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Analysis: Still in the frame, the camera defies smartphone onslaught
Wed,25 Apr 2012 07:09 PM PDT
Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - While most attention in the gadget world is on the breakneck pace of innovation in mobile phones, tablets and computers, another device has resolutely refused to die: the camera. Despite the onslaught of camera phones — the iPhone 4 has this year become the most popular device for posting snaps to the photo-sharing website Flickr — cameras are still being sold. Japan, the world's largest manufacturer, shipped nearly three times as many cameras in January as it did in the same month of 2003, when the camera phone was still in its infancy. ... Full Story | Top |
Feds weigh pulling drug licenses for two Florida CVS stores
Wed,25 Apr 2012 05:12 PM PDT
Reuters - ARLINGTON, Va (Reuters) - A federal hearing began on Wednesday on whether to bar two CVS Caremark Corp drugstores in Florida from selling potentially addictive painkillers as part of a government crackdown on prescription pain pills, especially oxycodone. The CVS drugstores, both in Sanford, ranked 23rd and 37th respectively among the thousands of U.S. pharmacies for distribution of oxycodone, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) district supervisor Gayle Lane told the court. ... Full Story | Top |
S&P sends wake-up call to Ontario, lowers outlook
Wed,25 Apr 2012 04:57 PM PDT
Reuters -  TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario's bold austerity budget and accelerated path to balance its finances were met with nagging skepticism on Wednesday after credit rating agency Standard & Poor's lowered its outlook on the province's debt ratings to "negative." The move provided another wake-up call to analysts and investors, raising the possibility of further rating downgrades and higher borrowing costs for Canada's most powerful province. ...
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Analysis: U.S. mad cow find: lucky break or triumph of science?
Wed,25 Apr 2012 04:56 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The discovery this week of the fourth U.S. case of mad cow disease was one of two things for food safety experts: a validation of a decade-long focused surveillance regime or a lucky break that highlights the need to revisit previously scrapped efforts for more comprehensive surveillance. For now, calls for greater monitoring seem likely to go unheard, both because the "atypical" case appeared to be a one-in-a-million genetic mutation that officials said posed no threat to the food supply, and because of tightening budgets. ...
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FDA advisers back HeartWare blood pump device
Wed,25 Apr 2012 04:34 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - HeartWare International Inc won a U.S. advisory panel's support on Wednesday for its most important product - a blood pump that helps people with severe heart failure. A panel of outside experts to the Food and Drug Administration voted 9-2 to recommend approval of the mechanical heart-assist device, called the HeartWare ventricular assist device (HVAD). HeartWare shares were halted pending the panel outcome. The FDA usually follows panel advice, although it is not required to and a final decision is expected later. ... Full Story | Top |
Senate passes postal bill that would end Saturday mail
Wed,25 Apr 2012 04:25 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - The Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday that would allow the U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday mail after two years as part of efforts to overhaul the mail agency and prevent it from shuttering thousands of facilities next month. The Postal Service has been losing billions of dollars each year due to the rise of online communications and high labor and other costs. Both houses of Congress have been working for months on legislation to restructure the agency and offer some relief. ...
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Watson to buy Actavis for at least $5.6 billion
Wed,25 Apr 2012 03:52 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday it agreed to buy Actavis Group for at least 4.25 billion euros ($5.60 billion), in a deal that cements its status as one of the world's biggest suppliers of generic drugs and expands its international presence. Reuters first reported on March 21 that U.S.-based Watson was close to buying the Swiss drugmaker to help it compete more effectively against rivals Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and the Novartis unit Sandoz. ...
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In the shadow of mad cow case, U.S. beef exports unfazed
Wed,25 Apr 2012 02:46 PM PDT
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - For California meat exporter James Geller, it's just business as usual one day after the first case of mad cow disease in six years was confirmed in the United States. For Geller, president of Geller International in Burlingame, California, that means putting together an order of choice grade beef for customers in Hong Kong. "My customers do not need reassurance. They know the food is safe," said Geller, who just returned from a business trip to Singapore and Hong Kong and handles meat and seafood imports for hotels and restaurants in Asia. ...
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U.S. House to vote on student loan rate extension
Wed,25 Apr 2012 02:39 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives, in an election-year showdown with President Barack Obama, will vote on Friday to extend for 12-months a low interest rate for federal student loans, the top Republican said on Wednesday. House Speaker John Boehner made the surprise announcement, adding that the $6 billion extension would be funded with money from what he described as a "slush fund" in Obama's healthcare overhaul law. Boehner's declaration came after Obama, at campaign-style events, hammered Congress to extend the loan rate before it doubles on July 1 to 6. ... Full Story | Top |
In the shadow of mad cow case, U.S. beef exports unfazed
Wed,25 Apr 2012 02:35 PM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - For California meat exporter James Geller, it's just business as usual one day after the first case of mad cow disease in six years was confirmed in the United States. For Geller, president of Geller International in Burlingame, California, that means putting together an order of choice grade beef for customers in Hong Kong. "My customers do not need reassurance. They know the food is safe," said Geller, who just returned from a business trip to Singapore and Hong Kong and handles meat and seafood imports for hotels and restaurants in Asia. ... Full Story | Top |
Doctors not all on board with new prostate cancer recommendations
Wed,25 Apr 2012 01:54 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many doctors don't expect new guidelines to affect how often they screen men for prostate cancer, results of a new survey suggest. Last fall, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a draft of new prostate cancer screening guidelines, which recommend against routine prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing in average-risk men. ... Full Story | Top |
HIV-positive man fights charge that saliva was deadly
Wed,25 Apr 2012 01:52 PM PDT
Reuters - ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - A gay-rights group is urging New York state's high court to overturn the conviction of an HIV-positive man whose saliva was found to be a "dangerous instrument" in a biting case. David Plunkett was sentenced in 2007 to 10 years in prison for aggravated assault, a felony that requires the use of a "dangerous instrument." Plunkett argued unsuccessfully the charge could not be sustained because HIV cannot be transmitted through saliva. The Court of Appeals, New York's top court, will hear Plunkett's case on Thursday. ... Full Story | Top |
New J&J CEO parachuting into tough terrain
Wed,25 Apr 2012 01:16 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson is sending in a former Army Ranger to clean up several big messes that have hurt its reputation, earnings and share price in the past three years, and he takes charge on Thursday with uncertain odds. Alex Gorsky said in an interview his biggest priority is to complete a revamping of its factories and manufacturing processes to fix quality control lapses that sparked huge recalls of Tylenol, Motrin and dozens of other consumer medicines over the past three years. "Mission No. ... Full Story | Top |
High salt intake linked to higher stroke risk
Wed,25 Apr 2012 01:00 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults with salty diets may have an increased risk of suffering a stroke, a new study suggests. The new findings strengthen the case for heavy salt intake as a stroke risk factor, according to Dr. Francesco P. Cappuccio, of the University of Warwick in the UK, who wrote an editorial published with the study in the journal Stroke. ...
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Buyers of U.S. beef keep importing after mad cow case
Wed,25 Apr 2012 11:51 AM PDT
Reuters - BRUSSELS/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Major export markets for U.S. beef from Canada to Japan stayed open on Wednesday after the United States reported its case of mad cow disease in six years amid assurances that rigorous surveillance had safeguarded the food system. U.S. live cattle futures were higher on Wednesday, but only recovered about half of what they lost on Tuesday when the market posted its biggest drop in seven months. U.S. authorities quickly told consumers and importers around the world there was no danger that meat from the infected California dairy cow would enter the food chain. ... Full Story | Top |
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