ounce can, becoming the second major U.S. roaster to boost prices in a week. | 2 |
BT denies fiddling prices on Advent Calendar sales promo URL 'manipulation' yields unpublished discounts | 3 |
Colder Weather Keeps Oil Above \$41 LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices held firm above \$41 a barrel on Tuesday as colder weather in the U.S. brought temperatures more into line with seasonal norms, spurring heating oil buying. | 2 |
Treasury Prices Lower Before Fed Meeting NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasuries prices were under pressure on Tuesday just hours before the Federal Reserve was expected to raise U.S. interest rates for the fifth time this year. | 2 |
Blockbuster Ends Late Fees, Sees Flat 2005 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc. on Tuesday said it was ending late fees on movies and games from Jan 1. as it battles to reverse falling rental demand, and forecast operating income would be flat in 2005. | 2 |
Sony and Samsung to Cross-License Patents TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=6758.T qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">6758.T</A> and Samsung Electronics <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=005930.KS qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">005930.KS</A> said on Tuesday they had agreed to share patents on basic technology to speed up product development and avoid adding to a growing number of cross-border patent disputes. | 3 |
Google -- 21st Century Dewey Decimal System College kids may never darken the library's door again, thanks to Google's move to digitize the vast holdings of several prestigious university libraries. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT> | 3 |
Judge Rejects Maryland Spam Law A Montgomery County judge has ruled that Maryland's anti-spam law -- one of the first attempts to control junk e-mail advertising -- is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate commerce outside the state's borders. | 3 |
Microsoft Unveils Software to Find Files Microsoft Corp. on Monday joined the battle for supremacy in so-called desktop search, introducing software for quickly locating files on personal computers that challenges Google's two-month-old rival product. | 3 |
Microstrategy President and CFO Resigns MicroStrategy, which makes business\intelligence software, said Tuesday that Eric Brown resigned as\president and chief financial officer in order to become CFO at\McAfee Inc. which makes system security products. | 3 |
Vodafone not in talks with Verizon about Sprint British-based mobile phone giant Vodafone Group said Tuesday that it was not in talks with US partner Verizon Communications about a possible bid for US rival Sprint. | 2 |
Shoppers Getting Into the Holiday Spirit US shoppers are starting to get into the holiday spirit, with indices on Tuesday showing sales picking up with only 10 shopping days until Christmas. | 2 |
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