Dollars Gather At Social Networking
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Three years ago, some dismissed social networking Web sites as a fad, a place where the geek-minded could fluff their personality on a Web page. 
© 2025 Yahoo/Reuters Fri, 22 Sep 4:30pm Ad assignment goes awry on MySpace.com
(AP)
AP - A university student appears to be responsible for an advertising class assignment that went awry when the teacher's pug was threatened to be killed online, the school said.
© 2025 Yahoo/Reuters Fri, 22 Sep 4:30pm Boston cardinal adopts new habit with Vatican blog
(Reuters)
Reuters - Looking to marry the Roman Catholic
Church's 2,000-year-history with the modern world's
technological bent, Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley on Thursday
became the first U.S. cardinal to launch a blog.
© 2025 Yahoo/Reuters Fri, 22 Sep 4:30pm Senate telecom bill still short of votes: Stevens
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
Chairman Ted Stevens said on Thursday he was still unable to
muster enough votes for his telecommunications bill, which
could die if Republicans lose power in the November elections.
© 2025 Yahoo/Reuters Fri, 22 Sep 4:30pm Sony cuts price of PlayStation 3 to $410
(AP)
 AP - Sony Corp. said Friday it will slash the price of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 video game console in Japan by 20 percent, heating up the competition in the next-generation gaming war against rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.
© 2025 Yahoo/Reuters Fri, 22 Sep 4:30pm  Soccer: Knights sign Ghanaian international
Ghanaian international Hamza Mohammed has joined the New Zealand Knights on a short-term contract as injury cover, the A-League soccer club said today.He will fill in for fellow midfielder Jonas Salley, who is recovering from...
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Microsoft mulls free Web-based business software
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on
Thursday it may offer a free, advertising-supported version of
its basic word processing and spreadsheet software, in an
apparent bid to fend off a nascent challenge from Google Inc.
in the business software market.
© 2025 Yahoo/Reuters Fri, 22 Sep 4:30pm  Chavez outburst pushes Chomsky book sales
WASHINGTON - Who needs publicists and expensive advertising campaigns when you have Hugo Chavez plugging your books?When Venezuela's leader spoke at the UN this week and described George Bush as the devil, he also gave a resounding...
© 2025 NZ Herald Fri, 22 Sep 4:20pm Interview: Senior make up artist Amber D
Amber D is a M.A.C senior artist and member of the international M.A.C pro team. She is director of make up for several shows at New Zealand Fashion Week. Which shows did you work on this week and what was involved? So far...
© 2025 NZ Herald Fri, 22 Sep 4:20pm Good results for organic fruit growers
Despite higher than expected fruit losses this year, organic kiwifruit growers are celebrating excellent returns, an industry leader said today.Doug Voss, chair of Organic Aotearoa (NZ) said the healthy payout increases highlighted...
© 2025 NZ Herald Fri, 22 Sep 4:10pm Butter trade to resume, but question mark over 2007
Trade Negotiations Minister Phil Goff said today New Zealand would accept a European Commission proposal to let in the remainder of this year's butter exports.But he was concerned no progress had been made to find a solution for...
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