Yahoo and TiVo plan to announce a deal Monday that will connect Yahoo's vast online service to TiVo's set-top boxes.

Victor Navasky, publisher of the political journal, is officially handing over his job to editor Katrina vanden Heuvel.

A new method of crash-testing minivans showed that Honda, Nissan and Toyota models are among the safest when struck by a sport utility vehicle or a pickup truck, according to a report.

Connie Chung and husband, Maury Povich, will spar onscreen in a weekly show on MSNBC slated to start in January.

Colgate-Palmolive and Introgen Therapeutics announced an alliance to incorporate gene therapy into mouthwashes, gels and similar products to treat and prevent oral cancers.

A survey recently released in Britain revealed that Londoners are more likely than other Britons to buy books for the purpose of showing off.

Metadata is sort of the DNA of documents created with modern word-processing software and can hint at things that might be better left unseen by the wider world.

A Condé Nast editor has been keeping a tally of bylines in several general-interest magazines and has noted that women's bylines appeared far less frequently than men's.

Buyers of the Xbox 360 will be able to play both big budget, deeply immersive games and small arcade-style video games.

Richard Scrushy's son-in-law acquired a cable television station weeks before former chief executive of the HealthSouth Corporation plead not guilty to charges of bribing a former governor of Alabama.

Trade ministers have agreed to hold meetings in London and Geneva in an effort to rescue plans for a global trade pact that is at an impasse over agriculture issues.

A Silicon Valley private equity firm plans to announce that it is buying the Ingres database software from Computer Associates and setting it up as a stand-alone open-source software company.

Despite bad reviews and low attendance rates, producer Joseph Brooks is mounting an aggressive and expensive campaign to save 'In My Life.'

As prime accounts keep Crispin Porter & Bogusky growing, its executives insist it will remain agile.

MTV Networks has enough programming options to preoccupy remotes everywhere. But once you are everywhere, where do you go next?

JAL announces a loss for the first half of the year, hit by high fuel prices and anti-Japan protests in China.

Reuters - Oil prices dipped to $60 on Monday as mild weather blanketed the northern hemisphere and recovering U.S. crude production soothed worries over a supply shortfall.

The US and China may sign a textile trade deal this week after months of argument over Chinese exports.

Ryanair reports a rise in quarterly profits but remains cautious about its prospects in the coming winter season.

The CBI warns the chancellor that he must cut back on public spending plans in order to fill a £10bn budget gap.

President George W Bush promises his Brazilian host to work towards eliminating US agricultural subsidies.

Trade ministers are due to meet in London on Monday to continue efforts to break a global trade talks deadlock.

Industrial production inches higher in September while manufacturing output drops for the second month running.

The firm which builds Russia's Sukhoi fighter jets indicates it plans to list some of its shares on the London stock market.

Budget airline Easyjet sees passenger numbers rise 13.7% in October compared to the same period in 2004.

Reuters - Hedge fund company Man Group said on Monday it had submitted a bid to acquire some of the assets and operations of bankrupt Refco Inc. .

Reuters - Munich Re (MUVGn.DE) said on Monday its 2005 profit goal was within reach after posting a third-quarter earnings rise as gains from investments outweighed big payouts for hurricane damage in the United States.

Global greenhouse gas emissions and energy demand will rise by 52% by 2030, the IEA warns.

A Hong Kong man is jailed in what is believed to be the first case involving BitTorrent file-sharing software.

Reuters - Dutch information and media company VNU said on Monday it is in talks with U.S. healthcare data firm IMS Health that could terminate their $7 billion merger deal after a shareholder revolt.

Reuters - Roche will raise the production of Tamiflu to 300 million treatments from 2007 and is also in talks with third parties to produce what is seen as the most effective drug for bird flu, the drugmaker said on Monday.

Reuters - Wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc. has filed a lawsuit against mobile giant Nokia (NOK1V.HE) accusing it of infringing a dozen patents related to the world's most widespread cell phone standard.

Reuters - Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. are set to roll out new wireless services, taking advantage of advanced networks and cellphones to provide features similar to those available on computers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Reuters - U.S. stock futures indicated a flat market opening on Monday, with investors expected to focus on earnings in the absence of economic data until later in week.

AP - Japan's largest cellular phone service operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. has agreed to purchase a 40 percent stake in Tower Records Japan Inc., effectively putting the top retailer of music software in Japan under DoCoMo's control, the two companies announced Monday.

Despite a flurry of interest in AOL from Microsoft, Google and others, finding a deal has been harder than Time Warner may have hoped.

Broadcaster ITV is hotly tipped to be nearing a deal to take over popular website Friends Reunited.

Reuters - Guidant Corp. on Monday said it was suing Johnson & Johnson to force the completion of J&J's acquisition of Guidant.

Reuters - U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday as oil prices below $60 a barrel soothed concerns about energy costs heading into the U.S. winter and as last week's stock gains boosted investor hopes of a late-year rally.

Guidant said it was suing its would-be acquirer Johnson & Johnson today, indicating that negotiations had reached a critical impasse.

Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh is stripped of his post after claims he benefited from the Iraq oil-for-food deal.

The World Bank cancels funding of three projects in Bangladesh after finding evidence of corrupt bidding.

Reuters - Guidant Corp. on Monday said it was being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and at the same time filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson to force J&J to complete its acquisition of Guidant.

Reuters - U.S. stocks were little changed on Monday, as oil prices fell, sending energy shares down, and drug maker Johnson & Johnson was sued by medical-device maker Guidant Corp. to force completion of a $25 billion merger of the two companies.

Global greenhouse gas emissions and energy demand will rise by 52% by 2030, the IEA warns.

Software giant Microsoft could be about to take a stake in Time Warner's internet unit AOL, reports suggest.

TiVo and Yahoo launch a new joint service that allows TiVo users to get their TV recorders from Yahoo's website.

Reuters - Current bids for Refco's futures brokerage business are likely to be around $1 billion, sources familiar with the bidding said on Monday.

Reuters - Dutch information and media company VNU said on Monday it is in talks with U.S. health care data firm IMS Health about possibly canceling their $7 billion merger because of a shareholder revolt.

Reuters - Independence Air and parent company FLYi Inc. on Monday became the latest U.S. airline to file for bankruptcy and the discount carrier said it would seek to sell itself off in a court auction.

Reuters - U.S. newspaper circulation fell 2.6 percent in the last six months, according to a report released on Monday, extending a trend that has seen the industry struggle to keep subscriptions in the face of competition from television and the Internet.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Monday as oil prices fell below $60 a barrel, easing concerns about higher energy costs and prompting investors to snap up shares on hopes for a year-end rally.

Medical devices maker Guidant sues drugmaker Johnson & Johnson to force it to complete a $25bn takeover deal.

EU foreign ministers fail to get any closer to a deal on the 2007-13 budget at a meeting in Brussels.

A court in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state says an act reserving jobs for Muslims is unconstitutional.

Reuters - U.S. consumer credit unexpectedly dipped by $59.4 million in September in its first monthly decline since November 2004, a Federal Reserve report showed on Monday.

Reuters - Medical device maker Guidant Corp. on Monday sued to force Johnson & Johnson to complete an agreed $25.4 billion takeover, posted lower third-quarter profits and reported a widening probe by federal investigators.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Monday as oil prices slid below $60 a barrel, easing concerns about higher energy costs and renewing investor enthusiasm for the technology and financial sectors.

AP - Credit-card borrowing and other kinds of consumer debt declined for the first time in 10 months in September, reflecting in large part sagging auto sales.

Guidant said it was suing its would-be acquirer Johnson & Johnson today, indicating that negotiations had reached a critical impasse.

France has received 'several' firm offers from firms hoping to win control of the country's three main motorway operators.

A New York court reduces charges against a New York Exchange member accused of making death threats against another member.

Reuters - Northwest Airlines on Monday said it reached temporary labor agreements with two unions representing its pilots and flight attendants.

File-sharing group Grokster agrees to shut its file-sharing site to settle a piracy case launched by the entertainment industry.

Troubled Us airline Northwest reaches temporary deal on cutting wage costs as it seeks to cut its labour costs by $2.5bn.

A New York court reduces charges against a New York Exchange member accused of making death threats against another member.

House prices rise over the past year despite the number of sales slipping, figures from the Land Registry show.

Internet, phone and mail order card fraud is up sharply but overall card fraud falls, a banking body says.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Monday after oil prices settled below $60 a barrel, easing concerns about higher oil costs and prompting investors to shift money out of energy shares and into the undervalued technology and financial sectors.

AP - Most U.S. banks haven't altered lending standards for home equity lines of credit even after authorities raised concerns about whether lenders were adequately weighing risks, says a Federal Reserve survey released Monday.

The shutdown ended years of fighting over copyright infringement lawsuits that brought the company before the Supreme Court.

The board that writes the accounting rules for American business will decide this week whether to go ahead with plans to change the way pension accounting is done.

House prices rise over the past year despite the number of sales slipping, figures from the Land Registry show.

Reuters - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has scooped up a 9.3 percent stake in Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. and aims to boost the stock value, possibly by urging management to seek a buyer, according to a U.S. regulatory filing on Monday.

Reuters - The dollar jumped to a two-year high against the euro and hovered near a two-year peak versus the yen on Tuesday, buoyed by a widening yield advantage as investors looked to see whether the U.S. currency can extend its rally.

The developer of file-swapping software said that it would halt distribution as part of a landmark settlement with the recording industry and Hollywood studios.

Johnson & Johnson contends that the deal for Guidant is now void because of Guidant's financial and legal problems.

Retailers have just begun to recognize that well-organized groups of shoplifters are their top enemy, and they are now coordinating efforts to combat them.

The low-fare airline, which struggled with high fuel prices and stiff competition, said that it would try to sell itself within 60 days.

Some corporate executives say they feel comfortable in Afghanistan's capital, pointing to huge opportunities for foreign businesses small and large.

By The Associated Press.

Companies in the two largest emerging economies in the world are beginning to hunt intensively for business in each other's markets.

HONG KONG, Nov. 7 - A Hong Kong judge sentenced a 38-year-old unemployed man to three months in jail Monday for using an Internet file-sharing system to make three Hollywood movies available for others to download free.

By Reuters.

Yahoo is buying the remaining shares of its British, German, French and South Korean units to reduce its dependence on the U.S. market.

A protracted negotiation will result in the departure of Paxson's chairman and an opportunity for NBC Universal to develop a partnership to control the company.

The Dutch media company VNU is considering scrapping its planned acquisition of the American health care data provider IMS Health because of opposition from VNU shareholders.

Condé Nast's Cookie magazine is betting that mothers are eager to reclaim a sense of self as they face years of SpaghettiO-streaked outfits.

Microsoft released the first of a series of major updates to its core technologies that it plans to introduce in the next year.

Computer Associates said that it would divest itself of a majority stake in its Ingres open-source database unit to focus on growth areas like security and storage.

Howard Stern was suspended for one day by his radio network after promoting his move to satellite radio on his regular program.

Newspaper circulation fell 2.6 percent in the six-month period that ended in September, more than in any comparable six-month period since 1991.

The networks said they would sell reruns of their top new shows within hours of their broadcast for 99 cents an episode through video-on-demand services.

A federal judge yesterday delayed a civil lawsuit over a questionable tax shelter used by dozens of top executives until a criminal tax shelter case in Manhattan goes to trial next fall.

HOUSTON, Nov. 7 (AP) - The El Paso Corporation, the nation's largest natural gas pipeline company, posted a wider third-quarter loss on Monday because of high oil and gas prices and one-time charges related to a power plant.

A statement urging freedom of expression was an indication of tensions between human rights advocates and companies doing business in countries with repressive regimes.

The Lifetime cable channel is using the success of its syndicated comedy, 'The Golden Girls,' to create an elaborate wireless and online promotional campaign.

The Jolly Green Giant.

The magnetic hotel room key, one of the lodging industry's most popular but controversial creations, is losing some of its attraction.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 7 (AP) - Bonne Bell Eckert, retired chairwoman of Bonne Bell Cosmetics, which her father named for her when she was 4, died on Thursday at her home in Rocky River, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. She was 82.

GREEN LIGHT FOR SECURITY CARD Private security companies should be introducing so-called Registered Traveler checkpoint-expediting systems within six months at as many as 40 of the largest domestic airports, according to Steven Brill, the founder of the only company that is currently operating such a system.

FREQUENT fliers' reviews of air travel in 2005 are in. They are not good.