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Britain, Israel Hold Out Prospect of Mideast Talks JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Britain and Israel on Monday held out the prospect of a Middle East peace conference in London after the Palestinians elect a successor to Yasser Arafat on Jan. 9. | 0 |
Karzai Opposes Afghan Poll Delay, Despite Concerns KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's presidential election will be held on time, President Hamid Karzai said on Monday, despite rival candidates' fears the lack of security was hampering their campaigns and undermining voting legitimacy. | 0 |
Japan PM Reshuffles Cabinet, Keeps Some Ministers TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his cabinet Monday to boost his popularity and give impetus to reform -- especially postal reform -- but the mix of familiar faces with unknowns raised doubts about whether he would achieve thos... | 0 |
Virgin boss in space tourism bid Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson announces an agreement to secure the first commercial flights into space. | 0 |
Virgin boss in space tourism bid Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson announces plans to secure the first commercial flights into space. | 3 |
Boost for Somali peace talks Mediators welcome the return of a Somali warlord to the peace process in neighbouring Kenya. | 0 |
Pakistan to tour India Pakistan say they will tour India in February 2005 to play three Tests and five one-day internationals. | 0 |
Mexican firm bids 2.3bn for RMC Mexican group Cemex makes a 2.3bn (\$4.1bn) offer for UK-based RMC, the world's biggest supplier of ready-mixed concrete. | 0 |
The Forgotten tops US box office Chiller The Forgotten tops the US box office chart, with UK zombie movie Shaun of the Dead at number seven. | 0 |
Hemingway Bullfight Tale From 1924 Turns Up A previously unknown story and a letter ascribed to Ernest Hemingway have caused a dispute between those who want to see them published and those who don't. | 0 |
Oil price pushes toward \$50 a barrel US light crude climbed to \$49.36 a barrel, up 48 cents and just four cents below the record high set in late August at \$49.40. In London, Brent crude oil futures in surged to a new peak of \$45. | 2 |
Credit cards may cause trouble for issuers Credit cards issuers may face penalty from the regulators as credit cards solicitation is not as reliable as they are said. Consumers sometimes are not given the whole information about the possibly imposed | 2 |
China to bid \$7B for Noranda A company owned by the Chinese government has entered talks to buy Noranda Inc. in a deal that would shake up the Canadian mining industry. | 2 |
Russia to Curb Inflation, Manage Industry, PM Says (Update1) Russia #39;s government will take an active role in managing industry as it seeks to curb inflation and open markets to attract investment, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said. | 2 |
HP #39;jilts Intel Itanium #39; Intel #39;s biggest customer for its Itanium processor is to stop building workstations built around the chip according to the online edition of the Wall Street Journal. | 3 |
Colleges turn to eBay to sell unwanted goods Texas A amp;M University couldn #39;t give away a fleet of 20-year-old buses, so it sold them - on eBay. With starting bids of \$500 each, three buses went online for a weeklong auction. | 3 |
Virgin offers music downloads Virgin has become the latest company to launch an online music download service, but UK music fans will have to wait before they can give it a try. | 3 |
Five questions Tom Harris is owner of 24/7 Auctions, an Internet auction consignment store in Vista. It #39;s a growing field. In June, AuctionDrop said it plans to offer a similar service at UPS Stores #39; 3,400 US retail locations, including 50 in San Diego County. | 3 |
Coleman, Holmes play role reversal Free safety Marcus Coleman expected to be chasing All-Pro running back Priest Holmes around on the field Sunday. Coleman returned an interception a franchise-record 102 | 1 |
Local government vote raises SPD #39;s hopes BERLIN - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder #39;s Social Democrat Party (SPD) have seized on regional elections in the nation #39;s biggest state as a sign of a turnaround in the party #39;s political fortunes. | 0 |
Critics debunk China #39;s Communist Party #39;s plan to build up its <b>...</b> BEIJING: China #39;s ruling Communist Party has issued a lengthy policy paper on way to reverse its waning popular support, citing corruption and quot;hostile forces quot; as issues that could end its 55-year grip on power. | 0 |
Blair #39;s party urges a shift in focus from Iraq to domestic issues BRIGHTON, England Top aides to British Prime Minister Tony Blair are urging his party not to let the war in Iraq derail their annual convention and election hopes. | 0 |
Australian Stocks Advance, Paced by Woodside Petroleum, BHP Australian stocks rose for the first day in three, paced by oil producers such as Woodside Petroleum Ltd. after crude oil climbed to a record amid concern that hurricane damage in North America will disrupt supply. | 2 |
China #39;s Minmetals in talks to buy Canada #39;s Noranda TORONTO : China Minmetals Corp has entered into exclusive talks to acquire mining group Noranda, the Canadian firm announced. Noranda said that after a special committee review of quot;a number of proposals from | 2 |
BOXING: JONES TAKES MEMPHIS BEATING ROY JONES Junior #39;s career looks over after he suffered a shattering ninth round knock-out against Glen Johnson in Memphis. Johnson retained his IBF light heavyweight title and left Jones | 1 |
Dollar Inches to 6-Wk High LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar rose to a six-week high against the yen on Monday as the Japanese currency was ground down by a weak stock market and oil prices pushing back toward record highs. | 2 |
Nikkei Extends Losing Streak TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei edged down 0.33 percent Monday, falling for a seventh straight session in its longest losing streak since December 2002 as worries about oil prices and weaker business sentiment plagued the market. | 2 |
UK watchdog targets Belgian firm The Office of Fair Trading takes legal action against a Belgian mail-order firm, using new cross-border powers for the first time. | 2 |
SEC focusing on drug makers The Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing biotechnology companies as part of a wider effort to ensure that companies don't mislead investors by covering up negative results of clinical trials. | 2 |
Microsoft says upgrade for full IE security A REPORT last week said that Microsoft will not build the latest security features in Windows XP browser and expects customers to upgrade to the OS from previous software to gain prophylactic protection. | 3 |
Long Trip for Psychedelic Drugs Researchers who believe psychedelic drugs like ecstasy and mushrooms can help people with mental disorders are slowly getting federal agencies on board. By Kristen Philipkoski. | 3 |
Nice Ride: The Hydrogen Gremlin Long before President Bush ever put 'hydrogen' and 'economy' together in a sentence, a group of students at the University of California, Los Angeles, were revving the engine on their hydrogen-powered Gremlin. By Amit Asaravala. | 3 |
Changing at the Push of a Button You might not be able to morph your wallpaper just yet, but digital ink is already threatening to make big changes in the way we experience advertising. By Rachel Metz. | 3 |
Fable Feels Like Unfinished Tale Fable succeeds as a plain-ol' fantasy action game where you kill things to buy stuff to kill bigger things. But given the expectations that preceeded it, the game is ultimately disappointing. Lore Sjberg reviews Fable. | 3 |
Rural Kids Print, Bind and Read Anywhere Books sets up digital bookmobiles in developing countries like Uganda, Ghana and Macedonia. The souped-up vans can print and bind books on the spot, and children get the fresh-made publications for free. By Katie Dean. | 3 |
U.S. Makes Spy Images Inside U.S. In the name of homeland security, a little known branch of the Defense Department -- the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, or America's spy imagery agency -- is keeping a close eye on the United States. | 3 |
Taking Aim at 'Arms Race of Spin' Both sides of the political spectrum twist the truth in their media briefs, according to a website that's tracking the spin. The system of half truths make it hard for ordinary folks to become informed. | 3 |
Google Bows to Chinese Censorship A new Chinese news service launched by Google displays no results from websites banned by China's officials. The search engine that promises to do no evil says why include links that come up empty? anti-censorship advocates are watching. | 3 |
Index funds adjust fees to lure customers Despite perceptions to the contrary, index mutual funds really aren #39;t all alike. They don #39;t all invest in the same stocks or bonds, and they certainly don #39;t all come with the same low expenses. | 2 |
First class to the moon London - British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a plan on Monday for the world #39;s first commercial space flights, saying quot;thousands quot; of fee-paying astronauts could be sent into orbit in the near future. | 3 |
No woofing and no white flags This is why manager Terry Francona never did tighten the reins on the free spirits in the Red Sox clubhouse. Free spirits can bounce back with the best of them. | 1 |
Grading the Giants touchdown. QB Kurt Warner (13) passed 16 yards to WR Amani Toomer (81), setting up this first-and-10 situation from the Giants #39; 45 with 9:45 left in the first quarter. | 1 |
New wave of violence in Gaza Strip During last week four Israelis were killed by Palestinians. The Israel response developed into new air attack in a refugee camp. Israeli military forces say Palestinians use the Gaza refugee camp to organize attacks against Jewish settlements. | 0 |
Virgin Announces Plans for Space Service British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Monday that his Virgin company plans to launch commercial space flights over the next few years. | 3 |
Ravens 23, Bengals 9 The defending AFC North champs found their stride Sunday, and it had a lot to do with the broad-shouldered back who leaves tacklers wide-eyed and empty-handed. | 1 |
Cemex to buy RMC Group in \$5.8bn deal NEW YORK, September 27 (newratings.com) - Mexican cement giant, Cemex SA (CX.NYS), has agreed to buy RMC Group Plc, a leading British ready-mix concrete company, in a deal valued at about \$5. | 2 |
Microsoft braces for EU appeal Brussels - Microsoft Corporation said on Monday it is ready to put a stripped down version of Windows on the market if ordered to do so by a European court. | 2 |
Apax, Cinven Buy VNU Directories Unit for EU2.1 Bln (Update3) Apax Partners Worldwide LLP and Cinven Ltd. agreed to buy VNU NV #39;s directories unit for 2.1 billion euros (\$2.6 billion), betting they can repeat Apax #39;s past success in buying and selling yellow pages assets. | 2 |
Update 3: Tokyo Stocks Edge Lower, Dollar Higher Tokyo stocks slid for a seventh straight session Monday to a five-and-a-half week low due to concerns about rising oil prices. The US dollar was higher against the Japanese yen. | 2 |
AT amp;T launches new e-mail service NEW YORK: AT amp;T Wireless Services launches a mobile e-mail and messaging device without voice service on Monday, aiming to use a low price to tempt young consumers. | 2 |
Branson #39;s Virgin Group Plans to Offer Space Flights in 2007 Virgin Group Ltd., owned by billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, said it formed a company called Virgin Galactic to offer commercial space flights starting in 2007. | 3 |
HP deep sixes Itanium workstations Hewlett Packard Co quietly withdrew its Itanium-based workstation line from marketing on September 1, and spent last Friday trying to do damage control with the IT press as the word got out. | 3 |
High speed data network just for research A high-speed data network being built by the Government to link academic and research institutions is unlikely to take traffic away from Telecom and the other mainstream telcos because of tough rules that will govern its use. | 3 |
Prove open source cred, release Java, Red Hat tells Sun Red Hat Inc vice president for open source affairs Michael Tiemann has come-out in favor of open sourcing Java to cultivate innovation and help defend against Microsoft Corp #39;s . | 3 |
Manchester United Football Club boss excited over Rooney Sir Alex Ferguson is clearly excited over the prospect of Wayne Rooney making his debut for Manchester United Football Club. The England international is yet to play for the Reds since his 26million transfer | 1 |
SEAHAWKS 34, 49ERS 0 Game grades Offense: F Ken Dorsey played like the seventh-round, second-year quarterback he is. His arm strength, accuracy and even the thing he does best -- decision making --. | 1 |
US Forces Bomb Baghdad #39;s Sadr City Iraqi hospital sources and witnesses say US forces carried out overnight airstrikes in Baghdad #39;s Sadr City neighborhood, killing at least two people and wounding more than 40 others. | 0 |
Brother of UK hostage urges Blair to plead for hostage release Paul Bigley, brother of Kenneth Bigley who is being held hostage by militants in Iraq, called on British Prime Minister Tony Blair Monday to step up efforts to win the release | 0 |
Three Palestinians shot dead in Gaza Strip A 53-year old Palestinian, identified as Saeed Almadhoun, 53, of the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, was shot dead on Monday morning after being hit with a live bullet. | 0 |
Thai Suspected Bird Flu Case Fans Human Link Fear Thailand, rattled by fears a girl passed bird flu to her mother, said Monday it has no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the deadly H5N1 virus in the country. | 0 |
Saudi Troops, Gunmen Clash in Riyadh Saudi security forces, battling a wave of terrorist attacks in the country, have clashed with a group of gunmen in the capital, Riyadh. | 0 |
Cemex to buy British RMC Group Mexican Cemex, being the third largest cement maker in the world, agreed to buy its British competitor - RMC Group - for \$5.8 billion, as well as their debts in order to expand their activity on the building materials market of the USA and Europe. | 2 |
Oil prices jump to record high Oil prices today hit a new high amid fears over low fuel stocks as winter approaches and renewed concern about the security of supplies. | 2 |
Ingram Micro agrees to buy Tech Pacific for \$493 mn NEW YORK, September 27 (newratings.com) - Ingram Micro Inc (IM.NYS) has reached a definitive agreement to buy Tech Pacific, an Australian IT product distributor, for about \$493 million in cash, including debt assumptions. | 2 |
Microsoft will offer slim Windows if EU insists THE HEAD LAWYER at Microsoft has said that if the European Union insists it tweaks Windows to comply with its anti-trust ruling, it will be able to comply. | 2 |
Adobe proposes universal digicam #39;raw #39; image format Dubbed Digital NeGative (DNG) format, Adobe #39;s proposal would not supersede the JPEG format used by almost all digicams these days, but the native formats such cameras offer users who want maximum, image fidelity. | 2 |
Virgin to Launch Commercial Space Flights British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Monday that his Virgin company plans to launch commercial space flights over the next few years. | 3 |
Music Sites Ask, #39;Why Buy If You Can Rent? #39; ong before Sir Richard Branson dreamed of becoming the latest billionaire with a reality TV show, before he started his cellphone company, his airline and his record label, he sold music from | 3 |
HP to Stop Using Intel Itanium Chip Hewlett Packard has decided to discontinue offering desktop workstations based on Intel #39;s Itanium microprocessor as its customers prefer the extended 64-bit approach. | 3 |
VeriSign hopes to make passwords obsolete Internet services and security company VeriSign is unveiling a new token it hopes will replace passwords for gaining access to corporate computers. | 3 |
Microsoft Takes On Backup Market It #39;s a market that could use a shake-up. Backup and recovery still can be too expensive and complex for many small and midsize companies that rely on Windows, but the software is vital to their businesses. | 3 |
Singh captures 84 Lumber Classic Singh grabbed the first-round lead with a tournament-low 8-under par 64, and although he had company a few times, never stepped down from his perch in winning the 84 Lumber | 1 |
Lions don #39;t measure up Eagles too much for Detroit DETROIT - If this was a yardstick game, the kind a team measures itself by, then the Detroit Lions need some more of them. There were more than 36 inches of separation between the Lions and the Philadelphia | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Indian court to hear cricket telecast case Tuesday Five judges of India #39;s top court will hear a petition by Zee Telefilms Ltd. on Tuesday contesting the cancellation of a \$308-million contract for the rights to broadcast Indian cricket matches on television. | 1 |
Labour Party Conference 2004 DELEGATES gathered in Brighton this week for what will almost certainly be Labour #39;s last annual conference before the general election. | 0 |
Dust Might The Loch Rannoch oil tanker isn #39;t exactly the place you #39;d expect to find cutting-edge computer technology. But the 850,000-ton ship owned by British Petroleum is home to an experiment in preventing critical breakdowns before they happen. | 3 |
Survey: CEOs Fail To Grasp Importance of Security quot;It is easy for a CEO to say security is important, quot; says Ernst amp; Young partner Kent Kaufield. quot;But in actuality, I think they view it much like purchasing insurance --something that is good | 3 |
Wall Street Set to Slip on Oil LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street was expected to open lower on Monday weighed down by worries that Americans will feel the pinch of steeper energy costs, and Boston Scientific Corp <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BSX.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote... | 2 |
Twelve Killed in Attack on U.S. Mission in Jeddah JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Militants stormed the heavily fortified U.S. consulate in Jeddah in a brazen raid Monday and 12 people died in gunbattles before security forces regained control. | 0 |
Dubai airport building collapses At least five workers die as a site under construction at Dubai airport collapses, trapping workers. | 2 |
Oil on record run Brent crude sets intraday mark in London, US crude comes close as supply concerns plague market. LONDON (Reuters) - London oil prices hit record highs on Monday as worries about the stability of supplies from | 2 |
Vodafone sets out cost-cutting plans Vodafone says it expects to cut costs by 2.5 billion pounds per year by March 2008, and has reiterated its guidance for this financial year. | 2 |
New owner for Golden Pages business Dutch publishing group VNU is to sell its directories business, including the Golden Pages in Ireland, to venture capital groups Apax and Cinven for just over 2 billion. | 2 |
Russian financial markets must be developed - Fradkov MOSCOW. Sept 27 (Interfax) - A whole set of laws on financial markets regulation will be drafted in the coming months, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said at the investment conference organized by Brunswick UBS. | 2 |
Management Shakeup May Lie Ahead for Fannie Mae AccountingWEB.com - Sep-27-2004 - Days after Fannie Mae #39;s federal regulator released a highly critical report on the mortgage giant #39;s accounting practices, observers say top management may not survive the fallout. | 2 |
Startup exploits new way of networking HEN CHECKING into a hotel room for the first time, how many times have you been frozen by the air conditioner the last occupant left on full blast? | 3 |
India kicks off 350th birthday of Taj Mahal Hundreds of schoolchildren have gathered outside India #39;s Taj Mahal, releasing heart-shaped balloons and setting free white pigeons to mark the 350th birthday of the world #39;s most famous monument of love. | 0 |
Fannie Mae said near capital deal Source: Mortgage financer may be forced to keep up to \$31B on hand while it fixes accounting woes. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Embattled mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae was close to a deal with regulators late | 2 |
Security alert issued after top Pakistani al-Qaida suspect killed KARACHI, Pakistan Pakistani authorities are putting the city of Karachi on quot;red alert, quot; for an al-Qaida strike after its forces killed a top terror suspect. | 0 |
Germany #39;s big parties losers in polls but Schroeder takes heart BERLIN : Germany #39;s two main political parties wound up the losers in local elections at the weekend but Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder #39;s Social Democrats (SPD) have taken heart by avoiding a new rout. | 0 |
Sun And Microsoft Aim For Single Sign-On Microsoft and Sun Microsystems last week issued a progress report on the technical truce the companies called this year but gave little indication of what specific fixes they would devise to address customers #39; problems. | 3 |
ETA Sets Off 7 Bombs Across Spain; at Least 5 Hurt MADRID (Reuters) - The Basque separatist group ETA set off bombs in cities across Spain Monday, slightly wounding five people and escalating their renewed fight for independence on the day Spaniards celebrate unity. | 0 |
Thousands Uprooted by Clashes in East Congo -U.N. (Reuters) Reuters - Thousands of civilians have fled\their homes after clashes in the east of the Democratic\Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Friday, but it\was unclear who was behind the violence. | 0 |
Lexmark Spruces Up Color Lasers (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Lexmark International is shipping new color laser printers with faster speeds, enhanced media-handling capabilities and cost-saving features. | 3 |
Reverse Migration: From Linux to Windows (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - The number of enterprises migrating from Windows to Linux is a growing concern for Microsoft. But it's not a one-way street. Some companies #151;unhappy with their open-source experience #151;are making the switch back to Windows. | 3 |
Hamas: Arab State May Have Helped in Syria Killing (Reuters) Reuters - The militant Palestinian group Hamas\said Monday an Arab country might have helped Israel\assassinate one of its leaders in Damascus, an act it called\"treason." | 0 |
Building Collapses at Dubai Airport (AP) AP - A large wall in a building under construction at Dubai airport collapsed Monday, killing more than eight people and injuring many more, a contractor said. | 0 |
Colombia Police Aim to Disrupt Drug Trade (AP) AP - Seven helicopter gunships skirted the steep mountainsides, then quickly descended on a cocaine lab, marked by a smoke grenade thrown by one of the raiders. As the heavily armed anti-narcotics police jumped from the hovering craft, accompanied by an informant wearing a... | 0 |
Egyptian firm imposes blackout on Iraq hostages (AFP) AFP - Egypt's telecom group Orascom said it was imposing a news blackout to ensure the safety of two kidnapped engineers held hostage in Iraq. | 0 |
Circuit City 3Q Same-Store Sales Decline Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation #39;s No. 2 electronics retailer, reported Monday that same-store sales declined 4.3 percent in the third quarter, largely because of weak sales of music and movie software. | 2 |
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