Stats Squad Prices Sex, Drugs, Booze for GDP (Reuters)

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No more booze for former Enron boss
(Reuters)

No more booze for former Enron boss
(Reuters) 05/07/2004 04:25 PM
Reuters - A federal judge has ordered former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling to stop drinking alcohol and submit to a curfew, the fallout from the former corporate star's drunken misadventure in New York in April.

Cheap booze gives Scandinavians
headaches (Reuters)

Cheap booze gives Scandinavians
headaches (Reuters) 06/12/2004 11:23 PM
Reuters - Some Scandinavians are liberally toasting the newly expanded European Union, but cheap alcohol is proving a massive headache for Nordic governments.

Booze-laced biscuits hit sour note
(Reuters)

Booze-laced biscuits hit sour note
(Reuters) 02/10/2004 02:56 AM
Reuters - A public outcry over the launch of alcohol-flavoured biscuits in Australia has prompted the government to order a review into whether promoting the liquor-laced nibbles breached advertising rules.

Booze-flavoured ice cream chills
activists (Reuters)

Booze-flavoured ice cream chills
activists (Reuters) 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Reuters - A new vodka-flavoured ice cream launched in Australia has provoked an outcry from groups worried it would give children a taste for alcohol.

Estonian Coffers Bulge from
Booze-Cruising Finns (Reuters)

Estonian Coffers Bulge from
Booze-Cruising Finns (Reuters) 08/06/2004 07:42 AM
Reuters - A rush of thirsty Finns making the short trip across to neighboring Estonia to stock up on cheap booze and beer have boosted state coffers in the small Baltic EU newcomer, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. Revenues from alcohol taxes rose more than 40 percent in June from the same period last year to 162 million kroons ($12.49 million) as Finns booze-cruised to the ex-Soviet state, and early estimates suggest a similar rise for July.

Drunken Driver Loses Car, Breaks Booze
Record (Reuters)

Drunken Driver Loses Car, Breaks Booze
Record (Reuters) 05/11/2004 10:50 AM
Reuters - Losing his license did not stop a drunk German driver from jumping back into his car a day later to buy more of his favorite tipple -- only to be nabbed a second time by police who this time seized the car as well.

German drink-driver breaks booze record
(Reuters)

German drink-driver breaks booze record
(Reuters) 05/11/2004 10:50 AM
Reuters - Losing his licence did not stop a drunk German driver from jumping back into his car a day later to buy more of his favourite tipple -- only to be nabbed a second time by police who this time seized the car as well.

Call This the Decoy Squad? (Reuters)

Call This the Decoy Squad? (Reuters) 07/08/2004 08:53 AM
Reuters - German police made quacking noises to coax two trapped ducklings out of danger, after they fell through a manhole cover and got trapped in a sewage pipe.

Vibrator prompts bomb squad alert
(Reuters)

Vibrator prompts bomb squad alert
(Reuters) 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
Reuters - Austrian police called in a bomb squad when a pedestrian reported a buzzing package in a garbage can, but the object turned out to be a vibrator wrapped up with dirty movies and magazines, police say.

Brazil's 1994 World Cup squad take on
lowly Exeter (Reuters)

Brazil's 1994 World Cup squad take on
lowly Exeter (Reuters) 05/30/2004 09:01 AM
Reuters - Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning soccer team have dusted off their boots to play against struggling Exeter City in honour of a match played 90 years ago.

Israeli drugs police get high on success
(Reuters)

Israeli drugs police get high on success
(Reuters) 01/23/2004 03:56 AM
Reuters - Israeli police had to close an entire floor of their station because the pungent scent of tonnes of confiscated marijuana was making them high, an Israeli newspaper says.

Greek Drugs Embarrassment Overshadows
Phelps (Reuters)

Greek Drugs Embarrassment Overshadows
Phelps (Reuters) 08/20/2004 08:23 PM
Reuters - Greece was rocked by the threat of being stripped of an Athens Games medal and the host nation's team manager offered to quit on Friday, as doping overshadowed Michael Phelps' drive to be Olympic swimming's top medal winner.

Youth Caught Selling Drugs at Police
Party (Reuters)

Youth Caught Selling Drugs at Police
Party (Reuters) 09/08/2004 07:17 AM
Reuters - A German teen-ager set himself up for an easy arrest when he offered to sell marijuana to guests at a party full of off-duty policeman, police from the northern town of Eschwege said Tuesday.

Youth held for offering drugs at police
party (Reuters)

Youth held for offering drugs at police
party (Reuters) 09/07/2004 12:44 PM
Reuters - A German teenager set himself up for an easy arrest when he offered to sell marijuana to guests at a party full of off-duty policeman, police from the northern town of Eschwege say.

Greek Sprinters Could Learn Fate in
Drugs Case (Reuters)

Greek Sprinters Could Learn Fate in
Drugs Case (Reuters) 08/16/2004 01:05 AM
Reuters - Greece's two top sprinters could face an ignominious exit from the Olympics on Monday in a drugs drama that has shamed and angered Greeks in the spiritual homeland of the Games.

The Benefits Of Booze

The Benefits Of Booze 11/03/2003 09:29 PM
Poor, Much-Maligned Alcohol Gets A Good Word: It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place/Except you and me,/So set 'em' up Joe, I got a little story/ I think you should know... And the story is something, if you're a drinker, you probably already know. (I was so surprised by this article I wondered if it was sponsored by the booze industry. But then I mixed myself another drink; read the wonderfully-named, probably Guinness - and poteen-fuelled - Dublin Principles and drank its health anyway!)

Home Prices Grow 7.7 Pct During 1st Qtr.
(Reuters)

Home Prices Grow 7.7 Pct During 1st Qtr.
(Reuters) 06/01/2004 10:37 AM
Reuters - U.S. average home prices rose 7.71 percent during the first three months of 2004 from a year earlier on robust demand and low mortgage rates, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight said on Tuesday.

Consumer Prices Surge in May (Reuters)

Consumer Prices Surge in May (Reuters) 06/15/2004 08:41 AM
Reuters - U.S. consumer prices surged last month, the government said on Tuesday in a report that cemented market expectations the Federal Reserve will begin raising interest rates at the end of the month.

Now, get a high sans the booze!

Now, get a high sans the booze! 08/20/2004 12:32 PM
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Bondi Christmas hit by booze ban

Bondi Christmas hit by booze ban 12/25/2004 04:48 PM
Australian authorities enforce alcohol bans at Christmas celebrations on Sydney's Bondi beach for the first time.

Economic Growth Steady, Prices Up
(Reuters)

Economic Growth Steady, Prices Up
(Reuters) 04/29/2004 01:40 PM
Reuters - The U.S. economy grew steadily but less robustly than anticipated during the first quarter this year, the government reported on Thursday, while inflation added momentum that may be worrisome for Federal Reserve policy-makers.

TiVo Cuts Prices on TV Services
(Reuters)

TiVo Cuts Prices on TV Services
(Reuters) 06/09/2004 06:58 PM
Reuters - TiVo Inc. on Wednesday said it cut prices on both its set-top boxes and home networking services, amid a drive to add subscribers to its television recording systems.

Bay State targets Internet booze s...

Bay State targets Internet booze s... 06/09/2004 04:30 AM
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Booze vessel is back in business

Booze vessel is back in business 08/15/2004 08:03 AM
Britain's first offshore off-licence reopens amid warning from HM Customs that potential customers could have goods seized.

Drug Prices Rose After Medicare Law,
Group Says (Reuters)

Drug Prices Rose After Medicare Law,
Group Says (Reuters) 06/30/2004 11:31 AM
Reuters - Prices for medicines most used by older Americans rose steadily after the Bush administration enacted the new Medicare law late last year, the nation's largest group representing the elderly said on Wednesday.

Trade Gap Narrows, Producer Prices Drop
(Reuters)

Trade Gap Narrows, Producer Prices Drop
(Reuters) 09/10/2004 10:34 AM
Reuters - U.S. producer prices dropped unexpectedly last month as energy price gains eased and the cost of food and vehicles fell, according to a government report on Friday that showed inflation pressures fading.

Gasoline Prices Turning Corner - Feds
(Reuters)

Gasoline Prices Turning Corner - Feds
(Reuters) 06/15/2004 02:56 PM
Reuters - U.S. gasoline prices have turned the corner and should gradually fall throughout the summer thanks to more oil from OPEC and lower crude costs, the government's top energy forecaster told Congress on Tuesday.

OPEC Deal Wrestles Oil Prices Lower
(Reuters)

OPEC Deal Wrestles Oil Prices Lower
(Reuters) 06/03/2004 11:29 PM
Reuters - OPEC on Thursday agreed to raise output by two million barrels a day from July, at the bottom end of expectations, but made the impact it was hoping for as oil prices sank.

Decline in U.S. Consumer Electronics
Prices Slowed (Reuters)

Decline in U.S. Consumer Electronics
Prices Slowed (Reuters) 08/12/2004 02:46 PM
Reuters - U.S. consumer electronics prices slowed their rate of decline in June, with bargains on pricey devices like high-definition TVs balanced by mild increases on gadgets popular with students, according to an industry study prepared for Reuters.

Samsung Sees LCD Prices Falling Sharply
(Reuters)

Samsung Sees LCD Prices Falling Sharply
(Reuters) 07/15/2004 01:45 AM
Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's top flat-screen maker, said on Thursday it expected prices of liquid crystal displays (LCD) to fall as much as 20 percent in the second half on growing supply.

Consumer Prices Leap, Trade Gap Narrows
(Reuters)

Consumer Prices Leap, Trade Gap Narrows
(Reuters) 04/14/2004 02:23 PM
Reuters - U.S. consumer prices shot up last month as a broad array of costs rose, according to government data on Wednesday, suggesting long-dormant inflation may be stirring and raising expectations the Federal Reserve would soon raise interest rates.

Micron: Memory Chip Prices Yet to Peak
(Reuters)

Micron: Memory Chip Prices Yet to Peak
(Reuters) 07/13/2004 03:13 AM
Reuters - U.S. chip maker Micron Technology Inc. said on Tuesday prices of computer memory chips have yet to peak and gave an upbeat outlook for demand that contrasted with growing investor worries about the semiconductor sector.

Wholesale Prices Jump, Jobless Claims
Dip (Reuters)

Wholesale Prices Jump, Jobless Claims
Dip (Reuters) 04/22/2004 09:09 AM
Reuters - Surging food prices helped push U.S. wholesale prices sharply higher last month, while only a small dip in claims for jobless benefits last week suggested the labor market was not yet off to the races.

Stocks Flat as Higher Oil Prices Weigh
(Reuters)

Stocks Flat as Higher Oil Prices Weigh
(Reuters) 09/09/2004 12:21 PM
Reuters - U.S. stocks were flat on Thursday as higher oil prices overshadowed news that cell phone maker Nokia Corp. raised its earnings forecast and weekly jobless claims fell more than Wall Street's forecast.

Britain Seeks to End National Booze
Binge (AP)

Britain Seeks to End National Booze
Binge (AP) 07/24/2004 04:56 AM
AP - The British have always liked their beer. Medieval English yeoman drank ale rather than water. Englishmen, Daniel Defoe noted in the 18th century, "seldom are good-natur'd, but in drink."

Harlequins + Arsenal + booze = good week

Harlequins + Arsenal + booze = good week 05/17/2004 07:33 PM
Media Week,UK-14 minutes ago ... Still, I stoically stay in the office and try to amuse myself by typing the word Ludmilla into Google and seeing what comes out.

U.S. Consumer Prices Jump, Spark
Inflation Worry (Reuters)

U.S. Consumer Prices Jump, Spark
Inflation Worry (Reuters) 03/23/2005 09:52 AM
Reuters - A big jump in energy costs pushed U.S. consumer prices up 0.4 percent in February and the pace of underlying inflation also quickened, the government said on Wednesday in a report that stoked inflation worries.

TiVo Plans Online Scheduling, Cuts Some
Prices (Reuters)

TiVo Plans Online Scheduling, Cuts Some
Prices (Reuters) 06/09/2004 10:25 AM
Reuters - Television recording technology company TiVo Inc. on Wednesday said it cut prices on its home networking services and set-top boxes sold at some stores, a major step in its subscriber growth plan.

Consumer Electronics Prices Ease in
March-Study (Reuters)

Consumer Electronics Prices Ease in
March-Study (Reuters) 05/19/2004 02:54 PM
Reuters - Prices of popular U.S. consumer electronics devices fell slightly in March as declines in DVD players and digital cameras outweighed gains in notebook computers, according to an industry study prepared for Reuters.
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