(Reuters) – Celgene Corp said on Friday that a clinical trial of Abraxane, its drug to treat breast and lung cancer, improved survival in patients with pancreatic cancer.The company did not give details of the extent of the improvement, saying it would do so at a medical meeting in January, but said the results were statistically significant.
Patients...
Citigroup’s Pandit receives $15m
Label: Business
9 November 2012 Last updated at 18:51 ETFormer Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit, who stood down last month, will get more than $ 15m (£9.4m) as part of a settlement with the banking giant.
John Havens, the chief operating officer who resigned at the same time, will receive a similar amount.The payments were disclosed...
Syria opposition bloc elects Christian as leader
Label: World
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Syria‘s main opposition group in exile has elected a Christian Paris-based former geography teacher as its new president.George Sabra said Friday that his election as head of the Syrian National Council is a sign that the opposition is not plagued by sectarian divisions.
Sabra says the SNC‘s main demand...
The Navy SEALs who shared secrets with video-game makers
Label: Technology
After consulting on the new Medal of Honor game, the team of SEALs famous for killing Osama bin Laden finds itself in hot water for divulging military informationThe covert operatives who make up Navy SEAL Team 6 may have captured the nation’s imagination when they took down Osama bin Laden, but now a handful of them are getting a pay cut. According...
Nov
08
“Dancing” co-host Brooke Burke has thyroid cancer
Label: Lifestyle
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Dancing with the Stars” co-host Brooke Burke said on Thursday that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and will need surgery.The television presenter and model said in a three-minute video posted on the website Modernmom.com that she will need her thyroid removed.
“I need to have thyroid...
FDA panel recommends approval of Novo degludec insulin
Label: Health
(Reuters) – An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted to recommend approval of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk‘s new ultra-long-acting insulin degludec, despite signals of possible cardiovascular risk.The panel of outside medical experts unanimously recommended that the company undertake a large study, possibly after the...
AMR avoids investigation into $2.26 billion debt deals
Label: Business
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hedge fund Marathon Asset Management has withdrawn a request for an independent investigator to examine the books of American Airlines, a unit of bankrupt AMR Corp, lawyers for the companies said at a hearing on Thursday.The move came after AMR agreed to preserve potential clawback claims relating to debt deals, struck between Marathon...
Myanmar says Obama to visit later this month
Label: World
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — President Barack Obama will make a groundbreaking visit later this month to Myanmar, an official said Thursday, following through with his policy of rapprochement to encourage democracy in the Southeast Asian nation.The Myanmar official speaking from the capital, Naypyitaw, said Thursday that security for a visit on Nov. 18 or 19...
Exclusive: Google Ventures beefs up fund size to $300 million a year
Label: Technology
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google will increase the cash it allocates to its venture-capital arm to up to $ 300 million a year from $ 200 million, catapulting Google Ventures into the top echelon of corporate venture-capital funds.Access to that sizeable checkbook means Google Ventures will be able to invest in more later-stage financing rounds, which...
Nov
07
Death of the cassette tape much exaggerated
Label: Lifestyle
LONDON (Reuters) – The widening gap between the amount of data the world produces and our capacity to store it is giving a new lease of life to the humble cassette tape.Although consumers have abandoned the audio cassette in favor of the ubiquitous iPod, organizations with large amounts of data, from patient records to capacity-hungry video archives, have...
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