A woman whose relatives were killed in a 1966 sniper rampage at the University of Texas that left 16 people dead says she is horrified that the high-powered rifle used by the gunman is being sold in an online auction.

Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman is benefiting from a surge in PC sales. Now she needs to show she can make progress in other businesses, including software and services.

The decision on whether the planned 16,000 redundancies at Hewlett-Packard will affect its Irish operations in Leixlip will be made over the next few months, according to a company spokesperson.

Hewlett-Packard is being removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a sign of waning confidence in the company’s turnaround efforts amid a historic slump in the PC industry.

Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeller who sold millions of records through TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy “Mars Attacks!”, has died in Florida aged 90.

The US justice department has opened an investigation relating to Autonomy Corp after Hewlett-Packard accused the software company of misrepresenting its performance before being bought last year.

Were it not for the introduction of de rigueur 3D, this fourth computer-animated feature based on JM Barrie’s scantily-clad fairy would surely have fluttered straight to DVD.

Hewlett-Packard cut the high end of its forecast for full-year profit amid falling demand for personal computers and business- technology services, underscoring the turnaround challenge facing CEO Meg Whitman.

Lana Del Rey says the hardest part of being a pop star is dealing with people focusing on her image.

Hewlett-Packard shares experienced their worst fall in five months after the firm’s fiscal second-quarter profit forecast fell short of analysts’ estimates as consumers curtailed personal-computer purchases.

Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman pleaded for patience as she described operational challenges and other internal problems that contributed to a decline in earnings at one of the world’s largest technology companies.

George Whitman offered refuge to writers and readers at his unique bookstore in Paris, writes Carl Dixon

HEWLETT-PACKARD last night forecast first-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates, a sign that chief executive Meg Whitman may struggle with the slump that led to the ousting of her predecessor, Leo Apotheker.

Hewlett-Packard’s chief strategy officer, Shane Robison, is stepping down, one of the first major casualties at the technology giant under new chief executive Meg Whitman.

US computer maker Hewlett-Packard has named Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO and California candidate for governor, as its new CEO, pushing aside Leo Apotheker after just 11 months in the role.

CALIFORNIA’S election of Democrat Jerry Brown as governor was an extraordinary political encore, letting him reclaim the office he held a generation ago.

ONCE, California Democrats led the way to a year of the women. Now, nearly two decades later, Republicans hope that it’s their turn.

US president George W Bush said last night he is sceptical that Moscow is honouring a cease-fire in neighbouring Georgia, demanding that Russia end all military activities in the former Soviet republic and withdraw all its forces.

American forces were on their way to Georgia tonight after President George Bush announced a massive humanitarian aid operation and warned Russia not to stand in its way.

IRAN accused the United States yesterday of fabricating video and audio released by the Pentagon showing Iranian boats confronting US warships in the Persian Gulf.

A WOMAN and an 11-year-old girl died at a new year’s party in the US when a single bullet ripped through the wall of a house shortly after midnight.

A woman and an 11-year-old girl died at a New Year’s party in the US when a single bullet ripped through the wall of a house shortly after midnight.

THE world’s largest online auction company, eBay, will upgrade its website to placate sellers and revitalise the company’s slumping sales growth, chief executive officer Meg Whitman said yesterday.

The US Defence Department announced the capture of one of al-Qaida’s most senior and most experienced operatives, an Iraqi who was trying to return to his native country when he was captured.

The US Defence Department said today it has custody of one of al-Qaida's most senior and experienced operatives, an Iraqi who was attempting to return to his native country when he was captured.

Members of Iraq’s parliament and families of Saddam Hussein’s victims will witness the former leader’s execution, planned to take place no later than tomorrow.

North Korea has apparently finished loading fuel into a long-range ballistic missile, Bush administration officials said today as signs continued that the reclusive communist state will soon test a weapon that could reach the US.

US authorities will review the rules for handling and monitoring detainees at Guantanamo Bay following the suicides of three men there, military officials said.

NEW images of naked prisoners, some bloodied and lying on the floor, threatened to revive public anger over abuse by US guards at Abu Ghraib prison at a time when tensions with the West are already running high in the Middle East.

New images of naked prisoners, some bloodied and lying on the floor, threatened to revive public anger over abuse by US guards at Abu Ghraib prison at a time when tensions with the west are already running high in the Middle East.

The Pentagon’s inspector general is investigating claims that an office run by US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s former policy chief engaged in illegal intelligence activities before the start of the Iraq war.

The US military in Iraq has detained five Americans for suspected insurgent activity, Pentagon officials said. The five have not been chargd or had access to a lawyer, and face an uncertain legal future.

Newsweek magazine has apologised to readers for errors in a story alleging US interrogators at Guantanamo Bay desecrated the Quran. The accusations, which the magazine vowed to re-examine, spawned protests in Afghanistan that left 15 dead and scores injured.

Newsweek magazine has apologised for errors in a story alleging that interrogators at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay desecrated the Koran, saying it would re-examine the accusations, which sparked outrage and deadly protests in Afghanistan.

Fuelled by fierce fighting in Fallujah and rebel counterattacks elsewhere in Iraq, the US military death toll for November is approaching the highest for any month of the war so far.

US military units holding and interrogating prisoners in Iraq did not get a specific list of techniques permitted during questioning and were expected to follow the Geneva Conventions, a senior Pentagon official said.

Ebay, the largest shareholder in South Korea's Internet Auction, said it has no immediate plans to raise its stake in the company.

Abul Abbas, the Palestinian mastermind of the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro passenger ship in which an American tourist was killed, has died in US custody in Iraq.

Scarborough’s FA Cup third-round heroes will all be given a crack at superstars Chelsea in the Conference club’s tie at the McCain Stadium today.

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CHRISTIE WHITMAN, sometime opponent of the Bush administration over environmental issues and a lightning rod for the administration’s critics, resigned yesterday as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

European environment ministers have condemned America’s rejection of the Kyoto Protocol and its policies on greenhouse gas emissions, calling it a political move to preserve the energy-burning US lifestyle that has nothing to do with economics.

President George W Bush will not implement the climate treaty negotiated in Kyoto but will seek an alternative that would "include the world" in the effort to reduce pollution.