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UK service executives #39; optimism sours Optimism amongst executives in Britain #39;s service sector soured in early August on rising interest rates and soaring oil prices, a Confederation of British Industry report says. | 1 |
Our Smiles Are in the Mail If the holiday cards you send include a family photo, a growing number of sites can help design and produce them. | 1 |
SEC Launches Probe of Hartford Unit (AP) AP - Hartford Life, a unit of the Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., said Friday it is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for its use of "directed brokerage" in connection with its mutual funds. | 1 |
Bowden, at Least, Is Certain to Make Moves The meetings of Major League Baseball #39;s general managers officially open today in Key Biscayne, Fla., though Jim Bowden -- the GM of the franchise that is supposed to depart Montreal for Washington | 1 |
Discounts Benefit Oil Producers During a year of high oil prices that have boosted energy company profits, the U.S. government continues to dole out millions of dollars in discounts to oil producers under a program created when prices were low. | 1 |
Before the Bell - Taser up, Krispy Kreme down Shares of Taser International Inc. (TASR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) rose more than 4 percent before the market opened on Thursday after the stun-gun maker said it received new orders valued at \$1 million. | 1 |
Burma Extends Democracy Leader #39;s Detention Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been told she will be held under house arrest until at least next September, a spokesman for her political party said. | 1 |
Eli gets the ball Giants coach Tom Coughlin has benched two-time MVP quarterback Kurt Warner and replaced him with Manning. The Giants pulled off a blockbuster trade with San Diego last April to get Manning, the first overall pick in the 2004 draft. | 1 |
Prominent investment banker gets jail term Frank Quattrone, considered the most prominent investment banker of the 1990s technology boom, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. | 1 |
Firefox browser fully released The free Firefox Web browser, which has chipped away at the market dominance of Microsoft #39;s Internet Explorer, has been readied for a full release including new features designed to make it more stable, backers of the program say. | 1 |
Motorola takes step into Japan market TOKYO Motorola and NTT DoCoMo said on Wednesday that they would jointly develop third-generation cellphones, giving the American company an important foothold in the Japanese market. | 1 |
Botswana elections to hand victory to party in power since <b>...</b> GABORONE (AFP) - Queues of voters in diamond-rich Botswana waited patiently to cast their ballots in elections that are expected to hand victory to the party in power since independence in 1966 in one of Africa #39;s most stable countries... | 1 |
Red Hat Buys Netscape Technology Linux distributor Red Hat announced that it has reached an agreement with America Online to purchase several products derived from the Netscape Enterprise Suite, including Netscape Directory | 1 |
Pats capitalize on others #39; mistakes On the road, the momentum and most of the crowd against them, and trailing their division rivals by seven points, the Patriots responded to the challenge with a tying touchdown | 1 |
Sporting News picks Tomlinson over Manning as NFL #39;s best player ST. LOUIS - Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson was selected the best player in the NFL by the Sporting News, ahead of reigning co-MVP Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts. | 1 |
Toronto Blue Jays Team Report - August 28 (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays look to rebound from a tough loss as they host the New York Yankees for the third of a four-game set at SkyDome. | 1 |
Microsoft to share Office code Microsoft Corp would share the underlying software code for its Office programme as part of its efforts to make governments more confident in the security and compatibility of the worlds largest software makers products. | 1 |
Blair recovering after heart treatment Tony Blair is recovering at Chequers after undergoing hospital treatment for his recurring heart quot;flutter quot;. Dressed casually in jeans, blue open-necked shirt and blazer, the Prime Minister grinned broadly and waved at waiting reporters and photographers. | 1 |
Leamy, Bowe to be capped in USA match The Irish team to play the USA Eagles shows eleven changes, two positional, from the side that defeated South Africa 17 - 12 on Saturday. | 1 |
Paula puts Athens behind her Paula Radcliffes response to those who doubted her ability to bounce back from her Olympic disasters could not have been more emphatic on Sunday when she triumphed in a thrilling New York Marathon. | 1 |
Taking a crash course For Doug Mientkiewicz, the hardest part of playing second turned out not to be the double play pivot, fielding ground balls, or applying the tag on a steal. No, it came when he was hit by a 6-foot-3-inch, 230-pound train. | 1 |
Stone Rolls Away From Novell Chris Stone, who was instrumental in Novell #39;s acquisition of SUSE Linux, has left for other pursuits, the company said Thursday. | 1 |
IBM Invests \$250M in RFID IBM announced Monday a \$250 million investment in RFID (radio frequency identification), an emerging technology that is being mandated by the likes of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | 1 |
Dewon Brazelton Wins Conigliaro Award (AP) AP - Tampa Bay pitcher Dewon Brazelton, who bounced from home to home with a twin brother who has cerebral palsy, will receive the Tony Conigliaro Award for overcoming adversity through spirit, determination and courage. | 1 |
Nvidia and Sony to jointly develop GPU for PS3 Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (SCEI) and Nvidia announced today that they have been working together to develop the custom graphics processing unit (GPU) for SCEI s next-generation computer entertainment system, according to a joint press | 1 |
Save the trees, save the apes, expert says A UN meeting on endangered species could help secure the survival one of humanity #39;s closest living relatives, the orang-utan, by saving its forest home from loggers, a leading expert said on Tuesday. | 1 |
Armed Malawian politicians held Three senior ruling party members are arrested for carrying guns to a meeting with Malawi's president. | 1 |
Radio tagging drug bottles to combat counterfeiting, USA Medicine bottles in the USA are going to have miniscule radio antennas (mini masts) as manufacturers try to combat growing counterfeiting of drugs. | 1 |
Week 9 NFL Observations As a high profile NFL football player, you should be aware that just about anything you do on the field or the sideline will be caught by a camera. | 1 |
Bush outlines his vision A triumphant George Bush has attempted to reach out to the world, insisting that quot;every civilised country quot; has a stake in the US-led war on terror. | 1 |
Air Pollution Hits Record Levels in Hong Kong (Reuters) Reuters - Air pollution in Hong Kong has hit\record levels, the government said on Wednesday, and it warned\people with heart or respiratory problems to stay indoors. | 1 |
US troops clash with Iraqi rebels Iraqi insurgents reportedly occupy a government building in the town of Khalis before being driven out by US troops. | 1 |
U.S. Said Showing New Flexibility in N.Korea Talks (Reuters) Reuters - The United States showed some new\flexibility in recent talks with North Korea on the nuclear\issue but Pyongyang was unimpressed and is resisting\participation in a new round of formal six-party negotiations,\U.S. officials and experts said on Frid... | 1 |
San Diego #39;s credit rating suspended SAN DIEGO ---- The credit rating of the city of San Diego was temporarily suspended Monday by Standard amp; Poor #39;s, one of the major rating services of municipal finances. | 1 |
Archaeologists Discover Bronze Age Site (AP) AP - Archaeologists said Wednesday they have comprehensively dated the contents of a Bronze Age site in Scotland, probably the first time such a site has been dated in its entirety. | 1 |
India withdraws patronage to EU visits in J amp;K Furious with a quot;biased quot; and interventionist report by a European parliamentary delegation, whose leader called Jammu and Kashmir quot;the world #39;s most beautiful prison, quot; India has withdrawn official patronage to such visits. | 1 |
Everton spirit earns a point A CENTURY REACHED IN THE style of Michael Atherton; cussed, scruffy, with a minimum of graceful shots, blessed by good fortune, bloody-minded and bloody impressive. | 1 |
Fedex to repay \$29m to US government Fedex Corps express air shipping unit has been ordered by the US government to repay \$29m in excess funds received under an act established after the Sept. | 1 |
In Paris, a slick maneuver tries to lure tourists to Eiffel Tower PARIS -- Holiday on ice takes on new meaning high above the rooftops of Paris doing figure eights inside the Eiffel Tower. | 1 |
Europe Seeks New Accords With US to Address Global Warming The European Union is seeking new agreements with the US to slow climate change apart from the Kyoto Protocol that President George W. Bush withdrew from. | 1 |
Kansas company sells wholesale dial-up Internet business Sprint Corp., which is based in Kansas and also conducts business in the Wichita area, has sold its wholesale dial-up Internet access business to Level 3 Communications Inc. | 1 |
White Sox and Uribe agree to terms Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The Chicago White Sox and infielder Juan Uribe avoided arbitration Thursday by agreeing to terms on a three-year, \$9.75 million contract with a club option for 2008. | 1 |
Williams back in top form Venus Williams, the former world No1, returned to competitive tennis with a convincing 6-4, 6-4 win over Russian qualifier Alina Jidkova in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. | 1 |
UK Launches Own Case Against Cleric Sought by U.S. LONDON (Reuters) - British police launched their own terrorism case Thursday against a Muslim cleric already jailed in London under a U.S. arrest warrant. | 1 |
UK needs 'marine reserve network' The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution says 30 of UK waters should be closed to commercial fishing. | 1 |
Pushed by Mets, Sox won't go fourth on Martinez Lest there remain any doubt about their resolve, the Red Sox last night were fully prepared to let Pedro Martinez take his remarkable skills elsewhere rather than guarantee him a four-year contract to stay in Boston. | 1 |
SQL Server pros aren #39;t charmed by open source They are curious about the growing number of open source database products on the market, but some SQL Server DBAs say they remain doubtful that companies will adopt it for the long haul. | 1 |
Regulator Stops Sale Of Thrift Federal regulators have rejected the second of two suitors for Independence Federal Savings Bank, leaving the money-losing District institution pursuing a strategy to survive as an independent thrift. | 1 |
FA investigates violence at Bridge The Football Association began an investigation yesterday into the crowd trouble which marred Chelsea #39;s League Cup match against West Ham on Wednesday evening, the second such outbreak at a London match within 24 hours. | 1 |
Ninth-Ranked Auburn Outguns Citadel 33-3 (AP) AP - Jason Campbell passed for 194 yards in the first half and No. 9 Auburn beat The Citadel 33-3 Saturday, coasting in its sandwich game between a pair of high-stakes contests. | 1 |
#39;We need to stay positive #39; - Harbhajan Harbhajan Singh conceded that India had an uphill task to get back in the game, but expressed his happiness at taking a five-wicket haul. | 1 |
Reds carry Kewell While standing in a queue for what proved to be an undercooked cheeseburger, the script for Sunday afternoon #39;s Insider report was suggested. | 1 |
Mani, Kasuri revive pipeline dream NEW DELHI: Petroleum minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid M Kasuri began a new chapter on co-operation in the energy sector. | 1 |
Harmony Issues Charge Against Gold Fields (AP) AP - Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. said Monday that Gold Fields Ltd. had attempted to hire one of its senior employees to leak information about Harmony's hostile takeover bid. | 1 |
Wine.com Raises Another #36;20 Million in Funding (Reuters) Reuters - Online retailer Wine.com has\secured another #36;20 million in venture capital funding and\could go public as soon as next year, Chief Executive Officer\George Garrick said on Friday. | 1 |
Starmap plans push into US and Asia (FT.com) FT.com - Starmap, an international alliance of second-tier European mobile operators, including Wind of Italy and MMO of the UK, is looking to expand its membership into the US and Asia as it seeks to rival the global footprint of leading operators such as Vodafone. | 1 |
Ivan Bears Down on Jamaica with 150 Mph Winds Strengthening More than half a million Jamaicans fled their homes today as Hurricane Ivan bore down on the island with 150 mph winds. It left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean and the death toll of 23 was expected to rise. | 1 |
The UN Wags a Finger at Sudan For the second time in seven weeks, the UN has bared its teeth at Sudan for continuing attacks on civilians in Darfur. Get all of today #39;s headlines, or alerts on specific topics. | 1 |
As With Other Chip Makers, Sales Begin to Stall at Philips Signaling a possible wider slowdown in the semiconductor industry, Royal Philips Electronics on Friday became the latest company to say that sales had begun to stall. | 1 |
Pinochet lawyer blasts case judge A lawyer for ex-Chilean president Augusto Pinochet calls for the judge investigating him to be removed from the case. | 1 |
Williams to take second look at Heidfeld. Nick Heidfeld #39;s pace on his first two days of running with the Williams-BMW team appear to have increased his chances of being included in next year #39;s race line-up, after the team confirmed that it would inviting him back for a second run next week. | 1 |
Nets: A STAR RISES, FADES IN CANADA Vince Carter had everything a basketball player could want: A fat contract, highlight-reel talent and an entire nation that had anointed him as its favorite athlete not on ice skates. | 1 |
Astros #39; aces trump Braves #39; depth Before the Braves-Astros series began, the conventional wisdom was that the Astros deserved the nod as favorites -- even though they barely squeaked into the playoffs and won fewer games than Atlanta. | 1 |
Bears Safety Mike Brown Out for Season (AP) AP - Chicago Bears safety Mike Brown will miss the rest of the season after tearing his right Achilles tendon in a victory over Green Bay, coach Lovie Smith said Monday. | 1 |
Yudhoyono close to poll victory Indonesia's Susilo Yudhoyono remains on course to become the country's next president, with 75 of votes counted. | 1 |
Raiders' Gallery Misses Camp With Injury (AP) AP - Left tackle Robert Gallery, the second player taken in the NFL draft, didn't practice Tuesday morning with the Oakland Raiders because of an elbow injury, leaving his status uncertain for Saturday's preseason game against Dallas. | 1 |
Mending the Franco-German Industrial Rift French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy meets with counterpart Wolfgang Clement in Berlin on Monday in an attempt to heal the recent rifts in Franco-German industrial relations with plans for a shipbuilding alliance. | 1 |
Vaughan #39;s England stun Aussies with Trophy win Michael Vaughan found his one-day feet at last as England upset Australia by six wickets on Tuesday to reach the Champions Trophy final. | 1 |
GAME DAY PREVIEW Game time: 4:00 PM LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Sparks aim for their seventh straight win at home when they host the Sacramento Monarchs on Sunday at the Staples Center. | 1 |
Free hostage calls Bahrain MANAMA: Bahrain last night joined international efforts to secure the release of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar urged the kidnappers to free Ken Bigley and other hostages soon. | 1 |
Feds Ask to Give Overseas Voters More Time (AP) AP - The federal government asked a judge to give military families and overseas voters in Pennsylvania until after the Nov. 2 election to submit absentee ballots for president because of an ongoing court fight over Ralph Nader's ballot status. | 1 |
Schrder #39;s Best quot;PR Campaign quot; The German chancellor #39;s decision to adopt a young child has unleashed massive media coverage. Schrder #39;s been fighting revelations about his private life but the current attention could help rather than harm his career. | 1 |
Roundup: Miller stretches lead with giant slalom triumph World Cup overall leader Bode Miller won a giant slalom for the second time this season Sunday, rallying from fourth place in the opening leg. | 1 |
Brees Keeps Starting Job With Chargers (AP) AP - Drew Brees was selected the starting quarterback of the San Diego Chargers on Monday, a move that was expected after he followed last season's miserable performance with a solid exhibition season. | 1 |
Australian PM to visit Indonesia for presidential inauguration Australia #39;s Prime Minister, John Howard, has personally congratulated Indonesia #39;s President-elect, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, on his recent victory. | 1 |
Supreme Court decision sought over file sharing In the latest volley of the file-sharing wars, the movie and music industries have filed a petition asking the US Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court decision that favored Grokster and StreamCast Networks, the makers of software that allow | 1 |
Gough: Knox Is Key Livi Signing New Livingston manager Richard Gough insists he has already made his best-ever signing for the club by convincing former Rangers and Manchester United coach Archie Knox to be his number two at Almondvale. | 1 |
The Moment That Starts a Makeover? NEW YORK, Sept. 15 -- After her sentencing on July 16, Martha Stewart angrily denounced the case against her as a "circus event" and vowed, Terminator-style: "I'll be back." | 1 |
Kanoodle and TypePad / Movable Type Partner for Sponsored Blogs Kanoodle and TypePad / Movable Type Partner for Sponsored Blogs\\Kanoodle, sponsored listings provider, and Six Apart, the maker of Movable Type and TypePad blog software, today announced that the companies will offer TypePad subscribers the ability to eas... | 1 |
U.S. Forces Take Action in Areas Dominated by Iraqi Insurgents U.S. forces entered Samarra to re-assert Iraqi government authority, bombed a building in Falluja, and reportedly clashed with rebels in a town near the Syrian border. | 1 |
Son of #39;Iron Lady #39; a coup plotter? Former British PM Margaret Thatcher #39;s son arrested in South Africa for possible connection to alleged coup plot. After numerous rumors and allegations linking him to a plan to overthrow the leader of oil-rich | 1 |
Allawi appeals for world help IRAQI Prime Minister Iyad Allawi today asked world leaders at the United Nations to help quot;defeat the forces of terrorism quot; and build the future of Iraq. | 1 |
Nobel laureate defends her suggestion that AIDS stems from plot NAIROBI -- Wangari Maathai made a typically combative start to her first full day as a Nobel laureate yesterday, defending a recent suggestion that the HIV virus might have been made in a laboratory as a plot against Africans. | 1 |
UN Turns to U.S. Troops to Guard Its Staff in Iraq (Reuters) Reuters - The United Nations no longer\objects to American soldiers to guard its staff in Iraq after\the search for separate contingents from around the world\failed, diplomats and U.N. sources said on Wednesday. | 1 |
Red Sox starters (Bronson Arroyo, Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling <b>...</b> 3) Rain may postpone Game 6. Do the Sox still have a chance if rain breaks their momentum? Yes, a day of rest would help the Sox, too. | 1 |
Google Shares Begin Trading on Nasdaq Shortly before noon today, Google Inc. stock began trading under the ticker symbol GOOG on the Nasdaq stock market. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 1 |
Wheaton attempts another friendly merger RENO--(Mineweb.com) Vancouver-based Goldcorp and Toronto gold-producer Wheaton River Minerals have scheduled a telephone conference Monday morning to announced that Goldcorp will buy Wheaton River for \$2.09 billion in stock. | 1 |
Burma military chief set for official trip to India Burma #39;s military leader, General Than Shwe, is due to make a five-day state visit to India at the weekend, focused on trade and the issue of Indian rebels operating out of Burma. | 1 |
iTunes Music Store Blankets EU (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Apple Computer (Nasdaq: AAPL) announced Tuesday the expansion of its well-received iTunes Music Store to nine additional European Union countries. The European version of the online store has been available in the UK, France and Germany since June. | 1 |
IOC probe Jones drug allegations quot;The allegations made by Mr Conte are extremely serious and the IOC is fully committed to bringing to light any elements that will help the truth prevail, quot; the IOC said on its website on Tuesday. | 1 |
Brazil to break Aids drug patents Brazil says it intends to copy patented anti-Aids drugs without permission from next year. | 1 |
Sources: Body of British Hostage Dumped Near Baghdad BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The body of British engineer Kenneth Bigley, killed by his kidnappers last week after three weeks in captivity, was dumped just south of Baghdad Friday, sources close to the insurgency said Tuesday. | 1 |
Probably best to install Windows update Q: I am not computer intelligent, so I use a tech support company for help. I have read in the paper about Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Windows XP. | 1 |
National Guard Hands Over More Bush Papers (AP) AP - More than a week after a court-imposed deadline to turn over all records of President Bush's military service, the Texas Air National Guard belatedly produced two documents Tuesday that include Bush's orders for his last day of active duty in 1973. | 1 |
Rison Given Option for Release Former Pro Bowl receiver Andre Rison was given the option of paying \$10,000 to get out of jail after spending almost a month locked up for failing to pay child support. | 1 |
Russia invites foreign Yukos bids Overseas firms may be allowed to bid for the key asset of under fire Russian oil firm Yukos, the Kremlin says. | 1 |
Verheugen Arrives In Ankara ANKARA - The European Union (EU) Commissioner, Enlargement, Guenter Verheugen arrived in Ankara late on Sunday. Speaking to reporters at Ankara #39;s Esenboga Airport, Verheugen said that his visit to Turkey was | 1 |
Hearing clue to whale evolution The evolution of whales from four-legged land dwellers into streamlined swimmers has been traced in fossilised ears, Nature reports. | 1 |
Calais blockade disrupts ferries Channel ferry services are hit by a blockade as French fishermen show their anger at fuel price rises. | 1 |
Malaysia court overturns Anwar sodomy ruling years in jail, overturning his conviction for sodomy in a shock ruling expected to win support for the new prime minister. freedom to urge the country #39;s recently installed prime minister to drive harder on reform. | 1 |
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