19:55:23

Honda Previews Misano World Superbike

Long-term championship leader James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) has another opportunity to extend his championship lead this weekend, as a revamped and reversed Misano circuit welcomes the 2004 champion and his peer group to yet another overheated weekend of top class Superbike action.

Toseland has led the championship in frequently impressive style since round one and even after a mishap in the rain at Silverstone last time out, he recovered well enough to work his way back through almost the entire field to finish eighth. He is now on 237 points, 23 ahead of Noriyuki Haga and 36 ahead of Max Biaggi.

Roberto Rolfo (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) has made great advances in set-up and familiarity with his machine at competitive pace recently, and is one of three supported Honda riders in the Superbike class hailing from Italy.

8:30:36

Spied: BMW's upmarket 1-series twins

We've got another three months before BMW finally launches the 1-series coup茅 at the Frankfurt motor show in September. These spy shots are the clearest yet of the two-door notchback, designed to expand the appeal of the 1-series range when it launches in the USA next year.

The disguise around the rear is hiding 3-series coupe-style lights, and under the covers the bootlid is curved, not flat. At the front there are M3-style air intakes in the bumper and heavily flared wheelarches.

What about an M1?

Speculation has been rife that BMW is working on an M-Division version of the 1-series coupe, and Autocar's sources recently confirmed that a proper, M-badged 1-series is in the pipeline for not-long-after the standard car's launch.

The engine it'll run is still unknown.

13:38:12

Honda aims to bring green diesel cars to Japan soon

The Honda Motor Company logo can be seen on the rear of one of Honda's models during an auto show in Miami Beach, Florida, October 2006. Honda Motor Co. plans to become the first Japanese carmaker to produce passenger vehicles with low-pollution, fuel-efficient diesel engines, according to a report released on Wednesday. .

15:26:54

New Savings Magazine Helps DFW Elite Auto Rental.com Spread the ...

As the summer driving season kicks into high gear, so has the effort by DFW Elite Auto Rental.com to spread the word about its innovative Drive Your Dream exotic driving tours. "We know that Dallas/Fort Worth has lots of car enthusiasts who would love to spend a full day at the controls of five exotic sports cars," says Ron Sturgeon, owner of DFW Elite Auto Rental.com and inventor of Drive Your Dream.

"But to do it, they've got to know about it," says Sturgeon. In an effort to get the word out, Sturgeon accepted the invitation to have the 2000 HP Drive Your Dream exotic car tour featured in a new savings magazine launching in the Dallas Fort Worth market called Save On Everything. The 2000HP Tour places car enthusiasts at the controls of the Ferrari 360 F1, BMW M6 Convertible, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Lamborghini Gallardo, and Corvette Z06.

21:54:12

Fasth holds on to BMW International Open lead

Swedish golfer Niclas Fasth holds a share of the lead at eleven under par with Jose-Filipe Lima going into the final round of the BMW International Open in Munich.The pair hold a two-shot lead over British hope Nick Dougherty, with David Frost and Frenchman Thomas Levet also standing on nine under.The world number 28 was rarely able to scale the heights he achieved in his second round 65, but the Ryder Cup star achieved a birdie at the last hole to card a 73.Fasth had set the pace in the initial stages of his third round, leading by three shots after birdying the opening hole, but four bogeys over the next four holes marred his progress.The 25-year-old rejected notions that his mid-round slump may have been contributed to his exertions in last week's US Open in which he finished a creditable fourth."I might well have felt more energetic if I'd had a week off but I've cut back on practice and made a little bit of a compromise this week and I'm still strong," he said.Lima, who has remained in contention for the title since hitting a 65 in the opening round, which would be his first since victory in the 2004 St Omer Open, said that he had "stuck to the same gameplan all week"."If I missed some shots or putts I tried to forget it and get on with it," he told Reuters.

17:13:05

B leg1 - Dramatic day in Ypres

This series just proves to be absolutely mega exciting. Belgian Pieter Tsjoen in his Fiat Abarth Grande Punto has never led the rally all day, but wins the leg! He is chased by 4 Peugeots, but they also were not the story of the day! For the first 4 stages it was a battle between the IRC championship leader Andrea Navarra in his Abarth Punto and Freddy Loix in the new Volkswagen Polo S2000. Both changed the lead every stage. However the last 2 stages in the dark! were full of twists! This is getting even better than the already hot and unpredictable fight in round2 Turkey!

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13:50:40

Szoke Fastest In Parts Canada Superbike Practice Friday At Mont ...

MONT-TREMBLANT, QC 鈥?The new Parts Canada Superbike Championship season started with a familiar name at the top of the timesheets Friday, as defending series champion Jordan Szoke led practice at Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant. The Brantford, Ont. racer rode his Canadian Kawasaki Motors Kawasaki ZX-10R to a time of one minute, 40.409 seconds around the 4.275km (2.65-mile) circuit. Cochrane, Alta.'s Clint McBain was second fastest with a time of 1:41.170 on his Suzuki acceleration Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 and Steve Crevier of Maple Ridge, B.C. was third on the Team Toyota Yamaha / Fast Company Yamaha YZF-R1 with a lap at 1:41.503. 鈥淚 can't complain. I'm very determined and I'm very eager to defend the number one plate," said Szoke, who won five of seven races last season, including the round at Mont-Tremblant.

21:12:15

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A: Stanley Miller II - Colin: I am not an HDTV expert, but from what audio-visual professionals have told me, 1080p is "true HDTV" because it's a little bit better than 720p and 1080i . The numbers refer to lines of resolution, and the letters refer to whether the picture is "progressive" or "interlaced." As far as I know, TV stations, cable companies and satellite systems still haven't started showing shows in 1080p yet, but Blu-ray and HD-DVD, which are new types of high-definition DVDs introduced to the market this year, can play recordings in 1080p. So it sounds like you have a TV with plenty of life to it, and you'll be able to enjoy the maximum benefits of HDTV as they become available. Yes, I have played the Burning Crusade extensively now -- two level 70s, one geared mostly in epics.

21:20:12

USA Hockey Partners with FASTHockey to Offer Free, Live Webcast of ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., and BROOKLINE, Mass., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- FASTHockey (http://www.fasthockey.com/), the Web's leading resource for amateur hockey and player recruiting, today announced that it has partnered with USA Hockey to offer fans a free, live Webcast of the USA Hockey Tier III Junior A National Championships set for March 26-27 in Walpole, Mass.

FASTHockey and USA Hockey are bringing fans high quality streaming video of the semifinal and championship games. During the games, fans will be able to chat live online with each other at http://fasthockey.com/, where they will be joined by FASTHockey's Director of Development Scott Young, a three-time U.S. Olympian and NHL veteran.

The USA Hockey Tier III Junior A National Championships will pit the top two teams from the Atlantic Junior Hockey League against the top two teams from the Eastern Junior Hockey League in semifinal games on March 26.

11:52:55

Video games grow up as ownership by adults rises

LOS ANGELES: Video games aren't just for the kids anymore. More than one in three US adults who go online, or 37%, own a video game console and 16% own a portable gaming device, Nielsen//NetRatings said. The majority of those console owners, 71%, are married, and 66% have at least one child in the household. "As game consoles have become increasingly sophisticated, families have incorporated them into their centralised home media centres, which include the television, digital recording device, digital music player and the PC," said Carolyn Creekmore, senior director of media analytics, Nielsen//NetRatings. Microsoft and Sony are positioning their Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles as entertainment hubs for gaming, music and photo viewing amid a fierce battle for dominance in the $30 billion global video- game market.

10:18:00

There's plenty of safe surfing for the smaller players

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. 聴 There's no denying that penguins 聴 those tuxedoed charmers with the happy feet 聴 are hot these days. But the flippered cinematic stars are just the tip of the iceberg.

While grown-ups fret over MySpace and Facebook, ClubPenguin.com is taking over playgrounds and computer screens in elementary schools around the world.

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China changes rules on market bubble fears

Fears of a bubble in its booming domestic stock market has forced the Chinese government to relax investing rules.

The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) announced late on Friday that it would let Chinese financial institutions invest in overseas equities for the first time.

The news sent Asian stocks listed in Hong Kong, or "H-shares", soaring to record highs today, with analysts predicting further gains to come.

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, which tracks the performance of all the Hong Kong listed H-shares of China enterprises, closed at 10,948.72, up 5.36pc.

Meanwhile, the main Hang Seng Index closed at 20,979.24, a rise of 2.5pc.

Dr Frank Gong, head of China research and strategy, and chief economist at JPMorgan, said: "With excess liquidity on such a massive scale, there is the risk of an asset bubble in China arising eventually, if not now.

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As mortgage lending tightens, people with weak credit get shut out

With a second child on the way, Chris Shields and his wife, Michelle, wanted to move from their two-bedroom apartment in Southern California to a house with more space.

But because their timing coincided with a shakeout in the mortgage market earlier this year, their credit now isn't good enough to get a loan to purchase the house they wanted with no money down.

Rising interest rates and dropping home prices have squeezed a market that had been propped up by risky loans and easy credit during the housing boom. As mortgage bills came due, foreclosures rose, and the easy credit dried up for families like the Shields.

"Now we're stuck in the apartment," said Shields, 31, a firefighter who lives in Manifee. His wife gave birth to baby Gabriella at the end of March, and they are running out of space without options for a house.

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EPIX Pharmaceuticals to Participate in Focus Session at the ...

LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2007 - EPIX Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: EPIX), announced today that Andrew Uprichard, M.D., president and head of research and development of EPIX, will participate in a focus session entitled "The Future of Obesity: Drugs and Devices on the Horizon" at The Neurotech Industry Investing & Partnering Conference at the Westin San Francisco Airport, Millbrae, California, on Friday, May 18, 2007 at 9:15 a.m. (PDT).

Focus sessions are intended to provide investors, executives and leading researchers the opportunity to discuss the development of new drugs, devices and diagnostics for the brain and nervous system, along with corresponding market opportunities. The session will consist of an interactive panel of companies and industry experts, who will discuss the trends, innovations and research developments related to the focus session topic.

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Covenant Transport Announces First Quarter Financial And Operating ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Covenant Transport, Inc. CVTI announced today financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. Additionally, the Company announced a proposed name change for the Nevada-based holding company from Covenant Transport, Inc. to Covenant Transportation Group, Inc.

Financial and Operating Results .

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ValueVision Media (VVTV) Reports Q4 Earnings, Comments on Outlook

ValueVision Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVTV) reports Q4 EPS of $0.08 vs. consensus of $0.11. ValueVision's fourth quarter revenues were a record $216.7 million, an increase of 3.5% over last year. ValueVision's operating results should continue to improve in 2007. With our base business delivering consistent financial results, we are ready to focus on specific initiatives in 2007. We expect the initiatives below to enhance the long term growth prospects for ShopNBC. For fiscal 2007, sales are projected to grow at an above industry-average, high single-digit rate. Profitability is expected to continue to improve. We will also be investing in new web initiatives and marketing programs for customer acquisition and retention. EBITDA is expected to be in excess of $20 million, excluding the impact of stock option expense and equity income from Ralph Lauren Media, LLC (Polo.com).

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Small cap share tips: SovGem and Choices

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Time to chuck out Choices

Less than a month after retailer Choices UK boasted ongoing restructuring had boosted interim sales, a worrying update has informed its financial performance for the year to July will be 'substantially below market expectations'.

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Q4 2007 ASAHI KASEI CORP Earnings Presentation Webcast (Ensgish ...

ICHIRO ITOH, DIRECTOR AND VP EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ASAHI KASEI CORPORATION: I am Itoh of Asahi Kasei. Thank you for coming, despite your busy schedules. I will now start my presentation on the business results for fiscal year 2006 and the forecast for fiscal year 2007. On page four you will find the outline of the consolidated business results. I will discuss the figures later, but we were able to achieve record high results for sales, operating profit, ordinary profit and the net profit on a consolidated basis. We also achieved higher results on all of these items compared with our forecast announced at the end of January this year. I am pleased that we were able to meet our short-term commitment. Regarding the figures, as you can see here, sales are at JPY1.623.8 trillion; an increase of JPY125.2b, or 8.4% more than last year.

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Is insurance bought or sold?

A year ago, 1LifeDirect came to the market offering consumers the opportunity to cut out the broker and buy life cover directly. The industry was sceptical because other attempts at this model, such as Old Mutual's Greenline, had not been a success. The argument was that, because it is a grudge purchase, people do not buy life insurance -- one needs an army of brokers to go out and convince people to take out cover. It would appear that 1LifeDirect has proven this argument wrong. The company uses only above-the-line advertising, so customers themselves have decided that they need life insurance before picking up the phone or going online for a quote. In one year, 1LifeDirect's customers have bought life cover worth R15-billion through the telephone and internet. According to Lenerd Louw, CEO of 1Lifedirect, the business is growing rapidly, selling an average of 3 000 policies per month, or more than R2-billion worth of life cover -- a lot of business that is not going to brokers.

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World leaders backing Turkey's EU ambitions

Turkey's prospects as a site for property investment have been bolstered by a show of support for the country's entry into the European Union by a number of world leaders.The country is looking to gain membership of the trading bloc, with accession potentially yielding a major shot in the arm for the country's economy and its property market.With a number of recent EU entrants, including Romania and Bulgaria, benefiting from stronger trade links and an upturn in tourism, many observers believe Turkey could be the next to capitalise on the expansion of the EU.And with Italian president Giorgio Napolitano among those backing the entry, along with German chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkey is hoping it could soon join the EU after concerted efforts to do so.Speaking during Europe Day celebrations Mr Napolitano said the rejection of Turkey as an EU member on geographical or religious ground was wrong.Meanwhile, the German chancellor was similarly positive on the country's future, calling for a stronger union between the continent and Turkey.Earlier this week a spokesperson from the Turkish Industrial Development Banks (TSKB) described how the country's economy had benefited from foreign investment.Entry to the EU could be the catalyst for further gains, making it an attractive location for property speculators.