Microsoft Give Up Bid For Yahoo!
Statement by Microsoft abandoning buyout | Statement by Yahoo...
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Bell Canada Agrees To Buyout Offer
If approved, the deal would be Canada’s largest takeover and among the largest leveraged buyouts in history....
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Banks Rank Low In Global Survey
Australian banks have been ranked among the worst in the world by a global study that accuses them of shoddy service in branches and call centres....
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Retail Giant Will Remake Private Bank
Bank of America will see if a new name, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, can burnish its private bank’s reputation in catering to the very rich....
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Slump In Sales Forces Motorola To Consider Offloading Handset Arm
Motorola, the struggling mobile phone maker, said yesterday that it was considering demerging the handset unit from its other businesses to halt a sharp decline in sales....
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Health News

Kidney Thefts Shock India
2008-01-31 04:50 - Hundreds of Indians had their kidneys removed by a team of doctors running an illegal transplant operation, supplying kidneys to rich Indians and foreigners, police officials say.

Financial Ties Are Cited as Issue in Spine Study
2008-01-31 04:50 - The testing of an artificial spinal disk provides a stark example of conflicts of interest among clinical researchers.

More Testing of Seafood to Address Mercury Concerns
2008-01-31 04:50 - Some restaurants and retailers around the country have started testing the fish they sell in response to concerns about the amount of mercury in seafood.

War Concussions Linked to Stress
2008-01-31 04:50 - A new report finds that soldiers who suffered concussions in the war were at higher risk for post-traumatic stress disorder than those with other injuries.

A Fight for Life Consumes Both Mother and Son
2008-01-30 06:01 - The writer Susan Sontag’s death, as set out in a short and immensely disturbing account by her son, David Rieff, must rank as one of the worst ever described.

Clues to Black Plague’s Fury in 650-Year-Old Skeletons
2008-01-30 06:01 - New findings suggest that the plague selectively took the already ill, while many of the otherwise healthy survived the infection.

California Senate Panel Rejects Health Coverage Proposal
2008-01-30 06:01 - The vote rejecting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal was a blow to universal health care coverage in California and possibly to its prospects nationwide.

The Claim: Never Drink Hot Water From the Tap
2008-01-30 04:52 - The claim has the ring of a myth. But environmental scientists say it is real.

Great Drug, but Does It Prolong Life?
2008-01-30 04:52 - There are some indications that statins aren?t all they?re cracked up to be.

New Insights Into Genital Pain in Women
2008-01-30 04:52 - Studies have shown that sexual phobias are rarely the explanation for a condition known as vulvodynia.


 
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