341. Wall street under pressure ahead of monthly jobs data
June 26, 2012
Wall Street was under pressure on Wednesday as aweaker-than-expected private jobs report made investors cautiousbefore Friday's key jobs number. When the market closed, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 10.59points, or 0.08 percent, at 13,268.73. The Standard & Poor's500 was down 3.51 point...
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342. Norilsk nickel announces preliminary consolidated productionresults for q1 2012
June 25, 2012
OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest nickel and palladiumproducer, announces preliminary consolidated production results forthe first quarter of 2012 at the Polar and Kola Divisions inRussia, as well as at its international operations in Finland,Australia, Botswana and South Africa. Hig...
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343. Access to medical images for patients and physicians anytime,anywhere
June 24, 2012
Patients can successfully pull their medical images from the"cloud" making it faster for them to distribute them to theirphysicians regardless of where those physicians might be, accordingto a preliminary report of an image share project that involvesfive different academic institutions. The image...
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344. Teenagers with type 2 diabetes benefit from metformin androsiglitazone combo
June 24, 2012
A combination of two diabetes drugs, metformin and rosiglitazone, was more effective in treatingyouth with recent-onset type 2 diabetes than metformin alone, astudy funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found.Adding an intensive lifestyle intervention to metformin provided nomore ...
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345. Bpa could affect reproductive capabilities, cause infection of theuterus
June 23, 2012
CINCINNATI—Researchers at the University of Cincinnati havefound evidence that, in addition to affecting the heart, brain andnervous system, bisphenol A (BPA), could affect a mammal"sability to reproduce by altering the structure of the uterus inways that can progress to a potentially fata...
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346. Natural clothing with solar power chargers in the works at coloradostate university
June 23, 2012
Natural Clothing with Solar Power Chargers In the Works at ColoradoState University Apr 18, 2012 Colorado State University apparel design and production researchersand students are working to develop natural-fiber outdoor clothingthat can charge MP3 devices, tablets, computers, GPS units and cel...
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347. The first joint naval drill marks a new level of militarycooperation between china and russia
June 22, 2012
Between April 22 and 27, China and Russia conducted joint navalexercises in the waters of the Yellow Sea off China's east coastfor the first time, signifying the growing cooperation under theChina-Russia strategic partnership. The six-day joint drill involved 16 surface vessels and twosubmarines ...
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348. Slowed economic growth spreads market fears, urging china to turnto new economic stimulus measures
June 22, 2012
The People's Bank of China (PBC), the country's central bank, seemsto be loosening liquidity to stimulate economic growth. According to the PBC, in March, newly increased renminbi loansreached 1.01 trillion yuan ($160.32 billion), much higher than themarket expected and hitting a record high i...
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349. China unveils a pilot program for private financing
June 22, 2012
China's widespread private lending market, widely known butunofficially recognized, is getting special government treatment inthe wake of credit calamities in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province,China's private financing hub. A comprehensive financial reformpilot area is in the works for the city, said ...
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350. Opinion: rejection of stardrone level-skip dlc shows where to draw the line
June 21, 2012
As you'd expect from its name, the Level Skipper DLC forBeatshapers' downloadable PS Vita and PlayStation 3 game StarDrone Extreme allows players to skip levels in the portable game. What'snotable, however, is that the DLC costs a one-time payment of $0.99to unlock in the first place. Following...
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