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#39;Tankan #39; sees first slide in 21 months; recovery past peak Business confidence at Japan #39;s large manufacturers in the October-December quarter worsened for the first time in 21 months, and the outlook for next quarter is even dimmer, according to the | 2 |
MPAA files lawsuits against P2P networks The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is following the Recording Industry Association of Americas (RIAA) footsteps by filing lawsuits against BitTorrent clients. | 3 |
Microsoft introduces desktop search feature Microsoft Corp., world largest software maker, introduced its desktop search feature on Monday, taking aim at Google with its beta desktop search functionality. | 3 |
HP, Intel End Itanium Partnership Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday ended their 10-year partnership | 3 |
SAP Clamps Down on IT Security com. As IT landscapes are in a constant flux, SAP advised that these security checks need to be undertaken at regular intervals. SAP Security Optimization is part of SAP Active Global Support #39;s portfolio of customer services. | 3 |
Washington Mayor Says Council Puts Baseball in Capital at Risk A grim Mayor Anthony Williams said today that he was deeply pessimistic that Washington would be able to salvage its deal with Major League Baseball to bring the Montreal | 1 |
Spain coach facing #39;slap on wrist #39; The Kick Racism Out Of Football campaign believe Luis Aragones will receive little more than quot;a slap on the wrist quot; after the Spanish Football Federation yesterday belatedly opened a disciplinary | 1 |
Jones sues Conte over drugs claim Marion Jones raised the stakes in the battle to clear her name last night when she filed a \$25 million lawsuit against the man who said he watched her inject herself with drugs. | 1 |
Counsell is happy to be back PHOENIX - Craig Counsell is returning to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the latest in an offseason spree of signings designed to turn baseball #39;s biggest losers into winners again. | 1 |
Anger rises as does toll in remote Andaman and Nicobar islands (Reuters) Reuters - Tempers flared over the sluggish pace of relief efforts in the remote and restricted Andamans and Nicobars on Sunday as hundreds of bodies lay scattered around the islands a week after the tsunami struck. | 0 |
British Home Secretary resigns TONY EASTLEY: In Britain, Prime Minister Tony Blair #39;s election hopes have been dealt a blow with the resignation of his Home Secretary, David Blunkett. | 0 |
Italy Calls To End Kyoto Climate Limits After 2012 ROME - Italy has called for an end to the Kyoto Protocol after the environmental treaty #39;s initial period in 2012, preferring voluntary agreements that would entice the United States, China and India to tackle climate change. | 0 |
Washington Mayor Says Baseball Deal Nearly Dead WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The deal to bring baseball back to Washington, D.C, was described by Mayor Anthony Williams as close to dead Wednesday after the City Council changed the plan to require private financing, a move Major League Baseball (MLB) called unacceptable. | 1 |
EU Leaders Poised to Offer Entry Talks to Turkey (Reuters) Reuters - EU leaders were poised on Thursday to\set a date to start accession talks with Turkey, as Turkish\Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Brussels in an\optimistic mood for a spate of last-minute diplomacy. | 0 |
FCC adopts new network-sharing rules WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday adopted new rules about what parts of incumbent telephone carrier networks must be shared with competitors, backtracking on an earlier decision forcing incumbents to share local switching facilities in the residential market. | 3 |
IDC predicts Linux market worth \$35 billion by 2008 IDC on Wednesday painted an optimistic outlook for Linux over the next few years, predicting that overall revenue for desktops, servers, and Linux-compatible packaged software will reach \$35 billion by 2008. | 3 |
Air talks back on runway The news came as Airbus predicted that 17,300 new passenger and freight aircraft, worth \$1.9trillion, were needed to meet global demand over the next 20 years. | 2 |
Update 1: Court OKs Trump Hotels Bankruptcy Package Staking Donald Trump to some badly needed cash, a judge signed off Wednesday on a \$100 million loan that will keep his casinos open while his company #39;s bankruptcy case winds through the courts. | 2 |
Here #39;s what you will _ and won #39;t _ be able to see when searching <b>...</b> A few months from now, perhaps by mid-2005, Google will be adding thousands of library books from university collections to its searchable database. | 3 |
Gators #39; RB Fason declares for NFL draft Florida running back Ciatrick Fason announced Wednesday he plans to forgo his senior year and enter the NFL Draft. The 6-foot, 215-pound junior has been one of the most consistent performers for the 20th-ranked Gators. | 1 |
Government issues Indonesia travel warning TONY EASTLEY: As thousands of Australians prepare to fly out to Indonesia for their Christmas and New Year holidays, the Federal Government has issued a new quite specific warning about the risk of a terrorist attack there. | 0 |
AP: Yushchenko Shows Record Dioxin Level New tests reveal Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko #39;s blood contains the second-highest level of dioxin poisoning ever recorded in a human - more than 6,000 times | 0 |
Sri Lanka urged to offer more support to Norway peace efforts Sri Lanka #39;s main foreign donors have warned that some members of the ruling coalition are undermining the peace process aimed at ending the decades-long civil war. | 0 |
Rams Safety Probably Out for Rest of Year (AP) AP - St. Louis Rams free safety Aeneas Williams probably will be sidelined for the remainder of the season with a neck injury. | 1 |
Yankees Raise Price of Best Box Seats #36;10 (AP) AP - The New York Yankees are raising ticket prices for most of their top seats by #36;10 next season, with the best box seats going for #36;90. | 1 |
Dollar Under Pressure in Thin Trading (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar was feeling the heat on\Thursday as concerns about the U.S. trade and current account\deficits hardened the market's view that the currency's\downward spiral would continue. | 2 |
Kodiak missile goes up, but interceptor fails A target missile successfully blasted off from the Kodiak Launch Complex at 8:45 pm Tuesday, but the interceptor it was meant to test failed to launch from the Kwajalein Atoll in the central | 2 |
SEC says Fannie did not meet accounting standards The US Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday the accounting practices of housing finance group Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) from 2001 to mid-2004 quot;did not comply in material respects quot; with | 2 |
Ask Jeeves launches desktop search tool LOS ANGELES - Online search company Ask Jeeves Inc. Wednesday launched an application that lets people search files and documents on their computers, joining a number of competitors who have released similar applications recently. | 3 |
Online Groups Behind Bulk of Bootleg Films (AP) AP - In not-too-secret online forums, Wesley Snipes' latest movie, "Blade: Trinity," is the subject of intense discussion and evaluation. | 3 |
Intel Acquires Chip Designers From HP Intel Corp. has reached an agreement to hire hundreds of Hewlett-Packard Co. engineers who helped design the Itanium microprocessor, a massive joint project between the two technology companies since the early 1990s. | 3 |
Linux market may grow to \$35 billion by 2008 SEATTLE - Linux, the fast-growing alternative to Windows and other operating systems, will become a \$35 billion market by 2008, technology research firm IDC said Wednesday. | 3 |
Oracle gives first outline of PeopleSoft plans It may be one of the software industry #39;s largest acquisitions to date, but Oracle expects to work out its merger plans with PeopleSoft by the end of the year and will quot;hit | 3 |
Expos #39; Move to DC on Verge of Collapse With a quot;NO quot; banner in the foreground, Washington Mayor Anthony Williams, right, DC Sports Commission Chairman Mark Tuohey, left, and others, look as a the DC City Council debates stadium finance legislation for the return of Major League Baseball | 1 |
Jones sues BALCO founder, denies steroid use Olympic athletics champion Marion Jones filed a defamation lawsuit yesterday against BALCO head Victor Conte, who told a US television audience that he gave her steroids and watched her inject herself with them. | 1 |
Erickson to stay with 49ers After discussing a job opening with the University of Mississippi, San Francisco coach Dennis Erickson said Wednesday he would stay with the 49ers. | 1 |
Seeking second base help, A #39;s land Ginter Ginter batted .262 with 19 home runs and 60 RBIs in 113 games for Milwaukee last season. He posted career highs in batting, at-bats (386), hits (101), doubles (23), home runs, RBIs and slugging (.479). | 1 |
Majerus to coach USC next season Rick Majerus was hired Wednesday to coach the USC basketball team, but he will not take over the position until the 2005-06 season. | 1 |
Surrender of hijackers ends eighteen-hour ordeal of bus passengers <b>...</b> Two armed men who hijacked a busload of hostages at gunpoint in the outskirts of Athens and demanded 1m (690,000) ransom surrendered last night. | 0 |
Ukraine reopens poisoning inquiry Ukrainian prosecutors reopened their investigation into allegations Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned after doctors who treated the opposition leader confirmed he had been slipped the toxic chemical dioxin. | 0 |
US prudent on possible Japanese sanctions against North Korea (AFP) AFP - The United States backed Japan's efforts to resolve a dispute with North Korea over its abduction of Japanese nationals during the Cold War but stayed prudent about Tokyo's possible use of sanctions. | 0 |
Australia's plan for vast sea security zone angers neighbour New Zealand (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - WELLINGTON, N.Z. (AP) - Australia has angered its neighbour New Zealand, with a plan to impose an 1,850-kilometre security zone around the Australian coastline. | 0 |
Author of expose on UN peacekeepers says his contract not renewed (AFP) AFP - A New Zealand doctor and United Nations employee who co-wrote a book exposing sex, drugs and corruption among UN peacekeeping forces said his contract with the world body was not being renewed. | 0 |
Bush warns Iran and Syria on Iraq US President George W Bush says Iran and Syria should not interfere in Iraq in advance of January's elections. | 0 |
Oil Tops \$44, Heating Supply a Concern Oil prices surged nearly 6 percent on Wednesday as the US government reported a fall in heating oil stocks in the midst of the season #39;s first arctic cold blast in the Northeast. | 2 |
Google Wins Trademark Victory Over GEICO A federal judge on Wednesday handed online search engine Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) a victory in a trademark infringement case on Wednesday, ruling | 2 |
Blockbuster Cans Late Fees, Keeps Due Dates LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - To the joy of couch potatoes nationwide who resent rushing to the video store to return movies, video rental giant Blockbuster says it will do away with the dreaded late fees. | 2 |
Money talks, Pedro walks Those were the exact words uttered by Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez in an interview that appeared in the World Series DVD released late last month. | 1 |
Raiders Kicker Gets Contract Extension (AP) AP - Sebastian Janikowski finalized a #36;10.5 million, five-year contract extension with the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday that makes him the highest paid placekicker in the NFL. | 1 |
Infection link to heart attacks \Common respiratory and urinary tract infections play a role in triggering heart attacks and strokes, researchers say. | 0 |
Expos' Preparations Thrown a Curve (AP) AP - Some fans who had not heard the news showed up at a downtown restaurant Wednesday expecting to witness the unveiling of the Washington Nationals uniforms. | 1 |
Hostage Takers Give Up After 18-Hour Standoff on Bus in Greece The two gunmen who had hijacked an Athens-bound commuter bus surrendered to the authorities and released their six remaining captives. | 0 |
Cold sends oil price above \$44 Oil futures prices have jumped 5 percent higher, climbing above \$44 a barrel in the United States Wednesday after US government data showed a slight decline in crude and heating oil supplies as colder weather in the Northeast drove up | 2 |
Nokia counters counterfeit products with holographic labels Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia has made a 3-D move against counterfeit batteries. In order for customers to be able to more easily identify original Nokia batteries from non-original batteries, Nokia has | 3 |
Coalition thanks outgoing NASA Administrator Sean O #39;Keefe WASHINGTON (Dec. 15, 2004) - The Coalition for Space Exploration expresses its deep appreciation to NASA Administrator Sean O #39;Keefe for his strong personal leadership during one of the most critical periods | 3 |
ICANN making available new domain names The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has given preliminary approval to two new domain names. The quot;. | 3 |
Majerus leaves TV gig to take coaching job at Southern California He retired nearly a year ago for health reasons after 15 seasons at Utah, but he couldn #39;t stay away from his life #39;s passion. | 1 |
Rockets activate Lue from injured list Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The Houston Rockets activated guard Tyronn Lue from the injured list prior to Wednesday #39;s game against the Hawks. | 1 |
Lions sticking with Harrington at QB Mariucci wouldn #39;t name a starter for this week #39;s game at his weekly news conference on Monday, allowing speculation to grow that he might replace Harrington with Mike McMahon. | 1 |
Abbas and the Rafah Operation The nature of Israeli occupation will not change overnight. The savagery that the Sharon government adopts in dealing with the Palestinians will not change. | 0 |
Google Wins Geico LawSuit According to wire services, US District Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected a claim by auto insurance giant Geico, which argued that Google should not be allowed to sell ads to rival insurance companies that appear whenever Geico #39;s name is typed into the | 2 |
Sri Lanka urged to offer more support to rebel go-between Sri Lanka #39;s main foreign donors warn some members of the country #39;s ruling coalition are undermining the shaky peace process aimed at ending the decades-long civil war. | 0 |
Bennett Thinks He's Finally Hit Stride (AP) AP - Drew Bennett of the Tennessee Titans is not surprised by his recent play, which includes the most receiving yardage in a game this season in the NFL. | 1 |
Source: Renteria Agrees to Sign With BoSox (AP) AP - All-Star shortstop Edgar Renteria has agreed in principle to a #36;40 million, four-year contract with the Boston Red Sox, who beat his St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series when he grounded to the pitcher for the final out. | 1 |
San Diego Ballots Would Have Ousted Mayor (AP) AP - A complete review of disqualified ballots in San Diego's mayoral race showed Wednesday that write-in candidate Donna Frye would have ousted Mayor Dick Murphy had those votes been counted. | 0 |
Business confidence dips in Japan Business confidence among Japanese manufacturers has weakened for the first time since March 2003, the quarterly Tankan survey has found. | 2 |
SA netball team thumped gain Birmingham - South Africa #39;s netball team have suffered their third successive defeat against England on Tuesday evening when they lost the Test series 3-0. | 1 |
Tsunami swallows Sri Lanka nursery school, children (Reuters) Reuters - Bob Uppington, a retired teacher from England, came to this tiny Sri Lankan tsunami-ravaged fishing village to find 40 children. | 0 |
Europe expected to say yes to Turkey Depending on which direction you are coming from, European leaders are meeting in Brussels today either to crash the EU dream or cut the ribbon on a vital bridge between Islam and the west. | 0 |
Editorial: Tragedy With Multiple Victims DARFUR is a real tragedy. First of all, it is a tragedy for the two million refugees and then for the widows and orphans of the 70,000 people who have been slain. | 0 |
Yukos files for bankruptcy protection in Bush #39;s backyard Russian oil giant Yukos yesterday increased the stakes in its battle with the Kremlin when it filed for bankruptcy in the United States in an unusual move possibly intended to pitch Washington against Moscow. | 2 |
\$210m settlement in AOL fraud inquiry Time Warner agreed to pay \$210m (108m) yesterday to settle criminal fraud charges related to its internet service provider America Online. | 2 |
Defense Missile for US System Fails to Launch WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 - An important test of the United States #39; fledgling missile defense system ended in failure early Wednesday as an interceptor rocket failed to launch on cue from the Marshall Islands, the Pentagon said. | 2 |
US Fed nudges interest rates up again US Federal Reserve policy-makers probably will keep nudging interest rates upward next year, trying to guard against inflation but moving moderately enough to keep the economy expanding. | 2 |
Desert plant offers rich pickings for Bushmen THOUSANDS of South African Bushmen are to receive a royalty windfall after a Cambridgeshire company yesterday signed a deal with Unilever to develop one of their bush plants into a slimming aid. | 2 |
Company Settles Charges on Funds Sold to Soldiers First Command Financial Services, one of the best-known companies marketing financial products to military families, agreed yesterday to pay \$12 million to settle accusations that it | 2 |
ThyssenKrupp sells off 48,000 workers #39; houses ThyssenKrupp, the German engineering group buoyed by soaring steel prices, sold off a core element of its philanthropic past yesterday by disposing of its entire stock of company homes for employees for 2.1bn (1.45bn). | 2 |
No. 6 Wake Forest Drops Elon 85-67 (AP) AP - Chris Paul had 14 points and a career-high 11 assists and Kyle Visser added 13 points, helping No. 6 Wake Forest hold off Elon 85-67 on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Despite Google, we still need good libraries GOOGLE, with whom I spend more time than with my loved ones, is planning to put the contents of the worlds greatest libraries on line, including the Bodleian in Oxford and those of Harvard and Stanford in America. | 3 |
Current stories in Viewpoints, Outlook: Cragg Hines welcomes the departure of NASA #39;s chief but worries about the list of potential successors, especially Gen. Missileman. | 3 |
MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf Goes Gold To celebrate the upcoming release, Microsoft has launched a new MechAssault 2 mini-site where visitors will find tons of information on the upcoming Xbox action title, such as trailers, wallpapers, and plenty of screenshots. | 3 |
Solar panels in clothing could keep us talking MOBILE phone users left talking to themselves when their battery runs out in the middle of a call could soon see an end to their frustration as scientists perfect a way to recharge electrical equipment while on the move. | 3 |
Interactive Christmas lights an on-line hit LAFAYETTE, Colo. - After festooning his house with 17,000 Christmas lights, Alex Komarnitsky wanted more than just drive-by gawkers to be able to enjoy the spectacle. | 3 |
Sony, Nintendo, Take Market Share Battle to New Heights Gaming console giants Nintendo and Sony are enabling music and video playback on their popular gaming devices in an effort to dominate the lucrative market, expected to account for sales of \$2 billion in the United States this year. | 3 |
Baseball Rejects Terms for Washington Stadium Major League Baseball on Wednesday rejected as quot;wholly unacceptable quot; a stadium financing plan approved the day before by the Washington City Council, throwing into grave | 1 |
Raptors 96 Timberwolves 90 TORONTO Chris Bosh scored a season-high 24 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to push Toronto past Minnesota 96-to-90. Bosh came within one point and one rebound of career highs. | 1 |
Pakistan sends Aussies in PAKISTAN captain Inzamam-ul-Haq won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in the first cricket Test at the WACA Ground today. Australia will start its innings in fine conditions against Pakistan pacemen Shoaib | 1 |
By Signing Renteria, Red Sox Finally Make a Big Splash Trying to counter the loss of Pedro Martnez and their failures in other contract negotiations, the Boston Red Sox have reached an agreement with their most significant free agent this off-season | 1 |
Cavaliers 112, Trail Blazers 88 LeBron James scored 12 of his 25 points in less than three minutes of the third quarter and Ira Newble added a season-high 18 as the Cleveland Cavaliers won their ninth straight at home, 112-88 over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Sexson agrees to \$50 million contract with Seattle The Seattle Mariners added power to one of the weakest lineups in baseball Wednesday, agreeing to a \$50 million, four-year contract with free agent first baseman Richie Sexson. | 1 |
Greek Bus Hijacking Ends With Surrender ATHENS, Greece -- Two armed hijackers have surrendered and released their hostages, 18 hours after seizing a bus near Athens, Greece. | 0 |
Political storm began as summer shower The avalanche of bad publicity that buried David Blunkett #39;s career was triggered more than four months ago, with the Sunday newspaper revelation that the home secretary was having an affair. | 0 |
AP: Ohio Hires Solich As Football Coach (AP) AP - Former Nebraska coach Frank Solich has been hired as coach of Ohio University, The Associated Press learned Wednesday night. | 1 |
New Zealanders warned of more terrorism in Indonesia New Zealanders in Indonesia arebeing contacted by embassy staff after new reports that terroristscould be planning attacks on specific targets, including hotels, The Dominion Post reported Thursday. | 0 |
As Iraqi Campaign Begins, a Bomb Kills 9 in Karbala BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 15 - Iraq #39;s election campaign season opened on a violent note when a bomb exploded Wednesday near the gate of one of Iraq #39;s holiest Shiite shrines in the pilgrim city of Karbala, killing | 0 |
Melting Icy Egypt-Israel Relations Through a Trade Pact When Egypt, Israel and the United States signed a trade agreement this week, it represented the most tangible step in a monthlong thaw in chilly relations between the Egyptians and Israelis. | 0 |
Hard bargaining over Israeli coalition posts Israeli political parties were yesterday bogged down in hard bargaining over the formation of a new coalition government to implement the plan of Ariel Sharon, prime minister, to | 0 |
UN to Increase Its Staff in Iraq for Elections The United Nations announced Wednesday that it was expanding its presence in Iraq outside Baghdad to the cities of Erbil in the Kurdish north and Basra in the south | 0 |
Prickly solution to slimmers #39; woes A plant used to stem the hunger pangs of African tribes could soon be added to the meals of obese westerners desperate to lose their excess pounds. | 2 |
Google Wins Battle With Geico Unlike Overture (Yahoo!) who settled out of court with insurance company Geico, Google didn #39;t buckle and today won a major legal victory with a US federal court. | 2 |
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