5. desember 2005

Golfnytt fra Norge: Henrik klar for Tiger & Co! Det ble en ulidelig spennende avslutning, men Henrik Bjørnstad feide all tvil til side og avsluttet like godt med en birdie. Han endte på en 13. plass i finalekvalifiseringen og har nå fulle rettigheter på PGA-touren neste år. Gratulerer så mye med en kjempeprestasjon, Henrik! Live scoring Bjørnstad klarte det (golf.no) - Det er helt vilt! (VG) Les hva øvrige medier skriver Les mer 9:55:47 PM    comment []

Sony Draws Ire With PSP Graffiti. The electronics maker tags urban buildings with black spray-painted images of child consumers absorbed in the handheld. Advertising firms call it genius, but the word on the street is less flattering. By Ryan Singel. [Wired News] 4:19:37 PM    comment []

Sunni Candidates in Iraq Find Enemies on All Sides. Sunni politicians taking part in the elections denounce the Shiite-led government, yet Sunni militants brand them as traitors. By EDWARD WONG. [NYT > Home Page] 4:16:45 PM    comment []

India Accelerating: In Today's India, Status Comes With Four Wheels. Encouraged by better roads and an influx of consumer goods, India's middle and upper classes are discovering driving for pleasure. By AMY WALDMAN. [NYT > Home Page] 4:15:29 PM    comment []

Airbus to Look at Building Jets in China. Airbus made an agreement with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China to study the possibility of setting up an assembly line in China. By REUTERS. [NYT > Business] 4:13:38 PM    comment []

Branson in Talks to Sell Stake in Cellphone Unit. Sir Richard Branson is in talks to sell his stake in Virgin Mobile's British business to NTL, a British cable and phone provider. By HEATHER TIMMONS. [NYT > Business] 4:11:01 PM    comment []

$1.2 Billion Deal for Swedish Company. A pair of private equity firms have agreed to buy the Swedish telecommunications company Com Hem for just over one billion euros, or $1.2 billion. By HEATHER TIMMONS and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN. [NYT > Business] 4:09:16 PM    comment []

With Oil Prices Off Their Peak, Are Supplies Assured?. Even as consumers worry about high gasoline prices and rising heating bills, oil executives in London, Texas and Saudi Arabia seem to be concerned about a prospect of falling prices. By JAD MOUAWAD. [NYT > Business] 4:08:08 PM    comment []

What's Ahead: Blue Skies, or More Forecasts of Them?. Economic forecasters are all but unanimous in predicting that the coming year will not bring a recession. It isn't so clear whether that forecast has any meaning. By DAVID LEONHARDT. [NYT > Business] 4:06:30 PM    comment []

Microsoft's Bill Gates to Visit India . BANGALORE, India -- When Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates begins a four-day visit to India on Tuesday, he'll see a country moving increasingly toward open source operating systems _ the chief rival to his company's Windows software. By S. SRINIVASAN. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] 4:04:29 PM    comment []

Verizon May Shed Yellow Pages Unit . Verizon Communications Inc., the second-largest U.S. phone company, said yesterday that it may sell its yellow pages unit, a deal that could be worth as much as $17 billion. By Arshad Mohammed. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] 4:02:24 PM    comment []

Gaming Grandma . Video gamer Barbara St. Hilaire joins grandson Timothy online to discuss the world of computer gaming and her famous blog, "Old Grandma Hardcore." By Timothy St. Hilaire. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] 4:00:29 PM    comment []

Powerful quake rocks East Africa. A strong earthquake hits eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, near Lake Tanganyika. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 3:57:57 PM    comment []

Intel to Invest $1 Billion in India . NEW DELHI -- Chip-maker Intel Corp. will invest more than $1 billion in the next five years to expand its operations in India and in local technology companies, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett said Monday. By AP. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] 3:56:36 PM    comment []

Young teens may get free birth control pills 3:54:56 PM    comment []

Wolf population recovering 3:54:01 PM    comment []

Fisheries talks with Russia resumed On Monday Norway and Russia resumed negotiations on the dividing line in the Barents Sea, amid hopes that the 30-year-old conflict will soon be solved. 05.12.2005 More ... 3:52:40 PM    comment []

Park Yourself in the Wild Winter Wonderland 3:50:27 PM    comment []

Visit Croatia Croatia (Hrvatska) has come a long way since the summer of 1991, when foreign tourists fled from a region standing on the verge of war. Now that stability has returned, visitors are steadily coming back to a country which boasts one of the most outstanding stretches of coastline that Europe has to offer. This return to normality has been keenly awaited by Croats, but patriotism - and a sense of the nation's place in history - remains a serious business here. Croatia was an independent kingdom in the tenth century, fell under the rule of Hungary in the eleventh, and was subsequently absorbed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire before becoming part of the new state of Yugoslavia in 1918. Croatian aspirations were frustrated by a Yugoslav state which was initially dominated by Serbs, and then (after 1945) ruled by Communists. Croatia's declaration of independence on June 25, 1991 was fiercely contested by a Serb-dominated Yugoslav army eager to preserve their control over portions of Croatia in which groups of ethnic Serbs lived. The period of war - and fragile, UN-supervised ceasefire that followed - was finally brought to a close by Croatian offensives during the summer of 1995. Read more here: 3:45:00 PM    comment []

Australasia Tour: Appleby believes in mate Stuart Appleby believes his good friend Robert Allenby can shake off his persistent hand injury to become the first person to win Australian golf's triple crown on Sunday. 3:40:49 PM    comment []

South Africa Tour: Wellington wings his way to Leopard Creek 5 December 2005 - Ross Wellington has gained a sponsors invitation to next week’s €1-million dunhill championship, yet another coup for the talented 24-year-old who has gone from strength to strength on the Sunshine Tour. ---> read more Priceless victory for Price 5 December 2005 - Nick Price's team won the inaugural Bard Capital Challenge on Sunday when amateur partner Ralph Miller holed a 12-foot putt on the third hole of a playoff with Mark Calcavecchia and his two-man amateur team. ---> read more 3:37:20 PM    comment []

Canadian Tour: WINTER GARDEN, Fla.—-Four Canadian Tour members--Scott Hend, Matt Hansen, Peter Tomasulo and Tom Johnson--are inside the top 30 heading into Monday's final round of PGA Tour Qualifying. FULL STORY 3:35:10 PM    comment []

Asian Tour: THONGCHAI TARGETS DOUBLE VICTORY AT VOLVO MASTERS OF ASIA FINAL DASH FOR BUCKLE IN US Q-SCHOOL FINALS 3:28:59 PM    comment []

Future Tour: Thirty-One FUTURES Tour Players Earn 2006 LPGA Tour Status 3:24:33 PM    comment []

Tour de las Americas: Antonio Maldonado Defends Mexico’s Golfing Honor 48th Abierto Mexicano de Golf Corona Club de Golf La Hacienda Day 4 - Final Mexico (Dec. 4, 2005) - The 48th Abierto Mexicano de Golf Corona's trophy stayed home thank to a valiant effort by local star Antonio Maldonado, winner of the 2005 Mexican Tour Ranking. The 38-year old man shot 67 in the final round for a total of 9-under par 275 and one stroke victory over Argentina's Rafael Gomez and France's Mickael Dieu. Mexico's Octavio Gonzalez, tied with Dieu for the lead at the beginning of the day, played poorly at the start. However, he was able to sink a spectacular 50-feet putt for birdie at the final hole to take the solo fourth spot. 3:21:16 PM    comment []

European Challenge Tour: Maldonado Crowned King of Mexico 3:18:57 PM    comment []

European Tour: Fit-again Els wants his Just Deserts in Dubai Howell Wins Golfer of the Month Award for November 3:15:50 PM    comment []

Ladies European Tour: Champions announced for Women’s World Cup of Golf 3:14:11 PM    comment []

Golfnytt fra Sverige: Grönberg klar för spel på PGA-touren Mathias Grönberg har fullt tourkort för 2006. När PGA-kvalet avslutades på måndagen gick han med nöd och näppe in över den magiska 30-gränsen, efter en 74-runda. Därmed har antalet svenskar på PGA-touren ökat till sex. Läs mer Q-school leaderboard Sveriges bästa kval på flera år Årets LPGA-kval innebär svensk damgolfs främsta facit på flera år. Svensk Golf har talat med Katarina Vangdal – mångårig coach i damlandslaget – angående de blivande debutanternas chans att lyckas på världens främsta damtour. Paula Creamer ... Läs mer Grönberg tia när en kvalrond återstår Mathias Grönberg behåller sin tiondeplats – tillsammans med norrmannen Björnstad - när en rond återstår av slutkvalet till PGA-touren 2006. Under söndagen svarade Grönberg för 70 slag (-2) på Crooked Cat Course i Florida. Läs mer 3:07:36 PM    comment []

PGA Tour: 2006 PGA TOUR Schedule Points, Holmes and Allen solidify their PGA Tour positions with one day to go 3:04:27 PM    comment []

LPGA Tour: Miyazato wins LPGA Q-School by a record margin, while Pressel gets a card, too Japan's golf phenom, Ai Miyazato makes a name for herself in the U.S. as she records a wire-to-wire win at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament and cards a score of 17-under-par. Miyazato and 36 other rookies are now the newest members of the 2006 LPGA Tour. More ... 3:03:12 PM    comment []

Champions Tour: Langers close with a 61 to edge the Floyds by a shot in the Father/Son Challenge 3:00:17 PM    comment []

First Test: 2006 Lexus IS 350 2:55:56 PM    comment []

Spied: AMG builds its own V–8 2:55:21 PM    comment []

Autoblog Gift Guide: Gifts for the hardcore gear head 2:54:15 PM    comment []

How much tax credit do I get for my hybrid? 2:53:29 PM    comment []

It's a Jeep thing, so I don't understand 2:52:57 PM    comment []

Korea receives the future Optima 2:52:26 PM    comment []

Mitsubishi hybrid and Eclipse Spyder to bow in Detroit 2:51:45 PM    comment []

Lexus developing BS hatchback for Europe 2:50:48 PM    comment []

Canada testing anti–speeding device⁄calf–exerciser 2:48:39 PM    comment []

The Outback trembles as the Pagani Zonda arrives 2:46:13 PM    comment []

Sebastien Loeb wins the Race of Champions 2:45:24 PM    comment []

West Coast Motor Cars brings back the '41 Willys 2:44:44 PM    comment []

Another cover for the VW Scirroco 2:43:58 PM    comment []

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