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- Israeli shells kill 42 at U.N. school: Gaza medics
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli shelling killed more than 40 Palestinians on Tuesday at a U.N. school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international pressure on Israel to halt a Gaza offensive.  - Democrat Roland Burris blocked from Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - He came proclaiming himself the new junior senator from Illinois.  - Alcoa to slash jobs and sell 4 units
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alcoa Inc said on Tuesday it would slash more than 15,000 jobs, halve capital spending and sell four businesses as it reduces aluminum production in the face of the global economic downturn.  - German tycoon Adolf Merckle commits suicide
BLAUBEUREN, Germany (Reuters) - German billionaire Adolf Merckle has committed suicide, in despair over the huge losses suffered by his business empire during the financial crisis, his family said on Tuesday.  - Lawyer says Madoff cooperating with probes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff is cooperating with government investigations into his alleged $50 billion fraud, one of his lawyers said on Tuesday, as prosecutors sought to revoke his bail and jail him.  - New Congress convenes, focused on recession
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats celebrated their increased clout in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, swearing in new members who are expected to help President-elect Barack Obama enact a massive economic stimulus package.  - Gates projects Pentagon needs $70 billion more for wars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates estimates the Pentagon will need about $70 billion more to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year, on top of the $65.9 billion already approved by Congress.  - Obama says U.S. deficit may approach $1 trillion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said on Tuesday he expects to inherit a U.S. budget deficit approaching $1 trillion and his administration would have to make some tough budget choices.  - U.S., European data grim
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dismal economic data from the United States and Europe pointed to further pain for the world's two largest economies, while aluminum maker Alcoa Inc plans to slash thousands of jobs and curtail operations to conserve cash in a deepening recession.  - Russian gas disruption spreads across Europe
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia sharply cut gas flows to Europe via Ukraine on Tuesday in a dramatic worsening of a pricing dispute with Kiev that threatened to disrupt supplies as far west as Italy and Germany. 
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- Samenvatting: BASi krijgt Europees patent voor Culex
WARWICKSHIRE, VK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Met trots maakt BASi bekend een Europees patent te hebben gekregen voor het product met de naam "Culex Automated In Vivo Sampling System". Het patent is geldig tot 2019 en geldt in de
- BASi reçoit un brevet européen pour Culex®
WARWICKSHIRE, Royaume-Uni--(BUSINESS WIRE)--La société BASi est fière d’annoncer l’attribution du nouveau brevet européen à son système d’échantillonnage in vivo
- BuildClean’s National Radon Action Month Message: Test, Test, Test Your Home for Indoor Radon Sources No Matter Where You Live in the U.S.
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Consumer advocacy organization BuildClean today warned that cancer-causing radon may emanate from indoor building materials. “The only way to know for sure is to test your home,”
- Riassunto: BASi ottiene il brevetto europeo per Culex®
WARWICKSHIRE, Regno Unito--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BASi è orgogliosa di annunciare l’ottenimento del nuovo brevetto europeo per Culex®, il sistema messo a punto dalla società per la raccolta automatizzata
- Study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Shows Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy Improved Quality of Life and Motor Function in Advanced Parkinson's Disease
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the largest published, randomized, controlled study of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease, DBS was shown to be more effective than best medical therapy in improving
- Exactech to Present to Investors at 27th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exactech Inc. (Nasdaq:EXAC), a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for hip, knee, shoulder, spine and biologic materials, will present at JP Morgan’s
- AdvanSource Biomaterials’ Antimicrobials Patent Application Published by U.S. Patent Office
WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation (NYSE Alternext US: ASB), a leading developer of advanced polymer materials for a broad range of medical devices, announced today notification of
- Dr. Paul Ehrlich to Speak at World Wildlife Fund
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dr. Paul Ehrlich, President of the Center for Conservation Biology and Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University, will speak on “The Dominant Animal and the Future
- California Healthcare Institute Appoints New Associate Director of Government Relations and New Office Manager
LA JOLLA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The California Healthcare Institute (CHI) today announced the appointment of Ritchard Engelhardt as associate director of government affairs based in Sacramento, Calif. and Holly
- Johns Hopkins Brain Sciences Institute to Open at The Science + Technology Park at Johns Hopkins
BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Forest City-New East Baltimore Partnership (FCNEBP) announced that the Brain Sciences Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (BSI) will locate at 855 North Wolfe
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