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Bush said ready to lift Libya sanctions WASHINGTON -- President Bush has decided to lift sanctions against Libya, which he expects to trigger the release of more than \$1 billion to families of PanAm Flight 103 victims, a senior administration official said yesterday. | 0 |
Arrest in Cisco source code theft A Briton has been arrested in connection with the theft of computer code for key net hardware. | 3 |
Israeli Missile Kills Senior Hamas Leader GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas threatened revenge after an Israeli helicopter blew up a car on a busy Gaza City street, killing a Hamas militant who was involved in making and firing rockets at Israeli towns. Six bystanders were wounded, two of them seriously, hospital officials said... | 0 |
Unilever Pressures European Stocks (Reuters) Reuters - A profit warning from consumer products\giant Unilever and concern that oil prices, now topping #36;46 a\barrel, will hurt company earnings kept European shares in\negative ground Monday. | 2 |
US soldier seeks Canada asylum A US army deserter seeks refugee status to stay in Canada, arguing the US-led war in Iraq is illegal. | 0 |
EU Urges Iran to Heed UN Nuclear Freeze Demand (Reuters) Reuters - The European Union called on Iran Monday\to comply with the U.N. nuclear watchdog's demand that it\suspend all activities connected with uranium enrichment, a\process that can be used to develop atomic weapons. | 0 |
Turkish Police Probe Concert Blast (AP) AP - A grenade may have caused a blast under a police car that injured more than a dozen people in southern Turkey, officials said Monday. | 0 |
Baseball Today (AP) AP - Toronto New York Yankees (7:05 p.m. EDT). Javier Vazquez goes for his 15th win for the AL East-leading Yankees. | 1 |
Jenkins' Trial Will Be High-Profile Case (AP) AP - The U.S. Army is preparing for its biggest desertion trial in decades following the surrender of Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins, wanted for allegedly abandoning his patrol nearly 40 years ago and becoming a North Korean propaganda tool. | 0 |
Unilever Pressures European Stocks PARIS (Reuters) - A profit warning from consumer products giant Unilever and concern that oil prices, now topping \$46 a barrel, will hurt company earnings kept European shares in negative ground Monday. | 2 |
Monty Hailed as Hero of Stunning Ryder Victory LONDON (Reuters) - When Colin Montgomerie's final putt plopped into the cup of the 18th green at Oakland Hills on Sunday it clinched a remarkable Ryder Cup triumph and soothed the Scot's personal anguish. | 1 |
Japan Volcano Erupts for 4th Day But Seen Quieting (Reuters) Reuters - A volcano in central Japan sent smoke and\ash high into the sky and spat out molten rock as it erupted\for a fourth straight day on Friday, but experts said the peak\appeared to be quieting slightly. | 3 |
Hostages in Iraq Face Death as Deadline Nears BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A deadline set by militants who have threatened to kill two Americans and a Briton seized in Iraq was due to expire Monday, and more than two dozen other hostages were also facing death unless rebel demands were met. | 0 |
Ace is wild NEW YORK -- Slice it any which way and the pie looks the same. The piece that represents the odds of the Red Sox overtaking the Yankees for the division title after a lost weekend in the Bronx is skinnier than Calista Flockhart. | 1 |
Primary race in Cup Chase won by Busch LOUDON, N.H. -- In a year of sweeping changes for NASCAR, the most notable of which was the process by which its 2004 champion will be determined, Kurt Busch yesterday made it a clean sweep at New Hampshire International Speedway. | 1 |
Americans dominated by Europe's brilliance BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- They were hoping for a sporting miracle yesterday, only it didn't materialize. Now, American Ryder Cup players must hope for a diplomatic miracle. | 1 |
Alitalia shares up on rescue deal Shares in Italian carrier Alitalia surge as it finalises a deal with unions which will keep it in the air. | 2 |
Martinez targets himself for the most blame NEW YORK -- In the city that loves to hate Pedro Martinez, the sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium suffered only one minor disappointment yesterday. It came after Martinez walked John Olerud in the sixth inning. The free pass followed Jorge Posada's home run, a shot that landed just a few feet inside the left-field foul pole. | 1 |
Bats were more than a bit wooden in series NEW YORK -- Don't expect the Red Sox to buy the theory that the Yankees' pitching has declined. Not after the Sox managed only eight runs on 20 hits over three of the most important games of the season. While the Yankees hit .308 and scored 27 runs, the Sox mustered only a .200 average as two of their core ... | 1 |
Vrabel knows tricks of the trade TEMPE, Ariz. -- One of the more interesting moments of the Patriots' 23-12 win over the Cardinals yesterday occurred near the end of the first half when kicker Neil Rackers was about to attempt a 58-yard field goal. | 1 |
No debate, it's Manning You share a pepperoni pizza. You even share a Nobel Peace Prize. You do not share the NFL MVP Award. | 1 |
Rice's streak ends as Raiders beat up Bills OAKLAND, Calif. -- Reality hit Jerry Rice in the final minutes and his spontaneous reaction was somewhat shocking: He kicked a yard marker and hurled his helmet at the ground. | 1 |
Crunch time came early, often for McCown TEMPE, Ariz. -- The statistics tell one story on how the Patriots' defense shut down the Cardinals' offense yesterday: It allowed just 167 yards of total offense, only 50 on the ground, during a 23-12 New England win that pushed a streak that threatens the NFL record to 17 games. | 1 |
Draining, but entertaining On any given Saturday, the Southeastern Conference comes up with ways to entertain its fans, exhibiting competition at its best -- and worst -- and making the argument that it is the best conference in college football. | 1 |
Let's just acknowledge their superiority BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Four out of five is a bit more than a trend, wouldn't you say? | 1 |
In face of losses, Woods answers questions BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- There was a stern look on his face when he won the first hole, courtesy of Paul Casey's three-putt bogey, and when Tiger Woods went 2 up at the fifth, he hardly showed emotion. | 1 |
Bryant gets 1st PGA win Bart Bryant won his first PGA Tour event yesterday, closing with a 3-under-par 67 for a three-stroke victory over Providence's Patrick Sheehan at the Texas Open in San Antonio. | 1 |
Zorilla, St. John's Prep beat Central to the pounce Travis Zorilla recovered two first-half fumbles that led to touchdowns, helping St. John's Prep defeat Central Catholic, 21-14, in a nonleague game in Danvers yesterday. | 1 |
Mate grates Earnhardt LOUDON, N.H. -- Well before the green flag dropped on yesterday's Sylvania 300, signaling the start of the Chase for the Nextel Cup, Dale Earnhardt Jr. expressed concern about how the other 33 drivers would race the top 10 in contention for the title. | 1 |
This isn't the finish line LOUDON, N.H. -- It wasn't the first time Kurt Busch and his friend Ricky Craven crossed the finish line at about the same time, and Craven hopes it wasn't the last. A year ago at Darlington, Craven beat Busch in .002 seconds, the closest finish in NASCAR since electronic scoring came into use in 1993. Yesterday, as Busch was completing ... | 1 |
Poor weather hits Unilever sales Shares in Unilever fall after the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant issues a surprise profits warning. | 0 |
YUKOS holds up crude oil railway deliveries to Chinese CNPC. OAO YUKOS oil company has temporally stopped crude oil railway deliveries to Chinese CNPC following the problems with the settlement of railway tariff rates and exports duties. | 2 |
Watchdog says few make the grade Expert says most companies still need to improve governance and raise ethics of those at the top. By Jay Loomis. Nell Minow has never been afraid to confront the power brokers in corporate America, first as | 2 |
Beatles record label sues Apple Computer again Search any fee-based digital music service for the best-loved musical artists of the 20th century and most of the expected names show up. | 3 |
Microsoft JPEG exploit reported Hacker web sites are claiming to have posted proof-of-concept exploit code for the latest critical Microsoft Corp software vulnerability, which is sometimes a precursor to broader attacks using a worm. | 3 |
The Execution of the Golden Boy Everyone was hoping to see a reincarnation of Sugar Ray Leonard-Marvin Hagler when Oscar De La Hoya challenged undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. | 1 |
Lions beat Texans, move to 2-0 Detroit running back Artose Pinner rushes up the middle against Houston linebacker and former North Eugene standtou Kailee Wong (right) for a 5-yard gain in the fourth quarter Sunday in Detroit. | 1 |
Wounded Rice leaves field empty OAKLAND -- -- Having lost a measure of his hard-earned identity, Jerry Rice resorted to one of the oldest tricks in the book of vanity. | 1 |
Dillon rushes for 158 yards in Patriots #39; victory Former Bengal Corey Dillon found his stride Sunday in his second game for the New England Patriots. Dillon gained 158 yards on 32 carries as the Patriots beat the Arizona Cardinals, 23-12, for their 17th victory in a row. | 1 |
Snow, Giants tip Padres Barry Bonds had better watch out. JT Snow seems to have designs on the slugger #39;s spot in the San Francisco Giants #39; lineup. | 1 |
India to launch first satellite exclusively for education BANGALORE, India: India was set to launch its first satellite to be used exclusively for education which will connect classrooms in remote parts of the country, the space agency said. | 0 |
Donaldson attacks CEO pay, ethics NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson criticized the ethical leadership and the pay of US corporate bosses in an interview published Monday. | 2 |
Bengals-Dolphins statistics Mia -- FG Mare 43, 12:39. Drive: 7 plays, 24 yards, 2:10. Key play: Feeley 19 pass to Chambers on 3rd-and-5 to Bengals 25. Miami 3, Cincinnati 0. Cin -- Simmons 50 interception return (Graham kick), 12:01. | 1 |
Time running out for Iraq hostages The threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages as their Islamic militant captors #39; 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire on Monday. | 0 |
Activists blockade Manipur over security law (Reuters) Reuters - Civil and womens' rights groups started an unprecedented 16-day blockade of the tiny state of Manipur on Monday to demand that the government repeal a security law which they say is being abused. | 0 |
Stocks Set for Lower Open; Oil Eyed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks looked to open lower on Monday as oil prices rose to their highest in nearly a month, increasing concern about the impact on corporate profits. | 2 |
Colgate Warns Profit Short of Forecasts NEW YORK (Reuters) - Colgate-Palmolive Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">CL.N</A> on Monday warned that earnings for the second half of the year will fall short of earlier forecasts due to higher marketing costs. | 2 |
Food Drink Woes Weigh on Eurostocks LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell almost one percent by midsession Monday, hurt by a profit warning from consumer goods giant Unilever and surging energy costs, but oil companies like BP rose with the price of crude. | 2 |
Golf: Langer mulls 2006 captaincy Bernhard Langer is not ruling out staying on as Europe's Ryder Cup captain for the 2006 event in Ireland. | 0 |
UN summit to tackle world hunger World leaders prepare to meet at the UN in New York to discuss ways of alleviating hunger and poverty. | 0 |
Air NZ, Qantas deal grounded MARK COLVIN: After two years of legal battles, it now seems the alliance deal between Air New Zealand and Qantas is well and truly grounded. | 2 |
PeopleSoft #39;s last hurrah? com September 20, 2004, 4:00 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. | 2 |
Hynix accused of \$1.7 billion 1999 accounting fraud SEOUL, South Korea - Hynix Semiconductor Inc., formerly Hyundai Electronics, is alleged to have committed an accounting miss-statement of nearly 2 trillion won (about US\$1. | 2 |
Mutual funds attract Fed governors #39; eyes Mutual funds aren #39;t just popular with the masses. They #39;re also investments of choice among the people who oversee the nation #39;s economy. | 2 |
Walker may buy back Iceland stores FORMER chairman of frozen food supermarket chain Iceland, Malcolm Walker, is being linked to a possible buy- back of the business, now trading as part of the Big Food Group. | 2 |
Hopkins knocks out De La Hoya his way Bernard Hopkins came into the ring to a recording of one of Frank Sinatras epic songs. Fighting his usual tactical fight, Hopkins allowed Oscar De La Hoya to dominate the first | 1 |
Sack-happy #39;D #39; bags Bills defenders got a piece of Bledsoe, and the Raiders offense did just enough -- as in a 43-yard touchdown pass from Rich Gannon to Ronald Curry and two Sebastian Janikowski field | 1 |
Power Shift In China Raises Hope of Better Living Standards, But <b>...</b> Chinese President Hu Jintao #39;s accession to full power and the final retirement of former President Jiang Zemin is being hailed as the start of a new era in Chinese politics. | 0 |
Turkish police probe concert blast that injures at least 13 A grenade may have caused a blast under a police car that injured more than a dozen people in southern Turkey, officials said Monday. | 0 |
Manmohan to hold talks with Bush, Musharraf New York, Sept. 20 (PTI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, arrives here tonight for the first major diplomatic engagement that includes his talks with US President George W Bush, and Pakistan President Pervez | 0 |
Sri Lanka: Demonstrations outside Norwegian Embassy In Sri Lanka, angry demonstrators outside the Norwegian Embassy on Monday placed a coffin with the dead body of a Tamil politician outside the Norwegian Embassy. | 0 |
After Blogs Got Hits, CBS Got a Black Eye Scott Johnson, a lawyer in Mendota Heights, Minn., put up his first post at 7:51 a.m. on Sept. 9. By the time he got to his Minneapolis office, he had dozens of e-mail responses. | 3 |
51 Win Spots on Commerce List Fifty-one small businesses, nearly all of them Washington area companies, were included in the contract for Commerce Information Technology Solutions Next Generation, known as COMMITS NexGen. The contract can be used by all federal agencies to buy information technology services. | 3 |
In Cellular Towers' Shadows, Anxiety Worried about radio-frequency radiation, Fairfax parents urge school board to ban placement of antenna poles near campuses. | 3 |
PeopleSoft's last hurrah? After Oracle's court victory, customers will look for reassurance at what could be PeopleSoft's last annual user conference. | 3 |
Critical Mass. for AMD's chip designs? As the chipmaker plows profits into research, it's hoping for good things from a new design team in Massachusetts. | 3 |
VMWare reveals Ace in the hole Using its strengths in virtual machine technology, VMWare Inc. on Monday unwrapped new beta software for the desktop that allows administrators to more securely deploy and mange work environments outside the corporate network. | 3 |
Alitalia shares up on rescue deal Shares in Alitalia rose on Monday after staff agreed job and pay cuts last week to keep the beleaguered airline flying. The firm #39;s chief executive was holding a final meeting with unions in Rome on Monday | 2 |
eMusic to relaunch MP3 subscription service While MP3 #39;s have taken quite a bashing lately, it #39;s good to know you can still download free and legal MP3 #39;s, albeit for independent artists. | 3 |
Woods insists defeat hurts Tiger Woods insisted defeat in the Ryder Cup hurt following questions over his commitment to the event. The American won just two points in the 18-9 loss to Europe. | 1 |
Lions roaring: Rookie Williams gives Detroit big lift Despite their 28-16 victory over the Houston Texans yesterday before 61,465 at Ford Field, that remains to be seen. But one thing looks evident early on - rookie wideout Roy Williams, the Lions #39; top draft | 1 |
No spoiler, new Bears coach a #39;Favre Foiler #39; You gotta love Lovie. When the Chicago Bears hired him last January, the man promised he knew how to beat Brett Favre. He guaranteed his new team would turn around its one-sided rivalry with the Packers. | 1 |
Tibet: Preserving the culture Beijing - The Tibetan capital Lhasa has launched a renovation drive to keep its original ethnic flavour after years of unrestrained urban development filled the city with modern architecture, China #39;s state media said Monday. | 0 |
Big Powers Urge Iran to Heed UN Nuke Freeze Demand (Reuters) Reuters - The United States, the EU and Russia\urged Iran Monday to comply with the U.N. nuclear watchdog's\demand that it halt all activities linked to uranium\enrichment, a process that can be used to build an atom bomb. | 0 |
China's Online Shopping Stuck in Web of Problems (Reuters) Reuters - Creaky banking and postal systems are\conspiring against Chinese shoppers snapping up books and\cosmetics over the Internet, holding back a market that has\lured the likes of eBay and Amazon. | 3 |
Colgate Sees Profit Well Short of Targets NEW YORK (Reuters) - Colgate-Palmolive Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">CL.N</A> on Monday warned that second-half earnings will fall well short of Wall Street forecasts due to higher marketing spending. | 2 |
College Fight For Influence Gets a Little Nasty The serene world of higher education looks distinctly different when viewed from Capitol Hill. | 2 |
Putin Faces Chechnya Dilemma Over Jailed Colonel MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin faced a dilemma Monday over whether to pardon an army colonel who strangled a Chechen schoolgirl, risking upsetting allies in Chechnya on the one hand or his powerful military on the other. | 0 |
Future shop DULUTH, Ga. -- With two touches on a computer screen, Dan White chooses a faded pair of five-pocket Calvin Klein jeans in a size 6. Seconds later, a tag on the pair he picked flashes, calling out from stacks of neatly folded jeans. | 2 |
Kodak hears call of camera phones, answers big time Cellphones that can take and display digital photographs have become enough of a market force to attract major attention from a company long synonymous with photography: Eastman Kodak Co. | 2 |
A retooled Draper now makes what it devises CAMBRIDGE -- The hunt for terror-thwarting technology has brought an unexpected revenue boost -- and a new in-house production burden -- to a research lab best known for its work on submarine missile guidance and navigation during the Cold War. | 2 |
Racketeering case against tobacco industry to begin WASHINGTON -- It has taken five years of pretrial skirmishing, but testimony will finally begin tomorrow in the government's massive racketeering case alleging that the tobacco industry defrauded and misled the American public for almost 50 years about the health risks of cigarette smoking. | 2 |
Fed's rate decision not apt to affect market NEW YORK -- Wall Street opinion is split on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates tomorrow, with conventional wisdom siding with a rate increase. But either way, the decision probably won't have as much impact on what happens to stock prices this week as will news of corporate earnings surprises. | 2 |
Ready for Windows Service Pack 2? Nothing elicits fear and loathing across the land like the announcement of a major Windows upgrade. Grown men and women quake at the thought of hours of troubleshooting. Corporate IT departments don full battle gear and issue stern warnings against upgrading before they've tested for incompatibilities. Small children weep when their favorite computer games suddenly won't run. | 2 |
Questions to ask about low-priced PCs Poverty can be quite educational. When you've got only so much money to spend, you'll think carefully about the goods you're buying. | 2 |
Ill-fated '95 hiring haunts Disney CEO search HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- As Walt Disney Co. directors meet today to start grappling with the process of replacing chief executive Michael Eisner, one man who has not roamed the halls in eight years is casting his shadow. | 2 |
Seeking an edge, Microsoft shares Office code SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. is expanding a program to give government organizations access to some of its tightly guarded software blueprints, amid growing competition from rivals who make such source code freely available. | 2 |
British hostage deadline passes The deadline set by hostage-takers holding a Briton in Iraq has passed without any further word from them. | 0 |
Indonesians Vote to Oust Megawati Indonesian voters ousted incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in a run-off election for president Monday, awarding her former chief security minister a landslide victory, according to a projection by a local research institute. | 0 |
Drilling for Weird Life Scientists interested in the search for life on other planets often spend their time hunting for novel life forms and unique ecosystems here on Earth. The Ro Tinto, a river in Spain with highly acidic water the color of red wine, has one group of researchers intrigued about what might be living underground. | 3 |
Liquid Machines to acquire e-mail company In a sign of continued consolidation among security firms, Lexington, Massachusetts-based Liquid Machines Inc. on Monday plans to announce the acquisition of San Francisco-based Omniva Inc. | 3 |
AOL launches program for AIM bots America Online Inc. (AOL) is launching a program Monday to promote and facilitate the creation of what it calls AIM Robots for its AIM instant messaging system. | 3 |
Sun to return to NAS market with StorEdge 5210 Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday will announce a number of new storage products, including a new server that signals the company's return to NAS (network-attached storage). Called the StorEdge 5210, the file server is a midrange NAS appliance developed with technology that Sun licensed from Irvine, California-based Procom Technology Inc. in April. | 3 |
Update: Arrest made in Cisco source code theft Police in the U.K. have arrested a man in connection with the theft of source code from networking equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. in May, a Scotland Yard spokeswoman confirmed Friday. | 3 |
Asian Stock Markets Close Mixed Asian stock markets closed mixed Monday, with the key indexes dipping both in Hong Kong and Singapore. Japanese financial markets were closed for a national holiday. | 2 |
Alitalia shares soar on union deal Shares in Alitalia are soaring as the board of the Italian carrier prepares to approve a rescue plan that will cut jobs and slash wages in an effort to avoid collapse. | 2 |
Hynix Under Investigation for Cooking Books It has been revealed that Hynix Semiconductor (formerly Hyundai Electronics) cooked the books to nearly W2 trillion during the latter half of the 1990s and corrected the total misstated amount over several years. | 2 |
Corporate watchdog is keeping busy Nell Minow has never been afraid to confront the power brokers in corporate America, first as a fund manager and more recently as a watchdog waving red flags about excessive executive pay, questionable | 2 |
Watch China #39;s first SMS novel as a film on ur mobile China #39;s first ever novel transmitted to readers through SMS is all set to be made into a film. According to the Straits Times, the film will also be transmitted to audiences in 30 to 40 segments enabling viewers | 3 |
Virus writer gets security job Virus writer Sven Jaschan, who claimed responsibility for the Sasser and Netsky worms, has been given a job at an internet security company. | 3 |
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