2008 Mar 10
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business 
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Just about everyone seems to be submitting the story from last week about a local Kentucky legislator who has put forth a bill to read more »
TechdirtJust about everyone seems to be submitting the story from last week about a local Kentucky legislator who has put forth a bill to read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment 
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Reuters - Madonna spoke of being possessed by magic as she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday along with read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Madonna spoke of being possessed by magic as she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday along with read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Madonna, pop music's quick-change artist, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday and paid tribute to peop read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Madonna, pop music's quick-change artist, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday and paid tribute to peop read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World 
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Reuters - Alistair Thomson has been a Reuters correspondent in Africa for eight years, covering everything from military coups to read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - Alistair Thomson has been a Reuters correspondent in Africa for eight years, covering everything from military coups to read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - The body of one South Korean army officer killed in a United Nations helicopter crash in Nepal last week was returned home T read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - The body of one South Korean army officer killed in a United Nations helicopter crash in Nepal last week was returned home T read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Outspoken feminist Germaine Greer has rounded on US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, branding her as "cold," "bossy" an read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Outspoken feminist Germaine Greer has rounded on US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, branding her as "cold," "bossy" an read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Heavy storms were expected to cause more travel chaos in Britain Tuesday, with France also preparing for more bad weather, a read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Heavy storms were expected to cause more travel chaos in Britain Tuesday, with France also preparing for more bad weather, a read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Billy Crystal will get to "look mahvelous" in pinstripes. The actor will sign a one-day, minor league contract with the New Y read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Billy Crystal will get to "look mahvelous" in pinstripes. The actor will sign a one-day, minor league contract with the New Y read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Over the last few months, there have been some indications that major label EMI was sick of the RIAA and IFPI's war on music fans read more »
TechdirtOver the last few months, there have been some indications that major label EMI was sick of the RIAA and IFPI's war on music fans read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Satellite photographs show illegal loggers have clear-cut large swathes of trees in the heart of a monarch butterfly reserve read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Satellite photographs show illegal loggers have clear-cut large swathes of trees in the heart of a monarch butterfly reserve read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business 
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Reuters - The two biggest owners of shares in Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said on Monday they drastically cut their stake read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The two biggest owners of shares in Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said on Monday they drastically cut their stake read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Russia told the U.N. Security Council on Monday that the presence of U.S. Navy warships in the Mediterranean off the coast of read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Russia told the U.N. Security Council on Monday that the presence of U.S. Navy warships in the Mediterranean off the coast of read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Pop star Madonna, folk singer Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop band The Dave Clark Five and instrume read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Pop star Madonna, folk singer Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop band The Dave Clark Five and instrume read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
My Cato colleague Jim Harper has a new paper looking at proposals to implement a nationwide electronic "employment eligibility ver read more »
TechdirtMy Cato colleague Jim Harper has a new paper looking at proposals to implement a nationwide electronic "employment eligibility ver read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Sinn Fein, the major Catholic-backed party in Northern Ireland, wants to take control of the police and courts by May and read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Sinn Fein, the major Catholic-backed party in Northern Ireland, wants to take control of the police and courts by May and read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The militant group that has claimed the kidnapping of five Britons in Iraq has responded to pleas for their release by saying read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The militant group that has claimed the kidnapping of five Britons in Iraq has responded to pleas for their release by saying read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A sports utility vehicle fell into a canal in central Mexico Monday, killing nine small children but leaving their teacher un read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A sports utility vehicle fell into a canal in central Mexico Monday, killing nine small children but leaving their teacher un read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A pro-government militia composed of former Tamil Tiger rebels won a local election in a turbulent eastern city despite alleg read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A pro-government militia composed of former Tamil Tiger rebels won a local election in a turbulent eastern city despite alleg read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology 
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AP - The Walt Disney Co. expects to collect $1 billion in revenue from online content this fiscal year, a significant rise from es read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - The Walt Disney Co. expects to collect $1 billion in revenue from online content this fiscal year, a significant rise from es read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Pop star Britney Spears, embroiled in a bitter custody dispute with her ex-husband and legal battle for control of her read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Pop star Britney Spears, embroiled in a bitter custody dispute with her ex-husband and legal battle for control of her read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Luciany Ball's adoption file says she was born 14 months ago by Caesarean section to a single mother who gave her up so she c read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Luciany Ball's adoption file says she was born 14 months ago by Caesarean section to a single mother who gave her up so she c read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Carolina Herrera, a stateswoman of the New York fashion scene, is being honored for her long career by the Council of Fashion read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Carolina Herrera, a stateswoman of the New York fashion scene, is being honored for her long career by the Council of Fashion read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - The Web site of The New York Times suffered substantial delays Monday as traffic spiked following its reports linking Gov. El read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - The Web site of The New York Times suffered substantial delays Monday as traffic spiked following its reports linking Gov. El read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - A drop in the share price of Brazil's Vale (VALE5.SA) relative to bid target Xstrata has thrown another obstacle in read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - A drop in the share price of Brazil's Vale (VALE5.SA) relative to bid target Xstrata has thrown another obstacle in read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
A year ago, we wrote about a popular law student message board/forum called AutoAdmit that was making some female law students ups read more »
TechdirtA year ago, we wrote about a popular law student message board/forum called AutoAdmit that was making some female law students ups read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - Traditional media companies should see Google as a friend willing to help them take advantage of online opportunities read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - Traditional media companies should see Google as a friend willing to help them take advantage of online opportunities read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A team from Brazil's Labor Ministry found "degrading" living conditions for 133 sugarcane workers employed by an ethanol comp read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A team from Brazil's Labor Ministry found "degrading" living conditions for 133 sugarcane workers employed by an ethanol comp read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - The Warner Bros. prehistoric adventure "10,000 B.C." was the top film at the weekend box office, taking in $35.9 million. read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - The Warner Bros. prehistoric adventure "10,000 B.C." was the top film at the weekend box office, taking in $35.9 million. read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - IBM has committed to investing $1 billion in its unified communications strategy in the next three years as it sharpen read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - IBM has committed to investing $1 billion in its unified communications strategy in the next three years as it sharpen read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Texas Instruments Inc., which makes chips used in about half the world's cell phones, lowered its range of expected profits a read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Texas Instruments Inc., which makes chips used in about half the world's cell phones, lowered its range of expected profits a read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Playbill - Asolo Repertory Theatre's 50th anniversary season in Sarasota, FL, will open with Cy Coleman, Mark Bramble and Michael read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsPlaybill - Asolo Repertory Theatre's 50th anniversary season in Sarasota, FL, will open with Cy Coleman, Mark Bramble and Michael read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday it was keeping its Argentine assets, reversing an announced decision to read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday it was keeping its Argentine assets, reversing an announced decision to read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - The European Commission has agreed to look into a complaint filed with it last year by a London gambling trade group th read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - The European Commission has agreed to look into a complaint filed with it last year by a London gambling trade group th read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Fox News Channel erroneously reported early in its coverage Monday of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's alleged involvement in a read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Fox News Channel erroneously reported early in its coverage Monday of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's alleged involvement in a read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A suicide bomber killed five U.S. soldiers as they chatted with shop owners while on a foot patrol in central Baghdad on Mond read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A suicide bomber killed five U.S. soldiers as they chatted with shop owners while on a foot patrol in central Baghdad on Mond read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Pop singer Janet Jackson, whose fluctuating weight has fascinated the tabloids for years, is co-writing a book about h read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Pop singer Janet Jackson, whose fluctuating weight has fascinated the tabloids for years, is co-writing a book about h read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Heath Ledger's will leaves nothing to his former girlfriend and their 2-year-old daughter because it was never updated after read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Heath Ledger's will leaves nothing to his former girlfriend and their 2-year-old daughter because it was never updated after read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Stocks fell for a third session on Monday, as investors dumped financial shares on fears of more credit losses and con read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks fell for a third session on Monday, as investors dumped financial shares on fears of more credit losses and con read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
I've had my own share of criticisms of the Blu-Ray format in the past, but even I think the thesis that Blu-ray is doomed is over read more »
TechdirtI've had my own share of criticisms of the Blu-Ray format in the past, but even I think the thesis that Blu-ray is doomed is over read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - The European Union launched an investigation on Monday into whether U.S. measures on foreign online gambling companies read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - The European Union launched an investigation on Monday into whether U.S. measures on foreign online gambling companies read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - Silverlight, Microsoft's cross-browser plug-in technology for rich multimedia experiences, is making the rounds as an read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - Silverlight, Microsoft's cross-browser plug-in technology for rich multimedia experiences, is making the rounds as an read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows didn't attract enough attention from Wal-M read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows didn't attract enough attention from Wal-M read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Britney Spears' new lawyer has a tip for Kevin Federline: If you're going to ask for your legal bills to be paid, don't leave read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Britney Spears' new lawyer has a tip for Kevin Federline: If you're going to ask for your legal bills to be paid, don't leave read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
NewsFactor - In the shoot-out between video-game consoles, Microsoft has drawn a new weapon -- a major price cut in Europe. Beginn read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsNewsFactor - In the shoot-out between video-game consoles, Microsoft has drawn a new weapon -- a major price cut in Europe. Beginn read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Nigeria's national police force is committing widespread and systemic torture during interrogations and in prison cells, a U. read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Nigeria's national police force is committing widespread and systemic torture during interrogations and in prison cells, a U. read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
It's no secret that not all content online is good for kids to see -- though, the "threats" have been greatly exaggerated. Howeve read more »
TechdirtIt's no secret that not all content online is good for kids to see -- though, the "threats" have been greatly exaggerated. Howeve read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - IBM Corp.'s chairman and chief executive, Samuel J. Palmisano, enjoyed an 11 percent raise in compensation to $20.9 million i read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - IBM Corp.'s chairman and chief executive, Samuel J. Palmisano, enjoyed an 11 percent raise in compensation to $20.9 million i read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Countrywide Financial Corp shares dropped 14 percent to a 13-year low on Monday following reports the largest U.S. mo read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Countrywide Financial Corp shares dropped 14 percent to a 13-year low on Monday following reports the largest U.S. mo read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Oracle Corp has created Web-based software designed to help salespeople win more business, its latest attempt to overt read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Oracle Corp has created Web-based software designed to help salespeople win more business, its latest attempt to overt read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - A majority of Americans do not read political blogs, the online commentaries that have proliferated in the race for th read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - A majority of Americans do not read political blogs, the online commentaries that have proliferated in the race for th read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - A message on a postcard from Ernest Hemingway to his father foreshadows the life-changing experiences that would become the f read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - A message on a postcard from Ernest Hemingway to his father foreshadows the life-changing experiences that would become the f read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Malaysia's prime minister said Monday he alone was not to blame for the historic electoral losses that vastly reduced his rul read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Malaysia's prime minister said Monday he alone was not to blame for the historic electoral losses that vastly reduced his rul read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - How wireless carriers treat data traffic, the big growth driver in their industry, may change with a device Alcatel-Lucent an read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - How wireless carriers treat data traffic, the big growth driver in their industry, may change with a device Alcatel-Lucent an read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - France's local elections usually focus on issues like garbage pickups, nursery schools and neighborhood parks. But this year' read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - France's local elections usually focus on issues like garbage pickups, nursery schools and neighborhood parks. But this year' read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Police blocked hundreds of Tibetan exiles Monday from leaving an area near this northern Indian city at the start of a planne read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Police blocked hundreds of Tibetan exiles Monday from leaving an area near this northern Indian city at the start of a planne read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was caught on a federal wiretap last month arranging to meet a prostitute at a Washing read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was caught on a federal wiretap last month arranging to meet a prostitute at a Washing read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is being released from a Nevada jail so he can return to Florida to face charges relate read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is being released from a Nevada jail so he can return to Florida to face charges relate read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Indians from Mexico, the United States and Canada gathered before dawn Monday to light incense, pray and sing in the shadow o read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Indians from Mexico, the United States and Canada gathered before dawn Monday to light incense, pray and sing in the shadow o read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Fresh fighting has flared between Arab nomads and former southern rebels in an oil-rich border between north and south Sudan read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Fresh fighting has flared between Arab nomads and former southern rebels in an oil-rich border between north and south Sudan read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology 
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In the shoot-out between video-game consoles, Microsoft has drawn a new weapon -- a major price cut in Europe. Beginning March 14, read more »
NewsFactor NetworkIn the shoot-out between video-game consoles, Microsoft has drawn a new weapon -- a major price cut in Europe. Beginning March 14, read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
A new study from The New York Times is trying to pin down how just how much consumer data Internet companies have. Google, Yahoo, read more »
NewsFactor NetworkA new study from The New York Times is trying to pin down how just how much consumer data Internet companies have. Google, Yahoo, read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Microsoft has asked a federal court to stop embarrassing disclosures in a lawsuit that claims Microsoft's Windows Vista marketing read more »
NewsFactor NetworkMicrosoft has asked a federal court to stop embarrassing disclosures in a lawsuit that claims Microsoft's Windows Vista marketing read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Anyone who's visited more than a handful of "social networking" sites have come across one that asks you to give it the password t read more »
TechdirtAnyone who's visited more than a handful of "social networking" sites have come across one that asks you to give it the password t read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Iran issued a stamp Monday in commemoration of a top Hezbollah commander wanted by the U.S. who was killed in a car bombing i read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Iran issued a stamp Monday in commemoration of a top Hezbollah commander wanted by the U.S. who was killed in a car bombing i read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa claimed responsibility for kidnapping two Austrian tourists last month in Tunisia in an audi read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa claimed responsibility for kidnapping two Austrian tourists last month in Tunisia in an audi read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - The European Union launched an investigation on Monday into whether U.S. prosecutions of foreign online gambling compa read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - The European Union launched an investigation on Monday into whether U.S. prosecutions of foreign online gambling compa read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - China disclosed Monday that suspicious liquids were found on a flight headed to Beijing from a far western Muslim region, and read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - China disclosed Monday that suspicious liquids were found on a flight headed to Beijing from a far western Muslim region, and read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - The bow tie is out at MNSBC. David Gregory is replacing Tucker Carlson as host of a one-hour show each evening. read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - The bow tie is out at MNSBC. David Gregory is replacing Tucker Carlson as host of a one-hour show each evening. read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - Sun and Microsoft announced two "milestones" Monday in their ongoing alliance, including the official opening of a Sun read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - Sun and Microsoft announced two "milestones" Monday in their ongoing alliance, including the official opening of a Sun read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Slowly, but surely, the courts are fixing many (though, not nearly all) of the most egregious problems with the patent system. Th read more »
TechdirtSlowly, but surely, the courts are fixing many (though, not nearly all) of the most egregious problems with the patent system. Th read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
While Yahoo looks for ways to thwart a Microsoft takeover, Microsoft is already planning to integrate Yahoo. In an interview Sunda read more »
NewsFactor NetworkWhile Yahoo looks for ways to thwart a Microsoft takeover, Microsoft is already planning to integrate Yahoo. In an interview Sunda read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - The cost to insure the debt of Bear Stearns Cos surged on Monday and its share and put options were active on concern read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The cost to insure the debt of Bear Stearns Cos surged on Monday and its share and put options were active on concern read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Lisa Marie Presley has sued a British newspaper for alleging that she was piling on the pounds because of her unhealthy appet read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Lisa Marie Presley has sued a British newspaper for alleging that she was piling on the pounds because of her unhealthy appet read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Oracle Corp has upgraded its Web-based software designed to help salespeople win more business, its latest attempt to read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Oracle Corp has upgraded its Web-based software designed to help salespeople win more business, its latest attempt to read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Infineon Technologies has agreed to sell its hard-disk-drive operations to LSI under terms that were not disclosed. Infineon's HDD read more »
NewsFactor NetworkInfineon Technologies has agreed to sell its hard-disk-drive operations to LSI under terms that were not disclosed. Infineon's HDD read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Countrywide Financial Corp shares fell more than 12.5 percent on Monday following reports it was being investigated b read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Countrywide Financial Corp shares fell more than 12.5 percent on Monday following reports it was being investigated b read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) will sell its 16.3 percent stake in White Mountains Insuranc read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) will sell its 16.3 percent stake in White Mountains Insuranc read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
We've seen way too many bad DMCA takedown notices over the years, but this latest one may be the most ridiculous yet. A lawyer re read more »
TechdirtWe've seen way too many bad DMCA takedown notices over the years, but this latest one may be the most ridiculous yet. A lawyer re read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A suicide bomber killed five American soldiers on a foot patrol Monday after detonating his explosives vest in central Baghda read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A suicide bomber killed five American soldiers on a foot patrol Monday after detonating his explosives vest in central Baghda read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
If Business Week columnist Sarah Lacy was looking to inject herself into the story when she interviewed Facebook founder Mark Zuck read more »
NewsFactor NetworkIf Business Week columnist Sarah Lacy was looking to inject herself into the story when she interviewed Facebook founder Mark Zuck read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc , the Wall Street investment bank, is laying off 5 percent of its work force, or about 1, read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc , the Wall Street investment bank, is laying off 5 percent of its work force, or about 1, read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Oil hit a record high of $107 a barrel on Monday, reversing earlier losses as investors sought oil as a hedge against read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Oil hit a record high of $107 a barrel on Monday, reversing earlier losses as investors sought oil as a hedge against read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AFP - British food-to-clothes retailer Marks and Spencer said Monday that chief executive Stuart Rose would remain at the company read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - British food-to-clothes retailer Marks and Spencer said Monday that chief executive Stuart Rose would remain at the company read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - In a March 3 story about celebrity chef Robert Irvine, The Associated Press, relying on a statement from the Food Network, re read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - In a March 3 story about celebrity chef Robert Irvine, The Associated Press, relying on a statement from the Food Network, re read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSa.N) purchased Betten Financial News BV as part of a global expansion of its Dow Jones read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSa.N) purchased Betten Financial News BV as part of a global expansion of its Dow Jones read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - McDonald's Corp said on Monday sales at restaurants open at least 13 months rose 11.7 percent globally in February on read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - McDonald's Corp said on Monday sales at restaurants open at least 13 months rose 11.7 percent globally in February on read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Work on Heath Ledger's last film, suspended due to his death by accidental overdose in January, has resumed after thre read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Work on Heath Ledger's last film, suspended due to his death by accidental overdose in January, has resumed after thre read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - U.S. stocks slipped on Monday as mounting concerns about the economy overshadowed stronger-than-expected same-store sa read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. stocks slipped on Monday as mounting concerns about the economy overshadowed stronger-than-expected same-store sa read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Jim Lippard points out that a site called Rate My Cop is generating some controversy from Arizona police departments who apparentl read more »
TechdirtJim Lippard points out that a site called Rate My Cop is generating some controversy from Arizona police departments who apparentl read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - U.S. wholesale inventories rose 0.8 percent in January, while sales leapt 2.7 percent, the largest increase in nearly read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. wholesale inventories rose 0.8 percent in January, while sales leapt 2.7 percent, the largest increase in nearly read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Verizon Wireless expects annual revenue growth in the double-digit percentage range for the next few years, according read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Verizon Wireless expects annual revenue growth in the double-digit percentage range for the next few years, according read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - As mobile broadband takes off, Wi-Fi hotspots will become as irrelevant as telephone booths, Ericsson Chief Marketing read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - As mobile broadband takes off, Wi-Fi hotspots will become as irrelevant as telephone booths, Ericsson Chief Marketing read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Microsoft Corp would not rush to merge its technology platform with Yahoo Inc's after a takeover of the Internet compa read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Microsoft Corp would not rush to merge its technology platform with Yahoo Inc's after a takeover of the Internet compa read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - HBO is "Driving Around With Joni." The pay cable network has ordered a comedy pilot from former "Will & Grace" produce read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - HBO is "Driving Around With Joni." The pay cable network has ordered a comedy pilot from former "Will & Grace" produce read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. is upgrading one of its cell phone models so that it can connect to a faster data network, doubling its d read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Sprint Nextel Corp. is upgrading one of its cell phone models so that it can connect to a faster data network, doubling its d read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
When visitors come to your organization's Web site, are they finding what they're looking for? It may seem a basic question, but i read more »
NewsFactor NetworkWhen visitors come to your organization's Web site, are they finding what they're looking for? It may seem a basic question, but i read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Dressed in jeans and black T-shirts and armed with touch-screen laptops, Generation Y employees at "The City" help customers read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Dressed in jeans and black T-shirts and armed with touch-screen laptops, Generation Y employees at "The City" help customers read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Shares of Countrywide Financial Corp fell 7 percent to $4.72 before the bell on Monday after the New York Times repor read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Shares of Countrywide Financial Corp fell 7 percent to $4.72 before the bell on Monday after the New York Times repor read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - Global inventories of semiconductors, the building blocks of electronic devices, spiked in the fourth quarter due to la read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - Global inventories of semiconductors, the building blocks of electronic devices, spiked in the fourth quarter due to la read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - An emergency interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve is possible ahead of its March 18th policy meeting, according read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - An emergency interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve is possible ahead of its March 18th policy meeting, according read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - In the trendy heart of Argentina's Italian community, Francis Ford Coppola says he has been set free. read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - In the trendy heart of Argentina's Italian community, Francis Ford Coppola says he has been set free. read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
For years, credit unions have differentiated themselves from banks and other competitors by creating strong "trusted advisor" rela read more »
NewsFactor NetworkFor years, credit unions have differentiated themselves from banks and other competitors by creating strong "trusted advisor" rela read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
Reuters - An Australian women's magazine apologized on Monday for breaking a global media blackout on Prince Harry's deployment read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - An Australian women's magazine apologized on Monday for breaking a global media blackout on Prince Harry's deployment read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - Shared development efforts will focus on making chip circuits even smaller, even to the atomic level. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - Shared development efforts will focus on making chip circuits even smaller, even to the atomic level. read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Apple's iPhone may be open to developers now, but don't expect to see Microsoft bringing its Flash competitor Silverlight to the h read more »
NewsFactor NetworkApple's iPhone may be open to developers now, but don't expect to see Microsoft bringing its Flash competitor Silverlight to the h read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
The biggest European information technology fair went green this year. The problem was that there were not many people around to n read more »
NewsFactor NetworkThe biggest European information technology fair went green this year. The problem was that there were not many people around to n read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Microsoft Corp., hoping its Silverlight video software platform puts a dent in the lead built up by Adobe System Inc.'s Flash prod read more »
NewsFactor NetworkMicrosoft Corp., hoping its Silverlight video software platform puts a dent in the lead built up by Adobe System Inc.'s Flash prod read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Pioneer Corp. will stop making plasma display panels in an effort to turn around its money-losing business, the Japanese electroni read more »
NewsFactor NetworkPioneer Corp. will stop making plasma display panels in an effort to turn around its money-losing business, the Japanese electroni read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - IBM and Hitachi are expected to announce a research agreement on Monday in which the companies will collaborate to imp read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - IBM and Hitachi are expected to announce a research agreement on Monday in which the companies will collaborate to imp read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Adidas and Samsung have teamed up for a new twist in training -- a mobile phone that can coach. The German athletics company and read more »
NewsFactor NetworkAdidas and Samsung have teamed up for a new twist in training -- a mobile phone that can coach. The German athletics company and read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - As a legal battle between Barry Diller and John Malone heads to court on Monday, the biggest surprise may just be that read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - As a legal battle between Barry Diller and John Malone heads to court on Monday, the biggest surprise may just be that read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
The Olympic Committee is rather infamous for its ability to convince governments to pass special intellectual property laws just t read more »
TechdirtThe Olympic Committee is rather infamous for its ability to convince governments to pass special intellectual property laws just t read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Monday after Wall Street's sharp drop on Friday as investors speculated that read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Monday after Wall Street's sharp drop on Friday as investors speculated that read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Pop star Madonna, folk singer Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop band The Dave Clark Five and instrume read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Pop star Madonna, folk singer Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop band The Dave Clark Five and instrume read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Paramount Pictures will become the first major studio to make clips from thousands of its movies available for use on the Int read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Paramount Pictures will become the first major studio to make clips from thousands of its movies available for use on the Int read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - After being surrounded by the dramatic heavyweight stars of the Oscars, Jon Stewart will play host again, this time amid a be read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - After being surrounded by the dramatic heavyweight stars of the Oscars, Jon Stewart will play host again, this time amid a be read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - She has been a sitcom character, a sometime talk show host and the centerpiece of her own reality show. Now Kathy Griffin has read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - She has been a sitcom character, a sometime talk show host and the centerpiece of her own reality show. Now Kathy Griffin has read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - Global inventories of semiconductors, the building blocks of electronic devices, spiked in the fourth quarter due to l read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - Global inventories of semiconductors, the building blocks of electronic devices, spiked in the fourth quarter due to l read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Carlyle Capital Corp , an affiliate of private equity firm Carlyle Group , said on Monday it has asked lenders for a s read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Carlyle Capital Corp , an affiliate of private equity firm Carlyle Group , said on Monday it has asked lenders for a s read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AFP - China Railway Construction, which raised 5.4 billion dollars in its initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong, faile read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - China Railway Construction, which raised 5.4 billion dollars in its initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong, faile read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
Reuters - Malaysia's ruling coalition tried to regroup on Monday after a shocking electoral setback that decimated its ranks and read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - Malaysia's ruling coalition tried to regroup on Monday after a shocking electoral setback that decimated its ranks and read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Hollywood action star Chuck Norris, known for his martial arts prowess and tough-guy image, has become a cult figure a read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Hollywood action star Chuck Norris, known for his martial arts prowess and tough-guy image, has become a cult figure a read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy's rightwing party suffered losses in local elections seen Monday as a warning to the French leader read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy's rightwing party suffered losses in local elections seen Monday as a warning to the French leader read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Spain's governing Socialists won a second term in office but will again need the support of smaller parties to reboot a slowi read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Spain's governing Socialists won a second term in office but will again need the support of smaller parties to reboot a slowi read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Candidates looked to cut deals with adversaries in a bid for victory in next week's second round of French municipal election read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Candidates looked to cut deals with adversaries in a bid for victory in next week's second round of French municipal election read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Technology 
Official Google Blog
Posted by Douglas Merrill, VP of EngineeringAs many of you know, we spend a lot of time around here thinking about new products to read more »
Official Google BlogPosted by Douglas Merrill, VP of EngineeringAs many of you know, we spend a lot of time around here thinking about new products to read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
Reuters - Tropical cyclone Jokwe battered parts of Mozambique for a third day on Monday, killing at least eight people and destr read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - Tropical cyclone Jokwe battered parts of Mozambique for a third day on Monday, killing at least eight people and destr read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
FCC chair Kevin Martin is well-known as a good friend to telco companies -- but that friendship has never extended to cable compan read more »
TechdirtFCC chair Kevin Martin is well-known as a good friend to telco companies -- but that friendship has never extended to cable compan read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A Melbourne couple returning home from vacation Monday were shocked to discover police about to hold a news conference at the read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A Melbourne couple returning home from vacation Monday were shocked to discover police about to hold a news conference at the read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - The European Union hopes that pro-European parties in Serbia will win upcoming elections, the EU's Slovenian presidency said read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - The European Union hopes that pro-European parties in Serbia will win upcoming elections, the EU's Slovenian presidency said read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has instructed the army to halt air strikes and raids into the Gaza Strip in response to a read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has instructed the army to halt air strikes and raids into the Gaza Strip in response to a read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Sri Lanka's volatile eastern district of Batticaloa on Monday held local council elections for the first time in 14 years wi read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Sri Lanka's volatile eastern district of Batticaloa on Monday held local council elections for the first time in 14 years wi read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - "The Saint" is marching back to television. Roger Moore, who played debonair international thief Simon Templar in the read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - "The Saint" is marching back to television. Roger Moore, who played debonair international thief Simon Templar in the read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - An Australian magazine apologized Monday to readers and troops serving abroad for publishing a story revealing that Prince Ha read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - An Australian magazine apologized Monday to readers and troops serving abroad for publishing a story revealing that Prince Ha read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who," which opens in theaters Friday, is the first of the classic stories written by Theodo read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who," which opens in theaters Friday, is the first of the classic stories written by Theodo read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Newly published documents released by Colombia's security forces claim the leftist presidents of Venezuela and Ecuador conspi read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Newly published documents released by Colombia's security forces claim the leftist presidents of Venezuela and Ecuador conspi read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A Canadian arrested last year in a worldwide manhunt after Interpol unscrambled his swirled digital images from Internet phot read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A Canadian arrested last year in a worldwide manhunt after Interpol unscrambled his swirled digital images from Internet phot read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AFP - David Beckham's move to Major League Soccer may have been good for his wallet but it has apparently not helped his popularit read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAFP - David Beckham's move to Major League Soccer may have been good for his wallet but it has apparently not helped his popularit read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - White students are fleeing public schools in Australia to avoid studying with Aboriginal, Muslim and Asian pupils, a report read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - White students are fleeing public schools in Australia to avoid studying with Aboriginal, Muslim and Asian pupils, a report read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - "The L Word" is set to take its final bow. Showtime has renewed the lesbian drama for a sixth and final season, which read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - "The L Word" is set to take its final bow. Showtime has renewed the lesbian drama for a sixth and final season, which read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Global credit strains took a heavy toll on Australian money markets on Monday, driving interbank rates to their highes read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Global credit strains took a heavy toll on Australian money markets on Monday, driving interbank rates to their highes read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Oil was steady above $105 on Monday, supported by a bout of cold weather in the United States and a sliding U.S. dolla read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Oil was steady above $105 on Monday, supported by a bout of cold weather in the United States and a sliding U.S. dolla read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Microsoft Corp would not rush to merge its technology platform with Yahoo Inc's after a takeover of the Internet com read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Microsoft Corp would not rush to merge its technology platform with Yahoo Inc's after a takeover of the Internet com read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Oil major Chevron Corp plans to develop two multi-billion dollar gas projects in Asia, amid forecasts of surging gas read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Oil major Chevron Corp plans to develop two multi-billion dollar gas projects in Asia, amid forecasts of surging gas read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - The latest report about the publishing industry doesn't compile sales figures, track the market for fiction or lament the fut read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - The latest report about the publishing industry doesn't compile sales figures, track the market for fiction or lament the fut read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Wall Street analysts are forecasting flat earnings growth for U.S. companies in the first and second quarter, a survey read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Wall Street analysts are forecasting flat earnings growth for U.S. companies in the first and second quarter, a survey read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Barack Obama has won what could be an influential endorsement among reggae fans: Jamaican singer Cocoa Tea, who's backing the read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Barack Obama has won what could be an influential endorsement among reggae fans: Jamaican singer Cocoa Tea, who's backing the read more »
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Carlyle Capital Corp , a Dutch-listed affiliate of private equity firm Carlyle Group said on Monday it was continuing read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Carlyle Capital Corp , a Dutch-listed affiliate of private equity firm Carlyle Group said on Monday it was continuing read more »