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...second place, a mere percentage point behind Dick Gephardt. Once viewed as a no-hoper for the nomination, notable only for his vehement opposition to the war in Iraq, Dean is increasingly forcing his party's other candidates to adjust their strategies as they figure out how to slow his momentum...
...Bremer's efforts, progress has been slow. Aid groups say hospitals are running out of oxygen supplies. Oil production is at less than half its prewar capacity, and though gasoline stocks inside Iraq are closer to prewar levels, Baghdadis claim that lines for gas are longer than they used to be. Bremer says the U.S. has tried to tackle the unemployment problem by paying 1.5 million civil servants their monthly salaries, but even that has provoked discontent. The U.S. is paying salaries in 10,000-dinar ($7.40) notes, which a cartel of Baghdad money changers has refused to break...
Richard J. Peterson had an exciting week last week for the first time in ages. As chief market strategist for the U.S.-based data firm Thomson Financial, Peterson keeps track of companies around the world who are buying and selling each other. And after some very slow years, he saw the urge to merge suddenly come rushing back. On Monday, Canada's Alcan launched a hostile j3.4 billion takeover bid for France's Pechiney, only the second such attempt in France in the past decade. The combined firms would be the world's largest aluminum company. The next day, three...
...said most of the attacks were “denial of service attacks,” in which a hacker searches for a vulnerable computer on a network and floods the system with activity. This influx can slow down and even temporarily shut down a computer network...
...University, we’re not generally setting up firewalls,” he said. “Firewalls, as much as protecting, can also slow down things and they can keep things out that you probably want. Universities generally have an open environment...