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Citigroup #39;s Krawcheck Named Finance, Strategy Chief (Update1) Citigroup Inc., the world #39;s biggest bank, named Sallie Krawcheck chief financial officer and head of strategy, making her the highest-ranking woman on Wall Street. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-Tommy Hilfiger shares fall 24 pct on US probe Shares of Tommy Hilfiger Corp. (TOM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) fell 24 percent on Monday morning after the clothing maker said a federal grand jury subpoenaed documents from | 2 |
Branson unveils deal for first commercial space flights The Virgin chief Sir Richard Branson announced his company has signed an agreement potentially worth 14 million to secure the world #39;s first commercial flights to space. | 3 |
IBM plans a big push into logistics IBM was to announce on Monday that it would invest \$250 million over the next five years and employ a thousand people in a new business unit to support products and services related to sensor networks. | 3 |
Roosters setback THE Sydney Roosters have been dealt a cruel double blow with Chris Flannery - the man most likely to replace Luke Ricketson if he is suspended - rushed to hospital yesterday. | 1 |
7 students killed in Greek crash A bus taking Greek high school students to watch the Paralympics smashed into a truck loaded with glass Monday, killing seven teenage passengers and injuring 30 other people, police said. | 0 |
Workers die in collapse at airport DUBAI, United Arab Emirates A collapse at a construction site at the Dubai airport on Monday killed five people and injured a dozen, the Department of Civil Aviation said. | 0 |
Koizumi moves to sell off Japan Post TOKYO With Japan #39;s banking crisis coming under control, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shifted his economic repairman on Monday to Japan #39;s next gargantuan task: privatizing the world #39;s largest bank. | 0 |
Iranian diplomat held hostage in Iraq freed: embassy An Iranian diplomat who was kidnapped in Iraq has been freed and is in the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad, diplomatic sources told Xinhua on Monday. | 0 |
New case of bird flu puts Thais on alert HONG KONG Officials in Thailand announced Monday that a 32-year-old woman had been hospitalized with the country #39;s second human case of avian influenza since the disease began a resurgence in July and said that two family members of the sick person had | 0 |
Four Palestinian shot dead; Israelis mount search operation in <b>...</b> JENIN, West Bank, Sept 27 (AFP) - Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied territories on Monday, while the Jewish state #39;s army pressed a large search and arrest operation in Jenin, security sources said. | 0 |
UPDATE 8-US oil near \$50, supply fears shift to Nigeria Oil prices surged to new record highs on Monday near \$50 for US crude as Nigeria emerged as the latest focus for worries about supply security on world energy markets. | 2 |
Citigroup #39;s Krawcheck to Get No. 2 Post Citigroup Inc. (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said one of its fast-rising executives, Sallie Krawcheck, will take over the No. | 2 |
Fannie Mae to increase capital WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) Fannie Mae would have to maintain 30 percent more capital than current rules demand it hold on its balance sheet, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, said in a statement. | 2 |
US probe weighs on Tommy Hilfiger Shares sink as a federal grand jury continues its investigation into commission rates, tax benefits. CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of Tommy Hilfiger Corp. | 2 |
AT amp;T Wireless ships mobile IM gadget US mobile network operator AT amp;T Wireless today launched Ogo, its first non-voice messaging device, pitched at the #39;yoof #39; market - in particular those who only like to communicate by text. | 2 |
Cochlear Implants Recalled For Malfunction Risk WASHINGTON -- A worldwide recall has been issued for two brands of cochlear implants. The recall only includes the estimated 440 devices that have not yet been implanted. | 2 |
Sony gets top cast in MGM \$US3bn show Sony is hiring some big guns to capture movie giant Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Photo: AP. Unlike the old days, Sony is seeking outside support in its tilt at MGM, writes William Pesek. | 2 |
Virgin to offer space flights High-flying Brit entrepreneur Richard Branson today announced the imminent take-off of the quot;VSS Virgin quot; - a scaled-up version of Burt Rutan #39;s SpacShipOne - which will offer well-to-do wannabe astronauts the chance of zero-grav flights for a mere 100,000 | 3 |
E-Commerce Attacks on the Rise Symantec recently issued its biannual Internet threat report, which notes, among other trends, that e-commerce sites were the most targeted by hackers in the first six months of this year. | 3 |
Cheap thrills Sven Jaschan, who may face five years in prison for spreading the Netsky and Sasser worms, is now working in IT security. Photo: AFP. | 3 |
World No. 1 Singh beats Tiger Woods earnings record Vijay Singh, who knocked Tiger Woods off the top of the world rankings this month for the first time in over five years, surpassed Woods #39; earnings record for a single season when he won the 84 Lumber Classic on Sunday. | 1 |
YOUTH IS KEY TO DAVIS CUP FUTURE - BATES Captain Jeremy Bates insists there are grounds for optimism despite fears over Great Britain #39;s Davis Cup future. The British team remain stuck in the wilderness of the Euro-African zone after crashing 3-2 to Austria in Portschach. | 1 |
Ullrich out of world championships time trial Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich will not compete in Wednesday #39;s time trial of the world cycling championships in Italy because of a stomach problem. | 1 |
Palestinians bury slain Hamas member in Syria amid cries for <b>...</b> Thousands of Palestinians, many shouting calls for revenge, on Monday buried a member of the militant group Hamas who was killed in a car bomb assassination in which Israeli security officials acknowledged they had a hand. | 0 |
Brown speaks of sympathy for Bigley Gordon Brown has extended his sympathies to the family of Kenneth Bigley, the British hostage being held in Iraq, as Mr Bigley #39;s brother criticised Tony Blair. | 0 |
World Oil Prices Hover Near Record Highs In Monday Trading Crude oil prices rose to a record high in London trading and hit near-record levels in New York on Monday. London #39;s benchmark Brent crude oil hit a record of \$46. | 2 |
Tommy Hilfiger gets Grand Jury subpoena NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Tommy Hilfiger USA said Friday that it received a federal grand jury subpoena seeking documents related to commissions the company paid to a non-US subsidiary since 1990. | 2 |
Net Attacks Down, Bot Networks Up The average daily volume of Internet attacks declined in the last six months, according to Symantec Corp. #39;s Internet Security Threat Report. | 3 |
Perens hits out at Sun over OpenOffice Open source developers who contribute to OpenOffice should stop donating their code to Sun Microsystems, open source advocate Bruce Perens has urged. | 3 |
Christina Kim gets first win on LPGA Tour Christina Kim got her first win on the LPGA Tour Sunday when she shot a six-under 65 to capture the Longs Drugs Challenge. Kim wound up with 18-under-par 266, one stroke better than runnerup Karrie Webb. | 1 |
Virgin Group to launch US online music service LOS ANGELES, California, United States of America - Richard Branson #39;s Virgin Group said Monday it was jumping into online music, with a quot;Digital Megastore quot; for US customers offering song downloads for 99 cents. | 3 |
IE updates no longer free for older Windows users Internet security may be priceless, but people who want a safer web browser with their older versions of Windows will pay \$239. Until last month, the software giant #39;s security-challenged Internet | 3 |
FDIC warns consumers on e-mail scams The FDIC Friday issued an alert about an increasingly common e-mail scam designed to steal personal information and money from millions of unwary consumers. | 3 |
Gill Defends Payments to Agents Manchester United chief executive David Gill has strongly defended payment of 5.5million to agents over the past 12 months. The extraordinary figure, which does not include a payment | 1 |
Indian coverage to go ahead Any lingering doubts over the television coverage of the India-Australia Test series appeared to have been erased yesterday, with a report that a local network would be appointed as broadcaster. | 1 |
Convoy raid kills Pakistan troops At least three Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an attack on a convoy in South Waziristan, the army says. | 0 |
Oil Near \$50, Supply Eye Nigeria Turmoil LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices surged to new record highs on Monday near \$50 for U.S. crude as Nigeria emerged as the latest focus for worries about supply security on world energy markets. | 2 |
New Home Sales Jump 9.4 Pct in August WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. new home sales jumped a surprising 9.4 percent in August, the fastest acceleration of sales in almost four years, as a fresh dip in mortgage interest rates attracted buyers, a government report showed on Monday. | 2 |
U.S. Stocks Down as Oil Edges Higher NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Monday as oil prices hit a record high, spurring worries that energy costs will eat into corporate profits. | 2 |
Citigroup's Krawcheck to Get No. 2 Post NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=C.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">C.N</A> on Monday said one of its fast-rising executives, Sallie Krawcheck, will take over the No. 2 position at the world's b... | 2 |
Dollar Hits 6-Wk High Vs Yen: Oil Eyed NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar climbed to six-week highs against the yen on concern over the impact of high crude prices on the oil-dependent Japanese economy. | 2 |
Air Canada to Buy 30 Bombardier Jets MONTREAL (Reuters) - Air Canada has agreed to buy 30 Canadair Regional Jets from Bombardier Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BBDb.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">BBDb.TO</A> in a contract valued at \$821 million, the companies... | 2 |
U.S. Jets Pound Militant Positions in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. jets pounded suspected Shiite militant positions in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 40... | 0 |
Wall Collapses at Dubai Airport DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A wall collapsed at an airport construction site Monday, killing more than eight workers and injuring many more, a contractor said. Workers at Dubai airport said they saw up to 40 casualties being taking away, but the toll could not be immediately confirm... | 0 |
U.S. Jets Pound Militant Positions in Iraq U.S. jets pounded suspected Shiite militant positions in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 40. Elsewhere, insurgents detonated a car bomb and fired rockets, killing at least four National Guardsmen, in separate attacks targeting... | 0 |
Israel Accuses Syria of 'Directing Terrorism' Israel accused Syria on Monday of "directing terrorism" and warned it could face pre-emptive strikes against militants on its territory, but stopped short of saying it killed a Hamas leader in Damascus. | 0 |
Citigroup #39;s Krawcheck gets No. 2 post Fast rising exec replaces CFO Todd Thomson, who will take her job as head of brokerage Smith Barney. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. | 2 |
Greek School Bus Crash Kills 7, Injures At Least 24 In Greece, a schoolbus filled with teenage students bound for the Paralympic Games has crashed on the way to Athens, leaving seven passengers dead and at least 24 injured. | 0 |
Comcast, Time Warner announce financial deal Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc. on Monday announced an agreement on what could be the first step of giving Comcast a way to redeem its stake in Time Warner Cable Inc. | 2 |
Microsoft withdraws Outlook support for hotmail Microsoft has outlaid plans that involve charging people for accessing their email via its email application Outlook. However Microsoft is not citing the urge to make even more cash, but an attempt to quell | 3 |
Philips and Cirrus cut forecasts as chip gloom deepens Clouds continued to gather over the chip sector last week after Philips confirmed a bleaker outlook for sales, and analog and DSP chip vendor Cirrus Logic Inc sharply downgraded its forecast for the current quarter because customers want to reduce | 3 |
T-Online Takes Over German Music Portal (Reuters) Reuters - Germany's music industry has switched\efforts to sell music over the Internet to Deutsche Telekom's\(DTEGn.DE) Web unit T-Online (TOIGn.DE) from a previous\collaboration with another Telekom division, it was announced\on Monday. | 3 |
iBeam adds laser pointer, flashlight to iPod (MacCentral) MacCentral - Griffin Technology Inc. on Monday unveiled the iBeam, a new flashlight and laser pointer combination designed to work as a snap-on package for iPods and iPod minis. The flashlight and laser pointer are two separate devices that feature protective ca... | 3 |
Paralympics Scrap Closing Celebrations After Crash The Athens Paralympics canceled celebrations at its closing ceremony after seven schoolchildren traveling to watch the event died in a bus crash on Monday. | 0 |
Microsoft Ready to Remove Media Player (PC World) PC World - Software giant will follow court orders and comply with EU's demands if necessary. | 3 |
Calif. Classic Car Lovers Dismayed by New Law (Reuters) Reuters - Lovers of California's classic\cars, celebrated in the Beach Boys song for "fun, fun, fun,"\worried that a new state law could take their T-birds and\little deuce coupes away. | 3 |
Sri Lanka Seeks Peace - This Time with Elephants (Reuters) Reuters - Wild elephants and farmers\are killing each other at an alarming rate in Sri Lanka, so\hundreds of wildlife officers and villagers fanned out into\forests on Monday to find ways to broker peace. | 3 |
NTL 'sorry' over abusive message The NTL phone company apologises after an abusive recorded message is left on their faults line. | 3 |
Tommy Hilfiger Down 24 Pct on U.S. Probe (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of Tommy Hilfiger Corp. \fell 24 percent on Monday morning after the clothing maker said\a federal grand jury subpoenaed documents from its U.S. unit\regarding commissions paid to a subsidiary outside the United\States. | 2 |
FDA KOs Allergan Psoriasis Treatment NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators won't approve Allergan Inc.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AGN.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AGN.N</A> experimental treatment for the skin disorder psoriasis based on the data submitted, th... | 2 |
Avici Sees Revenue Shortfall, Shares Drop CHICAGO (Reuters) - Avici Systems Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AVCI.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AVCI.O</A>, which makes equipment that directs traffic over the Internet, on Monday slashed its revenue outlook for th... | 2 |
Picture of North Sea fish decline A model of the North Sea's ecosystem suggests the total fish stock has dropped from 26 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes in just over a century. | 3 |
New Home Sales Climb 9.4 Percent in August Mortgage interest rates remained at low enough levels, it seemed, to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate hikes. | 2 |
Mexico stocks dragged by Cemex acquisition news Mexican stocks fell early Monday, dragged lower by cement giant Cemex (CX) after it announced a multibillion dollar acquisition of a British company, the largest by a Mexican firm ever. | 2 |
US junior rider wins silver at cycling worlds Rebecca Much of the United States won the silver medal in the junior time trial Monday at the road cycling world championships. Tereza Hurikova of the Czech Republic was the winner, following her bronze medal on a mountain bike Sept. | 1 |
Entertainment part of Paralympic Games closing ceremony canceled The organizing committee for 2004 Athens Paralympic Games has decided to cancel the entertainment part of the closing ceremony due to a car accident which killed atleast seven students early Monday morning. | 1 |
Lions can #39;t play with big boys yet The Lions stepped up to see if they could play with one of the NFC #39;s best teams and they got their ears boxed. The Philadelphia Eagles roared away to a 21-point lead with three touchdowns | 1 |
Jaguars finally get win over Titans, knock out McNair Fred Taylor ran for a 1-yard touchdown with nine seconds left Sunday, and the Jaguars earned their first victory ever in Nashville. | 1 |
AT T Wireless unveils messaging-only handheld The company says the device, dubbed the Ogo, won't be bogged down by features that are "hardly used." | 3 |
Slain Hamas member buried in Syria Thousands of Palestinians, many shouting calls for revenge, today buried a member of the militant group Hamas who was killed in a car bomb assassination in which Israeli security officials acknowledged they had a hand. | 0 |
UN peacekeepers rush to storm-ravaged Gonaives to stop looting UN peacekeepers rushed to this storm-ravaged city Monday to guard against looters stealing food aid while military doctors performed operations on howling patients and hundreds of weary victims, after a miserable night spent out in | 0 |
IBM sheds light on next Notes/Domino IBM/Lotus is stepping up efforts to reassure users that its Notes/Domino collaboration platform isn't on the chopping block and will survive well into the future. | 3 |
PalmSource unveils Cobalt 6.1 OS PalmSource will ratchet up the competition among wireless OS vendors this week by announcing Cobalt 6.1, the latest version of its mobile operating system. The main emphasis of the new PalmSource OS is on wireless connectivity, putting it on a par with Microsofts Windows Mobile and Noki... | 3 |
Oracle brings SMB suite to North America Oracle Corp. is finally bringing to the North American market its Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition, a midmarket-aimed package of pre-installed, preconfigured software from its 11i suite of business applications. | 3 |
Tech companies building bridges with China BEIJING -- John Chambers, the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Cisco Systems Inc., doesn't care when economists think China is going to become the world's largest economy. He's just thinking about what needs to be done for Cisco to tap into that market. | 3 |
Microsoft to charge for Hotmail-Outlook link Microsoft Corp. on Monday will start charging for a Hotmail feature that allows users of the Web-based e-mail service to access their e-mail using the Outlook e-mail client.<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p><p><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.ifw.general/... | 3 |
Microsoft Ready to Remove Media Player Software giant will follow court orders and comply with EU's demands if necessary. | 3 |
Toshiba Readies 60GB Gigabeat Upcoming device will be the first audio player to use Toshiba's 60GB hard drive. | 3 |
Holidays That are Out of This World It used to be that a trip to Africa or Antarctica qualified as an exotic tourist destination. But cash-rich tourists seeking adventure are now rejecting earthly adventures for destinations that are more out of this world. | 3 |
Ricketson needs a downgrade DEVASTATED Sydney Roosters lock Luke Ricketson this morning will meet club officials to formalise a defence against a striking charge which, if unsuccessful, will see him miss Sunday #39;s grand final. | 1 |
Pakistan dealt crushing blow to Al Qaeda Pakistan said that it had dealt Al-Qaeda network a crushing blow after killing senior Al Qaeda operative, Amjad Farooqi, who is accused of hiding the chief plotter of Sept. | 0 |
9/11 fireman tells of plane alert ordeal A NEW York fireman involved in the 9/11 rescue effort today told of his ordeal on board a plane diverted to the UK in a bomb alert. | 0 |
One French was killed by bullets in Jeddah The Saudi authorities said that one French citizen was killed in Jeddah city yesterday at dawn in the second incident of its kind this month suspected to be carried out by members of al Qaida organization. | 0 |
Do Search Engine Spiders Pick Up Urls in a Javascript Menu? Do Search Engine Spiders Pick Up Url's in a Javascript Menu?\\This subject has been discussed before in length, but solutions have remained personal opinion. A thread over at Highrankings addresses some interesting issues regarding whether or not a search engi... | 3 |
Kidd to Make Season Debut Versus Raptors EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ (Sports Network) - New Jersey guard Jason Kidd is expected to make his season debut Monday, when the Nets host the Toronto Raptors at Continental Airlines Arena. | 1 |
Freescale Wins 200 Mln Euro Siemens Supply Deal (Reuters) Reuters - Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has won\a long-term contract worth more than 200 million euros ( #36;246\million) to supply car components to Siemens, the companies\said on Monday. | 3 |
Turner in Deal with Akimbo for Video-On-Demand (Reuters) Reuters - Akimbo, a provider of video on demand\services via the Internet, on Monday said Turner Broadcasting\System Inc. agreed to provide Akimbo subscribers with\programming from networks such as CNN and Cartoon Network. | 3 |
Freescale Wins 200 Mln Euro Siemens Supply Deal FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has won a long-term contract worth more than 200 million euros (\$246 million) to supply car components to Siemens, the companies said on Monday. | 3 |
Move Over Sniffer Dogs, Here Come Africa's Rats (Reuters) Reuters - Tom sits patiently in a cage\while Jerry, tethered by a harness, scuttles around sniffing\and scratching the earth. | 0 |
Tories accuse Labour of dirty tricks in cyberspace (AFP) AFP - The ruling Labour Party was accused of planning dirty tricks by registering three Internet domain names which use the name of the leader of the main opposition Conservatives. | 0 |
Carter Predicts Florida Poll Will Again Be Flawed (Reuters) Reuters - Former President Jimmy Carter, who\has monitored elections throughout the developing world,\predicted on Monday the U.S. presidential vote in Florida would\be as flawed as the 2000 poll there. | 0 |
U.S. Officials Differ on Iraqi Elections (AP) AP - Top U.S. officials differed Friday over key details of planned Iraqi elections in January, including the unresolved issue of whether all Iraqis will be able to vote and who will protect them from their country's worsening violence. | 0 |
Paralympics Scrap Closing Celebrations After Crash ATHENS (Reuters) - The Athens Paralympics canceled celebrations at its closing ceremony after seven schoolchildren traveling to watch the event died in a bus crash on Monday. | 0 |
Kidnapped Iranian Diplomat Released in Iraq - TV TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian diplomat Fereidoun Jahani, kidnapped in Iraq last month, has been released, the Iranian embassy in Baghdad said on Monday, adding he was in good health but tired. | 0 |
India Celebrates 350th Birthday of Taj Mahal AGRA, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of schoolchildren gathered outside India's Taj Mahal on Monday, releasing heart-shaped balloons and setting free white pigeons to mark the 350th birthday of the world's most famous monument to love. | 0 |
Sweden to save 'sinking' town Sweden is to move the northern town of Kiruna to prevent it sinking into a hole left by iron ore mines. | 3 |
War threatens Uganda Aids success HIV/Aids is twice as common in the war-torn north of Uganda as in the rest of the country, an aid agency says. | 0 |
Picture of North Sea fish decline A scientific model of the North Sea's ecosystem suggests the total stock of fish has dropped from 26 million tonnes to 10 million t in just over a century. | 0 |
Multiplex makes Ronin bid official Multiplex Group yesterday officially launched its takeover offer for Ronin Property Group and its bid to become Australias fourth largest property trust listed on the ASX. | 2 |
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