Wednesday, October 23, 2002

categories: Financial, SciTech, Biz Lucent operating loss widens Toronto Star - Struggling Lucent Technologies reported a quarterly net loss of $2.81 billion as the telecommunications gear maker continued to slash its workforce and expenses to offset sharply lower revenues as a severe industry decline drags on. Lucent Posts 10th Consecutive Loss Reuters Lucent losing streak hits 10 ZDNet Quicken - IT World - Financial Times (subscription) - TheStreet.com - and 54 related » Google Business News   7:51:41 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Biz, Politics Federal Reserve Survey Finds Economy 'Sluggish' The U.S. struggled with a "sluggish" economy over the past two months, with weak retail sales and a lackluster job market, the Federal Reserve reported today. By The Associated Press. New York Times: Business   7:49:35 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Politics Campaign Spending Up for Gov. Races ABC News - Candidates for governor are shattering spending records in more than a half-dozen states, and coming close elsewhere, in one of the most competitive election years for the states' top office over the past decade. Spending records falling in governors races, driven by competitive races and wealthy candidates San Francisco Chronicle Spending records broken in races CNN Houston Chronicle - San Antonio Express News - San Angelo Standard Times - Guardian - and 28 related » Google US News   7:47:35 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Legal, Biz Calif. High Court Upholds Ford Case ABC News - SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23 The California Supreme Court on Wednesday let stand a $290 million verdict against the Ford Motor Co. over a deadly 1993 rollover accident involving a Ford Bronco. California Court Upholds $290 Million Injury Jury Award Against Ford Quicken Court Upholds Verdict Against Ford Reuters Forbes - Piedmonter - KTVU - Press-Enterprise - and 26 related » Google US News   7:46:15 PM  Google It!  comment

New England may be due for severe weather Reuters AlertNet - New Englanders should be bracing themselves for stormy weather because severe patterns seem to occur every 3000 years and another one may not be too far off, scientists said on Wednesday. Here is the forecast: Wet, then dry for 3000 years Independent Storms loom in 3000-year forecast MSNBC Google Technology News I live just north of Boston and less than 3 miles away there was a measurable snow fall today.   7:43:16 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: Biz CareerBuilder To Show Off Gannett Muscle The number three online job site's multi-media ad campaign challenging Monster.com and HotJobs.com just expanded with the help of number one newspaper publisher Gannett. internetnews.com: Top News   7:37:05 PM  Google It!  comment