Investec Warns On Profits As UK Growth Slows
Investec, the investment bank, gave warning today that it would not meet profit targets for the year because of "weakened" trading conditions in the UK, South Africa and Australia....
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AT&T Is Latest To Sue Vonage Over Patent
AT&T claims that Vonage, the Internet telephone company, violated a 1996 patent that appears to broadly describe the idea of routing telephone calls over data networks....
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Give War A Chance: Bush
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Zoo Slammed For Elephant’s ’under-age Pregancy’
Sydney’s Taronga Zoo has been reprimanded by animal rights activists for letting an Asian elephant fall pregnant even though she is only nine years old....
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Benefit Managers Profit By Specialty Drug Rights
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Health News

A Clutter Too Deep for Mere Bins and Shelves
2008-01-02 04:51 - Disorganization may be a person problem, not a house problem.

No Gimmicks: Eat Less and Exercise More
2008-01-02 04:51 - The way to lose weight in 2008 is the same as it has been every other year, because the basics of good nutrition have not changed.

Aging: For Uninsured, Medicare Makes a Healthy Impact
2008-01-02 04:51 - Uninsured people 55 and older significantly reduce their risk of declining health after they enroll in Medicare at 65, a new study suggests.

Children: Study Ties Too Little Sleep With Too Much Weight
2008-01-02 04:51 - A study of 7-year-olds has found that sleeping less than nine hours a night was associated with being overweight or obese.

Pests and Pestilence
2008-01-02 04:51 - Are common cockroaches carriers of disease?

Exercise: Better Than the Couch, but Not Equal to the Court
2008-01-02 04:51 - The active video games played on the Nintendo Wii console are not a substitute for the real thing, a small study suggests.

Killing Dogs in Training of Doctors Is to End
2008-01-02 04:50 - By next month, all American medical schools will have stopped operating on dogs to examine their beating hearts.

Explain a Medical Error? Sure. Apologize Too?
2008-01-02 04:50 - Most doctors are afraid to take responsibility for medical errors, but studies have shown that physicians? apologies may protect against litigation.

When Hospitals Kept Children From Parents
2008-01-02 04:50 - From the 1960s onward, advances in hospital architecture have radically changed accommodations for family members.

As the Ball Drops, Dieting Companies Take Positions Nearby
2008-01-01 06:01 - Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... diet! Two companies are ready for this year’s round of resolutions, sponsoring electronic billboards in Times Square.


 
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