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| India's Ranbaxy falls on media report of U.S. FDA query on plant Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 09:13 PM PDT  MUMBAI (Reuters) - Shares of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd fell as much as 2.3 percent on Monday after newspaper Business Standard reported the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had raised concerns about a plant in northern India, citing unidentified sources. Business Standard said the FDA had issued form 483 to Ranbaxy regarding its Mohali plant. That form is issued when U.S. inspectors see conditions they believe may violate U.S. rules. A Ranbaxy spokesman declined to comment when asked if the drug maker had received the 483 form. ... Full Story | Top |
| Geeks oust miners among Australia's new rich as boom fades Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 06:29 PM PDT  By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) - In a country synonymous with larger-than-life mining tycoons and Outback heroes, the geeks are quietly inheriting the earth. As coal magnate Nathan Tinkler, the poster boy for Australia's fading 10-year minerals boom, publicly battles against bankruptcy, software entrepreneurs Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar are riding high. The former college buddies behind fast-growing software firm Atlassian unceremoniously bumped Tinkler off the top of Australia's "young rich list", leading a charge in the country's blooming technology industries. ... Full Story | Top |
| Scientists warn against complacency on deadly H7N9 bird flu Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 03:30 PM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A new and deadly strain of bird flu that emerged in China in February but seems to have petered out in recent months could reappear later this year when the warm season comes to an end - and could spread internationally, scientists said on Monday. A study by researchers in China and Hong Kong found only one human case of the H7N9 bird flu strain has been identified since early May. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mandela's health worsens, condition now 'critical' Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 03:02 PM PDT  By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela's condition deteriorated to "critical" on Sunday, the government said, two weeks after the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader was admitted to hospital with a lung infection. The worsening of his condition is bound to concern South Africa's 53 million people, for whom Mandela remains the architect of a peaceful transition to democracy in 1994 after three centuries of white domination. ... Full Story | Top |
| Body of Sopranos star Gandolfini leaves Italy for U.S Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 11:18 AM PDT  ROME (Reuters) - The body of actor James Gandolfini, who died of a heart attack in Rome last week, was flown out of Italy on Sunday on a flight bound for New York, Rome airport authorities said. Gandolfini, best known for his leading role in the Emmy-winning series "The Sopranos", was found dead in his Rome hotel late on Wednesday. The actor's body left Rome's Fiumicino airport at around 1600 GMT (1200 ET) on a private flight, an airport official said. Family friend Michael Kobold, speaking to reporters in Rome, thanked the Italian authorities and U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Malaysia declares emergency as Indonesia smoke pollution thickens Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 08:37 AM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia declared a state of emergency in two parts of the southern state of Johor on Sunday, as smoke from land-clearing fires in Indonesia pushed air pollution above the level considered hazardous. The illegal burning of forests and other land on Indonesia's Sumatra island, to the west of peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, to clear space for palm oil plantations is a chronic problem during the June-September dry season. ... Full Story | Top |
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