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Fed, Corporate Forecasts to Set Tone NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks should stay firm next week if the Federal Reserve says the economy is recovering and if corporations entering the heart of the so-called confession season go slow on profit warnings. | 2 |
NL Wrap: Jones Leads Braves Closer to Division Title NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chipper Jones hit a three-run homer and J.D. Drew also went deep as the Atlanta Braves continued to close in on another division title with an 8-1 win over the Florida Marlins in Miami on Friday. | 1 |
Militants Threaten to Kill U.S., UK Hostages in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents threatened to kill two Americans and a Briton unless the United States freed Iraqi women prisoners, Al Jazeera said Saturday, and a suicide car bomb killed 23 people outside Iraqi National Guard offices. | 0 |
Youzhny Upsets Paradorn to Reach Beijing Final BEIJING (Reuters) - Russian Mikhail Youzhny upset sixth seed Paradorn Srichaphan 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the China Open. | 1 |
Ryder Cup: USA bid to bounce back The USA drop Phil Mickelson for Saturday's fourballs as they bid to peg back Europe's five-point lead. | 0 |
IBM inks \$972M voice, data deal with Lloyds IBM has won a \$972 million, seven-year services contract to help move U.K. bank Lloyds TBS to a converged voice and data network that improves connectivity for more than 2,000 national branches and 4,200 ATMs. | 3 |
Body clocks 'hinder' space travel Researchers think our body clock could mean humans find it difficult to adapt to life in space. | 0 |
Perry doubts it will stand; Hutchison says state still needs <b>...</b> While Gov. Rick Perry on Friday questioned whether a state district judge #39;s ruling on public school finance would be upheld by the Texas Supreme Court, US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison | 2 |
Kuznetsova beats compatriot Petrova to advance to final in Bali NUSA DUA, Bali (AFP): US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova outclassed fellow Russian Nadia Petrova on Saturday to advance to the final of the Wismilak International WTA tennis tournament on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. | 1 |
Pope issues new appeal for peace in Iraq, Mideast (AFP) AFP - Pope John Paul II issued a new appeal for peace in Iraq and the Middle East, condemning the quot;horror quot; of violence as well as quot;the terrorism that cruelly targets the innocent quot;. | 0 |
Scientists make phone that turns into a sunflower Materials company Pvaxx Research Development has developed a plastic-looking polymer that degrades into soil when discarded, feeding a sunflower seed contained in a phone cover developed in conjunction with the polymer. | 3 |
Chemical treaty to extend scope Up to 15 hazardous chemicals could have their global movement more strictly regulated at a conference in Geneva this week. | 3 |
Closure with a touch of deja vu The news that Jaguar is to end vehicle assembly at Browns Lane and invite several hundred employees to apply for what parent company Ford likes to call quot;voluntary separation quot; prompted the great and good to shrug their shoulders and remark, rather lamely | 2 |
Monty #39;s dream start Bernhard Langer today sent out his #39;awesome #39; Ryder Cup team with a warning not to celebrate anything yet. The European captain had the luxury of fielding his remaining three rookies in today #39;s opening fourballs | 1 |
Flintoff puts England in command Andrew Flintoff added another chapter to his growing reputation as the world #39;s best all-rounder as England posted a challenging 251 for 7 against Sri Lanka in the crucial Group D league match of the ICC Champions Trophy in Southampton on Saturday. | 1 |
An African tragedy That is the bottom line for initiatives undertaken by the United States, United Nations, African Union, the Arab League, and any other international actors trying to resolve the current | 0 |
Away on Business: Expanding Your Horizons NEW YORK (Reuters) - If traveling is an education, corporate frequent flyers hold an advanced degree. Still, for those who want to keep learning, hotels along the way provide opportunities in subjects as diverse as French cooking, Arabic lessons or Zen art. | 2 |
Abbott Seeks Foothold in Stent Business CHICAGO (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ABT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ABT.N</A> is betting \$1 billion in deals and the start of a new clinical trial will finally get Wall Street to focus on its cardiovascular device business. | 2 |
N.Korea Says Will Never Dismantle Its Atomic Arms SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will never dismantle its nuclear arsenal and will not resume talks on its atomic programs unless the United States drops its hostile policy, the North's official KCNA news agency said on Saturday. | 0 |
U.S. Accuses Iran of Bomb Plans as UN Nuke Talks Stall VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday that Iran was "completely isolated" in what Washington says is Tehran's pursuit of an atom bomb, while talks at the U.N. atomic agency stalled over what to demand of Tehran. | 0 |
Improved power management planned for Opteron Company says laptop-like technology will be useful in server systems, where it can help companies save on electricity and cooling costs in data centers. | 3 |
N.Irish Talks Stuck as Deadline Starts to Slip LEEDS CASTLE, England (Reuters) - The British and Irish prime ministers were running out of time on Saturday to break a deadlock in talks aimed at sealing a final peace settlement for Northern Ireland. | 0 |
Proteas get good start London - Protea openers Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs made a solid start against the West Indies on Saturday in the decisive one-day cricket international in Pool B of the Champions Trophy at The Oval. | 1 |
Irish ready for fired-up Mich. State EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Notre Dame #39;s 28-20 victory over Michigan last Saturday set off a huge celebration as thousands of students joined the Irish players on field to form an impromptu mosh pit. | 1 |
Zarqawi Group Threatens to Kill Hostages The Arab television station Al-Jazeera has broadcast a videotape purportedly showing a British and two American hostages being held in Iraq by a militant group led by a suspected ally of the al-Qaida terror network, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. | 0 |
Indonesian police make progress in embassy bomb investigation Indonesian police have released a sketch of a man they velieve bought the mini van used in the bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta. | 0 |
Rebels Kidnap 2 Americans and a Briton in Baghdad Insurgents kidnapped two American and a British engineer on Thursday in a brazen dawn raid on their home in one of Baghdad #39;s most affluent neighborhoods, underscoring | 0 |
Alitalia #39;strikes cabin crew deal #39; Alitalia appeared to clinch its final union agreement on Saturday over job and wage cuts, as cabin crews agreed to a painful restructuring needed to prevent the airline #39;s collapse, a union source said. | 2 |
PluggedIn: Software Tackles Digital Photo Proliferation (Reuters) Reuters - Now that digital cameras have overtaken\film cameras in sales, users are beginning to encounter a\familiar problem -- what to do with the bulging image files and\folders filling up computer hard drives? | 3 |
Microsoft offers flat-fee support option for NT 4.0 Server <b>...</b> DECEMBER 06, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Microsoft Corp. will offer custom support options on a flat-fee basis to users of Windows NT 4.0 Server and Exchange Server 5.5 when the standard support phases for those products end. | 3 |
Nigerian pipeline blast death toll rises to 60 (AFP) AFP - The death toll from an explosion at a fuel pipeline on the outskirts of the Nigerian city of Lagos has risen to around 60 as more bodies were recovered from the scene. | 0 |
U.S. Says Iran 'Isolated' in Nuclear Bomb Quest VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday Iran was "completely isolated" in its pursuit of an atom bomb, while talks at the U.N. nuclear agency stalled over what to demand of Tehran. | 0 |
Tough times, but something had to be done Any losses of jobs is a matter of great concern for those involved and for Coventry itself. But Jaguar #39;s restructure plan for its future at least retains some jobs in the city and its spiritual headquarters at Browns Lane. | 2 |
Carnival cruises to profit MIAMICarnival Corp. #39;s fiscal third-quarter profit increased 40 per cent as higher ticket prices spurred strong revenue growth. | 2 |
Winery at a crossroads Once the crown jewel of the Napa Valley, the Robert Mondavi name is on the auction block and its future is uncertain. Robert Mondavi, 91, who more than any other person put premium California wine on the map | 2 |
IBM Supports EPA Linux Grid Computing Project The IBM project at EPA, being performed jointly with prime contractor Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), includes the Grid Toolbox, a collection of open standards-based Grid software from IBM, Red Hat Linux Enterprise 2.1 and Avaki Enterprise | 3 |
IPod Rivals Square Off Against Apple A new generation of smaller, sleeker and cheaper MP3 players from the likes of Sony, Rio, Creative and Rave MP are hitting the market this fall, and they all have Apple | 3 |
Golf Notebook: Sutton sees need to take chances So do you think Hal Sutton, who has been captaining this Ryder Cup team like some combination of Texas ranch boss and a college football coach, is going to call a little team meeting tonight? | 1 |
NHL vs. NHLPA Whenever the deal gets done this time, it #39;s going to be done in its entirety. They #39;ll dot the i #39;s and cross the t #39;s and get the lawyers to sign off on each and every last collectively bargained word. | 1 |
Rain gives Gordon easy pole Already, Jeff Gordon has been rewarded for being NASCAR #39;s points leader heading into the inaugural 10-race playoff. With qualifying rained out Friday at New Hampshire International | 1 |
Canada #39;s voice lost amid UN gnashing If you want to know what happens when a country cedes its foreign policy to the United Nations, as Canada has done, all you have to do is look at Sudan. | 0 |
An Afghan woman who would be president Qalai Zaman Khan, Afghanistan -- Masooda Jalal, the woman who would be president of Afghanistan, stands inside the mud walls of a bread bakery in this hardscrabble village on the outskirts of Kabul. | 0 |
West Bank: Palestinian girl shot dead by Israeli fire A Palestinian girl was shot dead late on Friday when Israeli troops shot her dead in Nablus city of the West Bank, witnesses said. | 0 |
N.Korea Vows Will Never Dismantle Nuclear Arms SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will never dismantle its nuclear arsenal and will not resume talks on its atomic programs unless the United States drops its "hostile" policy, the North's official KCNA news agency said on Saturday. | 0 |
N. Irish Peace Talks End Without Breakthrough LEEDS CASTLE, England (Reuters) - Talks aimed at reviving home rule in Northern Ireland and disbanding IRA guerrillas ended on Saturday without a final deal, British and Irish Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern said. | 0 |
Pakistan Army Says Noose Tightened Around Militants WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani army said on Saturday it had tightened the noose around hundreds of al Qaeda-linked foreign militants hiding in a rugged mountainous region near the Afghan border. | 0 |
PluggedIn: Software Tackles Digital Photo Proliferation SEATTLE (Reuters) - Now that digital cameras have overtaken film cameras in sales, users are beginning to encounter a familiar problem -- what to do with the bulging image files and folders filling up computer hard drives? | 3 |
Programs: Flaws Can't Hide Appeal of 'Spy Fiction' PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) - "Spy Fiction" is a covert operator's dream game. Not only does it let you become virtually invisible to your enemies, but it also gives you the power to quickly transform yourself into other characters. | 3 |
Wal-Mart Backs Sept. Sales Targets (Reuters) Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the\world's largest retailer, said on Saturday it still expects a 2\percent to 4 percent increase in September U.S. sales at stores\open at least a year, despite the effect of Hurricane Ivan in\some locations. | 2 |
Enterprise SAN for Mac OS X Server, Part 1 Columnist Yuval Kossovsky offers a primer on storage-area networks in Part 1 of this two-part series, and then follows up with a piece on how to set up a SAN for Mac OS X. | 3 |
Musharraf heads for first meeting with Indian PM at UN assembly (AFP) AFP - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf leaves Sunday for crucial peace talks with Indian Premier Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of a UN gathering as the leaders of the nuclear-armed neighbors meet for the first time since India's change of government. | 0 |
U.S. Faces Mountain to Climb Against Buoyant Europe BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Ryder Cup red faces have not been in short supply since the first event in 1927 but few have been American. | 1 |
Gartner: Consumers dissatisfied with online security According to a Gartner survey, online shoppers are frustrated with the lack of security provided by online businesses, and they fear that passwords are no longer sufficient to secure their transactions. | 3 |
The Mars Rovers Have Their Day in the Sun Since September 8th and 9th, the twin Mars rovers have been taking a well-deserved break, while the Sun-Earth line clears again for communication directly to Mars. While this conjunction may temporarily halt their wheels in the sand, other science tasks have kicked off under autonomous control. | 3 |
Involved Dads Help Daughters' Development A new study finds fathers who are interested in their daughters' activities -- whether traditionally masculine pursuits such as sports or traditionally feminine ones such as music -- increase the chances that the girls will stay involved with those activities. | 3 |
Alcohol Reduces Damage After Heart Attack In moderation, it helps keep tissue slick and clear, study finds HealthDayNews -- Drinking any kind of alcohol in moderation can reduce damage to affected tissue after a heart attack, says a University of Missouri-Columbia study. A heart attack results in reduced blood flow to a number of areas of the body... | 3 |
Doctors Ready to Perform Face Transplant LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) -- A team of doctors from Louisville and the Netherlands say in a new medical journal article that they are ready to perform a face transplant, a procedure considered controversial by some medical ethicists. "There arrives a point in time when the procedure should simply be done... | 3 |
11 firms sent jobs overseas, group says Eleven companies in Greater Cincinnati have been singled out for exporting jobs out of the country by Working America, an organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO labor organization. | 2 |
Hands-Free Mousing Could Mean Using Your Nose Its the same routine - type a little on the keyboard, move the dominant hand, maneuver through the screen with the mouse, and pick the hand back up, replace it on the keyboard and continue typing. | 3 |
My Pick is.... Everyone has their opinion on the weather and everyone has their opinion on the Hopkins-De La Hoya fight as well. Before I give you mine, a few thoughts. | 1 |
Definitely Florida: Vols remember home losses, ready for revenge Ask Kevin Simon which is the worst home loss he has seen since arriving at the University of Tennessee and the answer is very clear. | 1 |
IBM triples transistor performance with germanium IBM researchers today said they have successfully demonstrated a new technique for improving transistor performance that will help the company build smaller, more powerful chips in the next decade. | 3 |
Russians Stop Car Wired With Explosives MOSCOW - Police stopped a man driving a car wired with land mines and explosives in downtown Moscow early Saturday, Russian security officials said. The man, detained by Moscow police around 1 a.m., told police he had been paid \$1,000 to park two cars with explosives in them along a Moscow street frequently used by top government officials, said the duty officer at the Federal Security Service... | 0 |
Records Show Commander Wrote to Bush Sr. WASHINGTON - The latest records to surface from President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard show that one commander took an unusual interest in the congressman's son during his basic training. The officer in charge of the unit where Bush took his basic training wrote to then-Rep... | 0 |
Red Sox Rally Past Yankees in Ninth NEW YORK - The way the Boston Red Sox are playing these days, nothing seems to be able to stop them. Not even Mariano Rivera... | 0 |
Iraq Suicide Attack Kills 20, Injures 16 KIRKUK, Iraq - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near a crowd of people waiting to apply for jobs with the Iraqi National Guard in the northern city of Kirkuk on Saturday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 16, officials said. Also Saturday, videotape surfaced showing two Americans and a Briton kidnapped two days ago from their house in central Baghdad... | 0 |
US website tracks job exporters Labour group AFL-CIO has unveiled a website where anyone can find out what firms are exporting jobs overseas, reports UPI. Working America, a workers #39; advocacy group affiliated with AFL-CIO, has created the | 2 |
Wal-Mart Backs Sept. Sales Targets Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world #39;s largest retailer, said on Saturday it still expects a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in September US sales at stores | 2 |
Iran tests long-range missile as UN watchdog reviews nuclear <b>...</b> TEHRAN : Iran will test fire a long-range missile amid fears in the West that Tehran is developing nuclear weapons and an ongoing review by the UN watchdog of the country #39;s atomic energy program. | 0 |
Northern Ireland Parties Hold Power-Sharing Talks Northern Ireland #39;s dominant Protestant and Roman Catholic political parties are holding talks aimed at restoring the British province #39;s power-sharing government. | 0 |
Napster Receives New Life As Public Company Call it the kitty's third life. Roxio Inc. (ROXI) bought the Napster brand name and feline logo at a bankruptcy auction two years ago and with the acquisition of another music service, pressplay, relaunched the once-renegade file-swapping pioneer as a legal music service last October. | 3 |
Safin Sets Up All-Russian Final in Beijing (AP) AP - Marat Safin defeated Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-4 in the China Open on Saturday, setting up an all-Russian final with Mikhail Youzhny. | 1 |
Alitalia, flight attendants agree accord on job cuts ROME : Alitalia management and flight attendants struck a crucial deal on job cuts that would allow the struggling airline to keep flying, but management still needs to win government support for its overall strategy. | 2 |
Documents indicate Blair was warned LONDON - The government was accused Saturday of quot;clearly misleading quot; the British public over plans for postwar Iraq after a newspaper reported that Prime Minister Tony Blair was warned a year before the invasion that postwar stability would be difficult. | 0 |
British Troops Exit Al-Sadr's Iraq Office (AP) AP - British troops withdrew on Saturday from radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's main office in the southern city of Basra a day after occupying the building and seizing an arms cache in fighting that killed three and wounded five, the British military and police said. | 0 |
U.S. Begins Long Fightback at Ryder Cup BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - The U.S. began the long haul back from a record five-point opening-day Ryder Cup deficit in positive fashion on Saturday. | 1 |
Spadea, Ancic Into Semifinals at Delray Beach There were a lot of quot;firsts quot; Friday at the ATP stop in Delray Beach, with more to come. Top-seeded Vince Spadea (d. (Q) Armando in three) reached his first Delray Beach semifinal in seven attempts. | 1 |
Paralympics Competition Begins in Athens Competition at the 12th Paralympic Games for disabled athletes gets under way Saturday in Athens, Greece. Nearly 4,000 athletes from 136 countries are competing in 19 disciplines over 11 days. | 1 |
Davis blow for Panthers Carolina running back Stephen Davis will be out of action for several weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery. The Panthers are already without injured receiver Steve Smith for at least two months. | 1 |
Newman looks forward to a fresh start Motorsport.com. Loudon, New Hampshire is a long way from the South Pacific island region of Vanuatu, but the two places may have more in common than ever before. | 1 |
Iraq blast death toll rises to 18 At least 18 people were killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday, capping a week of horrific violence in Iraq as al-Qaeda-linked militants threatened to kill two American and a British hostage in 48 hours. | 0 |
UN Nuclear Watchdog Demands Iran Freeze Enrichment VIENNA (Reuters) - The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors passed a resolution on Saturday demanding that Iran freeze all activities related to uranium enrichment, a diplomat present at closed-door meeting said. | 0 |
Final US volunteers leave Nepal The last US Peace Corps volunteers leave Nepal after security fears force the suspension of operations. | 0 |
U.N. Tells Iran to Suspend Nuke Program VIENNA, Austria - A 35-nation meeting of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency on Saturday demanded that Iran suspend all aspects of uranium enrichment, setting an indirect November deadline for Tehran to heed its conditions... | 0 |
Axed US Ryder Cup star Mickelson: quot;I was awful quot; Axed US Ryder Cup player Phil Mickelson has admitted that he was quot;awful quot; on the opening day of the 35th team clash between America and Europe at Oakland Hills. | 1 |
Arsenal loses 100 per cent record with late Bolton equaliser LONDON -- Arsenal #39;s 100 per cent record in the Premier League was ended Saturday with Henrik Pedersen #39;s late strike allowing Bolton to draw 2-2. | 1 |
Iran: Draft resolution by EU #39; #39;major three #39; #39; - politically <b>...</b> Iran regards the draft resolution proposed by the three major European states - Germany, Britain and France - on Tehran #39;s nuclear programs as politically motivated, the spokesman for the Iranian delegation to the meeting of the International Atomic Energy | 0 |
Three appear in Victoria court on drug charges linked to legislature raid (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - VICTORIA (CP) - Three people appeared in Victoria provincial court Friday on drug-conspiracy charges arising from an investigation linked to December's police raid at the B.C. legislature. | 0 |
Militants Threaten to Behead U.S., UK Hostages in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents threatened to behead two Americans and a Briton captured in Baghdad on Saturday and launched a suicide car bomb attack on Iraqi security forces in the northern city of Kirkuk that killed at least 23 people. | 0 |
West, CW support Musharraf #39;s continuance in uniform: Rashid Most countries in the West and member nations of the Commonwealth believe that President Pervez Musharraf should continue as Pakistan #39;s army chief, claimed Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed. | 0 |
India says U.S. lifts nuclear, space export curbs (Reuters) Reuters - India said on Saturday the United States had lifted export restrictions on equipment for India's commercial space programme and nuclear power facilities, opening the way for greater cooperation in the two sectors. | 0 |
Florida Candidate Calls for Bipartisanship (AP) AP - The nation's leaders need to put aside partisan labels to help Florida recover from the devastation of three major hurricanes during the past month, Democratic Senate candidate Betty Castor said Saturday. | 0 |
No Deal at N.Irish Talks, But 'Progress' on IRA LEEDS CASTLE, England (Reuters) - Talks aimed at forging a comprehensive peace settlement for Northern Ireland ended without a deal on Saturday, despite Britain and Ireland saying they were close to securing full disarmament by the IRA. | 0 |
UN urges Iran to halt enrichment The UN watchdog passes a resolution calling on Iran to suspend all activities related to uranium enrichment. | 0 |
At Least 19 Killed, Scores Injured in Iraq Bombing A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb today near a crowd of people waiting to apply for jobs with the Iraqi National Guard in the northern city of Kirkuk. | 0 |
Victims of Hurricane Ivan Vow to Rebuild PENSACOLA, Fla. - Their homes are in ruin, many have only the shirts on their backs... | 0 |
Voting Machines Missing for La. Election NEW ORLEANS - Many New Orleans voters were unable to cast ballots Saturday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because voting machines had not been delivered to polling places, a state official said. At least 35 precincts did not have voting machines because drivers hired to deliver the machines had apparently not shown up for work, said Scott Madere, a spokesman for Secretary of State Fox McKeithen... | 0 |
Alitalia, Unions Reach Agreement to Qualify for Loan (Update3) Alitalia SpA, Italy #39;s largest airline, reached an agreement with its flight attendants #39; unions to cut 900 jobs, qualifying the company for a government bailout that will keep it in business for another six months. | 2 |
Arsenal ties Bolton, extends unbeaten streak Arsenal stretched its record unbeaten streak in the Premier League to 46 games Sunday, but the 2-2 tie with Bolton ended its perfect league record this season. | 1 |
Holmes wins world athletics final Double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes has sprinted to an emphatic victory in the women #39;s 1,500 metres on the opening day of the two-day world athletics final. | 1 |
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