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Hurricanes Hit Office Depot Profit CHICAGO (Reuters) - Office Depot Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ODP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ODP.N</A> on Tuesday warned of weaker-than-expected full-year profit because of the string of hurricanes in Florida and poor sales across North America and Europe, sending its stock down nearly 8 percent. | 2 |
Fired-up US union leader lambasts Bush at British workers' conference (AFP) AFP - The leader of the main US firefighters' union rallied behind Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry ahead of November elections, saying it was the right time for George W. Bush to be voted out. | 0 |
UBS in private banking deal Baer #39;s North American wealth management business employs 55 people and manages more than \$4 billion in client assets. It is based in Manhattan and has additional offices in Los Angeles, Palm Beach and Montreal. | 2 |
Samsung To Pour \$24B into Semi Production On the occasion of its 30th anniversary in the semiconductor business, Samsung announced plans to invest \$24 billion into semiconductor production over the next six years, an expansion that will create 10,000 new jobs. | 2 |
Chechen envoy warns of bloodshed UK-based envoy Akhmed Zakayev warns of more bloodshed in Chechnya unless peace talks are held. | 0 |
Packers Run Past Panthers 24-14 CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Ahman Green ran up, down and all over the defending NFC champion Carolina Panthers... | 0 |
Kroger profit falls, warns on sales Kroger (KR), the largest US grocer, Tuesday reported a 25 drop in quarterly profit. Even though sales rebounded in Southern California, where Kroger was hit by a strike, Chief Executive | 2 |
Office Depot Won #39;t Meet Analysts #39; Earnings Estimates for 3 Qtr Office Depot Inc., the world #39;s No. 2 office-supplies retailer, said it expects earnings per share for the third quarter to fall below current First Call estimates partly because of the recent Hurricanes in Florida. | 2 |
Retail Sales Down; Trade Gap Larger US retail sales dipped in August and the US gap with its international trade partners widened to a record level in the second quarter of the year, government reports released on Tuesday showed. | 2 |
Stocks Flat as Oil, Retail Sales Weigh US stocks opened little changed on Tuesday as concerns over higher oil prices damaging corporate profits weighed on investor sentiment, while a dip in retail sales also dampened the mood. | 2 |
Update 1: Kremlin Backs Gazprom Deal President Vladimir Putin backed a government proposal Tuesday to swap state-owned oil company Rosneft for shares in Gazprom - a major step toward removing restrictions on foreign investors #39; access to shares in the natural gas giant. | 2 |
LSI Logic Warns LSI Logic (LSI ) says based on customer reassessment of end demand for the second half of the year, it lowered the \$435 million to \$465 million third-quarter revenue guidance to \$370 million to \$400 million, and cut the breakeven to 3-cent third-quarter | 2 |
Canon, Toshiba to team on flat panel displays Japanese technology companies Canon and Toshiba said Tuesday that they would invest \$1.82 billion in a joint venture to manufacture advanced flat panel displays. | 2 |
Goldsmith #39;s department store changing names The Goldsmith name will disappear from Memphis and Jackson department stores that have borne it for 134 years. Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores announced it will change its regional department store brands to Macy #39;s, beginning in January. | 2 |
IETF Shoots Down Microsoft Email Proposal A technical working group at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) last weekend voted to veto a proposal by Microsoft that was designed to identify the real source of email messages. | 3 |
Novel Worms: One Sniffs, Another Talks Anti-virus companies are warning of a new variant of the Sdbot mass-mailing worm that installs a network sniffer in order to grab unencrypted passwords, apparently the first worm to do so. | 3 |
B-52 #39;s redo Beatles song for TV commercial The B-52 #39;s have recorded a cover of the Beatles #39; Paperback Writer for a Buick TV commercial that begins airing September 19 in the United States. | 3 |
Speech code from IBM to become open source IBM plans to announce Monday that it will contribute some of its speech-recognition software to two open-source software groups. The move is a tactical step by IBM to accelerate the development | 3 |
Mozilla Foundation Ships Firefox 1.0 Preview Release, Thunderbird <b>...</b> On Tuesday, the Mozilla Foundation released its first preview release of Firefox 1.0, the organization #39;s standalone Web browser based on the Mozilla source code. | 3 |
A #39;s claim 10-inning win over Rangers OAKLAND, Calif. - The way hes been batting lately, Eric Chavez figured Laynce Nix would surely get a glove on his line drive to center field. | 1 |
FIFA claims victory over US firm concerning Internet rights World soccer #39;s governing body said Tuesday it had won a US legal dispute over World Cup rights with a Florida-based Internet company that focuses on Latin America. | 1 |
Ilitch says he #39;ll be aggressive in seeking top players One winter of big spending brought the Detroit Tigers back from one of the worst seasons in baseball history. Now owner Mike Ilitch suggests that he #39;s planning a repeat performance. | 1 |
Nilmar set to grace European stage against Manchester United Manchester United may have captured the hottest property in world soccer by signing Wayne Rooney, but Lyon believes it has unearthed the new Ronaldo. | 1 |
Big East out of WAC #39;s league The WAC is better than the Big East. I became convinced of that this past weekend after watching Boise State dismantle Oregon State and Fresno State pummel then-No. | 1 |
Russia boosts funds for security Russia is to invest more than \$5bn extra in its security services to help combat terrorism. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who announced the move, said the fight against terror would be a top budget priority in 2005. | 0 |
Israeli ministers back compensation plan for Gaza settlers JERUSALEM : Israeli ministers approved a compensation package for settlers due to be uprooted from their homes as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected calls to submit his Gaza pullout plan to a referendum. | 0 |
Bird flu outbreak hits Malaysia Malaysia has detected a new outbreak of bird flu in a village in north-east Kelantan state, the sixth to be hit by the deadly virus in a month, officials announced today. | 0 |
Saudi Arabian violence changed oil prices Oil prices were forced higher today by an outbreak of violence in Saudi Arabia and concerns that Opec may cut output. The cost of a barrel of light, sweet crude oil climbed to 43.31 US dollars after gunmen | 2 |
Hollywood's Lion Kings All the morning headlines make clear that Sony is buying one of Hollywood's most famous studios, but it's Comcast and the future of content delivery that may make this merger more meaningful to consumers. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT> | 3 |
Md. Senator Sees Error by Voting Machine Sen. Barbara Mikulski tried out a new touch-screen voting machine that was displayed at a local festival and got an erroneous result, an aide said. | 3 |
The science of hurricanes The BBC's Peter Gibbs explains why hurricanes happen, and what can be done to limit their impact. | 3 |
UPDATE 1-Office Depot warns on profit; hurricanes hurt Office Depot Inc. (ODP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday warned of weaker-than-expected profits for the rest of the year because of disruptions from the string of hurricanes | 2 |
IBM Releases Speech Technology To Open Source IBM has handed over speech technology to two open-source groups to boost development of speech-recognition applications, which proponents say will eventually become common in customer-service call centers, automobiles and elsewhere. | 3 |
Soccer: Is a sport too big for its principles? From London to Tel Aviv, soccer is going down roads that sorely challenge its ages #39; old traditions. In London last weekend, a referee admitted to being bullied by the protests of Arsenal defenders to change | 1 |
Study: 400,000 IT jobs lost since 2001 Nearly half of those jobs disappeared after the recession's official end, with San Francisco and Boston being hit the hardest. | 3 |
Siemens inks deal with ID software firm The European electronics giant will integrate Oblix's access management software and Web services security products. | 3 |
T.O. Effect Gives Boost to Eagles' Offense (AP) AP - Terrell Owens' impact is easy to see in the statistics, where the big-gain catches and flashy touchdowns have often led to regular-season wins. | 1 |
Yahoo to Buy Digital Music Company Musicmatch (Reuters) Reuters - Internet company Yahoo Inc. \said on Tuesday it will buy privately held music software\company Musicmatch Inc. for about #36;160 million in a bid to\bolster its online music services. | 3 |
Yahoo to buy Musicmatch, seeks to be 'major player' in online music (AFP) AFP - Yahoo said it was buying digital music group Musicmatch for about 160 million dollars in cash in a move aimed at boosting the Internet portal's online music offerings. | 3 |
Greying Japan's centenarians total record 23,000 (AFP) AFP - The number of Japanese aged 100 or older is set to top 23,000 by the end of September, up 12 percent from a year earlier, in another sign of the nation's rapid transition to a greying society, officials said. | 0 |
Basque group sets off 7 explosions in Spain MADRID The Basque separatist group ETA struck Monday for the second time in days, exploding seven small bombs in seven cities throughout Spain, the Interior Ministry said. | 0 |
Dent Tops Luczak to Win at China Open (AP) AP - Taylor Dent defeated Australian qualifier Peter Luczak 6-3, 6-2 in a rain-delayed first-round match at the China Open on Tuesday. | 1 |
Stocks Feel Impact of Oil Concerns NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were slightly lower on Tuesday, as concerns about higher oil prices cutting into corporate profits and consumer demand weighed on sentiment, while retail sales posted a larger-than-expected decline in August. | 2 |
Office Depot Warns, Blames Hurricanes CHICAGO (Reuters) - Office Depot Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ODP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ODP.N</A> on Tuesday warned of weaker-than-expected full-year profit because of the string of hurricanes in Florida and poor sales across North America and Europe, sending its stock down nearly 8 percent. | 2 |
Office Depot Cuts Outlook Office Depot Inc. lowered its earnings expectations for the third quarter and for the year, citing lower sales because of hurricane disruptions and soft European business. The price of its stock fell more than 7 percent on the news. | 2 |
Sinn Fein Says Bug Found at N.Irish Party Office BELFAST, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Sinn Fein, political ally of the Irish Republican Army, has found a bugging device at offices in Northern Ireland used by leader Gerry Adams, party sources said Tuesday. | 0 |
Milosevic team seek halt to trial Two lawyers appointed to defend Slobodan Milosevic on war crimes charges ask for his trial to be suspended. | 0 |
Retail Sales Fall 0.3 in August While Trade Gap Expands Retail sales dipped in August and the U.S. gap with its international trade partners widened to a record level in the second quarter of the year, two reports showed today. | 2 |
Stocks to Open Subdued Ahead of Sales Data NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are seen opening in a subdued mood with the release of August's retail sales report likely to influence overall sentiment... | 0 |
AP: Israel Sends Experts to Help Russia JERUSALEM - Israel has sent intelligence officers to Russia and is hosting at least two senior Russian officers in Tel Aviv - quietly moving to upgrade anti-terror cooperation with Moscow in the wake of a series of devastating attacks in Russia, officials told The Associated Press. The Israeli moves come as President Vladimir Putin revamps Russia's anti-terrorism capabilities after a school seizure by separatists in southern Russia ended with the deaths of at least 330 hostages, including many children... | 0 |
Car Bomb Kills at Least 47 in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded near a police station in Baghdad early Tuesday as dozens of Iraqis were applying to join the force, killing at least 47 people and wounding 114, officials said. In Baqouba, gunmen opened fire on a van carrying policemen home from work, killing 11 officers and a civilian... | 0 |
Sony Banking on MGM Deal to Boost Profits TOKYO - Sony Corp. is banking on the \$3 billion deal to acquire Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc... | 0 |
Hurricane Ivan Drenches Western Cuba PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba - Hurricane Ivan slammed into Cuba's sparsely populated western tip with the worst of its 160-mph eyewall, growing to a storm of catastrophic strength after it smashed giant waves onto Grand Cayman island and readied to strike the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. oil interests... | 0 |
IAEA Won't Guarantee Iran Probe Deadline VIENNA, Austria - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Tuesday that he cannot guarantee his probe of Iran's suspect nuclear activities will be complete by November, the deadline sought by the United States and its European allies... | 0 |
Senate Mulls Whether Goss Should Head CIA WASHINGTON - Even as Congress revamps the nation's intelligence network, lawmakers appear intent on getting a new CIA chief in office before they adjourn next month for the November election. President Bush's choice for the post, retiring Rep... | 0 |
Britain #39;s inflation rate falls in August Britain #39;s inflation rate fell in August further below its 2.0 percent government-set upper limit target with clothing and footwear prices actually falling, official data showed on Tuesday. | 2 |
Hopes rise for Alitalia rescue Talks between Alitalia and the airline #39;s unions continued on Tuesday as hopes rose of side-stepping bankruptcy before Wednesday #39;s deadline. | 2 |
Putin Approves Merger Between Gazprom and Rosneft Russian President Putin approved the suggestion made by Prime Minister Fradkov to promptly liberalize the share market of natural gas monopoly Gazprom . | 2 |
Yahoo! makes a Musicmatch Internet company Yahoo! Inc. said Tuesday it will buy privately held music software company Musicmatch Inc. for about \$160 million in a bid to bolster its online music services. | 3 |
All For One, says FSG San Francisco based, Free Standards Group, a nonprofit organization that develops and promotes open source software standards, announced the availability of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0. | 3 |
Big Blue Breaks Price Barrier With Linux Lineup IBM today released an entry-level Power5-based server tuned for Linux, the eServer OpenPower 720 -- an alternative to the higher priced HP and Sun entry-level Unix and Linux systems. | 3 |
Wenger on the attack Arsene Wenger today renewed his attack on Real Madrid for the methods they use to sign players. The Arsenal manager sparked a row with the Spanish giants on the day the new | 1 |
Zurich rules out 2014 bid Zurich has abandoned plans to bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics because of the financial burden in staging the event. The Swiss Olympic Association said the authorities had decided not to proceed due to the quot;current precarious financial position quot;. | 1 |
PONTING EYES THE PRESENT Ricky Ponting is refusing to look beyond this week #39;s crunch match against New Zealand to the possibility of an ICC Champions Trophy semi-final for Australia against hosts England. | 1 |
Rovers job appeals to Hughes Dennis Roach, the agent of Mark Hughes, has revealed that the Wales national team coach is interested in the vacant managerial position at Blackburn. | 1 |
Dozens killed in Baghdad market explosion Heavy smoke billows from the site of a car bomb explosion outside the headquarters of Baghdad Police in the Haifa Street area of Baghdad, considered a bastion of Saddam Hussein loyalists. | 0 |
Australia sends hostage experts to Iraq The Federal Government has sent a team of Defence personnel, police and other officials to Iraq as it tries to verify a claim that two Australians have been kidnapped by Islamic militants. | 0 |
Manny #39;s chance at life with two dads CAUGHT at the centre of a tug-of-love, Manny Musu could have a future with two dads, her Australian father said yesterday. Sydney policeman Dave Norman has been trying | 0 |
Schroeder Won't Drop Equality Aim for East Germans BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government will stick to its disputed goal of raising living standards in the formerly communist east to western levels despite the spiraling costs, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Tuesday. | 0 |
Ivan churns through Mexican Gulf Hurricane Ivan is moving through the Gulf of Mexico, with parts of Mexico and the US on severe weather alert. | 0 |
Saudi Arabia takes credit for lower oil prices Leading OPEC producer Saudi Arabia said on Monday in Vienna, Austria, that it had made a renewed effort to deflate record high world oil prices by upping crude output again. | 2 |
Macy #39;s to drop Burdines name After 106 years serving customers from early settlers to sophisticated ladies, Burdines, quot;the Florida store, quot; will be no more. | 2 |
SD in the cards for Nokia <a href="http://p2pnet.net/story/2429">Nokia takes up SD cards</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>p2pnet.net</nobr> | 3 |
News and Trends The presidential campaign is not the only race that #39;s being hotly contested these days. Consider the battle of titans underway as the two largest computer hardware firms in the world -- IBM and HP -- duke | 3 |
Job application hidden in virus code Experts at a UK anti-virus firm have discovered a job application buried in lines of code for two new computer worm viruses. The message, which could only be read by anti-virus professionals, said: quot;We searching 4 work in AV (anti-virus) industry. | 3 |
IBM targets manufacturers with RFID com September 14, 2004, 7:32 AM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. | 3 |
Dent wins as rain disrupts China Open Torrential rain caused havoc at the China Open as American Taylor Dent and Noam Okun of Israel were the only players to reach the second round on Tuesday. | 1 |
NFL: Everything goes wrong for Panthers CHARLOTTE, NC - Everything went right for the Carolina Panthers last season, from lucky bounces to staying injury free. One game into the new season, all that has changed. | 1 |
Zurich says no to 2014 Winter Olympics It follows the announcement last week that Zurich would not be able to host any of the 2008 European football championship games, owing to a legal wrangle over plans for a new stadium. | 1 |
Zim Date Sri Lanka ZIMBABWE face fancied Sri Lanka at the Oval today needing a huge win to stay in the International Cricket Council #39;s Champions Trophy. | 1 |
quot;Batman quot; protester freed on bail Campaigner Jason Hatch has been released on police bail after staging a protest on a ledge at Buckingham Palace while dressed as Batman. | 0 |
Car bomb explodes near Iraqi police recruiting station in Baghdad A car bomb Tuesday ripped through a busy market near a Baghdad police headquarters where Iraqis were waiting to apply for jobs on the | 0 |
9/13/04 - TERRORIST BOMBING IN INDONESIA Terrorists set off a bomb at the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. At least nine people were killed and one-hundred-eighty wounded. | 0 |
Malaysia #39;s UMNO will not bring Anwar back into party KUALA LUMPUR : The UMNO Supreme Council on Tuesday reached a decision not to bring back former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who was UMNO deputy president, into the party for now. | 0 |
Video Shows Beheading of Turkish Hostage A video purportedly posted on the web by Iraqi terrorists shows the beheading of a Turkish driver, world news agencies reported. The video has grabbed the man introducing himself as Durmus Kumderelu, a driver | 0 |
Manny wakes and says #39;papa #39; . . . in Italian There was relief in the eyes of Manuel Musu yesterday after his five-year-old daughter Manny opened her eyes and said, quot;Papa quot;. | 0 |
Alcoa Plans to Declare Force Majeure (Reuters) Reuters - Alcoa Inc. on Tuesday said it\plans to declare force majeure to its customers due to a\temporary shutdown at its Jamalco refinery in Jamaica and\damage to the port from which the plant ships its alumina\caused by Hurricane Ivan. | 2 |
Buckingham Palace Eyes Improving Security (AP) AP - Alarms and cameras at Buckingham Palace worked well in detecting the breach of security by a man dressed in a Batman costume, but it was still too easy for him to get onto a balcony, a minister said Tuesday after the latest intrusion embarrassed officials guarding the royal residence. | 0 |
Alitalia Stock Soars As Hopes Rise on Deal (AP) AP - Alitalia's shares soared Tuesday as hopes increased that the struggling carrier and labor unions might clinch a deal on a relaunch plan aimed at saving the company before a deadline Wednesday. | 2 |
Boy Hospitalized in Thai Bird Flu Case (AP) AP - A 10-month-old boy has become the seventh person hospitalized with bird flu symptoms in Thailand since a teenager died of the disease last week, officials said Tuesday. | 0 |
KMart at New High; Price Target Raised (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of Kmart Holding Corp. \hit an all-time high on Tuesday after an analyst raised his\price target on the stock to #36;101 from #36;85 a share. | 2 |
Vivendi Net Loss Widens PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi Universal revealed on Tuesday the full impact of selling most of its entertainment business, as impairment charges incurred from the deal were largely behind a nearly trebled first-half net loss of 1.86 billion euros (\$2.28 billion.). | 2 |
Casey Defends Decision to Fire Caddie BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - European Ryder Cup debutant Paul Casey has defended his decision to sack his caddie five days before the start of the biggest team event in the sport. | 1 |
Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for \$160M Internet portal Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday that it agreed to buy Web-based digital music and software provider Musicmatch Inc. for \$160 million in cash, in a deal which will supplement the offerings of Launch, Yahoo's digital music site. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-AP</b></font> | 3 |
Russia Delays Reopening of Schools After Siege MOSCOW (Reuters) - Unfinished security checks have delayed the reopening of schools in Beslan, the Russian town where at least 327 hostages were killed when Chechen rebels seized a school, local media reported Tuesday. | 0 |
Hackers Join Homeland Security Effort Jason Larsen is a computer hacker with a twist. His goal is not to wreak havoc, but to boost security for America's pipelines, railroads, utilities and other infrastructure. | 3 |
Space's largest window is built The largest window built for use in space has been completed, promising a spectacular view from the International Space Station. | 3 |
Iranian nuclear plans 'unclear' The UN nuclear agency says it needs more time to decide whether Iran has a nuclear weapons programme. | 0 |
Cabinet OKs Payment to Jewish Settlers Senior Israeli Cabinet ministers Tuesday approved the payment of cash advances to Jewish settlers who will be removed from their homes under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to leave the Gaza Strip - the government's first concrete step toward withdrawal. | 0 |
Kroger misses mark by 8 cents Kroger Co., the largest US grocer, reported a lower quarterly profit Tuesday, hurt by debt costs even as sales rebounded in Southern California where it was hit by a strike. | 2 |
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