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France Veers to Left With Threat to Nationalize a Mill
France’s threat to nationalize a steel mill to prevent job losses is shaping up as a public relations disaster for the government—with potential collateral damage to the European steel industry as...
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DEA probes Walgreens pharmacies over drug diversion in Florida
(Reuters) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is probing three Walgreen Co pharmacies in Florida in connection with a wide-ranging investigation of the diversion of prescription drugs for...
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X Factor judge Louis Walsh settles defamation case
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Television personality and pop music producer Louis Walsh on Wednesday settled a 500,000 euro ($ 640,000) defamation case against News Group Newspapers in Ireland.The deal came after...
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U.S. daily deals website Living Social to cut 400 jobs: WSJ
(Reuters) – U.S. daily deals online firm Living Social Inc is expected to announce on Thursday it is cutting 400 jobs, representing 9 percent of its workforce, as demand for daily deals and emailed...
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Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt
MONYWA, Myanmar (AP) — Security forces used water cannons and other riot gear Thursday to clear protesters from a copper mine in in northwestern Myanmar, wounding villagers and Buddhist monks just...
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Human stool treatment upends race to treat colon germ
(Reuters) – Drugmakers racing to develop medicines and vaccines to combat a germ that ravages the gut and kills thousands have a new challenger: the human stool.For patients hit hardest by the...
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Gotye wins big at Australia’s Aria music awards
SYDNEY (AP) — Gotye has taken home album of the year at Australia‘s Aria music awards for his internationally acclaimed “Making Mirrors.”The album features the Belgian-born, Australian-raised singer’s...
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African Union asks UN for immediate action on Mali
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — In an open letter Thursday to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the president of the African Union urged the U.N. to take immediate military action in northern Mali, which was...
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News Corp to name Thomson as Publishing Co CEO next week: sources
(Reuters) – News Corp is expected to name Robert Thomson, a close confidant of Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, to lead its new publishing company by the end of next week, according to sources familiar...
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The Economy of Surgery
When I was twelve, my sister and I accompanied my grandparents to their annual yoga retreat in the hilly ranges of southern India. We had never been before, but the summer heat was particularly...
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Putin aide denies Russian president has health problems
TOKYO/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin is in good health, his chief of staff said on Friday after Japanese media said Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had postponed a visit to Moscow next month because...
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Cargo plane crashes in Brazzaville, 3 dead
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — A cargo plane owned by a private company crashed Friday near the airport in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, killing at least three people,...
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Talking Turkey at the Butterball Hot Line
On Thanksgiving morning, real estate agent Marty Van Ness woke up at 4 a.m. By 6 a.m. she was at the Butterball company test kitchen and offices in Naperville, Ill., where for the next eight hours she...
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Asperger’s dropped from revised diagnosis manual
CHICAGO (AP) — The now familiar term “Asperger‘s disorder” is being dropped. And abnormally bad and frequent temper tantrums will be given a scientific-sounding diagnosis called DMDD. But “dyslexia”...
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Judge who named Starr to probe Clinton to retire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The conservative U.S. federal judge who helped to appoint Kenneth Starr as an independent counsel to investigate President Bill Clinton, prompting first lady Hillary Clinton to...
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Italy votes for center-left candidate for premier
ROME (AP) — Italians are choosing a center-left candidate for premier for elections early next year, an important primary runoff given the main party is ahead in the polls against a center-right camp...
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Asian shares, euro rise after firm China PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares and the euro rose on Monday as further signs of a stabilizing Chinese economy boosted investor risk appetite, but gains were capped by worries that an impasse in U.S....
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Novo Nordisk insulin Ryzodeg passes Japan review
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark‘s Novo Nordisk, the world’s biggest insulin producer, said on Monday its Ryzodeg insulin had passed the first review by an advisory committee to the health ministry in...
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Jackson’s ‘Bad’ jacket, costumes sold at auction
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Costumes worn by Michael Jackson commanded hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction, and Lady Gaga was among the collectors.Gaga tweeted Sunday that she bought 55 pieces in the...
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U.S. election, iPhone 5, Kardashian top Yahoo! 2012 searches
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. presidential election became the most-searched item and Kim Kardashian was the most-searched person on Yahoo! in a year when online searches were dominated by big news...
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Gunmen assassinate peasant leader in Paraguay
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Gunmen murdered one of the surviving leaders of a peasant movement whose land dispute with a powerful politician prompted the end of Fernando Lugo‘s presidency last June.Vidal...
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Does Rupert Murdoch Know Something Tina Brown Doesn’t?
On Monday morning, News Corp. (NWS) executives announced they were pulling the plug on The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s ambitious foray into tablet-only newsgathering, which launched amid lofty expectations...
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US flu season starts early, could be bad, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) — Flu season is off to its earliest start in nearly 10 years — and it could be a bad one.Health officials on Monday said suspected flu cases have jumped in five southern states, and the...
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News Corp to buy Cleveland Indians sports channel: sources
(Reuters) – News Corp is expected to announce as early as this week that it will buy SportsTime Ohio, a TV channel owned by the Cleveland Indians baseball team, for around $ 230 million, sources told...
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Officials: NATO to decide on missiles for Turkey
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATOforeign ministers are expected to approve Turkey‘s request for Patriot anti-missile systems to bolster its defense against possible strikes from neighboring Syria.NATO foreign...
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