World Business Briefing | Australia: BHP Adds To Buyback; Chief To Retire
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, reported a 41 percent jump in first-half net profit and said it would add $10 billion to a previously announced plan to buy back $3 billion in shares,...
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U.S. Not Pushing For Attack On Iran, Rice Says
The secretary’s comments came after the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned against what he called the ?new crazies? pushing for military action against Tehran....
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Josef Fritzl ’began Building Cellar Six Years Before Seizing Daughter’
Officers investigating the incest and sexual abuse case against Josef Fritzl revealed yesterday that he started building the underground dungeon in which he imprisoned his daughter six years before ...
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S&N Plotting Russia Sale To Derail Bid
BRITAIN’s biggest brewer, Scottish & Newcastle, is planning to thwart a £7.5 billion hostile takeover by Dutch and Danish rivals by selling off Hartwall, the Finnish holding company beh...
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Kitchen Capers
Comedians swap punchlines for parfait as they take to the kitchen for the Mirabel Foundation....
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Health News

Diabetes Health Goes Beyond Blood Sugar
2008-02-09 04:50 - Recent findings on the effects of lowering blood sugar are unlikely to change the way most people with Type 2 diabetes manage their illness, doctors said Thursday.

Drug Ads Raise Questions for Heart Pioneer
2008-02-08 06:01 - Dr. Robert Jarvik’s appearance in television ads for Lipitor has helped rekindle a smoldering debate.

Drop Down and Give Me More Than She’s Doing
2008-02-08 06:01 - Some like to compete, but group training isn’t for everyone.

More Fun Than Root Canals? It’s the Dental Vacation
2008-02-08 06:01 - Medical tourism has been an increasingly popular alternative for the uninsured desperate for care, and for middle-class Americans willing to travel to secure affordable health care.

The Vanishing Point
2008-02-08 04:51 - While everyone worries about thin female models, designers embrace the skinny man.

Wal-Mart Will Expand In-Store Medical Clinics
2008-02-08 04:51 - The company will announce Thursday plans for several hundred new clinics at its stores, using a standardized format and jointly branded with hospitals and medical groups.

Pre-Chewed Baby Food Said to Transmit H.I.V.
2008-02-08 04:50 - Researchers have identified another way that babies can be infected with H.I.V. ? through food pre-chewed by an infected parent or caretaker.

Diabetes Study Partially Halted After Deaths
2008-02-08 04:50 - A surprise finding in a major federal study calls into question a long-held tenet of diabetes care.

When Anxiety Is at the Table
2008-02-07 04:50 - Separating the salt and pepper shakers or worrying whether the cutlery is clean enough are just some of the woes that can befall obsessive-compulsive diners.

Feel Like a Fraud? At Times, Maybe You Should
2008-02-06 06:01 - Feelings of phoniness appear to alter people’s goals in unexpected ways and may also protect them against subconscious self-delusions.


 
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