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Trucking Industry Won #39;t Fight Diesel Rules After years of resistance, the US trucking industry says it will not try to impede or delay a new federal rule aimed at cutting diesel pollution. | 3 |
IT Forum 2004: Microsoft rolls out Windows-Based Hosting Microsoft has announced general availability of Windows-Based Hosting Version 3.0, which is a platform for service providers to sell hosted offerings. | 3 |
PARIS HOPE TO LEARN FROM PAST FAILURE Paris launched their candidature file for the 2012 Olympics on Wednesday with bid leaders insisting they have learned their lesson from past failures. | 1 |
Wales dare not speak of All Blacks Wales have not beaten New Zealand for 51 years and in their efforts to end that barren run, they are banning all references to the All Blacks before Saturday #39;s Test at the Millennium Stadium. | 1 |
Hot Stove Truth amp; Rumors: Nov. 17, 2004 Signing shortstop Cristian Guzman and third baseman Vinny Castilla indicate that Washington GM Jim Bowden takes seriously his pledge to aggressively assemble a competitive team. | 1 |
Burris highlights CFL Players of the Week Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Quarterback Henry Burris of the Saskatchewan Roughriders was among the CFL players recognized Wednesday for their outstanding performances in the division finals. | 1 |
Study Looks at Minority Coaching Hires (AP) AP - The low number of minorities coaching college football teams reflects a lack of diversity among college and conference leaders, according to a University of Central Florida study released Wednesday. | 1 |
Sudan conflict under UN spotlight UN Security Council diplomats are in Kenya to push for a Sudan peace deal and progress on Darfur. | 0 |
Yukos faces \$6.2bn tax deadline Russian oil giant Yukos says it is about to miss a deadline on a back tax payment of more than \$6bn due from 2002. | 2 |
Pulp Fiction writer sues Microsoft Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary is suing Microsoft, accusing the software giant of stealing his idea for a virtual yoga studio. | 3 |
Culpepper Leading Pro Bowl Voting (AP) AP - Daunte Culpepper was leading Pro Bowl fan balloting through Wednesday with 325,383 votes. | 1 |
Humans Were Born to Run, Scientists Say (Reuters) Reuters - Humans were born to run and evolved from\ape-like creatures into the way they look today probably\because of the need to cover long distances and compete for\food, scientists said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Ancient Sea Reptiles Gave Birth to Live Young (Reuters) Reuters - Fossils of ancient marine reptiles that\lived 230 million years ago show the prehistoric creatures gave\birth to live young, scientists said on Wednesday. | 3 |
French Harvests Show Hot Spots Over the Centuries (Reuters) Reuters - Grape harvest records have enabled\French scientists to track variations in summer temperatures in\France since the 14th century. | 3 |
ScanSoft Scans for Deals On the surface, speech technologies make a lot of sense. But it may still be too early for them to make it in prime time. | 2 |
US Economy: Consumer Prices, Industrial Production Rise US consumer prices rose in October, spurred by energy and food costs, and industrial production and housing starts surged, suggesting the Federal Reserve may keep raising its benchmark interest rate. | 2 |
Cisco buys IT management start-up IT management is firmly anchored at number six, with outsourcing, cost control, and process improvement the order of the day. Cisco Systems signed an agreement on Wednesday to acquire network management start-up Jahi Networks for \$16 million. | 3 |
FCC boss chides ABC for racy MNF intro WASHINGTON - The nations chief media regulator expressed disappointment Wednesday over the steamy locker room opening to ABCs Monday Night Football broadcast. | 1 |
Talk NASCAR with Mike Massaro Welcome to The Show! On Novemeber 21 in Homestead, Fla, NASCAR will crown a champion when the inaugural Chase for the Nextel Cup concludes. | 1 |
Batting first likely option in Brisbane Winning the toss is probably a quot;bat first quot; proposition in the first cricket test between Australia and New Zealand starting at the #39;Gabba on Thursday. | 1 |
Microsoft, ScanSoft pair up for speech software Text-to-speech technology will be featured in a range of Redmond's server products, beginning with Speech Server 2004. | 3 |
Microsoft invests in interoperability specialist The new recipient of Redmond's bounty, Vintela, sells software that integrates Unix and Linux tools with Windows environments. | 3 |
Bush Turns to Adviser for Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has been a close adviser to President Bush since his days as Texas governor. | 0 |
Staley Questionable, Bettis Probable for Steelers (Reuters) Reuters - Pittsburgh Steelers running\back Duce Staley is listed as questionable for Sunday's game at\Cincinnati with a hamstring injury. | 1 |
New Nuclear Weapon to Surpass Others, Putin Says Reiterating previous statements, though providing no new details, President Vladimir V. Putin said Russia would continue to emphasize its nuclear deterrent. | 0 |
Union prez threatens nationwide strike against 26 airlines Flight attendants union president Patricia Friend has threatened a nationwide strike against 26 airlines if US Airways ditches its union contracts while in bankruptcy. | 2 |
PBHG Funds Founders Barred from Business The founders of PBHG mutual funds agreed to pay \$160 million in restitution and civil fines and to be banned for life from the securities industry to resolve allegations they facilitated improper trading in the funds, regulators said | 2 |
UPDATE 2-ConocoPhillips reaffirms production outlook No. 3 US oil company ConocoPhillips (COP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday forecast higher capital spending in coming years and reaffirmed its production targets, banking on rising output in the Asia-Pacific region. | 2 |
Internal Revenue Service launches website Accra, Nov. 17, GNA - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has improved its services to the nation through the establishment of a customer oriented Internet website to enhance voluntary tax compliance and lower cost of collection. | 2 |
Try scratching this DVD Researchers at electronics giant TDK have developed a tough new coating that promises to make scratched DVDs a thing of the past and that will help usher in an emerging data storage format with 10 times the capacity of the current DVD standard. | 3 |
Windows XP SP2: A bandage, not a panacea NOVEMBER 17, 2004 (INFOWORLD) - SAN FRANCISCO - Unless you #39;ve been living in a cave for the past few months, you already know Microsoft Corp. | 3 |
NTT DoCoMo Launches Wi-Fi 3G Cell Phone Japan #39;s NTT DoCoMo has released a dual-mode phone that works on both 3G FOMA cellular networks and wireless local area networks. | 3 |
Henson out to make NZ statement Wales centre Gavin Henson says he is determined to show-case his talent against New Zealand on Saturday. The 22-year-old was given his Wales debut by current New Zealand coach Graham Henry against Romania in 2001. | 1 |
Tottenham #39;s Richards remains positive Tottenham defender Dean Richards has confirmed that a specialist has told him the chances of him suffering a brain tumour are #39;extremely low #39;. | 1 |
New nukes system for Russia PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin served notice today that Russia intended to remain a major nuclear power by deploying a new weapon in the coming years that other states lack and are unlikely to develop in the near future. | 0 |
Dozens killed in Iraq unrest DOZENS of people, many of them women and children, were killed or wounded in attacks across Iraq overnight amid reports that more than 60 Iraqi policemen have been kidnapped. | 0 |
Buenos Aires banks bombed The explosions on Wednesday occurred near ATM machines in branches belonging to Citibank and Banco Galicia, damaging the building #39;s facades, officials said. | 0 |
APEC leaders to don chamantos CHILE said it will make US President George W. Bush and fellow leaders wear poncho-like quot;chamantos quot; at this weekend #39;s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, answering what is always a burning question. | 0 |
Portuguese PM defends income tax-cutting 2005 draft budget (AFP) AFP - Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes defended his government's budget for 2005 on the eve of its vote in parliament, arguing it will maintain budgetary rigor even as it cuts income taxes and raises pensions and civil servant salaries. | 2 |
Polish rejection may derail EU patent directive The future of the controversial European Union (E.U.) software patent directive was thrown into doubt Wednesday after the Polish government indicated it could no longer support the legislation in its current form. | 3 |
Linux distributors team up to push standardization Four major Linux players are to unite their distributions around a common core based on the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0, in an effort to push Linux standardization to a new level. MandrakeSoft of France, Conectiva of Brazil, TurboLinux of Japan, and Progeny Linux Systems of the U.S. say the venture, called the Linux Core Consortium (LCC), has broad industry support from companies such as Red Hat, Novell, and Hewlett-Packard. | 3 |
SBC switches on Microsoft in major IPTV deal 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.<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p><p><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.ifw.general/solaris;sz=1x1;ord=200301151450?" width="1" height="1" border="0"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;12204780;10550054;n?http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;12165994;10522295;g?http://www.sun.com/solaris10">Solaris 10(TM) OS: Position your business ten moves ahead.</a><br/>Solaris 10 OS has arrived and provides even more\reasons for the world's most demanding businesses\to operate on this, the leading UNIX platform.\Like the fact you can run Linux and Solaris applications\side-by-side and run the same OS on SPARC(R),\AMD Opteron(TM), and Intel processor-based systems.\Discover more reasons and how Solaris 10 OS can move\your business ahead today.</p> | 3 |
AMD-Fujitsu venture plans 'mega' Japanese chip plant Spansion, the joint venture memory-chip maker formed by Advanced Micro Devices and Fujitsu, plans a major expansion of its chip-making capacity in Japan as part of its drive to overtake Intel and Samsung Electronics in the competitive flash memory market. | 3 |
Seagate ships 400GB PC hard disk drive Hard-disk drive maker Seagate Technology has started shipping a drive targeted at personal computers that offers 400GB of storage space, it said Tuesday. | 3 |
McNair Questionable for Game Against Jacksonville NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sports Network) - Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair is questionable for Sunday's home game against Jacksonville with a chest injury. McNair missed the Titans' last two games with a bruised sternum. | 1 |
Staley Questionable, Bettis Probable for Steelers PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - Pittsburgh Steelers running back Duce Staley is listed as questionable for Sunday's game at Cincinnati with a hamstring injury. | 1 |
Five Across introduces server, adds RSS to IM client Five Acrosshas upgraded its workgroup instant messaging client by adding RSS support and developed its first workgroup instant messaging server, the Palo Alto, California company plans to announce Wednesday. | 3 |
Update: Motorola to acquire MeshNetworks Motorola has agreed to buy MeshNetworks, a developer of technology and products for rapidly deployed, self-creating wireless mobile networks. | 3 |
Wall Street Doubts Kmart Strategy Since emerging from bankruptcy in May 2003, the company has undergone a dramatic turnaround, seen an almost eight-fold increase in its stock price and now plans to buy department store operator Sears, Roebuck (S:NYSE - news - research) for about \$11 | 2 |
Flight Attendants #39; Union Threatens Strike NOVEMBER 17, 2004 -- Pittsburgh, Pa. -- The largest union representing flight attendants yesterday threatened strikes against airlines that seek to abrogate contracts through bankruptcy proceedings. | 2 |
Eisner: Lawyer said Ovitz couldn #39;t be fired for cause Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner testified Wednesday that he relied on advice from the company #39;s top lawyer in determining that former Disney President Michael Ovitz couldn #39;t be fired for cause. | 2 |
Computer, TV Merger Begins SBC said it signed a 10-year, \$400 million agreement with Microsoft to provide next-generation television services using Microsoft #39;s TV internet protocol television edition software platform. | 2 |
ConocoPhillips hikes stake in Lukoil to 10 percent MOSCOW ConocoPhillips has upped its stake in the Russian oil giant Lukoil to ten percent. That #39;s according to a Lukoil official. | 2 |
Humans Were Born to Run, Scientists Say Humans were born to run and evolved from ape-like creatures into the way they look today probably because of the need to cover long distances and compete for food, scientists said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Time for Red Sox to say goodbye to Pedro? So Pedro Martinez slipped off to Tampa for a brief, none-too-secret rendezvous with George Steinbrenner. Was this supposed to make Theo Epstein and the Red Sox brass jealous? | 1 |
Big 12 North still a mess OK, maybe one more. quot;How many Big 12 North teams does it take to pull a float in a bowl parade? quot;. Colorado, the team that spent most of the offseason giving the conference a black eye, is 6-4 | 1 |
A look around the Big Ten Can the Bagers bounce back from last week #39;s debacle? Will Noah Herron maintain his momentum against Illinois? Will Minnesota be home for the holidays? | 1 |
India Offers Kashmir Talks, Pulls Troops India #39;s prime minister offered Wednesday to hold unconditional talks on Kashmir quot;with anyone and everyone quot; as his country began withdrawing troops from the divided Himalayan region as a goodwill gesture to rival Pakistan. | 0 |
Fatah movement demands causes of Arafats death The Palestinian Fatah Movement threatened to boycott the upcoming presidential elections unless the cause of Yasser Arafat #39;s is revealed. | 0 |
EBay Outlines Policy on Racist Language (AP) AP - Following complaints, eBay has announced a new policy regarding use of racially offensive terms in its listings. | 3 |
Lewis: Kmart Profit Lets CEO Do #39;More With More #39; Aylwin Lewis is smiling. He #39;s the president and chief executive of Kmart Holding (nasdaq: KMRT - news - people ), which posted its fourth straight quarterly profit on Wednesday. | 2 |
IBM Introduces #39;World Community Grid #39;; Public Invited to Donate <b>...</b> Yesterday, a biotech company in Australia announced they would be sharing their line of embryonic stem cells to an quot;open source quot; research community -- for the good of mankind, at no cost. | 3 |
Haan bows out as China suffer World Cup heartbreak Disconsolate China coach Arie Haan stepped down after his team suffered an embarrassing early exit from World Cup qualifying despite thrashing Hong Kong 7-0. | 1 |
Rapper Snoop Dogg works out with top-ranked Trojans LOS ANGELES -- Rap artist Snoop Dogg donned football gloves and a red University of Southern California sweat suit Tuesday to run through drills with the top-ranked Trojans football team. | 1 |
Lightning Get Rings in Private Ceremony (AP) AP - It should have been an occasion for the Tampa Bay Lightning to bask one more time in the glow of winning the Stanley Cup. | 1 |
Deutsche Telekom sells remaining 7.3 pct stake in SES Global (AFP) AFP - Deutsche Telekom said it had sold its remaining 7.3 percent stake in SES Global, the world's leading satellite operator, for approximately 345 million euros (449.5 million dollars). | 0 |
War on landmines 'shows success' The number of people killed and injured by landmines last year fell, says a report - but there are still thousands of victims. | 0 |
Consumer Prices Surged 0.6 Percent in October Pushed by higher energy prices, US consumer prices rose in October, the Labor Department said today. The seasonally adjusted consumer price index rose 0.6 percent in October, the largest gain since May. | 2 |
Update 1: ConocoPhillips Hikes Stake in Lukoil ConocoPhillips has increased its stake in Lukoil to 10 percent, an official in the Russian company said Wednesday, positioning the US oil giant to claim a seat on the board of the world #39;s No. | 2 |
First step a go in shooting down missiles A team in California led by Boeing Co. successfully completed the first laboratory trial of a system to destroy ballistic missiles just after they are launched. | 3 |
Culpepper Ahead in Pro Bowl Voting NEW YORK, (Sports Network) - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper is ahead of all players in voting for the 2005 Pro Bowl, while Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb is one of three Eagles in the top-10. | 1 |
Jo-Ann Stores Threading Water Sales are flat for the company, but the valuation still appears to be fair. | 2 |
Bombings at Two Buenos Aires Banks Kill 1 (AP) AP - Homemade bombs exploded in two Buenos Aires banks before they opened Wednesday, killing a security guard, police said. | 0 |
Bombs Hit Three Argentine Bank Branches, One Dead <p></p><p> By Mary Milliken</p><p> BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Bombs exploded at threebanks in the Argentine capital on Wednesday, including twobranches of U.S. giant Citibank, killing one security guard andinjuring a bomb squad officer, officials said.</p> | 0 |
Piracy funds terror, <cite>Guardian</cite> lesson tells schools Balanced discussion of copyright issues begins | 3 |
Snow prods Europe on economic growth US Treasury Secretary John W. Snow began a European tour yesterday, aiming to highlight the need for stronger economic growth in Europe as Washington tries to blunt criticism over massive | 2 |
Hollinger sells Jerusalem papers Hollinger International yesterday announced a \$13.2m (7.2m) deal to sell the Jerusalem Post, leaving the one-time media powerhouse and former owner of the Daily Telegraph with just a handful of assets in North America. | 2 |
China Sees Heavy Investment in Argentina in Decade China and Argentina signed accords on Tuesday that could bring nearly \$20 billion in investment from the Asian giant over the next 10 years for the capital-starved Latin American economy. | 2 |
Debt Quality Boosts Credit Agricole in 3Q Lower bad loan provisions helped Credit Agricole SA #39;s third-quarter profit to rise 71 percent, the French bank said Wednesday. | 2 |
Cisco buys IT management start-up Cisco Systems signed an agreement on Wednesday to acquire network management start-up Jahi Networks for \$16 million. Jahi, a San Jose, Calif. | 3 |
Two More IE Holes Surface Security researchers are warning of another pair of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Corp. #39;s Internet Explorer browser affecting users on fully patched Windows XP Service Pack 2 systems. | 3 |
iPass Introduces New Flat-Rate Pricing Plans for US Wi-Fi Hotspot <b>...</b> REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- iPass Inc. today announced new monthly and annual flat-rate subscription plans for use of the Company #39;s US Wi-Fi connectivity. | 3 |
Angels Outfielder Guerrero Claims MVP Award Anaheim Angels outfielder Vladimir Guerrero claimed the American League MVP award on Tuesday, turning what was supposed to be a tight race into a runaway victory. | 1 |
Tiger looking for his first win in Japan Miyazaki - Tiger Woods will be looking for his first win in Japan when he tees off on Thursday in the Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament. | 1 |
Pinball: Argos can score off the field OTTAWA (CP) - The Toronto Argonauts have the green light to score off the field this week. Argos head coach Pinball Clemons was asked during the Grey Cup coaches #39; news conference Wednesday if he would allow | 1 |
Buenos Aires banks bombed Banks in Buenos Aires were today hit in series of explosions that left a security guard dead. Two branches of Citibank and a Banco Galicia branch in the Argentinian capital were targeted in the attacks. | 0 |
UN envoy discusses Fallujah fighting with Iraqi president 17 November 2004 - The top United Nations envoy for Iraq today discussed the situation in Fallujah with Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar, focusing on humanitarian conditions in the town and the impact of the hostilities on the civilian population | 0 |
Iraqi Man's Slaying Dominates Arab Media (AP) AP - The chilling video of a U.S. Marine shooting and killing a wounded and apparently unarmed man in Iraq dominated the Arab world's media Wednesday, overshadowing the slaying of a British aid worker who had been kidnapped by Iraqi insurgents. | 0 |
Evolution made humans marathon runners We are born to run. According to new research, our bodies are highly evolved for running long distances, an ability that allowed our ancestors to conquer the African savannahs. | 3 |
ABC Says Sorry Over #39;Monday Night Football #39; Intro Youd think that the people tuning in to watch the Eagles face the Cowboys on Monday night wouldn #39;t have a problem seeing a naked woman on TV. | 1 |
Pacific Rim Nations Meet on Trade, Security (AP) AP - Top ministers from 21 Pacific Rim nations convened high-level talks on free trade and global security Wednesday, while police battled university students protesting the summit and a weekend visit by President Bush. | 0 |
Next-gen Net addresses move ahead Nokia yesterday demonstrated streaming video over mobile phones using IPv6, the slow-building successor to today's Internet addressing system. Broadband Blog | 3 |
Group aims to smooth kinks out of Linux Four Linux companies start a global effort to homogenize one version of the open-source operating system. | 3 |
FX Platform FXall Launches Money Market Service LONDON (Reuters) - Multi-bank currency trading platform FXall has launched a money markets service, the company said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Putin Says Russia Working on New Nuclear Systems MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is working on new nuclear missile systems that other powers do not have in order to protect itself against future security threats, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. | 0 |
A Price As Good As Gold Kist The chicken company, formerly a cooperative, is now making money as a for-profit corporation. | 2 |
No Jamboree for Gymboree The company's latest earnings met analysts' estimates but uncertainty still lingers. | 2 |
Zale Keeps Its Luster The company turned in a wider Q1 loss but is still on track for a profitable year. | 2 |
Economy Expands Despite Rising Oil Prices Rising energy costs drove up US consumer prices a larger-than-expected 0.6 percent in October, while industrial output and housing starts rebounded strongly from the prior month. | 2 |
Pilgrim Baxter Founders Agree to \$160 Million Settlement The honor of paying the stiffest penalty in the long-running mutual fund trading scandal goes to former investment advisers Harold Baxter and Gary Pilgrim. | 2 |
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