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Finnish line: They don #39;t feel pressure The focus here the last couple of days has been on the health of Canada goalie Martin Brodeur and whether his jammed left wrist would | 1 |
Packers dominate both sides of the line Entering the inaugural Monday night outing of 2004, conventional wisdom was that the Green Bay Packers would need a supreme effort to come here and defeat the defending | 1 |
Americans impassive entering Ryder Cup America should be an overwhelming favorite in the Ryder Cup golf matches that begin Friday on Detroit #39;s Oakland Hills course that Ben Hogan once called a monster. | 1 |
Vote shakes Hong Kong democrats For Hong Kong #39;s democracy activists, the results of legislative elections announced yesterday suggest that the deck will remain stacked against them for years to come. | 0 |
Dar Al Hayat The United States and Russia have met over one common thing: their war on terrorism, despite the fact that Washington and Moscow will definitely argue that the terrorism each one is fighting is different from the other. | 0 |
LAVER: FEDERER SLAM THREAT Rod Laver never has thought it until now. The Australian lefty #39;s legacy as the last man to win a Grand Slam is in jeopardy. Roger Federer, whose US Open title Sunday gave him three out of the | 1 |
Time to Test China and Russia One key difference between John Kerry and George Bush often cited in the presidential campaign is how each would enlist other nations in battling terrorists. | 0 |
Suicide bomber wounds two soldiers in West Bank A Palestinian suicide bomber has blown himself up at a checkpoint in the West Bank, wounding at least two Israeli soldiers. The blast is being described as a revenge attack for an earlier Israeli airstrike | 0 |
Critics Call for Early Ouster of Disney Chief Roy E. Disney, a nephew of Walt Disney, and his financial adviser, Stanley P. Gold, called on directors of the Walt Disney Company to search for a successor for Michael | 2 |
Techs build on Friday #39;s gains NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Tech stocks rallied anew Monday, with the Nasdaq closing just shy of its session high, as investors sought bargains in the beaten-up sector for the second straight session. | 2 |
Macy #39;s name to supplant Burdines Synonymous with Florida retailing for 106 years, the Burdines name will be retired by the end of January. By MARK ALBRIGHT, Times Staff Writer. | 2 |
French Connection sticks by FCUK Fashion chain French Connection says it is sticking with its controversial FCUK brand, after announcing a 12 percent increase in first-half profits. | 2 |
Tech investors see sunnier days ahead Optimism that the embattled technology sector was ripe for a recovery sent stocks modestly higher yesterday, despite a new revenue warning from semiconductor company Broadcom Inc. | 2 |
Firefox becomes one today THE MAKERS of the free open source browser Firefox are expected to release version 1.0 today. Although it will technically be a preview release, with the full 1.0 version hitting the web in about a month #39;s | 3 |
Stardust memories Who would have thought that stardust, the stuff of fairy tales and popular songs, could actually be collected on metal plates. It sounds funny, but this is no laughing matter. | 3 |
Canon, Toshiba to Form Flat Panel Display Venture TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese technology companies Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corp. said on Tuesday they would invest \$1.82 billion in a joint venture to manufacture advanced flat panel displays. | 3 |
National pride buoys underdog Finns for final TORONTO - Signs of national pride were laid out carefully across Finland #39;s dressing room yesterday. A pair of Finnish flags hung from the ceiling and two more were fastened to the walls. | 1 |
Lockout threat looms over World Cup final As hard as the numerous NHL players gathered here tried to maintain focus on tonight #39;s World Cup of Hockey final, it was impossible to ignore the larger issue rumbling through their midst. | 1 |
James Toney Breakdowns Hopkins/De La Hoya 13.09.04 - Three-division world champion and current #1 WBC heavyweight contender James Toney, deep into preparations for his September 23 bout with Rydell Booker at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California, is a man who doesnt mince | 1 |
Not enough focus on nuclear threats As the International Atomic Energy Agency #39;s board met yesterday in Vienna to receive an update on the nuclear programs of North Korea | 0 |
Threat to Australia continues Australian officials have been investigating unconfirmed reports that an Iraqi group has captured two Australian security workers in Iraq. | 0 |
Marlins rally past Expos as home team _ in Chicago quot;If you got to play in Comiskey or if we got to play in Alaska, it doesn #39;t matter, quot; starting pitcher Josh Beckett said. | 1 |
Hopkins rich in his own way Bernard Hopkins has been called the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He is boxing #39;s first undisputed middleweight champion since quot;Marvelous quot; Marvin Hagler in 1987 and has won an unprecedented 18 consecutive title defenses. | 1 |
Gambill #39;s slump worsens Delray Beach A return to one of his favorite and most successful ATP Tour stops wasn #39;t enough to stop Jan-Michael Gambill #39;s slide. | 1 |
Darfur peace talks due to resume Talks to try to resolve the Darfur crisis are due to resume on Tuesday, amid warnings the world is not giving enough financial aid to the refugees. | 0 |
Australia Firm on Troops After Iraq Hostage Report (Reuters) Reuters - Australian Prime Minister John Howard\remained committed on Tuesday to the U.S.-led war on Iraq as\investigations continued into an unconfirmed report that two\Australians had been taken hostage and threatened with\execution. | 0 |
Pension Agency May Go Broke by 2020 (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. government agency that\insures corporate pensions will run out of money in 2020 if\current financial conditions persist, imperiling the checks of\millions of retirees, a new independent study shows. | 2 |
Britain's Rusedski ousts Malisse at ATP event (AFP) AFP - Britain's Greg Rusedski eliminated Belgium's fourth-seeded Xavier Malisse 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 here on the opening day of the 380,000-dollar ATP International Championships. | 0 |
Car Bomb Blast Kills 27 in Iraq (AP) AP - A car bomb exploded near a police station in the Iraqi capital early Tuesday, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens, officials said. | 0 |
U.S. Fighter Jet Crashes Near Australia (AP) AP - A U.S. fighter jet crashed near the Tindal Royal Australian Air Force base in northern Australia on Tuesday, the Australian Defense Force said. | 0 |
Pension Agency May Go Broke by 2020 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government agency that insures corporate pensions will run out of money in 2020 if current financial conditions persist, imperiling the checks of millions of retirees, a new independent study shows. | 2 |
Australia Firm on Troops After Iraq Hostage Report CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard remained committed on Tuesday to the U.S.-led war on Iraq as investigations continued into an unconfirmed report that two Australians had been taken hostage and threatened with execution. | 0 |
Court: U.S. Can Try to Execute Moussaoui WASHINGTON - An appeals court ruled Monday for a second time that the government can seek to execute Zacarias Moussaoui, the only U.S. defendant charged with a role in the al-Qaida conspiracy that led to the Sept... | 0 |
Tempting art students into gaming A Scottish university project is trying to persuade art students to consider a career in the games industry. | 3 |
Sony bags MGM film biz for 4.8B The Japanese electronics giant struck an agreement to buy the fabled movie studio yesterday after rival Time Warner dropped out of the race. | 2 |
NEC Four-Way Server Supports High-Availability Apps NEC Solutions America #39;s new four-processor Express5800/340Hb is designed for data-center applications, server consolidation, and server virtualization. | 3 |
Wild game in Oakland spoiled by altercation with fans Texas reliever Frank Francisco needed just one dangerous throw to overshadow an exciting back-and-forth game with a playoff atmosphere. | 1 |
Over 35 killed in car bombing at Baghdad police station More than 35 people were killed when a car bomb exploded at a police station and recruitment center in Haifa Street in central Baghdad, witnesses said. | 0 |
Mounting pressure on Khartoum by our Internet desk, 14 September 2004. The European Union has renewed its threat of sanctions against the Sudanese government unless it takes action to disarm Arab militias threatening refugees in the western Darfur region. | 0 |
Sony captures legendary Hollywood studio The deal marks the last chapter in the history of two of Hollywoods most famous names - Metro Goldwyn Mayer, once best known for its musical hits like Singing in the Rain and its subsidiary, United Artists, the studio founded in 1919 by Charlie | 2 |
Quattrone battling trial judge Frank Quattrone, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison last week, accused the judge in his case of quot;callousness quot; for revealing his 15-year-old daughter #39;s emotional disorder and asked an appeals court to seal letters from family and friends seeking | 2 |
Packers Beat Panthers 24-14 in Monday Night Opener (Update1) Ahman Green scored three touchdowns as the Green Bay Packers beat the defending NFC champion Carolina Panthers 24-14 on the road in the first Monday Night Football #39; #39; game of the season. | 1 |
Leave it to Mets to also ax the candidates Art Howe, a good man, solid baseball man, but, at the same time, a dead man walking, was a sound bite of quot;no comment quot; last night at Shea as he faced the media hordes, grilling him on the report in yesterday #39;s editions of the Daily News that had him fired | 1 |
Baghdad blast kills at least 35 At least 35 people have been killed in a huge blast in a crowded Baghdad market place close to an Iraqi police station, Reuters witnesses say. | 0 |
Fallujah may not vote in Iraqi elections, Allawi says Portions of Iraqs Sunni minority who live in the more rebellious population centers may be disenfranchised, US-installed interim Prime Minister told The Australian in an exclusive interview. | 0 |
But Where Is the Hurricane Going? Hurricane science in the new century is a mix of growing skill and persistent uncertainty, of intuition and algorithms, satellites and erasers. | 3 |
Dj Vu: If It All Seems Familiar, There May Be a Reason New research has opened a promising window on the phenomenon of dj vu, providing both possible explanations for the sensation and novel ways to create and measure it. | 3 |
The Right Ear Is From Mars In a new study, scientists have found that the left and right ears process sound differently. | 3 |
Preserving an Old-Forest Wilderness at the Ends of the Earth From the ruins of a failed logging venture in Chile's Tierra del Fuego, an effort to manage and preserve the world's southernmost old-forest wilderness is about to begin. | 3 |
Japanese corporate bankruptcies in August fall for 20th month in row (AFP) AFP - The number of Japanese corporate bankruptcies in August fell 18.2 percent from a year earlier to 1,080 cases, marking the 20th consecutive monthly decline, according to a research firm. | 0 |
UK Palace 'Batman' Prompts Urgent Security Review LONDON (Reuters) - Britain promised an urgent security review at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday after a campaigner dressed as Batman evaded armed police in a dramatic five-hour protest at Queen Elizabeth's London residence. | 0 |
Transactions BASEBALL Baltimore (AL): Placed 1B David Segui on 15-day disabled list. Colorado (NL): Recalled P Chin-hui Tsao from Colorado Springs (PCL). Oakland (AL): Purchased C Mike Rose from Sacramento (PCL); designated INF Ramon Castro for assignment. San Diego (NL): Recalled OF Freddy Guzman, C Humberto Quintero and P Brian Sweeney from Portland (PCL). Texas (AL): Activated P Juan Dominguez; placed ... | 1 |
NESN hopes new show is a highlight NESN takes a natural programming step Monday when it launches a nightly version of quot;Sports Desk, quot; the 15-minute news and highlight show that's been airing from 5-9 a.m. since March 1991. | 1 |
Oil Platforms in Gulf Make Ready for Ivan Description: With Hurricane Ivan approaching, oil companies evacuate hundreds of oil workers from drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. | 2 |
US Judge Casts Doubt on EU Evidence on Oracle A US judge has cast doubt on European Commission evidence in the contested Oracle-PeopleSoft merger, undermining an argument Brussels may want to use if it decides to block it. | 2 |
Vivendi Universal reports big loss in second quarter French media giant Vivendi Universal reported a second quarter net loss of 1.852 billion euros (2.3 billion dollars), six times larger than the 313-million-euro shortfall in the same period last year. | 2 |
The Choice on the Deficit BOTH PRESIDENTIAL candidates want you to think they have a serious plan to deal with the budget deficit. President Bush and Democratic nominee John F. Kerry each promise to cut it in half in the next several years. | 2 |
MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept 13, 2004-- Le nouveau <b>...</b> The product, which has the smallest active area foot print in the industry (4 mm(2)), has ultra low power consumption of only 350mW, and exceeds XFP Rev. | 3 |
Dixon finishes 7th Joliet, Illinois: New Zealander Scott Dixon finished seventh at the Delphi Indy 300 motor race yesterday. Dixon, the defending IRL champion, started the race 14th on the grid in his Target-Ganassi Toyota and | 1 |
FA chiefs consider reprieve for Cahill TIM CAHILL could escape suspension for his controversial dismissal at Manchester City after pressure mounted on the FA and Premier League referee chiefs to rescind his second bookable quot;offence quot;. | 1 |
Rout leaves Yanks #39; lead at 3 Royals gain control with 10-run 5th Against a nothing-to-lose team such as the Kansas City Royals, the Yankees #39; manager wanted his team to put down the hammer early and not let baseball #39;s second worst team believe it had a chance. | 1 |
North Korea explains powerful blast with mountain demolition After several days of speculation, North Korea said on Monday the 4-kilometer (2 miles) wide cloud spotted on satellite images by South Korea #39;s Yonhap agency was the result of a deliberate demolition of a mountain for a power plant. | 0 |
Bomb Threats Mar Start of Indonesia Election Campaign Bomb scares marked the start of campaigning for Indonesia #39;s presidential run-off on Tuesday, five days after a suicide attack on the Australian embassy, but bread and butter issues appeared uppermost in voter #39;s minds. | 0 |
IBM Covets Half of China Business Computer Market (Reuters) Reuters - International Business Machines Corp.\is reaping the rewards of a decade-long push into China's\business computer industry and is eyeing upward of a 50-percent\market share, its country head said. | 3 |
ElBaradei Says Unclear if Iran Nuke Plans Peaceful (Reuters) Reuters - It is unclear if Iran's nuclear\ambitions are entirely peaceful, but there is still no firm\evidence that Tehran is secretly developing atomic weapons as\Washington asserts, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Vivendi Net Loss Up (Reuters) Reuters - Vivendi Universal on Tuesday reported a\sharply wider half-year net loss of 1.86 billion euros ( #36;2.28\billion), hit by currency translation losses linked to its\entertainment deal with NBC, but its SFR cell phones unit\boosted profits at the operating level. | 3 |
Nikkei Back at Level Before Weak Data TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei rose 0.38 percent on Tuesday as another jump in U.S. tech shares lured foreign investors to their Japanese peers and other exporters such as Honda, while earnings optimism again buoyed some miners. | 2 |
ElBaradei Says Unclear if Iran Nuke Plans Peaceful VIENNA (Reuters) - It is unclear if Iran's nuclear ambitions are entirely peaceful, but there is still no firm evidence that Tehran is secretly developing atomic weapons as Washington asserts, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday. | 0 |
online.ie Sinn Fin president Gerry Adams tonight gave his backing for a plan to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland. The party confirmed that at a meeting of senior Sinn Fin leaders in Belfast, Mr Adams said | 0 |
Australia defies Iraq kidnap claim Australia's PM says he will not negotiate with terrorists who claim to have taken two Australians hostage. | 0 |
3 blasts in Spain after ETA threat At least three bombs have exploded in central areas of Spanish cities, according to the Spanish interior ministry following a warning by the Basque separatist group ETA. | 0 |
IBM Covets Half of China Business Computer Market SHANGHAI (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. is reaping the rewards of a decade-long push into China's business computer industry and is eyeing upward of a 50-percent market share, its country head said. | 3 |
Vivendi Net Loss Up Vivendi Universal on Tuesday reported a sharply wider half-year net loss of 1.86 billion euros (\$2.28 billion), hit by currency translation losses linked to its entertainment | 2 |
Ivan Hits 11th Country on Caribbean Cruise Towards US One of the fiercest Hurricanes ever has passed the western edge of Cuba on its way towards the United States. Hurricane Ivan and its 260 kilometre an hour winds toppled power lines, uprooted trees and caused extensive flooding across Cuba. | 0 |
From: Tom Maheras, Head of Global Capital Markets, GCIB In August, our European government bond trading desk executed an innovative transaction that sought to access the liquidity in the European government bond markets. | 2 |
Clothing Helps Lower Inflation Consumer Prices Index inflation, the Governments target measure, fell to 1.3 per cent in August, down from 1.4 per cent in July. | 2 |
IETF Decides On SPF / Sender-ID issue Zocalo writes quot;The MARID working group at the IETF responsible for deciding on which extensions to SMTP will be used to try and prevent spoofing of the sender has made their decision. | 3 |
Intel urges others to join PlanetLab Consortium Intel Corporation has touted what it says are significant changes that need to be made to the Internet #39;s architecture to make it safer, more useful, reliable and accessible. | 3 |
Microsoft makes music mobile moves Microsoft continues its battle to dominate digital music distribution, with news it plans to make its music services available to mobiles before Apple does. | 3 |
Xignal releases XFI interface design for 10G XFP modules September 13, 2004 Nashua, NH--Xignal Technologies (Munich) is releasing its intellectual property for a 10-Gbit/sec CMOS XFI interface for signal conditioner ICs in XFP transceiver modules. | 3 |
Everton Football Club midfielder set for reprieve? Everton Football Club midfielder Tim Cahill could get the red card he received at the weekend rescinded. The Australian was shown two yellow cards by referee Steve Bennett, the second one dished out following | 1 |
4 of a kind for 1st-place Twins, 5-3 On Monday afternoon, Tigers owner Mike Ilitch praised Ivan Rodriguez #39;s leadership. In the fourth inning Monday night, Rodriguez showed plenty of it. | 1 |
North Korea Talks May Be Victim of U.S. Election (Reuters) Reuters - Hopes for a September round of\six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis were\evaporating on Tuesday as Pyongyang hinted it was awaiting the\outcome of the U.S. presidential race. | 0 |
On Fed Payroll, Hackers Seek to Save America (Reuters) Reuters - Jason Larsen types in a few\lines of computer code to hack into the controls of a nearby\chemical plant. Then he finds an online video camera inside and\confirms that he has pumped up a pressure value. | 3 |
Europe Arrives With Ryder Cup in Tow (AP) AP - Bernhard Langer walked off the plane and cleared customs with his right fist wrapped tightly around the Ryder Cup trophy. | 1 |
Sony Closer to Content/Gadget Vision with MGM Deal (Reuters) Reuters - With its acquisition of Hollywood film\studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sony Corp is one step closer to its\vision of linking hardware and content, and to winning the key\battle for the next generation DVD. | 3 |
Blast in Baghdad Rebel District Kills at Least 47 (Reuters) Reuters - A huge explosion tore through a crowded\market close to the west Baghdad police headquarters on\Tuesday, killing at least 47 people in the deadliest single\attack in the capital in six months. | 0 |
Lewis confident Williams can take title from Klitschko LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) - Former heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis is confident that British compatriot Danny Williams can defeat Ukrainian big man Vitali Klitschko here Saturday and win the World Boxing Council crown. | 1 |
Saudi Resist OPEC Quota Increase (Reuters) Reuters - OPEC is keeping its foot to the pedal on\production in a bid to drag down oil prices but may be\reluctant to rubber-stamp extra supplies by lifting official\output limits, Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Florida Week Always Brings Excitement (AP) AP - As a freshman from Mississippi, defensive end Parys Haralson didn't know much about Tennessee's rivalry with Florida. | 1 |
Eyeing Downturn, Chip Makers Trim Equipment Buying (Reuters) Reuters - The semiconductor industry is showing\the first signs of slowing growth, trimming purchases of raw\materials and production equipment as demand slows, industry\executives and analysts said on Tuesday. | 3 |
EU Commission approves Repsol's acquisition of Shell Portugal assets (AFP) AFP - The European Commission said it had approved the acquisition by Spain's Repsol YSF of most of the Portuguese products and businesses belonging to Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell. | 0 |
In cyberspace, new rules for your r #233;sum #233; (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Once upon a time, r #233;sum #233;s were traditionally delivered by a postman. But in the age of e-mail, where information flows as quickly as electricity, they mostly travel across the Internet. | 3 |
Chain Store Sales Increase Slightly (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. chain store sales increased\slightly in the latest week, due in part to Labor Day sales and\back-to-school shopping, a report said on Tuesday. | 2 |
'THX': Young film geniuses at work (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - The newly restored THX 1138 arrives on DVD today with Star Wars creator George Lucas' vision of a Brave New World-like future. | 3 |
Baseball Today (AP) AP - Houston at St. Louis (8:10 p.m. EDT). Roger Clemens (16-4) starts for Houston against Jeff Suppan (15-6) and the major league-leading Cardinals. | 1 |
Vodafone Weighs on European Shares (Reuters) Reuters - European shares sagged on Tuesday as\broker downgrades hit mobile phone operator Vodafone and two\of its peers, but UK clothing retailer Next shone on news of\strong summer sales. | 3 |
Peace talks for Sudan's Darfur halted again as deadlock continues (AFP) AFP - Peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebel leaders broke up in deadlock once again, barely 10 minutes after delegates returned to the table following a three-day pause. | 0 |
Kiprusoff Leads Finland in World Cup Final (AP) AP - Miikka Kiprusoff is carrying the weight of a small European country aching for athletic success. | 1 |
Pier 1 Second-Quarter Profit Falls (Reuters) Reuters - Home-furnishings retailer Pier 1\Imports Inc. on Tuesday said quarterly profit fell more\than 40 percent as sluggish sales and heavy discounts to lure\shoppers took their toll. | 2 |
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