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Viacom Starts Blockbuster Exchange Offer Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has begun a share exchange offer to split off its Blockbuster Inc. (BBI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) unit and put the video rental chain | 2 |
Franks Nursery amp; Crafts files for Chapter 11 Franks Nursery Inc., a lawn and garden specialty chain that grew out of a Depression-era produce market in Detroit, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday for a second time and said it would close all 169 of its stores. | 2 |
Artificial heart maker seeking OK to sell device After 22 years of experimentation, the maker of the nation #39;s first self-contained artificial heart yesterday asked the federal government for permission to begin | 2 |
Central bank sends cost of debt higher Canadians are paying more to borrow money for homes, cars and other purchases today after a quarter-point interest-rate increase by the Bank of Canada yesterday was quickly matched by the chartered banks. | 2 |
IT Association slams government THE Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) says the government #39;s #39;Get It Right #39; policy in regards to IT contracts is total nonsense. | 3 |
Spicy solution for painless integration SUBANG JAYA: IBM (www.ibm.com) has released the beta version of its latest enterprise-grade integration software to Malaysian customers. | 3 |
Kuranyi grabs Germany #39;s equalizer BERLIN, Germany -- Brazilian-born striker Kevin Kuranyi scored the equalizer to earn Germany a 1-1 draw with Brazil in a friendly in Berlin, that was a rematch of their 2002 World Cup final. | 1 |
Trade, fight put Boston on charge up AL East Maybe it was The Trade. Maybe it was The Fight. Maybe it was just the inevitable byproduct of a supremely talented team finding its groove. | 1 |
Iginla #39;s two goals pave rout After the United States advanced to the World Cup of Hockey semifinals Tuesday night, some of the players already started talking about facing Finland. | 1 |
National League Game Capsules Houston, TX -- Roger Clemens pitched seven strong innings to win his fourth straight start and was supported by four first-inning homers, as the red-hot Houston Astros completed a three-game sweep of Cincinnati with a 5-2 victory and matched a franchise | 1 |
Jakarta suspects key terror suspect over bombing A car bomb attack outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on Thursday bears all the hallmarks of a Malaysian terror suspect who is a senior member of an al Qaeda-linked group, Indonesia #39;s police chief said. | 0 |
Ivan kills 12 in Grenada, threatens Cuba, US ST. GEORGE #39;S, GrenadaThe most powerful hurricane to hit Grenada in a decade killed more than a dozen people, damaged 90 per cent of its homes and destroyed a prison, leaving criminals on the loose, officials said yesterday. | 0 |
Delta stays Delta Air Lines #39; third-largest hub at Salt Lake City International Airport will be spared from closure and will gain 58 daily flights, including one to Mexico, under a far-reaching | 2 |
Qantas returns to trading after BA sells stakehold Qantas shares returned to trade this morning after the overnight sale of British Airways #39; (BA) billion-dollar stake in the airline. | 2 |
VW May Cut 30,000 Jobs If No Agreement With Workers (Update2) Volkswagen AG is threatening to eliminate 30,000 jobs ahead of next week #39;s wage talks with unions as Europe #39;s biggest carmaker seeks cost cuts similar to agreements reached by other German companies, including DaimlerChrysler AG. | 2 |
Viacom to offer shares at a discount A decade after it acquired Blockbuster, Viacom Inc. yesterday took a key step toward unloading the struggling 19-year-old video rental chain and giving it long-expected independence early next month. | 2 |
McDonald #39;s cites new menu items as it reports Aug. sales gains New menu items helped lift McDonald #39;s to a 16th consecutive increase in monthly comparable sales, the fast-food giant said Wednesday, and more sandwiches are on the way. | 2 |
Central bank bumps rate The Bank of Canada rate will hit four per cent by late next year, an economist predicts. OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada raised its key policy interest rate yesterday while hinting that this could be the start of a new upward trend in borrowing costs. | 2 |
INTERVIEW: Australia #39;s ABC Learning On Expansion Path BRISBANE (Dow Jones)--Australian childcare provider ABC Learning Centres Ltd. (ABS.AU) said Thursday it has agreed to buy two rivals in aA\$313 million cash and stock | 2 |
Coors Talks of Profit-Sharing Agreement with Molson The Adolph Coors brewery says it could force Molson to brew Coors Light in Canada for 10 years -- without a profit-sharing agreement. | 2 |
NASA #39;s Genesis Capsule Crashes DUGWAY PROVING GROUNDS, Utah -- NASA #39;s Genesis return capsule crashed into the desert Wednesday morning due to an apparent malfunction in its parachutes. | 3 |
Enter your e-mail: This has been a big week for future technology in San Francisco: Intel filled much of Moscone Center with the Intel Developer Forum, its technical conference on the cool stuff it has up its sleeve, from CPU speed bumps to new wireless networking standards | 3 |
Nokia plans new, lighter version of Communicator Trying to regain some of its lost market share, Nokia Corp. is hoping to woo both enterprise and consumer customers with a lighter, sleeker version of its high-end Communicator | 3 |
Tech industry presents less-than-unified defense Last fall, the Blaster Internet worm slammed into Cable Bahamas like a digital hurricane, clogging Web connections for the tiny Internet service provider #39;s 22,000 subscribers. | 3 |
Attorney General Joins E-Voting Suit California Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced Tuesday that his office will join a pair of independent plaintiffs in a false claims lawsuit against Diebold Election Systems, the company supplying | 3 |
Military Headset Reaches Masses As any cell-phone user knows, background noise, including traffic jams and bustling streets, can be a nuisance. The cacophony becomes even worse when the caller insists on yelling over the noise. | 3 |
Vampire robot developed A MICRO robot which kills flies and powers itself using their dead bodies, is being developed by British boffins. The EcoBot II, attracts flies by emitting a stench concocted from human excrement. | 3 |
HDS Launches TagmaStore When it comes to storage technology, there are a number of vendors pushing back the frontiers in what is possible. This week Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), one of the giants in this extremely competitive space | 3 |
IBM releases new Linux-oriented database software San Francisco, September 9: International Business Machines Corp late on Wednesday rolled out a new version of its database software aimed at users of Linux and Unix operating systems that it hopes will help the company take away market share from market | 3 |
Tech Briefs Yahoo, owner of the world #39;s second-most-used Internet search engine, said it began testing a service that searches for travel bargains and provides links to hotel and airline booking Web sites. | 3 |
England Doubles Up Poland England got strikes from sparkling debut starter Jermain Defoe and Michael Owen to defeat Poland in a Uefa World Cup qualifier in Chorzow. | 1 |
World-Surprise choice Huth proves his worth to Klinsmann A surprise choice for Wednesday #39;s friendly against Brazil, 20-year-old Robert Huth made full use of his debut in Germany #39;s starting team to impress Juergen Klinsmann and his Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho. | 1 |
Top dog Singh not cowed by Tiger Vijay Singh #39;s ascension to No.1 in the world rankings was a mere formality. Anyone paying attention knew Singh had been playing with more consistent excellence than anyone else over the last two years. | 1 |
Soccer: Victory for Franceno thrill for coach TORSHAVN, Faroe Islands Frances coach, Raymond Domenech, said his team had to show more commitment after their 2-0 victory over the Faroe Islands in a World Cup qualifier marred by the expulsion of captain Patrick Vieria for diving. | 1 |
SI.com DENVER (Ticker) -- The lowest career ERA in the history of Coors Field just got a little higher. Deivi Cruz highlighted a four-run, eighth-inning rally against Steve Reed with a two-run double and Edgardo | 1 |
Dolphins trade for Gordon The Dolphins acquired Lamar Gordon from the St. Louis Rams on Wednesday in exchange for a third-round draft pick in 2005. The 6-foot-1, 228-pound Gordon passed a physical and was expected to practice with the team today. | 1 |
Buckley signed to replace Mickens The Jets signed 33-year-old cornerback Terrell Buckley, who was released by New England on Sunday, after putting nickel back Ray Mickens on season-ending injured reserve yesterday with a torn ACL in his left knee. | 1 |
Ichiro singles, now 30 shy of mark Edgar Martinez overshadowed Ichiro Suzuki #39;s chase of the Major League #39;s single-season hits record with a two-homer night. The long balls weren #39;t enough for Seattle | 1 |
EU plays a strong role on Darfur THE HAGUE If the European Union talks to the rebels, we will declare a unilateral cease-fire, said Vice President Ali Osman Taha of Sudan after his meeting with a Dutch government delegation visiting Khartoum on Jan. 30. | 0 |
Fighting breaks out in Gaza strip Palestinian gunmen have confronted a column of Israeli armoured vehicles in the Gaza Strip, sparking a fierce firefight which has left at least one dead and five wounded. | 0 |
Muslim girls defy French headscarf ban Dozens of Muslim girls have been disobeying the French government #39;s recent ban on wearing headscarves in public schools since the school year began last week. | 0 |
Pakistan Strikes Kill Dozens Near Afghan Border Pakistani jet fighters and helicopter gunships launched air strikes on the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, killing dozens of people on Thursday, a witness said. | 0 |
Lemieux #39;s line powers Canada to 5-0 victory vs. Slovakia Mario Lemieux has been saying for days that he isn #39;t worried about failing to score a goal in the World Cup. Same with the many teammates who have insisted | 1 |
Dodgers 8, Diamondbacks 2 Pinch-hitter Robin Ventura hit his 18th career grand slam to tie Willie McCovey for third place on the career list, Hideo Nomo won for the first time in 11 decisions and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 Tuesday night. | 1 |
Sharon Demands Syria Curb Militants Before Talks Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected reported peace overtures by Syria on Wednesday, saying it had to crack down on Islamic militant groups under its control before negotiations that stalled in 2000 could resume. | 0 |
Pakistan Strikes Kill Dozens Near Afghan Border WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani jet fighters and helicopter gunships launched air strikes on the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, killing dozens of people on Thursday, a witness said. | 0 |
'Dozens killed' in Pakistani raid \Pakistani jets bomb suspected militants gathering close to the Afghan border, military officials say. | 0 |
Nazi murder suspect on trial An ex-Nazi commander accused of massacres in Slovakia goes on trial in Munich. | 0 |
Teen charged over Sasser virus The alleged writer of the disruptive Sasser virus has been formally charged by German prosecutors. | 0 |
Tennis: Federer leads Agassi Roger Federer leads Andre Agassi two sets to one before rain interrupts their US Open quarter-final. | 0 |
Move to license S African healers A bill to regulate South Africa's 200,000 traditional healers is to be debated in parliament. | 0 |
Russia vows terror fight, hits US view MOSCOW -- Russia's top general threatened yesterday to strike terrorists ''in any region of the world, quot; and the Kremlin offered a \$10 million reward for information leading to the killing or capture of Chechnya's top rebel leaders. | 0 |
Blast shatters busy Jakarta street JAKARTA -- A powerful explosion rocked the Australian embassy in central Jakarta this morning, killing at least three people in the vicinity and injuring more than 100, witnesses and local radio said. | 0 |
Mexicans battle to bar Wal-Mart store near ancient pyramids MEXICO CITY -- A Wal-Mart -owned discount store rising a half-mile from the ancient temples of Teotihuacan has touched off a fight by a small coalition that doesn't want to see the big, boxy outlet from the top of the Pyramid of the Sun. | 0 |
Gorbachev calls for probe of seizure HAMBURG -- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev yesterday called for a ''clear and careful analysis quot; of last week's hostage drama at a school in southern Russia and argued that parliament should be involved in the investigation. | 0 |
Baghdad area deaths said to top 10,000 BAGHDAD -- At Sheik Omar Clinic, a big book records 10,363 violent deaths in Baghdad and nearby towns since the war began last year -- deaths caused by car bombs, clashes between Iraqis and coalition forces, mortar attacks, revenge killings, and robberies. | 0 |
Britain says Iran is risking UN action LONDON -- Iran risks action by the United Nations Security Council if it breaks a promise to suspend uranium enrichment activity by November, Britain said yesterday. Tehran defiantly declared it has a right to continue its program. | 0 |
Intel partners 'lab on a chip' firm Deal masks an interest in controversial digital content distribution patents? | 3 |
Scientists Pick Up Pieces of Space Capsule DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah - Scientists with tweezers picked through the twisted wreckage of a space capsule that crash-landed on Earth, hoping that microscopic clues to the evolution of the solar system weren't completely lost in Utah's salt flats. NASA engineers were stunned Wednesday when neither parachute deployed aboard the Genesis capsule and the craft plummeted to the ground at 193 mph, breaking open like a clamshell and exposing its collection of solar atoms to contamination... | 0 |
Memos Show Bush Suspended From Flying WASHINGTON - Newly unearthed memos state George W. Bush was suspended from flying for the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam war because he failed to meet Guard standards and failed to take his annual flight physical as required... | 0 |
Toyota, Nissan Join to Standardize Car Electronics TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. will join hands in a bid to save costs and create an international standard for the software that operates a car's electronic systems. | 3 |
Dollar Holds Gains on Intervention Talk The dollar kept its overnight gains against the euro on Tuesday, finding a tenuous footing after weeks of losses as traders took stern words by European officials as a | 2 |
Merger announcement sends childcare stocks rising Shares in Australia #39;s three largest childcare companies have surged, after they announced details of a major merger proposal. Under the plan, ABC Learning will merge with Child Care Centres Australia and Peppercorn | 2 |
IBM to use AMD #39;s dual-core Opteron SAN FRANCISCO--IBM will upgrade its Opteron-based e325 server for high-performance computing with Advanced Micro Devices #39; dual-core chip in 2005, the company plans to announce Thursday. | 3 |
Web worm teenager charged A German teenager who created the Sasser worm that disrupted computers around the world in May has been charged with computer sabotage, a crime carrying a maximum five-year jail term. | 3 |
Toyota, Nissan Join to Standardize Car Electronics (Reuters) Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co.\will join hands in a bid to save costs and create an\international standard for the software that operates a car's\electronic systems. | 3 |
Downpours place a heavy load on scheduling Rain played havoc with the schedule makers at the US Open yesterday. After eight days of ideal weather, rain forced significant revisions in the schedule, scuttling the day | 1 |
JETS SHUFFLE SECONDARY Just five days before their season-opener against the New Orleans Saints, the New York Jets shuffled their secondary. Cornerback Ray Mickens was placed on injured reserve on Wednesday, ending his season, while veteran cornerback Terrell Buckley jetted in. | 1 |
Students Win Scholarships for Science Yueqi Guo, a 17-year-old senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, grew up hearing that her grandfather in China had died because doctors failed to recognize his cancer until it was too late. | 3 |
Brunei #39;s prince marries 17-year-old commoner Undated photo made available 08 September 2004 shows Brunei #39;s Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Bolkiah (L) with Sarah Salleh (R) sitting along the seashore in Bandar Seri Begawan. | 0 |
Pak bombs Al-Qaida hideouts, 50 killed At least 50 people were killed and several injured when Pakistan #39;s fighter planes bombed hideouts of Al-Qaida militants today in the tribal region close to the Afghanistan border. | 0 |
Scandal, insults and a bit of politics on HK campaign trail HONG KONG : It #39;s 6.00 pm and election candidate Choy So-yuk wipes sweat from her brow as her voice drifts from the speakers in Hong Kong #39;s seedy Wan Chai district. | 0 |
Chechen Rebels Offer #36;20 Million Bounty for Putin (Reuters) Reuters - Chechen rebels, in a swift reply to a\Russian bounty offer for their leaders, promised on Thursday to\give #36;20 million to anyone helping them to capture President\Vladimir Putin. | 0 |
WPP Bids for Gray Global -WSJ (Reuters) Reuters - Britain's WPP Group Plc has offered to\pay more than #36;1.25 billion for advertising firm Gray Global\Group, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing an\unidentified person familiar with the matter. | 2 |
Rising oil prices fuel German inflation (AFP) AFP - Inflation in Germany, the eurozone's biggest economy, picked up to 2.0 percent last month from 1.8 percent in July as a result of high oil prices, official data showed. | 2 |
Apple Releases Patches For Mac OS X (TechWeb) TechWeb - Apple Computer Inc. has released a patch for 15 Mac OS X flaws, many of them originating from the operating system's open-source components. | 3 |
Subscription-Style Software Licenses Continue Upward Trend (TechWeb) TechWeb - Merrill Lynch's On-Demand Index shows a slight increase in subscription and hosted software in the second quarter. | 3 |
Server sales in Asia Pacific increase 12.4 percent in June quarter (AFP) AFP - Computer server sales in the Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan grew by a brisk 12.4 percent to 1.37 billion US dollars in the second quarter after a gain of 9.6 percent in the three months to March, an industry monitor said. | 3 |
OPEC should raise crude oil price band, Purnomo says : The OPEC price band for crude oil should be raised to reflect inflation since 2001 and the falling US dollar, Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Indonesia #39;s oil minister and secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries | 2 |
VW Says 30,000 Jobs at Risk if Talks Fail FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG has warned its German workers that more than 30,000 jobs could be lost if they don't agree to a pay freeze and other concessions, raising the stakes ahead of negotiations due to start next week. | 2 |
Still coasting along Amid the stormy gloom in Gotham, the rain-idled Yankees last night had plenty of time to gather in front of their televisions and watch the Red Sox Express roar toward them. The national telecast might have been enough to send a jittery Boss Steinbrenner searching his Bartlett's Familiar Quotations for some quot;Little Engine That Could quot; metaphor. | 1 |
They're letting their hair down They are baseball's Delta House, the ragtag Pointer Brothers of Yawkey Way. Winning just about every game on their march to the playoffs, the 2004 Red Sox look like they're going on down to Yasgur's farm to join in a rock 'n' roll band. | 1 |
It's clear sailing It wouldn't be the US Open if there wasn't at least a day of rain, if they weren't showing video of the Jimmy Connors-Aaron Krickstein death match from 1991. | 1 |
Lenovo confirms talks with 'major' IT company TOKYO - China's Lenovo Group Ltd. is in talks with a major international IT company regarding an acquisition, it said in an announcement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday. The other party was not named. | 3 |
Clemens, Houston stay hot Roger Clemens got his 326th win to tie Eddie Plank for 11th on the career list and the Astros hit four first-inning home runs to beat the Cincinnati Reds, 5-2, yesterday in Houston and move into the wild-card lead with their 12th straight win. | 1 |
Pollution harms developing lungs Children in smoggy areas have retarded lung development which puts them at risk of diseases, say researchers. | 3 |
Burks still fighting for another chance to play For better or worse, Ellis Burks has all but committed to trying at all costs to help the Red Sox before the season ends. Burks, one of the game's most prolific righthanded hitters before two surgeries this season set him back, said he plans to decide by next week whether to try to play again this season. And, ... | 1 |
Cost rises hammer Compass shares Shares in UK-based catering giant Compass slump 20 after the firm says higher costs are set to hit profits. | 2 |
Showtime for ABC We like to think tonight's Patriots-Colts NFL opener (Ch. 5, 9 o'clock) is all about football. That concept will be put to the test when a tsunami of pop culture rolls into our living rooms during the pregame quot;NFL Opening Kickoff quot; show at 8. | 1 |
Milestones and streaks to watch for Packers QB Brett Favre is approaching several plateaus: his 13th 3,000-yard season would tie Dan Marino for most all time; should he lead the league in TD passes, he would break the record of four he shares with Johnny Unitas, Len Dawson, and Steve Young; Favre is tied with Marino (10) for most consecutive seasons with 20 TD passes. | 1 |
Airbus boost to defence giant BAE BAE Systems sees profits rise as sales of aircraft at Airbus, in which it owns a stake, increase in the first half of 2004. | 2 |
No flash in the plan Remember this amazing run of Patriots prominence. In decades to come, those who rewrite sports history are bound to tell the story with such poetic license that the record will have to be set straight. | 1 |
Bank set to keep rates unchanged The Bank of England is set to keep UK interest rates on hold at 4.75 after five increases since last November. | 2 |
Canada breezes along Jarome Iginla had two goals and an assist to lead Canada into the World Cup of Hockey semifinals with a 5-0 victory over Slovakia last night. | 1 |
Tonight on TV MISSOURI (1-0) VS. TROY STATE (1-0) When, where: Tonight, 7, at Troy, Ala. TV: ESPN2 AP ranking: Missouri is No. 19 The line: Missouri by 10 1/2 Last meeting: 2002, Missouri won, 44-7 What to watch: Missouri QB Brad Smith completed 14 of 22 passes for 233 yards, threw three TD passes and ran for a 34-yard score in a ... | 1 |
UConn still gets a kick out of women's soccer When people talk about sports at the University of Connecticut, the subject most likely is basketball. Men's or women's, it really doesn't matter, since both teams won the national championship last season. But there's another sport on campus that, although it doesn't grab as many headlines, is just as well respected in its circles. | 1 |
BC plugging the gaps Boston College, which is organizing a youth movement on its offensive line, is counting on sophomores Shadu Moore and Jim Marten. They are young, but don't be surprised if the talented underclassmen block everything Penn State throws at them Saturday night at Alumni Stadium in the Eagles' home opener. | 1 |
Abbey suitor sells stake in RBS Santander, the Spanish bank bidding 8bn for the UK's Abbey, is selling half its stake in rival Royal Bank of Scotland. | 2 |
Cashing in at Deutsche Bank Vijay Singh's gift bag was without question stuffed more than anyone else's when he left TPC Boston in Norton following Monday's final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship. | 1 |
Keeping score around New England PROS Home security Rick Karbowski is a longtime golf standout from the Worcester area, so it was fitting that he stormed from behind to win last year's New England Open on a course he knew so well -- Pleasant Valley CC in Sutton. Now that it's time to try and defend the title, you can imagine that he's smiling at ... | 1 |
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