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Smolinski helps US get in win column A couple of players who weren #39;t able to crack the US lineup when the World Cup began earlier this week helped propel the Americans to victory in a game they had no choice but to win. | 1 |
Loss Behind Them, Eagles Dominate Again (AP) AP - Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens went back to describing touchdown patterns instead of explaining sideline confrontations. | 1 |
Rangers slip up in Holland Rangers fall to second in Uefa Cup group F after losing 1-0 away to Dutch side AZ Alkmaar. The home side looked impressive as their slick passing opened up the Rangers defence early on allowing Danny Landzaat to fire home past Stefan Klos. | 1 |
Cisco to Open Tokyo Research Center Internet networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. on Thursday said it plans to open a research and development center in Tokyo in February. | 3 |
Minaya's First Move With the Mets Is to Clean House Omar Minaya, the Mets' new general manager, fired or reassigned every coach on Wednesday except for Rick Peterson, the club's highly touted pitching coach. | 1 |
Iraqis Probe Reports of Al-Douri's Arrest BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi authorities struggled on Monday to clear up confusion over whether the most wanted member of Saddam Hussein's ousted dictatorship had been nabbed in a shootout north of Baghdad. Also Monday, a massive car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Fallujah killi... | 0 |
Google offers book search service Google is launching a new service to make books and other printed materials searchable online, the Internet search engine company said Wednesday. | 3 |
Bobcats activate two from injured list Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - The Charlotte Bobcats Monday activated guard Keith Bogans and forward/center Jamal Sampson from the injured list. | 1 |
EU, Turkey Agree Terms of Entry Talks - EU Official BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders and Turkey agreed on Friday the terms on which Ankara will start membership talks with the bloc next October, an EU government official said. | 0 |
Oil Prices Fall Despite OPEC Output Cut Oil prices fell to four-month lows on Friday even though the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries moved to curb production above its official 27 million barrel-per-day output ceiling. | 2 |
Infineon Execs Plead Guilty in DRAM Price-Fixing, Face Jail Time Four executives at Infineon Technologies AG and its US subsidiary, Infineon Technologies North America Corp., are to plead guilty to participating in an international conspiracy to fix prices in the DRAM market, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said | 3 |
FTSE bounces as BHP buoys miners The FTSE 100 index has reclaimed some of its recent losses, led higher by BHP Billiton and Allied Domecq after upbeat news from both. | 2 |
School siege death toll climbs to 350 VLADIKAVKAZ - The death toll from Russia #39;s school hostage crisis climbed to at least 350 yesterday as grieving relatives prepared to bury the first victims while others sifted through overwhelmed morgues for their lost loved ones. | 0 |
US forces target seven Iraqi mosques Iraqi soldiers and US troops Tuesday targeted seven mosques in Ramadi in a bid to roust insurgents and their weaponry, CNN reported. | 0 |
Iran Seeks to Loosen Some Restrictions Tehran is now demanding the right to run some key equipment for research purposes, European and Iranian officials said. | 0 |
U.S. Treasury Debt Prices Slip CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped on Friday after a key consumer sentiment report was not as weak as some dealers had suspected, triggering some profit-taking after Thursday's brisk rally. | 2 |
Greg sails into last eight Greg Rusedski brushed aside American Matias Boeker in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Millennium International tournament in Florida. | 1 |
Regulators to Widen Mutual Fund Probe (Reuters) Reuters - Misconduct in the U.S. mutual fund\industry is not limited to fund share trading; it's not even\limited to funds, say market regulators. | 2 |
Young Haas has been able to answer call NORTON -- They traded phone calls, father and son, but never made connections Saturday night. Jay Haas, calling from Pebble Beach, Calif., ended up leaving a voice mail message, and Bill Haas still had his father's wisdom playing in his head when he approached the first tee yeste... | 1 |
Birding Column: Backyard Bathing Beauties Birder Mathew Tekulsky describes the bathing habits of birds, explaining the dependence of birds on water. | 3 |
American Airlines Defers Aircraft Delivery American Airlines reported Monday that it will defer the delivery of 54 aircraft in order to postpone capital spending and allow the airline more flexibility in its restructuring. | 2 |
With anti-terror pledge Indonesian challenger set to win presidential election (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A former general who has pledged to get tough on terrorism and fix the economy was headed for a landslide win over incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia's landmark ... | 0 |
U.S. Faces Growing Feral Cat Problem Millions of feral cats #151;domestic animals that have become wild #151;are said to be running free throughout the U.S., threatening birds and public health. | 3 |
ING Names Business Units in Trade Woes ING Groep NV has disclosed new details of trading improprieties in its mutual funds and variable-insurance products, but research firm Morningstar Inc. | 2 |
NYSAC chairman: #39;It #39;s time the bleeding stopped #39; Even though he was dominated by Larry Donald on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield said he planned to keep boxing. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Singh turns up heat on joint leaders Lehman, Baird World number one and defending champion Vijay Singh was stalking joint leaders Tom Lehman and Briny Baird after the third round of the \$4. | 1 |
Oil Slides Another Dollar to 11-Week Low LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices tumbled to an 11-week low below \$45 a barrel on Thursday, deepening a dramatic slide after an increase in U.S. heating oil stocks eased worries of a winter supply squeeze. | 2 |
Atlas Copco to Sell Electric Tool Business STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Swedish engineering company Atlas Copco Group is selling its electric tool business which includes Milwaukee Electric Tool in the United States to Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries Co. | 2 |
Bobble by Mohr costs Giants game SAN FRANCISCO - Dustan Mohr of the San Francisco Giants sat in front of his locker with his head buried in his hands. Even in a new ballpark, right field in San Francisco remains treacherous territory. | 1 |
The Collapse of Kobe Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers' star guard, got everything he wanted. Isn't that what everyone said last summer? | 1 |
Microsoft, Intel Plan Joint Campaign for Media Center Under the advertising slogan quot;Digital Joy, quot; Microsoft and Intel plan a national television advertising campaign in the US, with plans to take the campaign to other countries next year. | 3 |
Thatcher back in court today to challenge subpoena Mark Thatcher, the British businessman, is back in the Cape High Court today to challenge a subpoena demanding answers about his alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea. | 0 |
Recording Industry Files 750 More File-Sharing Lawsuits The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has revived its long-running crackdown on file-swapping through legal action, suing 750 alleged filing copyright infrigement suits again | 3 |
Injured Carter Leads Jets to Victory Quincy Carter left with a head injury after the third play of the game, but returned to deliver the knockout blow, a 69-yard touchdown pass to Santana Moss. | 1 |
Cassini has another successful Titan flyby The Cassini spacecraft completed a successful rendezvous with Saturn #39;s moon Titan today. This was the last pass before the European Space Agency #39;s Huygens probe is sprung loose from Cassini on Christmas Eve. | 3 |
IBM strikes out at Intel with new Opteron box IDF Fall #39;04 With the Intel Developer Forum rolling along in full force, IBM made the obvious decision to announce its next-generation server based on AMD #39;s Opteron processor. | 3 |
NetApp eases storage provisioning pain Network Appliance Inc. has unveiled the next version of its operating system, DataOntap 7G, which includes two significant new features that improve provisioning and capacity utilization within its filers. | 3 |
Qwest to Pay \$250 Million in Fraud Probe Qwest agreed Thursday to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission over charges that the company fraudulently booked \$3.8 billion in revenue over nearly three years. | 3 |
Conoco Wins \$2 Bln Russian LUKOIL Stake MOSCOW (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips said on Wednesday it was seeking 20 percent of Russia's LUKOIL in a far-reaching alliance that opens the way for the oil majors to tap vast reserves in northern Russia and Iraq. | 2 |
Marsh McLennan CEO May Be Ousted - WSJ NEW YORK (Reuters) - The outside directors of Marsh McLennan <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MMC.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MMC.N</A> have talked to New York's attorney general about having its chief executive step aside... | 2 |
Dynogen enters drug licensing deal Dynogen Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Waltham said it licensed a late-stage drug candidate from Mitsubishi Pharma Corp. Terms weren't disclosed. The compound, pumosetrag, is thought to be helpful to patients suffering from a variety of gastrointestinal conditions, such as irritable bowel sy... | 2 |
Twin Car Bombs Explode in Baghdad, Killing at Least 10 A car bomb exploded near an entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone, killing at least 10 people and wounding 76. Less than an hour later, a second car bomb blew up near the Baghdad Hotel. | 0 |
Pulitzer Hired Banker to Explore Sale PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Newspaper publisher Pulitzer Inc. confirmed on Sunday it hired a financial adviser to help it explore strategic options, including a possible sale of the company. | 2 |
Raiders Kicker Gets Contract Extension (AP) AP - Sebastian Janikowski finalized a #36;10.5 million, five-year contract extension with the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday that makes him the highest paid placekicker in the NFL. | 1 |
Arafat not comatose but still in intensive care, spokesman says A senior aide to Yasser Arafat said early Sunday the ailing Palestinian leader was not comatose but still in intensive care, adding to the confusion about his fragile health. | 0 |
Space station crew prepares for return home ARKALYK, Kazakhstan A US-Russian space crew is preparing to leave the International Space Station and return to Earth, ending a six-month mission. | 3 |
Sins of Commissions State insurance commissioners and the Securities and Exchange Commission joined an ever-widening probe of the insurance industry. Much of the focus remains on Marsh amp; McLennan , the world #39;s largest insurance | 2 |
Appeals court rules against Lexmark in cartridge case NEW YORK - A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck a blow against Lexmark International Inc.'s attempt to protect its share of the lucrative market for refill printer cartridges. | 3 |
For O.D.B., Fun Was Too Much or Not at All For hip-hop stars, there is nothing glamorous about being out of control. The late rapper burned hot in a world where stars are supposed to stay cool. | 0 |
Oracle readies integration splash (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Oracle at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco the week of Dec. 5 plans to unveil Oracle Integration, a product that combines the company #8217;s application server with several other technologies for integration and enablement of SOAs (service-orien... | 3 |
American Express 3rd-Quarter Net Rises 14 on Travel (Update3) American Express Co., the fourth- largest US credit-card issuer, said quarterly profit climbed 14 percent to a record as customers spent more on travel and carried larger loan balances. | 2 |
Chemists could predict volcanos moves WASHINGTON - Monitoring the gases emitted by lava from Mount St. Helens might provide clues to future eruptions, a British volcano expert says. | 3 |
Iraq #39;s Allawi Hopes to Avoid Falluja Assault-Aide Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi hopes to avoid a US-led military offensive against the rebel-held city of Falluja but cannot wait much longer, his spokesman said on Sunday. | 0 |
Johnson bound for Yankees: report CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Arizona Diamondbacks, who made a big splash before and during baseball #39;s winter meetings, soon could be facing life without the Big Unit. | 1 |
Bush voted "Movie Villain of the Year" (Reuters) Reuters - President George W. Bush may see himself as defender of democracy and compassionate\conservatism but film fans have voted him "Movie Villain of the Year". | 0 |
Phelps won #39;t top Spitz, but he is putting on the hits ATHENS, Greece If Mark Spitz had never lived, Michael Phelps would have done well to create him as a fictional character. | 1 |
HDS unveils TagmaStore array SEPTEMBER 08, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - NEW YORK -- Hitachi Data Systems Inc. yesterday announced the general availability of a new high-end storage sub-system that it said is unprecedented in its ability to | 3 |
Iran Plans to Launch Satellite by May 2005 (Reuters) Reuters - Iran said Thursday it would launch its\first satellite into space by May 2005, state television\reported. | 3 |
Oil Up a Dollar as Ivan Threatens NEW YORK (Reuters) - World oil prices shot higher on Monday as companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico braced for output disruptions from powerful Hurricane Ivan. | 2 |
HP hands Itanium to Intel HP has ended its development of the Itanium chip and handed the work back to Intel. The chip giant has taken over HP #39;s 300-strong Itanium development team, based in Colorado, in a move that brings to an end | 3 |
National Foods 2nd-Half Net Rises 12 on Milk Sales (Update2) National Foods Ltd. increased second- half profit by 12 percent as Australia #39;s biggest fresh milk supplier expanded its range of gourmet foods and sold more Pura Classic and other flavored milk drinks in convenience stores. | 2 |
Chinese computer science major sentenced for Internet porn (AFP) AFP - A Chinese university student in eastern Zhejiang province was sentenced to a year in jail for selling pornography on the Internet. | 3 |
Emphasis on turnover margin pays off big for teams such as USC USC is the country #39;s top-ranked team, in no small part due to its fetish for the football. It #39;s apparent in everything from T-shirts the program special ordered for players -- which read quot;It #39;s All About the | 1 |
China Detains Eight Priests and a Living Buddha -Groups BEIJING (Reuters) - China has detained eight Roman Catholic priests in a crackdown on those loyal to the Pope and arrested a "Living Buddha" for arousing superstition at the re-opening of a temple, U.S. groups said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Marvel Battles Role Players Marvel says the massively multiplayer City of Heroes lets players create characters that resemble its own, so the company is suing. That's not sitting well with free-speech advocates. By Daniel Terdiman. | 3 |
Prabhakaran threatens war if peace talks don #39;t start: World News: Colombo, Nov 27 : Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran Saturday threatened to resume his armed campaign if Sri Lanka did not quickly begin talks on his proposal for an administrative set-up in Tamil areas, which many fear will only | 0 |
Schottenheimer fumes over perceived cheap shot The San Diego Chargers coach went off during his weekly news conference when he was asked what he thought about nose tackle Jamal Williams punching Jacksonville center Brad Meester at the end of a play in the second quarter of the Chargers #39; 34-21 win on | 1 |
U.S. Stocks Near Flat After Nokia Boost (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. stocks were little changed on\Thursday after cell phone maker Nokia Corp. raised its\earnings forecast and weekly jobless claims fell more than Wall\Street's forecast. | 3 |
Govt tackles Left parties, hikes FDI cap in aviation to 49 New Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on Wednesday hiked foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the civil aviation sector from 40 to 49 per cent but barred foreign airlines from holding stakes. | 2 |
BellSouth Closes Sale of Some Assets (AP) AP - BellSouth Corp. said Thursday it has completed the sale of some if its Latin American assets and will use the proceeds to help pay for Cingular Wireless LLC's #36;41 billion purchase of AT amp;T Wireless Services Inc. | 3 |
Ivory Coast overturns candidacy rule Lawmakers approved amending Ivory Coast #39;s constitution Friday to widen the pool of potential presidential candidates, implementing a crucial reform from a French | 0 |
Sprint #39;s 3Q Loss Widens on Charge Sprint Corp. on Tuesday said its third-quarter loss widened because of a previously disclosed asset impairment, but the company reported growth in wireless services and said it benefited from cash contributions from local and long distance services. | 2 |
New Process Could Help Make Hydrogen Fuel Affordable In what could be a step toward an affordable source of clean energy, Australian scientists have announced a breakthrough in using sunlight to create hydrogen from water. | 3 |
Minister says three British soldiers killed in Iraq LONDON - Three British soldiers in the Black Watch regiment, the forces moved closer to the Iraqi capital to back up American troops, have been killed in an attack, the government said Thursday. | 0 |
Summit on eco-friendly buildings A city which has embraced the concept of eco-friendly housing hosts the International Earthship Conference. | 3 |
Telefnica rejects bid for maker of Big Brother TELEFNICA, the Spanish telecoms group, is understood to have rejected a bid of at least 2 billion (1.4 billion) for its Endemol television production company, which is behind Big Brother. | 2 |
Eritrean Deportees Surrender After Hijacking, Diverting Plane To <b>...</b> A group of Eritreans being deported from Libya hijacked their aircraft and diverted it to Sudan earlier Friday, before surrendering to authorities. | 0 |
British Military Begins Deployment North Toward Baghdad Basra, Iraq -- The British military says its troops have begun heading north to Baghdad from their base in southern Iraq. Large flatbed trucks can be seen carrying armored British vehicles up a road through Iraq #39;s southern desert. | 0 |
Wal-Mart Tries to Shine Its Image by Supporting Public Broadcasting Wal-Mart, stung by criticism of its business tactics, is working to improve its image by supporting public broadcasting. | 2 |
ConocoPhillips hikes stake in Lukoil to 10 percent MOSCOW ConocoPhillips has upped its stake in the Russian oil giant Lukoil to ten percent. That #39;s according to a Lukoil official. | 2 |
Liu Xiang makes history The 21-year-old Chinese claimed the gold medal of the showcase men #39;s 110m hurdles before a capacity crowd of 70,000 at the Olympic Stadium in the 28th Olympic Games here on Friday. | 1 |
UTStarCom to put cell networks on IP Network infrastructure maker UTStarCom Inc. says it has figured out a way to keep local cell phone calls local -- even over enterprise LANs. | 3 |
FDA approves Raynham firm #39;s artificial disc Patients with degenerative disc disease in their spines may have an alternative to getting their vertebrae fused, which alleviates pain but limits motion. | 2 |
Air and Space museum expands offerings once again CHANTILLY, Virginia - Yesterday, the Smithsonian took the wraps off a new hangar where visitors can get close to a space shuttle. The space shuttle Enterprise is now on exhibit, the museum #39;s second-largest artifact after the Concorde. | 3 |
Euro probe comes in 4th in moon race Nearly 40 years after US and Soviet space probes orbited the moon, the European Space Agency has put its own satellite into lunar orbit. | 3 |
Report says Virtually All Big Companies Will Outsource Security By <b>...</b> A Yankee Group report suggests that the need to stay ahead of hackers will drive a move to outsource security to managed service providers. | 3 |
-Posted by dan.farber 5:25 am (PDT) At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco yesterday, Intel President Paul Otellini provided further details of the chip giants plans to bring multicore processors to servers and desktop PCs, starting with a dual-core server chip in the second half | 3 |
Double-team changes game for insurers Charley, Frances and the specter of Ivan wreak havoc on industry assumptions. One, sure, but two? Three? By JEFF HARRINGTON, Times Staff Writer. | 2 |
Insurgents Kill 20 Iraqis as Violence Surges for Third Day Armed insurgents opened fire on a bus full of civilians and drove a car bomb into a national guard checkpoint in northern Iraq this morning, killing 20 Iraqis in the latest | 0 |
Indians Promote Right-Hander Kyle Denney (AP) AP - The Cleveland Indians called up right-hander Kyle Denney to start Tuesday night against Detroit. | 1 |
Non-Chase drivers show they #39;re here for the party They threw a surprise party for Joe Nemechek in Dover a few weeks ago. There were balloons and cake with strawberry custard filling and soldiers at the back | 1 |
America's Largest Private Companies (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Editors: Shlomo Reifman and Samantha N. Wong\Researchers: Joshua Brandt, Fei Mei Chan, \Andrew T. Gillies, Soo Jeong, Edward Knudsen, \Artie Kwok, John Ray and Jody Yen\Programmer: Carl Subick | 2 |
Many hurdles ahead for Bonds to pass Aaron Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants are apparently talking contract. Apparently this new contract will guarantee Bonds status as the uber Giant and one of baseballs top wage earners through the 2006 season. | 1 |
Darfur peace push in new UN text A draft resolution calling for a speedy end to talks on resolving the crisis in Sudan #39;s Darfur region is being examined by UN Security Council members. | 0 |
Brazilian ace dies Brazilian defender Serginho today died in hospital after collapsing during a match between his team Sao Caetano and Sao Paulo. Serginho fell to the ground in the 60th minute with the ball at the other end of the pitch. | 1 |
Fannie Mae to Keep More Cash on Hand WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Embattled mortgage finance company Fannie Mae <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FNM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">FNM.N</A> agreed to keep billions of dollars more cash on hand while it corrects accounting pr... | 2 |
Barclays looks to buy Absa stake UK lender Barclays is in talks with South Africa #39;s Absa about buying a majority stake in the bank. The move would quot;immediately quot; boost earnings and profit, and quot;enhance the bank #39;s existing successful African operations quot;, Barclays said. | 2 |
Powell leaving, Mideast struggle staying Rabat, Morocco -- Colin Powell ended what may be his last overseas trip as US secretary of state here Saturday, struggling with the same issues that consumed so much of his four years in office -- the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace and reform in | 0 |
Liberty Media reports robust 3Q sales and profit growth NEW YORK, November 9 (newratings.com) - Liberty Media Corporation (LB3A.ETR) has reported an eight-fold increase in its third-year profits, while the company #39;s quarterly sales more than doubled from the year-ago levels. | 2 |
It #39;s a Giant difference At one end of Texas Stadium, in a sea of blue seats vacated by deflated Cowboys fans, 100 or so Giants fans gathered over the tunnel where the | 1 |
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