New Faces And Old Disagreements At Venice Festival
The Venice Film Festival opened its 75th-anniversary edition on Wednesday with a cascade of stars....
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Nintendo’s Profit Hits Record High
Nintendo net profit rose 47.7 percent to a record high, powered by strong sales of software and accessories for its Wii video game console and for its DS handheld devices....
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Rising Prices And Buffett Stake Bolster Food Company Shares
Food company shares regained a bit of their luster on Friday when several showed they could keep customers while raising prices....
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Basis Capital Hedge Fund Fails
Basis Capital’s Basis Yield Alpha Fund put into provisional liquidation, and investors in the Sydney hedge fund appear unlikely to get their money back....
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Iraqis See A Candidate’s Agenda In McCain’s Visit
Senator John McCain’s trip bolstered the belief of some Iraqi politicians that if he wins the presidency, the military would have a presence in Iraq for a long time....
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Health News

Barbara Seaman, 72, Dies; Cited Risks of the Pill
2008-03-02 06:01 - Ms. Seaman was one of the first people to bring the issue of women’s reproductive health to wide attention.

Long Slump May Mean Drug Stocks Are Bargains
2008-03-02 04:50 - Widespread calls by political leaders to overhaul the health care system have hit the stocks, as has consternation over the feeble state of the industry leaders? pipelines.

Vials of Ricin Are Found in Las Vegas Hotel; Man Is Hospitalized
2008-03-02 04:50 - Mystery still abounds in the poisoning. No other victims have been identified.

F.D.A. Approves Wyeth Antidepressant
2008-03-02 04:50 - Faced with the looming loss of patent protection for its top-selling drug, the antidepressant Effexor XR, Wyeth received federal approval on Friday for a successor drug, Pristiq.

Tennessee Heart Test Is Credited With Saving Lives
2008-03-01 04:50 - Duke Crews seemed healthy until a health screenings administered to all Tennessee athletes found he had a condition blamed for the sudden death of more than a hundred athletes each year.

Blood Thinner Might Be Tied to More Deaths
2008-03-01 04:50 - The F.D.A. said the number of deaths possibly associated to tainted Chinese supplies of heparin, a blood-thinning drug, had risen to 21.

Man in Critical Condition in Ricin Case
2008-03-01 04:50 - The man was staying in a motel where a powder that officials confirmed was ricin, a deadly poison, was found.

Thousands Are Warned of Clinic’s Dirty Syringes
2008-02-29 06:01 - Thousands of patients may have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus because of an inappropriate medical practice at a Nevada outpatient clinic.

I?ll Have What She’s Having
2008-02-29 06:01 - Lisa Dorfman, a sports nutritionist at the University of Miami and a triathlete, tests four drinks while working out at the gym, running and biking.

Surgeon Accused of Speeding a Death to Get Organs
2008-02-29 04:51 - A doctor faces three felony counts in a case that has sent a shudder through the field of transplant surgeons.


 
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