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Tokyo Stocks Seen Steady After Gains TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese stocks are expected to move little on Wednesday following lackluster trading in the United States and as investors take a breather after the Tokyo market's recent gains. | 1 |
Prudential to Raise 1 Billion Pounds in Share Sale (Update5) Prudential Plc, Britain #39;s No. 2 insurer, plans to raise 1 billion pounds (\$1.8 billion) by selling new stock to help fund a UK expansion and comply with European rules on capital reserves. | 1 |
Sydney protesters get free travel Sydney commuters get a day's free travel after an unprecedented protest against the city's rail network. | 1 |
Zambian leader sacks his deputy Zambia's Vice-President Never Mumba is sacked for making accusations about DR Congo. | 1 |
Kite Maintains One-Stroke Lead at Schwab (AP) AP - While Tom Kite did more with less raw talent than just about anybody during his PGA Tour days, Morris Hatalsky acknowledges he probably could have done more with his natural gifts. | 1 |
UN remembers Iraq staff, a year after bombing GENEVA: Tears flowed as the United Nations marked the first anniversary yesterday of the bombing that shattered its Baghdad headquarters. | 1 |
Eskimos Seek to Recast Global Warming as a Rights Issue Experts say the move could lead to suits against the U.S. or private companies. | 1 |
Hamm keeps gold More than two months after he won it in Athens, Olympic gymnastics champion Paul Hamm will get to keep his all-around gold medal. | 1 |
Pats' Branch to Miss Sixth Straight Game (AP) AP - New England Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch will miss his sixth straight game because of a knee injury. | 1 |
Cash from the past? Many of them have been extraordinarily patient; some died waiting. A few are relative newcomers sensing an opportunity. | 1 |
Bruins learn how to grind, thanks to their Cable guy On days like yesterday, gloomy, gray late afternoons by the lake, UCLA used to come out and play the part of the powder-blue preppies from Westwood. | 1 |
Exit Blog, Enter Legg A high-profile departure and a higher-profile purchase mean nothing ever gets boring at Google. | 1 |
Shares Dip Amid Economic, Security Fears LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell and government bonds rose on Monday following an attack on a U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia and as Friday's weak U.S. jobs data continued to chip away at economic confidence. | 1 |
Nintendo, Sony start pre-holiday push TOKYO - Nintendo Co. Ltd. struck the first blow in what is set to be an all-out war with Sony Corp. for the lucrative handheld game console market, aggressively pricing its new dual-screen model at \$149. | 1 |
Microsoft Entering the Anti-Spyware Market Microsoft Entering the Anti-Spyware Market\\Microsoft decided to enter the Anti-Virus market sometime back when they bought Romanian antivirus firm GeCad in 2003. And they have been testing the application privately since sometime. No details are out on when and how they will release it. And now, they are contemplating entering ... | 1 |
Sun, Kodak settle patent dispute Sun Microsystems Inc. said it agreed to pay \$92 million to Eastman Kodak Co. to settle a patent-infringement lawsuit over Sun #39;s Java programming language. | 1 |
Why some see a hero in simple sandwich It #39;s an unlikely marriage of the sacred and the profane: a decade-old grilled cheese sandwich bearing the purported image of the Virgin Mary, sold to a gambling house that wants to tour the petrified snack around the country for charity. | 1 |
Functional Fashion at Airport Checkpoints In this era of tightened airport security, retailers are offering new products -- such as bras and shoes -- designed to get passengers through the checkpoints without the indignity of a pat-down. | 1 |
Expense Issue Draws Mixed Views From Companies The debate over whether companies should treat stock options as an expense draws mixed reactions from Washington area businesses, some of which have a lot to lose if the accounting rule changes. | 1 |
Militants bomb Kashmir mourners, killing one (Reuters) Reuters - Militants bombed mourners arriving at a Kashmir graveyard on Sunday for the funeral of a murdered opposition party leader, killing one and wounding six, police and witnesses said. | 1 |
Bennett Kings Picks Aussie Assistant When Bennett King takes up the post as West Indies head coach in mid-November, he will have a familiar face as his full-time assistant: Australian academy senior coach David Moore. | 1 |
Brown-Forman Earnings Jump 67 Percent Brown-Forman Corp. (BFb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , which sells products ranging from Jack Daniels whiskey to Lenox china, on Thursday posted a better-than-expected 67 percent jump | 1 |
Red Sox, Yankees duel with free agents again The way the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have sprung to life at baseball #39;s winter meetings, you #39;d swear they were again in a two-team contest. | 1 |
Tech gadget awards offer CES 2005 sneak peek NEW YORK - Sonos Inc.'s long-delayed digital music system, a device that combines video gaming controls with a workout machine, and the latest version of iRobot Corp.'s Roomba vacuuming disc are among the "Innovations Awards" winners that will be in the spotlight this January at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). | 1 |
Nicaragua, Taiwan open trade talks (AFP) AFP - Nicaragua and Taiwan opened talks aimed at drafting a free-trade deal by the end of 2005, officials said. | 1 |
Worlds in Collision Rocky planets are born from dust. As dust bunnies congregate, they form larger rocky objects called planetesimals. These giant rocks collide as they circle their star, eventually growing into large terrestrial planets like the Earth, Mars and Venus. | 1 |
Q A: Artemis CEO on aligning IT projects, business goals Artemis International Solutions has developed software that supports IT portfolio management, project management, activity-based costing and balanced scorecard activities. | 1 |
Newmont to Sue Police Over Detentions Laksamana.Net - Gold mining firm Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR) is planning to sue the National Police for detaining five of its executives on pollution allegations, claiming the detentions are unlawful. | 1 |
Wizards, United Prepare for Showdown (AP) AP - The Kansas City Wizards and D.C. United plan to play the same scrappy style in the MLS championship game that they used to get that far. | 1 |
Three Palestinians die in Gaza Strip Palestinian sources reported early Saturday that a civilian died of wounds he sustained earlier when Israeli forces raided Khan Younis city a week ago. | 1 |
Der Spiegel Family Sees a Threat in Growing Corporate Control The sons of the founder of Der Spiegel are opposing minority owner Gruner Jahr, saying that it threatens the venerable magazines editorial independence. | 1 |
Sipphone sues Vonage and Fry #39;s over new hardware You might know him best as the founder of MP3.com or the guy behind Lindows (or Linspire or whatever they #39;re calling it now), but Michael Robertson has another company up his sleeve called SIPphone. | 1 |
Banknorth sought other deals Banknorth Group Inc. solicited bids from several other large banks before deciding that a Canadian bank could acquire a majority stake in the company, chief | 1 |
Kurt Busch Takes Nextel Cup Title Crew members of Kurt Busch work on the car during a pit stop during the NASCAR Ford 400 at the Homestead Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. | 1 |
Giants Face Quarterback Who Broke Their Hearts Part of the reason anybody believes in quarterback Jeff Garcia's ability to revive the Cleveland Browns stems from a game 21 long months ago. | 1 |
Chance seen to pursue peace He stood only 5 feet 2 inches but Yasser Arafat cast a long shadow on the world stage, and many leaders, diplomats, and analysts saw in his passing | 1 |
India pile on runs Gautam Gambhir #39;s maiden Test century and a typical Rahul Dravid ton helped India defy a three-prong Bangladesh attack on the opening day of the second and the final Test here on Friday. | 1 |
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Prequel What happened before CJ arrived in Los Santos? Check these screens, details, and exclusive movie to find out. November 19, 2004 - Did you ever wonder what was happening in Los Santos prior to the events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? | 1 |
The deafening sound of the seas The crescendo of noise in the oceans is interfering with marine mammal communication, campaigners say. | 1 |
Software exports from India's technology hub soar 34 percent (AFP) AFP - Software exports from India's technology hub of Bangalore shot up 34 percent in the first five months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period the previous year, an official said. | 1 |
Iraq Chaos Raises Last-Minute Issues (AP) AP - An "October surprise" is part of the political folklore of presidential campaigns, and just eight days before the election, the unexpected is indeed happening. | 1 |
Microscopic Diamond Found in Montana (AP) AP - The bright green rocks jutting through the prairie soil were hard to miss, but Tom Charlton still couldn't believe his eyes. | 1 |
Beirut Protests Over U.S. Plan to Freeze Assets BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon protested to the United States on Saturday over a proposal to freeze the assets of senior officials to put pressure on Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon and crack down on terrorism. | 1 |
Back Tax Bill Against Yukos Is Increased The revised bill raises by \$700 million the Russian government's previous \$3.4 billion estimate of back taxes for 2001. | 1 |
Pitcher Leiter Headed Back to South Florida MIAMI (Sports Network) - The Florida Marlins have signed pitcher Al Leiter to a one-year contract, one day after the New York Mets decided not to offer the lefthander arbitration. | 1 |
Canada reverses its flu vaccine policy ID Biomedical of Vancouver, Canada #39;s main supplier of flu vaccines, said Tuesday it will not sell 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine to the United States. | 1 |
Adobe Posts Sharp Rise in Profit Adobe Systems Inc. on Monday reported a sharp rise in quarterly profit, driven by robust demand for its Photoshop and document-sharing software. | 1 |
Schwab says he #39;ll stay on as CEO to get firm back on track NEW YORK Charles Schwab says he is willing to stay on as CEO of the firm that bears his name as long as it takes to get the brokerage back on track. | 1 |
Road-Weary Cardinal Drops Decision To Michigan State, 78-53 Paul Davis scored 20 points and keyed a first-half surge to lead No. 20 Michigan State to a 78-53 win over Stanford on Saturday. Michigan State (5-2) took control with an | 1 |
Bomb Blasts in Baghdad Kill at Least 35, Wound 120 Insurgents detonated three car bombs near a US military convoy in southern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 35 people and wounding around 120, many of them children, officials and doctors said. | 1 |
The super rich vs the wretched FOR many people, more so those who believe that unfettered-capitalism is the way forward for the world, the latest listing of billionaires (millionaires excluded, and we speak here in US dollars | 1 |
Karzai ahead in Afghan election #39;For the national interest and so the country does not go into crisis, we will respect the result of the election. But we also want the fraud to be made clear. | 1 |
Iraqi militants take child hostage A seven-year-old Lebanese boy has been kidnapped on his way home from school in Iraq by militants demanding a \$US150,000 (\$A203,693) ransom for his release, Lebanese officials said today. | 1 |
Caldwell Confident Despite Injury Woes Gary Caldwell insists he is confident Scotland can overcome their injury problems to secure the right results against Norway and Moldova. | 1 |
Champions Trophy win may herald new era for WI: Lara London, Sept. 26 (PTI): West Indies captain Brian Lara, kept his emotions in check in an overwhelming moment at the Oval here but hoped the title triumph in the ICC Champions Trophy would herald another great | 1 |
Mutilated Woman Corpse Found in Fallujah, May be Briton, Pole The mutilated body of a woman of about sixty years, amputated of arms and legs and with the sliced throat, has been discovered this morning in a street of the south of Faluya by the Marines, according to a statement by AFP photographer. | 1 |
Ballmer: Microsoft Courting Linux Users, Longhorn Worth Wait Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has made courting Linux users and those considering the open-source option a top priority and said the sheer volume of innovation that Longhorn development efforts | 1 |
Pfizer to Fund Study of Celebrex as Heart Aid -WSJ Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. will announce plans for a large-scale clinical trial of the ability of blockbuster drug Celebrex to prevent heart attacks and strokes in patients with | 1 |
Retailers Seek To Block US Curbs on Chinese Textiles The New York-based Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel argued the government #39;s Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements accepted petitions by textile makers based on arbitrary factors. | 1 |
Hamm bounces back after fall to talke gymnastic gold A fall on his vault landing sent Hamm stumbling into the judges #39; table and all the way down to 12th place in the all-around gymnastics final. | 1 |
Midwest business activity grows Business activity in the US Midwest expanded in September at a faster rate than expected, with employment growing in step with a jump in new orders, a report showed Thursday. | 1 |
Carl Lewis Says Olympic Sprints Weren #39;t Dimmed By Drug Scandals Carl Lewis, who won the Olympic 100 meters in 1988 after Ben Johnson was thrown out for using steroids, said Justin Gatlin and Yuliya Nesterenko #39;s sprint victories weren #39;t dimmed by doping scandals that dwindled the fields. | 1 |
Study: CDs Still Overshadow Digital-Music Downloads The CD will remain the dominant format for music distribution in Europe at least until the end of the decade, according to a new study. | 1 |
Dillon: Cash and carry setup working well FOXBOROUGH -- There were just under 9 1/2 minutes to go in the third quarter yesterday when Patriots running back Corey Dillon broke free and ambled toward the end zone with San Francisco defenders Dwaine Carpenter and Ronnie Heard grabbing and clawing and pulling at his jersey. They finally hauled Dillon down at the 14-yard line, but not before he ... | 1 |
Survey: U.S. to Rein in Holiday Spending (Reuters) Reuters - Most Americans are planning to curb\their holiday spending this year, making it a challenging\shopping season for U.S. retailers, according to a holiday\buying survey by The NPD Group. | 1 |
Intelsat buy-out to be reviewed The proposed \$5bn buy-out of Intelsat will be renegotiated after one of its satellites malfunctioned causing disruption to the services of Playboy, the spacecraft #39;s anchor tenant. | 1 |
A da Vinci Project Update for Canadian Town Canadian rocketeers hoping to launch a privately built spacecraft from the small Saskatchewan town of Kindersley met with community officials Thursday, updating residents on the missions progress and reaffirming their intent to fly. | 1 |
Fresh Philippine Flooding Kills at Least 26 GAPAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 26 people in the northern Philippines, disaster officials said Tuesday, a week after storms left about 160 dead or missing. | 1 |
Tokyo Stock Index Ends Lower, Dollar Down (AP) AP - Tokyo's main stock index ended lower Friday amid profit-taking of technology issues and concerns about soaring oil prices. The U.S. dollar was down against the Japanese yen. | 1 |
Edwards Accuses Bush of Failed Leadership (AP) AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards said Monday the Bush administration's military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan have alienated allies and increased the threat from terrorism instead of reducing it. | 1 |
Haas Holds Halfway Lead at Tour Championship, Woods Lurks ATLANTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Veteran Jay Haas edged closer to his first PGA Tour win for more than 10 years on Friday with a four-under-par 66 for the halfway lead at the Tour Championship. | 1 |
France, UN launch evacuations from Ivory Coast ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast The UN says it #39;s starting to evacuate its staff from the west African nation of Ivory Coast, following four days of chaotic violence there. | 1 |
The great blue vs. red state debate <strong>Letters</strong> Caution: rude words enclosed | 1 |
Water for Tiger, cash on Shaq We read where Tiger Woods not only hasn #39;t broken up with Swedish bombshell Elin Nordegren but that he is ready to marry her any day now in Barbados. | 1 |
Ten Are Killed in Crash of Nascar Team Plane A plane owned by the Nascar race team Hendrick Motorsports crashed Sunday en route to the Subway 500 Nextel Cup race, killing all 10 on board. | 1 |
Opec mulls \$28-30 price band: Qatar KUWAIT CITY - Opec is considering raising its price band to between 28 and 30 dollars a barrel, Qatar #39;s Energy Minister said in comments published yesterday, ahead of a crucial meeting of the group. | 1 |
Iran Says It Has Missile with 1,250-Mile Range TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran can launch a missile as far as 2,000 km (1,250 miles), a senior official was quoted as saying Tuesday, substantially increasing the announced range of the Islamic state's military capabilities. | 1 |
HP, Sun to resell new high-end Hitachi array Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc. both plan to announce Wednesday that they will resell a high-end disk array being introduced by Hitachi Data Systems Corp. | 1 |
Ex-Shell chief Watts demands public tribunal to clear his name The former chairman of Shell, Sir Philip Watts, is to take the main City regulator, the Financial Services Authority, to a public tribunal to try to clear his name over the oil giant #39;s reserves scandal. | 1 |
Stock Futures Rise After GDP Data NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures rose on Tuesday, pointing to a flat market open, after preliminary third-quarter gross domestic product data showed higher-than-expected growth. | 1 |
Apple ships security patch for iChat Apple Computer last week released a security patch for its Mac OS X iChat instant messaging client, which contains a flaw that hackers could use to takeover a person #39;s computer. | 1 |
Burma #39;s Military Leaders Tell ASEAN Leaders They Will Move Toward <b>...</b> Thailand #39;s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says Burma #39;s government intends to carry out democratic reforms, despite a leadership shakeup that strengthened the power of hard-line generals. | 1 |
Dollar Up Vs. Most Except Yen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rose against almost every one of its main counterparts except the yen on Friday, as technically focused investors shifted positions and considered the implications of spiking oil prices. | 1 |
Percival to Sign With the Tigers The free-agent closer Troy Percival and the Detroit Tigers agreed Wednesday to a two-year, \$12 million contract. | 1 |
Intel Cancels Plan to Enter Digital TV Chip Market (Reuters) Reuters - Intel Corp. on Thursday\said it has scrapped plans to enter the digital television chip\business, marking a retreat from a major component of its\consumer electronics initiative. | 1 |
UN Council Approves 5,900 More Troops for Congo UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Friday to send another 5,900 peacekeepers to the Congo, less than half of what U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan had requested. | 1 |
Solaris 10 to launch November 15 The suspense is finally over. On November 15, Sun Microsystems will finally launch its much-anticipated Solaris 10 Unix operating system for UltraSparc, Sparc64, and x86 platforms. | 1 |
No escape from #39;Curse of the Bambino #39; To Understand the tortured relationship between the great city of Boston and the equally great city of New York - in life as well as in baseball - look no further than Game | 1 |
Protesters Attack French in Ivory Coast Rebel Town ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at French gendarmes in a rebel-held Ivory Coast town on Saturday, demanding the former colonial power intervene after government planes bombed rebel positions. | 1 |
Oracle Rubs PeopleSoft #39;s Face in Tendered Shares Oracle Corp. sent yet another letter to PeopleSoft Inc. #39;s board of directors on Monday morning, pointing out that a majority of PeopleSoft #39;s owners are prepared to sell at \$24 per share and requesting once | 1 |
Stem cell freebie A MELBOURNE biotech company will release an embryonic stem cell line free to researchers worldwide quot;for the good of mankind quot;. | 1 |
The Unraveling of a Terror Case Spun From Thinnest Threads The wreckage of a Detroit case about a "sleeper operational combat cell" reveals that it was built on evidence that has since been undermined. | 1 |
Target Stores Ban Holiday Bell Ringers SEATTLE - A major department store chain is telling the Salvation Army to take its bell ringers someplace else. Target Stores is taking the extreme action claiming the bell ringing gives the Salvation Army an unfair advantage. | 1 |
China Builds Trade Ties With South America BUENOS AIRES -- Chinese President Hu Jintao ended a two-day visit to Argentina with the prize he had sought -- the coveted status of quot;market economy quot; -- and pledges of investment and trade, in a regional tour that highlights China #39;s new outward-looking | 1 |
From Troops, a Few Votes for a Quick Way Home U.S. soldiers in Iraq are largely supportive of President Bush, but they also expressed widespread pessimism about the war. | 1 |
Briefly: HP partners with 3G gear maker roundup Plus: AMD starts shipping 90-nanometer chips...ABC.com to air on Real's SuperPass...Lenovo revenue grows, but problems persist. | 1 |
Arsenal breaks from the crowd Plenty of goals came courtesy of new summer signings in the Premiership Saturday but, despite an air of fresh promise abounding, there was still a familiar feel to proceedings. | 1 |
Syria accuses Israel of bomb attack on Hamas official By Inigo Gilmore in Herzliya and Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor. Syria accused Israel last night of planting a bomb in Damascus in an attempt to kill a member of the Hamas militant group. | 1 |
Profit growth fuels change WOOLWORTHS Ltd chief executive Mr Roger Corbett yesterday signalled a shift in the supermarket battlefront away from petrol discounting as the retail group tipped 10-15 per cent profit growth in 2004-2005. | 1 |
AT amp; Wireless unveils messaging-only handheld AT amp;T Wireless on Monday seemed to be trying to turn back the clock on cell phone design trends when it introduced the Ogo, a messaging-only handheld. | 1 |
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