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Nurses at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at New York University’s Langone Medical Center have challenging jobs, even in the best of times. Their patients are babies, some weighing as little as 2 pounds, who require constant and careful care as they struggle to stay alive.On Monday night, as superstorm Sandy bore...
Nadir must pay £5m compensation
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2 November 2012 Last updated at 14:38 ETFormer tycoon Asil Nadir has been ordered to pay £5m compensation in two years or face six more years in prison.
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The 71-year-old was jailed for 10 years in August for stealing £28.8m from his Polly Peck...
As foreigners go, Afghan city is feeling abandoned
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — By switching from studying business management to training as a nurse, 19-year-old Anita Taraky has placed a bet on the future of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar — that once foreign troops are gone, private-sector jobs will be fewer but nursing will always be in demand.Besides, if...
News Summary: Android dominates in 3Q
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DOMINANCE: Google‘s Android software for mobile devices was running on 75 percent of smartphones shipped in the third quarter.DISTANT SECOND: Apple‘s iOS system, used in iPhones, was second with a market share of 15 percent, according to an IDC study. Apple’s new iPhone didn’t come out until late in the quarter.
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Nov
02
Photojournalists “Witness” war zones in new HBO series
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some people liken a bad day at work to being in a war zone but for the photojournalists chronicled in HBO’s upcoming documentary series “Witness,” that’s not an exaggeration.The series, which premieres on November 5 and will air every Monday for the rest of the month, follows photojournalists...
Factbox: Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate
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(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, is pursuing the White House for the second time.Here are key facts about him.
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- Romney, 65, espouses traditional Republican positions to cut taxes,...
Obama, Romney take aim at key Midwestern swing states
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HILLIARD, Ohio (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made late pitches in the political battlegrounds of the upper Midwest on Friday, a region likely to decide the winner in next week’s closely fought election for the White House.In dueling campaign appearances in the swing states of Ohio and...
Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels
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BEIRUT (AP) — A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with.U.N. officials...
Facebook’s Sandberg sells $7.4 million in stock
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and two other executives at the social networking company sold millions of dollars worth of stock this week as restrictions on insider trading expired.Sandberg netted about $ 7.44 million by selling roughly 353,000 Facebook shares on Wednesday,...
Nov
01
Cablevision says Sandy outage hit half of its customers
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cable operator Cablevision Systems Corp said on Thursday about half of its 3.3 million customers in the New York, Connecticut and New Jersey area had lost power in the wake of superstorm Sandy, causing widespread disruptions to its service.Cablevision said in a statement that 1.6 million of its...
UK cost agency backs melanoma drugs after price cuts
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LONDON (Reuters) – Two new drugs for skin cancer have been recommended for use on Britain’s state-run health service after the rival manufacturers – Roche and Bristol-Myers Squibb – agreed to cut their prices.The move underscores the growing pressure on drug companies to cut deals with austerity-hit European governments...
Barclays faces $470m energy fine
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1 November 2012 Last updated at 04:12 ETBarclays has been threatened with fines of $ 470m (£291m) by US regulators to settle accusations it sought to manipulate the California energy markets from 2006-2008.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
Canada will push to keep bank capital rules on schedule
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will urge all countries to stick to the agreed schedule for implementing tougher bank capital rules at a November 4-5 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday.The so-called Basel III rules are the world’s...
First iPad mini teardown reveals Samsung display
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s iPad mini uses a display from South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, one of Apple’s major suppliers and also its fiercest rival in the global mobile-device market that the two companies dominate.Analysts say the Silicon Valley-based iPhone maker is trying to wean itself off...
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Sanofi draws fire over cost of MS drug Lemtrada
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PARIS (Reuters) – Medical journal The Lancet warned that Sanofi‘s experimental multiple sclerosis drug Lemtrada may be too costly for patients and health insurers once it gets approved by regulators.The journal, which published the encouraging results of two late-stage Lemtrada tests on Thursday, also criticized the...
How Truth and Lies Spread on Twitter
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Hurricane Sandy was a huge moment for New York City. It was also a huge moment for how we think about social media.For many in the superstorm’s path up the Eastern seaboard, social networks quickly became an essential source of information from news organizations, civic organizations, and friends and family. As power...
Clinton calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition
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ZAGREB (Reuters) – The United States called on Wednesday for an overhaul of Syria‘s opposition leadership, saying it was time to move beyond the Syrian National Council and bring in those “in the front lines fighting and dying”.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, signaling a more active stance by Washington in attempts...
Pentagon sees further use of BlackBerry as door opens to others
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Wednesday said it would continue to support “large numbers” of BlackBerry phones made by Research in Motion Ltd even as it moves forward with plans that would allow the U.S. military to begin using Apple Inc‘s iPhone and other devices.The U.S. Defense Department last week invited...
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