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Sabres and Vanek agree to deal Buffalo, NY (Sports Network) - The Buffalo Sabres have agreed to terms with 2003 first round draft choice Thomas Vanek on a three year entry-level contract. | 1 |
Analysts: Malaysian PM, Society Benefit From Anwar Release The release of Malaysia #39;s best known political opposition figure, Anwar Ibrahim, after six years in jail, has brought widespread praise for Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, who one year ago succeeded Malaysia #39;s long-time leader, Mahathir Mohamad. | 0 |
UN Court Formally Appoints Defense Lawyers for Milosevic The UN War Crimes Tribunal has named two lawyers to defend former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, despite his adamant objections. | 0 |
Oil holds firm above \$44 Oil prices held firm Friday after pipeline sabotage in northern Iraq kept up supply fears that have revived a powerful price rally. | 0 |
One police officer killed in clashes with militants north of Saudi <b>...</b> RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - One policeman was killed and three others wounded in clashes with militants in a town northeast of Riyadh, a Saudi Interior Ministry official said Friday. | 0 |
German fire destroys 30,000 rare books A fire in one of Germany #39;s most historic libraries has destroyed up to 30,000 rare books. quot;The destruction of many thousands of books, particularly from the 16th to 18th centuries | 0 |
UPDATE: HK Hutchison Gears Up For \$2B HK, US Telecom IPO HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Thursday approved Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. #39;s (0013.HK) application for a US\$2 billion initial public offering of its non-third-generation | 2 |
Report: BofA job cuts total 1,365 American Banker reports Ken Lewis, chief executive of Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. says the bank has laid off 1,365 former FleetBoston Financial Corp. | 2 |
Current bridge plan urged Single-tower span now quickest, cheapest <b>...</b> An audit made public Thursday says that the quickest and cheapest way to protect motorists on the eastern span of the Bay Bridge from major earthquakes is to stick with the plan to build the costly single-tower suspension span that has generated so much | 2 |
IBM Recall AC Adapters for Notebook Computers The adapters can overheat, cause damage to the circuit board and melt through the housing, which poses a fire and electrical shock hazard to consumers. | 3 |
Apache Rejects Microsoft #39;s Sender ID Standard The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), creator of the open-source Apache Web server, noted that it will not support the proposed antispam standard, called Sender ID, because Microsoft #39;s | 3 |
Golf: Sergio Garcia Leads Omega European Masters Spain #39;s Sergio Garcia has a one-stroke lead over countryman Miguel Angel Jimenez after the second round of the Omega European Masters golf tournament in Switzerland. | 1 |
Sabres agree to terms with 2003 first-round pick Vanek ----- BUFFALO, New York (Ticker) - The Buffalo Sabres locked up a piece of their future Friday, agreeing to terms with left wing Thomas Vanek on a three-year contract. | 1 |
US #39;beats drug cheats #39; USA Track and Field chief executive officer Craig Masback today declared victory over dope cheats. At the group #39;s annual meeting, he said quot;our clean athletes took the sport back from the cheaters quot;. | 1 |
Witness says Kazaa activity can be monitored A witness in the ongoing civil trial against peer-to-peer software provider Sharman Networks has added weight to testimony that logs can be maintained to trace users who are exchanging unlicensed music online using the Kazaa software. | 3 |
French Hostages in Iraq Are Out of Danger, #39; Islamic Group Says Two French reporters held hostage in Iraq for the past two weeks are out of danger #39; #39; and may be freed soon, an Islamic group in France said on its Web site, citing a French Muslim leader who #39;s been seeking their release. | 0 |
EU Plans to Help Iraq Hold Elections, Train Police The European Union discussed proposals on Friday to help stabilize Iraq and organize elections there despite lingering differences among member states over the US-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein. | 2 |
IBM Recalls Notebook Power Cords IBM is recalling power adapters that shipped with certain models of its ThinkPad notebooks sold between January 1999 and August 2000. | 3 |
Haas puts Grosjean in the shade NEW YORK: Comeback kid Tommy Haas upset 12th seed Sebastien Grosjean to move into the third round of the US Open on Friday. The German former world number two, who missed the whole of last season after shoulder | 1 |
Carmelo can #39;t believe he rode DENVER - Carmelo Anthony spent many nights at the Olympics in his hotel room depressed and wanting to go home. The Denver Nuggets star was demoted to the bench during the Athens Games, in which the NBA players | 1 |
Can Lebanon weather possible economic sanctions? BEIRUT: Will Lebanon be able to weather any possible US and European economic sanctions in the future if the US Security Council pushed for sanctions against this country in the coming months? | 0 |
Pace for Wireless Number Switches Quickens (Reuters) Reuters - The number of U.S. wireless\subscribers who are switching providers while keeping their\telephone numbers is accelerating, the Federal Communications\Commission said on Friday. | 3 |
Pole Vault, Steeplechase World Marks Set (AP) AP - Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia and steeplechaser Saif Saaeed Shaheen of Qatar set world records at the Van Damme Memorial meet Friday. | 1 |
Hurricane Delays Second Cubs-Marlins Game (AP) AP - The Florida Marlins postponed Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs as Hurricane Frances moved closer to the east coast of Florida. | 1 |
Did Apple Offer Sony an ITunes Deal? (PC World) PC World - The companies could have been partners, but are now music rivals, report says. | 3 |
Wine.com Raises Another #36;20 Million in Funding (Reuters) Reuters - Online retailer Wine.com has\secured another #36;20 million in venture capital funding and\could go public as soon as next year, Chief Executive Officer\George Garrick said on Friday. | 3 |
Rare 1929 Mercedes become world's second most expensive car (AFP) AFP - An ultra-rare 1929 Mercedes has become the second most expensive car the world has ever seen after selling at a British auction on Friday for 4.18 million pounds (6.16 million euros, 7.43 million dollars). | 0 |
Unemployment Drops to 5.4 Percent (AP) AP - Employers stepped up hiring in August, expanding payrolls by 144,000 and lowering the unemployment rate marginally to 5.4 percent. While the figures didn't amount to a national job fair, analysts said, they did hold out the promise of stronger growth following the summer lull. | 2 |
IBM Recalls Notebook Power Adapters (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) is recalling some 553,000 power adapters used with the company's\ThinkPad laptop computers sold worldwide between January 1999 and August 2000. | 3 |
Global Mobile-Phone Sales Set New Records (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Sales of mobile phones took off in the second quarter, fueled in large part by replacement purchases in some regions of the world and a growing number of new users in developing markets, according to research firm Gartner. | 3 |
The Frugal Investor (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Why do mutual funds charge so much? The smaller, newer ones argue that they need high fees to get started. The theory is that, once they attract a wad of assets, economies of scale will bring down the fee in percentage terms. Alas, this doesn't happen very often. Fund-tracker Lipper calculates that the average size of diversified domestic equity funds has doubled over the past ten years to #36;1.4 billion, but still the average expense ratio hasn't gone down a whit. AllianceBernstein Growth amp; Income doubled its assets in the past five years (to #36;7. ... | 2 |
Red Hat Names New CFO (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Linux provider Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) announced the appointment of Charles E. Peters Jr. as executive vice president and chief financial officer. | 3 |
Victims of Other Sudan Wars Neglected (AP) AP - While the world focuses on the crisis in Darfur, three times as many people have been suffering for many more years in two other conflicts involving the Sudanese government. | 0 |
Yankees' Giambi Treated for Tumor in Pituitary Gland (Reuters) Reuters - New York Yankees first baseman\Jason Giambi has been receiving treatment for a benign tumor in\his pituitary gland. | 1 |
Napster Launches Music-To-Go Service (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - U.S. music-downloading service Napster has launched a preview version of its Napster To Go portable music service, which incorporates \Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) latest digital-rights management software, Janus. | 3 |
UPS Says Gov't Approves China Epansion (AP) AP - UPS Inc. says the government has given it the green light to triple its number of flights to China, a key international market in the shipping giant's growth plans. | 0 |
Global Bond (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Balanced Funds\European Funds\Foreign Funds\Global Funds\Index Funds\Municipal-Long-Term\Municipal-Medium-Term\Municipal-One-State\Municipal-Short-Term\Pacific Funds\Stock Funds\Taxable-Ginnie Mae\Taxable-Junk\Taxable-Long-Term\Taxable-Medium-Term\Taxable-Short-Term\Taxable-U.S. Treasury | 2 |
Former IBM Executive Takes EMC Position (AP) AP - EMC Corp., the data storage company, named a former executive from rival IBM Corp. on Friday as its chief technology officer. | 3 |
Report: Apple offered Sony iTunes deal (MacCentral) MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Jobs offered Nobuyuki Idei, chairman and group CEO of Sony Corp., the chance for Sony to come aboard Apple's iTunes Music Store service, the Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun newspaper reported in its Sept. 2 edition. The offer would have allowed for joint operation of the service, the newspaper said. | 3 |
Czechs Rout Germany in World Cup of Hockey (AP) AP - The Czech Republic scored three goals in three minutes during the second period and routed Germany 7-2 Friday in the World Cup of Hockey. | 1 |
Businesses Batten Down for Frances NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Frances threatens to dampen sales, and possibly earnings, for a slew of companies -- from insurers to airlines -- as business activity screeches to a halt only three weeks after Hurricane Charley hit Florida. | 2 |
Bush, Kerry Clash Over Latest Jobs Report (AP) AP - President Bush hailed a slight decline in unemployment Friday as reason for his re-election, evidence the "economy is strong and getting stronger." Not so, said Sen. John Kerry, countering that the administration's term will end with a net loss of jobs. | 0 |
Massu Fined #36;1,000 for Throwing Racket (AP) AP - Nicolas Massu was fined #36;1,000 at the U.S. Open on Friday for throwing his racket during a loss to Sargis Sargsian in which the double Olympic gold medalist forfeited the opening game of the fifth set. | 1 |
Spacewalking Astronauts Replace Equipment (AP) AP - Leaving their orbiting outpost unmanned, the international space station's two astronauts floated outside on a spacewalk Friday and plugged in new antennas and replaced a worn-out piece of cooling equipment. | 3 |
UPDATE 2-Credit Suisse to integrate units, float Winterthur Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) will integrate its investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston with its private bank and aims to float its Winterthur | 2 |
Where the stars don't shine: Low-profile for most at RNC (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - The Democrats, convening in Boston last month, snagged Sarah Jessica Parker. Carole King. Leonardo DiCaprio. Ben Affleck. Alyssa Milano. And LL Cool J. | 0 |
Yankees' Giambi Treated for Tumor in Pituitary Gland NEW YORK (Sports Network) - New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi has been receiving treatment for a benign tumor in his pituitary gland. | 1 |
Tech Stocks Tumble as Intel Disappoints NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. technology shares tumbled on Friday after Intel Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=INTC.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">INTC.O</A>, the world's No. 1 chip maker, slashed its revenue forecast, but blue chips were only moderately lower as drug and industrial stocks gained. | 2 |
Could Space Signal Be Alien Contact? (Reuters) Reuters - An unexplained radio signal from deep\space could -- just might be -- contact from an alien\civilization, New Scientist magazine reported on Thursday. | 3 |
Smell Gene May Help People Hide from Mosquitoes (Reuters) Reuters - New insect repellents may work by\stopping pesky mosquitoes and flies from sniffing out their\prey, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. | 3 |
Oil Ends Lower Ahead of Long U.S. Weekend NEW YORK (Reuters) - World oil prices eased on Friday, with shortened trading hours in New York and London, as traders squared positions ahead of a long U.S. weekend. | 2 |
Archaeologists Discover Tomb Near Egypt's Pyramids (Reuters) Reuters - Archaeologists have found a\2,500-year-old tomb near Egypt's ancient pyramids in Giza, the\head of the excavation team told Reuters on Thursday. | 3 |
Hewitt Hits Top Gear, Mauresmo Storms On NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former champion Lleyton Hewitt bristled, battled and eventually blossomed as he took another step toward a second U.S. Open title with a second-round victory over Moroccan Hicham Arazi on Friday. | 1 |
Botswana Donates 500 Elephants to Mozambique (Reuters) Reuters - Botswana, which has the\largest elephant population in Africa, will donate 500 animals\to Mozambique, conservationists and Mozambican officials said\Friday. | 3 |
New Fossil of Fish-Like Reptile Found in Arctic (Reuters) Reuters - Scientists have found a 16-foot fossil of\a new species of fish-like lizard that swam the seas 160\million years ago when dinosaurs ruled on land. | 3 |
Garcia Takes One-Stroke Lead at European Masters CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Miguel Angel Jimenez offered a good-natured rebuke to his young compatriot Sergio Garcia Friday for trying to persuade him to rest before the Ryder Cup. | 1 |
Marlins-Cubs Washed Out Saturday as Well MIAMI (Sports Network) - The first two games of the Florida Marlins-Chicago Cubs series at Pro Player Stadium scheduled for Friday and Saturday have been postponed due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Frances in the Miami area. | 1 |
U.S. Sues Sears, Alleging Racial Bias NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sears, Roebuck Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=S.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">S.N</A>, was sued this week by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which said the largest U.S. department store chain illegally fired a store manager because he was black. | 2 |
Russian Siege Sparks World Horror, Solidarity LONDON (Reuters) - Tragic, despicable, inhumane, cowardly, barbaric, evil, and astonishing -- the deaths of a hundred or more people including children in a siege in Russia sparked strong words for the hostage-takers from world leaders. | 0 |
Czech Republic Crushes Germany in World Cup Hockey PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's vaunted offense finally roared to life, erupting for five unanswered goals in the second period on the way to a 7-2 thrashing of Germany at the World Cup Friday. | 1 |
U.S. Services Growth Slower in August NEW YORK (Reuters) - Growth in the vast U.S. services sector slowed in August although managers seemed more willing to hire new workers, according to an industry survey published on Friday. | 2 |
Army deserter dealt legal setback TORONTO -- A US soldier who deserted because he opposed the war in Iraq appealed for asylum in Canada yesterday but faces an uphill battle to persuade a refugee tribunal that he has the right to stay. | 0 |
U.S. Mulls New Darfur Resolution, Genocide Finding WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it is preparing a new U.N. resolution on Darfur and that Secretary of State Colin Powell might address next week whether the violence in western Sudan constitutes genocide. | 0 |
Dollar Up After Jobless Rate Declines CHICAGO (Reuters) - The dollar rose on Friday after a report showing job growth and an unexpected dip in the August unemployment rate bolstered speculation of a dollar-boosting interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve later this month. | 2 |
France Cautious Amid Hope Hostages Will Be Freed BAGHDAD/PARIS (Reuters) - France said Friday two French hostages held in Iraq were being well treated but there were hurdles to overcome to secure their release. | 0 |
Enron Interim CEO's Firm Seeks \$25M Bonus Corporate rescue firm Stephen Forbes Cooper LLC applied to a Manhattan bankruptcy court today for the "success fee" as payment for guiding Enron through the Chapter 11 process. | 2 |
Judge rules Bush statements pose no threat of jury taint FORT HOOD, Texas -- A military judge ruled yesterday that statements by President Bush and military leaders about alleged Abu Ghraib abuses do not appear specific enough to taint the jury pool for next month's trial of a reputed ringleader in the case. | 0 |
Enron CEO's Firm Submits \$25M Bonus Bill The price of success is \$25 million, according to a filing Friday by the corporate rescue firm of Enron Corp.'s interim chief executive. | 2 |
Move to relax euro budget rules The European Commission proposes a partial relaxation of the eurozone's strict public spending rules. | 2 |
Bill Clinton to have heart bypass Former US President Bill Clinton is to undergo surgery after being admitted to hospital in New York. | 0 |
Bush says delaying vote would send 'wrong signal' WASHINGTON -- President Bush joined the interim president of Iraq yesterday in insisting that Iraqi elections be held Jan. 30, saying that keeping to the election schedule will deter insurgents and quicken the pace toward peace and democracy in Iraq. | 0 |
Storm prompts mass evacuation Millions of people in Florida are ordered to leave their homes as the US state braces itself for Hurricane Frances. | 0 |
Cricket: England defeat India Andrew Flintoff is the hero as England beat India by 70 runs at The Oval to win the NatWest Challenge. | 0 |
Soldiers sue over extension of service WASHINGTON -- Eight soldiers filed a lawsuit yesterday challenging the Army's policy requiring them to serve longer than the terms of their enlistment contracts. | 0 |
Macedonians to vote on rights law The Macedonian parliament agrees to hold a referendum on a law to give greater power to ethnic Albanians. | 0 |
U.S. Economy Added 144,000 Jobs in August The pace of job creation picked up modestly in August and the unemployment rate edged down, the Labor Dept. said. | 2 |
Russia increases Yukos' tax bill Oil giant Yukos has its tax bill for 2001 upped by Russia's tax ministry, a move that may push it closer to bankruptcy. | 0 |
U.S. Services Growth Slowed in August Growth in the vast U.S. services sector slowed in August although managers seemed more willing to hire new workers, according to an industry survey published today. | 2 |
Intel Shares Fall 8 on Weak Sales Forecast The computer chip giant's management on Thursady lowered the company's financial projections after concluding businesses and consumers aren't in a spending mood. | 2 |
No Changes to the Induce Act Please! \\Just let it die!\\The amount of damage this will cause our economy and to the Technology industry\is staggering.\\Let this argument evolve. The RIAA/MPAA doesn't speak for the entire country.\All this will do is push P2P development offshore.\\"The U.S. Copyright Office has drafted a new version of the Induce Act that it\believes will ban networks like Kazaa and Morpheus while not putting hardware\such as portable hard drives and MP3 players on the wrong side of the law."\\"The original Induce Act has been severely criticized for possibly jeopardizing\products such Apple Computer's iPod that could "induce" people to commit piracy."\\ | 3 |
Ferrero Knocked Out Juan Carlos Ferrero's difficult year becomes more disappointing when the 2003 U.S. Open runner-up loses to Stefan Koubek in five sets in the second round. | 1 |
Vanek, Sabres Sign Forward Thomas Vanek agreed to a three-year deal with the Buffalo Sabres on Friday, passing up his final two years of college eligibility at Minnesota. | 1 |
Mining a Big Winner Mine Safety's stock has risen almost 150 in the year since it was recommended in Hidden Gems. | 2 |
Gun battle breaks out near Green Zone BAGHDAD -- A heavy gunfight broke out yesterday on a dangerous street in central Baghdad within blocks of the country's most fortified facilities, including the US Embassy and interim Iraqi government headquarters. Five more American troops were killed in the volatile Anbar province. | 0 |
Hammer Thrower Asked to Return Gold Medal, Submit DNA Sample Hungarian sports authorities urged hammer thrower Adrian Annus on Friday to give back his Olympic medal after he was stripped of the gold for refusing to take a follow-up drug test. | 1 |
Rumsfeld hopeful of troop exit by '08 KUWAIT CITY -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld expressed hope yesterday, but did not explicitly predict, that US troops would be out of Iraq by the end of President Bush's second term. | 0 |
Spacewalking Astronauts Replace Equipment CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Leaving their orbiting outpost unmanned, the international space station's two astronauts floated outside on a spacewalk Friday and plugged in new antennas and replaced a worn-out piece of cooling equipment... | 0 |
Stocks Fall on Jobs Report, Intel Warning NEW YORK - Technology stocks led Wall Street lower Friday after an uninspiring employment report failed to mitigate investors' concerns over Intel Corp.'s profit outlook. The major indexes finished the week mixed... | 0 |
Russians Storm School; 150 May Be Dead BESLAN, Russia - Commandos stormed a school Friday in southern Russia and battled separatist rebels holding hundreds of hostages, as crying children, some naked and covered in blood, fled through explosions and gunfire. Ninety-five bodies have been identified, but one official said the death toll could far exceed 150... | 0 |
Bill Clinton to Undergo Bypass Surgery NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton checked into a Manhattan hospital Friday with chest pains and will soon undergo bypass surgery, his office announced. An angiogram given to Clinton, who had been expected to campaign for Sen... | 0 |
Stocks Move Lower on Employment Report NEW YORK - Stocks were modestly lower in Friday as investors sorted through an uninspiring employment report and Intel Corp.'s weak profit outlook hit technology shares hard. Investors were satisfied with - but not impressed by - the Labor Department's latest reading on unemployment, which fell to 5.4 percent from 5.5 percent in July, and the 144,000 jobs created in August was close to the 150,000 Wall Street had expected... | 0 |
Astronauts Float Outside for a Spacewalk CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Leaving the orbiting outpost unmanned, the international space station's two astronauts floated outside on a spacewalk Friday to plug in new antennas and replace a worn-out piece of cooling equipment... | 0 |
Blast in South Afghan City Kills One, Wounds Four At least one man was killed and four wounded Friday when a bomb exploded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, in the latest attack by Taliban fighters intent on derailing a landmark election next month. | 0 |
Does SP2 cause bovine lesbianism? <strong>Letters</strong> And <em>El Reg</em> consoles cuckolded husband | 3 |
Drivers 'carry on using mobiles' Numbers of people using hand-held mobile phones is believed to be rising again in spite of tough new legislation. | 3 |
Pace for Wireless Number Switches Quickens WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. wireless subscribers who are switching providers while keeping their telephone numbers is accelerating, the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday. | 3 |
Rivals Say Microsoft Online Music Store Falls Short SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's. newly launched MSN Music download service has a long way to go to catch up with iTunes and other online services, competitors said on Thursday. | 3 |
Intel Sets Off New Jitters The tech sector continues to sit on unstable ground, with Intel Corp. lowering its forecast due to lagging consumer demand for technology products and fueling investor buzz of weakness in the sector.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT> | 3 |
Microsoft Warns on Spyware's Impact Though Microsoft Corp.'s new security update package is all about protecting systems from worms, viruses and spyware, it can't do much about what's already on computers - and that could pose a problem. | 3 |
7-11 Rolls Out HP Inventory System Convenience store operator 7-Eleven Inc. said Friday that it launched a five-year, \$55 million rollout of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s inventory control and ordering tools in 5,300 of its U.S. stores. | 3 |
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