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| WHO Recommends HIV Drugs To Be Prescribed Earlier |
| December.05.2009 |
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| The WHO's 2009 yearly recommendations: All people living with HIV to be given antiretroviral drugs earlier in their sickness, mothers-to-be should be given drugs earlier during pregnancy's, and new mothers can now breastfeed and take drugs for the first time. A windfall for drug companies! |
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| List Of Countries With The Highest GDP |
| October.25.2009 |
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| Here is a list of the 50 richest countries in the World, based on their nominal GDP. This is the extent of their turnover for a single year, with the latest IMF and World Bank figures used, and we have also included a Top 10 for each continent too |
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| Complete List Of 2009 Nobel Medal Winners |
| October.14.2009 |
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| Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson won the Nobel Prize for Economic Science, due to their seperate work analysing economic transactions occurring outside the markets. View a full list of all winners of the six medals, and reasons for the awards |
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| Cigarette Wars: US Curbs Smoking & Ryanair Encourages It |
| September.22.2009 |
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In an effort to help dis-courage kids from taking up smoking, the US FDA have outlawed candy, clove and fruit-flavoured tobacco from today, but the World's biggest international carrier, Ryanair, have redressed the balance by introducing smokeless cigarettes on all of their flights |
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| Mass-Produced 'Better Place' Electric Car Could Be Pulled |
| August.20.2009 |
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Better Place have teamed up with Nissan and Renault in Denmark, Israel, Canada and the US to offer electric versions of some cars, including the Megane and Rogue, but the overall strategy of this venture capital-funded initiative worries me, as it involves a lot of dependency on the company
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| America Is Being Subjected To Ridiculous NHS Lies |
| August.19.2009 |
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| The International Business Weekly printed an editorial stating that if Stephen Hawking lived in the UK he would not have lived for so long, due to the 'socialist' NHS. Hawking has infact lived in the UK all of his life, has been looked after by the NHS, and he has criticised these blatant lies |
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| Corporations Finally Reprimand Fox News For Dis-Info |
| August.19.2009 |
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| A group of corporations have been forced to withdraw from advertising during Glenn Beck's show on Fox News, by public pressure, over his remarks about Obama being a racist. This is the first time that so many advertisers have been forced to withdraw advertising from Fox 'Views' |
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| Roche: Accutane Withdrawal Nothing To Do With Suicides |
| July.08.2009 |
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| After possibly 100's of suicides and a handful of murders also blamed on the drug, it has not been banned but has been withdrawn from the US only for 'economic' reasons. Roche admits to having about 5,000 personal injury claims coming against it, but still puts non-US users at risk |
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| OECD Says Global Recession Has Now Hit It's Worst Point |
| June.24.2009 |
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| The OECD's quarterly report for June, shows a better set of figures than had been pencilled in. While the situation in EU countries looks a little worse than previously expected, Japan's outlook hasn't got any worse and projections for the US and emerging economies have actually improved |
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| UK Pound Continues To Decline In Value |
| December.11.2008 |
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| The British Pound has dropped to a record low against the Euro, but curiously, the Bank Of England is sitting back. This may be a manoeuvre that is designed to stimulate their flagging economy, or it may be a preface to something much more sinister |
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| 75,000 Redundancies At Citigroup |
| November.17.2008 |
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| Citigroup, who have already cut 23,000 jobs this year, have announced they will cut a further 52,000 jobs by the middle of 2009. The bank has been making losses for the past 12 months, so is "cost-cutting" & says it needs to shed this portion of its workforce |
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| Japanese Recession Is Confirmed |
| November.17.2008 |
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| Japan has seen its GDP drop for 2 consecutive quarters, making them technically in recession. With America & China slowing, and the Eurozone announcing its recession already, we're now in the 1st global recession of the "GLOBAL AGE" |
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| Recession Is Official In The Eurozone |
| November.14.2008 |
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| According to new figures released by the European Union, the 15-state "Eurozone" is now officially in recession. Collectively, the 15 countries that use the Euro currency, have seen their GDP drop by 0.2% in the 3rd quarter of 2008 |
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| General Motors Facing Possible Bankruptcy |
| November.08.2008 |
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| The worlds largest car manufacturer, General Motors, has said it could be within months of going bust, and has called off the merger talks with Chrysler. They are lobbying for a US government bailout, or cash injection |
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