Monday, October 17, 2005

UPDATE 2-GM in deal with UAW to cut health-care costs


UPDATE 2-GM in deal with UAW to cut health-care costs
Reuters - 20 minutes ago By Poornima Gupta. DETROIT, Oct 17 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday announced a deal with the United Auto Workers union to slash its health-care costs, sending its

Japanese PM sparks controversy with shrine visit
ABC Online - 33 minutes ago MARK COLVIN: Japan's Prime Minister has made another visit to Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine, where 14 Class-A war criminals are honoured, and in doing so has again worsened relations with some of the country's nearest neighbours.

Horror remake spooks Gromit film
BBC News - 5 hours ago A remake of 1980 horror film The Fog has knocked Wallace and Gromit's movie off the top of the North American box office chart, studio estimates say. The Fog took $12.2m ( 6.9m) over the weekend, edging out

Bad Drop DQ's Wie, Costs Her $53,126
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours ago By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer. Michelle Wie walked off the 18th green with her head held high. It wasn't her best golf, but it was good enough for fourth place a respectable way to start her professional career.

New Questions Arise in CIA Leak Probe
ABC News - 16 hours ago New York Times reporter Judith Miller, right, leaves US District Court in Washington with her attorney Robert Bennett, left, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005. Miller gave prosecutors details of a previously undisclosed