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Blair Warns of Climate Change's Threat (AP) AP - Prime Minister Tony Blair warned on Tuesday of the threat posed by climate change and urged support for the principles of the Kyoto accord on global warming, a treaty rejected by President Bush as unfair toward U.S. industry. | 3 |
U.S. Treasury Prices End Higher CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury prices ended higher on Tuesday after soft August retail sales and a record high current account deficit kept dealers focused on the possibility of a slower pace of official interest rate hikes. | 2 |
Chelsea Beats Paris St. Germain in Champions League LONDON (Reuters) - Coach Jose Mourinho began his quest for a second successive Champions League title in the best way possible when his Chelsea side beat Paris St. Germain 3-0 in their opening Group H match Tuesday. | 1 |
Mugabe to seek mining shares The Zimbabwean state could take a 50 stake in the country's leading mining companies to crack down on what it claims is illegal use of export earnings. | 2 |
Panel Urges Strong Warning on Antidepressants for Children The panel recommended that the warning should say that antidepressants can sometimes lead children to become suicidal. | 0 |
Xilinx Expects Revenue Shortfall Xilinx (XLNX:Nasdaq - news - research) took its place late Tuesday in a long, doleful list of chipmakers that have lowered third-quarter expectations. | 2 |
Federated rebranding stores to Macy #39;s Ohio-based Federated Departments Stores Inc. is rebranding 184 of its regional department stores to its Macy #39;s name. The change should be completed by January and will give | 2 |
Internet stocks nudge techs higher Yahoo! jumps into the music download biz while Ask Jeeves, Amazon soar; Oracle beats after the bell. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Bucking the broader market #39;s trend Tuesday, Internet stocks rallied on Yahoo! | 3 |
ABC Sports, for Insider Green Bay #39;s victory over Carolina on Monday night featured an entertaining performance by Brett Favre. It wasn #39;t that the quarterback had one of his typical Favre nights. | 1 |
Terps have reason to be wary of No. 7 West Virginia Overconfidence usually isn #39;t an issue when facing the nation #39;s seventh-ranked team on the road, yet Maryland has every reason to feel smug about its chances of winning Saturday against West Virginia. | 1 |
Zee rejects plan for fresh bids, demands rights for \$260m MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 14: Zee TV has refused to accept the Bombay High Courts suggestion to call for fresh bids for cricket telecast rights, setting the stage for a legal battle. | 1 |
Indy 500 changes aimed at regaining interest Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Tony George announced a series of schedule changes Tuesday, including a return to four days of qualifying but with a new format that could give each car potentially 12 attempts to enter the 33-car lineup. | 1 |
At least 59 die in co-ordinated rebel attacks on Iraqi police Guerrillas bombed a Baghdad shopping street full of police recruits and fired on a police van north of the capital Tuesday in attacks that killed at least 59 people and struck at the heart of the US strategy for fighting Iraq #39;s escalating | 0 |
PM gives dire warning on climate The UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, issues a dire warning on climate change as he sets out policies to tackle it. | 3 |
Selig Has Surgery for Skin Cancer (AP) AP - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig had surgery Monday to remove a cancerous lesion from his forehead. | 1 |
Samba servers vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks Patches released for flaws in software package that lets Windows files and printers be shared by Unix and Linux systems. | 3 |
The new Game Boy for \$200? A preview page at Walmart.com reveals expected pricing and availability for Nintendo's DS handheld game player. | 3 |
Brief: Oracle profit rises on software demand in Q1 The company reported net income of \$509 million in its first fiscal quarter, compared with \$440 million in income for the same quarter a year ago. | 3 |
Microsoft Warns of Critical JPEG Flaw Handling of images could allow an attacker to take over your PC. | 3 |
Ledee could fit on bench for Dodgers The Dodgers are believed to be closing in on an agreement with free-agent outfielder Ricky Ledee, who would fill the left-handed-hitting reserve role left open by the retirement of Robin Ventura after last season. | 1 |
"Monday Night Football" Ratings Down (AP) AP - Green Bay's win over Carolina in the first game of the season on ABC's "Monday Night Football," was the second-most watched prime-time show of the week, trailing only NBC's debut episode of the "Friends" spinoff "Joey." | 1 |
Microsoft Warns of Critical JPEG Flaw (PC World) PC World - Handling of images could allow an attacker to take over your PC. | 3 |
Microsoft Release Patch to Fix Flaws (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday it has found a new security flaw with its Windows XP operating system and warned that an attacker could infiltrate other computers by persuading their owners to open a specialized graphics file. | 3 |
Cheney Blasts Kerry for Dean Comments (AP) AP - Vice President Dick Cheney turned Sen. John Kerry's own words against him Tuesday while criticizing the Democrat for calling the war in Iraq "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time." | 0 |
Weightless Trip to Nowhere Yields Thrills, Nausea (Reuters) Reuters - Fancy an airplane trip that takes you\nowhere, costs about #36;3,000, and may make you vomit? | 3 |
Former Broker Admits Cheating Clients NEW YORK (Reuters) - Todd Eberhard, a former New York stockbroker and financial television personality, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cheating his clients out of millions of dollars while generating excessive commissions for himself. | 2 |
Chavez approves phone firm With the backing of President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela is setting up a state-owned telecoms firm to challenge dominant foreign owned operators. | 2 |
PM gives dire warning on climate The prime minister issues a dire warning on climate change as he sets out policies to tackle it. | 0 |
Oracle's Earnings Top Expectations SAN FRANCISCO - Business software maker Oracle Corp.'s quarterly earnings exceeded analyst expectations, despite sluggish sales in a product line that the company hopes to bolster by completing a long-sought takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc. The Redwood Shores-based company said Tuesday it earned \$509 million, or 10 cents per share, during the three months ended in August, a 16 percent improvement from \$440 million, or 8 cents per share, at the same time last year... | 0 |
UPDATE 1-Celestica cuts 3rd qtr forecasts as orders drop Celestica Inc. (CLS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (CLS.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) cut its third-quarter earnings forecast on Tuesday, triggering a selling spree in its shares. | 2 |
Allied Waste shares fall as company again lowers outlook AUSTIN Shares in Allied Waste Industries fell today after the waste hauler cut its 2004 profit outlook for the second time in as many months. | 2 |
Part of the ECT News Network Yahoo and Musicmatch today announced they have signed an agreement for Yahoo to acquire Musicmatch for approximately US\$160 million in cash. | 3 |
Coker pleased players didn #39;t quit CORAL GABLES Miami coach Larry Coker admits it took him a while to come down from Friday night #39;s 16-10 overtime victory against Florida State. | 1 |
National League Game Summary - Atlanta at New York, Game Two Atlanta holds a 9-4 edge in the season series, and has won four of seven in New York...The doubleheader was the Braves #39; second in five days after they were swept at home by Philadelphia on September 8...The last doubleheader between these clubs at Shea | 1 |
Australia Still Looking for 27 Citizens in Iraq After Threat Australia #39;s government hasn #39;t accounted for 27 citizens in Iraq after an Islamic group said it took two Australians hostage, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. | 0 |
Oracle's Earnings Top Expectations by Penny Business software maker Oracle Corp.'s quarterly earnings exceeded analyst expectations, despite sluggish sales in a product line that the company hopes to bolster by completing a long-sought takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-AP</B></FONT> | 3 |
The Milky Way Above La Silla European Southern Observatory -- Anybody who visits a high-altitude astronomical observatory at this time of the year will be impressed by the beauty of the Milky Way band that stretches across the sky. Compared to the poor views from cities and other human conglomerations, the dark and bright nebulae come into view together with an astonishing palette of clear stellar colours... | 3 |
Oracle sales rise on database demand Software maker meets earnings projects but applications business languishes with unit's sales down 36 percent. | 3 |
California coach gets new contract California football Coach Jeff Tedford received a new five-year contract Monday to lead the Golden Bears through the 2009 season. The new deal replaces his existing agreement, which had three years remaining. | 1 |
Philadelphia Expands Free Wireless Web Access Zone (Reuters) Reuters - Philadelphia expanded free outdoor\wireless Internet access on Tuesday as part of a\multimillion-dollar plan to connect the entire city by early\2006. | 3 |
Oprah Car Giveaway Generates Buzz for GM DETROIT (Reuters) - Just ask "Anna Karenina" about Oprah. The daytime talk show host, whose recommendation put the 19th century novel on the best-sellers list, has generated a rush of interest in General Motors Corp.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">GM.N</A> new Pontiac G6 mid-sized car, GM officials said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Broker Pleads Guilty to Cheating Clients A former well-known New York stockbroker pleaded guilty Tuesday to cheating his clients out of millions of dollars and generating fraudulent commissions for himself. | 2 |
Update 1: Bond Prices Edge Higher at Close of Day Bond prices edged higher Tuesday, following release of a report showing a dip in retail sales last month. The price of the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose 5/32 point, or \$1. | 2 |
LAZARUS MACY #39;S PARENT COMPANY FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES PLANS TO CHANGE ALL OF THEIR REGIONAL DEPARTMENT STORE CHAINS TO THE MACY #39;S NAME IN JANUARY. | 2 |
Microsoft Warns of Critical JPEG Flaw A security flaw in the way many Microsoft applications process JPEG images could allow an attacker to gain control over a computer running the software, Microsoft warned this week. | 3 |
IBM expands RFID services for manufacturers IBM is set to begin offering a range of new services designed to bring the benefits of radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems to industrial firms and mid-size businesses. | 3 |
Xerox #39;s Mulcahy: We #39;re Moving Beyond Documents She sees Xerox becoming more of an information-services firm. Observers are skeptical, but Mulcahy says she #39;ll buy consultancies if necessary. | 3 |
Apple Computer face further payout to Beatles #39; company Apple Computer, maker of the iPod music player and online iTunes Music Store, is likely to be forced into a multimillion-pound payout to Apple Corporation, the Beatles #39; management | 3 |
Philadelphia Expands Free Wireless Web Access Zone Philadelphia expanded free outdoor wireless Internet access on Tuesday as part of a multimillion-dollar plan to connect the entire city by early 2006. | 3 |
Dent rains down the aces on a day of wet weather BEIJING: Big-hitting Taylor Dent rained down 16 aces Tuesday on the way to a first-round victory at the \$500,000 China Open before the skies dropped water to wash away play. | 1 |
NY Yankees at Kansas City, 2:10 PM KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- The New York Yankees hope to recover from another pitching collapse when they face the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in the second game of their series. | 1 |
NY Mets at Atlanta, 1:05 PM FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- The Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets continue their five-game series following a doubleheader split Monday. | 1 |
Hurricane Ivan set to bring giant seas to Gulf of Mexico Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 13 September 2004: - - Hurricane Ivan, one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the Caribbean, killed at least 16 people in Jamaica, where it wrecked houses and washed away roads on Saturday, but appears to have spared | 0 |
Secret Photos #39;Helped Plan Batman #39;s Palace Protest #39; A member of the campaign group Fathers 4 Justice tonight claimed he took secret pictures inside Buckingham Palace more than a month before a fellow protester climbed the walls of the Queens official residence. | 0 |
Israeli settler pay approved, Sharon faces threats JERUSALEM - Israel #39;s security cabinet approved cash advances on Tuesday to entice Gaza settlers to evacuate their homes, as police investigated death threats against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sparked by his pullout plan. | 0 |
Talks on Tibet Two years after the Tibetan government-in-exile renewed negotiations with China, after a full decade, on the question of Tibet, a delegation of the Dalai Lamas special envoys left for a tour of the Middle Kingdom on the weekend. | 0 |
How Much Hollywood For Comcast? In a first-of-its kind deal, Comcast (Quote, Chart) has struck a broad content distribution pact with Sony Pictures that includes plans to expand its video-on-demand (define) menu. | 2 |
Celestica lowers Q3 guidance; shares slump after hours TORONTO - Celestica late Tuesday came out with a profit and revenue warning for its third quarter, saying some of its biggest customers were reducing orders for the company #39;s electronics equipment. | 2 |
Alitalia, Pilots Agree to New Contract, Reduce Pay (Update5) Alitalia SpA, Italy #39;s largest airline, reached an agreement with pilots to increase work hours and reduce pay ahead of tomorrow #39;s deadline set by Chief Executive Giancarlo Cimoli, union officials said. | 2 |
US lawmakers urge SEC action on credit raters Lawmakers on Tuesday urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission to move to reform the oversight of credit-rating agencies, with one suggesting its power | 2 |
Sri Lanka defeats Zimbabwe LONDON: Sri Lanka survived a scare as they nearly lost their opening match of the Champions Trophy at the hands of Zimbabwe at The Oval. | 1 |
Vikings add depth in secondary; ink Shaw and Brown Eden Prairie, MN (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Vikings added some much- needed depth to its secondary on Tuesday by signing veterans Terrance Shaw and Ralph Brown. | 1 |
Arab Leaders Acquiesce Over Syria, Lebanon (AP) AP - Arab foreign ministers backed Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday against international calls to remove Syrian forces from its tiny neighbor, even though several Arab nations have publicly stepped up pressure on Syria to comply. | 0 |
European TV Shopping Seen Doubling by 2008 (Reuters) Reuters - Television shopping in Europe is\projected to nearly double to 8.8 billion euros ( #36;10.8 billion)\by 2008 as more households sign up for digital TV service,\according to a study released Wednesday. | 3 |
Thirty-five earn TOUR cards, Davis wins medal at Q-school Playing in the final group and seemingly a lock to earn a job on the PGA TOUR next year, Hearn squandered six shots and was on the cut line until coming up with two of the biggest putts of his career -- a 15-foot par save on the 17th and a 40-foot birdie | 1 |
Marlins Homer Way Past Expos The Marlins homered three times in a six-run third inning to lift Florida to a victory over the Montreal Expos at U.S. Cellular Field. | 1 |
Children's Antidepressants Must Have Warning Labels By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) -- Antidepressants should come with the nation's strongest warning - in a black box on the label - that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior in children and teenagers, the government's scientific advisers decided Tuesday. It's a rare risk, and therefore families need detailed information on how to balance that concern with the need to treat depression, which itself can lead to suicide, cautioned advisers to the Food and Drug Administration... | 3 |
Gambling Linked to Good Health in Seniors By DIANE SCARPONI UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) -- According to a surprising Yale University study, older recreational gamblers seem to be healthier than non-gamblers... | 3 |
Study Shows Weightlifters Don't Lift Enough By EDDIE PELLS (AP) -- It might be time for workout warriors to stack a couple more weight plates onto the pile. A recent study showed that many inexperienced weightlifters don't come close to pumping enough iron to change the shape of their muscles, or really get any benefit at all... | 3 |
Flu Is Sending More and More People to Hospital By LINDSEY TANNER CHICAGO (AP) -- The number of people hospitalized in the United States because of the flu has climbed substantially over the past two decades to an average of more than 200,000 a year, in large part because of the aging of the population, a government study found. Severe cases of the flu can result in pneumonia, dehydration or a worsening of chronic medical conditions, and can be life-threatening - especially for the very old or the very young... | 3 |
HP girds for grid storage campaign The computing giant talks up new storage products and plans after a major sales stumble. | 3 |
Theme park takes visitors to RFID-land A Florida park helps parents keep track of kids with radio ID tags from Texas Instruments. | 3 |
Job Woes Plague High Tech Researchers say the industry bled 403,000 jobs between March 2001 and April 2004, and the high-tech market continues to shrink. | 2 |
Oracle sales rise on database demand com September 14, 2004, 2:26 PM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. | 2 |
Microsoft, Polycom Team on Conferencing Microsoft (Quote, Chart) and Polycom have formed a multi-year joint venture that will add Polycom #39;s conferencing functionality to Microsoft Office Live Meeting. | 2 |
Golf: US captain taunts win-hungry Tiger about Ryder Cup struggles BLOOMFIELD HILLS, United States : Tiger Woods was inspired for a top effort at the Ryder Cup long before United States captain Hal Sutton prodded him with talk about past failures and his place in golf history. | 1 |
Powell says blast consistent with North Koreas explanation WASHINGTON: The United States said on Tuesday a blast in North Korea last week that stirred fears of a nuclear explosion might have been demolition work for a power project, as Pyongyang has asserted. | 0 |
Sun exec: Community brings innovation to Java SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- A Sun Microsystems official at the BorCon conference here on Tuesday touted the Java Community Process (JCP) for amending the Java programming language, but did not have any revelations pertaining to industry calls for making Java available under an open source format. | 3 |
JPEG handling flaw threatens PCs, Microsoft warns A security flaw in the way many Microsoft Corp. applications process JPEG images could allow an attacker to gain control over a computer running the software, Microsoft warned Tuesday. | 3 |
Super-Secure Quantum Network Warns of Data Danger It's a hacker's nightmare but a dream for bankers and spies: A computer network so secure that even the simplest attempts to eavesdrop will interrupt the flow of data and alert administrators to the snooping. | 3 |
Jordan Strives to Become Global Tech Leader By FADI KHALIL SOUTHERN SHOUNEH, Jordan (AP) -- Jordan has gone from providing one computer for every 82 students to one for every 17 in its drive to become a leader in information technology, the minister in charge of the campaign told a conference on Tuesday. Minister of Information and Communication Technology Fawaz Zu'bi said the dramatic increase in access to computers for students was logged last year... | 3 |
Editorial: Baseball should come down hard on stadium violence A fight broke out at a major league baseball game between the Oakland A #39;s and Texas Rangers Monday night, and the incident should spark action to eliminate this problem in the future. | 1 |
Sri Lanka made an unimpressive entry into ICC Champions Trophy Sri Lanka made an unimpressive entry into the Champions Trophy as they overcame a magnificent Zimbabwe side by four wickets at The Oval. | 1 |
47 die in bomb attack on Iraqi police building BAGHDAD - A huge explosion tore through a crowded market close to a Baghdad police headquarters building yesterday, killing at least 47 people in the capital #39;s deadliest single attack in six months. | 0 |
Iceland's Leader Takes New Job (AP) AP - Iceland Prime Minister David Oddsson, Europe's longest-serving premier, is stepping down after a 13-year tenure marked by the transformation of his island country with free market policies. | 0 |
Waiting Game Almost Over at Oakland Hills BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - The intensity, expectation and pressure began to heighten for the 35th Ryder Cup on Tuesday as the United States and Europe completed the first day of official team practice. | 1 |
Oracle's Earnings Just Top Expectations SAN FRANCISCO - Business software maker Oracle Corp.'s quarterly earnings exceeded analyst expectations, overcoming sluggish sales in a product line that the company hopes to bolster by completing a long-sought takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc. The Redwood Shores-based company said Tuesday it earned \$509 million, or 10 cents per share, during the three months ended in August, a 16 percent improvement from \$440 million, or 8 cents per share, at the same time last year... | 0 |
CIA Nominee Promises to Shed Partisanship WASHINGTON - President Bush's nominee to head the CIA promised Tuesday to shed his political past and provide precise, objective and independent intelligence to the president and Congress. But after a 4 1/2-hour confirmation hearing, some Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee were not convinced... | 0 |
Schwab pays fine to settle allegations of improper trades CHICAGO _ Discount brokerage Charles Schwab Corp. on Tuesday settled regulators #39; allegations that it allowed scores of improper mutual fund trades, agreeing to pay a \$350,000 fine. | 2 |
Homeowners told house prices could fall by 30 Britain #39;s homeowners were warned by a senior member of the Bank of England #39;s interest-rate committee yesterday to brace themselves for the quot;significant probability quot; that house prices will fall by up to 30. | 2 |
Langer expects #39;the worst #39; Hal Sutton, at his press conference yesterday afternoon, was asked if his desperation to regain the Ryder Cup might encourage a repeat of the bad behaviour at Brookline in 1999. | 1 |
Drogba silences French boos with a double hit Didier Drogba silenced the Paris St-Germain crowd who had booed his every move with a two-goal performance that made the striker look worth every penny of his 24 million transfer from Marseilles. | 1 |
F1 move to clear track debris Jacques Villeneuve is in line for a shock return to Formula One with Renault as temporary replacement for Jarno Trulli. The former world champion, dropped by BAR last season, had a seat fitting | 1 |
Red Wings re-sign Yzerman to 1-year deal DETROIT - Steve Yzermans reign as the longest serving captain in NHL history is not over yet. The Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday re-signed Yzerman to a one-year contract, ensuring the veteran center his 19th year as team captain. | 1 |
UN still cant rule out Iran N-plan VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 14: After two years of investigating Irans atomic programme, the UN nuclear watchdog still cannot rule out that Tehran has a secret atom-bomb project as Washington insists, the agencys chief said on Tuesday. | 0 |
ADAMS #39; BUG GIFT FOR BLAIR SINN Fein boss Gerry Adams plans to start tomorrow #39;s Ulster peace talks by handing Tony Blair a bug found at the party #39;s offices. | 0 |
Middlesbrough beat Man. City to narrow gap with top four Middlesbrough narrowed the gap within two points with the top four after grabbing a 3-2 win over Manchester City in the Premier League at the Riverside Stadium on Monday. | 1 |
Oracle sees profits surge 16 Oracle, the world #39;s second largest software producer, has seen first quarter profits surge 16 on the back of strong sales of database products. | 2 |
Sony unveils PDA with next-generation organic EL display TOKYO - Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc said Tuesday it will begin selling a personal digital assistant Sept 25 equipped with an organic electroluminescent display, a next-generation monitor. | 3 |
Patience is a virtue for Wenger Patience was something Arsne Wenger felt his Arsenal side lacked in the opening game of last season #39;s Champions League campaign, when Inter Milan took advantage to romp home 3-0. | 1 |
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