Superbugs capable of evading even the most powerful antibiotics are increasing their grip in Europe with rates of drug resistance in one type of bacteria reaching 50 percent in the worsthit countries health officials said Thursday. In a report on multidrug resistant bacteria or socalled superbugs the European Center for…
Watching the U.S. home market struggle to rebound is like listening to children in the back of a car. No we’re not there yet. The National Association of Realtors reported that ten real estate markets are leading the nation toward a general recovery and stability of the housing sector but…
Top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Wednesday defended their companies’ pay practices from attack by lawmakers angry that the governmentcontrolled firms were paying out nearly 13 million in executive bonuses. The chief executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s argued the compensation structures at the mortgage finance…
Russia’s unsuccessful launch of a Mars moon probe points up the problems of a oncepioneering space industry struggling to recover after a generation of brain drain and crimped budgets. An unmanned craft launched last Wednesday in what was meant to be postSoviet Russia’s interplanetary debut got stuck in Earth’s orbit…
Dell Inc’s quarterly revenue just missed Wall Street estimates and the world’s No. 3 personal computer maker warned that fullyear revenue could be hurt by an industrywide shortage of hard drives. Uncertainties surrounding the economy and the hard drive shortage means that Dell’s fiscal 2012 revenue is tracking at the…
Gold eased on Wednesday under pressure from the weakness in the euro which fell even though the European Central Bank eased some of the pressure on the government bond market as alarm escalated over the spreading debt crisis. The European Central Bank stepped into the bond markets to stem an…
Health A team of U.S. scientists believe they have found a piece of advice that breast cancer stricken mothers can give their daughters to help them stave off the disease stay clear of alcohol. The team found that among teen girls with breast cancer in the family those who had…
Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are all within three points of each other in a new Iowa Republican caucuses poll whose margin of error is 4.4 points. Cain, despite his recent troubles, leads the field with 20 percent, followed by Paul at 19 percent, Romney at…
Action movie Immortals slayed its competitors at the weekend box office taking the top spot domestically and pulling in an estimated 68 million around the world. The 3D movie’s performance surpassed expectations and beat new Adam Sandler comedy Jack and Jill plus another strong showing for animated film Puss in…
Older women who got more exerciseand less television time were the least likely to be diagnosedwith depression according to a U.S. study of thousands of women with physical activity having the biggest impact. According to findings published in the American Journal ofEpidemiology researchers found that women who reportedexercising the most…
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