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Print - 2004-10-06
PalmOne and Microsoft set e-mail software pact

PalmOne and Microsoft set e-mail software pact

PalmOne Inc, the leading maker of handheld computers on Tuesday said it licensed Microsoft Corp software that enables secure delivery of corporate e-mail to portable devices.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
US Treasuries narrowly mixed

US Treasuries narrowly mixed

US Treasury debt was narrowly mixed on Monday as investors proved reluctant to make any major bets ahead of key events like a speech from the Fed chairman and the crucial September jobs report.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
US Treasuries narrowly mixed

US Treasuries narrowly mixed

US Treasury debt was narrowly mixed on Monday as investors proved reluctant to make any major bets ahead of key events like a speech from the Fed chairman and the crucial September jobs report.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Philippines stocks retreat

Philippines stocks retreat

Philippines shares back-pedalled on Tuesday after strong gains in the previous session, but traders said the market still has a tailwind from foreign buying and forecasts of good corporate profits for the rest of the year.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Hong Kong stocks drift lower

Hong Kong stocks drift lower

Hong Kong stocks closed slightly lower on Tuesday, retreating from a seven-month high, but property shares bucked the downtrend as transactions picked up in September.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
US stocks rise; Siebel boosts technology shares

US stocks rise; Siebel boosts technology shares

US stocks rose on Monday as software company Siebel Systems Inc boosted technology shares with a better-than-expected sales outlook and Friday's start-of-quarter buying spree ran into the new week.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Seoul shares gain

Seoul shares gain

Seoul stocks closed a touch higher on Tuesday, lifted by firmer banking shares on hopes for better-than-expected second-half earnings, but profit-taking from recent gains and uncertainty ahead of a central bank policy meeting capped the upside.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Indian shares slip after four-day rally

Indian shares slip after four-day rally

Indian shares took a breather on Tuesday after a four-day rally which took the benchmark index to a 5-1/2 month high, but the undertone was firm on expectations of strong earnings from corporates and steady foreign fund inflows.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Jakarta stocks edge up

Jakarta stocks edge up

Jakarta stocks ended slightly higher on Tuesday, after being in near flat or negative territory much of the day, with news of an upward revision in the country's sovereign ratings having limited impact on market sentiment.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Taiwan stocks end flat as bank shares weaken

Taiwan stocks end flat as bank shares weaken

Taiwan stocks closed flat on Tuesday, taking a break after climbing to a 4-month high, as investors pocketed gains from bank shares like Cathy Financial Holding that had been boosted by a recent rate hike.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Nikkei up for fourth day, NTT leads gains

Nikkei up for fourth day, NTT leads gains

Tokyo's Nikkei average ended marginally higher on Tuesday, extending gains into a fourth day as a recent upswing in corporate sentiment and higher profit forecasts offset selling pressure from individual investors.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Thai stocks fall

Thai stocks fall

Thai stocks fell 0.77 percent on Tuesday after three days of gains as profit taking hit recent risers like communications and brokerages after a computer problem wiped out morning trade, analysts said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Hong Kong dollar little changed

Hong Kong dollar little changed

The Hong Kong dollar was little changed against the greenback on Tuesday amid a dearth of fresh market-moving news, dealers said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Indian rupee ends slightly lower as stocks pause

Indian rupee ends slightly lower as stocks pause

The Indian rupee ended slightly lower on Tuesday, coming off a modest early high as concerns about firm prices of oil, the country's key import, and a strengthening dollar kept the market subdued.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Dollar holds firm ahead of Greenspan, jobless data

Dollar holds firm ahead of Greenspan, jobless data

The dollar held near a one-week high against the euro on Tuesday on optimism about the US economy as the market awaited comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Dollar rallies after G7; focus switches to economy

Dollar rallies after G7; focus switches to economy

The dollar rallied broadly on Monday after a statement by the Group of Seven richest nations late Friday brought no surprises, allowing some optimism about US economic prospects to bolster the currency.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Asian currencies steady after G7 meeting

Asian currencies steady after G7 meeting

The Indonesian rupiah extended post-election gains on Tuesday after Fitch Ratings raised its outlook on the country's ratings, citing reduced political uncertainty after presidential polls.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Australian dollar struggles around 72 cents

Australian dollar struggles around 72 cents

The Australian dollar battled to hold above 72 US cents on Tuesday in the face of a strengthening US dollar, which was building on its post-G7 rally on the expectation of upbeat data this week.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Swiss franc range-bound

Swiss franc range-bound

The dollar clung to recent gains against the Swiss franc early on Tuesday as markets reassessed their outlook for the US economy, their mood buoyed by rising share prices and upbeat comments from Federal Reserve officials.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Survey sees no winner in key Indian state election

Survey sees no winner in key Indian state election

India's ruling Congress party is unlikely to win a majority in a key Indian state poll this month, a survey said on Tuesday, due to what is seen as the poor performance of its government there over the last five years.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
12 killed in fresh attacks in Assam

12 killed in fresh attacks in Assam

At least 12 people were killed and seven wounded Tuesday in a fresh bout of militant violence in India's restive north-eastern state of Assam, police said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Greenpeace activists seek to block US nuclear shipment

Greenpeace activists seek to block US nuclear shipment

Greenpeace demonstrators chained themselves to a truck near a nuclear treatment facility in western France Tuesday in a bid to stop an imminent shipment of US military-grade plutonium reaching the plant, resulting in several arrests.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
US rights law makes talks meaningless: North Korea

US rights law makes talks meaningless: North Korea

A law urging more human rights in North Korea passed unanimously by the US Congress showed nuclear talks were meaningless because America was "hell-bent" on toppling the communist state, the North's foreign ministry said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Italy halts controversial immigrant expulsions

Italy halts controversial immigrant expulsions

Italy halted its controversial mass expulsions of immigrants to Libya on Tuesday, an official here said, after a welter of criticism from opposition parties and human rights organisations.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Firecracker factory blast kills 27 in China

Firecracker factory blast kills 27 in China

A massive explosion at a fireworks factory in China's south-western Guangxi province killed 27 people and left 59 injured, 16 seriously, the Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Canadian sub drifts powerless in Atlantic after fire

Canadian sub drifts powerless in Atlantic after fire

A fire broke out on a Canadian submarine off the coast of Ireland on Tuesday, slightly injuring three crew members and knocking out the craft's diesel engines, officials in Canada and Britain said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Saudi charity accused of terrorism dissolved

Saudi charity accused of terrorism dissolved

The Saudi ministry of Islamic affairs has dissolved the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, accused by the United States of funding terrorism, an official at the charity told AFP on Tuesday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Over 135 arrested for telemarketing fraud: US

Over 135 arrested for telemarketing fraud: US

More than 100 individuals in the United States and 35 others in foreign nations have been arrested in a crackdown on telemarketing fraud that caused losses exceeding $1 billion, US officials said on Tuesday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Megawati tells Indonesians to accept poll result

Megawati tells Indonesians to accept poll result

A tearful President Megawati Sukarnoputri told Indonesians on Tuesday to accept the result of the country's historic leadership ballot, but did not explicitly concede defeat to her former security chief.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Israel diverts Lufthansa jet to Cyprus after scare

Israel diverts Lufthansa jet to Cyprus after scare

Israel turned away a Lufthansa passenger plane bound for Tel Aviv on Tuesday due to a bomb threat. The plane landed safely in Cyprus after it was escorted by Israeli air force fighters.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Howard attacks Blair in bid to revive Conservatives

Howard attacks Blair in bid to revive Conservatives

Opposition Conservative leader Michael Howard attacked British Prime Minister Tony Blair's credibility on Iraq, in a speech Tuesday aimed at reviving his party's sagging fortunes before general elections expected next year.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Academic sues Pentagon over coffin pictures

Academic sues Pentagon over coffin pictures

A US journalism professor is seeking to force the Pentagon to release images of coffins bearing America's war dead arriving at the defence department mortuary in Delaware, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
PHF release timing of hockey Tests

PHF release timing of hockey Tests

Pakistan will take on India in the eighth and final hockey Test match at Hyderabad Deccan (India) on October 10 under floodlights, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) announced in a press release on Tuesday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Indian Supreme Court approves live telecast

Indian Supreme Court approves live telecast

India's top court on Tuesday, the eve of the first cricket Test against Australia, finally gave a green light for the state-run broadcaster Doordarshan to telecast live the home series.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Zimbabwe prepare for Lanka battle

Zimbabwe prepare for Lanka battle

The Zimbabwean cricketers had net practice at the Rawalpidi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, in preparation for their forthcoming tri-series encounters against Sri Lanka.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Pakistan face-off Sri Lanka today

Pakistan face-off Sri Lanka today

Pakistan face-off Sri Lanka in the third Paktel Cup 2004 Tri-nation Cricket Tournament at the National Stadium here on Wednesday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Russian missiles found in ETA arms caches

Russian missiles found in ETA arms caches

French police have found two Russian-made surface-to-air missiles among huge arms caches uncovered during a sweep against Basque separatist guerrilla group ETA in south-western France, officials said on Tuesday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Howard targets national security

Howard targets national security

Four days out from a close election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard sought to bring attention back to national security on Tuesday with an unusual plan for an Asia-Pacific spy school to counter terrorist threats.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Russia's intellectuals seek end to Chechnya crisis

Russia's intellectuals seek end to Chechnya crisis

Russian intellectuals Tuesday urged the nation's political classes to come forward with their own suggestions to solve the Chechen crisis, saying last month's school hostage tragedy showed the government had no answers.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
EU sees Russia backsliding on democracy

EU sees Russia backsliding on democracy

Russia is backsliding on democracy and the EU must take Moscow to task while bringing other former Soviet republics closer to the West, the bloc's incoming External Relations Commissioner said on Tuesday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
500 years BC Thracian mausoleum unearthed

500 years BC Thracian mausoleum unearthed

A team of Bulgarian archaeologists announced Tuesday that they had unearthed a large, intact Thracian mausoleum dating back from the fifth century BC near the central Bulgarian town of Chipka.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Israel kills Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza strike

Israel kills Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza strike

A leading Palestinian Islamic Jihad member was killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City on Tuesday as Israeli troops pressed a deadly week-old incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Digital fingerprinting paying dividends in US

Digital fingerprinting paying dividends in US

Hundreds of people trying to get into the United States on false passports have been intercepted since the introduction of new immigration controls including digital fingerprinting, a US official said Tuesday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
BAE chief linked to slush fund for Saudi royals: BBC

BAE chief linked to slush fund for Saudi royals: BBC

Britain's biggest defence contractor, BAE Systems, allegedly paid millions of dollars into a slush fund for a leading member of Saudi Arabia's royal family with the knowledge of its chief operating officer, the BBC says in a television programme to be scr
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
World's biggest book fair to welcome Arab authors

World's biggest book fair to welcome Arab authors

The Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's biggest publishing show, prepared Tuesday to welcome more than 200 Arab authors as guests of honour on the eve of the 56th annual event.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
One killed in Iranian plane crash

One killed in Iranian plane crash

A one-man private plane has crashed in the north-east of Iran killing the pilot, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Three Americans win Nobel physics prize

Three Americans win Nobel physics prize

Three American scientists won the 2004 Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for showing how tiny quark particles interact, helping to explain everything from how a coin spins to how the universe was built.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Bremer and Rumsfeld embarrass Bush on Iraq

Bremer and Rumsfeld embarrass Bush on Iraq

Statements by two top US policymakers contradicting administration dogma on Iraq provided new fuel Tuesday to relentless Democratic criticisms of President George W. Bush that have jolted his re-election bid.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
India seen boosting sugar demand into 2005: FAO

India seen boosting sugar demand into 2005: FAO

India, the world's biggest sugar consumer, is expected to raise sugar imports later this year and in 2005 to compensate for declining stocks after a poor harvest, a United Nations sugar expert said on Tuesday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
EU to review GMO bans from moratorium era

EU to review GMO bans from moratorium era

Six EU governments face pressure to scrap national bans on certain gene-spliced foods that had been approved for growing and processing before the bloc began its 1998-2004 biotech ban, officials said on Tuesday.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Gold probes higher in ranges, eyes dollar

Gold probes higher in ranges, eyes dollar

Gold edged higher in Europe on Tuesday afternoon, helped by a firmer euro after news that the giant US services sector grew more slowly than expected in September, dealers said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Liffe sugar ends firmer

Liffe sugar ends firmer

Liffe sugar futures closed up in light trade with many players absent in the runup to a sugar trade dinner, and traders said price prospects remain bullish, underpinned by a expectations of a supply deficit in 2004/05.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Tuesday's closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/lb.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

Tuesday's closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/lb.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
New York cotton settles mixed

New York cotton settles mixed

NYBOT cotton futures closed mixed Tuesday in narrow-ranged trade as the market kept an eye on news that heavy rain may sweep into Texas, the top cotton growing area in the United States, analysts said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
London cocoa eases on fund selling

London cocoa eases on fund selling

London cocoa futures ended lower on Tuesday as fund selling outweighed scale-down buying from industry, traders said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
London coffee rebounds

London coffee rebounds

London robusta coffee futures bounced back after Monday's lows to finish with strong gains on Tuesday, but traders said the market could suffer further setbacks in the next few days.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
London base metals mixed on fund activity

London base metals mixed on fund activity

Zinc was the busiest contract by the end of Tuesday's open-outcry trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME), closing slightly lower after a turbulent day, traders and analysts said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Oil prices jump above $51 a barrel

Oil prices jump above $51 a barrel

Oil prices leaped above $51 a barrel on Tuesday as a prolonged US production outage following Hurricane Ivan attracted fresh speculative buying. US light crude set a new high of $51.29 a barrel, later easing to settle at $51.09, a gain of $1.18 on the day
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Oil prices jump above $51 a barrel

Oil prices jump above $51 a barrel

Oil prices leaped above $51 a barrel on Tuesday as a prolonged US production outage following Hurricane Ivan attracted fresh speculative buying. US light crude set a new high of $51.29 a barrel, later easing to settle at $51.09, a gain of $1.18 on the day
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
US MIDDAY: coffee jumps on weather conditions

US MIDDAY: coffee jumps on weather conditions

US coffee futures ended up more than 2 percent Tuesday as funds and speculators bought on speculation that forecast rains for top grower Brazil might not materialise, traders said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
US MIDDAY: sugar at three-year high on fund buying

US MIDDAY: sugar at three-year high on fund buying

NYBOT raw sugar futures finished Tuesday at a three-year peak on a steady fusillade of fund buying, with bullish fundamentals seen keeping the market strong in the weeks ahead, brokers said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
US MIDDAY: corn futures up on short-covering

US MIDDAY: corn futures up on short-covering

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures firmed on Tuesday on speculative short-covering after early losses on forecasts for a record 2004 US corn crop, brokers said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
US MIDDAY: soyabeans rigid on short covering

US MIDDAY: soyabeans rigid on short covering

Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures were firm at midday Tuesday on light speculative short covering and commercial buying after early losses on forecasts for a record 2004 US soya crop, brokers said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
US MIDDAY: copper firms on Chilean strike

US MIDDAY: copper firms on Chilean strike

US copper futures posted moderate gains Tuesday morning as they took a half-hearted cue from prospects for a Chilean strike later this week and a softer dollar, traders said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
US MIDDAY: gold steadies on oil price

US MIDDAY: gold steadies on oil price

COMEX gold steadied Tuesday after its pullback from last week's highs, helped by a weaker dollar, another record oil price, and concern that these could foreshadow inflation.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
US Stocks: Tuesday's unofficial close

US Stocks: Tuesday's unofficial close

US stocks declined slightly on Tuesday afternoon as record oil prices and economic data showing slower-than-expected growth weighed on the markets.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Sri Lankan stocks fall

Sri Lankan stocks fall

Sri Lanka stocks fell on Tuesday in thin volume selling of small counters across the board as retail investors took profits after recent gains, brokers said.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Pound falls to lowest in three weeks

Pound falls to lowest in three weeks

Sterling fell to its lowest level in almost three weeks against the dollar on Tuesday and approached a recent eight-month low versus the euro after a weaker-than-expected survey of Britain's service sector.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Dollar holds recent gains

Dollar holds recent gains

The dollar bobbed near a one-week high against the euro on Tuesday as investors waited to see if forthcoming US data and a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan would reinforce optimism over the US economy.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Legislators' tour to US termed 'rewarding'

Legislators' tour to US termed 'rewarding'

Pakistan's parliamentarians and the legislative staff on study tour of the United States concluded their fortnight-long visit describing the endeavour as 'advantageous' and 'rewarding.'
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Hafeez favours Iran-India gas pipeline via Pakistan

Hafeez favours Iran-India gas pipeline via Pakistan

Federal Privatisation and Investment Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has supported proposed laying of a gas pipeline from Iran to India via Pakistan, saying it is 'the most economical available option.'
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Wasi Zafar meets LHC Chief Justice

Wasi Zafar meets LHC Chief Justice

Federal Law Minister, Wasi Zafar on Tuesday called on the Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry and discussed matters pertaining to dispensing early and inexpensive justice as well as further strengthening of the judici
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Expo Pakistan to be held in Karachi from February 2

Expo Pakistan to be held in Karachi from February 2

As many as 10 different exhibitions are planned to be held in Karachi at Expo Center during the year 2005 - the Expo Pakistan being the biggest one to be held from February 2 to 5.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Rains multiply risks to health

Rains multiply risks to health

Temperature may have dropped to pleasant level in Karachi after recent showers with the risk of diarrhea, influenza and typhoid double fold owing to possible contamination of under ground water sources.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
CBEC to be inaugurated at SIUT on October 8

CBEC to be inaugurated at SIUT on October 8

The first-over Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC) in the country will be inaugurated at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplant (SIUT) here on October 8.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Traffic chaos

Traffic chaos

The traffic chaos prevailing on the intersection of NICVD - Regent Plaza is such that emergency patients going to NICVD and also to other important hospitals like the Kidney Centre, Children's Hospital as well as the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre - i
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
The carpet industry

The carpet industry

This has reference to your editorial "Looming threat to carpet industry," dated 29th September 2004, in which you have highlighted the problem of child labour in the carpet industry.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
China to build dozens of nuclear plants

China to build dozens of nuclear plants

Facing enormous demand for electricity, China is to build dozens of nuclear plants in the next half century and is at the forefront of efforts to develop the next generation of safer, more efficient reactors.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
KESC's poor job in rain havoc

KESC's poor job in rain havoc

Although the coastal belt of southern Sindh had a providential escape from the fury of a cyclone last weekend, the heavy downpour preceding it did take its toll, notwithstanding the elaborate precautionary measures the district and provincial governments
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
A worrisome climb in prices

A worrisome climb in prices

The latest statistics on prices are highly distressing. After remaining subdued from 1999-2000 to 2002-03, inflation rate picked up somewhat during 2003-04 but the current year has witnessed an abnormal increase in prices. According to the Federal Bureau
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am
Wapda union holds demonstration

Wapda union holds demonstration

Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union held a demonstration against the escalating prices of essential commodities and proposed privatisation of Wapda's Power Wing.
Published 06 Oct, 2004 12:00am