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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Cincinnati Sun.com http://www.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/6034630751577834/ en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 01:06:29 -0400 Fri, 16 May 2008 01:06:29 -0400 30 While the United States remains the world's most competitive economy, it risks falling into economic recession like Japan in the 1990s. http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/359606/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 05:47:58 -0400 Cincinnati Sun.com http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/359606/cs/1/ The Seoul government has said a free trade pact with the United States will help South Korea weather tough economic times ahead. http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/359605/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 05:45:55 -0400 Cincinnati Sun.com http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/359605/cs/1/ White House officials claim high global food prices will linger for two to three years while the world replenishes food stocks. http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/359599/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 05:35:49 -0400 Cincinnati Sun.com http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/359599/cs/1/ Is the end of the Intel-AMD duopoly nigh? Via Technologies is hoping this may be the case when it announces the "Isaiah" processor later this month. http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861927/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:44:02 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861927/ and Carl Icahn dueled Thursday as the corporate raider vowed to overthrow the firm's board and the Internet pioneer fired back that the billionaire misunderstood http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14860059/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:52:51 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14860059/ Google Translate just got more useful for a Prague citizen visiting India. The online translation function now can understand 10 more languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hindi... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861925/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:44:01 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861925/ After years of conflict, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child, have reached an agreement that will put Windows on the organization's computers. Microsoft long ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14860064/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:34 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14860064/ Florida's attorney general said on Thursday the state was seeking to fine Verizon Communications for violating service standards, but the No. 2 U.S. telephone company said its service was fine. Flo... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861922/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:43:55 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861922/ A major Yahoo investor weighed in late Wednesday with support for Carl Icahn's initiative to unseat Yahoo's board, signaling yet another salvo to be fired in the coming weeks as the proxy fight betwee... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861926/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:44:00 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861926/ that RIM's BlackBerry Thunder will arrive later this year exclusively on Vodafone and Verizon's networks. The device is seen as an answer to Apple's iPhone, which http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861921/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:43:53 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861921/ (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)This April 30, 2008 file photo shows an exterior view of Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Thursday, May 15, 2008 officially launch... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14860061/ Fri, 16 May 2008 00:14:14 -0400 Examiner http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14860061/ way back in October 2007. The surprising thing is that she may get one. U.S. District Judge Michael Davis wrote Thursday that he was "contemplating granting a new trial." That's because, Davis s... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861920/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:43:50 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861920/ project and Microsoft announced Thursday that indeed the XO laptop will be available in both Linux and Windows varieties. The companies plan to sell a Windows-powered XO in five or six countries start... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14860065/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:43:54 -0400 CNet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14860065/ Charter Communications is planning to monitor its customers' Web surfing and then, anonymously, display relevant advertisements. What the third-largest U.S. cable operator, headquartered in St. L... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861928/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:43:49 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861928/ Despite the current slowdown, Bear Stearns analyst Ann Duignan said that she doesn't expect GE to have any problem getting its asking price for the unit -- whatever it might be -- as buyers would be b... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861313/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:39:01 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861313/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures closed slightly lower Thursday, retreating from an earlier climb of as much as $2 a barrel, as a bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. natural gas supplies... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861312/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:39:00 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861312/ And in 20 years, China will once again claim that title, hence the need for investors to make sure they've got the proper exposure, said Malkiel, who wrote the recently published, "From Wall Street to... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861311/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:38:59 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14861311/ Luxury retailer Nordstrom Inc. said Thursday its profit fell 24 percent in the first quarter, as recession rumblings in the U.S. crimped even wealthier consumers' shopping habits.Nordstrom's earnings ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14858825/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:18:15 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14858825/ San Francisco - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched a proxy fight Thursday to oust the Yahoo board in a bid to revive Microsoft's spurned deal for the internet powerhouse. "It is quite... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14856573/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:21:42 -0400 Earth Times http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14856573/ To keep guests connected on the road -this offers a unique and convenient online experience, including free Wi-Fi and Internet-enabled computer stations, to allow guests to email, search the Web, revi... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14856580/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:00:43 -0400 4Hoteliers http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14856580/ A House bill that passed out of committee late today would freeze competitive sourcing for three years and impose new contractor ethics requirements. The Fiscal 2009 National Defense Authorization Ac... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14857943/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:52 -0400 FCW http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14857943/ The General Services Administration is not, at least for now, lowering its agency management fee for the Networx telecommunication contracts, said Karl Krumbholz, GSA's Networx program manager. &ldquo... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14857944/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:52 -0400 FCW http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14857944/ An interim rule bars Defense Department contracting officers from paying excessive pass-through fees for subcontracted work that exceed the value of the prime contractors' contribution to the work.The... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14857942/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:50 -0400 FCW http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14857942/ BOSTON — The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft, a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable comp... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14856578/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:06:48 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14856578/ Google passed Yahoo in its share of monthly visitors in the United States for the first time this April, buoyed by growth in search and YouTube videos, according to ComScore statistics released Thursd... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859420/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:37 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859420/ Note: Your e-mail address is used only to let the recipient know who sent the e-mail and in case of transmission error. Neither your address nor the recipients's address will be used for any other pur... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859415/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:33 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859415/ , according to the results of the survey. Cox has acknowledged a practice called "protocol filtering," but says that's not the equivalent of creating different standards for handling content traveling... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859431/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:49 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859431/ has become the first next-generation video game console to hit 10 million units sold in the United States. Further, said Aaron Greenberg, director of product management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859412/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:28 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859412/ Following the February 5 presidential primary, several county clerks in New Jersey asked an independent researcher to study the vote results on the state's electronic voting machines. The vendor, Sequ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859410/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:26 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859410/ , then embed those playlists in any Web page. The process is brain-dead simple: first you run a search of song titles or album titles against Amazon's database, then select from the results. Second, c... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859409/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:25 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859409/ (there's one at each seat in the section) or listen to your playlist on its noise-cancellation headphones, which will break in to tell you when you have to shut it off, presumably. Other airlines h... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859408/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:23 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859408/ Sun just lost the CTO of its desktop division, Hans Muller. Not to worry, though, the open-source world gets to keep him as he's heading down the road to increasingly open-source friendly Adobe to wor... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859444/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:21 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859444/ Google confirmed today it's gathering 3D data along with the photographs it takes for its online Street View service, a potential boon for those of us who fantasize about flying like Superman through ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859419/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:37 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859419/ , but can they actually take action, if they choose, against the company or any other broadband provider on Net neutrality grounds? The answer may not be simple. And if the FCC and other regulato... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859432/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:51 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859432/ Today, Garmin announced a new plan that will give BlackBerry users unlimited, lifetime access to its Garmin Mobile for BlackBerry navigation application. Designed for those who don't want to be bother... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859438/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:22 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859438/ titled "Safari Carpet Bomb," Nitesh Dhanjani describes how a rogue Web site can easily download resources to the Windows desktop or downloads directory on the Mac. "Apple does not feel this is an i... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859421/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:39 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859421/ , Col. Charles W. Williamson III wrote that "America needs a network that can project power by building an af.mil robot network (botnet) that can direct such massive amounts of traffic to target compu... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859411/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:27 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859411/ [Jive's] strategy for competing with giants: work alongside them. Oracle and SAP bundle Jive's discussion forum software into their portal applications. The version of Clearspace released in April let... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859443/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:20 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859443/ Eighty-two surveillance cameras will be watching the perimeter of one of the busiest shipping ports in Northern California. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi toured the Richmond facility and reports on the ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859417/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:35 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859417/ and JetBlue Airways--along with International Aero Engines, Honeywell Aerospace, and a second Honeywell company called UOP. The group plans to study ways to make commercial aviation fuels out of so-ca... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859441/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:17 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859441/ free Wi-Fi access to San Francisco , one neighborhood at a time, as I discovered when I passed by the company's folksy demo table at my local farmers' market last month (see http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859433/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:52 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859433/ it has spent a lot of money without making any headway against Google or even Yahoo. Officially, the company declines to comment on Icahn's move, while continuing to send out the signal that it has... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859414/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:30 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859414/ and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales deconstructed Wikipedia and discussed peer production models at an event here Thursday. Benkler, who is the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor of Entrepreneuri... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859423/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:41 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859423/ Update at 3:30 p.m. PDT: This post has been modified to reflect the public release by NPD of its April video game industry sales figures. Nintendo's Wii was the best-selling next-generation video g... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859422/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:40 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859422/ The next true test of the close U.S. economic ties with China will come after the November election, when a new president has the choice to use the manipulator label. http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14858354/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:46:23 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14858354/ On the morning of May 25, Mars will receive a new alien contraption from Earth, the Phoenix Mars Lander. Its three month mission is to sample buried soil and ice--and maybe find signs of life--in the ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859440/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:12 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14859440/ John Cook's blog . But this elder statesman is not slowing down as it enters the golden years. In fact, based on conversations I had with several partners this week at the firm's annual Technology Su... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855342/ Thu, 15 May 2008 18:19:26 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855342/ NEW YORK – The dollar was higher against the euro, but fell against the other major currencies late Thursday, tamped by weak American manufacturing and industrial output data. The 15-nation e... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852415/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:45 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852415/ SANTA ANA – A jury found Thursday that a company that makes encryption technology for DirecTV violated federal and state piracy provisions, but awarded rival Dish Network Corp. just $1,500 of th... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854853/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:43 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854853/ It makes you wonder if the government is performing a statistical sleight of hand. The same Labor Department report showed that gasoline prices fell 2 percent in April – after seasonal adjustmen... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852370/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:36 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852370/ SHANGHAI, China – China's spending on real estate and other fixed urban assets rose 25.7 percent in the first four months of the year compared with the same period a year ago, the National Stati... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852009/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:29 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852009/ This is the first big investor for Animoto. Previous funding has come from friends and family. Animoto.com, which launched in August, has more than 160,000 registered users, with 7.5 percent of them ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855832/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:54:13 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855832/ to say that Hannes Schwaderer was only referring to the possibility that Apple might use Atom in a future Mobile Internet Device, not the iPhone. An Intel representative in the U.S. used words I'm no... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855839/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:55 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855839/ The Labor Department said the number of laid off-workers applying for jobless benefits rose last week by 6,000 to 371,000 – near the average analyst forecast. That suggests that the labor market... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854862/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:33 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854862/ DALLAS – The movie rental chain Blockbuster Inc., which wants to buy the electronics chain Circuit City Stores, said Thursday it swung to a first-quarter profit on lower expenses and improved re... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852665/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:26 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852665/ . "Facebook has backed out of the CH vs. Facebook beer pong tournament for 'legal and PR' reasons," Mohrer wrote. "Lame!" For those who stepped in late, beer pong, known as "beirut" in some circles, ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855848/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:51 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855848/ WASHINGTON – Key senators said they are close to a bipartisan deal on a homeowner rescue package that could help a half million strapped borrowers get government-backed mortgages. Sen. Christ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852765/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:23 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852765/ WASHINGTON – Federal regulators would have more authority to monitor electronic energy markets and guard against market manipulation under legislation approved Thursday as part of the congressio... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852877/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:39 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852877/ WASHINGTON – Rates on 30-year mortgages edged down this week to their lowest point in a month, a spot of welcome news to would-be home buyers. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thur... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852642/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:33 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852642/ CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The head of the nation's largest consumer bank said Thursday the country's economic downturn will accelerate consolidation across the banking industry. But Bank of America C... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852392/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:34 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852392/ NEW YORK – Gold prices shot up Thursday after crude oil surged earlier in the day before retreating, an inflationary move that fed buying of precious metals as safe, alternative investments. ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854854/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:41 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854854/ “We've not gone out and said we're for sale, but we have been approached by a number of companies,” he said, declining to name the suitors. In a wide-ranging interview, Hunt sought to d... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854858/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:38 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854858/ Dark energy powers the Internet, at least according Jonathan Zittrain. Zittrain is the Jack N. and Lillian Berkman visiting professor for entrepreneurial legal studies at Harvard Law School, the ch... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855849/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:51 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855849/ NEW YORK – High fuel prices are prompting many Americans to reconsider their Memorial Day travel plans, AAA says. The automobile club released a survey Thursday projecting that the number of ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852465/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:25 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852465/ MILWAUKEE – Consumers still want different types of beers, but for a growing number with empty pockets, that means less expensive ones, the chief executive of Miller Brewing Co. said Thursday. ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852069/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:58 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852069/ , an aggregation site that summed online news stories and other content up in 100 words or fewer for quick consumption, has shut its doors. The shutdown is ideally temporary, the site's management ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855850/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:50 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855850/ NEW YORK – J.C. Penney Co Inc said Thursday its first-quarter profit dropped 50 percent as the retailer cut prices to clear unsold merchandise, and it forecast a similar profit drop for its curr... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854864/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:30 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854864/ LONDON – Cadbury PLC, the world's biggest candy maker, gave investors a pleasant surprise Thursday by forecasting target-beating sales in the first half and improving profit margins on the back ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854865/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:30 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854865/ ) co-founder Yang should meet with corporate raider Carl Icahn, who is threatening to wage an ugly proxy battle for control of the struggling Web portal. "But unless [Icahn] has information that woul... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14856290/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:24:27 -0400 Forbes http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14856290/ WASHINGTON – Plane maker Airbus and diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. on Thursday said they are developing a biofuel that by 2030 could satisfy nearly a third of the worldwid... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852082/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:37 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852082/ in this demo video , shows the overlap of board members for large tech companies, including Apple, Intel, Yahoo, and Microsoft. You can use the tool to figure out who's worked where, then drill down t... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855853/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:44 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855853/ HARTFORD, Conn. – With consumers strapped and financing tight, it makes sense for General Electric Co. to sell its 101-year-old appliance business, although it may not fetch the best price, anal... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854852/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:43 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854852/ One of the things that we open sourcerors need to figure out - or which the market needs to figure out - is the convenience of purchasing proprietary software. By this I don't mean any particular vend... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855845/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:43 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855845/ TORONTO – The Canadian Auto Workers union tentatively agreed Thursday to labor deals with General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC that would replace contracts expiring in September. CAW Preside... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852039/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:44 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852039/ LONDON – The U.S. dollar was lower against other major currencies in European trading Thursday morning. Gold rose in London. The euro traded at $1.5477, up from $1.5461 late Wednesday in New ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852036/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:28 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852036/ last week. I am happy to say that me and VZW are back to being BFF. All he really knew was that the call center had told him that I had a very negative experience in the store and he called me pers... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855840/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:35 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855840/ Despite providing the largest portion of alternative fuel in the US, corn ethanol gets a lot of flack in the circles Cleantech Blog runs in. The usual culprits go something like this: Corn ethanol is ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855843/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:34 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855843/ The two sides parted ways last week after 18 days of talks over a contract that covers both movies and prime-time TV shows. That contract ends June 30. The studios, represented by the Alliance of M... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854859/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:37 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854859/ Despite the slowing economy, marketers continued spending on Internet advertising last year to the tune of $21.2 billion, up 26 percent from the previous year, according to a http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855847/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:52 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855847/ WASHINGTON – The House's tax-writing committee on Thursday approved a multifaceted tax package it said would save people almost $10 billion through expansion of the child tax credit and creation... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854851/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:45 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854851/ There are two main audiences for the SearchMonkey Guide: SearchMonkey developers are front end engineers who build presentation applications, small PHP applications that enhance search results. Most ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855844/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:36 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855844/ the post by Facebook employee Charlie Cheever read. "We've found that it redistributes user information from Facebook to other developers without users' knowledge, which doesn't respect the privacy st... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855829/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:54:11 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855829/ WASHINGTON – A reading of U.S. homebuilders' sentiment scraped bottom in May, coming in just one point above its lowest level ever as anxiety continued to grip the industry. The National Asso... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852296/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:31 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852296/ Many airlines have raised ticket prices and cut domestic capacity in recent months to help offset jet fuel costs that have risen dramatically compared with last year. Also in February, domestic and... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14851962/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:26 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14851962/ DENVER – The head of beer brewing giant Molson Coors says plans are still on track to finalize a joint venture with SABMiller by midyear. Chief Executive Officer Leo Kiely told shareholders a... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854857/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:40 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854857/ WASHINGTON – Would consumers get the same warm, fuzzy message from a drug advertisement that promised to lift their mood if it also urged them to report side effects like suicidal thoughts and d... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854861/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:35 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854861/ RIDLEY PARK, Pa. – Two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said Thursday as it offered a reward in the case.... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854855/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:42 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854855/ NEW YORK – A federal judge has tossed out most of a lawsuit in which the health-products maker Johnson & Johnson claimed that the American Red Cross broke the law by licensing its famous red... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852599/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:39 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852599/ WASHINGTON – The millions of dollars in assets reported by Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynn, nearly triple those held by President Bush and the first lady, Laura Bush, according to ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854868/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:22 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854868/ FRANKFURT, Germany – Deutsche Telekom chief executive Rene Obermann said Thursday the company has so far sold more than 100,000 of Apple Inc.'s iPhones since the device's November debut in Germa... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854863/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:32 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854863/ WASHINGTON – Commercial banks and other financial institutions need to beef up their ability to detect and protect themselves against risks like the credit and mortgage debacles, Federal Reserve... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854867/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:24 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854867/ WASHINGTON – Americans' increasing preference for paying with plastic has pitted retailers against credit card companies in a dispute over the cost of the billions of transactions. Retailers ... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852772/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:51 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852772/ NEW YORK – Oil futures ended a whipsaw session slightly lower Thursday as the expiration of options played havoc with prices, driving crude near record high levels at times and down by more than... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854856/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:42 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14854856/ ZURICH, Switzerland – Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services AG on Thursday posted a 3 percent rise in first-quarter profits despite difficult markets. Net profit for the three months ending... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852054/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:27 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14852054/ Atari 2600 Video Computer System is one of the more fondly remembered video game consoles. For its time, the Atari 2600 was a breakthrough in entertainment technology and foreshadowed what would event... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855857/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:30 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855857/ . The purchase price comes to $11.50 per share, representing a 44 percent premium over Wednesday's closing price of $7.95. The acquisition will make CBS one of the 10 most popular Internet companies... http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855856/ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:53:29 -0400 Cnet http://story.cincinnatisun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/14855856/