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Olympus ex-CEO steps up campaign for old job as deadline looms
Tue,13 Dec 2011 07:21 PM PST
Reuters -  TOKYO (Reuters) - The former British CEO of Japan's scandal-ridden Olympus Corp called on its disgraced board on Wednesday to make way for his return to the top job, as the firm faced a make-or-break deadline to iron out its crooked accounts. The maker of cameras and medical equipment, engulfed by a $1.7 billion accounting fraud, one of Japan's worst corporate scandals, must meet a Wednesday deadline to file its second quarter earnings or be delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It also plans to submit revised accounts for past years. ...
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Kids won't eat veggies? Try rewards, a study says
Tue,13 Dec 2011 06:37 PM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - If your preschoolers turn up their noses at carrots or celery, a small reward like a sticker for taking even a taste may help get them to eat previously shunned foods, a U.K. study said. Though it might seem obvious that a reward could tempt young children to eat their vegetables, the idea is actually controversial, researchers wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. ...
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Ex-auditor to give qualified approval to statement: report
Tue,13 Dec 2011 06:05 PM PST
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympus' former auditor KPMG AZSA LLC will give a qualified approval to three years of financial statements ending in March 2009, saying it could not completely confirm money flows, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday. The Nikkei also said Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC, which became the camera and endoscope maker's auditor after KPMG AZSA, will approve all statements made from the financial year ending in March 2010. Olympus must publish its second-quarter results by Wednesday in order to keep its stock market listing and avoid being cut off from capital markets. ... Full Story | Top |
Express Scripts in contract dispute with WellPoint
Tue,13 Dec 2011 05:43 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc and its client WellPoint Inc said on Tuesday they are involved in a contract dispute and that they are trying to settle it through negotiation. Express Scripts said WellPoint, the No. 2 U.S. health insurer by market value, had raised the issues leading to the dispute. Shares of Express scripts fell 3.5 percent after hours, while WellPoint stock rose 2 percent. Officials from both companies declined to provide details and said there is no assurance the matters will be settled without litigation. ... Full Story | Top |
Orangutans shed light on obesity in people
Tue,13 Dec 2011 04:54 PM PST
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - In lush times, orangutans on the island of Borneo gorge themselves on forest fruits, packing on extra pounds in preparation for leaner years, when they live off leaves and bark and their own stored fat. This behavior of overeating is all too common in humans, but rarely seen in nonhuman primates, and studying it may offer some clues about obesity and eating disorders in people, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
Orangutans shed light on obesity in people
Tue,13 Dec 2011 04:53 PM PST
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - In lush times, orangutans on the island of Borneo gorge themselves on forest fruits, packing on extra pounds in preparation for leaner years, when they live off leaves and bark and their own stored fat. This behavior of overeating is all too common in humans, but rarely seen in nonhuman primates, and studying it may offer some clues about obesity and eating disorders in people, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
GSK and university link to find Huntingdon's drug
Tue,13 Dec 2011 04:08 PM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline is linking up with scientists at the University of Dundee to find a treatment for Huntingdon's disease, marking a further push by Britain's biggest drugmaker into the rare diseases area. The project, still years away from producing a finished drug, will build on the discovery by Dundee's Susann Schweiger of a mechanism that controls production of a disease-causing protein involved in the inherited brain disorder. Patients with Huntington's typically develop symptoms between the ages of 30 and 50. ... Full Story | Top |
Olympus ex-auditor to give qualified approval to statement
Tue,13 Dec 2011 03:58 PM PST
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympus' former auditor KPMG AZSA LLC will give a qualified approval to three years of financial statements ending in March 2009, saying it could not completely confirm money flows, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday. The Nikkei also said Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC, which became the camera and endoscope maker's auditor after KPMG AZSA, will approve all statements made from the financial year ending in March 2010. Olympus must publish its second-quarter results by Wednesday in order to keep its stock market listing and avoid being cut off from capital markets. ... Full Story | Top |
States tough on abortion face legal costs
Tue,13 Dec 2011 03:13 PM PST
Reuters - CHICAGO/COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Bill Graber is not a fan of Roe v. Wade because the Ohio construction worker thinks the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion went too far. But Graber is not happy about Ohio lawmakers pushing a law that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be heard, because he worries the state will spend millions of dollars defending it. "This is a gamble," said Graber at Ohio state senate hearings last week on the "heartbeat" bill, which would ban abortion at as early as six weeks. ... Full Story | Top |
Rare birth defects tied to mom's painkiller use
Tue,13 Dec 2011 03:10 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who take over-the-counter painkillers during early pregnancy have a slightly higher risk of having babies with certain rare birth defects, according to a new study. For instance, babies were three times as likely to be born with no eyes, or with abnormally small eyeballs that often cause blindness, if their mothers had taken aspirin or naproxen (sold as Aleve). The babies' risk of amniotic band syndrome, a condition that causes various malformations such as clubfoot, was also three times higher among women who had used painkillers during their pregnancy. ... Full Story | Top |
Medtronic settles U.S. probe over doctor kickbacks
Tue,13 Dec 2011 02:36 PM PST
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc has agreed to pay $23.5 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors to encourage them to use its pacemakers and defibrillators, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday. The company was accused of seeking physicians to participate in studies and registries and paying doctors fees of between $1,000 to $2,000 per patient for information and data collected as long as they used Medtronic's devices, according to the Justice Department. ... Full Story | Top |
Spending bill in jeopardy as lawmakers bicker
Tue,13 Dec 2011 02:35 PM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill that would keep the U.S. government operating beyond the weekend appeared in trouble on Tuesday as lawmakers bickered over whether they had resolved policy issues such as abortion funding and travel to Cuba. The bill has been caught up in a year-end fight between Republicans and Democrats over taxes and spending that has left Americans watching a familiar scene unfold - both parties trying to outmaneuver the other to score points ahead of the 2012 elections. ...
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U.S. cracking down on Medicare painkiller abuse
Tue,13 Dec 2011 02:33 PM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health authorities are directing Medicare prescription drug plans to withhold payments for popular painkillers when they suspect patient abuse, part of a wider effort to combat fraud. The Department of Health and Human Services noted evidence of "doctor shopping," when patients approach several doctors to get multiple prescriptions of addictive painkillers like OxyContin and Percocet. It also encouraged doctors to issue prescriptions for such drugs that provide a supply of 30 days or less. ...
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FDA warns centers for misleading Lap-Band ads
Tue,13 Dec 2011 02:32 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators sent warning letters to eight California surgical centers and a marketing firm for providing misleading information while advertising Allergan Inc's Lap-Band, a device used to treat obesity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said billboards and advertising inserts used by the surgical centers and the marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN LLC fail to provide required risk information, including warnings, precautions and possible side effects. ... Full Story | Top |
Deadline time as Japan's Olympus struggles to survive
Tue,13 Dec 2011 02:15 PM PST
Reuters -  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's scandal-ridden Olympus Corp faces one of its biggest challenges to survive as an independent company on Wednesday, when it must meet a deadline to file its second-quarter results or be delisted from the Tokyo stock exchange. The 92-year-old maker of cameras and medical equipment has been engulfed by a $1.7 billion accounting fraud, one of Japan's worst corporate scandals, and has vowed to iron out its accounts in the eagerly awaited filing due later in the day. ...
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