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Philips Begins Mass Production of Sixth-Gen TFT-LCDs LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd. today reported that mass production at its sixth generation thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) plant in Gumi, South Korea, began last month. | 3 |
AOL Shuns Mac Users With New PassCode Service A new, optional log-on service from America Online that makes it harder for scammers to access a persons online account will not be available for Macintosh | 3 |
Sturrock Ready for Owls Challenge New Sheffield Wednesday manager Paul Sturrock is adamant he has learned from mistakes he made during his troubled time at Southampton. | 1 |
CORRECTED-Forssell could be out for six months In HELSINKI story quot;Soccer-Forssell could be out for six months quot; please read in intro ... a national team spokesman said... instead of ...Finland #39;s Football Association said... (corrects source). Also, in para | 1 |
Croyle #39;s injury clouds postseason optimism Brodie Croyle didn #39;t need a preliminary diagnosis. He didn #39;t need an MRI, nor did he need a doctor to tell him the sobering news. | 1 |
quot;Masses of interest quot; in Jaguar Racing Tony Purnell, the boss of Jaguar Racing says that there is quot;masses of interest quot; in the team, which the Ford Motor Company has decided to discontinue. | 1 |
Haiti Storm Death Toll Could Reach 2,000 GONAIVES, Haiti Sept. 23, 2004 - Workers dug new mass graves for corpses that still littered this flood-ravaged city Thursday as the death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne rose to more than 1,070 and residents | 0 |
Megawati refuses to concede defeat Megawati Sukarnoputri has declined to concede defeat in Indonesia #39;s first direct presidential election, although with most votes counted, she is too far | 0 |
Workers suspect in bomb scare WORKERS at Sydney airport have emerged as the prime suspects for the planting of a suspicious package in the cargo bay of a Virgin Blue 737 aircraft on Monday. | 0 |
Children wounded in attack US warplanes fired on insurgent targets in the east Baghdad slum of Sadr City overnight, killing at least one person and injuring 12 -- many of them children -- hospital officials said yesterday. | 0 |
RP, MILF agree on JI inspections The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front agreed yesterday to conduct a joint inspection of MILF-held areas suspected to be hosting training camps of the regional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in Mindanao. | 0 |
Computer Problems Cause Lufthansa Delays A technical problem at Lufthansa forced the German airline to cancel some 29 domestic and European flights on Thursday. Although the German flag carrier #39;s long-haul flights were not affected, further European | 0 |
Arabs Split Over 'Legitimacy' of Iraq Beheadings DUBAI (Reuters) - Are foreign hostages hapless victims of militants abusing Islam or casualties of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq? | 0 |
German Arrested Over Suspected Nuclear Arms Trade BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man has been arrested on suspicion of arranging the supply of nuclear arms equipment to a foreign state, German federal prosecutors said Thursday. | 0 |
Hurricanes lead to spike in jobless claims The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose last week. The Labor Department says claims, reflecting the impact of hurricanes in Florida, increased by a seasonally adjusted 14,000 to 350,000. | 2 |
Future Economic Activity Gauge Falls A closely watched measure of future economic activity fell in August for a third consecutive month, reflecting an uncertain climate for both businesses and consumers. | 2 |
House-Senate Committee Agrees to Continue Tax Cuts Putting aside efforts to control the federal deficit before the elections, Republican and Democratic leaders agreed in principle on Wednesday to extend \$150 billion | 2 |
Steelcase Posts Drop in 2Q Profit Steelcase Inc., the world #39;s top office furniture maker, said Thursday that second-quarter earnings dropped year-over-year on the sale of the company #39;s Attwood operations, but soundly beat Wall Street expectations due to higher sales and lower operating | 2 |
Mercedes Sees 2004 Profit Below 2003 DaimlerChrysler AG #39;s Mercedes Car Group Thursday warned that operating profit for this year will decline despite a rise in car sales, as it boosts spending to improve product quality. | 2 |
China set for F1 Grand Prix A bird #39;s eye view of the circuit at Shanghai shows what an event Sunday #39;s Chinese Grand Prix will be. The course is arguably one of the best there is, and so it should be considering the amount of money that has been spent on it. | 1 |
#39;MASSES OF INTEREST #39; IN BUYING JAGUAR TEAM Jaguar boss Tony Purnell has revealed there is quot;masses of interest quot; in buying the troubled Formula One team. Purnell, who runs Jaguar a part of his role as chief of Ford #39;s premier performance division, believes | 1 |
From Romans to rock stars: the biography of our nation Twelve years and 55,000 entries later, the herculean task of updating the #39;Oxford Dictionary of National Biography #39; has finally been completed. | 0 |
Wife begs captors to free hostage The wife of British hostage Kenneth Bigley begs his captors to show mercy and set him free. | 0 |
Oil Eases as U.S. Mulls Tapping Stocks LONDON (Reuters) - High-flying oil prices paused in their ascent on Thursday as the U.S. government considered whether to release crude from the U.S. petroleum reserve after Hurricane Ivan sliced into supplies. | 2 |
Halliburton May Separate KBR Unit NEW YORK (Reuters) - Halliburton Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HAL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">HAL.N</A>, beset by controversy over its work in Iraq, plans to shed its KBR engineering and construction unit if the oilfield services company's share performance does not match its peers, it said on Thursday. | 2 |
Bush Marks Opening of Indian Museum WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday marked the opening of the new American Indian National Museum, saying it will serve as a powerful reminder of the spirit and vitality of peoples native to the nation. "The National Museum of Indian affairs affirms that this young country is home to an ancient, noble and enduring native culture," Bush said in the East Room of the White House... | 0 |
Haiti Storm Death Toll Could Reach 2,000 GONAIVES, Haiti - Workers dug new mass graves for corpses that still littered this flood-ravaged city Thursday as the death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne rose to more than 1,070 and residents grew increasingly agitated from a lack of food and drinkable water. Health workers feared an epidemic from the unburied bodies, raw sewage in drinking water and infections from injuries... | 0 |
Unemployment, Oil News Keep Stocks Mixed NEW YORK - A slowdown in economic growth and oil prices hovering around \$48 per barrel renewed fears of disappointing third-quarter earnings Thursday and kept stocks mixed. In late morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 39.53, or 0.4 percent, to 10,069.65, one day after the index lost more than 135 points... | 0 |
National Oil Reserves Eyed to Offset Hurricane Losses The Bush administration said Thursday it is weighing a request from several U.S. refiners to borrow crude oil from the nation's emergency stockpile to help offset supply disruptions along the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Ivan. | 2 |
Lehman May Settle Enron Scheme Lawsuit Wall Street brokerage house Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is close to reaching a deal to pay about \$220 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it and other big brokerage firms participated in a scheme with Enron Corp. | 2 |
Bailout plan shelved for Donald Trump #39;s casinos ATLANTIC CITY, NJ Donald Trump is trying to make a deal after the proposed bailout of his cash-strapped casino company was shelved by quot;mutual agreement. | 2 |
Steelcase Posts Profit, Sees Problems Steelcase Inc. (SCS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world #39;s largest office-furniture maker, on Thursday swung back to a quarterly profit from the previous quarter, but warned that rising | 2 |
AMD Disappointed by 64-Bit Delay Microsoft #39;s decision to push back a 64-bit Windows will not hurt chip sales, company says. Advanced Micro Devices is disappointed by Microsoft #39;s decision to delay the introduction of 64-bit versions of its | 3 |
Hodge to tour but Clarke favoured BRAD HODGE was not waiting to be asked if he would be included in the Australian Test team. He got on the front foot and made the call himself. | 1 |
Philippines link to JI training A SECRET government report says Muslim guerillas in the southern Philippines have hosted terror training camps for militants from Indonesia and Malaysia for at least seven years. | 0 |
Former Computer Associates CEO pleads not guilty The former CEO of Computer Associates International Inc. pleaded not guilty Thursday at his arraignment on federal securities fraud and other charges, becoming the most senior official | 2 |
PeopleSoft Plays Defense I admire PeopleSoft #39;s (Nasdaq: PSFT) fight. Tuesday, the business software maker announced a broad partnership with IBM (NYSE: IBM) in which Big Blue #39;s popular WebSphere middleware | 2 |
Halliburton May Separate KBR Unit Halliburton Co. (HAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , beset by controversy over its work in Iraq, plans to shed its KBR engineering and construction unit if the oilfield services company #39;s | 2 |
Enter your e-mail: Sony, in case you hadn #39;t noticed, has a long history of making really nifty consumer electronics devices. It also has a long history of doing things its own way--adopting proprietary technologies and standards | 3 |
Enter your e-mail: Word on the Web is that Google may be thinking of releasing a Web browser--possibly one based on the open-source Mozilla code. The company now owns www. | 3 |
Sony To Pay \$82 Million in Patent Case Immersion filed a lawsuit against Sony Computer and Sony Computer Entertainment of America, claiming that the Japanese company used its game technology in the PlayStation game consoles without the company #39;s approval. | 3 |
Sven gets vote of confidence London - England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has been given a vote of confidence from the Football Association (FA) with the governing body dismissing suggestions they would be prepared to let the Swede leave for Real Madrid. | 1 |
Intel and AMD Keep Value Battle Alive With their 64-bit chip war running at full tilt, rivals Intel and AMD (Quote, Chart) are bolstering efforts on their value-priced lineups. | 3 |
Sauvage sweats on 10th gold WHEELCHAIR racing champion Louise Sauvage yesterday won silver in her pet event, leaving her just one more shot at a 10th Paralympic gold medal before retirement. | 1 |
Coliseum the site of a Brown love-in? Bee Staff Writer. ALAMEDA - The best advice for Tim Brown on what he should do when he enters the Coliseum on Sunday comes from the self-proclaimed quot;Mr. | 1 |
Fears of N Korea missile launch NORTH Korean missile bases are under close surveillance after increased activity detected by US and Japanese surveillance raised fears Pyongyang might be preparing to launch a missile across the Sea of Japan. | 0 |
Wal-Mart Seeks to Repair Image in Calif. (Reuters) Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. sent\an open letter to California residents on Thursday, hoping it\will help the world's largest retailer overcome resistance to\its plans for expansion in that state. | 2 |
Halliburton May Separate KBR Unit (Reuters) Reuters - Halliburton Co. , beset by\controversy over its work in Iraq, plans to shed its KBR\engineering and construction unit if the oilfield services\company's share performance does not match its peers, it said\on Thursday. | 2 |
Ex-Chief of Computer Associates Kumar Pleads Not Guilty The charges against the former chief executive, Sanjay Kumar, were revealed Wednesday after the company agreed to a \$225 million settlement. | 2 |
Banking on Christopher Banks? Management keeps growing and buying back shares even as the retailer struggles. | 2 |
Bell Canada sells stake in MTS MONTREAL (CP) - BCE Inc. is selling most of its minority stake in MTS for a total of \$578 million, with MTS buying back more than half of the shares and the rest sold on the open market, BCE announced Wednesday. | 2 |
US team might be better off without Tiger; Sutton #39;s strategy flops Did I just attend one of the greatest events in sports, or was it the Booz Allen Classic? The Europeans #39; dominance was so overwhelming from the very first session that the life was completely sucked out of this Ryder Cup, along with all of the energy. | 1 |
NL Capsules Carlos Zambrano pitched 7 1-3 shutout innings to outduel Oliver Perez and beat Pittsburgh for the fifth straight time this season, carrying the Chicago Cubs to a 1-0 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Device found on Australian plane Australian police are investigating an incendiary device discovered on board an airliner at Sydney airport. A baggage handler found the device on Monday in the cargo hold of a Virgin Blue Boeing 737 that was | 0 |
Electronic-Vote Critics Urge Changes to System (Reuters) Reuters - Voting activists on Wednesday\enlisted computer experts, a trained monkey and a man on a\hunger strike in a last-minute pitch to convince officials to\improve the security of electronic vote-counting systems. | 3 |
Blue Chips Down, Hurt by Exxon Downgrade (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. blue-chip stocks were knocked\lower on Thursday after Exxon Mobil Corp. was\downgraded by a brokerage, but the technology-dominated Nasdaq\index rebounded from Wednesday's sharp decline. | 3 |
Ex-CA Chief Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud (Reuters) Reuters - Former Computer Associates\International Inc. Chief Executive Sanjay Kumar pleaded\not guilty on Thursday to charges of securities fraud and\obstruction of justice stemming from a two-year investigation\into accounting fraud at the software company. | 3 |
Russia Plans Space Station Launch on Oct. 11 (Reuters) Reuters - Russia will launch a three-man crew to\the International Space Station on Oct. 11, two days later than\initially scheduled due to problems with the docking system,\Itar-Tass news agency reported on Wednesday. | 3 |
Life is a Gas: Methane Might Support Underground ET (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - A new test that produced methane under conditions mimicking the deep interiors of Earth and Mars lends support to an idea that the gas could theoretically support unseen colonies of microbes on both worlds. And the study hints at the possibility of a potential vast supply of petroleum products. | 3 |
Zero G Flights Could Bolster Space Tourism, Research Industries (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Floating free above Earth and carrying out an experiment in space has long been the preserve of orbiting travelers, but at taxpayer's expense. | 3 |
BMW Unveils World's Fastest Hydrogen-Powered Car PARIS (Reuters) - German luxury carmaker BMW unveiled the world's fastest hydrogen-powered car at the Paris auto show on Wednesday, dubbed the H2R, capable of exceeding 300 kilometers (185 miles) per hour. | 3 |
Renault Says May Make Compact Sports Car PARIS (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault is thinking about making a compact sports car based on its Clio city runabout, a top company executive said on Thursday. | 3 |
Activists: Afghan women no better off (Chicago Tribune) Chicago Tribune - Human-rights organizations criticized the Bush administration Wednesday, saying in the three years since the Taliban was ousted from most of Afghanistan, the U.S. has not fulfilled promises of safety, freedom, education and health care for Afghan women. | 0 |
Sterling remains weak after dovish minutes from Bank of England (AFP) AFP - Sterling pared some of its losses but remained weak, particularly against the euro after the dovish minutes from the Monetary Policy Committee's last meeting were released. | 0 |
Marine Killed in Iraq's Anbar Province (AP) AP - A U.S. Marine was killed while conducting security operations in Anbar province, the military said Thursday. | 0 |
Pakistani authorities burn 22 tonnes of seized drugs (AFP) AFP - Pakistani authorities torched more than 22 tonnes of seized drugs, including heroin, hashish, opium and morphine, in southwestern Baluchistan province, officials and witnesses said. | 0 |
Budget math deflating many Bush initiatives (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - A number of spending initiatives promoted by President Bush as he seeks re-election are set to get less money than he wants from the Republicans who control Congress. | 0 |
Iraq Leader Addresses Congress, Vowing Elections in January Offering a simple, "Thank you America," interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi addressed a joint meeting of Congress. | 0 |
John Calls Taiwanese Photographers 'Pigs' TAIPEI, Taiwan - Sir Elton John warmed up his vocal chords for a concert Thursday in Taiwan by telling photographers they're a bunch of "rude, vile pigs." The media ambushed the rock star after he arrived by private plane Thursday shortly after midnight at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport. John was angry that police allegedly did not properly restrain the pack and protect him "from the ensuing chaos," a statement issued by the singer said... | 0 |
Slower Economy, Oil Leave Stocks Mixed NEW YORK - A slowdown in economic growth and oil prices hovering around \$48 per barrel renewed Wall Street's fears of disappointing third-quarter earnings Thursday and kept stocks mixed. In late morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 49.70, or 0.5 percent, to 10,059.48, one day after the index lost more than 135 points... | 0 |
Fla. Court Nixes Law Keeping Woman Alive TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that was rushed through the Legislature last fall to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked up to a feeding tube against her husband's wishes... | 0 |
Jobless claims rise to three-week high The US Labor Department said Thursday the number of workers filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits hit a three-week high last week. | 2 |
Trump: The fragrance NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - You can read his books, stay in his hotels, gamble in his casinos and watch him on TV. Now, you can smell like him too. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-Brazil budget surplus hike shows solid control-IMF A decision by Brazil to raise its budget surplus target shows the government had quot;solid control quot; of the country #39;s economic needs, an International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday. | 2 |
Update 1: Entergy Sees Lower 3Q Earnings Gas and electric utility Entergy Corp. Thursday said it expects to post third-quarter earnings about 15 percent below last year #39;s results, citing soft demand for electricity and lower income from energy trading. | 2 |
Astronaut #39;s still not over the moon APOLLO 16 astronaut Charles Duke was a fighter pilot in Germany when US president John F. Kennedy announced America was going to the moon. | 3 |
IBM, other vendors accused of cheating E-Rate program US House members accused IBM Corp. and other IT vendors Wednesday of breaking the rules in a much-criticized program designed to help schools and libraries purchase Internet equipment. | 3 |
Hodge in for injured Ponting Almost a year ago, Brad Hodge wondered if he might be another Jamie Siddons - quot;a good player but unfortunately didn #39;t get a chance at the next level quot;. | 1 |
US Open winner Kuznetsova struggles into quarterfinals at China <b>...</b> Against a Chinese player from nowhere, newly-crowned US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova from Russia had a narrow escape at the singles second round of the 585,000 US dollars | 1 |
Justin Gatlin Wins 100 at Japan Meet (AP) AP - Justin Gatlin followed his Olympic victory by capturing the 100 meters Thursday at the Yokohama Super Track and Field meet while former world-record holder Maurice Greene finished fifth. | 1 |
Anwar is a traitor, UMNO youth wing leader says Kuala Lumpur (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Hishamuddin Hussein, leader of the youth wing of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and Malaysias ruling party, called Ibrahim Anwar a traitor. | 0 |
Ex-NetScreen CEO takes on new start-up The former CEO of NetScreen Technologies has moved on to a new upstart. Can he make the same magic work again? | 3 |
Games Finances Correct, Athens Olympics Chief Says ATHENS (Reuters) - Athens Olympics organizers have vehemently denied any financial improprieties in the run-up to this year's Games as suggested in an audit report this week. | 1 |
Qualcomm, Microsoft team on streaming media The deal is expected to be a boon for Microsoft, which has been struggling for a bigger share of the cell phone software market. | 3 |
Senate panel approves spyware, wireless privacy bills WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday approved bills intended to fight computer spyware and to protect wireless phone customers from potential privacy problems associated with a wireless phone number directory. | 3 |
Update: PeopleSoft throws customers a discount and free upgrade PeopleSoft Inc. unveiled a new incentive program on Wednesday offering customers free upgrade assistance and a credit toward new purchases, an initiative the company hopes will spark sales and encourage customers to move to its latest releases. | 3 |
Nokia adds anti-virus protection to new smart phone Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia Corp. will offer mobile anti-virus software through F-Secure Corp. as one of the features in its new Nokia 6670 smart phone when it is released in October, the companies announced Thursday. | 3 |
Pass Along Your Digital Music New music sharing network allows users to amass points by referring buyers. | 3 |
AMD Disappointed by 64-Bit Delay Microsoft's decision to push back a 64-bit Windows will not hurt chip sales, company says. | 3 |
Halliburton May Separate KBR Unit Halliburton plans to shed its KBR engineering and construction unit if the company's share performance does not match its peers, it said today. | 2 |
News: US credit card firm fights DDoS attack US credit card processing firm Authorize.Net is fighting a sustained distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that has left it struggling to stay online.\ | 3 |
Hurricanes Boost US Jobless Claims The number of US workers applying for unemployment aid grew more than expected last week. Thursday #39;s Labor Department report says initial jobless claims grew by 14,000 - to 350,000 - mostly due to the hurricanes | 2 |
Bank of America to move Wealth, Investment Management to Boston Bank of America says it #39;s moving one of its four major business lines to Boston. The news of the decision to move the Wealth and Investment Management Business to Boston comes | 2 |
SP2 Internet Explorer enhancements for Windows XP only Part of the recently-released Service Pack 2 for Windows XP was a slew of long-awaited updates to Internet Explorer. Along with patches for the browser, SP2 also included features such as the ability to block | 3 |
AOL Service Adds Secure Authentication A keychain-sized device that generates and displays a unique six-digit numeric code every 60 seconds creates a second layer of protection for AOL members using the new authentication service. | 3 |
PSG coach Halilhodzic faces crunch week A defeat by second-bottom RC Strasbourg on Saturday and a poor Champions League performance at CSKA Moscow next Wednesday could seal the fate of Paris St Germain coach Vahid Halilhodzic. | 1 |
Stoddart: Minardi will use own engine if need be. Minardi boss, Paul Stoddart has insisted that his team will be on the grid in 2005, even if they have to do it with their own engine. | 1 |
Ex-CA chief pleads not guilty to fraud This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. NEW YORK--Former Computer Associates International Chief Executive Sanjay Kumar pleaded | 2 |
UPDATE 3-Cyberonics gets FDA OK for small study US regulators, who rejected Cyberonics Inc. #39;s (CYBX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) device to treat depression in August, cleared the therapy | 2 |
Is Sony in the Groove? Sony #39;s (NYSE: SNE) tweaking its musical strategy, with reports galore that the electronics giant will now support the playback of MP3 files on many of its digital music players. | 3 |
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