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Cisco adds to storage switching portfolio Two new products are designed to make it easier for businesses to connect storage computers across long distances.
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VoIP provider fears predatory practices To a large degree, the concerns of Net phone provider Nuvio illustrate how the industry has become politically divided.
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WebEx Launches Sales Center Expanded Web conferencing service is specifically designed for sales professionals.
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Jaguar Lowers Axe on Browns Lane As had been predicted, Ford has announced that car production is to cease at Jaguar #39;s Browns Lane plant in Coventry , England .
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Sasser author hired p2pnet.net News:- Sasser author Sven Jaschan has been hired as a programmer by German firewall security firm Securepoint, says UK anti-virus firm Sophos which in July claimed 70 of all virus infections in the first six months of 2004 could be linked to
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Drives cut vidcam bulk ON the heels of devices such as Sanyo #39;s Xacti C1 and Panasonic #39;s D-SNAP, which cut down video camera bulk by writing video to storage cards instead of tape or disc, comes the Everio range from JVC.
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Ferdinand excited by return Rio Ferdinand will face Liverpool at Old Trafford on Monday night to end what he claims has been quot;the longest eight months of my life quot;.
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Doubleheader in Florida filled with playoff implications com. There are two weeks left in Octoberquest, and most of the attention today will be on a doubleheader in Florida that was never on the original schedule.
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Race against time for Iraqi elections The Americans are saying it, the British Government is saying it and so too is Iyad Allawi. Iraqis will go to the polls by the end of January, come what may.
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News: UK police arrest Cisco source code suspect UK police have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing source code from networking giant Cisco. The 20 year-old was arrested following Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit raids in Manchester and Derbyshire on 3 September.\
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Camacho Quits As Real Madrid's Coach (AP) AP - Jose Antonio Camacho quit as star-studded Real Madrid's coach after just six games and was replaced Monday by assistant Mariano Garcia Remon.
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Colgate Warns, Shares Hit 4-Year Low CHICAGO (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 issued its first formal profit warning in almost a decade, saying earnings will fall well short of Wall Street forecasts due to higher marketing spending, sending its shares down 11 percent to a four-year low.
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Yukos Woes Drive Oil Over \$46 a Barrel LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices hit \$46 on Monday as Russian oil giant YUKOS cut some sales to China and was reported to have suspended oil supplies to Lithuania, as the company's financial turmoil took its first toll on exports.
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Newfound Comet Set for Winter Display (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Donald Machholz of Colfax, \ California, an optician who has been interested in astronomy since age eight, \ discovered nine comets from 1978 through 1994. He has since spent 1,457 hours \ scanning the skies for other comets, without any luck.
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Berlin Bans Controversial Arab-Islamic Congress BERLIN (Reuters) - The Berlin state government said Monday it had banned an Arab-Islamic Congress due to be held in the German capital next month to rally support for Iraqi and Palestinian "resistance and intifada."
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Loyalty study zeroes in on tech stalwarts Report suggests many giants of the industry have been able to capture lasting feelings of customer loyalty.
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Samsung unveils 2-gigabyte chip Samsung Electronics announced three breakthroughs in key technologies that promise greater data storage and faster processing for computers and mobile devices such as MP3 audio players.
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OSI Jumps on Pancreatic Cancer Trial Shares of OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OSIP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) jumped 13 percent in pre-market trade on Monday after the company #39;s experimental drug was shown to prolong the lives of patients with cancer of the pancreas.
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S amp;P 500 drops; Colgate, Unilever shares fall The Standard amp; Poor #39;s 500 Index dropped as Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Unilever cut profit forecasts, fueling concern consumer demand may be faltering.
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Brillian: Sears Ends Agreement to Buy TVs Brillian Corp. , a maker of high-definition televisions based on its own liquid crystal technology, said on Monday that Sears, Roebuck amp; Co.
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Stocks mixed as oil prices lift TSX, add to earnings warnings woes <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market was higher Monday morning as energy stocks benefited from the world crude oil price #39;s move above \$46 US a barrel.
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DULLES, Va. The Internet company said Monday that it #39;s launching an online shopping site it says will provide an easy and fast way to compare products from thousands of online merchants.
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FOREX-Dollar gains on outlook for Fed rate hikes The dollar rose broadly on Monday as markets braced for a Federal Reserve policy meeting this week that is widely expected to end with a higher federal funds rate, making the dollar a more attractive currency.
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Crude futures eclipse \$46-a-barrel mark Crude-oil futures continued higher Monday, rising more than 1 percent amid ongoing nervousness in the energy pits. Free! Sign up here to receive our Internet Daily e-Newsletter!
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Cisco source code theft p2pnet.net News:- British police have arrested a man in connection with source code stolen from Cisco Systems. The Metro police computer crime unit, quot;searched residences in Manchester and Derbyshire, England, on Sept.
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The Sims 2 Developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts for Windows 98 and later; \$49.99 (US); ages 17 and older. Rachel loves Mike. Mike loves Rachel.
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WebEx, Genesys enhance conferencing services Two Web conferencing service providers, WebEx and Genesys Conferencing, separately are updating their applications to offer more features.
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China #39;s online shopping in web of problems 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.
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Big #39;ead, big mouth, big talent It #39;s a sad reflection on the pace of modern life that many in football have already lost sight of Brian Clough #39;s achievements.
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Harmison is out of Africa THE England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed Steve Harmison will face no action for pulling out of November #39;s tour to Zimbabwe.
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Junior jumps to lead Earnhardt #39;s third-place finish in the Sylvania 300 yesterday at New Hampshire International Speedway, the best showing of his career at the 1.058-mile flat track, was good enough
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Ponting out to spoil England #39;s party With a series of plans for Andrew Flintoff and a distinct lack of concern for his batting teammates, Ricky Ponting believes Australia will be able to turn the lights out on England #39;s
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China #39;s Ex-Premier Resigns Military Post Description: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin steps down as the head of the Chinese military, completing the first orderly handover of power in the history of the Chinese communist state.
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Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Man Approaching Jewish Settlement <b>...</b> Israeli troops Monday shot and killed a Palestinian man near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army said soldiers shot the man, as he approached the settlement of Gush Katif.
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Family plea for British hostage The family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley have made an appeal to his kidnappers not to harm him, as the deadline for their demands approaches.
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Putin at War: Unscripted Three days after the tragedy of Beslan ended, we sat for over three and a half hours with Vladimir Putin. Between picking up the pieces of the worst Russian terror attack to date and planning
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GSLV carrying EDUSAT blasts off from Sriharikota Sriharikota, Sept 20 (ANI) : India added another feather to its cap in space technology and stole a march over other countries by launching EDUSAT, its first exclusive satellite for educational sector, from here on Monday.
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Samsung Develops First 60-Nanometer 8-GB NAND Flash Memory Samsung #39;s advanced 60nm process technology is two thousandths the width of a piece of human hair and achieves approximately 30 percent reduction in cell size over the 70nm 4Gb NAND Flash memory developed last year.
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Update 2: Roche Says Drug Improves Chemotherapy Swiss drug giant Roche said Monday that its Tarceva drug improves the results of chemotherapy in prolonging the lives of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.
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Export, Hurricane Woes Lift Oil Prices Oil prices rose Monday morning, climbing toward \$46 per barrel, after reports that embattled Russian oil giant Yukos suspended some oil exports to China and as traders expect further declines in the US petroleum supply due to production, refining and
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AOL Launches Comparison Shopping Site America Online has launched an online shopping site it says will provide an easy and fast way to compare products from thousands of online merchants.
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The Sims 2 FINALLY, after a gaggle of expansion packs, the sequel to The Sims has landed, and those who enjoyed the original are in for a treat.
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Ryder Cup Q amp; A Europe travelled to America as underdogs to retain the Ryder Cup but surprised everyone by inflicting their heaviest-ever defeat on their hosts.
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Minnesota Twins Team Report - September 20 (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Twins will try to lock up their third consecutive AL Central title tonight, when they begin a three-game set against the second-place Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field.
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Must-wins for Marlins Big Day: This is probably the Marlins #39; last chance to get back in the wild-card race in earnest, their final Hail Mary play. If they sweep this doubleheader -- rescheduled, because of Hurricane
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'Tough on terror' platform reigns (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - One TV ad shows a dark-haired "terrorist" scoping out a nuclear power plant through binoculars and taking photos of a passing train. Another shows black smoke pouring from the World Trade Center towers.
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Jarden Buying Mr. Coffee's Maker NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer products company Jarden Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=JAH.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">JAH.N</A> on Monday said it would buy American Household Inc. for \$745.6 million, adding Mr. Coffee and an array of other housewares to its product line.
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ETA Sets Off 7 Bombs Across Spain, at Least 5 Hurt MADRID (Reuters) - The Basque separatist group ETA set off bombs in seven cities across Spain on Monday, slightly wounding five people and escalating their renewed fight for independence on the day Spaniards celebrate unity.
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YUKOS Woes Drive Oil Above \$46 a Barrel LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices hit \$46 on Monday after Russian oil giant YUKOS said it would cut some oil shipments to China, the first toll on exports from the company's financial turmoil.
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Blue Chips Off, Semiconductors Lift Techs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blue chips fell on Monday as investors fretted over higher oil prices and companies warning of lower earnings, but buying of semiconductor shares helped to reverse Nasdaq's losses.
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Monty Hailed as Hero of Stunning Victory LONDON (Reuters) - When Colin Montgomerie's final putt plopped into the hole on the 18th green at Oakland Hills on Sunday, it clinched a remarkable Ryder Cup triumph and soothed the Scot's personal anguish.
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Report: Islamist Group Frees 18 Iraqi Soldiers DUBAI (Reuters) - An Islamist group has released 18 Iraqi soldiers it had captured and threatened to kill unless an aide to Shi'ite rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was released, Arabic television Al Jazeera reported Monday.
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Fortress to Buy Stelmar Shipping NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC agreed to buy Stelmar Shipping Ltd. for \$677 million only a few months after the oil tanker operator fended off a hostile bid from its rival OMI Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=OMM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">OMM.N</A>, Stelmar said on Monday.
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Column: Ryder Cup Promised Much But Delivered Little BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Bigger than the Olympics boasted one paper. Excitement is a gimme promised another.
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Nike sprints to quarterly growth Nike, the US sports footwear and clothing firm, unveils a 26 rise in first quarter income, thanks to the Olympics raising its profile.
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Heikki Kovalainen looses ground in Estoril The Finnish driver has had a disappointing weekend in Estoril: he finished 13th and 3rd However, he keeps the lead in the championship.
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Ukrainian Opposition Says Poll Deal in Hand KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's opposition said on Monday it had reached a deal that could end a stand-off with outgoing President Leonid Kuchma's government, smoothing a re-run of rigged presidential polls.
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The QBs Give It Away Quarterbacks Mark Brunell and Patrick Ramsey waste another day of good defense and, worse yet, let a reeling division rival off the hook.
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Are you a quot;likely voter quot;? In the weeks leading up to November in the US, it #8217;s abundantly clear that this is not #8220;election season #8221; but rather #8220;polling season #8221;; with the actual voting still some ways off, our pundits must resort to polls and surveys as an estimate of what the will of the people will be on Election Day. But just how accurate are the samples in those polls?
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Stocks Mixed on Oil Prices, Profit Outlook NEW YORK - Higher oil prices and lowered outlooks from companies including Colgate-Palmolive Co., Unilever PLC and the New York Times Co. sent stocks sliding Monday, although tech shares rallied on strong performance in the semiconductor sector...
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Ivan's Remnants Flood Parts of East HARRISBURG, Pa. - Rivers swelled with water dumped by Hurricane Ivan's remains from Ohio to Maryland, forcing thousands to evacuate, submerging a stadium and leading one town to haul out snowplows to shovel the muck...
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Ad spend to rise further in 2005 The advertising market will be stronger in 2005 than previously thought, ad industry experts say.
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Arrest made in Cisco source code theft ITWorld: Police in the UK have arrested a man in connection with the theft of source code from networking equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc.
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AMD Debuts Athlon 64 3000 According to AMD, the Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000 is the first processor manufactured with AMD #39;s 90-nanometer technique, a semiconductor process designed to enable higher performance without increased power consumption.
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Microsoft #39;s pirate-check trial Microsoft has introduced a new, optional trial as part of the Windows download website. The Windows Genuine Advantage program asks visitors to the site whether it is okay for Microsoft to check whether they
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Site plans to help fans find offbeat sounds The Internet has long carried the promise of being an outlet for new writers, artists and independent musicians. But to David Pakman, the chief operating officer of eMusic, an online music distributor, that promise has been fading.
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English Premier League match reports Graeme Souness got off to a winning Premier League start as Newcastle claimed their first away league victory in 17 attempts. An own goal by David Prutton had Newcastle ahead, Anders Svensson equalised eight
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Bush Tours Florida; New Hurricane Heads to Sea Description: President Bush tours devastation in Florida caused by Hurricane Ivan, which is now blamed for 49 US deaths. Tropical storm Jeanne, meanwhile, is headed out to sea after battering Haiti and the
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Iran Says It May Resume Uranium Enrichment Any Time Iran may resume uranium enrichment quot;any moment, quot; the nation #39;s Intelligence Minister warned as Tehran toughened its rhetoric against an international demand it stop all enrichment activities to allay global concerns it is developing nuclear weapons.
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Spurious argument pre-empts 0-0 draw THE kindest label that can be attached to the John Howard-Mark Latham stoush on terrorism over the past two days is quot;beat-up quot;.
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Chechens See Old Hostilities in New Moscow Policy Description: Tensions between Russia and Chechnya escalated with the rebel seizure of a school in Beslan earlier this month. Chechen separatists claim the violence stems from decades of abuse by Russian authorities seeking to take control of the region.
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Microsoft #39;s Launches New Piracy Check Program Last week, Microsoft quietly launched a program to address piracy issues with their software. The new program called quot;Windows Genuine Advantage quot; is a new validation on Microsoft #39;s download center.
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Inphonic Sets IPO Price Range Inphonic Inc., an online retailer of wireless services and equipment, on Monday said it plans to sell 7 million common shares at \$15 to \$17 apiece in its initial public offering, according to an amended regulatory filing.
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EA Sees Girl Power Boost with 'Sims 2' Sales <p>\</p><p> By Bernhard Warner</p><p> LONDON (Reuters) - Video game giant Electronic Arts expects\to sell 2 million units of the "Sims 2" video game this year in\Europe, proving skeptics wrong that you can't build a market\around female gamers.</p>
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JBoss ships J2EE app server Open-source software maker releases big update to Java-based application server program.
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Open source moves to network management A California-based start-up says the open-source business model makes sense for network monitoring, a services-intensive area.
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Viruses keep on growing The volume of worms and viruses is increasing, but the rate of successful attacks has dropped, according to Symantec.
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Report: Islamist Group Frees 18 Iraqi Soldiers (Reuters) Reuters - An Islamist group has released 18 Iraqi\soldiers it had captured and threatened to kill unless an aide\to Shi'ite rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was released, Arabic\television Al Jazeera reported Monday.
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China Sees End of an Era (Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles Times - BEIJING #8212; More than a year after becoming China's president, Hu Jintao was handed the full reins of power Sunday when his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, gave up the nation's most powerful military post.
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US internet ad revenues up 42.7 percent to record (AFP) AFP - Internet advertising revenues in the United States surged 42.7 percent in the second quarter compared with the same period a year ago to 2.37 billion dollars, an industry group revealed.
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Russia Reassures India on UN Security Council Bid (Reuters) Reuters - Russia said Saturday India should\become a veto-wielding permanent member of the United Nations\Security Council if the U.N.'s top decision-making body is\enlarged to reflect post-Cold War realities.
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Merrill Cuts Citigroup, Shares Drop NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=C.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">C.N</A> shares fell as much as 2.75 percent on Monday after a prominent Wall Street analyst downgraded the world's largest financial services company, citing a string of recent ethics problems. Analysts say the blows to Citigroup's reputation might be a function of the New York-based giant's size and far-flung businesses.
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Court: Cop's Sex Tapes Aren't Free Speech (AP) AP - The naked truth, the Supreme Court says, is that the Constitution's free speech guarantee doesn't protect a police officer who used the Internet to sell videotapes of himself stripping off his uniform and pretending to write tickets.
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Tech groups push for R D credit, Internet tax ban WASHINGTON-- With the U.S. Congress winding down its work for 2004, technology lobbying groups are stepping up their push for lawmakers to pass several pieces of legislation, including extensions to a research and development (R D) tax credit and an Internet access tax moratorium.
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Web services software vendors offer SOA package Web services software vendors AmberPoint and Systinet are now selling an integrated suite of software for service-oriented architectures, featuring products from both companies.
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Congress Seeks Environmental-Farming Money (AP) AP - The House voted Monday to protect aid to farmers who convert to environmentally sound practices. The measure, now on its way to President Bush, would block the Agriculture Department from tapping some of the funding for administrative expenses. The USDA's use of program money for overhead costs farmers about #36;150 million a year that could help them learn farming methods that protect air, water and wildlife, said Environmental Defense spokesman Scott Faber.
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Microsoft launches mini-attack on data back-up market <strong>Storage Decisions</strong> File server help
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News: Rise of the Botnets The first half of 2004 saw a huge increase in zombie PCs. Also called bots, their average numbers monitored by security firm Symantec rose between January and June from under 2,000 to more than 30,000 per day - peaking at 75,000 on one day.\
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Update 1: Report: Yukos to Halt Refinery Supplies The board of Russia #39;s embattled oil giant Yukos will halt crude supplies to Baltic refinery Mazeikiu Nafta until the end of the year, the Interfax agency reported Monday - just hours after Yukos confirmed a similar move involving a Chinese company.
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Jaguar faces strike ballot Union members at Jaguar today voted overwhelmingly to oppose closure at the Browns Lane plant in Coventry and backed a call for an industrial action ballot.
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Hewlett-Packard Buys Back \$1.3B in Stock Hewlett-Packard Co. Monday said it bought back \$1.3 billion in stock and announced a plan to buy back another \$3 billion in shares over the next several months.
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UPDATE 2-Citigroup rating cut by Merrill, shares fall Citigroup Inc. shares fell as much as 2.75 percent Monday after a prominent Wall Street analyst downgraded the world #39;s largest financial services company, citing a string of recent ethics problems.
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More Security Attacks Motivated By Greed, Symantec Reports There #39;s good news and bad news on the security front. Internet security company Symantec Corp. on Monday released its Internet Security Threat Report, which provides a six-month snapshot
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JBoss ships J2EE app server com September 20, 2004, 9:38 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.
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PeopleSoft #39;s Prospects Top Agenda at Show SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - At PeopleSoft Inc. #39;s Connect 2004 conference in San Francisco this week, the software vendor is expected to face questions from users about its ability to fend off Oracle Corp.
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AMD Introduces 64-Bit Mobile Processor AMD has launched the Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor, a low-power version of its 32/64-bit chip aimed at the thin-and-light notebook market.
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Oprah #39;s Car Giveaway, Majorly Boosted Site Traffic comScore Networks today released a late-breaking analysis of Web visitation related to Oprahs heavily publicized giveaway of 276 Pontiac G6 automobiles to audience members on September 13.
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Ljoboja Disgusted By Squad Slight Paris St. Germain fan favorite Danijel Ljuboja has hit out at coach Vahid Halilhodzic for dropping him for a crunch Sunday visit from Champions League runners up Monaco.
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Flintoff The Key Say Captains BIRMINGHAM (AFP) - Rival captains Michael Vaughan and Ricky Ponting both pinpointed all-rounder Andrew Flintoff as the vital player in Tuesday #39;s Champions Trophy semi-final between England and Australia here at Edgbaston.
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Vizquel hoping he #39;s not done with Indians Omar Vizquel #39;s days with the Cleveland Indians could be dwindling. And although free agency beckons for the Gold Glove shortstop, he can #39;t imagine playing for any other team.
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