Rate Cut Urged To End The Gloom
PRESSURE is growing on the Bank of England to cut interest rates this week as gloom over the economy intensifies....
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Analysis: Little Hope For Weak Leaders
Today’s meeting is important symbolically, because it has been seven years since any Israeli Prime Minister came to the West Bank, and this visit was clearly meant as a gesture by Ehud Olmert in sup...
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Abbey Pulls Out Of Buy-to-let Mortgages
Abbey has stopped selling buy-to-let mortgages to landlords, blaming "recent market moves" for a raft of measures announced today that will also penalise some residential borrowers....
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Wolfmother Lead Aussie Grammy Pack
Sydney young guns Wolfmother, country star Keith Urban and guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel nominated for Grammy Awards....
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Clinton Aide’s Databank Venture Breaks Ground In Politicking
Catalist, a for-profit databank that sells voter information to progressive candidates, has raised eyebrows among campaign finance watchdogs....
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Health News

Canada Takes Steps to Ban Most Plastic Baby Bottles
2008-04-20 04:50 - The move to ban polycarbonate infant bottles is the first action taken by any government against bisphenol-a, a chemical that has induced long-term changes in animals exposed to it.

Nurse Union Wins Order to Restrain Rival Union
2008-04-19 04:51 - Officials of a nurses? union in California, saying they had been threatened by members of a competing health care union, have obtained a court order barring the members from stalking and harassing them.

Nearly a Fifth of War Veterans Report Mental Disorders, a Private Stud...
2008-04-19 04:51 - Little more than half of the returned soldiers who reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression have sought mental health treatment.

Sticker Shock in the Organic Aisles
2008-04-19 04:51 - Rising prices for organic groceries are prompting some consumers to question their devotion to food produced without pesticides, chemical fertilizers or antibiotics.

A Jump in Doctor Visits and Deaths in Flu Season
2008-04-19 04:51 - This year, the particular strain of influenza that predominated caught vaccine makers off guard, making flu shots less effective.

Study Links Incontinence Drugs to Memory Problems
2008-04-19 04:50 - Commonly used incontinence drugs may be linked to problems with recall in older people, researchers reported.

Old Age Is the Happiest Time
2008-04-19 04:50 - A new study finds widespread contentment in the golden years.

Bottle Maker to Stop Using Plastic Linked to Health Concerns
2008-04-19 04:50 - Nalgene, the brand that popularized water bottles made from clear and nearly unbreakable polycarbonate, will stop using the plastic because of concern over one of its ingredients.

F.D.A. Plan on Medical Articles Takes More Heat
2008-04-19 04:50 - A report indicating that Merck used ghostwriters to produce articles in support of its drug Vioxx has galvanized opponents to a proposal that would relax some restrictions on drug promotion.

Paid to Control Drug Costs, Yet Pushing Some Prices Higher
2008-04-19 04:50 - A growing portion of the revenue of some drug benefit managers comes from acting as exclusive or semi-exclusive distributors of expensive specialty drugs.


 
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