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ING Names Business Units in Trade Woes ING Groep NV has disclosed new details of trading improprieties in its mutual funds and variable-insurance products, but research firm Morningstar Inc. | 2 |
Microsoft Doubles Delay Period for XP SP2 Tool Microsoft this week updated an administrative tool for delaying Automatic Update and Windows Update rollouts of Windows XP Service Pack 2 from four months to eight months. | 3 |
Savvis cancels spammers #39; accounts Web hosting and connectivity company Savvis Communications on Wednesday confirmed that it has canceled about 40 accounts from businesses that were earmarked as spammers. | 3 |
Turks hold Greece to goalless draw in World Cup qualifying Turkey held European champion Greece to a goalless draw Wednesday in a World Cup qualifier. The result left Ukraine and Georgia atop the group with four points each, two ahead of Turkey and three better than Greece. | 1 |
Scotland Must Accept Point After thirty games in charge Berti Vogts has not yet managed to take his win tally into double figures. The German has been under severe pressure in recent weeks after a humiliating drubbing from Hungary but | 1 |
US circulates Sudan draft resolution The United States has circulated a draft UN resolution that would back a beefed-up monitoring force for Sudan #39;s conflict-wracked Darfur region and threaten punitive action against the country #39;s oil exports if the government does not act quickly to stop | 0 |
House OK's Disclosure of Pension Info WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to allow workers and retirees to find out from a federal agency just how severe the shortfalls are in their companies' pension plans. | 2 |
Barnes Upset About Helping Bush Avoid War (AP) AP - Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes' recollections over how he helped President Bush get into the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War have evolved over the years from fuzzy to distinct, with him now expressing remorse for what he did. | 0 |
GOP House Leaders Confident of Tax Cuts (AP) AP - Republican House leaders expressed confidence Wednesday that they will be able to extend three popular tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of this year. | 0 |
Falcons' Brooking Hoping to Play in Opener (AP) AP - Pro Bowl linebacker Keith Brooking hopes to play in the Atlanta Falcons' season opener, even though a sore hamstring kept him from practicing Wednesday. | 1 |
Powell Leans Toward Genocide Finding in Darfur (Reuters) Reuters - Secretary of State Colin Powell is\leaning toward a determination that the violence in the western\Sudan region of Darfur constitutes genocide, Bush\administration officials said on Wednesday. | 0 |
A Daily Look at U.S. Iraq Military Deaths (AP) AP - As of Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1,005 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 759 died as a result of hostile action and 246 died of non-hostile causes. The figures include three military civilians. | 0 |
Hurricane Ivan Kills 12 in Grenada (AP) AP - The most powerful hurricane to hit Grenada in nearly a decade killed at least 12 people, damaged 90 percent of its homes and destroyed a prison, leaving criminals on the loose, officials said Wednesday. American students took precautions against looters. | 0 |
UN council mulls Sudan resolution, US to speak on genocide (AFP) AFP - The UN Security Council was to discuss a new US draft resolution aimed at tightening the pressure on Sudan over the crisis in Darfur, including possible sanctions on its oil sector. | 0 |
Watchdog slams human rights violations in Hong Kong ahead of polls (AFP) AFP - China has created a quot;toxic political climate quot; in Hong Kong through threats and intimidation designed to skew Sunday's elections in favour of pro-Beijing candidates, a global rights watchdog said. | 0 |
Weather Washes Out Tampa Bay-Yankees Games (AP) AP - Hurricane Frances is still messing up the major league baseball schedule. | 1 |
Tokyo Stocks Open Lower; Dollar Down Aga (AP) AP - Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Thursday following Wall Street's losses. The dollar was down against the Japanese yen. | 0 |
BA cuts debt with Qantas sale British Airways yesterday moved to cut its massive debt and prepare for acquisitions when it raised 425m by selling its stake in Australia #39;s Qantas Airways. | 2 |
Delta Air Lines to cut 7,000 jobs NEW YORK, USA (AFP) - Delta Air Lines announced an aggressive restructuring plan yesterday that would cut 6,000 to 7,000 jobs and slash costs, while warning that bankruptcy remains quot;a real possibility quot;. | 2 |
Fed Chief Sees More Traction in Expansion Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, said on Wednesday that the economic expansion had quot;regained some traction quot; after the slowdown this summer and | 2 |
BA merger with Iberia steps closer after 425m Qantas sale A merger between British Airways and the Spanish airline Iberia moved closer yesterday after BA raised 425m by selling its stake in Australia #39;s national carrier Qantas | 2 |
Ex-Wall Street Banker Sentenced in Federal Obstruction Case rank P. Quattrone, the Wall Street banker whose pay and deals made him a vivid symbol of the 1990 #39;s technology boom, was sentenced to 18 months in prison yesterday for obstructing a government | 2 |
Former Invesco chief agrees to \$500,000 penalty, industry ban to <b>...</b> explanation of market-timing, further attorney comment. Picks up last graf. Also moving on general news wires. DENVER (AP) _ The former chief executive of Invesco Funds Group has agreed to pay \$500,000 to | 2 |
New Zealand lifts rates again New Zealand #39;s central bank has again moved to ease inflation pressures, raising its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 6.25 percent -- a level last seen in March 2001. | 2 |
WPP and Havas in Grey Global chase French advertising group Havas said last night it would bid for US rival Grey Global, joining expected bids from the UK #39;s WPP and an American buyout firm. | 2 |
Irish pubs ban and German tax take toll of Gallaher Gallaher Group, which makes Silk Cut and Benson amp; Hedges cigarettes, yesterday announced a small rise in profits for the first half of the year but said it was facing tough trading outside Britain, especially in Germany and Ireland. | 2 |
Perle says Hollinger bosses misled him Former Pentagon policy adviser Richard Perle yesterday moved to distance himself from the disgraced former Telegraph owner Conrad Black and the 220m alleged looting scandal that has engulfed Hollinger International. | 2 |
Intel demos dual-core chip at IDF Intel kicked off its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) this week with a keynote speech from Paul Otellini, President, Intel Corp. Otellini said, PC industry is about to go through a major change in the way client | 3 |
Two decades of DNA fingerprints The breakthrough was made accidentally by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys at the city #39;s university on 10 September 1984. Since then, the technique has been used to trap criminals, identify victims of war, settle | 3 |
Microsoft confident XP update will baffle hackers He said his company #39;s Windows XP operating system update, launched last month by Bill Gates, was the quot;first big line we have drawn in the sand quot; to combat security breaches and spam. | 3 |
Laser Printer Recall If you own a Dell, Lexmark, or IBM laser printer there is a recall you need to know about. The printers could short-circuit and cause an electric shock. | 3 |
Microsoft Introduces Fingerprint Recognition Microsoft rolled out an updated line of input devices, including its first fingerprint-recognition products. A mouse and keyboard with built-in fingerprint readers, along with a stand-alone reader | 3 |
Fly-eating robot takes first slow steps towards danger zone A PREDATORY robot devised by British scientists could generate its own energy by catching and digesting flies. Called EcoBot II, the creation is part of a drive to make quot;forget and release quot; robots that could | 3 |
Hitachi strikes new direction with Lightning 8 Sep 2004, 18:44 GMT - Hitachi this week laid a unique bet on storage virtualization with the launch of the latest version of its flagship Lightning disk array. | 3 |
Sony to sell big-screen LCD projection TVs in China Global electronics giant Sony will launch its popular projection televisions with large LCD screens in China early next year, a company official said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Controversial Microsoft security plan heads for Longhorn SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft continues to tweak a controversial architecture for securing PCs but still plans to include the feature in Longhorn, the next release of Windows. | 3 |
Tennis Needs Instant Replay Blame a chair umpire named Mariana Alves for professional tennis going to the use of instant replay, because it #39;s coming. When you screw up as badly as Alves did Tuesday night at the US Open | 1 |
England pull Eriksson out of the fire The slender nature of the score will give broad satisfaction. Even if England were pegged back to 1-1 for a while in this World Cup qualifier, the mental stamina lacking since Euro 2004 was recovered in Chorzow | 1 |
Mission Accomplished! MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY ---There is a new number one in the land and the name is Vijay Singh. The quest, which began last year was finally realized by Singh when he out dueled Tiger by three strokes to win the Deutsche Bank Championship. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Del Piero ends goal drought as Italy win again Alessandro Del Piero scored his first goal for Italy in over a year as Marcello Lippi #39;s side picked up their second straight success with a 1-0 victory over Moldova in their World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. | 1 |
American League Game Summary - Minnesota At Baltimore Baltimore, MD -- Johan Santana fired seven shutout innings as Minnesota won the rubber match of a three-game series with Baltimore, 9-0 at Camden Yards. | 1 |
ABC Opts for Delayed Gratification Thanks to the controversial Super Bowl halftime show seven months ago, the NFL #39;s preseason kickoff show tonight will be live for everyone but television viewers. | 1 |
T-Mobile Tries Out Flarion Mobile-Broadband Data System Mobile Carrier T-Mobile is testing Flarion Technologies #39; Flash-OFDM mobile broadband technology in The Hague, the Netherlands. | 3 |
Spammers Using Authentication To Dodge Detection com. Spammers are trying to make their junk mail look more legit by adopting the same technologies intended to stem their message tsunamis, said a filtering firm Wednesday. | 3 |
AJK leaders meet Kashmir committee: Shift in Kashmir policy <b>...</b> ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir leaders feel that there has been an ideological shift in Pakistans Kashmir policy because Pakistan is involved in dialogue with India without a | 0 |
Hong Kong Legislative Election to Test Pro-Democracy Sentiment Hong Kong voters go to the polls Sunday to elect legislators with limited powers, in balloting that may test the strength of the city #39;s pro-democracy movement. | 0 |
Malaysia #39;s Anwar Confident of Courts Malaysia #39;s former deputy leader said Wednesday he is confident of victory when his country #39;s highest court reconsiders his conviction on corruption charges, arguing that his opponents have no case. | 0 |
Typhoon subsides after killing at least 31 The death toll from Typhoon Songda rose to 31 Wednesday, with at least 14 people still missing and more than 900 injured mainly in Hokkaido and western Japan. | 0 |
Britain #39;s nuclear deadline for Iran Britain last night gave Iran two months to come clean about its nuclear programme and halt work on enrichment of uranium or face a demand for United Nations sanctions. | 0 |
NASA hopes to recover Genesis capsule A parachute failed to open as NASA #39;s Genesis space capsule plunged back to Earth on Wednesday, causing it to take a tragic tumble from the heavens that buried it in the desert | 3 |
DNA fingerprinting #39;no longer foolproof #39; The genetic profiles held by police for criminal investigations are not sophisticated enough to prevent false identifications, according to the father of DNA fingerprinting. | 3 |
Eriksson: We learned from mistakes ENGLAND coach Sven-Goran Eriksson believes his players learned their lessons from the disappointing 2-2 draw in Austria at the weekend as they held on for a 2-1 victory over Poland in Chorzow, Katowice last night. | 1 |
Sports: Padres 10 Cardinals 5 SAN DIEGO David Wells led San Diego past St. Louis this afternoon 10-to-5. He pitched seven strong innings and even drove in two runs as the Padres bolstered their wild card chances. | 1 |
As Hong Kong Prepares for Election As Hong Kong wraps up a hotly contested legislative campaign, China #39;s presence looms large amid charges it marred the contest with dirty tricks while at the same time trying to woo voters with a charm offensive. | 0 |
DNA Fingerprint Discoverer Has Concerns LEICESTER, England Sept. 8, 2004 - One morning 20 years ago, Alec Jeffreys stumbled upon DNA fingerprinting, identifying the patterns of genetic material that are unique to almost every individual. | 3 |
Spammers embrace email authentication Spammers have adopted a new standard for email authentication much faster than legitimate emailers, according to a study from security appliance firm CipherTrust published this week. | 3 |
Qantas Says British Airways Sold Stake Qantas said Thursday that British Airways has sold its 18.25 percent stake in the Australian carrier at 3.28 Australian dollars (US\$2. | 2 |
AFC Enterprises to sell Cinnabon to Roark Capital AFC Enterprises Inc. plans to sell its Cinnabon subsidiary to Focus Brands Inc., an affiliate of Roark Capital Group, for \$30.3 million. | 2 |
Bertelsmann 1st-Half Profit Jumps on TV, Music Units (Update2) Bertelsmann AG, whose Random House unit publishes The Da Vinci Code #39; #39; and Bill Clinton #39;s autobiography, said first-half profit quadrupled as earnings improved at its television and music businesses. | 2 |
FA explains player silence The Football Association has revealed England #39;s players refused to talk to the media after their win in Poland in protest at criticism aimed at them. | 1 |
UN council mulls Sudan resolution, US to speak on genocide UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council was to discuss a new US draft resolution aimed at tightening the pressure on Sudan over the crisis in Darfur, including possible sanctions on its oil sector. | 0 |
India-Pakistan launch #39;group tourism #39; NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan yesterday opened up their countries to group tourism while announcing a series of high-level meetings and visits between officials to push forward the peace process over Kashmir. | 0 |
Malaysian opponents have no case: Anwar Newly freed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has pressed his country #39;s highest court to overturn his last criminal conviction, saying his opponents have quot;no case quot;. | 0 |
Milosevic rejects trial defence lawyers Slobodan Milosevic refused to work with two court-appointed lawyers yesterday as they called the first witness in his war crimes defence case. | 0 |
Space Probe Fails to Deploy Its Parachute and Crashes NASA #39;s \$264 million Genesis mission came to a sudden and violent end on Wednesday morning, when a capsule returning with samples of the Sun slammed into | 3 |
Europe gets first #39;better than 3G #39; mobile trial AMSTERDAM: Europe #39;s second largest mobile carrier T-Mobile said yesterday it had started the continent #39;s first trial of US-based Flarion #39;s high-speed wireless internet in the Dutch city of The Hague. | 3 |
Singh Makes It to Top And Is Hoping to Stay or the first time in his career, Vijay Singh will enter a golf tournament as the No. 1 player in the world. That status will not change his approach, however. | 1 |
Roddick to play in Davis Cup semifinals Captain Patrick McEnroe announced Wednesday that Andy Roddick would be on the US Davis Cup team when it competes in the semifinals this month. | 1 |
Hurricane Ivan Kills 20 in Grenada, Heads West (Reuters) Reuters - Hurricane Ivan killed at least 20 people\as it laid waste to the tiny spice island of Grenada, where\looting hampered relief efforts on Wednesday as the storm swept\through the Caribbean heading northwest. | 0 |
Stocks, Dollar Slip, Oil Off, Gold Up (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday as\Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, speaking before\Congress about the health of the economy, did little to quell\expectations for a rate hike later this month. | 2 |
House OK's Disclosure of Pension Info (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on\Wednesday voted to allow workers and retirees to find out from\a federal agency just how severe the shortfalls are in their\companies' pension plans. | 2 |
Twins Romp Past Orioles 9-0 (AP) AP - Johan Santana pitched seven innings of five-hit ball for his 10th straight victory, and Matt LeCroy homered to cap a seven-run second inning that carried the Minnesota Twins past the Baltimore Orioles 9-0 Wednesday night. | 1 |
Marlins Stop Reeling Mets 3-0 (AP) AP - Josh Beckett pitched eight innings and blanked the New York Mets for his second start in a row, and the Florida Marlins matched a franchise record with their ninth consecutive victory, 3-0 on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Russia Threatens to Strike Terror Bases (AP) AP - Russia's top general threatened on Wednesday to strike terrorists "in any region of the world," and the Kremlin offered a #36;10 million reward for information leading to the killing or capture of Chechnya's top rebel leaders. | 0 |
U.S. Jets Hit Insurgent Areas in Fallujah (AP) AP - U.S. jets pounded insurgent positions in Fallujah for a second straight day Wednesday, raising plumes of smoke but leaving no extensive damage or signs of weakening the Sunni militants who have steadily expanded their control of this city about 30 miles west of Baghdad. | 0 |
Greenspan: Economy Regained Some Traction (AP) AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress on Wednesday that the economy has "regained some traction" after a lull in late spring, reinforcing expectations of higher interest rates during the final stretch of the presidential campaign. | 2 |
A New-Age Reference (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - One of the Internet's more fascinating social experiments was born at a time when it seemed all the dot-coms were dying. Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia started in January 2001, has since surprised Web watchers by maturing into a popular reference site. | 3 |
Video Game Review: 'Political Machine' (AP) AP - Political couch potatoes who can't get enough of the impending presidential election will find endless fun with "The Political Machine." | 3 |
Former Invesco Chief Agrees to #36;500G Fine (AP) AP - The former chief executive of Invesco Funds Group has agreed to pay #36;500,000 to settle civil fraud charges relating to improper trading at the mutual funds company, his lawyer said Wednesday. | 2 |
Royals-Tigers Game Postponed by Rain (AP) AP - Dee Brown will have to wait another day to face the Detroit Tigers. | 1 |
Genesis Capsule Slams Into Utah Desert (AP) AP - A daring plan to have helicopters snag a space capsule as it plunged toward Earth went awry Wednesday when its parachutes failed to open and it slammed into the desert floor. | 3 |
Kuznetsova Reaches First Grand Slam Semi NEW YORK (Reuters) - Svetlana Kuznetsova squeezed past fellow Russian Nadia Petrova 7-6, 6-3 at the U.S. Open on Wednesday to reach her first grand slam semi-final. | 1 |
NASA: Fixing Shuttle Fleet Could Top #36;2B (AP) AP - NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said Wednesday the cost of fixing all the problems with the space shuttle fleet could top #36;2.2 billion #151; double the estimated price tag given to Congress a year ago. | 3 |
Rice shatters NFL yardage record CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jerry Rice became the most prolific offensive player in NFL history on Monday night. | 1 |
Davenport Storms Into Semi-Finals NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former champion Lindsay Davenport shrugged off an eight-and-a-half hour rain delay to breeze into the semi-finals of the U.S. Open with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over unseeded Japanese Shinobu Asagoe Wednesday. | 1 |
DNA Fingerprint Discoverer Has Concerns (AP) AP - One morning 20 years ago, Alec Jeffreys stumbled upon DNA fingerprinting, identifying the patterns of genetic material that are unique to almost every individual. The discovery revolutionized everything from criminal investigations to family law. | 3 |
Powell Leans Toward Genocide Finding in Darfur WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell is leaning toward a determination that the violence in the western Sudan region of Darfur constitutes genocide, Bush administration officials said on Wednesday. | 0 |
After Waiting a Long Time, Davenport Keeps It Short The weather played havoc with the U.S. Open schedule Wednesday, but it did not affect Lindsay Davenport, who rolled to a quarterfinal victory over Shinobu Asagoe. | 1 |
Singh Makes It to Top and Is Hoping to Stay For the first time in his career, Vijay Singh will enter a tournament as the No. 1 player in the world golf ranking. That status will not change his approach, however. | 1 |
Murali upset over awards Muttiah Muralitharan says he was ignored for the ICC's World Test XI because of his bowling action. | 0 |
Fed Chief Sees More Traction in Expansion Alan Greenspan said that the economic expansion had "regained some traction." | 2 |
Delta Aims to Cut Jobs 12, Drop a Hub and Reduce Pay Delta Air Lines said it would cut 12 percent of its work force and said a bankruptcy filing was a real possibility." | 2 |
An Elder Challenges Outsourcing's Orthodoxy Paul A. Samuelson, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, is dissenting from conventional wisdom on the benefits of globalization. | 2 |
Oil Explorers Searching Ever More Remote Areas Western oil companies are running out of likely places to look, and significant finds are becoming rarer. | 2 |
NFL Blocked From L.A. As with Washington-area efforts to land a baseball team, Los Angeles' quest for an NFL team spans years, and is hindered by an owner who feels he has rights to the market. | 1 |
For 1,000 Troops, There Is No Going Home The roster of the dead in Iraq is a portrait of a military in transition, with ever-widening roles and costs for the country's part-time soldiers, women and Hispanics. | 0 |
Effort to Renew Weapons Ban Falters on Hill Despite popular support, the federal law banning the sale of 19 kinds of semiautomatic assault weapons is almost certain to expire on Monday. | 0 |
Since 9/11, Rich Arabs Again Frolic in Lebanon Lebanon, once a byword for terrorism, has turned into the destination of choice for wealthy families from the Mideast. | 0 |
England, Italy, France Win England lifts the pressure off Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with a 2-1 win at Poland in a World Cup qualifier Wednesday night, while Italy and France also get victories. | 1 |
Davenport Easily Defeats Asagoe at Open NEW YORK - Lindsay Davenport is two victories from a second U.S. Open title and the No... | 0 |
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