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Coca-Cola H2 net to miss estimates Coca-Cola Co., said its second-half earnings will decline because of sluggish sales in North America and Europe. Its shares are traded at the lowest level since May 2003. | 2 |
Business Glance NEW YORK - In an effort to capture more readers and advertising dollars, Dow Jones amp; Co. is launching a Saturday edition of its flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, beginning in September 2005, the company announced Wednesday. | 2 |
Vodafone Launch BlackBerry 7100v With New Form Vodafone have today announced a new form of BlackBerry, the 7100v. It has been designed with the BlackBerries creator, RIM (Research In Motion) and will be the first release of a new form factor. | 3 |
Mickelson confident despite change in equipment Phil Mickelson remains true to his TV ads that ask: quot;What will Phil do next? quot; At the end of the most successful season of his career, Mickelson arrived | 1 |
Ruud to the rescue Man Utd needed a Ruud van Nistelrooy double to secure a 2-2 draw away to Lyon in their Champions League opener. Utd were heading for a stunning defeat until the intervention of the Dutch goal machine, who | 1 |
Shoulder injury blow for Real #39;s Zidane Real Madrid says French play-maker Zinedine Zidane will be out for at least three weeks after dislocating his right shoulder in their 3-0 Champions League defeat to Bayer Leverkusen in Germany. | 1 |
Paralympic Drug Scandal Prompts Warning Paralympics boss Phil Craven today warned of a zero-tolerance policy towards drugs cheats after he was confronted with the first doping scandal of the Athens Games before the event has even started. | 1 |
Unionists must make power-sharing pledge - Adams Unionist demands for the IRA to be wound up can be met as soon as they give a pledge to share power in Northern Ireland, Gerry Adams stressed today. | 0 |
Musharraf Poised to Keep Military Post Despite Earlier Promise Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has indicated he is reconsidering a promise to relinquish his second post as military chief later this year. | 0 |
Infineon pleads guilty of DRAM price fixing; to pay \$160mn fine LONDON, September 16 (New Ratings) - Infineon Technologies (IFX.ETR) has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a fine of \$160 million to settle the federal charges of participating in an international conspiracy of DRAM price fixing. | 2 |
Corus Reports First-Ever Profit, Revives Bond Sales (Update6) Corus Group Plc, the UK #39;s biggest steelmaker, reported its first profit and revived plans to sell 500 million euros (\$608 million) of bonds to refinance debt after it benefited from higher steel prices and cost cuts. | 2 |
Havas Returns To Profitability Amid Takeover Speculation Asserting that a second quarter improvement has drawn it quot;closer to the figures of certain of our competitors, quot; Havas Chairman and CEO Alain de Pouzilhac said the company is on pace with the restructuring plan it unveiled last year that the company hoped | 2 |
Caesars Expected to Unveil Casino Deal Caesars Entertainment Inc.(CZR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is expected on Thursday to unveil a deal with a California Indian tribe to develop and manage a \$250 million casino complex near Fresno in the central part of the state. | 2 |
Briton, two Americans kidnapped as Iraq hostage crisis escalates BAGHDAD : Two Americans and a Briton were kidnapped from their smart Baghdad home, as the two main powers behind last year #39;s invasion became the latest victims of a five-month-old hostage crisis. | 0 |
Letters: Palestinian leadership The decision by Marwan Barghouti, an imprisoned Palestinian leader, to run for president of the Palestinian Authority should be welcomed by all who want to see real democracy emerge in Palestine ( quot;Barghouti faces Fatah opposition, quot; Dec. 3). | 0 |
Before-the-Bell: OmniVision, Nortel Down (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of OmniVision Technologies Inc.\ fell 6.2 percent in premarket trading on Thursday, the\morning after the image sensor designer announced the\resignation of its chief financial officer. | 2 |
Malaysia Boosts Border Watch to Rein in Bird Flu (Reuters) Reuters - Malaysia is sending more troops to\its border with Thailand to check smuggling of chickens into\northern Kelantan state, under quarantine for a bird flu virus\that can kill humans, defense officials said on Thursday. | 0 |
Rocket lands near Afghan school as President Karzai due to visit (AFP) AFP - A rocket landed near a school in southeast Afghanistan minutes before President Hamid Karzai was due to visit, forcing him to abandon his trip, presidential spokesman Jawad Ludin told AFP. | 0 |
Stocks Seen Flat as Nortel and Oil Weigh NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were set to open near unchanged on Thursday after a warning from technology bellwether Nortel Networks Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">NT.N</A> dimmed hopes, while stubbornly high oil prices also weighed on sentiment. | 2 |
Before-the-Bell: OmniVision, Nortel Down NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of OmniVision Technologies Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=OVTI.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">OVTI.O</A> fell 6.2 percent in premarket trading on Thursday, the morning after the image sensor designer announced the resignation of its chief financial officer. | 2 |
Gunmen Kidnap Two Americans, Briton in Baghdad BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen snatched two Americans and a Briton from a house in an affluent neighborhood of central Baghdad on Thursday, the latest in a nearly six-month campaign of abductions of foreigners in Iraq. | 0 |
2 Americans, 1 Briton Kidnapped in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen abducted two Americans and a Briton in a brazen attack Thursday on a house in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood where many embassies and foreign companies are based, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said. It was the latest in a wave of kidnappings of foreigners in Iraq... | 0 |
Nortel Sees Lower 3rd-Quarter Revenue Nortel Networks Corp. (NT.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) expects to report lower 2004 third-quarter revenues compared to the second quarter, North America #39;s largest maker of telecom equipment | 2 |
Dollar Idles vs. Euro Before US Data The dollar kept close to the previous session #39;s one-week highs against the euro on Thursday, holding steady as investors awaited US data to confirm fresh signs of strength in US manufacturing. | 2 |
IBM Chip Stores ID in Silicon IBM is the first PC manufacturer to use a National Semiconductor chip that stores a PC #39;s identity in silicon to avert hackers by safeguarding passwords and other sensitive identity information. | 3 |
Quiet Man Hughes Will Do It his Way Mark Hughes today vowed that his understated style of management would not be compromised as he embraced the role of lifting Blackburn out of the Barclays Premiership relegation zone. | 1 |
CARDINALS FACE TOUGH MATCH Winners of 16 games in a row, including last year #39;s post-season run to a Super Bowl title, the New England Patriots visit the Arizona Cardinals as overwhelming favourites on Sunday in an interconference match-up. | 1 |
Police videos end live ID parades The tradition of identification parades at the police station is to end as technology takes over. | 3 |
The Other Mars Meteorite The most famous Mars meteorite, the Allen Hills rock with its strange, cylindrical rock segments, may not be the most intriguing. Astrobiology Magazine -- Perhaps the most famous of the martian meteorites was discovered at Allen Hills, Antarctica, and spawned a controversy about fossil-shapes and whether Mars could once have supported more favorable conditions than today... | 3 |
Orange Launches 3G Services (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Orange has launched its long-awaited 3G mobile service in the UK, with the goal of signing up as many as 2 million subscribers by the end of 2006. | 3 |
Supercomputers Help With Hurricane Forecasting Thousands of miles from the rain and wind of Hurricane Ivan, a model of the storm swirls in the memory and processors of a supercomputer that can predict its likely course and strength. | 3 |
Cingular Wireless Makes Phone for Vision-Impaired By BRUCE MEYERSON NEW YORK (AP) -- A new cellular application promises to help vision-impaired people who can't read the screen of a mobile phone. It responds to spoken commands with voice recognition technology and reads back menu options, text messages, and other information to the user... | 3 |
XM Satellite Radio to Begin Broadcasting on Web XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR) will soon begin broadcasting some of its stations to subscribers over the Internet, fresh on the heels of the company's discontinuation of a receiver for PCs that some users used to circumvent the music industry's crackdown on illegal file sharing. | 3 |
AT T Wireless to Offer Phoneless Messaging Service By BRUCE MEYERSON NEW YORK (AP) -- In a detour from the cellular industry's rush toward tricked out smart phones, AT T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE) may introduce a device that can't be used for voice calls... | 3 |
High-Tech Job Market Still Bleak By ALLISON LINN SEATTLE (AP) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago have confirmed what many high-tech workers have long suspected: The job market for technology experts remains bleak, years after the U.S. recession officially ended in late 2001... | 3 |
Triumphant return of the big <cite>Reg</cite> logo t-shirt <strong>Cash'n'Carrion</strong> Cue trumpets, etc | 3 |
Strike in Kashmir over separatists' killing (Reuters) Reuters - Shops and businesses were closed in most parts of Kashmir's main city on Thursday in protest against the killing of an aide to a top Kashmiri separatist leader. | 0 |
August Consumer Prices Up 0.1 Percent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices inched up just 0.1 percent last month as gasoline and car prices tumbled, the government said on Thursday in a report that suggested the Federal Reserve need not hurry to push interest rates higher. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Up Less Than Expected WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans lining up to claim an initial week of jobless aid rose less than expected last week, according to a report on Thursday that the Labor Department said was unaffected by recent hurricanes. | 2 |
U.S. Accuses Researchers of Animal Abuse (AP) AP - Federal regulators have accused University of California researchers of mistreating animals used in medical experiments over a three-year period, according to a complaint made public Tuesday by an animal-rights group. | 3 |
Supercomputers Aid Hurricane Forecasting (AP) AP - Thousands of miles from the rain and wind of Hurricane Ivan, a model of the storm swirls in the memory and processors of a supercomputer that can predict its likely course and strength. | 3 |
Clijsters Says She'll Marry Hewitt in February LONDON (Reuters) - Belgium's Kim Clijsters and Australian Lleyton Hewitt, the golden couple of tennis, will marry next February in Australia. | 1 |
Consumer Prices Nudge Up in August Consumer prices rose just 0.1 percent in August, a sign that inflation poses no immediate risk to the economy. | 2 |
Doctors Suggest Tax Breaks for Exercising By EMMA ROSS LONDON (AP) -- Money spent on sports and exercise should be tax deductible as part of a national strategy to fight flab, say doctors in Britain who are grappling with one of the world's most rapidly growing obesity epidemics. Ahead of a daylong conference Thursday on tackling obesity in primary care clinics, the Royal College of General Practitioners called on the government to consider tax breaks to make exercise more accessible and affordable to everybody... | 3 |
Oracle hires HP VP to sell software hosting service Oracle Corp. has tapped Juergen Rottler, formerly with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), to head its growing On Demand unit, a division that sells software-hosting services. | 3 |
NEC extends quantum cryptography range and speed NEC Corp. researchers have developed a quantum cryptography system with sufficient speed and range to make it commercially viable. It could go on sale in the second half of 2005, the researchers said Thursday. | 3 |
Nortel Says 3rd-Qtr Revenue Will Fall From 2nd Qtr (Update2) Nortel Networks Corp., North America #39;s largest maker of telephone equipment, said revenue in the third quarter will decline from the second quarter #39;s \$2. | 2 |
August Consumer Prices Up 0.1 Percent US consumer prices inched up just 0.1 percent last month as gasoline and car prices tumbled, the government said on Thursday in a report that suggested the Federal Reserve need not hurry to push interest rates higher. | 2 |
Jobless claims rise by 16,000 NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The number of Americans filing for unemployment assistance rose by 16,000 last week, the government reported, coming in below economists #39; estimates. | 2 |
HBOS #39;s Crosby Shuns Abbey, Gives Santander 18 Million Clients James Crosby, chief executive of HBOS Plc, said yesterday he decided not to bid for Abbey National Plc, HBOS #39;s largest mortgage-banking rival, because cold analysis in the head #39; #39; told him not to. | 2 |
EDS: US Air Bankruptcy to Cut Its Profits Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday the bankruptcy of US Airways Group Inc. (UAIRQ.OQ: Quote, Profile, Research) could sharply reduce its | 2 |
Kodak cuts 600 jobs MARK COLVIN: The global rise of digital photography has taken its toll in jobs in Victoria tonight. The global photography giant Eastman Kodak has been cutting jobs all over the world since January this year. | 2 |
Bush and Kerry go head to head on science In the run up to the US presidential election, the science journal Nature has put 15 questions on current science debates to both candidates. | 3 |
XM Radio Online launching in October XM Radio, after scrapping their XM PC Receiver because of piracy concerns, is launching their an online service next month. Theyre gonna charge \$7. | 3 |
Dillon scythes through Bangladesh There was an uncharacteristic gravity wrapped around the West Indies yesterday. Gone was the carefree, calypso approach to their batting, while the bowling was clinical | 1 |
US seeks compromise over Iranian ultimatum but sticks to hard line VIENNA : The United States presented key EU states with a softened version of an ultimatum over Iran #39;s alleged nuclear weapons program but diplomats said the text was still too strong to win approval at the UN atomic agency #39;s meeting in Vienna. | 0 |
Probe launched into parliament intrusion Britain has launched an inquiry into the first storming of its parliament since 1674 after a protest stunt revealed shambolic security at the heart of Prime Minister Tony Blair #39;s government. | 0 |
Search Engine Watch Blog Opens Search Engine Watch gains a blog, as a new method of better speading news and information about search engines to readers. | 3 |
Consumer Prices Climb; Jobless Claims Up Consumer prices rose just 0.1 percent in August, a sign that inflation poses no immediate risk to the economy. The over-the-month-increase in the Consumer Price Index, the government #39;s most closely watched | 2 |
Delta #39;s ex-CEO to take up NY duties Retired Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Leo Mullin, who still lives in Atlanta, will be spending more time in New York City serving as senior adviser to the private equity group at Goldman Sachs. | 2 |
BNP Paribas Peregrine estimates 7 years of economic feast in HK BNP Paribas Peregrine said Thursday Hong Kong is expected to enjoy seven years of economic feast and the city is now entering the second year. | 2 |
US rate futures struggle despite tame Aug inflation Short-term interest rate futures struggled on Thursday after a government report showed that US core inflation for August was below market expectations. | 2 |
Internet browser: Mozilla Vs Microsoft As browsers like Mozilla and Opera find more widespread use, Microsofts Internet Explorer is facing a new challenge to its superman status in the world of browsers, says LinuxInsider in its sneak preview of new Mozilla Firefox browser. | 3 |
Adobe announces Photoshop Elements 3.0 for Macintosh Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 for Macintosh, a major upgrade to its digital imaging software for photo hobbyists that makes it easier than ever to enhance images and transform photos. | 3 |
Antarctic declared perfect place for astronomy!: Technology India Washington, Sep 16 : Scientists have proposed the building of a telescope in the Antarctic, claiming that the calm air above the icy landscape makes it the best place on Earth for astronomy. | 3 |
Hurricanes, global warming and scientists: A volatile stew Pick two scientists, any two scientists with strong climatology credentials, and ask whether global warming has anything to do with the recent onslaught of hurricanes and typhoons. | 3 |
IBM PC Chip to Protects User Passwords CNET News.com reports today that IBM will start shipping its PCs with a new chip which stores passwords and computer #39;s identity in silicon, making it harder for hackers to access. | 3 |
Good progress for JV and Renault at Silverstone The Mild Seven Renault F1 Team today continued testing at Silverstone, with Fernando Alonso and Jacques Villeneuve representing the team. | 1 |
Cricket: Australia replace Lee with Watson for Kiwis LONDON : Australa won the toss and elected to field in their winner-takes-all ICC Champions Trophy Pool A match against New Zealand here at the Oval. | 1 |
Doan an instant hero in Canada Scoring the decisive goal for Team Canada in an important game comes with an instant one-way ticket to Heroville north of the border. | 1 |
Gunmen seize Brit and two Americans The Iraqi Interior Ministry today said the men were seized from their house in the al-Mansour neighbourhood at dawn. Reports said that there was no fighting during the incident but neither the Foreign Office | 0 |
School reopens in a town of silence BESLAN, Russia When one small boy saw the armed soldier guarding the door of his school Wednesday morning, he pulled on his mother #39;s hand and burst into tears. | 0 |
Stocks Seen Flat After Warning by Nortel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were set to open near unchanged on Thursday following a warning from technology bellwether Nortel Networks Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">NT.N</A> and a further rise in oil prices as Hurricane Ivan struck the Gulf Coast. | 2 |
Oil Higher as Hurricane Its U.S. Shores LONDON (Reuters) - World oil prices rose on Thursday as Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, where over a quarter of the country's oil and gas is produced. | 2 |
Afghan President Escapes Assassination on Poll Trip GARDEZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an assassination bid on Thursday when a rocket was fired at his U.S. military helicopter as it was landing in the southeastern town of Gardez. | 0 |
Consumer Prices Climb; Jobless Claims Up Consumer prices rose just 0.1 percent in August, a sign that inflation poses no immediate risk to the economy. | 2 |
Trend Micro Delivers Mobile Security (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Antivirus software specialist Trend Micro (Nasdaq: TMIC) is extending its expertise to next-generation handheld devices with the launch of Mobile Security, an application aimed at smartphones and PDAs. | 3 |
Survivor's Mesmerizing Beat The ninth installment of the hit CBS reality series kicks off its tribal warring ways. | 2 |
Consumer Prices Climb; Jobless Claims Up WASHINGTON - Consumer prices rose just 0.1 percent in August, a sign that inflation poses no immediate risk to the economy. The over-the-month-increase in the Consumer Price Index, the government's most closely watched inflation gauge, came after prices dipped by 0.1 percent in July, the Labor Department reported Thursday... | 0 |
Martha Stewart Decides Prison Is a Good Thing Right About Now Martha Stewart said yesterday she wants to begin her prison term as soon as possible. Speaking at a packed news conference held at the offices of her Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. | 2 |
Alitalia near collapse Near-bankrupt Alitalia held crucial contract negotiations with unions representing flight attendants and ground staff Wednesday in a last-minute attempt to save the state-controlled airline from collapse. | 2 |
Bankruptcy looming at Delta, auditor says Delta Air Lines said Wednesday it has revised its 2003 annual report to include a new report by its independent auditor warning that bankruptcy is looming. | 2 |
Eastman Kodak to Close Australia Plant Eastman Kodak Co., the world #39;s largest maker of photographic film, said Thursday that it will close a plant in Coburg, Australia at the end of November, affecting a total of about 600 employees at the plant and associated operations. | 2 |
OFT #39;considering #39; iTunes #39;rip-off #39; claims UK regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has not initiated an investigation into Apple #39;s iTunes UK pricing. The Consumer #39;s Association (CA) yesterday filed a complaint with the OFT, alleging that Apple is quot;ripping-off quot; UK music buyers. | 3 |
Adobe Unveils Home Video Editing App Adding to its offerings for digital imaging and video hobbyists, Adobe Systems this week is announcing a new video-editing package and an update to its Photoshop Elements image-editing product. | 3 |
NHL Lockout Begins Put the Zamboni machines in mothballs. What looks to be an extremely long NHL lockout has begun. The collective bargaining agreement between the league #39;s owners and its players expired at midnight | 1 |
New Blackburn manager Hughes to stay on with Wales for two games Mark Hughes took over as manager of Blackburn Rovers on Friday but will still lead Wales in its next two World Cup qualifying games. | 1 |
Australia v New Zealand- ICC Champions Trophy scoreboard Cricket-New Zealand 198-9 v Australia - ICC Champions Trophy September 16, 2004 12:40:46 LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - After being put into bat by Australia captain Ricky Ponting, New Zealand hit 198-9 in 50 overs in their Champions Trophy Pool A match | 1 |
Energy keen to light up Europe Zimbabwe goalkeeper Energy Murambadoro believes it is only a matter of time before he gets a dream move to a top European club. Murambadoro, selected as one of the best players of the 2004 African Cup of Nations | 1 |
Microsoft Offering Early Security Warnings Microsoft Corp. has quietly begun giving some of its largest customers early warning of security problems with its products. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-AP</B></FONT> | 3 |
Supercomputers Aid Hurricane Forecasting Thousands of miles from the rain and wind of Hurricane Ivan, a model of the storm swirls in the memory and processors of a supercomputer that can predict its likely course and strength. | 3 |
BBC: Annan: Invasion of Iraq is illegitimate The UN secretary general Kofi Annan considered yesterday in an interview broadcast by the BBC ( world section) that the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 quot;was illegitimate. | 0 |
11 Palestinians killed in Israeli operations in the West Bank At least four Palestinians were killed in a raid carried out by the Israeli occupation forces yesterday against Jenin city in the West Bank, according to medical and security sources. | 0 |
Gunmen kidnap top Gaza official Witnesses say the attackers surrounded Brigadier-General Mohammad al-Batrawi #39;s car and forced him to drive off. Brigadier Batrawi is head of the financial surveillance department of the Palestinian security forces. | 0 |
Hibiscus Flowers Help Your Heart New research finds extract helps control cholesterol levels HealthDayNews -- Hibiscus flowers may help your heart in the same way that red wine and tea do, claims new research from China. Hibiscus contains antioxidants that help control cholesterol levels and reduce heart disease, says a study in the current issue of the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture... | 3 |
Mouth Cells Coaxed to Repair Eye Damage By Ed Edelson, HealthDay Reporter HealthDayNews -- Japanese researchers say they have turned cells from the mouth into eye cells that have successfully been implanted in four patients to repair damage to the delicate outer layer of the cornea. American ophthalmologists described the work as an impressive achievement in basic science, but one that needs much more investigation before it can be applied to treatment of patients when the outermost layer of the cornea is damaged by corrosive chemicals, fire or medical disorders... | 3 |
Part of Brain That Extinguishes Fears Found The areas of the brain involved in learning fears have been known, but new research now identifies the areas involved in extinguishing those fears. The amygdala is a key in both learning and unlearning fears. | 3 |
US August Inflation Mild, Job Claims Rise (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. consumer prices inched up just\0.1 percent last month as gasoline and car prices tumbled, the\government said on Thursday in a report suggesting an inflation\spike earlier this year was an aberration. | 2 |
Mets Manager Fired but Will Finish Season (AP) AP - Art Howe came to the New York Mets fresh off three straight playoff appearances in Oakland, fully ready to turn around a faltering franchise. | 1 |
Jobless Claims Up Less Than Expected (Reuters) Reuters - The number of Americans lining up to\claim an initial week of jobless aid rose less than expected\last week, according to a report on Thursday that the Labor\Department said was unaffected by recent hurricanes. | 2 |
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