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U.S. Stocks, Bonds Rise, Oil, Dollar Fall NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday as a dramatically raised price target for Apple Computer Inc. shares spilled over to other technology stocks, and a rally in crude oil stalled as traders took profits. | 2 |
Attackers strike using Web ads Online intruders hit a server owned by advertising host Falk and use it to distribute a destructive program via banner ads. | 3 |
Patches cause headaches for federal managers Security managers in government agencies are most worried about patches and the poor quality of commercial software, a survey finds. | 3 |
Eye On Stocks For Tuesday, Nov. 23 A General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ) subsidiary announced it would acquire the transportation financing unit of Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ) in a cash deal worth approximately \$4.4 billion. | 2 |
US CREDIT-Toys R Us could supply Christmas cheer Toys R Us #39; (TOY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) earnings report on Monday was nothing special, but some traders think the company #39;s upcoming holiday sale season could be impressive. | 2 |
Liverpool bank on Gerrard to provide winning return THE previous time that Steven Gerrard was in Monaco, it was three years ago as the tyro at the heart of a Liverpool team contesting the European Super Cup final, which would yield his fifth winners medal in a heady six-month period. | 1 |
San Jose State football coach resigns San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - San Jose State head football coach Fitz Hill announced his resignation, effective at season #39;s end. | 1 |
First of Red Sox #39;s title team leaves team The Red Sox lost the first member of their world-championship team Monday when free-agent outfielder Gabe Kapler agreed to a one-year contract with Japan #39;s premier franchise, the Yomiuri Giants. | 1 |
Bills Coach Downplays Rams' Complaints (AP) AP - Mike Mularkey is shrugging off St. Louis coach Mike Martz's accusations that Buffalo players took cheap shots during their win over the Rams. | 1 |
EU agrees to develop battle group crisis teams BRUSSELS European Union nations agreed Monday to create about a dozen elite battle groups to intervene in international crises, in what defense ministers called an important step in extending the bloc #39;s military reach. | 0 |
Texas Quickly Fading From BCS Picture (AP) AP - The Texas Longhorns might want to forget about the Bowl Championship Series. It looks like the BCS has all but forgotten them. | 1 |
Fight Fallout: Clemson Declines Bowl Bid CLEMSON, S.C. (Sports Network) - NBA commissioner David Stern isn't the only one coming down hard on brawling. | 1 |
For Artest, Today's Troubles Took Root Years Ago It often seems as if Ron Artest cannot help being at the center of a storm. | 1 |
Oracle to PeopleSoft: Drop Poison Pill SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp. on Monday again asked PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors to rescind an anti-takeover provision, as the two business software makers prepared to return to court this week to address one of the final barriers to the \$9.2-billion takeover bid. | 2 |
USDA: Mad Cow Test Not Complete WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Final U.S. government tests on an animal suspected of having mad cow disease were not yet complete, the U.S. Agriculture Department said, with no announcement on the results expected on Monday. | 2 |
Apple shares boom on iPod sales Apple Computer shares jumped to fresh four-year highs in the US overnight, as the popularity of its iPod digital music player spurred a Wall Street analyst to nearly double his price target on the stock. | 2 |
Brown Canada workers hit the bricks TORONTO, (Nov. 22, 2004) -- About 3,800 UPS Canada employees, represented by the Canadian Council of Teamsters, have gone on strike. | 2 |
The conspiracy game: JFK #39;s assassination is turned into computer <b>...</b> For years, experts have argued over who killed President John Kennedy and whether it was the work of a lone gunman. Now, after four decades of endless speculation, a | 3 |
We love movies, and only DVDs will do Routemaster buses, red telephone boxes, high street bank branches - are becoming endangered species, nostalgic protests inevitably follow. | 3 |
ICQmail To Launch Premium E-Mail Service Jennifer Wilson, vice president of marketing and data at e-mail performance management firm Return Path, said there is still plenty of interest in new e-mail services. | 3 |
Microsoft #39;s Avalon Will Make Networked Applications Smarter Members of Microsoft #39;s Developer Network got a sneak peek at Microsoft #39;s Avalon windowing elements technology last week. Avalon, which will make the user interface much more than just a | 3 |
Chipmaker Claims 50 Greater Wi-Fi Range Chipmaker Broadcom said Monday that has released new technology that increases the range of 802.11g chipsets by as much as 50 percent. | 3 |
Trapeze Software Eases Services Delivery Trapeze Networks Inc. this week will announce upgrades to its wireless LAN switch software that make it easier to deliver and manage public and private WLAN services over the same infrastructure. | 3 |
LG Electronics supersizes plasma SOUTH KOREA #39;S LG Electronics said it had embarked on production of the world #39;s largest plasma display panel (PDP) flat television screen. | 3 |
Jol unhappy with penalty decision Tottenham coach Martin Jol felt his side were denied a clear-cut penalty as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat away to Aston Villa. quot;I was maybe 80 yards away but to me it looked a definite penalty after the challenge | 1 |
Kapler leaves Red Sox for Yomiuri Giants Boston Red Sox outfielder Gabe Kapler has signed with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan, opting for the chance to play every day over a return to the World Series champions. | 1 |
American Football: Eli #39;s fine start upholds Manning tradition While elder brother Peyton continues his relentless assault on the record books, Eli Manning took his first steps towards a stellar career in the NFL on Sunday, when he made his first start | 1 |
Mularkey shrugs off Martz #39;s complaints of Bills cheap shots Mike Mularkey is shrugging off St. Louis coach Mike Martz #39;s accusations that Buffalo players took cheap shots during their win over the Rams. | 1 |
Mets, Benson make deal official Omar Minaya officially locked up Kris Benson for the next three seasons on Monday, but the Mets general manager couldn #39;t say for certain whether Al Leiter would join him in the rotation in 2005. | 1 |
Prince Charles Tries to Undo Memo's Damage (AP) AP - The tempest over Prince Charles' views on upward mobility was all a misunderstanding, the heir to the throne said Monday, insisting he had not said that people should "know their place" #151; and by implication, trim their ambitions to match their social rank. | 0 |
Uranium enrichment suspended by Iran The suspension fulfills a pledge Iran made earlier this month and came days ahead of a key meeting of the agency #39;s board to judge Tehran #39;s compliance with the agency #39;s investigation into nearly two decades of hidden nuclear activities. | 0 |
I made the right choices for European Commission, says Barroso Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, yesterday backed France #39;s European Commissioner, Jacques Barrot, and said he had no regrets over his handling of a dramatic showdown with MEPs last month. | 0 |
WFP warns of two million displaced in Darfur by December (AFP) AFP - A top UN aid official warned that the number of people chased from their homes in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region would reach two million by next month. | 0 |
Japanese Financial Markets Closed (AP) AP - Japan's financial markets were closed Tuesday for a national holiday. Markets will reopen on Wednesday. | 0 |
Wallace Accepts Penalty Detroit's Ben Wallace will not appeal the six-game suspension the NBA gave him for his involvement in Friday night's brawl with the Pacers. | 1 |
Oracle Gets Nod from PeopleSoft Shareholders With PeopleSoft stocksholders reportedly tendering some 60 percent of the company #39;s shares, Oracle is pressing forward with its proposed hostile takeover. | 2 |
Woods doubles up field to end drought Miyazaki, Japan (Sports Network) - Tiger Woods shot a three-under 67 on Sunday to easily win the Dunlop Phoenix by eight strokes. Woods completed the tournament at 16-under-par 264. | 1 |
Navy went to the EV1.net Houston Bowl last year SAN FRANCISCO -- For only the second time in school history, Navy is going to a bowl in back-to-back seasons. Naval Academy athletic director Chet Gladchuk announced Monday that the team has accepted an invitation | 1 |
Palestinians Believe Arafat Was Poisoned: Poll NABLUS, 22 November 2004 - More than 80 percent of Palestinians believe that veteran leader Yasser Arafat died as a result of poisoning and not from natural causes, a poll published yesterday revealed. | 0 |
Israel charges soldier in 13-year-old #39;s death JERUSALEM - Military prosecutors have issued a five-count indictment against an Israeli officer who comrades say repeatedly shot a 13-year old Palestinian girl to make sure that she was dead, a military spokeswoman said Monday. | 0 |
Bush Praises Colombia's Battle Vs. Drugs (AP) AP - Under a security web of warplanes, battleships and 15,000 troops, President Bush praised Colombia's battle against drugs and Marxist guerrillas Monday and pledged to keep U.S. aid flowing so "this courageous nation can win its war against narcoterrorists." | 0 |
Summary Box: Leaner Budget, Stubborn Debt (AP) AP - SEEING RED: The government deficit is so big that the just-passed #36;388 billion bill financing almost every federal agency in 2005 could be eliminated and there would still be red ink. | 0 |
Americans Still Concerned About Bush Agenda, Poll Shows Americans are optimistic about the next four years, but they have reservations about President Bush's agenda. | 0 |
Iraqis Get Lesson in Bureaucracy The men and women with smiles on their faces and drinks in their hands had come a long way for dinner -- all the way from Iraq, in fact. | 0 |
Oracle shares drop, PeopleSoft #39;s rise ahead of court fight NEW YORK (AFP) - Software giant Oracle Corp. #39;s shares dipped while the stock of its rival, PeopleSoft, rose ahead of a court battle this week over PeopleSoft #39;s resistance to Oracle #39;s 18-month-old takeover bid. | 2 |
Switzerland #39;s Xstrata Makes Hostile Bid for Australia #39;s WMC <b>...</b> Xstrata #39;s \$4.97-a-share cash offer is the same price rejected by WMC #39;s board a few weeks ago when the Swiss company made its initial approaches. | 2 |
Trump casinos in bankruptcy for second time Donald Trump bowed to the inevitable late on Sunday, sending his casino empire into bankruptcy for the second time in its troubled history. | 2 |
Tivo 3Q Loss Widens, Gives Outlook TiVo Inc., a maker of digital recorders for televisions, on Monday posted a wider third-quarter loss on an investment in subscription acquisition activities, but the company performed better than Wall Street expected. | 2 |
Study looks at hardy LI black ducks With its great plains of concrete and endless shopping malls, Long Island would seem an unlikely location for wildlife research. Yet this winter a team of waterfowl biologists will follow | 3 |
Yorke eyes transfer over lack of support #39; Dwight Yorke, the Birmingham City striker at the centre of a police investigation into alleged racism at Blackburn Rovers on Sunday, is upset by the lack of support he | 1 |
US fears for World Cup winner Casey SEVILLE (Spain): A knee-trembling three-foot putt brought the curtain down on Sunday on an extraordinary, topsy-turvy week for England Ryder Cup star Paul Casey. | 1 |
Former Senator glad MLB is back Three former Washington Senators attended Monday #39;s press conference in which city and team officials announced that Washington, DC #39;s new baseball team would be named the Nationals. | 1 |
Pountney holds the fort after divided Saints sack Solomons Northampton, faced with the prospect of ending the first half of the Zurich Premiership programme at the bottom of the table, will trawl the world for a head coach after yesterday #39;s sacking of Alan Solomons. | 1 |
Yankees' Sheffield Faces Shoulder Surgery (AP) AP - Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield will have arthroscopic surgery Tuesday on his left shoulder, which didn't improve after two weeks of rehabilitation. | 1 |
Iran bows to UN threat over nuclear programme IRAN formally suspended its controversial uranium-enrichment programme yesterday, but doubts remain about its true intentions. The United States is convinced that Tehran is engaged in a clandestine nuclear weapons project. | 0 |
Israeli Captain Is Charged in Shooting of Palestinian Girl Military prosecutors charged an army captain today with five separate offenses after accusations by fellow soldiers that he repeatedly shot a 13-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl to make sure she was dead. | 0 |
Navy Accepts Emerald Bowl Bid (AP) AP - Navy accepted an invitation to the Emerald Bowl, putting the Midshipmen in the postseason in consecutive years for just the second time in school history. | 1 |
Mylan Labs Board Rebuffs Icahn Pitch (Reuters) Reuters - Mylan Laboratories Inc.'s board\on Monday rebuffed financier Carl Icahn's bid to buy the\company, and said it remains committed to its #36;3.37 billion\purchase of brand-name drug-maker King Pharmaceuticals Inc.\. | 2 |
Oracle to PeopleSoft: Drop Poison Pill (Reuters) Reuters - Oracle Corp. on Monday again\asked PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors to rescind an\anti-takeover provision, as the two business software makers\prepared to return to court this week to address one of the\final barriers to the #36;9.2-billion takeover bid. | 2 |
McDonald's CEO Steps Down Due to Cancer (Reuters) Reuters - McDonald's Corp. \President and Chief Executive Charlie Bell stepped down\effective immediately to focus on his cancer treatment, the\company said on Monday. | 2 |
Iowa Upends No. 12 Louisville 76-71 (AP) AP - Jeff Horner scored 11 points in a 4 1/2-minute span of the second half, part of a nine-minute stretch when Iowa held No. 12 Louisville without a field goal in the Hawkeyes' 76-71 victory Monday in the opening round of the Maui Invitational. | 1 |
Iran Halts Key Nuclear Work to Avoid Sanctions (Reuters) Reuters - Iran on Monday suspended sensitive\nuclear activities that could be used to make a bomb in a move\likely to thwart U.S. efforts to report the Islamic Republic to\the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. | 0 |
League Slaps Example Ban On Brawling Ball Players NEW YORK - The wrath of David Stern was unleashed, giving Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O #39;Neal a long time - extremely long in Artest #39;s case - to ponder the error of their ways. | 1 |
Villa give Tottenham sixth straight league loss Peru midfielder Nolberto Solano helped Aston Villa to a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur, handing the London club sixth straight league defeat Monday in the PremierLeague. | 1 |
Alex regrets for the misses ALEX FERGUSON believes there is still one gaping omission in his record at Manchester United. As he prepares for his 1,000th game tonight against Lyon in the Champions League he can look back on singles, doubles and trebles. | 1 |
Source says Spurrier headed to South Carolina COLUMBIA, SC A source tells The Associated Press that Steve Spurrier will be hired as Lou Holtz #39;s replacement at South Carolina. | 1 |
Wake Forest leaps to No. 1 for first time in school history McLEAN, Va. (SportsTicker) - Wake Forest took over the top spot in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll but North Carolina and Arizona were the biggest losers. | 1 |
Insurgent was faking death Marines in Fallujah shot and killed an insurgent who opened fire on them while faking dead Sunday, the 1st Marine Division announced Monday. | 0 |
Stockwell Day points to AIDS story to explain Arafat snub (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Stockwell Day is pointing to a published report that includes the suggestion that Yasser Arafat had AIDS in explaining why he didn't send condolences on the death of the PLO leader. | 0 |
Third-Party Candidates Seek Ohio Recount (AP) AP - Two third-party presidential candidates filed a federal lawsuit Monday to force a recount of Ohio ballots, and a spokesman for the state Democratic Party said it intends to join the suit. | 0 |
Dollar dips against euro as G20 offers no reprieve NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 22: The dollar slipped against the euro on Monday in thin trading after a weekend meeting of the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers in Berlin offered no concrete measures to stem the dollar #39;s decline. | 2 |
Pentagon says it will open tanker deal to competition WASHINGTON The Pentagon says it #39;s reopening a controversial deal to supply refueling tankers to the Air Force, dealing a blow to Chicago-based Boeing. | 2 |
Skulls Trojan attacks Symbian mobile phones Users of Nokia #39;s 7610 smart phone and other phones running Symbian #39;s Series 60 software should be aware of a new Trojan program on the Internet. | 3 |
Kazaa offers unlimited free Internet phone calls Wired amp; Wireless continues its reign as the top IT priority among IT managers due to widespread IP telephony deployment and other network infrastructure upgrades. | 3 |
Isle of Wight was home to biggest dinosaur yet Bones from the biggest dinosaur so far reported by scientists in Europe have been discovered in the Isle of Wight. A single neck bone from the 125 million to 130 million-year | 3 |
Prosecutor: Players, Fans To Be Held Accountable For Brawl AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Investigators are mulling whether to file criminal charges in connection with the brawl at Friday #39;s Pacers-Pistons game, and neither player nor fan will be spared if prosecution is warranted, Oakland County #39;s prosecutor said Monday. | 1 |
Kentucky Offensive Coordinator Resigns LEXINGTON, Ky. Nov 22, 2004 - Kentucky offensive coordinator Ron Hudson resigned Monday after directing one of the worst offenses in college football this season. | 1 |
Dorsett watches two players pass him on NFL list Tony Dorsett was impressed with Curtis Martin the first time he saw the running back suit up for the University of Pittsburgh. Not much has changed since. | 1 |
FOOTBALL: NOU BALLS PLEASE HENRIK LARSSON is out for the season because of a shattered left knee but Barcelona #39;s manager Frank Rijkaard, while sympathetic to the Swede #39;s plight, won #39;t lose any sleep ahead of tomorrow night #39;s Champions League match against Celtic. | 1 |
My hope for the Middle East, by Powell Colin Powell, the outgoing American secretary of state, voiced hopes yesterday for a revival in the Middle East peace process following his first meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in more than 18 months. | 0 |
Bahrain renews Iraqi talks offer SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Bahrain last night reiterated His Majesty King Hamad #39;s offer to host an Iraqi political multi-sectarian conference in Manama. | 0 |
McDonald's CEO Steps Down Due to Cancer SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MCD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MCD.N</A> said on Monday President and Chief Executive Charlie Bell had stepped down to focus on his cancer treatment and that Vice Chairman Jim Skinner would replace him. | 2 |
IBM Wins Honeywell Deal, Eyes More NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM has won a long-term contract from Honeywell worth several hundred million dollars, its largest military/aerospace engineering contract since IBM exited the field a decade ago, it said on Monday. | 2 |
Ukraine Liberals Vow New Rallies to Overturn Vote (Reuters) Reuters - Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor\Yushchenko pledged a campaign of mass street protests to\overturn presidential election results he, and Western\countries, say were rigged by a Moscow-backed government. | 0 |
McDonald #39;s CEO Steps Down Due to Cancer McDonald #39;s Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) President and Chief Executive Charlie Bell stepped down effective immediately to focus on his cancer treatment, the company said on Monday. | 2 |
Swainson: IBM Exec Seen As Next Computer Assoc. CEO The wild one. Computer Associates International (nyse: CA - news - people ) has named John Swainson as its new chief executive, reports say. | 2 |
Apple price target boost gives struggling Dow a late fillip US STOCKS rose yesterday as a higher price target for the shares of Apple Computer generated enthusiasm for technology stocks and investors waved off worry about a decline in the dollar. | 2 |
Mozilla backtracks in eBay privacy flap The Mozilla Foundation has updated the German-language version of Firefox in a bid to defuse a growing controversy over the way its search toolbar handles private customer data. | 3 |
Expanding Isotrak becomes blade runner Logistics support firm Isotrak, whose customers include Tesco and Royal Mail, has used blade servers to expand its computing capacity without enlarging its datacentres. | 3 |
Scientists unearth UK #39;s biggest dinosaur BONES from the biggest dinosaur ever discovered in the UK have been excavated by fossil hunters on the Isle of Wight, according to scientists. | 3 |
Pacers officials back banished players Indiana Pacers officials backed their players as the National Basketball Association rang with recriminations in the wake of a violent brawl between Pacers players and fans in Detroit. | 1 |
Federer rolls on in a class of his own While there cannot be the slightest doubt that the decision to stage the end-of-season Masters Cup at a modest outdoor arena in Texas for the past two years was a huge mistake, the incandescent play of Switzerland #39;s Roger Federer has preserved the | 1 |
Ravens might be without Jamal Lewis against Patriots The Baltimore Ravens have become accustomed to overcoming injuries and off-the-field problems this season, so there was no sense of panic upon learning that running back Jamal Lewis could miss this week #39;s game against the New England Patriots. | 1 |
Fatah Party Chooses Abbas As Its Candidate (AP) AP - The ruling Fatah party chose Mahmoud Abbas as its candidate to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority in Jan. 9 elections, a Palestinian official said. Abbas, 69, Arafat's longtime deputy as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, has already been named head of the PLO. | 0 |
Nude Photo Publisher Perfect 10 Sues Google (Reuters) Reuters - A California-based pornographer\said on Monday it has sued Google Inc. , alleging that\its leading Internet search engines are illegally allowing\people to view hijacked versions of its nude photos and to\access its Web site with stolen passwords. | 3 |
BUSH SEEKS FUNDS FOR COLOMBIA US President George W. Bush has vowed to seek more funding for a sweeping plan to battle cocaine production and defeat heavily armed rebels in Colombia. | 0 |
Cell Phone Makers Fast Getting In Tune With Emergence Of Digital Music (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Growing use of digital music players has cell phone makers singing a happy tune. | 3 |
IBM Wins Honeywell Deal, Eyes More (Reuters) Reuters - IBM has won a long-term contract from\Honeywell worth several hundred million dollars, its largest\military/aerospace engineering contract since IBM exited the\field a decade ago, it said on Monday. | 3 |
Strong Earthquake Rattles New Zealand's South Island (Reuters) Reuters - A strong earthquake shook New\Zealand's South Island on Tuesday but there were no reports of\injuries or major damage, officials and witnesses said. | 3 |
Ducks Continue to Thrive in Long Island (AP) AP - Before the shopping malls, before Levittown and Jones Beach, before the traffic jams on the Long Island Expressway, there were the ducks. | 3 |
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