Hector Duarte Jr. - AHN Staff Reporter Miami, FL (AHN) – Amid the Belarus presidential election, which the opposition says was rigged to favor elected President Alexander Lukashenko, critics are taking to the Net to spread buzz about their protests. The Internet provides the perfect...

Reuters - "Brokeback Mountain," which stunningly lost the best picture Academy Award this month to "Crash," is being rushed out on DVD in two weeks to capitalize on Oscar buzz, its distributor said Monday.

AP - The buzz started when the play did, with Tennessee's Candace Parker streaking down court, taking a lead pass from Sidney Spencer and moving fast. Most of the Lady Vols fans knew what was coming Sunday. And when Parker elevated and then dunked the ball with her right hand, they cheered in amazement. And then, she did it again.

Against the dizzying sounds of South By Southwest buzz bands this week in Austin, Texas, the shape of the music business -- including how record labels are now asking for more artist revenue streams than ever before -- will also be discussed by the leading entertainment law firm between the coasts, Lommen Abdo, which is also cosponsoring the legal forum this year, which has doubled in size. As CD sales decline, record companies increasingly want to participate in music artist income like t-shirt sales, web-site ownership and commerce, ring tone and other digital sales and other revenue-generating activities. Before now none of that was any of their business. And much of it did not even exist! [PRWEB Mar 15, 2006]

AP - David Gilmour was midway through finishing his first solo project in more than two decades when he got a buzz from Bob Geldof — would he mind reuniting with fellow Pink Floyd alumnus Roger Waters for a momentous concert to raise awareness of poverty in Africa.

Against the dizzying sounds of South By Southwest buzz bands this week in Austin, Texas, the shape of the music business -- including how record labels are now asking for more artist revenue streams than ever before -- will also be discussed by the leading entertainment law firm between the coasts, Lommen Abdo, which is also cosponsoring the legal forum this year, which has doubled in size. As CD sales decline, record companies increasingly want to participate in music artist income like t-shirt sales, web-site ownership and commerce, ring tone and other digital sales and other revenue-generating activities. Before now none of that was any of their business. And much of it did not even exist! [PRWEB Mar 15, 2006]

AP - The revelation that cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor can actually reverse heart disease is unlikely to spark a stampede for the drug that has been dogged by safety concerns, experts said.

AFP - The world's biggest high-tech fair, the CeBIT, opened its doors Thursday showcasing the digital world of tomorrow awaiting consumers, as Microsoft made the first big announcement of the event.

NewsFactor - After weeks of industry buzz, Microsoft has revealed the details of its Origami project. Announced at the CeBIT technology expo being held in Hanover, Germany, the paperback-sized portable computer actually will not be called Origami, but rather the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC).

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter London, England (AHN) – UK gas firm BOC agrees to a takeover by the German industrial conglomerate, Linde, for 8.2 billion pounds ($14.4 billion). Buzz of the takeover has been circulating around BOC since January, when Linde put up...

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter London, England (AHN) – UK gas firm BOC agrees to a takeover by the German industrial conglomerate, Linde, for 8.2 billion pounds ($14.4 billion). Buzz of the takeover has been circulating around BOC since January, when Linde put up...

AP - The year of the small movie could mean small ratings for the Academy Awards, whose organizers hoped a new host and the cultural buzz over front-runner "Brokeback Mountain" would beef up viewership for Sunday's show.

Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Ontario's NDP provincial council has endorsed suspending the party membership of union leader Buzz Hargrove.

NewsFactor - March 2, the day that Microsoft was rumored to be planning to announce news of its "next big thing," came and went. All Microsoft watchers got for their patience was another cryptically worded update to the Origami Project Web site.

Reuters - The much-vaunted "Oscar bounce," in which studios use Academy Awards buzz to help sell nominated films on DVD, is paying off for "Walk the Line."

Reuters - From stocks to bonds to futures, reform has become the catchword for China's capital markets after the delinking of the yuan from its U.S. dollar peg in July created new risks for a globalizing China Inc.

AP - Pick up this month's Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair and you'll see two lovely young stars-of-the-moment, Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson, posing alluringly in the altogether. Open the foldout, and you'll even see Johansson's bare buttocks.

Reuters - Hoping to ride on the Oscar buzz for "Walk the Line," 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is rushing the Johnny Cash biopic to DVD in three versions February 28.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton disagrees with the decision of his party's Ontario wing to suspend union leader Buzz Hargrove.

Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The president of the Ontario N.D.P. says complaints from party members led to the suspension of Buzz Hargrove's party membership.