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U.S. Oil Clings Near #36;47 (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. oil prices hovered near #36;47 a\barrel on Wednesday, awaiting data that was expected to show a\big drop in fuel stocks in the United States due to\weather-related disruptions to output and shipments. | 2 |
U.S. Oil Clings Near \$47 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices hovered near \$47 a barrel on Wednesday, awaiting data that was expected to show a big drop in fuel stocks in the United States due to weather-related disruptions to output and shipments. | 2 |
Dollar Regains Some Ground Lost TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar edged up on Wednesday, recovering some of the losses it made after the Fed raised U.S. interest rates as expected but did little to change the market's view that monetary tightening would continue at a moderate pace. | 2 |
Cubs Stay Hot Pirates reliever Salomon Torres' wild pitch scores the go-ahead run for the Cubs in the 10th inning as Chicago defeats Pittsburgh, 5-4, on Tuesday. | 1 |
Ichiro Raps Five Hits The hits just keep on comin' for Ichiro Suzuki. Suzuki collects five hits in the Mariners' 7-3 victory over the Angels on Saturday night, pulling him 14 hits shy of the season record of 257. | 1 |
Giants Clobber Astros 9-2 SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds praised his teammates for their clutch play while he's been busy walking all season, then watched them go out and do most of the work Tuesday night. Pedro Feliz matched his career high with four RBIs, and Brett Tomko won his sixth straight decision in the San Francisco Giants' 9-2 victory over the Houston Astros... | 0 |
Iger is board #39;s Disney guy Although he may face strong competition from rivals outside the company, Walt Disney Co. president and chief operating officer Robert Iger was assured by Disney #39;s board of directors Tuesday | 2 |
More cheer in retail ahead The holiday season may not reach 2003 levels but will be up, National Retail Federation says. By Joan Verdon. Hackensack, NJ - The holidays will be slightly less jolly for retailers this year, but they still | 2 |
Insurer receives #39;Wells notice #39; over PNC transactions NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering charging American International Group for violating federal securities laws, the insurer said Tuesday. | 2 |
AMD extends chip deal with IBM A FILING WITH the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that AMD has extended its existing deal with IBM. According to Investors. | 3 |
Microsoft looks to quicken Windows XP SP2 adoption Prior to the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft set a goal of having 100 million copies distributed through its automatic update (Windows Update downloads not included). | 3 |
Yankees beat Blue Jays 5-3 to stay 4 1-2 games ahead of Boston in <b>...</b> Jason Giambi took a curtain call and Esteban Loaiza got the souvenir ball. For a pair of guys struggling since playing in the all-star game, it was a nice time to break out. | 1 |
Search Marketing in Europe Search marketing is increasingly global, but a local focus is still vital to achieve your goals. What does it take to have a successful search marketing campaign in Europe? | 3 |
Wall St. on trial over Enron Six former Enron and Merrill Lynch executives were accused Tuesday of disguising a \$7 million loan as a sale of energy-producing barges to quot;help Enron out of a jam quot; and artificially boost its revenue. | 2 |
Coles Myer Second-Half Profit Rises 26 on Groceries (Update3) Coles Myer Ltd. Australia #39;s biggest retailer, increased second-half profit by 26 percent after opening fuel and convenience stores, selling more-profitable groceries and cutting costs. | 2 |
Albertsons shops in gourmet aisle with purchase of Bristol Farms LOS ANGELES Grocery giant Albertsons says it has purchased Bristol Farms, which operates eleven upscale stores in Southern California. | 2 |
No proof of mobile health risk: Nordic countries There is no scientific evidence that mobile phone use or exposure to base stations below internationally accepted levels pose a health risk, radiation authorities in the Nordic countries said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Hamilton may lose gold medal MADRID - Tyler Hamilton, US Olympic time-trial cycling champion, had apparently failed tests to detect performance-enhancing blood transfusions, his Phonak team said yesterday . | 1 |
BCCI cancels own telecast rights tender MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 21: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today informed the Bombay High Court that it was cancelling the entire tender process regarding cricket telecast rights as also the conditional deal with Zee TV. | 1 |
Bellhorn comes up big for Red Sox com. OK, so there was nobody on first. But there were runners on second and third with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning. And the Red Sox did trail by a run, having already blown | 1 |
Top al-Qaida figure got Australian tourist visa in Aug 2001 SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister John Howard confirmed Wednesday that the alleged mastermind of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks by al-Qaida on the United States was granted a tourist visa to visit Australia only a month before the attacks. | 0 |
quot;Friedrich Christian Flick Collection quot; The Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, one of the most significant collections of contemporary art in the world, will be presented to the public for the first time at a large-scale special exhibition, opening on 22 September 2004. | 0 |
PeopleSoft, Unfazed, Announces 5-Year Pact With I.B.M. PeopleSoft's partnership with I.B.M. is an attempt to show that it is moving forward aggressively despite the turmoil created by Oracle's hostile takeover bid. | 3 |
Nintendo and Sony Square Off in Handheld Game Market Sony and Nintendo made separate product announcements ahead of the highly competitive holiday shopping season. | 3 |
Spain's San Sebastian festival shows filmmaking still a man's world (AFP) AFP - Filmmaking is still largely a man's domain, if the offerings of the San Sebastian film festival in Spanish and similar events are anything to go by. | 0 |
Fishermen Attack Galapagos Protesters (AP) AP - A group of some 40 fishermen hurled rocks at park rangers who have been blocking the entrance to research stations on the Galapagos Islands in protest of the replacement of their director. | 0 |
Four nations launch UN seat bid \Brazil, Germany, Japan and India launch a joint bid for permanent seats on the UN Security Council. | 0 |
Pakistan and US hold terror talks Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is to hold talks with President Bush in New York on the war against terror. | 0 |
Fed ups rate by quarter point For the third time in as many meetings, the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate by a quarter of a point, which experts say sends a message the economy is moving in the right direction at the right speed. | 2 |
Bank stocks climb on earnings reports Investment bank stocks rose Tuesday after Goldman Sachs and Lehman Bros. reported surprisingly strong third-quarter results, indicating that sluggish market conditions this summer did not dent Wall Street earnings. | 2 |
PeopleSoft CEO: #39;We will not blink #39; in fight against Oracle PeopleSoft (PSFT) CEO Craig Conway isn #39;t about to go down without a fight in his company #39;s takeover tussle with rival Oracle (ORCL). | 2 |
Sun wants computing to be commodity BIG TIN firm Sun is planning a brave new world where computing power is sold as a commodity and spare capacity is flogged off to other companies. | 3 |
NASA rovers will explore Mars for six more months PASADENA, CALIF. - The twin Martian robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity will explore the Red Planet for another six months, NASA said Tuesday. | 3 |
Verizon launches Iobi phone manager service Verizon Communications on Tuesday launched its Iobi service that merges regular telephone lines with Internet-based features such as voice messages available through e-mail and automatic call forwarding. | 3 |
Mobile phones are safe say Nordic boffins A GROUP of scientists from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland have issued a joint statement clearing mobile phones from those who accuse them of dosing you with killer radiation. | 3 |
Expected, unexpected for M #39;s Spiezio made his first major contribution to the Mariners in over three months, driving in four runs in a 7-3 victory over the Anaheim Angels last night. | 1 |
New Wave of Colombia Drug Kingpins Emerges (AP) AP - A new wave of drug kingpins is emerging in Colombia #151; traffickers who operate from the shadows, seeking only profits and avoiding the excesses of previous generations of drug lords, a top intelligence official said. | 0 |
Iraq woman prisoner 'to be freed' Reports suggest an Iraqi woman scientist may be freed, as militants reportedly kill a second US hostage. | 0 |
Air pollution causes five million deaths each year in India: minister (AFP) AFP - As many as five million deaths are caused by air pollution every year in India, the country's junior Environment and Forest Minister Namo Narayan Meena said. | 0 |
Spanish giant has deal to buy Laredo National One of Spain #39;s largest banks will soon be crossing the Mexican border in search of Hispanic customers. BBVA announced Tuesday it plans to buy Laredo National Bancshares for \$850 million. | 2 |
Jacques Villeneuve, Schumacher, other Formula One stars arrive in <b>...</b> World champion Michael Schumacher arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday, along with a host of other Formula One stars, as preparations got underway for the debut of the Chinese Grand Prix. | 1 |
Bush defends decision to invade Iraq at UN General Assembly At the opening of the 59th UN General Assembly, Bush talked up the scheduled elections in the country and talked again of his vision of a democratic Middle East. | 0 |
Second US hostage beheaded The second of two American hostages in Iraq has been beheaded by a militant outfit headed by Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, reports Arabic television channel Aljazeera quoting a statement on a Muslim extremist website. | 0 |
Islam is being targetted NEW YORK - President Pervez Musharraf Musharraf said Monday that Pakistan was committed to ridding the country of terrorist groups and their supporters. | 0 |
Nikkei Hits One-Month Closing Low (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's Nikkei average fell for a fifth\straight day to hit a one-month closing low on Wednesday as key\exporters and techs such as Kyocera Corp. extended losses on\renewed caution about the country's economic outlook. | 0 |
Shell seeks to reassure investors The Anglo-Dutch oil firm sets out to woo investors by explaining how it will boost its oil reserves at an analysts' briefing on Wednesday. | 2 |
Group to lobby Ford over Jaguar Jaguar workers will lobby Ford bosses at the Paris Motor Show over the threatened closure of the Browns Lane plant. | 2 |
ADB lowers India #39;s 2005 growth forecast to 6 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) raised its 2004 economic growth forecast for the region to seven per cent from 6.8 per cent due to surging exports, but cut its 2005 estimate as it sees China #39;s expansion slowing. | 2 |
Doping probe may tarnish Tyler: Marblehead cyclist could lose <b>...</b> Cyclist Tyler Hamilton #39;s journey has taken him from the North Shore to the summit of Mount Olympus, but the Marblehead native now faces his greatest challenge as he fights a blood-doping | 1 |
Al-Qaida eyed Australia since 2001 The mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks was granted an Australian visa a month before the attacks, using one of 24 aliases that let him slip through the system. | 0 |
Alitalia board approves relaunch plan: 3,700 employees to be <b>...</b> After winning union acceptance of job cuts, Alitalia gave formal approval Monday to a four-year business plan aimed at saving the near-bankrupt Italian airline from collapse. | 2 |
Stewart to start serving prison time by Oct. 8 NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart must report to prison by Oct. 8, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in granting the celebrity homemaker #39;s request to begin serving her sentence for lying about a stock sale. | 2 |
Disney #39;s board eyeing Iger to replace Eisner Walt Disney Co. #39;s board of directors said company President Robert Iger is quot;the one internal candidate quot; to replace Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner and that it also will consider outsiders. | 2 |
Coles delivers record profit, positive outlook Coles Myer, three years into a five-year turnaround journey, bettered its guidance with a record annual net profit of \$576.5 million on Wednesday and said it was well on the way to meeting its target of \$800 million in fiscal 2006. | 2 |
TD Waterhouse settles SEC case NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- TD Waterhouse, the retail brokerage arm of Canada #39;s Toronto-Dominion Bank, agreed to pay \$2 million Tuesday to settle charges it made illegal cash payments to investment advisers in return for business. | 2 |
New Data Strengthen Mars Life Evidence Findings in the Martian atmosphere by the European Mars Express spacecraft orbiting the red planet correspond to areas where the US Mars Odyssey spacecraft has detected possible water ice just beneath the surface. | 3 |
Blocking out the bad QUESTION: What is the best approach to protecting me from ID theft and related activities? Will a software package work best, or must I go to a hardware firewall? | 3 |
Ireland blocks 13 countries after net scams THE REPUBLIC of Ireland is to block direct dial telephone calls to 13 countries in an effort to crack down on growing internet scams. | 3 |
NATIONAL LEAGUE: Giants rock Astros; Cubs survive in 10 SAN FRANCISCO -- Pedro Feliz matched his career high with four RBIs Tuesday, and Brett Tomko won his sixth straight decision in the San Francisco Giants #39; 9-2 defeat of the Houston Astros. | 1 |
GAME 150: Indians 8, Tigers 7 a-singled for Hafner in the 6th. b-walked for Young in the 7th. c-sacrificed for Young in the 9th. E: Peralta (1), BPhillips (1), Infante (14). | 1 |
Urges nations to aid Iraq, promote rights President Bush stood before an annual gathering of world leaders yesterday and forcefully defended his decision to invade Iraq, urging all | 0 |
Ruddock defends intel on Khalid ATTORNEY-General Philip Ruddock has defended Australia #39;s approach to counter-terrorism despite a visa being granted to September 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. | 0 |
Asia terror affects Australia elections Australian Prime Minister John Howard tried to reassure nervous Asian neighbors on Tuesday after saying he wanted to strike terror threats at the source, a key difference with opposition Labor before an Oct. | 0 |
Striking Israelis Defy Court Order An Israeli Labour court ordered tens of thousands of state employees back to work today. But the Histadrut Labour Federation said the workers would continue to strike until their demands are met. | 0 |
Profit may silence critics: Coles Myer Australia #39;s biggest retailer, Coles Myer, hopes it has silenced its detractors by posting a record annual profit, which was above its own guidance and market expectations. | 2 |
Lucent Technologies cuts benefits for more retirees For the second time in a year, telecommunications equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. is reducing benefits promised to retirees. | 2 |
Outside View: In Arafat #39;s footsteps The last time I met Marwan Barghouti, along with other notable Palestinians, I joked how impressive it was to see so many leading minds of the Palestinians together. | 0 |
Britain Hopes and Prays for Hostage in Iraq (Reuters) Reuters - Anxious Britons awaited news\on Wednesday of hostage Kenneth Bigley after his captors in\Iraq said they beheaded the second of two Americans being held\with him. | 0 |
Explosion in Baghdad Kills One, Wounds 47 (AP) AP - An explosion rocked a commercial district in western Baghdad on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding 47, authorities said. | 0 |
Rising oil prices hit Japan's trade surplus (AFP) AFP - Japan's trade surplus in August fell sharply for the first decline in 14 months as higher costs for imported oil combined with weaker export growth, prompting concerns about the country's economic outlook, the finance ministry said. | 2 |
Maria Sharapova Advances in China Open (AP) AP - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open on Wednesday, routing fellow Russian Tatiana Panova 6-1, 6-1. | 1 |
Australian PM outlines softer image for fourth term (AFP) AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard outlined his vision for a fourth term as a new poll showed voters warming to the quot;soft focus quot; leadership of the opposition Labor Party's Mark Latham. | 0 |
Report: Prosecutors, CA Reach Accord (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department has agreed\to defer prosecution of Computer Associates International Inc.\ in its long-running investigation of accounting fraud at\the software maker, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday,\citing people familiar with the matter. | 3 |
Nikkei Hits One-Month Closing Low TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell for a fifth straight day to hit a one-month closing low on Wednesday as key exporters and techs such as Kyocera Corp. dropped on renewed caution about the country's economic outlook. | 2 |
Britain Hopes and Prays for Hostage in Iraq LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Anxious Britons awaited news on Wednesday of hostage Kenneth Bigley after his captors in Iraq said they beheaded the second of two Americans being held with him. | 0 |
Genetic Testing Challenges Medical Ethics (AP) AP - Advances in genetic testing are straining the sacred bond of confidentiality between doctor and patient as physicians grapple with whether to keep private diagnoses that might also afflict patients' relatives. | 3 |
End the steroid guilt by (players) association You know who you are. The ones who choose the right path. The ones who perform at a competitive disadvantage. The ones who refuse to alter your bodies with performance-enhancing drugs. | 1 |
S.Korea's Roh Says No Need to Rush North Atom Talks MOSCOW (Reuters) - November's U.S. presidential election is the main reason North Korea is stalling over talks on its nuclear ambitions but there is no need to force the pace, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said on Wednesday. | 0 |
ADB sees stronger growth in Asia The Asian Development Bank raises its forecast for regional growth to 7 in 2004, up from an earlier forecast of 6.8. | 2 |
Singh named PGA Tour Player of Year Vijay Singh, who won nine tournaments and more than \$10 million in 2004, was named PGA Tour Player of the Year Monday. Singh was chosen in a vote by his fellow golfers. | 1 |
South Korea Completes Iraq Deployment of 2,800 Troops SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea completed the deployment of 2,800 troops to Iraq on Wednesday, the defense ministry said as it lifted a news blackout on the sensitive mission imposed in the face of anti-war demonstrations. | 0 |
Car blast rocks western Baghdad A car bomb explodes in western Baghdad, causing at least two deaths and much damage, reports say. | 0 |
Yudhoyono close to poll victory Indonesia's Susilo Yudhoyono remains on course to become the country's next president, with 75 of votes counted. | 0 |
Ask K5: Meeting locals when travelling While travelling I like to meet locals. In some countries this is easy, I look different and peole approach me. In other countries people are more reserved. What can I do in the latter case? | 3 |
Passenger Cat Stevens Gets Plane Diverted WASHINGTON - A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine on Tuesday when it was discovered passenger Yusuf Islam - formerly known as singer Cat Stevens - was on a government watch list and barred from entering the country, federal officials said. United Airlines Flight 919 was en route to Dulles International Airport when the match was made between a passenger and a name on the watch list, said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration... | 0 |
U.N. to Deliver Aid to Haiti After Floods GONAIVES, Haiti - Bodies lay in growing piles outside morgues as U.N. peacekeepers planned the first major distribution of food and water Wednesday in this city devastated by floods that have torn apart families and left hungry crowds that have mobbed truckloads of aid... | 0 |
Airlines Told to Turn Over Passenger Data WASHINGTON - Information on passengers who took a commercial flight within the United States in June will be turned over to the government so it can test a new system for identifying potential terrorists. People will have a chance to tell the government what they think about the plan during a 30-day comment period, federal officials said on Tuesday... | 0 |
Option Says New Mobile Data Card to Launch in Nov. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's Option <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=OPIN.BR qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">OPIN.BR</A> said on Wednesday it would launch a new wireless data card targeted at the U.S. market in November. | 3 |
Disney to name CEO by June Disney Chairman George Mitchell on Tuesday called Chief Operating Officer Robert A. Iger the only internal candidate to replace Michael D. Eisner as chief executive officer but | 2 |
Verizon opts out of mobile directory Verizon Wireless, the nation #39;s largest wireless carrier, will not participate in a national 411 wireless phone database, chief executive Dennis Strigl told a US Senate committee on Tuesday. | 2 |
Security Fears Still Blocking WLAN Adoption Despite the best efforts of the Wi-Fi industry to assure companies wireless networking is safe in the workplace, a new survey of executives finds security remains the leading barrier to WLAN adoption. | 3 |
Gizmondo to use NVIDIA GoForce 3D 4500 GPU We have been following the announcements surrounding Tiger Telematic #39;s upcoming Gizmondo for awhile now (for example here and here), but I never realized that NVIDIA would be powering it. | 3 |
Bosox claw back BOSTON - Mark Bellhorn singled in two runs in the bottom of the ninth as the Red Sox rallied to a 3-2 victory over the Orioles last night, snapping a three-game losing streak after nearly blowing the game in the top of the inning. | 1 |
UN Faces New Challenges to Peace Leaders from the United Nations #39; 191 member states gathered in New York for the beginning of the annual General Debate. Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened the assembly by depicting a bleak world. | 0 |
Australia Labour #39;s lead erodes an October 9 election, according to a poll trend, as terror fears overshadow a closely fought campaign. repeatedly over the US-led war on Iraq. | 0 |
Fed lifts rate, says economy picking up The Federal Reserve yesterday boosted its key interest rate for the third time in as many months, signaling the economy has rebounded from its recent struggles and inflation remains in check. | 2 |
Nintendo DS will be on shelves in time for Christmas season Nintendo said yesterday its new flashy handheld game player, the Nintendo DS, will be ready for the all-important holiday shopping season. | 2 |
Report: Prosecutors, CA Reach Accord The US Justice Department has agreed to defer prosecution of Computer Associates International Inc. (CA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in its long-running investigation of accounting fraud | 2 |
ADB lifts China 2004 GDP growth forecast to 8.8 THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) said it has raised its GDP growth forecast for China to 8.8 percent from 8.3 percent, but slightly scaled down next year #39;s projection for the world #39;s fastest-growing economy to 8.0 percent from 8.2 percent. | 2 |
Sun: We #39;ve turned over a new leaf Sun Microsystems #39; executives have rarely been known for meekness, but the company #39;s new chief operating officer took a tone of humility while arguing that the company has mended its ways. | 3 |
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