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The Euros cash in Bloomfield Township, Mich.- In the end Sunday, it seemed fit ting that Colin Mont gomerie, the spiritual leader of Europe #39;s Ryder Cup team, would seal ownership of the cup once again. | 1 |
Safin, Kuznetsova Victorious in Asian Tennis Matches Russias Marat Safin won his first title in almost two years with a gritty 7-6, 7-5 victory over compatriot Mikhail Youzhny at the China Open on Sunday, just as another Russian star, recent US Open winner Svetlana Kuznetsova won another title in Bali. | 1 |
Former General Expected to Win Presidential Election in Indonesia A former general, who has promised to uphold civilian rule, appears to have easily defeated the incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesias presidential election today, according to a nationwide survey of votes. | 0 |
Colgate Sees Profit Well Short of Targets (Reuters) Reuters - Colgate-Palmolive Co. on Monday\warned that second-half earnings will fall well short of Wall\Street forecasts due to higher marketing spending. | 2 |
Unilever Issues Profit Warning (AP) AP - Unilever PLC, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant, reduced its outlook for the year on Monday, citing poor weather, weak consumer confidence in Europe and tough competition in Asia. | 0 |
Iraq's PM Says Saddam Depressed, Begs for Mercy CAIRO (Reuters) - Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is depressed and has begged the Iraqi government for mercy, Iraq's Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in an interview published Monday. | 0 |
China supply cutback raises stakes in Yukos standoff Russia #39;s embattled Yukos oil giant raised the stakes in its bitter standoff with the Kremlin as the company slashed supplies to China in a move analysts said was designed to cause maximum embarrassment in Moscow. | 2 |
Air NZ fears for future after Qantas bid fails AIR New Zealand today claimed it faced an uncertain future after the countrys High Court threw out plans for a tie-up with Qantas, its Australian-based rival. | 2 |
Investors brace for impact of higher oil prices, US interest rate <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Early indicators were mostly negative Monday for North American stock markets as crude oil prices rose and investors braced for another US interest rate increase. | 2 |
First Enron Trial May Show Wall Street #39;s Darker Side HOUSTON -- The darker side of Wall Street could come to light Monday as the criminal trial involving former Enron executives takes a look at the inner workings of the Wall Street investment banking business. | 2 |
Banks pay price for money laundering THE fight against money laundering is costing banks and other financial institutions dear as they invest heavily in technology to combat crime, according to a survey by KPMG. | 2 |
Sasser author hired by AV firm According to reports, Sven Jaschan, who was arrested in May and charged with creating some of the most potent viruses to hit the internet, has been offered a job with Lueneburg, Germany-based Securepoint. | 3 |
Iraqi PM: #39;Terrorists pouring in #39; Iraq #39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has warned that quot;terrorists quot; are flooding into his country from across the Muslim world. | 0 |
Colgate Cuts 2nd-Half Profit Forecast as Costs Rise (Update1) Colgate-Palmolive Co., the world #39;s largest toothpaste maker, said second-half profit will be less than analysts #39; estimates because of higher marketing and raw material costs. | 2 |
PeopleSoft prepares for questions at Connect show PeopleSoft Inc. will kick off its Connect user show on Tuesday determined to focus attendees #39; attention on its progress in the past year and product plans for the coming one | 3 |
Cybercriminals use #39;bot #39; to strike terror Tech-savvy criminals increasingly are using large networks of computers to spread viruses, send spam and steal sensitive information, according to a new Internet threat report scheduled to be released today. | 3 |
Extremist vote worries German press The gains made by parties of the extreme right and left in elections in two eastern German states on Sunday spark much negative comment in regional and national papers. | 0 |
British hostage deadline passes The family of a Briton held hostage in Iraq are waiting for news after a deadline set by his captors passed. On Saturday, the kidnappers said they would kill Ken Bigley, from Liverpool, and two Americans unless | 0 |
Yukos partly suspends oil exports to China LONDON, September 20 (newratings.com) - Russian oil giant, OAO Yukos Oil Company (YUSA.FSE), has partly suspended its rail shipments to China, leading to increased supply disruption risks in the global oil market. | 2 |
Unilever Issues Profit Warning Unilever PLC, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant, reduced its outlook for the year on Monday, citing poor weather, weak consumer confidence in Europe and tough competition in Asia. | 2 |
Vietnam Airlines in talks to buy four Boeing 7E7s HANOI (AFP) - Vietnam Airlines said Monday it was in talks with Boeing to buy four super-efficient 7E7 Dreamliner aircraft as part of its ambitious fleet and route expansion program. | 2 |
VMware Takes Virtual Machines Mobile VMware Inc., known for its virtual machine technology for servers and workstations, is turning its attention to the client space. The Palo Alto, Calif. | 2 |
Microsoft Shares Office Source Code Facing growing competition from open source software providers, Microsoft has decided to allow governments and international organizations access to source code for its Office 2003 productivity suite. | 3 |
Security firm hires teenage Sasser virus writer Sven Jaschan, an 18-year-old from Waffensen in Lower Saxony, who is also thought to be behind the Netsky virus and is currently awaiting trial for his virus-writing antics, could be about to enter gainful employment with German firewall company Securepoint | 3 |
Darfur clashes block access to refugees Clashes between Sudanese army and rebel forces in Darfur are stopping aid agencies assessing the needs of some of the more than one million displaced people there, the United Nations says. | 0 |
Suicide by cobra thwarted LEOBEN, Austria A man whose apparent attempt to kill himself using a cobra was thwarted by Austrian police is in critical condition. | 0 |
Maxim Plunges, Colgate Slips in Pre-Trade NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maxim Pharmaceuticals Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MAXM.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MAXM.O</A> shares plunged nearly 60 percent on Monday after the company said its experimental liver cancer drug failed to show an improvement in patient survival rates during a clinical trial. | 2 |
Maxim Dives 61 Pct on Drug Trial Result PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Maxim Pharmaceuticals Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MAXM.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MAXM.O</A> said a trial to confirm the benefit of its Ceplene drug failed to show an improvement in survival rates for patients with liver cancer, sending its shares plunging on Monday. | 2 |
Ex-General Heads for Win Over Megawati in Indonesia JAKARTA (Reuters) - An urbane former general who promises to fight terror and clean up government headed for an overwhelming victory against incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia's first direct presidential election Monday. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Megawati's one-time chief security minister, had won 59 percent of 10 million votes counted as of noon GMT, the election commission said. Megawati had 41 percent. | 0 |
Stocks to Watch Monday The maker of Colgate toothpaste and Irish Spring soap warned that earnings for the second half of the year will fall short of earlier forecasts due to high marketing costs. | 2 |
Stelmar Being Acquired for \$677 Million NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC has agreed to buy oil tank operator Stelmar Shipping Ltd. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SJH.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">SJH.N</A> for \$677 million, Stelmar said on Monday. | 2 |
Textiles boost Bangladesh exports Bangladesh reports a 28 jump in exports in July, boosted by strong demand in Europe for clothing and other textiles. | 2 |
US-led troops die in Afghanistan Two soldiers of the US-led coalition have been killed in a gun battle in south-eastern Afghanistan, the US military says. | 0 |
Hostage Deadline Looms; Iraq Clerics Slain BAGHDAD, Iraq - Relatives pleaded on Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, two Sunni Muslim clerics from a powerful conservative group were assassinated within hours of each other... | 0 |
Alcatel Says Closing in on China 3G Mobile Deal SHANGHAI (Reuters) - French telecoms equipment maker Alcatel is nearing a deal with a Chinese peer on cooperating to build third-generation (3G) mobile phone networks using a Chinese technology standard, a senior executive said. | 3 |
Daily Forex Commentary Australia #39;s commodity exports are expected to soar to a record 96 billion Australian dollars (US\$67 billion) in the current financial year, a national forecaster said in a report Monday. | 2 |
PMC-Sierra Cuts 3Q Revenue Outlook Chip maker PMC-Sierra Inc. cut its third-quarter revenue outlook on Monday, citing reduced deployment of digital subscriber line equipment by Asian service providers in the second half of 2004. | 2 |
Alitalia Gets Lift From Flight Attendants MILAN (AFP) - Alitalia airline won a thumbs up from the stock market following a weekend job-cutting deal with flight attendants seen as clearing away a threat of bankruptcy and opening up new horizons. | 2 |
Microsoft To Share Office Source Code I_Love_Pocky! writes quot;According to this article, Microsoft is going to give its source code for Office 2003 to more than 30 different world governements. | 3 |
The Financial Times and Sony Ericsson launch mobile the Financial Times and Sony Ericsson announce a new mobile service that allows consumers to read up-to-date global business and financial news, comment and analysis from FT. | 3 |
C amp;W Has \$150M Broadband Plan Cable amp; Wireless plc (NYSE: CWP - message board) is significantly ramping up its investment in local loop unbundling (LLU) in the UK, and it plans to spend up to 85 million (\$152. | 3 |
FTC wants spammer bounties Congress has asked the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to look into spam reduction measures, including a quot;Do Not Spam quot; list idea passed with the CAN-SPAM Act. | 3 |
Real coach Camacho quits Madrid - Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said on Monday he had accepted Jose Antonio Camacho #39;s resignation as coach and appointed his deputy Mariano Garcia Remon in a caretaker role. | 1 |
Busch wins as wreck rattles top 10 Loudon, NH --- The 10 contenders were worried about some wild Sunday driver messing up the chase for the Nextel Cup championship, and then Robby Gordon came crashing in. | 1 |
Pleas made for release of British hostage LONDON - The British government and the brother of a British hostage have taken to Arab-language airwaves in an attempt to have him released from his captors in Iraq. | 0 |
Microsoft Expands Sharing of Source Code 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. | 3 |
Man Held in England in Cisco Code Theft A 20-year-old man has been arrested in England in the theft of the proprietary software blueprints used by Cisco Systems Inc.'s networking equipment, police and the company confirmed. | 3 |
AOL Launching New Online Shopping Site America Online announced the launch of an online shopping site it says will provide an easy and fast way to compare products from thousands of online merchants. | 3 |
Multiplayer Games Coming to Cell Phones As millions buy increasingly powerful cell phones, many companies are racing to develop video games to take advantage of the newfound portability. | 3 |
Mira Behind the Molecules Among the stellar class known as red giants, Mira stars provide seventy-five percent of our galaxy's molecules including water vapor. These red giants pulsate as fast as every few months to years with their brightness varying by ten times during a cycle. | 3 |
Maxim Dives 61 Pct on Drug Trial Result (Reuters) Reuters - Maxim Pharmaceuticals Inc.\ said a trial to confirm the benefit of its Ceplene\drug failed to show an improvement in survival rates for\patients with liver cancer, sending its shares plunging on\Monday. | 2 |
World's Beer Fans Meet for Annual Munich Binge (Reuters) Reuters - International squads of beer\drinkers, leather-clad Bavarians and devotees of excess young\and old converged in Munich on Saturday for the start of the\planet's biggest beer festival, the Oktoberfest. | 0 |
Amazon's A9 Reaches Beyond Google's Basics (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Amazon.com is trying to out-Google the king of Internet search with a new site that puts a fancy face on Google's plain-Jane search results. | 3 |
Alcatel Says Closing in on China 3G Mobile Deal (Reuters) Reuters - French telecoms equipment maker\Alcatel is nearing a deal with a Chinese peer on cooperating to\build third-generation (3G) mobile phone networks using a\Chinese technology standard, a senior executive said. | 3 |
Windows may be free in Iran, but security fears spark Linux drive (AFP) AFP - Iran has become the latest country to edge towards ditching the ubiquitous Microsoft computer operating system in favour of the open-source Linux solution, even if its refusal to abide by copyright laws means that the Islamic republic does not pay a penny to Bill Gates. | 3 |
2 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghan Fighting (AP) AP - Two U.S. soldiers were killed Monday in a firefight with insurgents in a troubled southeastern Afghan province, the American military said. | 0 |
Bush Campaign Raises #36;260 Million Total (AP) AP - President Bush raised a total of #36;260 million for the primary-election phase of his campaign, taking in #36;18 million last month alone before accepting full government financing for the race's final two months. | 0 |
Hyperion launches Essbase 7X Hyperion Solutions, a vendor of business intelligence applications, will announce at its Solutions 2004 Hyperion International Conference in Paris this week, Essbase 7X, a greatly enhanced version of its analytic suite. | 3 |
JBoss ships J2EE 1.4-compliant open source app server JBoss on Monday is shipping JBoss Application Server 4.0, which the company is billing as the first open source application server certified as compatible with the J2EE 1.4 platform. | 3 |
Microsoft provides Office source code to governments Facing growing competition from open source software providers, Microsoft Corp. has decided to allow governments and international organizations access to source code for its Office 2003 productivity suite. | 3 |
PeopleSoft prepares for questions at Connect show PeopleSoft Inc. will kick off its Connect user show on Tuesday determined to focus attendees' attention on its progress in the past year and product plans for the coming one -- and away from the Jaws-like specter of Oracle Corp. | 3 |
Microsoft Shares Office Source Code Software giant hopes to convince governments that its products are secure. | 3 |
AOL Launching New Shopping Site DULLES, Va. (AP) -- America Online announced the launch of an online shopping site it says will provide an easy and fast way to compare products from thousands of online merchants... | 3 |
Multiplayer Games Coming to Mobile Phones As millions buy increasingly powerful cell phones, many companies are racing to develop video games to take advantage of the newfound portability. The newest twist is multiplayer: You can face real people in space battles or fishing tournaments. | 3 |
Microsoft Expands Source Code Sharing By ALLISON LINN SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) 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... | 3 |
Man Held in England for Stealing Cisco Code By MATTHEW FORDAHL SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A 20-year-old man has been arrested in England in the theft of the proprietary software blueprints used by Cisco Systems Inc... | 3 |
Taiwan, Singapore Lead Gov't Online By ELIZABETH ZUCKERMAN PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- A university study has found Taiwan and Singapore now lead the United States and Canada in providing government services online. The Brown University survey, in its fourth year, measures the online performance of government in 198 countries... | 3 |
Unilever Cuts Annual Profit Forecast as Sales Falter (Update8) Unilever, the maker of Lipton tea and Magnum ice cream bars, said third-quarter earnings will fall and cut its annual profit forecast after sales of the company #39;s main brands unexpectedly declined for a second quarter. | 2 |
Security fears spark move to Linux in Iran Tehran - Iran has become the latest country to edge towards ditching the ubiquitous Microsoft computer operating system in favour of the open-source Linux solution, even if its refusal to abide by copyright laws means that the Islamic republic does not | 3 |
Sparks set to fly in Tour of Spain The last six stages of the Tour of Spain are set for sparks to fly in the battle for the final triumph in Madrid next Sunday. Roberto Heras leads by only | 1 |
Lennar #39;s 3rd-Qtr Profit Rises 12, Boosts Estimates (Update1) Lennar Corp., the No. 3 US homebuilder by stock market value, said fiscal third-quarter profit rose 12 percent, higher than analysts estimated. | 2 |
UK government joins Office source-code scheme The UK government is at the forefront of a Microsoft scheme allowing access to the Office 2003 source code. Microsoft is to extend a programme offering governments access to its software code, it announced on Sunday. | 3 |
Camacho likely to quit as reports reveal Jose Antonio Camacho might quit as Real Madrid coach on Monday after offering his resignation to clubpresident Florentino Perez, Spanish media reported. | 1 |
Dulko an easy winner in Beijing Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Gisela Dulko of Argentina posted a straight- set victory over Hungarian Aniko Kapros in the first round of the \$585,000 China Open. | 1 |
Nike Profit Up on Strong U.S. Demand (Reuters) Reuters - Nike Inc. , the world's\largest athletic shoe company, on Monday reported higher\quarterly profit on strong demand for its namesake products in\the United States. | 2 |
Nike Profit Up on Strong U.S. Demand SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nike Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NKE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">NKE.N</A>, the world's largest athletic shoe company, on Monday reported higher quarterly profit on strong demand for its namesake products in the United States. | 2 |
'Sopranos,' 'Angels' Win Big at Emmys LOS ANGELES - "The Sopranos" finally whacked its competitors in the best drama category at the Emmy Awards, and a comedy series victory for ratings-starved "Arrested Development" proved SOMEBODY was watching - but it was HBO and its record-breaking "Angels in America" that fluttered away with the most trophies. HBO's megahit about a New Jersey mob family collected the best drama Emmy on its fifth try Sunday, and the channel's "Sex and the City" and "Angels in America" helped cable overshadow the traditional networks... | 0 |
Unions may strike over Jaguar cuts LONDON, England -- Unions at Jaguar are considering strike action in the wake of a decision by parent company Ford Motor to end production at its Coventry, England plant. | 2 |
HP boosts share repurchase plan Printer and PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it bought \$1.3 million in common shares back from Merrill Lynch and its board approved the buyback of an additional \$3 billion in shares. | 2 |
Hackers deploying #39;bots #39; on a massive scale Hackers have increased their attempts to hijack PCs since the start of the year, with up to 75,000 being compromised daily, according to Symantec. | 3 |
Iran poised for Linux invasion Tehran - Iran has become the latest country to edge towards ditching the ubiquitous Microsoft computer operating system in favour of the open-source Linux solution, even if its refusal to abide by copyright laws means that the Islamic republic does not | 3 |
Hopkins #39; big win, bigger paydays Bernard Hopkins seeks to cash in on his knockout of Oscar De La Hoya, who must ponder an uncertain future. By wire services. LAS VEGAS - Bernard Hopkins #39; future seems certain for once, full of big fights and even bigger paydays. | 1 |
Edgerrin James runs fro 124 yards, 2 TDs Peyton Manning had plenty of help from the Colts. Steve McNair didn #39;t get the same treatment from his Titans in the first game between the NFL #39;s co-MVP quarterbacks. | 1 |
India to Ask Private Experts to Determine Extent of HIV Infection <b>...</b> India says it will appoint private consultants to determine the number of people infected with the AIDS virus. The Indian government estimates the number at 5.1 million, the second most in the world after South Africa. | 0 |
Briefly: PMC-Sierra lowers forecast roundup Plus: WebSideStory cuts IPO to 4.4 million shares...BMC looks to simplify network operations...Data center firms settle cookie suit. | 3 |
Cisco, Veritas roll out storage products IT managers may need more storage to handle all the storage announcements occurring this week at the Storage Decisions show in Chicago. | 3 |
Samsung creates ultra-small chip Samsung Electronics has succeeded in developing an 8-gigabit flash memory chip, breaking another world record in semiconductors, the company announced yesterday. | 2 |
Mylan once again defends King deal in face of Icahn stock buy PITTSBURGH Mylan Laboratories again reiterated its commitment to the estimated four (B) billion dollar acquisition of brand-name drug maker King Pharmaceuticals despite Wall Street financier Carl Icahn upping his stake in the company. | 2 |
Security firm hires teenage accused of writing Sasser virus Sven Jaschan, an 18-year-old from Waffensen in Lower Saxony, who is also thought to be behind the Netsky virus and is currently awaiting trial for writing the Sasser worm, could be about to start work with German firewall company Securepoint. | 3 |
Comdial extends SIP to branch offices With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority. | 3 |
Yanks Tattoo Martinez, Sox In 11-1 Rout NEW YORKA weekend which began with rain and hope ended in sunshine and frustration for the Red Sox. Pedro Martinez allowed a two-run home run to Gary Sheffield on the fourth pitch of the game and the Yankees | 1 |
Mello wins first ATP title Boca Ratons Vince Spadea became the latest victim of the top seed curse that has existed at the Delray Beach-based tournament since it began in 1993. | 1 |
Solberg steals win with a #39;flying finish #39; Newtowns Phil Mills tasted further world championship glory yesterday when he co-drove Petter Solberg to victory in the Wales Rally GB. | 1 |
Megson hands backing to Purse West Brom boss Gary Megson has defended Darren Purse following Fulham manager Chris Coleman #39;s verbal attack on the Baggies centre-back. | 1 |
FA in brawl probe The FA are certain to investigate the brawl which broke out at the Hawthorns during West Brom #39;s 1-1 draw against Fulham. Trouble began in the 83rd minute following Neil Clement #39;s dismissal for fouling Fulham #39;s Luis Boa Morte. | 1 |
Concert blast investigated ISTANBUL, Turkey Turkish authorities say a grenade might have caused last night #39;s explosion that injured at least 13 people attending a pop concert. | 0 |
2 American soldiers killed in Afghan fire-fight KABUL, Afghanistan - Two US soldiers died Monday in a fire-fight with insurgents in a troubled southeastern Afghan province, the American military said. | 0 |
One more feather in ISRO cap India #39;s exclusive satellite for educational services -- Edusat -- was successfully placed into the Geostationary Orbit (GSO) on Monday. | 0 |
Amazon A9 Search -Is It Really A9 Out of 10? Amazon A9 Search -Is It Really A9 Out of 10?\\Personalization, the search engine buzzword of the year! Every major search engine with public goals has noted that some form of personalization will be implemented into future versions of their engines. What is personalization? It is a buzzword so there are ... | 3 |
Manmohan Singh seeks to quicken "handsome" GDP growth (Reuters) Reuters - India will improve on its already rapid economic growth levels in the years ahead, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh predicted on Monday. | 0 |
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