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EMI #39;s upbeat tone lifts shares EMI shares surged 15 per cent yesterday after the record company unveiled weaker interim profits and revenues but gave a robust outlook on the back of impending releases from artists including the Rolling Stones and Coldplay. | 2 |
Cells repair Parkinson's damage Monkey stem cells can repair the brain damage caused by Parkinson's disease, researchers have shown. | 3 |
Martian explorer marks first year Nasa celebrates the first year on Mars of its Spirit rover and says the vehicle can go on working for some time. | 3 |
Huge eagles 'dominated NZ skies' A massive eagle which became extinct five centuries ago was once New Zealand's chief predator, scientists believe. | 3 |
U.S. Drops Effort for Treaty Banning Cloning Faced with polarizing division in the General Assembly, the U.S. abandoned its attempt to obtain a treaty banning all human cloning. | 3 |
Sonics power streak to nine TORONTO - The next phase of winning, after you #39;ve won at home and on the road, after you #39;ve blown out teams, captured nail-biters and overcome large fourth-quarter deficits, is to beat an opponent more than once. | 1 |
Syracuse Pulls Out Victory Over Memphis NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Hakim Warrick scored 25 points and Gerry McNamara added 21, as fifth-ranked Syracuse pulled away late for a 77-62 victory over No. 24 Memphis in the championship game of the Coaches versus Cancer Classic at Madison Square Garden. | 1 |
PeopleSoft Soap Opera Still Alive Merger talks are still alive in the hostile takeover soap opera between Oracle (Quote, Chart) and PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart). Early Saturday morning, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said his quot;best and final all cash | 2 |
Date Set for Auction Of Russian Oil Giant The protracted legal battle over Russian oil giant Yukos appeared to enter its final phase Friday when the government set a date to auction off a majority stake in the company #39;s | 2 |
Now Loading... Firefox Netscape is partially responsible for the beginning of another browser (the programme you log on to the internet with) battlethe fledgling Firefox vs the mighty Microsoft. | 3 |
New portable dual-screen system from Nintendo has plenty of bells <b>...</b> On Sunday, the video-game giant will introduce its latest innovation, the Nintendo DS, or dual screen, which gaming fanatics around the globe have been dying to get their hands on. | 3 |
BT plots comeback BT HAS re-entered the mobile phone market, launching its own branded cellphone service on Vodafone #39;s network as it looks to boost revenues with its fixed-line business in decline. | 3 |
Cal Must Beat Stanford to Win Big Bowl Bid (AP) AP - When safety Ryan Gutierrez first arrived at California, Stanford ruled the Big Game. It wasn't that long ago, but it certainly seems like ancient history now. | 1 |
Pole victory adds to Busch #39;s edge If Kurt Busch wasn #39;t already the man to beat for the Nextel Cup championship, he is now. Anyone expecting Busch or his Roush Racing team to crack under the pressure of the | 1 |
Notebook: Emotions run high in Toronto TORONTO - The trade that might have transformed Toronto and Portland didn #39;t materialize before last night #39;s game, which left the Sonics wondering if they #39;d face a fractured Raptors team or one hardened by adversity. | 1 |
Leiter undecided Although Al Leiter has pledged his allegiance to the Mets on numerous occasions, baseball sources have told the Daily News he is quot;still very much undecided quot; about his future and is not close to signing with the Mets or another team. | 1 |
World ; Bomb Kills Venezuela Prosecutor, Gov #39;t Swipes at US The minister said the attack was aimed at halting prosecutions led by Anderson against several hundred opposition politicians, lawyers and former military officers accused of supporting Chavez #39;s short-lived ouster in the 2002 coup. | 0 |
Insurgents Attack Baghdad Police, National Guard (Reuters) Reuters - Insurgents armed with automatic rifles\and rocket-propelled grenades skirmished with U.S. and Iraqi\forces in Sunni Muslim areas of Baghdad Saturday and at least\three police and seven insurgents were killed. | 0 |
Canon to Start Making Rear Projection TVs in 2005 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese camera and office equipment maker Canon Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=7751.T qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">7751.T</A> said on Tuesday it would start producing rear projection televisions later this year, aiming to secure a chunk of the rapidly growing market for big screen TVs. | 3 |
PeopleSoft shareholders support Oracle takeover Ongoing battle between rival software makers enters new stage. Board has vowed to continue resistance. By Michael Liedtke. SAN FRANCISCO -- More than 60 percent of PeopleSoft Inc. | 2 |
Congress blocks Internet taxation legislation The bill to ban state and federal levies on all types of connections for three years now goes to Bush. By Mary Dalrymple. WASHINGTON -- Congress acted Friday to block state and local governments from taxing | 2 |
ICAHN IN BID TO SWALLOW MYLAN Carl Icahn has launched another of his multibillion-dollar shock-and-awe raids for a company - this time on the nation #39;s biggest generic drug maker, Mylan. | 2 |
Martian explorer marks first year US space agency Nasa celebrates the first year on Mars of its Spirit robot rover vehicle. | 3 |
Microsoft Warns Asian Governments of Linux Suits Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) warned Asian governments on Thursday they could face patent lawsuits for using the Linux operating system instead of its Windows software. | 3 |
Nasa jet smashes world speed record The X-43A aircraft flew at a speed of around Mach 9.6 - nearly ten times the speed of sound - after a booster rocket took it to around 110,000 feet and then separated. | 3 |
No. 5 Syracuse 77, No. 24 Memphis 62 Jim Boeheim rarely leaves the Syracuse area early in the season. This trip to New York was well worth it. The fifth-ranked Orange beat No. | 1 |
Can #39;t pull off double DALLAS -- Jamal Crawford went for the instant replay, but he wasn #39;t able to pull it off. It came down to another shot at the buzzer last night, but he wasn #39;t able to deliver and the Knicks closed out a difficult | 1 |
Crowd rains boos on Raptors Carter Fed-up fans at the Air Canada Centre yesterday treated Vince Carter as if the trade was already a done deal. SUPERSONICS 101 RAPTORS 94. | 1 |
Expos likely to be renamed Nationals The Expos are about to get their new name: the Washington Nationals. A city official and a baseball official, both speaking on condition of anonymity, said Friday that the team will reveal its new name, cap | 1 |
Arafat #39;s medical records handed over The medical records of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat who died of multiple organ failure have been handed over to his widow Suha Arafat, who has got the file from the Percy military hospital in Paris, where her husband died. | 0 |
Greenspan tells G20 US outlook favourable-source The outlook for the US economy in the coming quarters is favourable despite a continued fall in personal savings, US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was quoted as saying on Saturday. | 2 |
Lewis leads Sonics to ninth consecutive win By wire services. Rashard Lewis scored 27 points and Ray Allen had 24 to lead the Sonics to their ninth straight victory, 101-94 over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. | 1 |
No. 3 Georgia Tech 74, Alabama St. 37 Beginning a season of high expectations, No. 3 Georgia Tech clamped down on Alabama State and pulled away in the second half for a 74-37 victory Friday night. | 1 |
AFA-CWA Wins Review of Bankruptcy Judge Decision The federal judge overseeing US Airways #39; bankruptcy petition is reconsidering his decision to allow the airline to cut wages for flight attendants by 21 percent for four months. | 2 |
Slumping Dollar to Dominate G-20 Meeting (AP) AP - European officials are increasingly alarmed by the U.S. dollar's slump against the euro #151; but they aren't likely to get help from the United States or Asian countries at the G-20 meeting of industrial and developing countries that opened Saturday. | 0 |
Iraqis, GIs Share Uneasy Relationship (AP) AP - When a hail of bullets hit the car in which Jinan Adnan and her family were riding, she followed her maternal instincts #151; and paid with her life. | 0 |
UPDATE 1-Kumble rocks SAfrica as Hall reaches 57 not out Leg spinner Anil Kumble struck twice in successive balls to leave South Africa faltering on 154 for four at tea on the opening day of the first test against India on Saturday. | 1 |
Palestinians Will Reveal Cause of Arafat #39;s Death The Palestinian prime minister promised today to make public the cause of Yasser Arafats death as an emissary was sent to Paris to pick up his medical records. | 0 |
Myanmar #39;s military govt frees number two political prisoner: party <b>...</b> YANGON : Myanmar #39;s military government has freed the country #39;s second most prominent political prisoner, student democracy leader Min Ko Naing, an opposition party spokesman told AFP. | 0 |
Resurgent Woods Still Three Clear in Japan MIYAZAKI, Japan (Reuters) - A resurgent Tiger Woods shot a three-under-par 67 to preserve his three-stroke advantage at the halfway point of the Dunlop Phoenix tournament Friday. | 1 |
Banishing bell-ringers takes a toll The jingling bells, smiling face and clanking red kettle have become as much a signature to the approach of Christmas as shopping-mall Santas. | 2 |
RODDICK EXCITED BY HEWITT CONTEST Second-seeded Andy Roddick has predicted a thrilling contest when he takes on Lleyton Hewitt in the semi-final of the Masters Cup in Houston. | 1 |
City finalizes bid for Olympics, but West Side site warrants input New York City and four other contenders for the 2012 Olympics submitted their final bids to the International Olympic Committee this week, moving the winner-take-all scrum into its last phase. | 1 |
Busch wins pole for season-ending race Kurt Busch came to Homestead-Miami Speedway with more in mind than just winning the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship. quot;I was just joking in the prequalifying interview that we needed a pole to get into the Bud | 1 |
Afghan Given Death in Reporters' Murders (AP) AP - An Afghan court sentenced a man to death Saturday for the 2001 killing of three foreign journalists and an Afghan colleague who were pulled from their cars, robbed and shot as they rushed to cover the collapse of the Taliban. | 0 |
Oracle Says 61 Percent of PeopleSoft Stock Tendered (Reuters) Reuters - Oracle Corp. Friday said 61\percent of PeopleSoft Inc. shares were tendered for its\ #36;24-a-share offer, strengthening Oracle's hostile bid position\as it waits to see if PeopleSoft's board will remove the final\barrier to a deal. | 3 |
Mbeki meets I Coast leaders Johannesburg - President Thabo Mbeki will hold separate meetings with Prime Minister Seydou Diarra of the Ivory Coast and the head of the rebel forces in Pretoria on Saturday, a presidential spokesperson said. | 0 |
Dollar, markets dive on Greenspan warning Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan delivered a blunt warning Friday that foreign investors might get sick of subsidizing the nation #39;s widening trade and budget deficits, remarks that caused US financial markets to tremble. | 2 |
Ban OK #39;d on taxes on Net connections Congress acted yesterday to block state and local governments from taxing connections that link consumers to the Internet for the next three years. | 2 |
It #39;s Scrooge-like To Ban Salvation Army Kettle Recently, TV news reported that the Target chain of retail stores has decided to ban the Salvation Army from the annual kettle collection at its stores, beginning this Christmas season. | 2 |
Fossil ape may be father of all apes A 13 million years old ape living in what is now Spain may have been the last common father of all apes, including chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans. | 3 |
Nvidia to create chipset for Intel Intel Corp. has signed a cross-licensing agreement with Nvidia Corp. that would allow the 3-D graphics chipmaker to start selling chipsets for PCs that use Intel #39;s microprocessors, the companies said Friday. | 3 |
London Calling - Apple Stores to Make European Debut Apple is bringing the worlds most exciting retail experience to Europe for the first time, with a brand new store in the heart of one of the worlds most vibrant shopping districts - Londons West End. | 3 |
Legal action possible in elephant fight The struggle over the fate of two aging elephants at the Detroit Zoo might move to a new battleground, the zoo director said Friday. | 3 |
Microsoft targets older people for Web via TV SEATTLE -- For people trying to get their aging parents on the Web so they can read e-mail and get digital photos of the family, Microsoft Corp. | 3 |
DoCoMo Chooses Linux amp; Symbian After some years on the drawing board, Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo has announced its work on a common platform for 3G phones has come to fruition. | 3 |
NBA Officials Halt Pistons-Pacers Game Following Brawl NBA officials stopped a game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons with about 45 seconds left to play late Friday after a brawl broke out between players and fans in Detroit. | 1 |
London bid for quot;best quot; ever Olympics in 2012: World News: London, Nov 20 :London has launched its bid to host the 2012 Olympics with a pledge that it would be quot;the best Games the world has ever seen quot;. | 1 |
#39;Winky #39; again sets sights on Mosley It would be easy to dismiss a fighter known as quot;Winky. quot; It also would be a mistake. The first fighter in 29 years to unify the junior middleweight division, Ronald Lamont Wright is slightly | 1 |
US, Germany Strike Deal on Iraq Debt Write-Off The United States, Germany and other G7 nations agreed on Saturday to write off up to 80 percent of Iraq #39;s \$120 billion foreign debt in a move that could | 0 |
Palestinians ask Israel to withdraw before election Palestinian officials are urging Israel to curb military operations as they begin to register candidates to run in an election to replace Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority president. | 0 |
Summary Box: Venezuela #39;s president vows to track down killers of <b>...</b> THE CRIME: A car bomb killed a prosecutor preparing a case against nearly 400 people who backed a 2002 coup attempt to oust President Hugo Chavez. | 0 |
African leaders sign Great Lakes peace pact African leaders have signed a UN-backed peace framework for the Great Lakes region, but quickly admitted it might be difficult to implement amid ethnic violence, poverty and political mistrust. | 0 |
Deal nears on Iraq debt write-off Some members of the Paris Club of creditor nations agree to forgive 80 of Iraq's debt at the G20 summit in Berlin. | 2 |
U.S., G7 Allies Agree Iraq Debt Relief (Reuters) Reuters - The United States and its G7 allies have\reached agreement on a deal to forgive 80 of Iraq's huge debts\without imposing any conditions, a G7 official said on\Saturday. | 2 |
Oracle: 61 Pct PeopleSoft Stock Tendered SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ORCL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ORCL.O</A> on Friday said 61 percent of PeopleSoft Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PSFT.O</A> shares were tendered for its \$24-a-share offer, strengthening Oracle's hostile bid position as it waits to see if PeopleSoft's board will remove the final barrier to a deal. | 2 |
Some Doubt Stocks' Value as Prices Rise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock prices are near the highest level ever, but instead of triggering giddy euphoria, the rise is inspiring doubt and concern that stock values might be too high. | 2 |
U.S., G7 Allies Agree on Iraq Debt Relief BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States, Germany and other G7 nations agreed on Saturday to write off up to 80 percent of Iraq's \$120 billion foreign debt in a move that could pave the way for a wider international accord, officials said. | 2 |
Peru Arrests Siege Leader, Rebels Hold Out LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peruvian authorities arrested a former army major who led a three-day uprising in a southern Andean town and vowed on Tuesday to storm the police station where his followers remained holed up unless they surrendered soon. | 0 |
U.S., G7 Allies Agree on Iraq Debt Relief (Reuters) Reuters - The United States, Germany and other G7\nations agreed on Saturday to write off up to 80 percent of\Iraq's #36;120 billion foreign debt in a move that could pave the\way for a wider international accord, officials said. | 2 |
Wal-Mart Sees Nov. U.S. Sales Up 2-4 Pct (Reuters) Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the\world's largest retailer, said on Saturday that it still\expects a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in November sales at\its U.S. stores open at least one year. | 2 |
Verizon adds shopping tools to SuperPages.com Verizon SuperPages.com said Friday it has teamed up with eBay and Shopping.com for the rollout of new shopping tools on its online Yellow Pages site. | 2 |
Basketball: Indiana players could face charges after brawl with <b>...</b> DETROIT, Michigan : The Indiana Pacers lost their cool on and off the court and brawled with unruly Detroit fans during a 97-82 victory over the Pistons in a chaotic game that was halted with less than a minute to go. | 1 |
SA 230 for 4 at stumps The South Africans have consolidated in the post-tea session on the first day of the Kanpur Test against India. The Proteas are 230 for four at stumps on Day 1. Andrew Hall, opening the innings for the first | 1 |
US sniffs at Myanmar prisoner release WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (AFP) - The United States on Friday pronounced itself unimpressed by this week #39;s mass release of nearly 4,000 prisoners from jails in military-run Myanmar and demanded immediate freedom for all political detainees, including opposition | 0 |
Polish Woman Held Hostage in Iraq Freed (AP) AP - A Polish woman who was abducted last month from her apartment in Baghdad has been freed, the Polish prime minister said Saturday. | 0 |
Ivory Coast Rebel Chief Brands Gbagbo War Criminal (Reuters) Reuters - Ivory Coast's rebel chief said on\Thursday he wanted President Laurent Gbagbo charged with war\crimes as the West African country's leader called on thousands\of foreigners who fled mob violence to return. | 0 |
Early Elvis tapes go to auction Some of Elvis Presley's earliest recordings - including takes of All Shook Up - go under the hammer on Sunday. | 0 |
Great Lakes leaders pledge peace Presidents of the Great Lakes region in Africa have signed a declaration designed bring peace to the region. | 0 |
MG Rover on brink of China deal MG Rover is about to seal a 1bn agreement to help build 200,000 cars a year in China. | 0 |
Cricket: Hall battles India attack Andrew Hall steers South Africa to 230-4 on day one of the first Test against India. | 0 |
Former Viacom Chief Will Helm Sirius Description: Mel Karmazin is tapped to head Sirius Satellite Radio, not long after the network acquired Howard Stern #39;s show. The former Viacom president helped build Infinity Broadcasting into the country #39;s second largest conventional radio network. | 2 |
G20 opposes quot;abrupt changes quot; in forex, oil; sees slowdown in 2005 The finance chiefs of the Group of 20 countries oppose quot;abrupt changes quot; in foreign exchange rates and in oil prices and see a slight slowdown in economic growth next year, German Finance Minister Hans Eichel said. | 2 |
Science ; Fossil ape may be father of all apes The fossil gives us a missing link, not directly between humans and an apelike ancestor, but between great apes and lesser apes such as gibbons. | 3 |
Is Unix Coughing Up Ground? The operating system that powers the lion #39;s share of servers is losing ground to Windows and Linux. Unix is losing so much ground that IT research firm IDC is predicting Windows will take over as the dominant server operating system by the year 2008. | 3 |
In Texas, a mouse can kill a deer A Texas-based Web site is promising hunters worldwide the chance to shoot deer and antelope with the click of a mouse. At live-shot. | 3 |
McGrath has a ball; notches maiden Test fifty Brisbane: Glenn McGrath was getting ribbed by his Australian team-mates that his number of Test wickets was catching up to his Test runs: so he did something about it, posting his highest Test score. | 1 |
Boxing Preview: Ronald #39;Winky #39; Wright vs. #39;Sugar #39; Shane Mosley for <b>...</b> On Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort amp; Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada Winky Wright defends his WBC and WBA Junior Middleweight titles against former IBF Lightweight, WBC | 1 |
Anti-Bush Protesters Battle Police at Chile Summit Hooded anti-American marchers protesting an Asia-Pacific summit in Chile Friday hurled Molotov cocktails and stones at police who retaliated with water cannons and tear gas. | 0 |
Polish Woman Freed by Iraqi Hostages WARSAW, Poland - A Polish woman who was abducted last month from her apartment in Baghdad has been freed, the Polish prime minister said Saturday. | 0 |
G20 Expresses Concern at Currency Swings Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the world #39;s 20 biggest economies voiced concern on Saturday over sudden currency swings, venturing for the | 2 |
BAR to seek administration in Honda deal. British American Tobacco has indicated that it would seek to put the company which runs the BAR Formula One team into administration if it proves unable to buy the minority shareholding in the operation required to press ahead with its new deal with Honda | 1 |
Hall the hero for South Africa Andrew Hall #39;s unbeaten knock of 78 helped South Africa make a fine start in their two-Test series against India at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on Saturday. | 1 |
Iraqi troops raid key Baghdad mosque Sunni Muslims expressed outrage Saturday over an assault by Iraqi National Guard troops, backed by US soldiers, on their most revered mosque in Baghdad. | 0 |
Creditors to forgive up to 80 per cent of Iraq #39;s debt, German <b>...</b> Germany #39;s finance minister said Saturday that he and his US counterpart have reached an agreement under which Iraq #39;s creditors would write off up to 80 per cent of the country #39;s debt. | 0 |
India #39;s decision on troop reduction cosmetic: Musharraf Islamabad, Nov. 20. (PTI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today dismissed Indian government #39;s decision on the reduction of troops in Jammu and Kashmir as a quot;cosmetic change quot; and not a strategic move that could help solve the Kashmir issue. | 0 |
Red Cross deeply concerned by humanitarian law violations in Iraq The International Red Cross is quot;deeply concerned quot; at the impact of the fighting in Iraq and the apparent failures by all sides to respect humanitarian laws. | 0 |
Wal-Mart Sees Nov. U.S. Sales Up 2-4 Pct CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WMT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">WMT.N</A>, the world's largest retailer, said on Saturday that it still expects a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in November sales at its U.S. stores open at least one year. | 2 |
Nike: Can Perez Fill Knight #39;s Shoes? Phil Knight is finally letting go. He officially announced his resignation as CEO and president of the world #39;s largest sneaker company on Nov. 18. | 2 |
Government Puts Off Internet Taxation The US Senate approved modifications to the Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act Friday, clearing the way for House passage of the bill that would prevent taxing online purchases. | 2 |
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