| Business News |
NBC Universal, partners to buy Weather Channel
(Reuters)
Reuters - NBC Universal and private equity
firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group said on Sunday
they agreed to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark
Communications.
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Is capitulation on the cards?
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Profit warnings, breaches of key index
levels, record oil prices, stressed consumers and investors
seeking safety provide the background for markets this week,
and many people are wondering how long this will all last.
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Postbank sale may fail over target price: report
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The sale of Germany's biggest retail
bank Deutsche Postbank could fail because the price potential
bidders are willing to pay does not meet the expectations of
the lender's parent, Deutsche Post, a German magazine reported
on Saturday.
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Auto sector woes could spur deals: Renault CEO
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A current slump in the
global automotive sector could give fresh impetus to plans for
consolidation within the industry, the head of French carmaker
Renault said on Saturday.
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Hyundai cuts, Kia lifts domestic sales target
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co (005480.KS), South
Korea's top auto maker, said on Sunday it had cut its local
sales target for this year by 6 percent as record-breaking oil
prices are hitting consumer sentiment in Asia's fourth-largest
economy.
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China premier: Continue inflation fight
(AP)
AP - China's premier called for continued vigilance against inflation that has reached 12-year highs, saying the government should ensure that price increases are "acceptable," a state-run news agency reported Sunday.
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| R. Kelly's alleged sex video aired in court - 21, May 2008 |
By Andrew Stern
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jurors and spectators in a darkened courtroom watched a graphic video on Tuesday showing what prosecutors contend is R&B star R. Kelly in a sexual encounter with an underage girl.
But lawyers defending the Grammy Award-winning artist said the 26-minute tape shows neither Kelly nor the girl they allege was his victim, and where the video came from remains a mystery.
The tape featuring oral sex and other acts drew little noticeable response from the jurors who will decide if the musician, whose given name is Robert Kelly, is guilty of 14 counts of videotaping, producing and soliciting child pornography -- charges that could land him in prison for up to 15 years.
On the tape, which prosecutors say was made in Chicago between January 1998 and November 2000 when the girl was 13 or 14, the face of the man alleged to be Kelly is visible only a few times but he can be seen handing the girl money and heard giving her commands.
The video was shown after prosecutors and defense lawyers gave opening statements in Kelly's trial, with Shauna Boliker of the Cook County state's attorney's office calling the video's contents "vile, disturbing and disgusting sex acts, actions that were choreographed, produced and starred in by Robert Kelly."
"The case will unfold before you frame by disgusting frame," she added, with the girl "doing what she's told. There's no feeling in her face. It is clear she is an underaged girl" whom Kelly met when she was 12.
Boliker said the girl -- now in her 20s -- will not testify for the prosecution. She has said it is not her on the tape and refused to testify against Kelly, but she may be called as a defense witness, court records indicate.
"Robert Kelly is not on that tape," said defense lawyer Sam Adam. "There isn't an original of this tape. The tape you're going to see here is at best a copy of a copy of a copy of the original."
(c) 2008 Reuters
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - More than just a box-office hit in China, animated Hollywood comedy "Kung Fu Panda" has led Chinese artists to find fault with their own film industry and call for fewer government controls on culture.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - All four members of supergroup ABBA appeared together on Friday at the Swedish premiere of the film "Mamma Mia!", delighting fans with their first public showing for years.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For years Hollywood's paparazzi have hounded celebrities, but now -- with help from local politicians, a lawyer in the Monica Lewinsky case, and even Malibu surfers -- they are the ones feeling the heat.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Larry Harmon, the alter ego behind Bozo the Clown for more than 50 years, died on Thursday of congestive heart failure at age 83, his spokesman said.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Josh Peck has spent much of his teenage and young adult life in front of television cameras portraying the chubby, goofy character Josh in the Nickelodeon cable TV series "Drake & Josh."
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LONDON (Reuters) - He and his band have been the scourge of the British establishment for decades, whether by swearing on television in an age when it still shocked or mocking the monarchy.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sacha Baron Cohen will star as detective Sherlock Holmes and Will Ferrell as his loyal assistant, Watson, in an upcoming film comedy inspired by tales of the fictional English sleuth, Columbia Pictures said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's not easy living with having been the muse and lover of any great artist, let alone someone with demigod status like Bob Dylan.
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| Software News |
'Containers' Out Perform Virtualization For KV Pharmaceuticals
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - With a container approach from Parallels' Virtuozzo, memory consumption and processor overhead are reduced through the use of one operating system per host.
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Nokia 6220 Smartphone Released
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Nokia 6220 classic design includes 3G connectivity, compatibility with Microsoft Office applications, Bluetooth capabilities, and a 5-megapixel camera.
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Microsoft Hopes Office Subscription Plan Will Counter Free Software
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft is counting on Equipt's convenience factor to help it fend off threats from Google, IBM, and others that are offering free desktop productivity suites.
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Three Startups To Solve SaaS Integration Problems
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Boomi, SnapLogic, and Cast Iron are rolling out new offerings designed to help companies integrate software running in the cloud with onsite software.
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Blogger Opinion: Why We Left NetSuite
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - I first met our solution provider, Ray Tetlow, the founder of Skyytek, on the Oracle Small Business (OSB from now on) user forum. At the time we were struggling with version 7 of OSB. It was really incomplete and badly tested software. Not only was it painfully slow, but also a lot of the features on which we based our purchasing decision just did not work.
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Krugle enhances code search appliance
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Krugle plans to ship next week an upgrade to its search appliance for enterprise software development projects, which makes it easier for teams of developers to maintain code.
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