Lenovo completes IBM acquisition deal
Xinhua - 18 hours ago BEIJING, May 1 (Xinhuanet) -- China's computer giant Lenovo and the US behemoth IBM announced Sunday that Lenovo has completed the acquisition of the PC unit of IBM, marking the birth of the third largest PC enterprise in the world.

A Tonic for Bush's Ailing Second Term
BusinessWeek - 3 hours ago One hundred and one days into his second term, President George W. Bush is near the low point of his four-and-a-half-year Presidency. His party is struggling mightily, too. Despite an aggressive marketing campaign, public support for the President's No.

Runaway bride-to-be could face charges
Boston Globe - 34 minutes ago By Associated Press | May 2, 2005. DULUTH, Ga. -- A prosecutor said yesterday that he wants to review whether the runaway bride-to-be who conceded that she made up a kidnapping story should be charged for making false statements to the police.

Iraq hostage's family 'extremely concerned'
ABC Online - 1 hour ago The brother of an Australian man being held hostage in Iraq says the family is extremely concerned about his situation but trusts the Government will do all that is reasonably in its power to help. Douglas

MIT Professor Amon Heinz Award Winners
Washington Post - 46 minutes ago By ALLISON SCHLESINGER. PITTSBURGH -- Shortly after Joseph Rogers was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 1969, he took a battery of tests to see if he was eligible for vocational rehabilitation. Counselors

Neiman Marcus gets three buyout bids
USA Today - 23 minutes ago By Lorrie Grant, USA TODAY. Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus Group (NMGA) is mulling takeover bids from three groups of investors, according to sources who have been briefed on these offers. By Friday's deadline

New threat to Egypt's peace
Newsday - 2 hours ago BY MOHAMAD BAZZI. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Two attacks against tourists in Cairo on Saturday prompted fears of a renewed wave of violence by Islamic militants similar to a bloody campaign in the 1990s, which nearly

Suicide bomber attacks mourners, kills 25
DetNews.com - 1 hour ago BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide car bomber drove into a gathering of mourners at a funeral for a slain political leader Sunday in northern Iraq, killing 25 people and wounding at least 30, a provincial official said.

World leaders try to breathe life into nuclear pact
Reuters AlertNet - 33 minutes ago By Evelyn Leopold. UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from around the world attempt on Monday to breathe life into a 35-year old nuclear disarmament treaty whose credibility UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says is seriously challenged.

Seoul, Japan Play Down North Korean Missile Test
DCEAlumni.com - 50 minutes ago Officials in Seoul were quoted saying that North Korean missile test at the weekend does not appear to pose a threat to regional security but would strain efforts to restart talks on Pyongyang’s nuclear programs.