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Joe Calzaghe is well past snubs, secure enough with his legacy that he can let criticism slide off like rain from a pitched roof. With a 45-0 ring record and world titles at 168 and 175 pounds, Calzaghe is into fulfilling his boxing dreams now.

Panasonic Corp. may buy Sanyo Electric Co. and will soon enter negotiations with major shareholders, news reports said Saturday.

In September, news emerged from China that thousands of babies had taken ill having drunk formula milk to which the organic compound melamine had been added. The melamine was being added by unscrupulous operatives somewhere in the milk supply chain, to artificially boost the nitrogen content of the product, and so spoof higher protein levels [...]

Evidence of a recession piled ever higher Friday, with new figures showing Americans are spending less and gloomy about the economy.

narramissic writes 'The iPhone crowd is still dominated by affluent males between the ages of 18 and 35, but in a series of surveys ending in August, ComScore found that iPhone purchases grew fastest among people with annual household incomes between $25,000 and $50,000. The growth rate in this group was 48 percent, compared with just 16 percent among people with incomes above $100,000. And the down economy isn't going to turn this trend around, says ComScore Mobile analyst Jen Wu. 'I don't see there's going to be much of a slowdown, just because wireless devices are so much more of a necessity than they used to be,' Wu said.' In other iPhone news, an anonymous reader points out a NYTimes story about the rise in car-related applications and uses for the iPhone, which points out that programmers are just beginning to 'appreciate just what can be done with an iPhone and other advanced cellphones that know where they are and just how quickly they are going someplace else.' Another iPhone

International News: Bond film takes $8 million on first day -- Bondpic 'Quantum of Solace' got off to a lightning start on home turf Friday, taking $8 million (£4.94 million) on its first day at U.K. wickets.

Fox News and CNN have developed shows featuring Mike Huckabee and D. L. Hughley, respectively, to cash in on the new, younger viewers drawn to cable news - and comedy shows - this election year.

The AP-Yahoo News Poll is a unique study that is tracking the moods and opinions of a group of people throughout the presidential election campaign. The ninth wave of this study included interviews of 1,753 adults between October 17-27 originally interviewed...

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- An antibody that breaks down and suppresses an appetite stimulant produced by the human body has been discovered.

Private Sydney: Like father, like son? Not quite. When it comes to being a dad, Rupert Murdoch and his eldest son, Lachlan, appear to be worlds apart.