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Palestinians Head to Paris to Probe Arafat's Death (Reuters) Reuters - Palestinian leaders plan to\send a delegation to Paris to seek details on what caused the\death of President Yasser Arafat last week at a French\hospital, officials said on Wednesday. | 0 |
British soldier wounded in roadside bomb in Iraq (AFP) AFP - British soldiers operating south of Baghdad were targeted in two bomb attacks, including one suicide car bombing and another attack that left one soldier injured. | 0 |
Wal-Mart Still Sees Sales Up 1-3 Pct. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world #39;s largest retailer, on Saturday said it still expects a 1 percent to 3 percent increase in December sales at its US stores open at least a year. | 2 |
Microsoft, Dassault Systemes in Strategic Alliance (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp., the world's largest\software maker, and France's Dassault Systemes have forged a\global, 5-year strategic alliance to deliver Dassault's 3D\software to firms using the Microsoft software platform. | 3 |
Ontario to dedicate #36;12.5 million to water studies and watershed protection (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The effects of urban sprawl and industrial development on Ontario's ecologically sensitive watersheds will be more closely examined under a #36;12.5 million provincial initiative. | 0 |
Ohio Provisional Ballots Seem Legitimate (AP) AP - The vast majority of provisional ballots cast in Ohio were legitimate, say election officials who are poring over thousands of presidential election ballots. | 0 |
Pink Locusts from North Africa Swarm Through Cairo (Reuters) Reuters - Swarms of pink locusts swept through the\Egyptian capital on Wednesday, evoking the biblical description\of the plagues which struck in the time of Moses. | 3 |
Treasuries Prices Rising NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasuries rallied on Wednesday as U.S. retail inflation rose less than many had feared, suggesting the Federal Reserve could stay measured when raising interest rates. | 2 |
Treasuries Prices Rising (Reuters) Reuters - Treasuries rallied on Wednesday as\U.S. retail inflation rose less than many had feared,\suggesting the Federal Reserve could stay measured when raising\interest rates. | 2 |
Kmart swings to profit in 3Q Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. reported a third-quarter profit Wednesday, reversing a year-earlier loss, as asset sales and cost containment helped offset a further decline in sales. | 2 |
Update 1: Snow Says US Dealing With Budget Deficit US Treasury Secretary John Snow reassured critics Wednesday that America is dealing with its huge budget and trade deficits, but discounted any suggestions of official intervention to prop up the ailing US dollar. | 2 |
World Bank predicts growth for countries The world #39;s developing countries this year will turn in the strongest economic growth in three decades and should continue to enjoy solid expansion in 2005 and 2006, the World Bank predicted Tuesday. | 2 |
SBC Tunes in Microsoft #39;s IP TV In its latest move in an ongoing battle with cable companies, SBC Communications today announced a 10-year, \$400 million deal to use Microsoft #39;s (Quote, Chart) IP television platform. | 2 |
Vivendi rings up blistering third-quarter profits PARIS, Nov 17 (AFP) - Media and mobile telephone group Vivendi Universal said on Wednesday that third-quarter profits had risen by nearly six-fold and upgraded its full-year profit outlook owing to a change in tax arrangements. | 2 |
PBHG Funds, Founders Settle Charges (Reuters) Reuters - The founders of the PBHG mutual funds\agreed to pay #36;160 million in restitution and civil fines, and\to accept a lifetime ban from the securities industry to\resolve allegations they facilitated improper trading in the\funds, regulators said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Indian Prime Minister Takes Peace Proposals to Kashmir SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took his proposals for peace to the Kashmiri people on Wednesday, holding out the promise of further troop withdrawals on his first visit to the region. | 0 |
Hollywood Strikes Back: MPAA Lawsuits Filed Today The Motion Picture Association of America has escalated its hunt for Internet movie pirates with the filing of several lawsuits against individuals the MPAA says are distributing pirated movies. | 3 |
Top Researchers Ask Web Users to Join Science Grid IBM and top scientific research organizations are joining forces in a humanitarian effort to tap the unused power of millions of computers and help solve complex social problems. | 3 |
Pulp Fiction Writer Sues Microsoft over Yoga Game According to the lawsuit, screenwriter Roger Avary met with the Microsoft team and pitched them a detailed concept for a video game designed to lead players through yoga poses using Microsoft #39;s Xbox. | 3 |
Sun Releases Solaris 10 for Free November 15, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In an effort to win back some lost market share, Sun Microsystems (sun.com) released Solaris 10, the latest version of the company #39;s Unix-based operating system software, for free on Monday. | 3 |
Creative plans US\$100m advertising campaign for its MP3 players Creative Chairman and CEO Sim Wong Hoo is aiming for a 40 percent share of the global market for MP3 players next year. To achieve its target, the Singapore-based company will | 3 |
Federer, Hewitt ready for US Open rematch in Houston Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Reigning world No. 1 Roger Federer and former top-ranked star Lleyton Hewitt will meet in a blockbuster quot;Red Group quot; round- robin match Wednesday at the ATP #39;s season-ending Tennis Masters Cup. | 1 |
Unlucky Aussies MIDDLESBROUGH goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer will not forget this match at Craven Cottage early this morning. His woeful error cost Australia victory in a 2-2 draw with Norway. | 1 |
Source: Thompson to step down at end of season East Carolina football coach John Thompson will step down at the end of the season, a school source told The Associated Press on Wednesday. | 1 |
Philadelphia 76ers Team Report - November 17 (Sports Network) - The 76ers saw a three-game win streak come to an end on Tuesday night, falling 103-95 to the Seattle SuperSonics at the Wachovia Center. | 1 |
Wrexham Handed Two-Week Stay of Execution Wrexham have been given a stay of execution after the High Court granted the club more time to solve their financial problems. However, the Coca-Cola League Two outfit have been given just two weeks to sort out the crisis or face a winding-up order. | 1 |
Hassan #39;s Family, Officials, Respond To Apparent Killing The husband of Iraqi aid worker Margaret Hassan has asked Islamic militants to return his wife #39;s body to him so that she can, in his words, rest in peace. | 0 |
Bombs hit three Argentine bank branches Bombs have exploded at three banks in the Argentine capital, including two branches of US giant Citibank, killing one security guard and injuring one other person, police say. | 0 |
PBHG Funds, Founders Settle Charges NEW YORK (Reuters) - The founders of the PBHG mutual funds agreed to pay \$160 million in restitution and civil fines, and to accept a lifetime ban from the securities industry to resolve allegations they facilitated improper trading in the funds, regulators said on Wednesday. | 2 |
SBC Gives Microsoft \$400 Mln Internet TV Deal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SBC Communications <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SBC.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">SBC.N</A> will use Microsoft Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MSFT.O</A> technology to launch video services over upgraded high-speed data lines, the companies said Wednesday. | 2 |
USA : Oil price lifts mens apparel prices Wholesale prices for domestically produced mens and boys apparel rose 0.6 percent in October 2004, which economists attributed to higher energy costs rather than real pricing power, the Labor Departments Producer Price Index revealed on Tuesday. | 2 |
Seagate announces 400 GByte harddrive Hitachi #39;s 400 GByte Deskstar got company: Seagate announced it is shipping its Barracuda 7200.8 to retail stores and system builders, also offering up to 400 GByte storage space. | 3 |
Hewlett-Packard strikes Blu note for DVDs PC buyers can look forward to DVDs with up to 10 times the storage they now have when Hewlett-Packard rolls out machines supporting next-generation DVD technology next year. | 3 |
Casey #39;s anti-US comments not that smart, says Verplank Englishman Paul Casey will be in for a hard time on the US Tour next year after his outspoken remarks about American golfers, Scott Verplank warned on Wednesday. | 1 |
Spurs #39; Richards says chances of tumour #39;extremely low #39; Tottenham Hotspur defender Dean Richards says there is an quot;extremely low quot; chance that he has a tumour after a scan had revealed an quot;abnormality on the brain quot;. | 1 |
Young US squad set to face Jamaica Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - With the United States men #39;s national soccer team having already booked a place in the final round of World Cup qualifying, head coach Bruce Arena is likely to put a young squad on the field Wednesday against Jamaica at | 1 |
Wrexham win stay of execution Wrexham have been given just over two weeks to solve their financial problems by the High Court, a day after the club applied to go into administration. | 1 |
Houston Rockets Team Report - November 17 (Sports Network) - The Rockets came up short on Tuesday, falling 88-84 to the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena. Yao Ming made good on 13-of-15 shot attempts in a 27-point, 11-rebound performance for the Rockets, who have lost three of four. | 1 |
Stocks Gain on Retail Merger, HP Earnings NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks jumped on Wednesday on news of a merger between retailers Kmart and Sears, better-than-expected earnings from computer maker Hewlett-Packard and government data showing a moderate rise in a key U.S. inflation measure. | 2 |
Dollar Sinks to All-Time Low Vs Euro NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar plunged to an all-time low against the euro on Wednesday ahead of an upcoming G20 finance ministers' meeting in Berlin, as analysts fretted that officials would do little to stem the greenback's fall. | 2 |
Preview: South Africa Bids to Underline Strength SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) - South Africa will underline their strength in depth if Trevor Immelman and Rory Sabbatini can retain their title at the WGC-World Cup of Golf starting on Thursday at Seville's Real Golf Club. | 1 |
New York Unveils Olympic Bid A massive plan to attract the 2012 Summer Olympics to New York, touting the city's diversity, financial and media power, was unveiled today. | 1 |
U.N. Approves Global Gene-Test Standard (AP) AP - The World Health Organization said Wednesday it approved the first international standard for a human genetic test to help laboratories improve the accuracy and quality of their results. | 3 |
US Pounds Falluja Diehards, Violence in North FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. artillery pummeled Falluja on Wednesday and troops hunted guerrillas still fighting days after Washington said its offensive had destroyed rebel control of the Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad. | 0 |
Enbridge pays US\$613M for Shell natural gas pipelines in Gulf of <b>...</b> CALGARY (CP) - Pipeline operator Enbridge Inc. is going south with a \$613-million-US purchase of Shell #39;s natural gas network in the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana and Mississippi. | 2 |
IBM launches global research grid US IT giant IBM and a number of research organisations have launched the World Community Grid, a global humanitarian effort that applies the unused computing power of individual and business computers to help address the world #39;s most difficult health and | 3 |
Gates: Signs Paris Deal To Bring More Computers To Third World Making the world safe from Linux? Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) Chairman Bill Gates is in Paris this morning, signing an agreement with UNESCO to boost computer literacy in developing countries. | 3 |
Indian soldiers kill militants Indian soldiers killed two militants after a fierce gunbattle in Kashmir #39;s main city last night, as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began a visit to promote peace in the disputed region. | 0 |
Iran #39;s nuclear gamesmanship Having been duped last year by Iran, negotiators for France, Germany and Britain labored mightily over the past months to produce what they hoped would be an airtight agreement that would force Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions. | 0 |
Ivory Coast Rebel Leader Travels to South Africa The leader of the northern rebels in Ivory Coast is traveling to South Africa to meet with President Thabo Mbeki to discuss the peace process in the world #39;s number one cocoa-producing nation. | 0 |
Species disappearing at an alarming rate, report says The world #39;s biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, the recognized global watchdog on endangered species said Wednesday in announcing its annual list of most vulnerable wildlife. | 0 |
Bears Wide Receiver Terrell Arrested LAKE FOREST, Ill. (Sports Network) - Chicago Bears wide receiver David Terrell has been arrested for traffic violations. | 1 |
RIM's BlackBerry Subscribers Top 2 Mln TORONTO (Reuters) - The BlackBerry wireless e-mail device is now being used by a record two million subscribers, less than a year after it topped the one million market, Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=RIM.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">RIM.TO</A> said on Wednesday. | 2 |
U.S. Pounds Falluja Diehards, Violence in North FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. artillery pummelled Falluja on Wednesday and troops hunted guerrillas still fighting days after Washington said its offensive had destroyed rebel control of the Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad. | 0 |
Sears and Kmart to Merge When resurgent discount retailer Kmart (Nasdaq: KMRT) branded a new CEO, it was rumored that chairman Edward Lampert might have designs on merging the company with Sears (NYSE | 2 |
Microsoft Turns On IPTV Microsoft has turned the channel on its slow-moving television software business by winning a key contract for its new Internet-based TV platform from SBC Communications. | 2 |
Historic Hypersonic Flight for NASA #39;Scramjet #39; Made in Tennessee An unmanned NASA jet that set a speed record of almost 7,000 miles per hour was built by a Tennessee company. The 12-foot-long X-43-A supersonic combustion ramjet, or Scramjet, flew on its | 3 |
MPAA Files Movie Piracy Lawsuits Andrew Bridges, an intellectual property lawyer in the San Francisco office of Winston amp; Strawn, said the MPAA could fare better than the recording industry, which has experienced slow progress | 3 |
IPass To Offer Flat-Rate Hotspot Pricing Aggregator says it expects flat-rate pricing to simplify budgeting for enterprises and to increase usage of hotspots. By Mobile Pipeline News. | 3 |
Building up ties between the All Blacks and Welsh All Black assistant Steve Hansen wants to develop a relationship between traditional foes New Zealand and Wales. He has instigated talks about the twinning concept, a year out from plans to have | 1 |
Anti-APEC protesters unite POLICE fought street battles today for a second straight day with university students protesting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Chile and the weekend arrival of US President George W. Bush. | 0 |
Bears Wide Receiver Terrell Arrested (Reuters) Reuters - Chicago Bears wide\receiver David Terrell has been arrested for traffic\violations. | 1 |
Sears and Kmart to Merge After much speculation, two discount giants move to create third-largest retailer. | 2 |
'Monday Night Football' Rankles FCC (AP) AP - The nation's chief media regulator expressed disappointment Wednesday over the steamy locker room opening to ABC's "Monday Night Football" broadcast. | 1 |
Internet auction house eBay launches Philippine operations (AFP) AFP - Online auction site eBay said it has launched its operations in the Philippines. | 3 |
UPDATE 1-Founders of PBHG funds settle market timing case The founders of the PBHG mutual funds agreed to pay \$160 million in restitution and civil fines, and to accept a lifetime ban from the securities industry to resolve allegations they facilitated improper trading in the funds | 2 |
Wake-up call on climate change The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment has released an alarming report on the impacts of climate change across the Arctic. The ACIA is a multiyear evaluation of the impact of climate change and increased ultraviolet radiation across the Arctic region. | 3 |
Microsoft launches Windows-based hosting solution 3.0 US software maker Microsoft has announced the general availability of the Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting version 3.0. | 3 |
Sony Introduces Double-Layer DVD for Macintosh Sony #39;s new double-layer DVD player for the Mac will give Macintosh users access to higher-capacity removable storage. The device, which is available in both internal and external versions, can record up to four hours of video on a single disk. | 3 |
Racism riddles Spanish football The racist abuse suffered by England #39;s Under-21 stars against Spain on Tuesday is a regular part of the Spanish game, says an anti-racism campaign body. | 1 |
Mutu forces Chelsea on to back foot with appeal Disgraced Romanian international striker Adrian Mutu lodged an appeal against his sacking by Premiership leaders Chelsea for taking cocaine. | 1 |
Wrexham Crisis Moves into Extra-Time Wrexham today breathed a huge sigh of relief after being given a stay of execution by the High Court - but the Coca-Cola League Two club have been given just two weeks to sort out the crisis or face a winding-up order. | 1 |
Report Says Dozens Of Iraqi Policemen Abducted A policeman who says he escaped from the ambush said a group of around 20 armed men attacked a hotel occupied by the policemen near the Jordanian border. | 0 |
Analysis: Rice to spearhead realization of Bush #39;s vision for <b>...</b> US President George W. Bush #39;s plan to play midwife to a Palestinian state took another turn Tuesday with his decision to appoint National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice as his new secretary of state. | 0 |
EU urged to #39;get back to work #39; after three-week limbo Incoming European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso on Wednesday urged the EU to quot;get back to work quot;, ahead of a vote expected to end an unprecedented limbo and let him take office three weeks late. | 0 |
EU warns of sanctions on US The European Union threatens to impose sanctions on some US imports unless Washington repeals its anti-dumping law. | 2 |
Computer, TV Merger Begins SBC and Microsoft strike a \$400 million deal to provide internet TV. Also: Gates agrees to computer charity work in developing countries hellip;. Japan gives us surround-sound cell phones hellip;. and more. | 2 |
RIM's BlackBerry Subscribers Top 2 Mln TORONTO (Reuters) - The BlackBerry wireless e-mail device is now being used by a record two million subscribers, less than a year after it topped the one million market, Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=RIM.TO qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">RIM.TO</A> said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Jack in the Box Has 32 Pct Hike in Profit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fast-food chain Jack In The Box Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=JBX.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">JBX.N</A> on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected 32 percent rise in quarterly net profit, helped by sales of new products like sourdough sandwiches and a lower tax rate. | 2 |
Miers Picked As White House Counsel (AP) AP - President Bush has decided to name Harriet Miers, a longtime Texas associate, as White House counsel, a senior administration official said Wednesday. | 0 |
Broncos DT Elliss to Miss Sunday's Game (Reuters) Reuters - Denver Broncos veteran defensive\tackle Luther Elliss is listed as out for Sunday's game at New\Orleans with a calf injury. | 1 |
Trucking Industry Won't Fight Diesel Rules (AP) AP - After years of resistance, the U.S. trucking industry says it will not try to impede or delay a new federal rule aimed at cutting diesel pollution. | 3 |
China Eliminated From World Cup Qualifying (AP) AP - China was eliminated from qualifying for the 2006 World Cup despite a 7-0 victory Wednesday night over visiting Hong Kong, with Kuwait finishing first in the group on the fifth tiebreaker. | 1 |
2 Pilgrim-Baxter Fund Founders to Settle (AP) AP - The two founders of the Pilgrim-Baxter mutual fund family have agreed to pay #36;80 million each to settle regulators' charges of improper trading of their funds to benefit themselves and friends at the expense of longer-term shareholders, the authorities announced Wednesday. | 2 |
Feelin' Blue About Blue Nile Investors didn't appreciate news of their management's plans to sell shares. | 2 |
Enbridge to Buy Shell #39;s Gulf Pipelines for \$613 Mln (Update4) Enbridge Inc., Canada #39;s second- largest pipeline company, agreed to buy Shell Gas Transmission LLC for \$613 million to gain pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico for the first time. | 2 |
US scramjet clocks nearly 10 times speed of sound EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California (AFP) - A US hypersonic experimental scramjet, the X-43A, raced into the record books, flying at a world-record speed nearly 10 times faster than sound, NASA confirmed. | 3 |
MPAA Sues First Movie Swappers Industry group will offer a free program to help users find and eliminate illegal files. The Motion Picture Association of America this week announced that it has begun filing lawsuits against people who use | 3 |
ebay Fun and Holy Toast! The Internet megasite eBay yelled #39;hold the cheese #39; when they found a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that its owner says bears the image of the Virgin Mary being auctioned off on its website. | 3 |
#39;World Community Grid #39; seeks to harness unused computers NOVEMBER 17, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - IBM and officials from some of the world #39;s leading science, education and philanthropic organizations yesterday launched a global grid computing project aimed at harnessing unused global computing power to help solve a | 3 |
Seagate ships 400GB hard disk drive NOVEMBER 17, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Seagate Technology LLC said yesterday that it has started shipping a hard disk drive, targeted at PCs, that offers 400GB of storage space. | 3 |
English FA lodges protest over abuse of black players in Spain LONDON (AFP) - The Football Association has written to UEFA and FIFA to complain about racist abuse suffered by England #39;s black players in an under-21 international against Spain in Madrid on Tuesday night. | 1 |
Denis Doyle/Getty Images 1. ABC and the NFL are still wiping the egg of their face for the racy lead-in to Monday Night Football in which Desperate Housewives co-star Nicollette Sheridan dropped her towel and jumped into the arms of Eagles wideout Terrell Owens. | 1 |
Thousands remember former England captain Emlyn Hughes SHEFFIELD, England - Thousands paid their respects Wednesday at the funeral of Emlyn Hughes, the former England and Liverpool captain who was one of the greatest English soccer players of his generation. | 1 |
WORLD/ASIA vSAMARRA, Iraq, Nov 17 (AFP): Saboteurs attacked a domestic oil pipeline west of the restive Iraqi city of Samarra Wednesday in the latest in a barrage of attacks against Iraq #39;s crucial insustry, police said. | 0 |
Game Review: Classic NES Is Nostalgia Trip (AP) AP - Nintendo has wet my old-school whistle, yet again. I spent a majority of my earlier years plopped in front of the TV screen playing NES games, and blowing into the cartridges to get the games to work (which Nintendo, apparently, does not condone). | 3 |
Mutu forces Chelsea on to back foot with appeal (AFP) AFP - Disgraced Romanian international striker Adrian Mutu lodged an appeal against his sacking by Premiership leaders Chelsea for taking cocaine. | 0 |
Quebec TV producer Guy Cloutier pleads guilty to five sex-related charges (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP) - Guy Cloutier, one of Quebec's best-known TV and music producers, pleaded guilty Wednesday to five charges, including sexual assault, indecent assault and having sex with a female under 14 who was not his wife. | 0 |
Vodafone to hand back \$16b LONDON - Vodafone Group plans to hand 6 billion (\$16 billion) back to shareholders this year after doubling half-year and full-year dividends and boosting a multibillion-pound share buyback programme. | 2 |
Bill Gates to Seal Unesco Partnership Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will sign a co-operation agreement with Unesco today to improve access to computers, the Internet and IT training in developing countries. | 3 |
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