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Guti warns Owen of Raul Spanish midfielder Guti has warned Real Madrid team-mate Michael Owen that he would need to produce an exceptional performance if he has any ambitions of taking Raul #39;s place in the starting line-up. | 1 |
It #39;s Game Day! FROGS OPEN 2004 CAMPAIGN: The TCU Horned Frogs begin their 108th year of intercollegiate football when they host the Northwestern Wildcats out of the Big Ten on Thursday, September 2. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN2. | 1 |
Miami #39;s Betts gets his shot An unbeknownst quarterback from Miami (Ohio) used a game at Michigan Stadium three years ago to introduce himself to the college football world. | 1 |
French Ambassador to Iraq Says Hostages Are Alive, AFP Says Two French reporters who are being held hostage in Iraq are alive and in good health, Agence France- Presse reported, citing the French ambassador to Iraq. | 0 |
Malaysian PM Abdullah says he is prepared to meet freed Anwar KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysian prosecutors have said they will not appeal Anwar Ibrahim #39;s acquittal by the Federal Court on Thursday. | 0 |
UN court imposes lawyers on Milosevic The UN war crimes court at The Hague has assigned former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic two lawyers to assist his defense. Milosevic, 63, has repeatedly insisted | 0 |
Syria rejects Israeli threats Syria says Israeli threats to retaliate for Damascus #39; alleged complicity in Palestinian attacks that have killed 16 Israelis this week lack credibility. | 0 |
Iraqi Militants Free Truck Drivers At Last The release of Kenyan truckers held hostage by Iraqi militants yesterday was negotiated by an Egyptian troubleshooter, experienced in hostage negotiations, the East African Standard has learnt. | 0 |
Japan May Help North Korean Refugees Leave China The fate of 29 North Koreans remains unclear after they penetrated a Japanese school in Beijing Wednesday. Japanese officials on Thursday indicated they might help the asylum seekers go to a third country. | 0 |
Turkish hostages 'killed' in Iraq An Iraqi militant group kills three Turkish hostages, reports Arabic TV station al-Jazeera. | 0 |
Israel raid demolishes Gaza homes Israeli forces demolish two apartment blocks in raids on Gaza, while warning of a possible attack on Syria. | 0 |
Boss defends Wal-Mart's record Lee Scott, chief executive of retail giant Wal-Mart, tells the BBC that his firm's many critics have got it wrong. | 0 |
Bridget Jones sequel piracy fears Security is being tightened over the Bridget Jones film sequel amid reports it is the subject of a \$10m bounty. | 0 |
Citing terror aid, US eases arms sales ban WASHINGTON #151; Praising Yemen as a partner in the war on terror, the Bush administration has approved the sale of military equipment to the Persian Gulf country after more than a decade of a nearly total ban. Delivery of spare parts for C-130 cargo planes was approved last week, which followed a recent decision to permit Yemen to purchase parts ... | 0 |
Alleged US deserter says he will surrender soon TOKYO -- Alleged US Army deserter Charles Robert Jenkins said yesterday that he would surrender to US military authorities to face charges that he deserted his post along the demilitarized zone dividing North and South Korea in the 1960s. | 0 |
G.O.P., Last to Bat, Swings Freely for the Fences The G.O.P. convention is a batter-by-batter rebuttal of almost everything the Democrats said and did in Boston last month. | 0 |
Spring Productivity Rate Makes Small Gain WASHINGTON - Workers' productivity increased at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the spring, the smallest gain since late 2002, reflecting the economy's slowdown. The increase in productivity - the amount an employee produces for every hour on the job - was down from an initial estimate of a 2.9 percent growth rate for the April-to-June quarter and marked a deceleration from the 3.7 percent pace posted in the first three months of this year, the Labor Department reported Thursday... | 0 |
Militants Release 31 Hostages in Russia BESLAN, Russia - Camouflaged security agents carried babies to safety after militants holding hundreds of hostages at a school released at least 31 women and children Thursday, and officials expressed hope that negotiations would bring more progress in the standoff in southern Russia. But a crowd of hostages' relatives keeping vigil outside the school was shaken when a pair of explosions went off just ahead of the release... | 0 |
French Students Face New Head Scarf Ban PARIS - Millions of French students returned to school Thursday as a new law banning Islamic head scarves from classrooms goes into effect amid demands by Islamic radicals holding two French hostages in Iraq that the law be scrapped. Muslim leaders in France, who had largely opposed the law, urged calm for the return to class... | 0 |
Straight Talk By charlie smith. Since the release of a Hollinger International Inc. special committee #39;s report on August 31, much has been written and broadcast about the lavish lifestyles enjoyed by Conrad Black and his | 2 |
ECB: Euro Growth Brightens, Holds Rates Economic recovery is gathering speed in the euro zone and inflation prospects are favorable, the European Central Bank said on Thursday as it | 2 |
Merrill Lynch Returns to Energy Trading Merrill Lynch (MER:NYSE - news - research), despite a checkered history in the energy sector, is jumping back in with its acquisition of the energy-trading business of Entergy-Koch. | 2 |
Cheney Praises Bush As Decisive Leader NEW YORK - As President Bush prepared to accept the Republican nomination for a second term, Vice President Dick Cheney portrayed his boss as a decisive commander in chief. "He doesn't waffle, he doesn't agonize," Cheney said Thursday... | 0 |
Nonfarm productivity up 2.5 vs. 2.9 initial estimate WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - Productivity in the US nonfarm business sector increased at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the second quarter, revised lower from an earlier estimate of 2.9 percent, the Labor Department estimated Thursday. | 2 |
MGM Stays in the Picture Shares of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (NYSE: MGM) rose more than 6 on heavy volume yesterday on the back of reports from Reuters -- and followed up by various | 2 |
US Oil Prices Rise on Yukos Concerns The price hit \$44.51 per barrel after a Russian court decision to freeze some bank accounts of the Yukos oil company. Without the \$2. | 2 |
Polaris Discontinues Marine Products Polaris Industries Inc. said Thursday it will immediately stop manufacturing boats and other marine product lines after the division drowned in a hefty operating loss in 2003. | 2 |
Halliburton Uncovers Nigeria Bribe Scheme The US energy company Halliburton says it has discovered that a consortium linked to it considered paying bribes to Nigerian officials on an energy project at least 10 years ago. | 2 |
Sanz, Rita Big Winners at Latin Grammys LOS ANGELES - It seemed like a rerun of the 2002 Latin Grammys. Once again, Spanish heartthrob singer Alejandro Sanz dominated the show - only this time, Sanz didn't show up to collect his trophies... | 0 |
Nortel Numbers Face New Delay Nortel (NT:NYSE - news - research) suffered another setback on its march to accountability Thursday, warning that it will need an additional month to complete its audit and file restated financials. | 2 |
Appeals court faults Oracle in shareholder suit Oracle suffered a legal setback Wednesday when a federal appeals court reviewing a shareholder lawsuit reversed a lower court #39;s ruling that had found in the company #39;s favor. | 2 |
JP Morgan in Talks with UK #39;s Cazenove JP Morgan Chase amp; Co has emerged as the latest potential suitor for UK investment bank Cazenove, but as a joint-venture partner rather than an outright purchaser. | 2 |
Stocks Climb on Rising Factory Orders NEW YORK - Stocks inched higher Thursday as investors shrugged off sluggish retail sales, disappointing worker productivity and a surge in oil prices, focusing instead on rising factory orders. Trading was muted as investors awaited a mid-quarter update from U.S... | 0 |
Bush Ready to Accept GOP Nomination NEW YORK - The four-day Republican National Convention comes to a close Thursday with a speech by President Bush that will touch off a two-month dash to the finish line in a nation that seems as closely divided now as it was four years ago. Last night, Vice President Dick Cheney and convention keynoter Sen... | 0 |
Militants Release 26 Hostages in Russia MOSCOW - Militants released 26 women and children Thursday from the school in southern Russia where they are holding more than 350 hostages, the rescue operation's headquarters said. Lev Dzugayev, an aide to the North Ossetian president, announced the release of three women and three infants... | 0 |
U.S. Airstrike Kills 17 in Fallujah BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. airstrike targeting an alleged militant safehouse in Fallujah killed some 17 people including three children, according to doctors and accounts from the scene of the blast, and angry crowds gathered to mourn the victims and denounce the United States... | 0 |
Barney the Dog Big Hit in GOP Video NEW YORK - The presidential pup made his convention debut Wednesday night in a spoof on the movie "Rocky," showing the pooch hitting the campaign trail. Delegates saw a video that opened with White House advisers Karl Rove and Andy Card in a heated debate about how to improve President Bush's poll numbers among an important bloc - dogs... | 0 |
26 Hostages Released From Russian School Armed militants who seized hundreds of child hostages at a school in southern Russia released two dozen women and small children Thursday afternoon but the guerrillas still rejected proposals for resolving the standoff. | 0 |
French Schools Reopen Under New Religious Law Millions of French pupils have begun the new school year under controversial legislation banning Muslim headscarves and other religious insignia from state schools. | 0 |
French Muslim Delegation Hopeful About Hostage Situation A French Muslim delegation in Iraq trying to win the release of two French journalists held hostage by Islamic militants said Thursday they had received proof the men were alive and well. The kidnappers have demanded that Paris rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves. | 0 |
IBM Opens Up Design of Its Blade Servers (Reuters) Reuters - International Business Machines Corp.\ said it is making the design of its "blade" computer\servers widely available, in a move designed to gain wider\acceptability in data centers and the telecommunications\industry. | 3 |
Apple-Rival Creative to Double MP3 Player Lines (Reuters) Reuters - Computer audio equipment maker\Creative Technology Ltd. said on Thursday it would double its\MP3 player product lines from its current eight by year-end,\stepping up competition for rivals such as Apple Computer Inc. | 3 |
Jobless Claims Up, Hurricane a Factor (Reuters) Reuters - New claims for U.S. jobless benefits\rose in the latest week, but the gain was largely blamed on\Hurricane Charley, the government said on Thursday. | 2 |
S.Korea Enriched Uranium Close to Atom Bomb Fuel (Reuters) Reuters - South Korea has admitted that\government scientists enriched uranium four years ago to a\level that several Vienna diplomats said was almost pure enough\for an atomic bomb, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday. | 0 |
Video Game Maker Acclaim Files for Bankruptcy (Reuters) Reuters - Video game publisher Acclaim\Entertainment Inc. , which has been hampered by a lack\of hit titles, filed for bankruptcy liquidation on Thursday\after failing to line up new financing. | 3 |
Global Chip Sales Growth Moderates in July (Reuters) Reuters - Global sales of semiconductors\rose 1 percent in July as consumer uncertainty and swelling\inventories restrained the industry's pace of growth, the U.S.\Semiconductor Industry Association reported on Thursday. | 3 |
Treasuries Retreat Before Payrolls Data (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Treasuries broke a three-day\rally and retreated on Thursday as investors turned cautious\before the climax of the week -- the August payrolls report. | 2 |
Global Handset Sales Reached Record in 2nd Quarter - Survey (Reuters) Reuters - Global handset sales rose to record\levels in the second quarter, putting the industry on track to\ship 650 million cell phones in 2004 as market leader Nokia\halted its decline, a survey said on Thursday. | 3 |
Russian Oil Giant Warns of Output Cut (Reuters) Reuters - Russian oil major YUKOS again warned on\Thursday that it may be forced to cut output after saying that\a Moscow court ruled this week that #36;2.6 billion of company\funds could be seized by the authorities. | 2 |
Spring Productivity Rate Makes Small Gain (AP) AP - Workers' productivity increased at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the spring, the smallest gain since late 2002, reflecting the economy's slowdown. | 2 |
Israel Hints at Military Action Vs. Syria (AP) AP - Israel ratcheted up its rhetoric against Syria on Thursday, hinting of possible military action following this week's deadly suicide bombing in southern Israel. | 0 |
Charter names two interim CFOs Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday named two executives as interim co-chief financial officers to fill an opening created when its former | 2 |
Philly Considers Wireless Internet for All (AP) AP - Forget finding an Internet cafe. For less than what it costs to build a small library, city officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot. | 3 |
Special UN envoy urges Sudan to accept more foreign aid (AFP) AFP - UN chief Kofi Annan's special envoy to Sudan urged the Sudanese government to accept international aid if it is unable to protect the population in its troubled Darfur region. | 0 |
Red Hat Hires New CFO From Burlington (AP) AP - Red Hat Inc. hired a new chief financial officer as it tries to bolster its sagging stock price and expand into new foreign markets. | 3 |
US embassy in Malaysia shuts indefinitely amid security threat (AFP) AFP - The US embassy in Malaysia was shut indefinitely after it received a letter containing a suspicious powdery substance, its second security scare in two weeks. | 0 |
Air China Signs USD\$1.3 Billion Airbus Deal Chinese flag carrier Air China signed a USD\$1.3 billion deal to buy 23 new Airbus jets on Monday during a visit to Beijing of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. | 0 |
August Retail Sales Hurt by Job Worries (AP) AP - The August start of the back-to-school shopping season was a disappointment for major retailers, giving the industry a third straight month of tepid sales. Higher gasoline prices and consumers' ongoing worries about jobs contributed to the poor showing. | 2 |
WinZip Warns of Security Flaws (PC World) PC World - Users of the popular compression tool should upgrade their software, company says. | 3 |
Rescue attempt underway for ill-fated transatlantic rower from Germany (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - HALIFAX (CP) - Floating in the Atlantic Ocean, his life raft deflated, a man who has failed in his bid to row from the United States to England was counting on a Canadian search-and-rescue helicopter to pluck him from water Thursday. | 0 |
Microsoft's new music venture takes aim at Apple iTunes (AFP) AFP - Microsoft unveiled a new online music download service that throws the weight of the world's largest software company into a field currently dominated by Apple Computers. | 3 |
Lockout Looms as NHL, Players' Union Deadlocked MONTREAL (Reuters) - The National Hockey League and its players ended three days of labor talks in an apparent deadlock on Thursday, with little progress seen in avoiding a lockout by team owners later this month. | 1 |
South Dakota Sues to Get T. Rex (AP) AP - Harding County wants a team of fossil hunters to return a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex named "Tinker" unearthed from northwest South Dakota in 1998. | 3 |
Jobless Claims Up, Hurricane a Factor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for U.S. jobless benefits rose in the latest week, but the gain was largely blamed on Hurricane Charley, the government said on Thursday. | 2 |
Agassi Headlines Fourth Day of U.S. Open NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andre Agassi headlines day four of the U.S. Open Thursday as he seeks a place in the third round at his home grand slam. | 1 |
Stocks Up a Bit, Factory Orders Revised NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose a bit on Thursday after a revision in factory orders in June suggested orders are improving and some apparel makers raised profit forecasts or reported better-than-expected sales in August. | 2 |
NL Wrap: Cubs Edge Expos to Maintain Wild-Card Pace NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs registered an important victory in their battle for the National League wild-card berth, edging out the Expos 2-1 over 11 innings in Montreal Wednesday. | 1 |
South American Soya Explosion Threatens Forests - WWF (Reuters) Reuters - An explosion of soyabean farming in\South America is threatening huge areas of forest and grassland\containing some of the world's richest and most diverse\wildlife, a leading conservation group said on Thursday. | 3 |
Science Oddities Are Revealed to the British Public (Reuters) Reuters - One of the world's most bizarre\scientific collections went on show on Thursday. | 3 |
Singapore Bans Human Cloning, Stem Cell Research OK (Reuters) Reuters - Singapore banned human cloning\Thursday and said offenders would face 10 years in jail to\prevent "abhorrent experiments." | 3 |
Russian Oil Giant Warns of Output Cut MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian oil major YUKOS again warned on Thursday that it may be forced to cut output after saying that a Moscow court ruled this week that \$2.6 billion of company funds could be seized by the authorities. | 2 |
Bush speech to favor security over domestic policy (AFP) AFP - US President George W. Bush was to highlight his war on terrorism credentials as he accepted his party's nomination for a new term in a speech expected to be poor in bold new domestic policy ideas. | 0 |
Iran Plans to Launch Satellite by May 2005 (Reuters) Reuters - Iran said Thursday it would launch its\first satellite into space by May 2005, state television\reported. | 3 |
Golf: Jimenez Takes Early Lead in European Masters CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Miguel Angel Jimenez continued his rich vein of form by taking the early lead in the opening round of the European Masters on Thursday. | 1 |
Oil Up on Russia, Iraq Supply Concerns LONDON (Reuters) - World oil prices rose sharply again on Thursday after Russian oil giant YUKOS said a Moscow court's decision to effectively freeze its bank accounts threatened its ability to continue production. | 2 |
Diageo Dips on Dispiriting Outlook LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in Diageo Plc <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DGE.L target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">DGE.L</A> fell on Thursday as the world's biggest spirits firm said tough European markets and a weak dollar will hold back growth after an expected 1 percent rise in annual earnings. | 2 |
Continental Air to Cut Jobs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Continental Airlines Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CAL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">CAL.N</A> said on Thursday it plans to cut about 425 management and clerical jobs through staff reductions, attrition and the elimination of unfilled positions to save about \$200 million in pretax costs. | 2 |
Red Hat Names CFO After Restatements NEW YORK (Reuters) - Red Hat Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=RHAT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">RHAT.O</A>, a Linux software distributor that in July said it would restate three years' of financial results, on Thursday named Charles Peters as chief financial officer. | 2 |
Enron Agrees to Sell Pipelines in \$2B Deal Enron Corp. has agreed to sell its domestic natural gas pipelines for more than \$2 billion after an auction aimed at helping the energy company emerge from one of the most expensive and complicated bankruptcies in history. | 2 |
Jobs, Economy Focus of 2 Big Protests Demonstrations and protests bubbled up around New York again Wednesday, as thousands of people formed a symbolic unemployment line extending 3 1/2 miles from Wall Street to within yards of the Republican National Convention. | 2 |
Oil price rally takes off again Oil prices resume their upward path, lifted by reports of pipeline sabotage in Iraq and fears that Russian firm Yukos may cease production. | 2 |
India, Pakistan hold talks on Kashmir bus link India and Pakistan held the first of two days of talks on Tuesday on starting a bus service between the capitals of divided Kashmir, a proposal which could give their peace process a major shot in the arm, officials said. | 0 |
Inconsistency is playing a part Looking at the reporters gathered around him after the Celtics' 119-105 loss to the Kings Sunday night in Sacramento, Gary Payton could not help but laugh. | 1 |
Eurozone rates unchanged at 2 The European Central Bank leaves eurozone interest rates on hold at 2, and upgrades its economic growth forecasts. | 2 |
Sudan complains of ill treatment by UN KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP-CP) - Sudan said today that the UN chief didn #39;t give it enough credit for its efforts to restore calm in Darfur and get help to the region #39;s people, and said it hoped the Security Council would take greater notice. | 0 |
Marconi wipes out debt mountain Telecoms equipment group Marconi clears its 669.5m (\$1.2bn) debt mountain ahead of schedule. | 2 |
Games makers Acclaim ceases ops Games maker and publisher Acclaim, famous for dino game Turok, has filed for bankruptcy in the US. | 2 |
Security tight as Karzai #39;s inauguration looms Security is extremely tight around the Afghan capital as Hamid Karzai prepares to be sworn in as the country #39;s first popularly elected president. | 0 |
August Sales Disappoint Major Retailers The start of the back-to-school shopping season was a disappointment for major retailers, giving the industry a third straight month of listless sales. | 2 |
Productivity Growth Falls to 18-Month Low Workers' productivity increased at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the spring, the smallest gain since late 2002, reflecting the economy's slowdown. | 2 |
Building a Fortune Fortune Brands' CEO talks about the company's history, expansion, and innovation. | 2 |
Back-to-School Woes Companies counting on big back-to-school spending are showing their disappointment. | 2 |
Betting Against Bombay If the home-furnishings retailer can't get things right by the holidays, look out below. | 2 |
MGM Stays in the Picture A very large and valuable pile of assets now stands to change hands, possibly quite soon. | 2 |
Image Needs Repair Public relations experts and people in and around the NBA believe Kobe Bryant can repair the damage done to his image and reputation. | 1 |
Up to the Challenge The Redskins contend that last week's debacle in the secondary against the Rams isn't a true gauge of life after Champ Bailey. | 1 |
Homebuying with Good Credit, Little Cash Will this newfangled kind of mortgage help you buy a house? | 2 |
Nortel again delays filing financial results SEPTEMBER 02, 2004 (REUTERS) - Nortel Networks Corp. said today it will again delay filing its financial results, predicting the reports for 2003 and the first half of 2004 won #39;t be out until the end of October. | 3 |
Red Hat goes mainstream to cap new CFO Open-source champion Red Hat has taken its new CFO from the traditional business world. Charles Peters, who becomes executive vice president and CFO of the Linux-based firm, has a solid background as a qualified | 3 |
UPDATE 2-Video game maker Acclaim files for bankruptcy Video game publisher Acclaim Entertainment Inc. (AKLM.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) , which has been hampered by a lack of hit titles, filed for bankruptcy liquidation on Thursday after failing to line up new financing. | 3 |
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