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Moya Lifts Spain to Deliver His Davis Cup Dream It was not quite what Carlos Moya missed the first time. The setting was not his country #39;s tennis capital and his former home, Barcelona, but the capital of the Spanish region Andalusia. | 1 |
Congress Set to Extend Family Tax Cuts (Reuters) Reuters - Congress is now poised to hand\President Bush an election-year tax cut victory after Senate\and House of Representatives negotiators on Wednesday night\agreed to extend popular tax breaks for children and couples\for five years. | 0 |
IMF warns on global house prices The International Monetary Fund warns that rising interest rates in some of the world's biggest economies may slow global house price growth. | 2 |
mmO2 to launch speedy 3G The mobile operator explained it will be the first in Europe to offer HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) and IMS (Internet Protocol Multimedia Services) with download speeds of 3.6Mbps when it launches the service in the Isle of Man next summer. | 3 |
Device found on Australian plane Australian police investigate an incendiary device found on board a Virgin Blue Boeing at Sydney airport. | 0 |
US stocks hit by surge in oil prices NEW YORK - Wall Street shares took a beating yesterday as a fresh surge in oil prices dented sentiment among investors already fretting about the coming corporate earnings season. | 2 |
CA #39;s Ex-CEO indicted on fraud An anonymous reader writes quot;CNN is carrying a story about how Sanjay Kumar, ex-CEO of Computer Associates, was indicted on fraud charges. | 2 |
Report: Lehman Near Deal on Enron Suits Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is close to settling a class action lawsuit for \$220 million stemming from allegations that it colluded with other brokerages to mislead Enron Corp. | 2 |
IMF warns on global house prices The International Monetary Fund has warned that rising interest rates in some of the world #39;s biggest economies may slow global house price growth. | 2 |
Tough summer expected to hurt American #39;s 3rd quarter FORT WORTH, Texas _ Intense competition, rising fuel prices and the wave of hurricanes in Florida socked American Airlines #39; finances last month, executives said Wednesday, and will likely hurt the airline #39;s third-quarter results. | 2 |
Imf Warns of House Price Drop The International Monetary Fund has warned of a possible sharp fall in UK house prices, according to reports. The IMFs World Economic Outlook said that, based on interest rate | 2 |
Senate Panel Waters Down McCain Television Bill Broadcasters beat back a proposal that would have required them to give up their current analog channels by 2009 as their allies on the Senate Commerce Committee | 3 |
Bush #39;s NASA directive clouds other missions NASA #39;s plans to send robots and people to the moon and Mars threaten long-planned science missions, a national science panel warns. | 3 |
A Cure For IPod Withdrawal If, like me, you travel everywhere with your Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iPod, you #39;re painfully aware of the need to carry some kind of charger, whether is a dock connected to a PC running Microsoft #39;s (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people | 3 |
Soccer: Eriksson rules himself out of Real running LONDON : England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has reiterated that he is not a contender to become the new Real Madrid coach. The Swede has been linked to the vacancy created by Jose Antonio Camacho #39;s shock | 1 |
Reds score five runs off John Smoltz in ninth inning to beat <b>...</b> John Smoltz is used to closing out games for the Atlanta Braves. Blowing saves is something he #39;s not accustomed to. quot;It #39;s a shock to your system, quot; he said. | 1 |
Double clutch Forget the Yankees, Angels, A #39;s, Twins, and anyone else you might think stands in the way. Last night was all about the Red Sox regaining their footing, finding | 1 |
Italian hostages reported killed in Iraq killing of two Americans, as the latest hostage crisis put pressure on governments with troops in Iraq. employers in Italy said they had not given up hope. | 0 |
Three US soldiers killed in Afghanistan clashes KABUL: Three US soldiers were killed and 14 wounded in a series of hit-and-run attacks by Taliban militants in one of the worst days for US forces since they arrived here in 2001, the US military said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Minister dies in Indian copter crash GUWAHATI, Sept 22: Ten people, including a state government minister and two lawmakers, were killed in a helicopter crash in India #39;s mountainous north-east on Wednesday, officials said. | 0 |
WSJ: SBC avoided \$9B in income taxes Telephone services provider SBC Communications Inc. received \$9 billion worth of tax breaks during a three-year period, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. | 2 |
Williams wins again as Cardinals defeat Brewers 3-2 for 99th win <b>...</b> Woody Williams is more concerned that the St. Louis Cardinals keep focused on their goals than winning 100 games. St. Louis beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 Wednesday night for its 99th victory. | 1 |
NL Wrap: Rallying Reds Make Braves Wait for East Title (Reuters) Reuters - Javier Valentin smacked a three-run\homer in a five-run ninth inning off John Smoltz to carry the\rallying Cincinnati Reds to an 11-8 victory over the Atlanta\Braves in the National League Wednesday. | 1 |
Indonesia's Megawati Apologizes, Warns on Terror (Reuters) Reuters - President Megawati Sukarnoputri urged\Indonesians on Thursday to accept the results of the country's\first direct election of a leader, but stopped short of\conceding defeat. | 0 |
S.E.C. Opens Investigation of Fannie Mae Accounting problems at Fannie Mae, the giant mortgage company, have prompted an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. | 2 |
CBS Is Fined \$550,000 for Super Bowl Incident The Federal Communications Commission issued a notice of a \$550,000 fine against because of an incident during the Super Bowl halftime show. | 2 |
Prime-Time TV Plan for Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., whose founder is scheduled to begin serving a prison sentence Oct. 8, said it had agreed to work with the television producer Mark Burnett to create | 2 |
Commodoties push dollar higher THE dollar opened stronger today as some commodity-based trading helped pushed the domestic unit higher. At 7am AEST the local unit was trading at \$US0. | 2 |
Two Big Investment Banks Report Drops in Quarterly Profit Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns posted drops in quarterly profit yesterday, surprising some investors one day after two other big investment banks reported a rise in earnings. | 2 |
Taste of the times The company behind Twinkies, spongy cakes that have been an American institution since the 1930s, is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. | 2 |
SingTel to launch 3G service SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) said it will commercially launch its high-speed third generation (3G) mobile service within months, putting it at the forefront of Southeast Asian telecoms firms looking to roll out the technology. | 2 |
MLB: Cincinnati 11, Atlanta 8 Javier Valentin #39;s three-run homer keyed a five-run ninth Wednesday night, giving Cincinnati an 11-8 win over Atlanta. Valentin had four hits to help the Reds win for the second time in seven games. | 1 |
Incendiary device found in hold of a virgin jet TONY EASTLEY: There #39;s been a serious security lapse at Sydney airport, with an incendiary device being discovered in the cargo hold of a Virgin jet. | 0 |
Verizon Wireless Expands High-Speed Data Network Verizon Wireless plans to expand its wireless high-speed data network into 14 additional cities, including New York and Los Angeles. | 3 |
Commentary: In retrospect, analysts were too kind SAN DIEGO (CBS.MW) - In light of Interstate Bakeries #39; bankruptcy filing today, here #39;s a rehash of something I wrote two weeks ago in Herb Greenberg #39;s RealityCheck. | 2 |
US Airways, pilots resume talks SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- US Airways Group and its pilots union have resumed negotiations, the Air Line Pilots Association said Wednesday afternoon. | 2 |
Verizon Wireless Expands High-Speed Data Network erizon Wireless said on Wednesday that it would expand its wireless high-speed data network into 14 additional cities, including New York and Los Angeles, starting on Monday. | 2 |
Trump Hotels and Equity Firm Break Off Investment Talks asino Resorts Incorporated quot;/ gt;Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts Inc., the flagship of Donald J. Trump #39;s faltering casino holdings, said late last night that a recently announced deal with | 2 |
Kashmir resolution can #39;t be delayed inordinately UNITED NATIONS - Stressing the need for settling the Kashmir dispute, President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday told the UN General Assembly that he would convey to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh later this week that this is the moment for peace | 0 |
Asian executives love flat screen TVs, but 3G phones flop (AFP) AFP - Flat screen televisions and digital cameras are the hottest gadgets coveted by Asian business executives, but 3G phones and MP3 players are near the bottom of their electronic shopping lists, according to a survey. | 3 |
NTT DoCoMo, Cingular to link in 3G cellphone business (AFP) AFP - Japan's NTT DoCoMo will join hands with Cingular Wireless of the United States, aiming to unify technical specifications for third-generation (3G) cellphones and services. | 3 |
Fall in US oil inventory pushes prices higher WASHINGTONCrude futures prices surged above \$48 (US) per barrel yesterday as oil production and shipping disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan prompted domestic supplies to shrink more than expected. | 2 |
A To-Do List For The IMF As Rodrigo De Rato prepares for his first annual meeting as managing director of the International Monetary Fund in early October, he could be forgiven for feeling pleased with the shape of the global economy. | 2 |
Japan #39;s DoCoMo in mobile deal with Cingular NTT DoCoMo, Japan #39;s largest mobile operator, will join US cell phone company Cingular Wireless in a partnership aimed at unifying third-generation cell phone technology and services, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said on Thursday. | 2 |
Brees Gets Starting Nod for Chargers (Reuters) Reuters - San Diego Chargers\quarterback Drew Brees will be under center for this Sunday's\contest versus the Denver Broncos. | 1 |
Immersion wins patent case against Sony Immersion, a small firm that develops and licenses touch-related technologies, has been awarded \$82 million after winning a patent infringement lawsuit against PlayStation maker Sony. | 3 |
Holdup of new team will allow for repairs on station, Russians say A new international space station crew will leave two days later than scheduled next month to accommodate repairs to the docking system, Russia #39;s space agency said Wednesday. | 3 |
Climatic warming causes glaciers to fall, raising sea levels PASADENA - When climate warming causes an ice shelf to break up, glaciers surge from land into the ocean and can cause the sea level to rise, according to two NASA-funded reports. | 3 |
Keane on assault charge Footballer Roy Keane is due to appear in court charged with assault and criminal damage. The 33-year-old Manchester United legend is said to have clashed with a 16-year-old boy near his 1. | 1 |
AL Wrap: Jays Sink Yankees, Six-Hit Ibanez Mauls Angels (Reuters) Reuters - Vernon Wells cracked a two-run triple\in the seventh inning to earn the Toronto Blue Jays a 5-4 win\over the New York Yankees in the American League Wednesday. | 1 |
Memory makers face jail for price fixing THREE German executives and an American with microchip giant Infineon Technologies face jail terms and fines under plea agreements to settle a US probe into price-fixing, according to the Justice Department. | 3 |
Abdullah pledges moderate Islamic government KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi promised on Thursday to implement a moderate Islamic administration, undercutting the fundamentalist opposition, and took a swipe at his one-time rival, former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim. | 0 |
Hanjin to run Chinese branding in Shanghai Renault F1 Team Partner Hanjin Shipping will run unique Chinese branding for this weekends race in Shanghai. | 1 |
Middle-Class Tax Cuts Extension Approved WASHINGTON - Legislation to extend several popular middle class tax cuts cleared a House-Senate conference and could be on President Bush's desk within days, handing him a major legislative victory in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign. The \$145.9 billion package marked the fourth significant tax cut package that the president has championed since taking office... | 0 |
Death Toll From Haiti Floods Tops 1,070 GONAIVES, Haiti - Trucks dumped scores of bodies into a mass grave in this flood-ravaged city still littered with corpses, as officials said the death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne rose to more than 1,070 and could double again. There was no funeral ceremony when the bodies were dumped into a 14-foot-deep hole at sunset Wednesday... | 0 |
Suicide Bomber Kills Two in Jerusalem JERUSALEM - A Palestinian teenager blew herself up at a busy Jerusalem bus station Wednesday, killing two Israeli policemen who stopped her for a security check and wounding 16 bystanders in an attack that evaded Israel's clampdown on the West Bank for the Jewish holidays. Early Thursday, two armed Palestinians infiltrated an Israeli army outpost in a Gaza Strip settlement, killing at least three Israelis in a fierce gun battle before being shot dead, Israeli media reported... | 0 |
Martha Stewart headed for prime-time TV show Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., whose founder will begin serving a prison sentence Oct. 8, said it agreed to work with television producer Mark Burnett to create a prime-time TV series featuring Martha Stewart. | 2 |
Shared Office Code Unlikely to Sway Governments Microsoft Corp. #39;s offer to share the source code of Office 2003 with governments may be a positive move, but governments say it is unlikely to make much difference to which software they choose. | 3 |
Lara expected to play the final West Indies captain Brian Lara, who had to retire hurt in the semifinal against Pakistan on Wednesday, has not suffered a serious injury. | 1 |
Keane on assault charge Footballer Roy Keane is due to appear in court charged with assault and criminal damage. The 33-year-old Manchester United legend is said to have clashed with a 16-year-old boy near his A1. | 1 |
Giants 5, Astros 1 Noah Lowry takes a lesson out of every outing, and the baseball world is quickly learning that this kid is pitching nothing like a 23-year-old rookie. | 1 |
Malaysia accuses West of fuelling terrorism KUALA LUMPUR : Western countries have fuelled international terrorism through the invasion of Iraq and their stand on the Palestinians, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah ahmad Badawi said. | 0 |
British FM rejects US reason for deporting Cat Stevens (AFP) AFP - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw complained to his US counterpart Colin Powell about the deportation from the United States of former pop star Cat Stevens as a possible terrorist risk, a senior State Department official said. | 0 |
Australia's central bank says financial system sound, stable (AFP) AFP - Australia's central bank said the country's financial system is sound and ongoing economic growth has created a favourable outlook for financial stability. | 2 |
Iran Would React to Israeli Nuclear Action (AP) AP - Iran warned that it will react "most severely" to any Israeli action against its nuclear facilities, after Israel said the United States was selling it 500 bunker buster bombs. | 0 |
Lynne Cheney Helps Soften Husband's Image (AP) AP - Lynne Cheney smiles, nods and applauds. Sitting on a stool beside her husband, she shows none of the fire that made her a leading conservative in her own right. She is the adoring wife, the woman who knew Vice President Dick Cheney when he was a teenager sweeping out the Ben Franklin store. | 0 |
US musicians favour sharing - new survey A new survey of US artists reveals that while most agree that downloading from file-sharing networks is illegal, yet they admit they themselves download media without paying and have little idea if it is legal or not. | 3 |
IBM in Voice Services Deal with Lloyds The deal includes almost 70,000 VoIP telephones and will reduce Lloyds #39; network costs, IBM said. The announcement comes on the heels of reports that IBM is exiting the personal computer business. | 3 |
Open Letter to Tyler Hamilton USATODAY.com presents the second installment of a new feature called Open Letter. Periodically we will identify a sports personality in the news and ask for your comments, written in an quot;Open Letter quot; form | 1 |
West Indies confident of final win England: West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan is confident the West Indies can end a long sequence of failures by winning the ICC Champions Trophy. | 1 |
Button decision delayed Formula One #39;s Contract Recognition Board met but decided to adjourn the BAR versus Williams dispute over Jenson Button on Wednesday. | 1 |
Chase contenders seek concrete results at Dover Updated NASCAR team reports as the Nextel Cup #39;s championship chase turns to Dover (Del.) International Speedway, site of the second race in the 10-race shootout series. | 1 |
Group claims killing of two Italian hostages in Iraq but Italy <b>...</b> DUBAI : A group calling itself the quot;Jihad Organization quot; said it had killed two Italian hostages in Iraq, in a statement posted on an Islamist website, but Italy urged caution over the reported murders. | 0 |
Aceh a focus for Yudhoyono JAKARTA, Indonesia -- As Indonesia awaits next month #39;s formal announcement that its new president will be Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the former army general has pledged to seek an end to the bloody separatist war in Aceh province. | 0 |
Latham should sack Labor candidate - Howard OPPOSITION Leader Mark Latham should have the strength to sack a Labor candidate for comments by his state MP wife that Liberals were to blame for the Bali bombing, Prime Minister John Howard said today. | 0 |
Lycos antispam campaign bites the dust The controversial attempt to attack spammers by bombarding their web sites with traffic from thousands of individual PCs is over. After a week of heavy criticism of the company #39;s plan to launch denial-of-service | 3 |
Yukos cuts oil production But exports to Europe safe after the Russian oil firm seals a barter deal with pipeline monopoly. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yukos #39; crippling tax debts finally forced the Russian oil major to make a much-feared production cut Wednesday. | 2 |
NTT DoCoMo, Cingular to link in 3G cellphone business Japan #39;s NTT DoCoMo will join hands with Cingular Wireless of the United States, aiming to unify technical specifications for third-generation (3G) cellphones and services. | 2 |
Web loss causes psychological problems PEOPLE WHO who lose their web connection suffer from withdrawal and feelings of loss, frustration, and disconnectedness, according to a report released by Yahoo. | 3 |
Sun man gets 56 per cent pay hike SUN #39;S NEW number two, Jonathan Schwartz, has seen a 56 percent boost in his salary over the last year and is getting paid nearly seven times more than his boss Chief Executive Scott McNealy. | 3 |
Threat to cancel tour CRICKET Australia has threatened to cancel next month #39;s tour of India as tension over the television rights wrangle on the subcontinent escalates. | 1 |
PREVIEW-China makes debut as Villeneuve returns Formula One goes back to the future on Sunday with former champion Jacques Villeneuve making his race return in the first grand prix held in China. | 1 |
Ichiro notches 4 more hits, moves within 10 of record Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki produced four hits on Wednesday, reaching his 247th this season and only 10 shy of the Major League record of most hits in a single season. | 1 |
No Giving In To Iraq Kidnappers: Britain London, Sept. 23 (NNN): Britain has ruled out negotiations with militants holding a British man in Iraq, after the hostage made a video appeal to Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life. | 0 |
South Korea deploys 2,800 troops in Iraq SEOUL - South Koreas defense ministry said Wednesday it completed the deployment of around 2,800 troops on a relief and rehabilitation mission in northern Iraq. | 0 |
Wasserstein, David-Weill Completing Lazard IPO Accord (Update1) Lazard LLC said it #39;s completing an agreement between Bruce Wasserstein, who runs the company, and Chairman Michel David-Weill to take the world #39;s biggest closely held investment bank public by the end of next year. | 2 |
3rd-quarter profit falls 34 at Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest US securities firm, said Wednesday its fiscal third-quarter profit tumbled 34 percent, falling short of estimates, as bond trading plunged. | 2 |
Computer Associates #39; ex-CEO is charged The former chief executive of software maker Computer Associates International was charged yesterday with securities fraud in a multibillion-dollar accounting | 2 |
US Airways, pilots to resume talks US Airways Group Inc. and its pilots union agreed to resume negotiations on wage and benefits cuts the carrier is seeking to operate during bankruptcy protection. | 2 |
Big profits don #39;t mean big tax bills In at least one of the past three years, 82 of the largest US companies paid no federal income taxes, a report released Wednesday said. | 2 |
Making IE safer and more #39;trustworthy #39; MICROSOFT Corps recent release of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP saw the company dealing head-on with the security issues that have plagued the operating system since its release. | 3 |
NASA Extends Mars Rovers #39; Journey quot;Spirit and Opportunity appear ready to continue their remarkable adventures, quot; said Andrew Dantzler, solar system division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington. | 3 |
Internet threats grow The latest six-month report on Internet threats shows a staggering breadth and complexity. Symantec Corp. #39;s Internet Security Threat Report (http://enterprisesecurity . | 3 |
Wait-and-see for Schumacher at new Shanghai circuit World champion Michael Schumacher arrived in Shanghai yesterday, along with a host of other Formula One stars, saying he looks forward to evaluating the challenges of the city #39;s brand new circuit. | 1 |
Serena, Sharapova win in Beijing Beijing - Wimbledon rivals Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova reached the quarterfinals of the 585,000-dollar China Open on Wednesday, with top seed Serena scraping past a tough challenge from a teenage Russian. | 1 |
This Penny is bringing all bad luck Jim Tracy had watched his would-be staff ace grab his right arm and walk off again, into the dugout, up the clubhouse tunnel and probably straight into the offseason. | 1 |
NBA notebook: MacCulloch ends basketball career Former University of Washington star center Todd MacCulloch, who hasn #39;t played for the Philadelphia 76ers in 1-1/2 years, retired yesterday from the NBA. | 1 |
IOC Considering Possible Addition of Five Sports to 2012 Olympics The International Olympic Committee has notified the governing bodies of golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports that they will be quot;studied further quot; as part of a review of the games #39; competition schedule. | 1 |
Malaysia #39;s Abdullah Says Islamic Nations Should Rebuild Iraq Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Islamic nations, including Malaysia, need to help rebuild Iraq, a civilization that was once a symbol of Islam #39;s greatness. | 0 |
European Shares Dip on Wall Street Loss (Reuters) Reuters - European shares eased at the outset on\Thursday, tracking losses on Wall Street amid renewed worries\about the impact of high oil prices on corporate profits, with\autos and technology stocks leading the losers. | 2 |
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