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DEAR DR. GOTT: What are the symptoms of septicemia, and why are people dying from it within two or three weeks? I was told it is blood poisoning, but what is the cause, and why is it not treatable to save a person’s life?
DEAR READER: Bloodstream poi...
DATE: May 31, 2007
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A burglar tried to sell hundreds of dollars worth of stolen goods to two men he met late at night — but his luck was out as the potential buyers were off-duty Police officers.
Patrick Gibbons made off with two DVD players, a Dell monitor, electric ge...
DATE: May 31, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — A committee made up of Tyco International Ltd. bondholders asked the trustees governing about $5.6 billion of debt to block the maker of ADT security systems from adding indentures that would allow it to split into three compan...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — ABN Amro received an industry record takeover bid of [EURO]71.1 billion euros ($95.5 billion) yesterday from a group led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, but its shares fell as the Dutch bank's earlier decision to sell its...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Frontline Ltd., the world's biggest oil-tanker company by capacity, will probably say first-quarter profit halved after OPEC production cuts and the warmest winter on record eroded ship hire rates.Net income may fal...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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Global insurer Lancashire Holdings Ltd. is now listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX), after the listing of more than up to 195 million of its common shares was approved.
Greg Wojciechowski, president and chief executive officer of the BSX, said:...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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Three of Bermuda’s leading female triathletes produced impressive performances in their first ever Ironman race in Brazil last week — with Karen Smith and Karen Bordage both qualifying for the mother of all Ironmans in Hawaii later this year.
Despite...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — New research does not support the general belief that obesity increases bone mass and is therefore good for bone health. A study, in which investigators corrected for the mechanical loading effect of increasing body weight...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street eked out a modest gain as investors, wary about the upcoming release of the Federal Reserve minutes, bought cautiously amid a series of new take-over deals and upbeat consumer confidence figures.Stocks drew support from ne...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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LONDON (AP) — BP PLC said yesterday that it signed a major exploration and production agreement with Libya's National Oil Company.In a statement, Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward said the deal was worth at least $900 million ([EURO]666 million), ad...
DATE: May 30, 2007
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