Mexican panel rejects demand for full vote recount - International Herald Tri...

" By James C. McKinley Jr. The New York Times Published: August 6, 2006 MEXICO CITY A seven-member electoral tribunal has unanimously rejected a demand from the leftist candidate for president for a complete recount of votes in last month's election, setting the stage for...

Iran says oil may hit $100/barrel (Reuters)

" 29 minutes ago NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Iran " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Iran 's Deputy Oil Minister Mohammad Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian said on Friday global crude oil prices could touch $100 a barrel on geopolitical tension and soaring winter demand....

Iran rejects UN demand to suspend uranium enrichment - RIA Novosti

" 20:12 | 31 / 07 / 2006 NEW YORK, July 31 (RIA Novosti) - Iran's ambassador to the UN rejected Monday the UN Security Council's demand that it suspend uranium enrichment by August 31. "Iran's peaceful nuclear program poses no threat to global peace and security,"...

Israel will not demand Hizbollah disarm (Reuters)

" 49 minutes ago JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Israel will not demand the immediate disarming of Hizbollah as part of a deal to end the current fighting in Lebanon, a senior Israeli foreign ministry official said on Saturday....

Television's New Joy of Text

"The number of TV shows that allow audiences to participate through text messaging has skyrocketed as programmers seek out new revenue sources and try to encourage people to watch shows when they are aired, rather than on tape or video on demand, reports the WSJ. ... "The...

Demand on High-End Homes Continues

Real Estate News "One niche continues to sell briskly -- multimillion-dollar homes despite growing indications of a cooling housing market. More homes have crowded the market and sales volumes have fallen in areas from Houston to Boston and Washington, D.C. over the past few...

Rising Home Loan Demand Amid Increasing Fed Rate

Real Estate News "An industry trade group said on Thursday that U.S. mortgage applications rose for the first time in three weeks as interest rates on home loans fell from a four-year high during a week when the Federal raised borrowing costs."

Demand on US Home Loans Increases Despite Increasing Rates

Applications for U.S. mortgages increased for the first time in 4 consecutive weeks. Industry trade reported that there was a rebound on home purchase loans despite the increasing interest rate. Interest rates hit the highest for this year. Mortgage Bankers reported that the...

Ransomware: Cryzip Trojan Encrypts Files, Demands Ransom

This goes in the, 'wish i'd thought of that category' (along w/ malware that re-writes all the affiliate links you view to shell companies 0wn3d by the virus writer)..."Virus hunters have discovered a new Trojan that encrypts files on an infected computer and then demands...