Thursday, March 06, 2003

Technology Briefing: Internet [1]. AOL ANNOUNCES MEASURES TAKEN ON SPAM;. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/04/technology/04TBRF3.html?ex=1047358800&en=1cd20c7b9de1f230&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:39 AM     Technology Briefing: Telecommunications [1]. SIRIUS INVESTORS APPROVE PLAN;. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/04/technology/04TBRF2.html?ex=1047445200&en=1f2880aad1b525ac&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:39 AM     Technology Briefing: Hardware [1]. CRAY SHARES SURGE AFTER OUTLOOK CHANGES; GATEWAY PLANS TO RESTRUCTURE;. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/technology/06TBRF1.html?ex=1047618000&en=4cb2f913a52a21ee&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:39 AM     Editorial Page Editor for Herald Tribune [1]. Serge Schmemann, an editorial writer for The New York Times, was appointed on Wednesday as editorial page editor for The International Herald Tribune. By The New York Times. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/media/06TRIB.html?ex=1047618000&en=e6768371fe684b0a&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:38 AM     Executive Is Named to Ford Account [1]. Executive Is Named To Ford Account J. Walter Thompson named a successor to Michael O'Malley yesterday, two days after he unexpectedly resigned as president of the Detroit office and global business director on the agency's flagship Ford Motor Company account. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/media/06ADDE.html?ex=1047618000&en=5a28dcd6f83d978a&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:38 AM     Hong Kong Officials Propose a Broad Range of Tax Increases [1]. Hong Kong officials introduced the biggest budget policy changes in a generation on Wednesday, with substantial tax increases. By Keith Bradsher. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/international/asia/06HONG.html?ex=1047531600&en=ffa1f8a618c439b0&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:38 AM     Moderation is Urged for Alcohol Ads [1]. A trade group is trying to wean the alcohol industry from full-figured twins and other racy images. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/media/06ADCO.html?ex=1047618000&en=244d5af98605125a&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:38 AM     Big Federal Deficits, Bigger Risks [1]. Soaring deficits hold many risks, including the danger that government borrowing will crowd out private investment, inflating interest rates. By Alan B. Krueger. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/06SCEN.html?ex=1047618000&en=787526123ffbec0c&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:38 AM     The Bold Struggle for China's Belly [1]. As a growing number of urban dwellers flock to giant, modern supermarkets, experts see the beginnings of a food revolution in China. By David Barboza. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/worldbusiness/06SHOP.html?ex=1047531600&en=5b35e42337b758f5&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:37 AM     California Offers Change in Car Rules [1]. California is seeking to compromise with automakers by dropping a requirement that they sell electric cars. By Bloomberg News. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/automobiles/06AUTO.html?ex=1047618000&en=1aca76a4427032f3&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:37 AM     Costco Reports Drop in Earnings Related to Employee Benefits [1]. ISSAQUAH, Wash., March 5 (Bloomberg News) The Costco Wholesale Coporation, the chain of warehouse club stores, said today that fiscal second-quarter earnings declined 5.4 percent because employee insurance costs increased and sales growth slowed. By Bloomberg News. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/06COST.html?ex=1047618000&en=c1592da3201559b8&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:37 AM     2 Companies Pay Penalties for Improving China Rockets [1]. Two American companies will pay $32 million in fines to settle civil charges that they unlawfully transferred rocket data to China. By Jeff Gerth. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/international/asia/06SPAC.html?ex=1047531600&en=ec899897424947c2&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:37 AM     Travel Industry and Privacy Groups Object to Screening Plan for Airline Passengers [1]. The groups say the plan could subject Americans to intensive background checks without adequate controls on how the information was used. By David Jones. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/06FLY.html?ex=1047531600&en=84dfea9814122ff3&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:36 AM     Report Details Enron's Moves to Shift Assets [1]. In the most complete analysis to date of Enron's collapse, a bankruptcy examiner has concluded that the company violated accounting rules in a wide array of transactions. By Kurt Eichenwald. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/06ENRO.html?ex=1047618000&en=5270c0974d410192&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:36 AM     University's Drug Patent Is Invalidated by a Judge [1]. A federal judge on Wednesday invalidated a patent held by the University of Rochester on a class of painkillers and dismissed the school's lawsuit seeking royalties. By Andrew Pollack. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/06DRUG.html?ex=1047618000&en=9a6b7d3941de4c41&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:36 AM     Bank Overstated Its Earnings 18% for 1999-2002 [1]. The Provident Financial Group, whose largest shareholder is Carl H. Lindner, co-owner of the Cincinnati Reds, said that it had overstated its earnings by $67 million. By Alex Berenson. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/06PLAC.html?ex=1047618000&en=b0d85b2e11fa4e23&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:36 AM     Businesses Begin to Consider the Cost for the Uninsured [1]. Employers are beginning to realize that the 41 million uninsured Americans are costing them money by pushing health rates higher. By Milt Freudenheim. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/06CARE.html?ex=1047531600&en=23f26f39ae634bdf&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:36 AM     Former King of Sneakers Is Coming Back [1]. Since Paul Fireman regained day-to-day control of Reebok International, the company has increased sales, increased cash and increased exposure. By Tracie Rozhon. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/06SHOE.html?ex=1047531600&en=bec519eab5555682&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:35 AM     Policy on Peso Is Overturned in Argentina [1]. Disrupting a plan to resolve the country's financial crisis, the Argentine Supreme Court said on Wednesday that depositors can demand dollars. By Larry Rohter. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/worldbusiness/06PESO.html?ex=1047531600&en=09bfe0cbb5ea7835&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:35 AM     European Bank Cuts Key Interest Rates to 4-Year Low [1]. The bank cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to revive faltering growth in the world's second largest economy. By The Associated Press. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Europe-Interest-Rates.html?ex=1047618000&en=5a257e4131104a73&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:35 AM     Clinton and Dole Agree to Debate on Weekly '60 Minutes' Segment [1]. Bill Clinton and his opponent in the 1996 presidential election, Bob Dole, are teaming up to revive the commentary segment "Point-Counterpoint" on "60 Minutes." By Bill Carter. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/media/06TUBE.html?ex=1047618000&en=e45aafcf2b05dfe8&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:35 AM     Doctors' Licenses Suspended in Treatment of Heroin Addicts [1]. NEWARK, March 5 A four-year legal fight over an unorthodox detoxification treatment for heroin addicts ended today when two doctors who provided the treatment agreed to a two-year suspension of their licenses. By Robert Hanley. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/nyregion/06DOCS.html?ex=1047618000&en=7f55e07d645aa54d&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:35 AM     Slovakia to Investigate Charges Gypsy Women Were Sterilized [1]. Slovakia will send a special team of investigators to look into claims that Gypsy women have been sterilized against their will. By Peter S. Green. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/international/europe/06SLOV.html?ex=1047531600&en=e3c5df037174d0a3&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:34 AM     Businesses Begin to Consider the Cost for the Uninsured [1]. Employers are beginning to realize that the 41 million uninsured Americans are costing them money by pushing health rates higher. By Milt Freudenheim. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/06CARE.html?ex=1047531600&en=23f26f39ae634bdf&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:34 AM     University's Drug Patent Is Invalidated by a Judge [1]. A federal judge on Wednesday invalidated a patent held by the University of Rochester on a class of painkillers and dismissed the school's lawsuit seeking royalties. By Andrew Pollack. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/business/06DRUG.html?ex=1047618000&en=9a6b7d3941de4c41&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:34 AM     Politics of Abortion Delays $15 Billion to Fight Global AIDS [1]. President Bush's international AIDS initiative is getting bogged down in disputes over how to spend the money and whether it should be steered away from clinics that promote abortion. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/politics/06AIDS.html?ex=1047531600&en=208757fbe04dbb77&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:34 AM     Drug Benefits Are Restored Temporarily in Oregon [1]. Thousands of poor people in Oregon who were cut off from their prescription drug coverage by the state will have their medications restored. By Timothy Egan. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/national/06OREG.html?ex=1047531600&en=0fc35a83fcddd3c4&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:34 AM     Studies Find Aspirin Can Lower Risk of Precancerous Colon Polyps [1]. In two clinical trials, researchers have shown that they can reduce the risk of developing colon and rectal polyps, the precursors of almost all colon cancer, with aspirin. By Gina Kolata. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/health/06COLO.html?ex=1047531600&en=c2e87b9811bfd7d7&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:34 AM     Britain seeks UN compromise [1]. The UK wants to give Iraq a "final opportunity to disarm" in a last-ditch attempt to unify the UN Security Council. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/2824447.stm 10:00:33 AM     Row erupts over Gaza killings [1]. Israeli and Palestinian officials blame each other for the deaths of at least 11 people in a raid on a refugee camp. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/2824363.stm 10:00:33 AM     Man arrested over jogger murder [1]. Detectives investigating the death of an American artist stabbed in an east London park question an 18-year-old man. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/2824619.stm 10:00:33 AM     Probe into baby deaths [1]. Detectives are investigating the suspected deaths of a number of babies in Scotland and the north of England in the 1960s and 1970s. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/2824993.stm 10:00:32 AM     No change for UK interest rates [1]. The Bank of England decides to leave interest rates at 3.75%, despite widespread rumours that another cut was in the air. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/2825123.stm 10:00:32 AM     Cardinal row over abuse claim [1]. Cormac Murphy-O'Connor says a "filing error" led to him to fail to pass on details of a priest accused of child abuse to an independent investigation. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/2824377.stm 10:00:31 AM     CJD treatment hope [1]. Scientists say they have proof that it will one day be possible to prevent diseases such as vCJD and BSE. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/2821241.stm 10:00:31 AM     Net speed record smashed [1]. A quantity of data equivalent to a DVD-quality movie is transmitted across the Atlantic in less than 30 seconds. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/2822333.stm 10:00:31 AM     Lehmann backs Hollioake claim [1]. Australian batsman Darren Lehmann says England should pick Adam Hollioake as their new one-day captain. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport3/cwc2003/hi/newsid_2820000/newsid_2824700/2824739.stm 10:00:31 AM     Wenger warns Ferguson [1]. Arsene Wenger says Sir Alex Ferguson cannot stop him praising his own side. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/2825329.stm 10:00:31 AM     Kenyan MPs up their pay [1]. Parliamentarians give themselves a massive pay rise despite huge public opposition to the move. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/2825153.stm 10:00:31 AM     China rallies behind war opponents [1]. China sides with countries opposing a new resolution on Iraq, in a blow to US efforts to get UN support for war. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/2825519.stm 10:00:31 AM     Bush criticised over N Korea [1]. Senior Democrats urge the Bush administration to begin talks with North Korea or face a greater threat than Iraq. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2824721.stm 10:00:30 AM     Yet more Germans out of work [1]. Unemployment in Europe's biggest economy leaps to 11.3%, increasing pressure on Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/2825091.stm 10:00:30 AM     Justices Uphold Long Prison Terms in Repeat Crimes [1]. A divided Supreme Court upheld California's "three-strikes" law, rejecting constitutional challenges to sentences for two men convicted of "petty theft." By Linda Greenhouse. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/politics/06SCOT.html?ex=1047531600&en=9b26999618d41054&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:30 AM     Transit Officials Propose Fare Increases to Close Budget Gap [1]. The subway and bus fare will increase to $2 from $1.50, average commuter rail fares will increase by 25 percent and drivers will pay 50 cents more at bridges and tunnels. By Randy Kennedy. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/nyregion/06TRAN.html?ex=1047531600&en=3782e6c36df6734e&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:30 AM     Agent Who Saw 9/11 Lapses Still Faults F.B.I. on Terror [1]. The F.B.I. agent who exposed bureau shortcomings before the Sept. 11 attacks is warning that the F.B.I. is unprepared for terrorism that might result from war with Iraq. By Philip Shenon. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/politics/06THRE.html?ex=1047531600&en=da6b094b2c88e723&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:30 AM     Catholics Debating: Back President or Pope on Iraq? [1]. Conservative Roman Catholics are torn: as Catholics, they follow the pope, who opposes a war with Iraq, but as conservatives, they back the president. By Laurie Goodstein. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/national/06CHUR.html?ex=1047531600&en=92f7d385c83f58e3&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:30 AM     A Fissure Deepening for Allies Over Use of Force Against Iraq [1]. The declaration issued by Germany, Russia and France against war in Iraq may go down as the loudest "No!" shouted across the Atlantic in a half century or more. By Patrick E. Tyler. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/international/europe/06ASSE.html?ex=1047531600&en=ea60e28ec6af59f9&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND 10:00:29 AM

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