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Funds: Fund Mergers Can Hurt Investors PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - Mergers and acquisitions have played an enormous role in the U.S. economy during the past several decades, but sometimes the results have been bad for consumers. Similarly, consolidation in the mutual fund business has sometimes hurt fund investors. | 2 |
Roddick and Williams to Star on Sunday at U.S. Open NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first week of the U.S. Open concludes Sunday with Andy Roddick and Serena Williams the star attractions at Flushing Meadows. | 1 |
Newbiz: an Unconventional Asset-The Past WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When businesses consider their assets, they may look at obvious things like products, buildings, equipment, patents, even valued employees. But the company's history? | 2 |
Locals Fight Wal-Mart Store Near Ancient Mexico Ruin (Reuters) Reuters - In the shadow of colossal\pyramids left by a great Mexican civilization, a Wal-Mart\rises, and some locals have gone to court to overturn its\approval. | 3 |
ASEAN, Australia, N.Zealand See 2007 Deal JAKARTA (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations, Australia and New Zealand hope to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) by 2007 after beginning formal negotiations next year, government ministers said on Sunday. | 2 |
Colts trio at receiver nears NFL milestone Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning isn #39;t staging a one-man assault on Dan Marino #39;s single-season touchdown record. | 1 |
No Extra Points for This One; LSU Survives in OT Baton Rouge, La. (Sports Network) - Redshirt freshman kicker Alexis Serna's third missed extra point of the game in overtime allowed the fourth-ranked LSU Tigers to escape with a 22-21 victory over Oregon State. | 1 |
No. 3 Georgia Wins Opener Athens, Ga. (Sports Network) - Danny Ware rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns in his collegiate debut, as No. 3 Georgia held off Division I-AA Georgia Southern, 48-28, in the season opener for both schools at Sanford Stadium. | 1 |
Nintendo DS a major upgrade from Game Boy machines SACRAMENTO BEE. NINTENDO has been on top of the handheld gaming market for 15 years. Its various Game Boy machines have sold more than 100 million units since the first model. | 3 |
Second Strong Quake Hits West Japan, Tsunami Warning TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring about 7.3 on the Richter scale shook western Japan on Sunday, the second strong quake to hit a area in five hours, and evacuations were ordered due to approaching tsunamis, broadcaster NHK reported. | 0 |
EU warns Italy on Alitalia stake The Italian state must give up its majority stake in troubled Alitalia when the airline sells new shares, the EU warns. | 2 |
S.Africa Cancels Thatcher Meeting with Eq. Guinea JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has canceled a meeting with prosecutors from Equatorial Guinea who had hoped to interview Mark Thatcher on his suspected links to a coup plot in the oil-rich country, officials said on Sunday. | 0 |
Violence Displaces Over 3,000 More in Darfur-UN KHARTOUM (Reuters) - More than 3,000 people have been displaced since the end of August by violence in an area of North Darfur state in the troubled western region of Sudan, a United Nations report said on Sunday. | 0 |
'Policemen killed' in Saudi chase Three Saudi security staff are killed while chasing suspected militants, state television says. | 0 |
Schroeder faces new poll defeat Voting is under way in the German state of Saarland, with polls predicting another defeat for the Social Democrats. | 0 |
Sudan willing to allow in more Darfur observers, official says KHARTOUM -- Sudan does not object to the deployment of more foreign cease-fire monitors and troops to the troubled Darfur region, Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said yesterday. | 0 |
One by One, Iraqi Cities Become No-Go Zones In Iraq, the list of places from which American soldiers have either withdrawn or decided to visit only rarely is growing. | 0 |
U.S. Near Seizing Bin Laden, Official Says ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The United States and its allies have moved closer to capturing Osama bin Laden in the last two months, a top U.S. counterterrorism official said in a television interview broadcast... | 0 |
Frances Strikes, Knocks Out Power to 4M STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances pounded Florida with high wind and heavy rain Sunday after it smashed across the state's east coast, knocking out power to 4 million people, shredding roofs and uprooting trees... | 0 |
Militants Seek Group Edict on Kidnappings BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi militant group appealed Sunday to an influential Sunni Muslim organization for an edict on whether the kidnapping of foreigners who work for occupation forces is acceptable under Islam. The appeal came as a Turkish transportation company, Renay International, announced it would withdraw from Iraq a day after Iraqi militants threatened to behead one of its employees - the latest company to meet kidnappers' demands to go... | 0 |
4 Million Without Power As Frances Strikes STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances pounded Florida with high wind and heavy rain Sunday after it smashed across the state's east coast, knocking out power to 4 million people and forcing residents to withstand a prolonged lashing that shredded roofs and uprooted trees... | 0 |
Will September Be Good for Stocks? NEW YORK - Wall Street professionals know to keep their expectations in check in September, historically the worst month of the year for stocks. As summertime draws to a close, money managers are getting back to business, cleaning house, and often sending the market lower in the process... | 0 |
Former Saddam Deputy Reportedly Captured Iraqi and U.S. forces arrested a man believed to be the most-wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the run in a bloody raid on Sunday in which 70 of his supporters were killed and 80 captured, the government said. | 0 |
Defenseless Targets Close to 350 die, half of them children, after Chechen rebels take an entire school hostage. What the siege means for Russia | 0 |
Jobs Data Give Fed Green Light for Sept Rate Hike A moderate rise in August payrolls sealed expectations on Friday that the Federal Reserve will continue its rate-hike campaign in September without a pause. | 2 |
Donald clinches European Masters title by five strokes Britain #39;s Luke Donald repaid Bernhard Langer faith in him by winning the European Masters on Sunday the week after the European Ryder Cup captain handed him a wild-card. | 1 |
IBM and Intel to open up blade specifications SEPTEMBER 02, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - In an effort to encourage hardware vendors to build components for the blade platform they co-developed, Intel Corp. | 3 |
ROSSI CLOSES IN ON WORLD TITLE Valentino Rossi moved a step nearer his fourth world championship title with a dominant victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril today. | 1 |
US Postal dominate Vuelta opener LEON, Spain -- The all-conquering US Postal squad left arch-rival T-Mobile trailing to win the opening team time trial stage of the Tour of Spain (La Vuelta) cycle race on Saturday. | 1 |
Hurricane Hits Florida, Cutting Power and Water for Millions Shrieking winds and angry sheets of rain thrashed Florida's coast as Hurricane Frances hit land early this morning and was making its way slowly across the state. | 0 |
Orange Launches Talk Now Orange announced the commercial availability of Talk Now, Europes first advanced Push-To-Talk service. Over the last nine months, Orange has engaged in customer trials across Europe to develop and refine | 3 |
Two firms say to quit Iraq to save Turkish hostage Two employers of a Turkish truck driver taken hostage in Iraq have agreed to pull out of the country following a threat by his captors to behead him, media sources report. | 0 |
IT Stocks to Influence KOSPI The information technology (IT) sector is expected to set the tone of the Korean stock market in the near term after Intel, the worlds largest semiconductor maker, slashed its third-quarter sales forecast last Thursday. | 2 |
UPDATE 2-Rossi wins Portuguese Grand Prix again Italy #39;s Valentino Rossi won the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday for the fourth year in a row after snatching the lead on the first lap. | 1 |
World Cup of Hockey: Canada boosts record to 3-0 Martin Brodeur made 27 saves, and Brad Richards, Kris Draper and Joe Sakic scored goals to help Canada beat Russia 3-1 last night in the World Cup of Hockey, giving the Canadians a 3-0 record in round-robin play. | 1 |
Millions Flee Hurricane Frances Two-and-a-half million people have been told to get out of the way of hurricane Frances. #39; #39;. The storm is aiming at a 480-kilometre stretch of Florida #39;s Atlantic coast. | 0 |
The ABCs of Back-To-School Electronics (AP) AP - For back-to-school shoppers, a new alphabet reigns, and it starts with E for electronics. With camera cell phones and the Apple iPod music player topping student wish lists, some of the hottest gadgets have little to do with pen or paper, much less studying. | 3 |
World focuses on Darfur, but victims of Sudan's other conflicts neglected (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - NAIROBI, Kenya (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 |
Branson earmarks \$300m for mobile JV in China Virgin Group chief Richard Branson said on Tuesday he has earmarked \$300 million for a cellular phone joint venture in China, the worlds largest mobile market by users. | 2 |
Keane set to reinforce Ireland against Swiss Manchester United captain Roy Keane could reinforce Ireland for their World Cup qualifier away to Switzerland in Basel on Wednesday. | 1 |
Microsoft Sees Open-Source Threat Looming Ever Larger (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - The software maker is facing growing pressure from open-source software across every segment of its business #151;a competitive threat that could have significant consequences for its financial future going forward, Microsoft said in its latest 10-K filing to the SEC. | 3 |
Pilots Aim to Catch Space Capsule in Air (AP) AP - In a harrowing feat high over the Utah desert Wednesday, two helicopter stunt pilots will try to snatch a floating space capsule that holds "a piece of the sun" and bring it safely down. | 3 |
Cheney May Help or Hinder Bush's Chances (AP) AP - Vice President Dick Cheney, enormously popular with conservatives, will be key to turning out the Republican base this November. But campaign officials say they will use Cheney to persuade undecided voters as well. | 0 |
Dollar slide has only a muted short-term impact on EADS: CEO BEIJING : The dramatic fall of the dollar against the euro will would have only a muted short-term impact on Europe #39;s largest defense company but if sustained, it would affect future profitability, the head of EADS said. | 2 |
Voter Discontent May Hurt Afghan Leader (AP) AP - President Hamid Karzai rarely misses an opportunity to laud Afghanistan's 3 million former refugees for "voting with their feet" by returning to support their homeland's budding democracy. | 0 |
B.C.'s Citizens' Assembly on electoral reform getting close to decision (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - VANCOUVER (CP) - Less than a year before British Columbia plays host to the 2010 Winter Olympics, provincial voters may be choosing their government using a different, more fair and more popular system. | 0 |
Cahill, Rove Lead Presidential Campaigns (AP) AP - Karl Rove is a smooth, jovial political operative with a Texas-honed reputation as a ruthless competitor and three George W. Bush victories under his belt. Mary Beth Cahill is a daughter of Boston's rough-and-tumble ward battles who just last year brought her no-nonsense organizational skills to Democratic opponent John Kerry's camp. | 0 |
Impressive Haas Continues Comeback Run at Open NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tommy Haas continued his impressive comeback from injury with a dominant 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Brazilian qualifier Ricardo Mello Sunday to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open. | 1 |
Serena Crushes Schnyder to Reach Quarter-Finals NEW YORK (Reuters) - Third seed Serena Williams served up her best performance of the U.S. Open to date as she beat Switzerland's Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals. | 1 |
Impressive Haas Continues Comeback Run at Open NEW YORK (Reuters) - Germany's Tommy Haas continued his impressive comeback from injury with a 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Brazilian qualifier Ricardo Mello to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Sunday. | 1 |
Disney's Eisner Sees Iger as Successor LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner said company President Robert Iger is his "preferred choice" to succeed him in running the entertainment conglomerate, according to an interview in Sunday's Los Angeles Times. | 2 |
Slow Job Market Greets Workers Labor Day WASHINGTON Sept. 5, 2004 - A spotty job market and stagnant paychecks cloud this Labor Day holiday for many workers, highlighting the importance of pocketbook issues in the presidential election. | 2 |
Filmmaker Examines Jobs Lost to Outsourcing, Offshore Production US industry is increasingly turning to countries like Mexico and China for its manufacturing, and to India for high-end services like computer programming. | 2 |
World Needs More Oil Capacity -Watchdog An extra 3 million barrels per day (bpd) of production capacity worldwide is needed to avoid another year of blistering oil prices, International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Claude Mandil warned on Sunday. | 2 |
Update 1: Sources: EU Closer to Coke Settlement The European Union is moving closer to settling its long-running antitrust case against The Coca-Cola Co., having judged the beverage giant #39;s offer to modify distribution deals in Europe good enough to begin gauging the industry #39;s reaction, sources close | 2 |
Prodi unveils plan to ease deficit rules European Commission president Romano Prodi has unveiled proposals to loosen the deficit rules under the EU Stability Pact. The loosening was drafted by monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia, who stood beside the president at the announcement. | 2 |
iMac G5: A new option Last week, Mac loyalists had gathered for an announcement they have been waiting for months to hear. Sitting at the Paris Apple Expo or crouched in front of a computer screen in a Mac chat room, thousands | 3 |
Sun King is out with a begging bowl now London, September 5: Heaping ridicule on the Indian team, thrashed by a resurgent home side in the first two Natwest Challenge matches, former England captain Mike Atherton has said Sun King Sourav Ganguly has now been reduced to pauper status. | 1 |
Yanks #39; righthander could miss rest of season BRONX -- New York Yankees righthander Kevin Brown underwent surgery Sunday for a broken left hand and is expected to miss at least three weeks and perhaps the rest of the season. | 1 |
Alessandro Petacchi Claims 2nd Stage of Tour of Spain Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi won the second stage of the Tour of Spain in a mass sprint finish, as Dutchman Max van Heeswijk claimed the leader #39;s yellow jersey. | 1 |
Rutgers Makes Bid for Prime Time With Opening Win Freshman Jeremy Ito kicked four field goals and Ryan Neill scored on a 31-yard interception return to lead improving Rutgers to a 19-14 victory yesterday over visiting Michigan State. | 1 |
PRIEST-DIRECTOR SAW #39;PROPER #39; OVITZ FIRING Father Leo O #39;Donovan, a Walt Disney Co. director and Jesuit priest, testified that he believed CEO Michael Eisner had the quot;proper authority quot; to boot Michael Ovitz from the company. | 2 |
Beslan mourns as Putin vows tough response to #39;all-out war #39; by <b>...</b> Funeral processions snaked through this grief-racked town as relatives buried victims of the school siege in southern Russia in rows of freshly dug graves Sunday. | 0 |
Saddam to Face Trial #39;Within Weeks #39; Saddam Hussein and other detained members of the deposed Iraqi regime will face trial within a few weeks, Iraqs minister of state said today. | 0 |
Kashmiri leader calls for more involvement in India-Pakistan talks A Kashmiri separatist leader has met Pakistan #39;s Foreign Minister to urge greater involvement of Kashmiris in the ongoing India-Pakistan peace dialogue. | 0 |
ASEAN-India FTA set to kick off in January Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed on Sunday to start implementing a planned free trade area (FTA) with economic powerhouse India in January next year. | 0 |
Malaysia #39;s Prime Minister denies deal over Ibrahim Malaysia #39;s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi denies he struck a deal with Anwar Ibrahim before the rebel politician was freed last week after nearly six years in jail. | 0 |
Earthquakes rattle western Japan AN earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale hit western Japan this morning, just hours after another strong quake rocked the area. | 0 |
Extended Iraq ban outrages Aljazeera BAGHDAD (Aljazeera) -- Iraqi security forces stormed into Aljazeera #39;s Baghdad office on Saturday and sealed it with red wax. Iraqi officials said the channel had not respected the closure order nor answered | 0 |
Exit Polls Indicate Germany #39;s Social Democrats Lose State Election Exit polls say German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder #39;s Social Democrats have been defeated in a local election in the western state of Saarland. | 0 |
Senator: Commander Told of Military Drain (AP) AP - A former Senate Intelligence Committee chairman asserted Sunday that the general who ran the war in Afghanistan said more than a year before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that his resources were being shifted in preparation for taking on Saddam Hussein. | 0 |
Coke to alter sales practices Coca-Cola on Friday agreed to alter its sales practices in some European markets, an offer likely to bring to an end a five-year investigation by the European Commission into whether the soft drinks giant was stifling retail competition. | 2 |
Shoppers: Moneyed vs. Worried Retail sales were generally lackluster in August. Some outfits blamed Hurricane Charlie. Others pointed the finger at gas prices or the late start to the back-to-school shopping season. | 2 |
New-look India shine How refreshing that an entire summer of predictable one-day cricket should end with a match that turned the formbook on its head. India looked down and out of this match when they were bowled | 1 |
Doan, Draper and Thornton gives Team Canada an impressive checking <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Just calling them the checking line seems strange, given that a star player like Joe Thornton is at centre. But that #39;s exactly what they are in the current Team Canada set-up, Thornton between | 1 |
Petacchi unstoppable in Tour of Spain Italian Alessandro Petacchi scooped the bunch sprint to win Sunday #39;s second stage of the Tour of Spain. German Erik Zabel was second in the 207 k run from Leon to Burgos with Spaniard Oscar Freire finishing third. | 1 |
Schroeder's SPD Routed in Saarland, Far Right Gains BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats slumped to their worst result in 44 years in the western state of Saarland on Sunday as voters punished the party for its painful economic reforms. | 0 |
Pope Beatifies Three on Adriatic Coast Pope John Paul has traveled to Italy #39;s Adriatic coast northeast of Rome to beatify two devout Italians and a Spaniard who lived and died in the 20th century, placing them on the road to sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church. | 0 |
Protesters seize oil platforms in Nigeria Protesters seized oil platforms run by Royal Dutch/Shell Group Cos. and ChevronTexaco Corp for a second day Monday, shutting down 90,000 barrels a day in oil production, company officials said. | 2 |
The New New York Skyline The city's profile is about to undergo an extreme makeover, and \$30 million flying town houses are just the beginning. | 0 |
Clinton Surgery Expected Early This Week Former President Bill Clinton's heart bypass, expected Monday or Tuesday, likely will be an ordinary replumbing of his ailing heart, not some new whiz-bang robotic or "keyhole" surgery, leading surgeons say. And just as his operation is likely to be the same as the average American's, the delay in his surgery also suggests a problem typical for many patients: doctors and nurses off for the holiday weekend... | 0 |
Slow Job Market Greets Workers Labor Day WASHINGTON - A spotty job market and stagnant paychecks cloud this Labor Day holiday for many workers, highlighting the importance of pocketbook issues in the presidential election. "Working harder and enjoying it less," said economist Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics, summing up the state of working America... | 0 |
Frances Strikes, Knocks Out Power to 4M STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances weakened but still pounded Florida with high wind and heavy rain Sunday after it smashed across the state's east coast, knocking out power to 4 million people, shredding roofs and uprooting trees... | 0 |
Bush's National Guard File Missing Records WASHINGTON - Documents that should have been written to explain gaps in President Bush's Texas Air National Guard service are missing from the military records released about his service in 1972 and 1973, according to regulations and outside experts. For example, Air National Guard regulations at the time required commanders to write an investigative report for the Air Force when Bush missed his annual medical exam in 1972... | 0 |
Students Aiming to Avoid 'Freshman 15' AUSTIN - All-you-can-eat dorm dining. Late-night pizza parties... | 0 |
EA to boost efforts in cell-phone gaming Gaming giant Electronic Arts will boost production of video games for mobile phones over the next nine months, bringing top-selling franchises quot;Fifa Football quot; and quot;The Sims quot; to handsets, the company said Thursday. | 3 |
Petacchi unstoppable in bunch sprint Italian Alessandro Petacchi has proved more than a match for his rivals on the 207km second stage of the Tour of Spain from Leon to Burgos by winning a bunch sprint. | 1 |
Tech, Oil and Frances to Rule Markets (Reuters) Reuters - As if Intel's profit bomb didn't put\enough of a damper on the summer-ending long weekend, investors\returning this week after Labor Day will be wary of a market\offering as much pitfall as promise. | 2 |
Bryant Case Could Chill Rape Reports (AP) AP - In the 1970s, rape crisis counselors celebrated when states began to pass laws designed to stop lawyers from discrediting victims with salacious details about their sex lives. | 1 |
Zimmer Defensive Coordinator Cowboys Need (AP) AP - Coach Bill Parcells has always had his own philosophy about defense, and he knew little about coordinator Mike Zimmer when Parcells joined the Dallas Cowboys. | 1 |
Old-Flame Web Sites Boosting Divorce Rates (Reuters) Reuters - Web sites that reunite and reignite old\lovers are helping push up England's divorce rates, according\to a UK-based counseling service Wednesday. | 3 |
Damon a Late Scratch With Injured Finger (AP) AP - Boston Red Sox center fielder Johnny Damon was a late scratch Sunday for the team's game against the Texas Rangers with an injured finger. | 1 |
Serena roars into Open quarters Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - Two-time champion Serena Williams blew past Swiss Patty Schnyder on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals at the US Open. | 1 |
Schroeder #39;s SPD Routed in Saarland, Far Right Gains German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder #39;s Social Democrats slumped to their worst result in 44 years in the western state of Saarland on Sunday as voters punished the party for its painful economic reforms. | 0 |
Bryant Case Could Chill Rape Reports BOSTON - In the 1970s, rape crisis counselors celebrated when states began to pass laws designed to stop lawyers from discrediting victims with salacious details about their sex lives. But three decades later, after all 50 states approved such rape shield laws, the Kobe Bryant case has shown that even those protections are not enough to prevent the most intimate details of an alleged victim's life from becoming public and sometimes even fair game for prosecutors... | 0 |
Frances Knocks Out Power, Floods Florida FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Hurricane Frances' wind and water whacked swaths of southern Florida with fire-hose force Sunday, submerging entire roadways and tearing off rooftops even as the storm weakened and crawled inland with heavy rains in its wake... | 0 |
Serena powers into quarters TWO-time champion Serena Williams fired 12 aces and had only one double fault as she overpowered Patty Schyder 6-4, 6-2 in their fourth round match at the US Open today. | 1 |
India rebound with Lord #39;s victory LONDON, England -- England captain Michael Vaughan finally found one-day form with the bat but saw his side slip to a 23-run defeat to India in the third match of their series at Lord #39;s on Sunday. | 1 |
Freedom hope for French journalists Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq were handed over to intermediaries yesterday, raising hopes that they would soon be freed. | 0 |
Sudan Accuses US of Using Darfur to Appeal to Voters Sudan is accusing the United States of using violence-torn Darfur to compete for voters heading to the polls in November. Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said Saturday that Washington #39;s recent hard-line | 0 |
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