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Update 2: Tokyo Stocks Edge Up Higher; Dollar Falls Tokyo stocks gained moderately Wednesday morning on bargain hunting following losses the day before. The US dollar was down against the Japanese yen. | 2 |
Copernic unveils Desktop Search Tool Copernic Technologies has announced the free availability of the Copernic Desktop Search (CDS), beating Microsoft and Google in the desktop search race. | 3 |
Internet caf hoists a latte to celebrate 10-year anniversary LONDON John Major was prime minister of Britain. The Internet, to most people, was like something out of the Jetsons. quot;Latte quot; was Italian for quot;milk, quot; not American for quot;coffee. | 3 |
Ouch! Yankees hit new low INDIANS 22, YANKEES 0---At New York, Omar Vizquel went 6-for-7 to tie the American League record for hits as Cleveland handed the Yankees the largest loss in their history last night. | 1 |
Canadians start fast The bad blood was everywhere in the building. It caused Canadian coach Pat Quinn to accuse the Americans of running goalie Martin Brodeur. | 1 |
Office ransacked after killings A MOB ransacked the office of Qatar Airways in Nepal #39;s capital Kathmandu to vent their anger after 12 Nepalese were killed by Islamic militants in Iraq, an airline employee said. | 0 |
Militants kill 12 Nepal hostages Iraqi militants have killed 12 Nepalis they captured just over a week ago, the militants and a Nepalese official said Tuesday. It was the largest mass killing of captives in the grueling war against | 0 |
Apple Unveils Its Latest iMac, Months Late Apple Computer Inc. rolled out its latest iMac desktop computer at a convention for Mac users in Paris Tuesday, a sleek model in which the processors and drives are packaged behind its 2-inch-thick monitor. <BR><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="... | 3 |
Marketer Sued for Do-Not-Call Violation The Federal Trade Commission, seeking its first civil penalties against a telemarketer for violating the federal do-not-call list, has sued a Las Vegas firm, saying it called more than 300,000 numbers on the registry to sell time-share properties. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans S... | 3 |
Enron Broadband Chief Makes Deal The chief operating officer of Enron Corp.'s failed Internet unit pleaded guilty yesterday to a single criminal conspiracy charge and agreed to cooperate with the government, as prosecutors continued to build their case against the Houston energy company's top leaders. | 3 |
Water quality fails EU standards Most rivers, lakes, estuaries and coasts in England and Wales are unlikely to meet new EU rules on water quality, conservationists say. | 3 |
Briefly: Amazon opens floor to political pundits roundup Plus: Sony picks up graphics tech for PSP handheld...LinkedIn links a million...AOL gives exclusive sneak peek for fall TV. | 3 |
Sony picks up graphics tech for PSP The company licenses graphics compression technology from S3 Graphics for its upcoming PlayStation Portable. | 3 |
Gadget harvest Apple unveils its new ultra-thin G5 iMac while Logitech readies the first laser mouse. Also: HP's holiday offerings. | 3 |
Al Qaeda's Tech Traps Investigations, arrests highlight how technology aids and weakens terror network. | 3 |
First Look: Rio's Hot New Carbon MP3 Player Supersleek 5GB digital audio player is set to challenge Apple's IPod Mini. | 3 |
EU to consider sanctions against US The European Union will open talks in coming days on whether and when to impose sanctions on US goods, the bloc #39;s executive says, a day after winning WTO backing over the quot;Byrd quot; anti-dumping law. | 2 |
Investigators Tell Story of Ex-CEO #39;s Looting of Hollinger Millions AccountingWEB.com - Sep-1-2004 - Conrad Black, the former CEO of Hollinger International, boldly and methodically abused his power to pocket millions of dollars that should have gone to the company, an internal investigation revealed. | 2 |
UBS to buy Schwab #39;s capital markets unit for \$265mn LONDON, September 1 (New Ratings) - UBS AG (UBR.FSE) has reportedly agreed to acquire Charles Schwab Corporations capital markets unit for \$265 million in an all cash deal. | 2 |
El jefe del FMI intenta alargar los plazos de la deuda argentina Rodrigo Rato, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, on Tuesday urged Argentina to increase government saving and to arrive at a comprehensive agreement with its private creditors. | 2 |
Grid #39;s 6bn sale raises job and safety concerns National Grid Transco, the pipes and pylons company, yesterday announced a 6bn deal to sell half its gas distribution business. The move pleased the City but alarmed unions and consumer groups. | 2 |
Business briefs Worries about job prospects led to a bigger-than-expected drop in consumer confidence in August and provided more evidence of the fragility of the economic expansion. | 2 |
Phone unit in China has 13 rise HONG KONG China Telecom, the publicly traded unit of China #39;s biggest fixed-line operator, said Wednesday that profit in the first half of the year rose 13 percent after it bought networks from its parent and expanded a service that competes for mobile | 2 |
Stocks to Watch Wednesday Stocks to watch on Wednesday: FOREST LABORATORIES INC. (FRX.N: Quote, Profile, Research). The drug company #39;s experimental treatment for Alzheimer #39;s failed to prove effective in a big clinical trial. | 2 |
Bank of America reaffirms promises Bank of America Corp. chief executive Kenneth D. Lewis reaffirmed his bank #39;s commitment to New England yesterday in a round of meetings in Boston with state | 2 |
Acquitted TAP executive to lead company TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. #39;s new president starts today, about a month after he and others were acquitted of federal grand jury charges of kickbacks and conspiracy. | 2 |
Chiron acquires La Jolla biotech Chiron Corp. said yesterday that it has acquired a La Jolla biotechnology company to further efforts to develop a donor blood screening test to detect mad cow disease. | 2 |
New class of planets found small-mass planets soon, quot; said Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, the co-discoverer of one of the new planets. | 3 |
Apple hopes thin iMac can fatten profits, share Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its long-awaited iMac G5, a 2-inch thick, all-in-one device that hides its computing guts behind a flat-panel screen perched on an aluminum foot. | 3 |
One in ten could suffer with SP2 problems One in ten desktops will have problems with the Microsoft Service Pack 2 (SP2) update for Windows XP, claims an integration consultancy. | 3 |
Microsoft strips Longhorn of WinFS NEW YORK, September 1 (New Ratings) - Microsoft (MSFT.NAS) reportedly intends to ship Longhorn, its next version of Windows operating system, without WinFS, the next-generation file system. | 3 |
Samsung phones to double as wallets Samsung mobile phones look set to double as m-wallets as the mobile phone manufacturer signs a Near Field Communication chip deal with Philips. | 3 |
Hitachi, Matsushita, Toshiba to jointly make large LCD panels Japanese hi-tech giants Hitachi, Matsushita and Toshiba said Tuesday they will jointly produce large liquid crystal display (LCD) panels to help them compete more effectively in the lucrative flat-screen television market. | 3 |
US leader snaps up email firm KVault A BERKSHIRE-based email archiving company, KVault Software, has been bought for \$225m (125m) by Veritas Software, a leading US security specialist. | 3 |
Old-flame Web sites boost divorce rates-agency Web sites that reunite and reignite old lovers are helping push up England #39;s divorce rates, according to a counselling service. | 3 |
AMD Betting Success Isn #39;t Gone in a Flash Over the past six months, the usual strict hierarchies of the chip world have seen some rearranging. Perennial underdog Advanced Micro Devices (AMD:NYSE - news - research) has made impressive strides with | 3 |
SCO caps legal costs, boosts Linux licence revenues The SCO Group is working on a deal with its lawyers to cap the costs of its legal battle over Linux although it claims to be quot;well positioned quot; to pursue its current litigation through to its conclusion. | 3 |
Creative unveils iPod Mini-coloured MuVo2 update If you can #39;t beat #39;em, copy #39;em. Creative Technology today began selling an updated version of its MuVo2 hard drive-based music player in five alternative colours reminiscent of Apple #39;s iPod Mini. | 3 |
Egyptian mummy #39;unwrapped #39; by modern scanning The face of an Egyptian artisan named Harwa has been seen for the first time in 3000 years using CT scans, X-rays and 3D modelling technology. | 3 |
Logitech launches laser-tracking mouse Logitech Inc. was set Wednesday to introduce a new mouse that uses a laser beam to track the movements of the device. The mouse, which Logitech claims will be | 3 |
The Wi-Jack Wi-Fi Wall Outlet It might cost you \$25 to pick up a wireless access point at Circuit City, but if you want to fool around with some enterprise-level WiFi you normally gotta shell out the big bucks for some commercial-grade ceiling-mounted gear. | 3 |
Dial-up #39; has new meaning with Ne America Online is joining a growing number of players beyond traditional phone companies rolling out or testing phone calls over the Internet. | 3 |
Fixing racing #39;s biggest problem The arrest of 16 people, including champion jockey Kieren Fallon, in an investigation into horse race fixing is clearly very embarrassing for the sport. | 1 |
VOLLER HAPPY TO STEP ASIDE Newly-appointed Roma coach Rudi Voller would be willing to step down if his predecessor Cesare Prandelli decides to return to the Giallorossi club. | 1 |
Beijing scrambles to reel in costs Beijing -- Talk in China has shifted from holding a #39;green #39; or #39;people #39;s #39; Olympics to a #39;frugal Games #39; as Beijing tightens its purse strings while undertaking massive preparations to play host to the 2008 event. | 1 |
Irish invite for marathon athlete Vanderlei de Lima lost his first place position after former priest Cornelius Horan burst onto the track and wrestled him into the crowd. | 1 |
Zib takes Ferrero to the limit The match started at about 4 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium Court with plenty of empty seats and a lazy, late-summer loginess to the game. | 1 |
Roundup: Canada, Sweden post victories Even wearing an unflattering honey mustard- colored sweater, Team Canada players showed their true colors in their opening game of the World Cup of Hockey on Tuesday. | 1 |
RAIDERS NOTEBOOK Hambrick, Zellner traded to Arizona Tailback Troy Hambrick once bristled at the prospect of playing behind Emmitt Smith in Dallas, believing the aging Hall of Fame-bound rusher was taking carries that belonged to him. | 1 |
Captors release 7 hostages in Iraq Seven truck drivers taken hostage in Iraq over a month ago have been released, according to their employer, Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport company. | 0 |
Sudanese Aid Workers Released by Rebels AL-FASHER, Sudan Sept. 1, 2004 - Rebels released six Sudanese aid workers early Wednesday in Darfur, four days after they went missing during a trip to register refugees fled a brutal campaign of killings in the war-ravaged region, a UN official said. | 0 |
Kathmandu Under Curfew After Violent Protests Against Killing of <b>...</b> The Nepalese capital Kathmandu is under a curfew, which the government imposed after the city erupted in violent protests against the killing of 12 Nepalese workers in Iraq. | 0 |
Chalabi Escapes Assassination Attempt Gunmen opened fire on former Iraqi governing council president Ahmed Chalabi #39;s convoy on Wednesday, wounding two of his bodyguards, the politician and his aides said. | 0 |
Suspected N. Koreans Enter Japanese School in Beijing A group of people thought to be North Korean refugees is now in the visa section of the Japanese embassy in Beijing. Japanese diplomats say 29 people entered a Japanese school in the capital Wednesday. | 0 |
Lebanese MPs to vote Friday on law amendment Constitutional amendment drafted will allow Lahoud to stand for re-election despite opposition at home, abroad. BEIRUT - Lebanese MPs will vote Friday on a constitutional amendment drafted under pressure from | 0 |
Mortars Fired at Iraq National Assembly Opening Insurgents fired mortars and rockets at a venue where Iraq #39;s interim national assembly held its first session Wednesday, a stark reminder of the country #39;s risky road to elections in January. | 0 |
Two new rocky #39;super Earths #39; found Two Neptune-sized planets have been discovered circling stars beyond our Solar System, US astronomers reported on Tuesday. The discoveries, which come less than a week after a similar announcement by European | 3 |
Self-contained The Cupertino firm unveiled a new line of iMac desktop computers on Tuesday that have been reduced to a simple 2-inch deep flat-panel LCD display, held up by a slim, aluminum stand. | 3 |
Earth #39;s #39;big brothers #39; floating around stars Washington - A new class of planets has been found orbiting stars besides our sun, in a possible giant leap forward in the search for Earth-like planets that might harbour life. | 3 |
Robson sacked by Newcastle NEWCASTLE, England: Bobby Robson #39;s five-year reign as Newcastle United manager ended yesterday when he paid the price for his side #39;s poor start to the season and growing dressing room unrest. | 1 |
Sharapova Toughs Out Three-Set Win Maria Sharapova nearly crumbled under the weight of remarkable expectations Tuesday night in her first-round match at the US Open. | 1 |
Three killed in Russian hostage crisis MOSCOW: At least three people were killed when gunmen took up to 240 people hostage in a school in North Ossetia, close to Chechnya, ITAR-TASS quoted local authorities as saying. | 0 |
Sudanese aid workers released by Darfur rebels The Sudanese Red Crescent confirmed on Wednesday the release of a group of Sudanese aid workers kidnapped by rebels in Darfur since weekend. | 0 |
Alleged US Army Deserter Says He Will Face Charges US Army Sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins, who allegedly defected to North Korea nearly 40 years ago, is promising to face desertion charges against him soon. | 0 |
Analysis: Putin #39;s permanent problem For more than four years now the word President Vladimir Putin has used about the situation in Chechnya is quot;normalisation quot;. | 0 |
Gov #39;t Launches France Telecom Stake Sale France launched the sale of at least 9.6 percent of France Telecom, a move that could raise up to 5.8 billion euros (\$7.1 billion) that will be used to help the French government reduce its national debt. | 0 |
US #39;defector #39; to turn himself in Charles Robert Jenkins, a one-time US Army sergeant accused of defecting to North Korea 39 years ago, has saidy he will soon surrender to military authorities to quot;face the charges that have been filed against me. | 0 |
Apple iMac G5: a first look The half-dome base is gone, and the iMac G5 is iPod-white in colour. Get more of our first impressions of Apple #39;s redesigned iMac. | 3 |
Cloning from the dead claim attacked Viable embryos have been created from dead people by fusing their cells with empty cow eggs, a controversial fertility scientist claimed on Tuesday. | 3 |
One Small Step as China Opens Space Center China offered a rare glimpse of its manned space flight center Wednesday, drawing back -- if only slightly -- the veil of secrecy around China #39;s ambitions in outer space. | 3 |
Three jockeys held in race fixing probe THREE jockeys and a trainer were arrested today in a probe into alleged fixing of horse races. More than 130 officers raided 19 addresses across Suffolk, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire and arrested 12 people for conspiracy to defraud. | 1 |
News in brief A provisional 2005 calendar was doing the rounds in Belgium. It features nineteen races, one more than this year, with all 2004 events still in place, joined by a new race in Turkey. | 1 |
WHARF AMONG THE WICKETS Debutant Alex Wharf claimed three quick wickets as England took charge of their first NatWest Challenge match against India at Trent Bridge today. | 1 |
Armed Attackers Seize School in Russia Heavily armed insurgents, some with explosives strapped to their bodies, seized a school in southern Russia today and herded scores of schoolchildren and others into its gymnasium. | 0 |
Milosevic Concludes Opening Statement Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has ended his opening statement in his war crimes trial, arguing he did nothing wrong. | 0 |
Militants release seven hostages SEVEN truck drivers from Egypt, Kenya and India held hostage in Iraq since July 21 and working for a Kuwaiti firm have been released, Al-Arabiya television has reported. | 0 |
Accused US deserter to report to military An American soldier accused of deserting to North Korea in 1965 and now in hospital in Tokyo says he is willing to report to the US military in Japan to face charges. | 0 |
WTO Backs Effort Aimed At US Law The retaliatory tariffs are less than the Europeans and others had sought, and they are far less than the \$4 billion the WTO authorized the EU to impose in another case involving US export subsidies. | 2 |
US Economy: Consumer Confidence, Chicago Index Fall (Update3) Consumer confidence in the US economy fell in August for the first time since February as job growth faded and oil prices rose to a record. | 2 |
Oil prices drop sharply to \$42US per barrel in spite of Iraqi <b>...</b> Oil prices dropped sharply Monday, falling below \$42 US per barrel, as last week #39;s selloff continued despite sabotage of Iraqi oil infrastructure that curbed exports. | 2 |
Airbus May Supply Planes in Cebu Air #39;s \$350 Mln Fleet Renewal Airbus SAS, the world #39;s largest maker of commercial aircraft, is poised to supply an unspecified number of A319 planes to the Philippines #39; second-biggest airline Cebu Air Inc. | 2 |
Bank Of America Chief Continues Meetings On Layoffs BOSTON -- Bank of America chief executive Ken Lewis will continue meeting with local officials this week who question whether the bank broke commitments by ordering job cuts in its acquisition of FleetBoston. | 2 |
Apple #39;s new iMac makes delayed debut Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday introduced an latest version of iMac desktop computer, a sleek model in which the processors and drives are packaged behind its 2-inch-thick monitor. | 3 |
Veritas buys KVS, plugs archive hole Underlining the importance of message archiving software, Veritas Software Corp. has announced plans for a \$224 million cash acquisition of KVS Software Ltd. | 3 |
eBay to Hike Stake in Local Firm Online retail giant eBay Inc. plans to increase its stake in Internet Auction, South Korea #39;s top online auctioneer, to 85.61 percent, the Korean firm said Wednesday. | 3 |
Fury at cloning scientist #39;s use of DNA from the dead A MAVERICK cloning scientist came under severe criticism yesterday as he denied exploiting bereaved couples by using DNA from their dead children in his experiments. | 3 |
Yankees slump to embarrassing defeat The New York Yankees, the most celebrated franchise in United States sport who boast a payroll of more than \$A255 million, have gone down 22-0 to the Cleveland Indians in New York. | 1 |
LaFrentz holding up well Raef LaFrentz can talk all he wants about how good his surgically repaired right knee feels. He can put all kinds of percentages on his recovery/comeback. He can liken his agility on the court to how it was before the operation. | 1 |
Thinnest iMac Ever Makes Paris Debut quot;A lot of people are going to ask, #39;Where did the computer go? #39; quot; says Phil Schiller, Apple #39;s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing. | 3 |
First Look: Rio #39;s Hot New Carbon MP3 Player Rio #39;s new 5GB Carbon is the sleekest MP3 player I #39;ve laid eyes on. Happily, the device, which hits stores this week, isn #39;t just about looks: A simple interface and amazing battery life make it the new mini to beat. | 3 |
Fallon among 16 arrested in British race-fixing probe Champion jockey Kieren Fallon was among 16 people arrested Wednesday in an investigation into corruption within horse racing, Britain #39;s domestic Press Association news agency reported. | 1 |
Henman back on track and flushed with success US OPEN fifth seed Tim Henman hopes to put a back problem behind him as he looks to progress in the final grand slam event of the year, the US Open at Flushing Meadow in New York. | 1 |
Seven Foreign Truckers Freed in Iraq; France Anxious (Reuters) Reuters - Islamic militants freed seven truck\drivers from India, Kenya and Egypt held hostage in Iraq for\six weeks, offering a ray of hope Wednesday to a dozen other\foreign nationals still in captivity. | 0 |
Before-the-Bell: SuperGen Shares Soar (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of SuperGen Inc. \jumped more than 24 percent in trading before the market opened\on Wednesday after MGI Pharma Inc. said it would take\a #36;40 million stake in the company as part of a cancer drug\license deal. | 2 |
Stocks to Watch Wednesday (Reuters) Reuters - Stocks to watch on Wednesday: FOREST\LABORATORIES INC. | 2 |
Pakistan Says 'Important' Al Qaeda Men Arrested (Reuters) Reuters - Pakistani security forces have\arrested two "important" al Qaeda operatives, including an\Egyptian, a senior official said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Oil Rebounds After 8-Day Slide on Blaze (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices rose on Wednesday, stemming\an eight-session slide that has dragged prices down 14 percent\from record highs as news emerged of a fresh pipeline fire in\Iraq. | 2 |
Yankees' AL East Lead Drops to 3 1/2 Games (AP) AP - The Boston Red Sox looked at the out-of-town scoreboard and could hardly believe what they saw. The New York Yankees were trailing big at home against the Cleveland Indians in what would be the worst loss in the 101-year history of the storied franchise. | 1 |
Russia Sends Troops to Guard Nuclear Sites (Reuters) Reuters - Russia deployed extra troops to guard\dozens of nuclear facilities across the country on Wednesday\after militants seized a school in the south and a suicide bomb\attack in Moscow, the nuclear authority said. | 0 |
Jury Selection Continues in Bryant Case (AP) AP - About three-quarters of potential jurors in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case have already been told whether to return to the courthouse later this week for more questioning, putting the selection process on schedule, court officials say. | 1 |
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