Owners Seek Best baseball Deal for Expos (AP) AP - Trying to get the best single ballpark deal for the Montreal Expos, major series baseball urged its lawyers to press ahead with negotiations involving four of the bids bidding for the team.$LABEL$1,1,0
Intuit Posts Wider Loss After Charge (Reuters) Reuters - Intuit Inc. (INTU.O), maker of\the No. 1 U.S. tax presentation software TurboTax, on Wednesday\posted a wider quarterly loss after taking a goodwill\impairment charge during its seasonally weaker fourth quarter.$LABEL$3,1,2
putin faults movement on  #39;90s times in 2 regions tbilisi, Georgia The separatist conflicts in Georgia resulted from the  quot;foolish quot; move by Georgia to strip South Ossetia and Abkhazia of their autonomous status during the Soviet collapse, President Vladimir Putin of Russia was quoted as saying on ...$LABEL$0,1,2
Government gives partial clearance to Bangla tour this govt today gave a partial go-ahead for the Indian cricket team #39;s tour of Bangladesh for the first Test match beginning on Thursday but its security delegation will go to Chittagong, the other venue, to make an assessment of the threat perception$LABEL$1,1,0
Lloyds TSB cashes in on VoIP bank TSB is gearing up to roll out one of the largest converged networks in Europe, a 500m 70,000 phone VoIP infrastructure linking all the bank #39;s branches and cash points.$LABEL$3,1,2
Arafat undertook reforms to rectify his  #39;mistakes #39; whilst Arafat, the Palestinian president, made a rare acknowledgement of mistakes under his rule online and urged reforms to end corruption.$LABEL$0,1,2
Selling Houston Warts and All, Especially Warts Descriptions of urban afflictions and images of giant mosquitoes and cockroaches to convey a sense of how Houston is nevertheless beloved by many residents.$LABEL$2,1,3
Brazil supported Haiti in goodwill soccer game The boys from Brazil beat Haiti #39;s national soccer team teams in a friendly goodwill game 6-0. The game was the brainchild of Brazilian President Luiz paulo Lula da silva, who was on hand in the Haitian capital for the historical matches.$LABEL$1,1,0
Holiday-Shopping Season Remains Sluggish (Reuters) Reuters - U.states. shoppers have kept a tight grip\on their wallets this holiday season with indices on indices\showing sluggish sales in the second week of the  season.$LABEL$2,1,0
Bill Clinton Helps Launch Search Engine Former president Bill Clinton on Monday helped launch a new Internet search company backed by the Chinese government which says its technology uses artificial intelligence to produce better results than Google Inc.$LABEL$3,1,2
Caterpillar snaps up another remanufacturer of engines PEORIA - Caterpillar Inc. said Wednesday it will acquire a South Carolina remanufacturer of engines and automatic transmissions, increasing its US employment base by 500 people.$LABEL$3,1,2
Drugstore Offers following Wave of Disposable Cameras NEW YORK (Reuters) - anchored chain CVS pharmacy. on Thursday  said it would offer the world's first disposable digital camera  with a bright color viewing screen that allows consumers to  instantly preview pictures.$LABEL$3,1,2
Ciena Posts a Loss, Forecasts Flat Sales <p></p><p> By Deborah profits</p><p> CHICAGO (Reuters) - Telecommunications equipment makerCiena corp. <CIEN.O> on Thursday reported a wider loss for thefiscal last quarter due to slack demand and forecast s inthe current quarter would be little changed from the thirdquarter.</p>$LABEL$3,1,2
Abu Ghraib report 'spreads in reports report on the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal will blame at least two dozen more people, say US officials.$LABEL$0,1,3
corporate Lawsuit Vs Texaco Boils Down to Science (Reuters) Reuters - After a decade\of court battles, lawyers on Wednesday took a lawsuit by\Ecuadorean Indians accusing U.S. oil firm ChevronTexaco Corp..\of polluting the Amazon jungle into the field.$LABEL$3,1,0
be Eager to Meet With Bush, Kerry (AP) AP - Organizations representing the nation's 3 million scientists, engineers and doctors have invited both presidential candidates to have a word with them  #151; page.$LABEL$3,1,0
Carly patterson Wins the Women's All-Round contest (greece) - Carly Patterson upstaged Russian diva  Svetlana Khorkina to become the first americans in 20 years to  claim the women's Olympic gymnastics all-round gold medal on  winning.$LABEL$1,1,0
Court: File-swapping software not liable for copyright violations The makers of two leading file-sharing programs are not legally liable for the songs, movies and other copyright works swapped online by their users, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a stinging blow to the entertainment industry.$LABEL$3,1,2
Ohio Sues Best Buy, Alleging Used Sales (AP) AP - Ohio authorities sued Best Buy Co. Inc. on Thursday, alleging the electronics retailer engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices.$LABEL$2,1,0
Briefly: China interest in key Yukos unit China is interested in participating in the bidding for Yuganskneftegaz, the top oil-producing subsidiary of the Russian oil giant Yukos, a Chinese economic official was quoted as saying in a report Thursday by the Russian news agency Interfax. The ...$LABEL$2,1,0
apple recalls 28,000 stores APPLE has issued a safety recall for 28,000 batteries for its notebook notebooks, saying they posed a potential fire hazard.$LABEL$3,1,2
Best Buy a Bad computer? Attorney General Jim Petro is suing Best Buy, claim the electronics retailer has ushered in unfair and deceptive employment practices.$LABEL$2,1,3
Iraq Oil Exports Still Halved After Basra HQ Attack BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq continued to export oil at one  million barrels per day on Friday after an attack on the South  Oil Company headquarters took sabotage operations to a new  level, an official at the state-owned entity said.$LABEL$0,1,2
Vt. sues over importing drugs Vermont's Republican governor challenged the Bush administration's prescription drug policy in federal court yesterday, marking the first time a state has chosen a legal avenue in the expanding battle over Canadian imports.$LABEL$2,1,0
P2P Services in the Clear In a major matter for the music and movie industries, a federal appeals court upholds a lower jurisdiction decision in the infamous Grokster case, ruling peer-to-peer services Morpheus and Grokster are not liable for the copyright infringement of their users. By Katie Dean.$LABEL$3,1,2
Swap Your PC, or us President The producer of ads featuring PC users who switched to Macs is applying the same tactic to political commercials. This time, he'll depend on former backers of President Bush, recruited online, who've changed their political politics. By Louise Witt.$LABEL$3,1,2
Producer sues for Rings profits story producer Saul Zaentz sues the producers of The Lord of the Rings for \$20m in royalties.$LABEL$0,1,2
Google scores first-day bump of 18 (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Even a big first-day jump in shares of Google (GOOG) couldn't quiet debate over whether the Internet search engine's contentious auction was a hit or a flop.$LABEL$3,1,2
Carly patterson Wins gymnastics All-Around Gold championships (greece) - Carly Patterson upstaged Russian diva  Svetlana Khorkina to become the 1st American in 20 decades to  win the women's Olympic gymnastics all-round gold medal on  gold.$LABEL$1,1,0
Don #39;t expect Tiger to relinquish his top ranking without a fight They #39;re calling Ohio a  quot;battleground state, quot; one of the two or three places likely to decide November #39;s presidential elector. at local TV, the Bush and Kerry ads air so frequently that it #39;s easy to forget it #39;s Bob Costas who actually ran the nation.$LABEL$1,1,0
Service packs, senators and civil liberties <strong>Letters:</strong> The bulging issue gives up its secrets$LABEL$3,1,2
Clicking on Profits The latest data from the US Department of Commerce further bolsters what we have all suspected: E-commerce sales are increasing. Not only might one suspect that consumer confidence has been bolstered since last year, there ...$LABEL$2,1,3
French Take Gold, Bronze in club Kayak ATHENS, Greece - Winning on whitewater runs in the family for Frenchman Benoit Peschier, though an taking gold is something new. Peschier paddled his one-man kayak aggressively but penalty free in both his semifinal and final runs on the manmade Olympic ...$LABEL$1,1,0
Crude Price Spike May Send Gas Higher (AP) points - Amid soaring crude oil prices, gasoline costs have been dropping. But don't expect that to last, economists say.$LABEL$0,1,2
Amazon Snaps Up China's Largest Web Retailer (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has said it will buy Joyo.com Limited -- a British Virgin Islands company that operates the largest Internet retail Web site in China -- for US #36;75 million.$LABEL$2,1,3
Court rules Halt Arch Coal's Triton Bid (Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. appeals court ruled on plaintiffs\that Arch Coal Inc. (ACI.N) may proceed with its bid to seek the\out of rival Triton Coal Co. inc, denying an agency\request by the Federal Trade Commission to block the deal, a\spokesman for the agency quoted.$LABEL$2,1,0
Liverpool completes signings of Alonso, Garcia LIVERPOOL, England (AP) -- argentine pair Xabi Alonso from Real club and Luis Garcia from Barcelona signed five-year contracts with Liverpool on transfer.$LABEL$1,1,0
Report: Consumers tuning in to plasma TVs First-quarter shipments of super televisions in the United States more than doubled from the previous year, according to research firm iSuppli. Prices fell by nearly \$1,000 over the same period.$LABEL$3,1,2
Italian team #39;s transplant confirmed After days of speculation sparked by the white bandanna worn by Mr Berlusconi on holiday in Sardinia, Piero Rosati said the results of the operation would show in a couple of months.$LABEL$0,1,1
Chavez victory confirmed Caracas, Venezuela - The results of an audit support the official vote count showing that President Hugo Chavez won this month #39;s recall referendum in Venezuela, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday.$LABEL$2,1,0
Lithuanians deliver NBA stars another Olympic basketball dunking (AFP) AFP - Lithuania defeated the United States 94-90 in an Olympic men's basketball preliminary round game, only the fourth loss in 115 Olympic starts for the defending champions.$LABEL$1,1,0
Video Game Makers Go Hollywood. Uh-Oh. OVIE producers are often criticized for running at the sight of original ideas, preferring instead to milk plays, books, news events, toys and even video games for their screenplays.$LABEL$3,1,2
Glory Comes Amid Empty Seats and Closed Shutters HERE in Old Europe, people install shutters outside their windows to keep out the heat, the pollution, the daylight, the noise. They also lock the shutters tight when they go away on holiday.$LABEL$1,1,2
Amazon to Buy Chinese firm today.s Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. said on Thursday that it will buy Joyo.com Ltd., which runs some of China #39;s biggest retail Web sites, for about \$75 million to gain entry into China #39;s fast-growing market.$LABEL$3,1,2
google.ch 2Q Profit Up Sharply Software developer Salesforce.com Inc. posted a sharp rise in second-quarter profit on better-than-expected revenue during its first half as a public company, but investors shunned the stock in late trading$LABEL$3,1,2
Unknown Nesterenko Makes World Headlines (Reuters) source - Belarus' Yuliya Nesterenko won the top\women's athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday,\triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of\doping woes to win the 100 meters.$LABEL$0,1,1
Around the world The bombing of a job election held in afghanistan that injured six policemen drew calls from a business union Friday for a withdrawal of staffers from the embattled nation.$LABEL$0,1,2
Greek weightlifter awaits verdict Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis will find out on Sunday if he is to be stripped of his medal.$LABEL$0,1,1
A Founding dad? blows the guy some credit. Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong #39;s embattled Chief Executive, gets precious little of it from his folks these daysand heaps of$LABEL$0,1,2
PRESS START gets NOSTALGIA Like Led Zeppelin #39;s  #39; #39;Stairway to Heaven #39; #39; and Lynyrd Skynyrd #39;s  #39; #39;Freebird, #39; #39; classic world games like Frogger and Pong can bring back an entire era.$LABEL$3,1,1
Agency reports climate change major problem Rising sea levels, disappearing glaciers in the Alps and more deadly heat waves are coming for Europeans because of global warming, Europes environmental agency warned Wednesday.$LABEL$3,1,0
Will High Oil Prices Lead to Recession? (AP) AP - High oil prices, which have been a factor in virtually all U.S. recessions over the past three decades, are surging again this year. And the higher crude oil prices climb, the more risk energy costs pose to what, until recently, many expected to be a banner year for the U.S. economy.$LABEL$2,1,0
Labor: Anti-Peres meetings scheduled for Sunday Labor members have scheduled two  #39;rebel #39; anti-Peres conferences for Sunday, one to be headed by MK Matan Vilnai and the second by MK moshe Ben-Eliezer.$LABEL$0,1,1
Noguchi Wins Marathon BULLETIN<br>BC-OLY--Women's Marathon RUN,0058<br>br<br>    athens, Greece (AP)  --  Mizuki Noguchi of Japan won the marathon Sunday in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 20 seconds.$LABEL$1,1,3
Senate Republican Unveils Plan for Intelligence The plan would give the proposed national director responsibility for intelligence-gathering of the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.$LABEL$0,1,3
network Downsizes Again Aug. 23, 2004 (TheDeal.com) Problem-plagued com Networks Corp. announced plans Thursday, Aug. 19, to eliminate an additional 3,500 jobs and fire seven more senior executives as the company labors to reinvent$LABEL$2,1,3