Reuters - Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday said it was considering taking a charge in the current quarter to cover planned job cuts because of a costly union contract provision that guarantees continued payments of wages and benefits to dismissed workers.

Reuters - Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday said it expected to post a loss from its core auto operations in 2006 and was considering taking a charge in the current quarter to cover some of its planned cuts in production jobs.

Reuters - Pilgrim's Pride Corp. said on Wednesday it was withdrawing its second-quarter earnings guidance of 25 cents to 35 cents per share and 2006 guidance of $2.00 to $2.50 per share because of depressed prices for chicken leg quarters.

Reuters - European states need tougher laws to guarantee oversight of their spy services and better controls over foreign agents operating on their territory, a European human rights watchdog said on Wednesday.

Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer Washington, D.C. (AHN) - John D. Negroponte, director of national intelligence, tells the Senate Armed Services Committee of the current threats to U.S. national security, in a hearing. Negroponte says terror is the greatest threat, followed...

NewsFactor - Ask someone familiar with computers to suggest where the Microsoft Windows operating system will be in one year and, more than likely, you will hear about Vista, the newest iteration, or about enhancements to XP, the current version. Ask someone familiar with the Linux operating system to answer that same question and it's likely you will be asked which OS you mean.

AFP - A democratic China could present Asia-Pacific countries with major problems never experienced under the current authoritarian regime, according to an Australian defence think-tank.

FT.com - February 27: Vodafone has announced one of the biggest write-offs in corporate history by taking a hit of up to £28bn on the value of its business. The majority of this relates to Germany's Mannesmann, which Vodafone bought for £110bn in 2000. More worryingly, Vodafone also warned that for the next year, mobile revenues excluding acquisitions would rise by much less than expected. Instead of growth of 6-9 per cent in the current financial year, growth will be just 5-6 per cent, the group says. You can read Lex online now. ...

Denise Royal - All Headline News Staff Writer Austin, TX (AHN) - The FBI says a powdery substance found in a roll of quarters at a University of Texas dormitory is not ricin. Initial state tests had indicated it was the potentially deadly poison. The FBI has not identified the substance,...

AP - The FBI determined a powdery substance found in a roll of quarters at a University of Texas dormitory was not ricin after initial state tests had indicated it was the potentially deadly poison, a spokesman said Sunday.

Joanna Wypior - All Headline News Staff Reporter New York, NY (AHN) – Reports indicate that Bruce Springsteen is close to completing work on his upcoming album of cover versions. With the current working title ‘The Seeger Sessions’, it will feature songs by American folk legend...

Joanna Wypior - All Headline News Staff Reporter New York, NY (AHN) – Reports indicate that Bruce Springsteen is close to completing work on his upcoming album of cover versions. With the current working title ‘The Seeger Sessions’, it will feature songs by American folk legend...

AFP - Sri Lankan negotiators vowed to honour a deal reached with Tamil Tiger rebels after talks in Switzerland, but said a new truce is still needed to resolve "legal infirmities" in the current ceasefire brokered in 2002.

AP - For years after its appearance in 1997 in Hong Kong, the current bird flu virus seemed corralled in a few east Asian countries. But in the past four months, it has spread across Europe and into Africa, bringing to 31 the number of countries with sick birds.

AP - A University of Texas student found a substance in a roll of quarters that tested positive for ricin, a potentially deadly poison, but more tests were needed, officials said Saturday.

AP - For years after its appearance in 1997 in Hong Kong, the current bird flu virus seemed corralled in a few east Asian countries. But in the past four months, it has spread across Europe and into Africa, bringing to 31 the number of countries with sick birds.

Joanna Wypior - All Headline News Staff Reporter New York, NY (AHN) – Reports indicate that Bruce Springsteen is close to completing work on his upcoming album of cover versions. With the current working title ‘The Seeger Sessions’, it will feature songs by American folk legend...

AP - Tommy Haas needed some patience after wasting three set points in the first set before beating Dmitry Tursunov 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Regions Morgan Keegan championships.

AP - Donald Trump was still heavily in attack mode Wednesday. The Donald continued to blister Martha Stewart for her statements in the current Newsweek that "Martha Stewart: The Apprentice" flopped last fall because Trump would not yank his competing show off the air.

AP - While George Clooney's Oscar-nominated "Good Night, and Good Luck" looks back at a halcyon era of broadcast journalism, 1976's "Network" saw a future that three decades later makes the film seem eerily prophetic.