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Mountains of Interest Add to Pain of Credit Cards Credit card companies are changing the terms of their accounts at a historically high rate, costing Americans millions of dollars in fees that they did not expect. | 0 |
Celtic back on top Glasgow, Scotland (Sports Network) - Celtic jumped back to the top of the Scottish Premier League table with a 2-1 win over Hibernian at Celtic Park. | 1 |
Crowd to blame says Carlos CARLOS Queiroz believes that the Spanish crowd #39;s racist chants sparked off the ugly scenes on the field between Spain and England. | 1 |
Cubs re-sign veteran pitcher Rusch The Chicago Cubs on Saturday re-signed veteran pitcher Glendon Rusch to a two-year contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. | 1 |
Chinese set to bale out Britain #39;s ailing MG Rover car maker LONDON (AFP) - Chinese company Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. may be ready to step in to save ailing British car manufacturer MG Rover, a media report said. | 2 |
Microsoft trademark troubles Two small browsers are very definitely chomping at Microsoft #39;s leg, rather than merely nipping at its heels. And now Savvysoft says Microsoft is demanding that it drop the name Excel from its TurboExcel product | 3 |
Clear Pictures of How We Think Functional MRI is helping researchers reveal how the human brain operates and the ways in which it affects emotion and reason. By Rowan Hooper. | 3 |
U.N. Deadlocks on Cloning Ban The United Nations abandons efforts to ban all cloning and opts for a non-binding resolution. It's a blow to President Bush's efforts to push a ban and a victory for embryonic stem cell researchers. By Kristen Philipkoski | 3 |
Internet Porn: Worse than Crack? Researchers tell a Senate hearing that internet porn is more addictive and harmful than street drugs. One calls for government-funded research into the 'erototoxins.' By Ryan Singel. | 3 |
So Far, Recount Shows No Problem Preliminary results of a recount in New Hampshire verify that optical-scan voting machines recorded votes accurately. A Nader spokesman calls on Democrats to do some soul-searching. By Kim Zetter. | 3 |
No Taxation on Net Connections Internet users will not have to pay a tax for their connection service after Congress passes legislation blocking local governments from charging such a levy. | 3 |
Icahn Offers \$5.4 Billion for Mylan, Drug Maker The billionaire financier Carl C. Icahn offered yesterday to buy the generic drug maker Mylan Laboratories for about \$5.4 billion in an effort to force Mylan to drop its proposed acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals. | 2 |
Report Takes Wind Out of Dollar's Sails LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar hovered two cents above recent record lows against the euro on Tuesday after U.S. manufacturing data in the previous session cast doubt on jobs growth and brought about a pause in its new year rebound. | 2 |
NASA launches Swift, to track gamma rays WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (AFP) - NASA launched Saturday its Swift satellite, which will track huge explosions of gamma rays, the US space agency said. | 3 |
Police Join Probe Into Pistons-Pacers Mass Brawl NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police launched an investigation on Saturday into an extraordinary mass brawl involving players and fans at a game between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers. | 1 |
Spurrier Keeps Quiet About S. Carolina Job (AP) AP - Steve Spurrier declined to talk about replacing the retiring Lou Holtz at South Carolina on Saturday, saying only he feels as if he has some coaching left in him and that nothing was official. | 1 |
Musharraf wants India to meet Pak halfway PTI Lahore Nov 20: Visibly unhappy at Indias assertion that it would not accept redrawing of the borders in Jammu and Kashmir, the Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf today accused New Delhi of adopting a patronising attitude, dismissing | 0 |
Oracle finally takes 60 of PeopleSoft shares WASHINGTON, NOV 20 : After a bitter 18-month battle Oracle Corporation has succeeded in taking control of more than 60 of outstanding shares of rival business software group PeopleSoft, but obstacles to the hostile takeover remain. | 2 |
No changes from merger in view yet Two days after a pair of the country #39;s oldest, largest retail companies announced they would join forces, managers at the Bay Area #39;s Sears and Kmart outlets were guarded in their | 2 |
Microsoft gives developers a glimpse of Avalon Although the next version of Windows is still about two years from release, Microsoft on Friday offered developers an early look at the new graphics engine that will accompany it. | 3 |
England 32 - 16 South Africa It is too early to say the wounds have completely healed, but a year on from being on top of the world, followed by a dispiriting tumble, England #39;s rugby machine is starting to go through the gears again. | 1 |
South Africa 230/4, Andrew Hall unbeaten on 78 South Africa finished day 1 of the first test match against India in Kanpur at 230 for the loss of 4 wickets. The proteas were in comfortable position at one stage with the loss of 2 wickets and Jacques Kallis playing alongside Andrew Hall. | 1 |
US, China discuss Taiwan at APEC summit; China pleased with result (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao talked about Taiwan in their face to face meeting Saturday, and Hu said he was pleased with the result. | 0 |
PeopleSoft: Board Rejects Oracle Offer (Reuters) Reuters - Business-software maker\PeopleSoft Inc. on Saturday said its board has again\unanimously rejected Oracle Corp.'s #36;9.2 billion\tender offer, even after 61 percent of PeopleSoft shares had\been tendered to Oracle. | 3 |
Civil war possible after Iraq elections: US' top soldier (AFP) AFP - US army chief General Richard Myers said in an interview that civil war could erupt in Iraq after forthcoming elections. | 0 |
Ohio State Surprises No. 7 Michigan COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sports Network) - Troy Smith threw for 241 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 145 yards and a score to lead the Ohio State Buckeyes to a 37-21 victory over No. 7 Michigan in the final game of the regular season for both teams. | 1 |
NBA Suspends Four Players After Brawl NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Basketball Association suspended four players on Saturday, one day after one of the worst brawls in North American pro sports history. | 1 |
Sports ; Westwood Closes in on First Title of 2004 Australian Stuart Appleby, who was the joint second-round leader, returned a two-over 74 to drop to third at three-under while American Chris DiMarco moved into fourth with a round of 69. | 1 |
Hewitt Beats Roddick to Reach Masters Final HOUSTON (Reuters) - A fired-up Lleyton Hewitt defused hard-hitting Andy Roddick 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday, scurrying into the final of the Masters Cup for the third time in four years. | 1 |
Federer Wins Epic Tie-Break to Reach Masters Final HOUSTON (Reuters) - World number one and defending champion Roger Federer won an epic 20-18 tie-break to seal a 6-3, 7-6 win over Marat Safin on Saturday and place in the Masters Cup final. | 1 |
12th-Ranked Miami Pounds Wake Forest MIAMI (Sports Network) - Brock Berlin completed 13-of-19 passes for a career-high 361 yards along with four touchdowns, while Roscoe Parrish hauled in five passes for 141 yards as 12th-ranked Miami-Florida routed Wake Forest. 52-7, at the Orange Bowl. | 1 |
Oracle a step closer to PeopleSoft Washington, Nov. 20 (AFP): After a bitter 18-month battle, Oracle has succeeded in taking control of more than 60 per cent of outstanding shares of rival business software group PeopleSoft, but obstacles to the hostile takeover remain. | 2 |
Icahn makes offer on Mylan The Pittsburgh-based drug maker Mylan shares shot up 10 percent after Carl Ichan offered \$5.38 billion for the company #39;s shares he doesn #39;t already own. | 2 |
China #39;s SAIC set to control MG Rover venture Chinese carmaker SAIC is set to control a crucial joint venture with MG Rover under terms of a cooperation deal expected to win approval from Beijing early next year, MG Rover says. | 2 |
NASA launches Swift observatory A swirling space observatory has been launched to scan the universe for explosions that some believe are the birth of black holes. | 3 |
House Passes Space Tourism Bill Paying passengers would be able to blast into space aboard privately operated rocket ships under legislation the House passed Saturday. | 3 |
Mac fans go mad as store opens Over a thousand Mac fans have camped overnight outside computer giant Apple #39;s first dedicated store in Europe. They braved the cold to be the first inside the shop in London to try and take advantage of the opening day offers. | 3 |
Microsoft releases Avalon Preview Software Giant Microsoft released a community technology preview of the next generation presentation subsystem of their upcoming operating system Longhorn. | 3 |
Fans as much to blame as players for brawl You heard it on the broadcast over and over again: Wheres the security? Wheres the security?. It was a great question. | 1 |
Scotland: Rangers down rival Celtic Nacho Novo and Dado Psro each scored as Rangers defeated rival Celtic 2-0 in the Scottish premier league Saturday. Novo scored on a 15th-minute penalty and Prso added the second in the 36th | 1 |
US edge second day of UBS Cup A mix-up between Gary Player and Mark McNulty, where they played the wrong ball, allowed the US to edge into a 6-1/2 to 5-1/2 lead over the Rest of the World in the UBS Cup on Saturday. | 1 |
Row over Arafat #39;s medical file Paris - A family tug-of-war over whether to reveal Yasser Arafat #39;s cause of death bubbled over in public on Saturday, with a brother of the late leader insisting the Palestinian people are entitled to know. | 0 |
Plan unveiled to ease Iraq debt Germany has unveiled an international plan to wipe out tens of billions of dollars of Iraqi debt so that the war-torn country can rebuild in earnest. | 0 |
Suspensions Doled Out The NBA indefinitely suspends Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson of Indiana and Ben Wallace of Detroit on Saturday for their roles in a brawl Friday night. | 1 |
Fight Mars Clemson Win Players from both teams brawl late in Clemson's 29-7 victory over South Carolina. Coach Lou Holtz, 67, dives into the pile as peacemaker in his regular-season finale with the Gamecocks. | 1 |
Spy Agency Reform Thrown Into Doubt (Reuters) Reuters - An agreement reached on Saturday by\congressional negotiators on post-Sept. 11 intelligence reforms\was thrown into doubt by resistance by some Republicans in the\House of Representatives. | 0 |
Ukraine's Kuchma Calls for Calm on Eve of Poll KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's outgoing president on Saturday implicitly called on people to vote for his prime minister in a close presidential race and told them to shun any protests urged by the opposition candidate. | 0 |
Bryans keep Team USA in Davis Cup hunt SEVILLE, Spain (AFP) - US tennis twins Bob and Mike Bryan kept alive their country #39;s Davis Cup hopes with a rip-roaring straight sets win over Spanish tandem Juan Carlos Ferrero and Tommy Robredo at Seville #39;s Olympic Stadium. | 1 |
Space tourism legislation makes comeback After weathering the ups and downs of the lame-duck legislative process, legislation that would open the way for suborbital space tourism was cleared by the House and sent on to the Senate for final congressional approval. | 3 |
Hewitt defeats Roddick in Masters Cup semifinals HOUSTON Lleyton Hewitt sent a deflated Andy Roddick home today with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the semifinals of the ATP Masters Cup in Houston. | 1 |
Glorious Garcia inspires charge A BRACE of eagles from an inspired Sergio Garcia lit up the World Cup overnight as home-country favourites Spain overhauled a big England halfway lead in the second session of fourballs. | 1 |
World #39;s oldest man, noted Red Sox fan, dies Fred Hale Sr., documented as the world #39;s oldest man and noted Boston Red Sox fan, has died. He was 113 years old. Hale died in his sleep Friday at The Nottingham in suburban Syracuse, while trying to recover | 1 |
Busch the man to beat for NASCAR title Kurt Busch has been doing everything right in his bid for his first Nextel Cup championship. He now has one big hurdle to clear entering Sunday #39;s Ford 400. | 1 |
AZ Alkmaar keep heat on Dutch leaders PSV Second-placed AZ Alkmaar closed in on Dutch first division leaders PSV Eindhoven after a 3-0 home win over RKC Waalwijk on Saturday. | 1 |
India slip into a deep Hall KANPUR: A masterstroke. Thats what everybody would term the South African think-tanks decision to open the innings with a makeshift opener. | 1 |
Majority of PeopleSoft shareholders accept Oracle bid The tender result is a blow to PeopleSoft, which hoped to see Oracle's 17-month takeover campaign end at midnight last night. Oracle had pledged to withdraw its offer if it did not receive backing from a majority of PeopleSoft's shareholders. | 3 |
In Time of Turmoil, Graham Offers Soothing Words The Rev. Billy Graham spoke at the 92,000-seat Rose Bowl, the beginning of a four-day crusade that organizers say is his 416th worldwide and his next-to-last. | 0 |
No. 2 Oklahoma Blows Out Baylor 35-0 (AP) AP - Adrian Peterson ran for 240 yards, including three second-half touchdowns, and No. 2 Oklahoma got the lopsided win it needed for the BCS standings by beating Baylor 35-0 on Saturday. | 1 |
Paterno Ends 39th Penn St. Season With Win (AP) AP - Joe Paterno ended his 39th season at Penn State as a winner. | 1 |
NBA suspends four players after brawl with Detroit fans (AFP) AFP - The National Basketball Association suspended Indiana's Ron Artest and three others following an ugly skirmish where Pacer players fought with Detroit fans. | 1 |
Buckeyes Dash Wolverines' Outright Title Hopes Quarterback Troy Smith ran for 145 yards as the Buckeyes upset the Wolverines, who might have also lost a return visit to the Rose Bowl. | 1 |
PeopleSoft Board Rejects Oracle Bid (Reuters) Reuters - Business software maker\PeopleSoft Inc. on Saturday said its board again rejected\Oracle Corp.'s #36;9.2 billion tender offer, remaining defiant a\day after most of its shares were tendered to Oracle. | 2 |
G20 countries concerned about exchange rates volatility Some countries attending the two-day meeting of the Group 20 voiced concern on Saturday over abrupt movements in exchange rates, focusing on the sharp fall of the US dollar against euro and Japanese yen. | 2 |
Ohio State Surprises No. 7 Michigan COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sports Network) - Troy Smith threw for 241 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 145 yards and a score to lead the Ohio State Buckeyes to a 37-21 victory over No. | 1 |
Google Founders Plan Sales of Their Shares The two co-founders of Google each plan to sell as many as 7.2 million shares of their stock during the next 18 months, giving them more than \$1 billion apiece at current prices. | 2 |
PeopleSoft Board Rejects Oracle Bid SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. on Saturday said its board again rejected Oracle Corp.'s \$9.2 billion tender offer, remaining defiant a day after most of its shares were tendered to Oracle. | 2 |
G20 Divided Over Dollar Slide, U.S. Mum BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe and Japan voiced strong concern on Saturday over the slumping dollar but the world's 20 biggest economies, nearing the end of a two-day summit, looked divided over what if anything to do about it. | 2 |
APEC Countries to Standardize Trade Pacts SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Pacific Rim nations have agreed to set minimum standards for two-country free trade pacts proliferating across the region, a consolation prize for business leaders pushing for a 21-nation free trade area to rival the European Union. | 2 |
House Backs \$388 Billion Spending Bill WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday easily backed a \$388 billion package financing government programs in this fiscal year from bus stops to foreign aid after days of battling over measures in the bill. | 2 |
Wall Street Bonuses Likely to Rise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's annual bonuses may rise 10 percent to 15 percent this year, half as much as a year ago, as revenue growth falls short of earlier expectations, a leading industry consultant said. | 2 |
Canada's Biotech Sector Ready to Grow Up? TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's biotech sector may finally be on the road to a sustained recovery after a series of short-lived remissions. | 2 |
Ukraine's Kuchma Calls for Calm on Eve of Poll (Reuters) Reuters - Ukraine's outgoing president on Saturday\implicitly called on people to vote for his prime minister in a\close presidential race and told them to shun any protests\urged by the opposition candidate. | 0 |
3-Point Shopping For a Computer (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - The last time I browsed the selection of desktops in a computer store, I came down with a case of instant deja vu. Each time I'd spot a thoughtful feature on one company's PC -- say, both USB and FireWire ports on the front or a full set of memory-card slots -- I would look at the machine to its right or left and spot the exact same item. | 3 |
Fans Start Web Site To #39;Arrest Artest #39; In pubs, over telephone lines and on the Web, basketball fans and non-fans are voicing their opinions on the chaos that broke out at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Friday night. | 1 |
Gameday News amp; Notes: 11/20/04 No. 7 Michigan (9-1) at Ohio State (6-4): 1 pm today. TV: WTAE. ... Ohio State is down, but this is still one of the rivalry games on rivalry weekend and it still has Big Ten implications. | 1 |
Ads aim at getting state #39;s wines in more glasses There #39;s a new campaign in the works to get the word out on Washington wines. The Washington Wine Commission has revamped its logo and adopted a slogan to accentuate the positive: quot;Washington State -- the Perfect Climate for Wine. | 2 |
Our kids deserve better than a Google future <strong>Letter</strong> Can collective database licensing cure this tragedy of the commons? | 3 |
3-Point Shopping For a Computer Buying a computer should be easy -- almost anything sold today should competently handle most home-computing chores. But it's not, since so many companies market essentially the same machine. | 3 |
Oracle Moves One Step Closer in Its Bid to Take Over a Rival Oracle proclaimed a symbolic victory Saturday after 61 percent of PeopleSoft stockholders accepted its \$9.2 billion takeover offer. | 2 |
Salvation Army #39;s Bell Ringing Limited One of the holiday #39;s season most well-known sounds is back, but some stores are limiting where Salvation Army volunteers can ring their bells. | 2 |
Investigation into Pacers-Pistons brawl could take time AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Police have identified most of the people in video footage from last night #39;s brawl between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons at The Palace at Auburn Hills. | 1 |
Johnson #39;s team in familiar position: fighting back HOMESTEAD, Fla. - One might not think a disastrous qualifying effort alone could erase the momentum created by four victories in five weeks. | 1 |
Kasper joins Brenly in booth CHICAGO -- Len Kasper is the new voice of the Chicago Cubs, replacing Chip Caray in the team #39;s all-new TV booth. Kasper leaves the Florida Marlins to become WGN TV #39;s play-by-play announcer for the Cubs, joining | 1 |
Code cruncher transforms Excel Whereas most of todays software tools follow the bigger is better philosophy, Savvysofts (Profile, Products, Articles) TurboExcel proves the adage that great things really do come in small packages. | 3 |
Microsoft puts household entertainment at touch of a mouse Technology is changing daily. It #39;s a wonder we aren #39;t all punch-drunk from the velocity with which new things emerge and not-so-old things become obsolete. | 3 |
Benson and Mets Reach Preliminary Deal (AP) AP - Kris Benson and the New York Mets completed more than three months of negotiations, agreeing Saturday to a #36;22.5 million, three-year contract. | 1 |
Blues, Gunners held Chelsea and Arsenal were both held to draws at home by Bolton and West Brom, while Everton closed the gap with a win over Fulham. A last-gasp equaliser from Radhi Jaidi earned Bolton a point in a 2-2 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. | 1 |
NCAA Game Summary - South Carolina At Clemson Clemson, SC -- Reggie Merriweather rushed for 125 yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries as the Clemson Tigers defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks, 29-7, in a non-conference affair at Clemson Memorial Stadium. | 1 |
Americans take the lead in the UBS Cup Fred Couples and Tom Watson led the comeback, and the American team moved out to a 61/2-51/2 lead over an international team after Saturday #39;s best-ball competition at the \$3 million UBS Cup. | 1 |
Bush, Hu Discuss Chinese Currency Plans (AP) AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao told President Bush that China remains committed to a plan to allow its currency to float freely against the dollar, a senior U.S. administration official said. | 0 |
Kuchma warns over Ukraine chaos Ukraine's outgoing president warns against disorder ahead of a close election to choose his successor. | 0 |
Local shoppers hope for wider selection and better quality Kalamazoo-area Kmart customers say that store #39;s merger with Sears could mean stiff competition for retail powerhouses such as Wal-Mart. | 2 |
SF Hotel Lockout Ends; Workers Back On Job Tuesday SAN FRANCISCO -- Thousands of San Francisco hotel workers embroiled in a labor dispute will return to work Tuesday under an agreement announced Saturday by Mayor Gavin Newsom before a crowd of beaming employees and relieved hotel representatives. | 2 |
Timeline of the Pacers-Pistons brawl Here is a look at the series of events in the brawl Friday night involving the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and fans at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich. | 1 |
Lille fails to take advantage of Lyon draw Paris, France (Sports Network) - Lille had a chance to close in on the Ligue 1 lead on Saturday with a win over Lens. But instead of capitalizing early they had to come from behind to earn a 1-1 draw. | 1 |
France Is Cast as the Villain in Ivory Coast When the chanting mob descended on the strip mall that Jean Bobue Nguessam is paid to guard, he stood his ground, though not out of courage. | 0 |
PeopleSoft Board Rejects Oracle Bid Again SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PSFT.O</A> said on Saturday that its board again rejected Oracle Corp.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ORCL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ORCL.O</A> \$9.2 billion tender offer, remaining defiant a day after most of its shares were tendered to Oracle. | 2 |
Crematory Operator Pleads Guilty To Corpse Abuse, Fraud A former crematory operator in Georgia has pleaded guilty to dumping 334 bodies and giving the families cement dust instead of ashes. | 2 |
San Francisco Hotel Workers to Go Back to Work San Francisco hotel owners and union officials on Saturday announced a 60-day cooling period that will put nearly 4,000 striking hotel workers back on the job for the first time in nearly eight weeks. | 2 |
Novell makes profit in Q4 Novell has reversed its year-ago loss on a five per cent rise in revenue, but it failed to meet some forecasts on the Street. The maker of NetWare - and now a major force in the Linux business - posted net | 2 |
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