28. november 2005

Joys Of Perusing Foreign News 8:19:50 PM    comment [] Living Large 8:19:15 PM    comment [] Andy On Foreign News 8:18:48 PM    comment [] Brown 'planning to cut red tape'. Chancellor Gordon Brown is expected to announce plans to cut red tape for UK businesses, a report says. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 3:20:18 PM    comment [] EC outlines anti-terror database measures. VIS, SIS and EURODAC [The Register] 3:16:24 PM    comment [] KEI Pearson to Support Army's Terrorism Fight . KEI Pearson Inc. won a four-year, $4.2 million contract from the Army to provide technical and administrative services to support the global war on terrorism. By Roseanne Gerin. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] 3:14:55 PM    comment [] Pro-Putin party leads in Chechnya. A Kremlin-backed party leads in Chechnya's parliamentary poll, which has drawn international criticism. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 3:13:08 PM    comment [] Saddam trial hears first witness. The trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein hears its first evidence - video testimony from a dying witness. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 3:11:13 PM    comment [] Kazaa Owners Work to Install Filters . SYDNEY, Australia -- The owners of file-sharing network Kazaa were working Monday to install filters aimed at preventing users of the software from swapping copyrighted material. By MIKE CORDER. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] 3:09:40 PM    comment [] MS Pooh Poohs Xbox Malfunctions. A few gamers complain of 360 system freezes and overheating problems, but Microsoft says these glitches are rare. Plus: A little USB adapter makes life simpler. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. [Wired News] 3:07:44 PM    comment [] South Korea Supports Cloner. Despite an ethics controversy over donor eggs, the government of South Korea pledges to support stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk in order to keep the country ahead in the field. [Wired News] 3:06:44 PM    comment [] The CueCat Is Back. Coca-Cola in Germany encourages teenagers to snap ads with their camera phones and interact with an online ad portal. Will the bar-code scanner take off this time? By Elizabeth Biddlecombe. [Wired News] 3:05:50 PM    comment [] American Pharmaceutical to Buy Holder . SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc. said Monday it is buying its largest shareholder, privately held American BioScience Inc., for stock worth about $4.1 billion, creating a biopharmaceutical company with annual revenue of more than $500 million. By AP. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 3:04:52 PM    comment [] 3G Hell, Italian Style. The good news: Your mobile can broadcast live video. The bad news: Your mobile can broadcast live video. Commentary by Nicole Martinelli, from style-obsessed Milan, Italy. [Wired News] 3:03:59 PM    comment [] Ahold to Pay Holders $1.1B in Settlement . AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Dutch retailer Ahold NV said Monday it has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle a class action lawsuit brought by shareholders in the United States after the company's 2003 accounting scandal. By AP. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 3:02:57 PM    comment [] Merck to Cut 7,000 Jobs by End of 2008 . NEW YORK -- The drugmaker Merck & Co. said Monday that it will cut about 7,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its work force, by the end of 2008 and will close or sell five of its 31 manufacturing plants in moves that it says will save up to $4 billion. By AP. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 3:02:00 PM    comment []

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