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News Alert! Regret But No Apology From Pope

Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:00:01 -0400
September 16, 2006

Regret But No Apology From Pope

Muslim leaders demanded Pope Benedict XVI apologize for remarks he made
about Islam and jihad. Two West Bank churches were firebombed, stirring
fears of more worldwide violence. The Vatican said the pope is
"extremely upset" Muslims were offended.

Breaking News Fri., September 15, 2006

Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:24:31 -0700

AN OUTBREAK OF E. COLI HAS SPREAD TO 20 STATES AND SICKENED 94 PEOPLE,
FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY

Breaking News Fri., September 15, 2006

Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:24:31 -0700

AN OUTBREAK OF E. COLI HAS SPREAD TO 20 STATES AND SICKENED 94 PEOPLE,
FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY

Breaking News 9/15/06

Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006

New York becomes the 11th state with confirmed cases of illness
resulting from E. coli bacteria in bagged spinach.

Breaking News 9/15/06

Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:32:09 -0400

A deadly E. coli outbreak linked to bagged spinach has spread to a ninth
state, with Ohio officials reporting seven cases, The Associated Press
reports.

Business News: Inflation takes a breather as gasoline and home costs help

11:41 am ET Sep 15, 2006

Inflation takes a breather as gasoline and home costs help

Consumer price inflation moderated in August as gasoline and home
ownership costs rose at a slower pace, the Labor Department said
Friday.
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Ford to slash 14,000 salaried jobs, offer union buyouts

Ford Motor Co. said Friday it's cutting its salaried work force by
one-third -- or 14,000 jobs -- and offering buyouts to all 75,000 union
workers in a massive restructuring to cut $5 billion in costs.
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DaimlerChrysler cuts 2006 outlook, shares slide

LONDON -- Shares in German automaker DaimlerChrysler slid in Frankfurt
and New York Friday after the company slashed its outlook for 2006,
citing difficult trading conditions at its U.S. operations.
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Housing, community trends emerge for aging baby boomers

CHICAGO - The country's more than 77 million baby boomers represent
more than a quarter of the U.S. population and have a substantial build
up of spending power. As more of them move toward retirement age,
businesses are paying attention to what this generation's real estate
needs are.

Breaking News Fri., September 15, 2006

10:39 am EDT Fri, Sep 15, 2006

FIDEL CASTRO, STILL RECOVERING FROM INTESTINAL SURGERY, WILL NOT ATTEND
NON-ALIGNED NATIONS SUMMIT IN HAVANA

Bulletin: Crude price falls to lowest point this year at $62.50 a barrel

9/15/2006 10:23:05 AM ET

Inflation takes a breather as gasoline and home costs help
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Ford aims for $5 billion in savings via sweeping job cuts
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DaimlerChrysler cuts 2006 outlook, shares slide
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Intercontinental Exchange to buy NYBOT for $1 bln
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Crude price falls to lowest point this year at $62.50 a barrel

75,000 GET BUYOUT OFFER AT FORD MOTOR

Friday, September 15, 2006
Business News

75,000 GET BUYOUT OFFER AT FORD MOTOR

Ford Motor Co. will offer buyout packages of up to $140,000 to all of
the more than 75,000 workers at its U.S. plants, the United Auto Workers
union said yesterday, a day before the automaker details a revised
turnaround plan.

News Alert! 伊朗表示全力支持伊拉克

伊朗表示全力支持伊拉克
國際新聞

伊朗總統內賈德表示，將全力支持伊拉克穩定國內及地區局勢。More...go
to
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or go to LINKS and click 'John's Journal'

E. coli outbreak traced to bagged spinach

BREAKING NEWS
E. coli outbreak traced to bagged spinach

(New York - September 14, 2006) - Federal health officials are warning
consumers across the country not to eat bagged fresh spinach after an
outbreak of E. coli killed a person and left 50 others sick.

Breaking News Thu., September 14, 2006

6:55 pm ET Thu, Sep 14, 2006

FDA ANNOUNCES E. COLI OUTBREAK TRACED TO SPINACH; EIGHT STATES AFFECTED:
CONN., IDAHO, IND., MICH., N.M., ORE., UTAH, WIS.

Business News: U.S. retail sales rise 0.2% in August

11:40 am ET Sep 14, 2006
U.S. retail sales rise 0.2% in Augus

U.S. retail sales inched ahead by 0.2% in August, boosted by a
surprising gain in auto sales that offset the drag from lower gasoline
prices, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
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China closes brokerage market to foreign firms

HONG KONG -- Chinese regulators will stop taking applications by foreign
firms looking to acquire stakes in Chinese brokerages, as well as
applications to open new domestic brokerages, according to media reports
Thursday.
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Miners BHP, Rio Tinto buck trend in lower Europe

LONDON -- European shares closed lower Thursday after Wall Street stocks
sagged in early trading, although declines were offset by positive
earnings from retailers such as Swiss luxury-goods group Richemont and
home-improvement chain Kingfisher, along with gains in the mining
sector.

Business News: Net Stocks: Deals fail to provide a lift for Google, Yahoo, Real

10:01 am ET Sep 14, 2006
Major deals fail to lift Yahoo, Google

Shares of big Internet companies were trading mostly lower Thursday,
with some major deals announced after the close of trading Wednesday
failing to provide a jolt for bellwethers Google Inc., and Yahoo Inc.

Both the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index ($COMPQ) and Dow Jones
Internet Index (DJI_DJINET) opened the day on the negative side as well.
Each of the indices were down fractionally.

Business News: 鲍尔森关注中国的能源使用问题

Date: 14 Sep 2006
鲍尔森关注中国的能源使用问题

美国财政部长鲍尔森周三在讲话中对中国的能源消费和该国的环境记录明确表达了他的担忧，此番言论也吸引了各方的关注。More...go
to
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Business News: Natural-gas futures sink to 2004 levels after U.S. supply update

9/14/2006 10:42 am ET

U.S. retail sales rise 0.2% in August
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Natural-gas futures sink to 2004 levels after U.S. supply update

Business News: U.S. stocks rise, but negative Merck, H-P news temper gains

Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:01:07 (GMT)

U.S. stocks rise, but negative Merck, H-P news temper gains

Last Update: 9/13/2006 12:00:09 PM
NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks posted tepid gains Wednesday morning, allowing
the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 to touch new multi-month highs,
although investor optimism over the previous session's breakout was
tempered by unfavorable news from blue chips Merck & Co. Inc. and
Hewlett-Packard Corp.
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Lehman profit rises 4%, beating estimates

NEW YORK -- Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter
net income and revenue rose from year-ago levels despite a tougher
investment-banking environment.
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Due Diligence: Problematic BP's a buy, for some

LONDON -- BP PLC has a busted pipeline in Alaska.

Bulletin: 65 Tortured Bodies Found In Iraq

Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:30:02 -0400
65 Tortured Bodies Found In Iraq

Sixty bodies were found in both Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods in
Baghdad and another five were found floating down the Tigris River.
Another 30 people around the country died in car bombings, mortar
attacks and shootings.
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Fourth Damascus Embassy Attacker Dies

Syrian authorities said they were unable to question the man before he
died. He and three others tried to storm the U.S. Embassy using
automatic rifles, grenades and car bombs. Syria says all four men were
Syrians, not foreigners.

Health: 研究:绿茶有可能降低患致命疾病的风险

Date: 13 Sep 2006
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研究:绿茶有可能降低患致命疾病的风险

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Forums: 如何看熱比婭獲諾貝爾和平獎提名？

Date: 13 Sep 2006

如何看熱比婭獲諾貝爾和平獎提名？

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BUSINESS NEWS: Oil prices slip below $64 a barrel after inventory report.

Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:32:03 -0400

Oil prices slip below $64 a barrel after inventory report.

Breaking News: London police firearms crackdown includes raids in NJ

BREAKING NEWS
September 13, 2006

Breaking News: London police firearms crackdown includes raids in NJ

Raids targeting gun-smuggling between the U.S. and London are taking
place in New Jersey this morning. British police seized hundreds of
firearms in a dawn raid involving gun-smuggling between New Jersey and
London.

Breaking News Tue., September 12, 2006

11:10 pm Tue, Sep 12, 2006

MODERATE SEN. LINCOLN CHAFEE (R.I.) WINS GOP PRIMARY; SEN. HILLARY
CLINTON (N.Y.) ALSO PREVAILS IN RE-ELECTION BID

Spitzer, Clinton Win Primary Races

September 12, 2006

Spitzer, Clinton Win Primary Races

(New York, September 12, 2006) New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
has won the Democratic primary for governor and Sen. Hillary Clinton won
her primary for U.S. Senate as well.

Analysis: Syria: The Embassy Attack and Improving Relations With Washington

Al-Qaida Offshoot Blamed in Syria Attack
Armed Islamic militants attempted to storm the U.S. Embassy in a brazen
attack Tuesday, the government said. (AP)
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Analysis: Syria: The Embassy Attack and Improving Relations With
Washington
The attack against the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria, was a "terrorist
operation," Syrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majid told Syrian
state television Sept. 12. The Syrians' ability to foil the attack will
allow Damascus to improve its relations with Washington to some extent,
though Syria's close relationship with Iran will prevent the two sides
from making a significant diplomatic breakthrough.

B & F News: U.S. hits record trade deficit of $68 bln in July

BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS:
U.S. hits record trade deficit of $68 bln in July
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006

WASHINGTON -- Higher prices for imported oil pushed the U.S. trade gap
of goods and services to a new record in July, a government report
showed Tuesday.
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Texas Instruments tightens third-quarter financial targets

SAN FRANCISCO -- Texas Instruments Inc., the world's largest provider
of mobile phone chips, tightened its third-quarter financial targets
late Monday.
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David Callaway: Barbarians on the board at Hewlett-Packard

SAN FRANCISCO -- Someday investors will thank the keystone directors at
Hewlett-Packard Co. for their role in the evolution of corporate
governance in America.

Business & Financial News: Jobs says Apple's iTunes to start selling movies from Disney, Pixar, Touchstone

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:42:04 -0400

Jobs says Apple's iTunes to start selling movies from Disney, Pixar,
Touchstone, Reuters reports.
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Apple to ship device to stream movies wirelessly starting next year,
Reuters reports.

News Alert: Harvard Ending Early Admissions

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:30:02 -0400
Harvard Ending Early Admissions

Harvard University says it will eliminate its early admissions program
next year because it puts poor and minority students at a disadvantage.
It called on other universities to follow suit. 

Business and Financial News: Tue., September 12, 2006

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006

Dynamic ImageHewlett-Packard announced that Patricia Dunn will step down
as chairwoman amid a scandal involving an illegal probe into the phone
records of HP board members.

Bristol-Myers says CEO Dolan leaving immediately; Hewlett-Packard says Hurd to succeed Dunn as chairman in January

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:33:02 -0400

Bristol-Myers says CEO Dolan leaving immediately; Hewlett-Packard says
Hurd to succeed Dunn as chairman in January; details soon.

News Alert! Attack On U.S. Embassy In Syria Foiled

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:30:03 -0400
Attack On U.S. Embassy In Syria Foiled

No Americans were hurt, but three attackers and a Syrian security guard
were killed. A fourth attacker was wounded and captured. The militants
used automatic rifles and grenades, and may have detonated a car rigged
with explosives. 

Remembering 9/11: 分析：9・11是否历史的转折点？

Date: 11 Sep 2006 15:45:40 -0000

分析：9・11是否历史的转折点？
在9・11恐怖袭击事件发生五年后，许多人开始疑问9・11是否真的标志着历史的转折点。More...

Markets: Sept. 11 marked by moments of silence, ceremony

11:41 am ET Sep 11, 2006
Sept. 11 marked by moments of silence, ceremony

NEW YORK -- Thousands paused Monday across the United States to mark
the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist strikes with
moments of silence and other solemn tributes to those killed and injured
in the worst-ever attack on U.S. soil.
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Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks fall on commodities sell-off; oil at March
lows

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks lost ground Monday as a sharp drop in crude-oil
prices led a sell-off in commodities and sent shares of energy and
mining companies lower, most notably Exxon Mobil and Alcoa on the Dow
Jones Industrial Average.
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Dell delays 10-Q filing over SEC probe; buybacks suspended

NEW YORK -- Dell Inc. shares sank as much as 5% Monday after the world's
largest maker of personal computers revealed several troubling
developments related to an ongoing probe of its accounting practices,
which are now being investigated by federal prosecutors.
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The Fed: Growth should slow, inflation subside, Fed's Minehan says

BOSTON -- The U.S. economy will likely slow, helping to bring down core
inflation, Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Cathy Minehan said
Monday.
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H-P board postpones decision on Dunn, probe fallout

SAN FRANCISCO -- The board of directors of Hewlett-Packard Co. met
Sunday for several hours to discuss the future of Chairwoman Patricia
Dunn and the fallout over the company's investigation into board leaks
to the press, but ended the meeting without announcing any decision and
said it would reconvene on Monday.

Five Years Later: Marking the Moments of 9/11

12:10 am ET Mon, September 11, 2006
Five Years Later: Marking the Moments of 9/11

The families of the 2,749 people who died in New York City on September
11 gathered, and with hearts still full of pain they read the victims'
names aloud.

U.S. light crude below $65 a barrel for first time since late March, Reuters reports.

Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:32:06 -0400

U.S. light crude below $65 a barrel for first time since late March,
Reuters reports.

Breaking: Penn Station Evacuated due to Suspicious Package

Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:51:15 -0700
BREAKING NEWS

Penn Station was evacuated Monday morning because of a suspicious
package, suspending all train service in and out of the terminal,
officials said. Police said the suspicious package was discovered in an
area used by Amtrak.

Breaking News: A lengthy statement from al Qaeda number 2

Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:31:05 -0400

A lengthy statement from al Qaeda number 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri on the eve
of the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks calls on Muslims to
step up their resistance to the United States.

Remembering 9/11

Breaking News: A lengthy statement from al Qaeda number 2

Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:31:05 -0400

A lengthy statement from al Qaeda number 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri on the eve
of the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks calls on Muslims to
step up their resistance to the United States.

Forums: 9/11襲擊對世界有什麼影響？

Date: 10 Sep 2006

9/11襲擊對世界有什麼影響？

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