Amylin’s long-delayed diabetes drug gets FDA nod
Posted by on January 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Amylin Pharmaceuticals won approval Friday for its long-delayed diabetes drug Bydureon, a next-generation treatment that requires fewer injections than the company’s 7-year old product, Byetta. Bydureon is a once-a-week version of Byetta, which is taken twice a day to help diabetes patients control their blood sugar. Amylin executives say the new drug’s [...]
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96% The Muppets
Posted by on January 27, 2012
All Critics (167) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (160) | Rotten (6) It may not entirely work as a movie, but The Muppets shines as a piece of touching pop nostalgia. The purity of the nostalgia turns this franchise film into a love letter to childhood. You can rest easy – if you have [...]
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Certain Brain Cells Become Toxic in Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Posted by on January 26, 2012
Head Lines | Mind & Brain See Inside Brain cells known for assisting neurons may be killing them in patients with ALS By Erica Westly ?| January 25, 2012 Image: Stephen Waxman and Hank Morgan/Photo Researchers, Inc [...]
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Asia stocks rise as Apple result lifts tech shares (AP)
Posted by on January 25, 2012
BANGKOK ? Asian stocks rose Wednesday as investors stayed calm in the face of a possible debt default by Greece to search for good deals in technology shares boosted by stunning results from Apple Inc. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 1 percent to 8,870.22. South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.8 percent at 1,964.72 and Australia’s S&P [...]
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BlackBerry Burst: RIM’s Co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie Step Down [BlackBerry]
Posted by on January 23, 2012
RIM’s co-CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie—aka the keyboard-loving odd couple—are finally realizing they’re running BlackBerry into the ground and jumping ship before it’s too late. That is, Lazaridis and Balsillie are stepping down at RIM. Done. Gone. Bye bye. The new CEO of RIM will be former COO Thorsten Heins. He has quite the [...]
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Video: As S.C. race tightens, Romney?s numbers collapse
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What if there were another advanced species? What if Neanderthals, who bit the dust just 28,000 years ago, had instead wised up and were now living next door? Or what if, during all these millennia that humans have been evolving, some unrelated creature had evolved cognitive and technological prowess in keeping with our own? Another [...]
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Bruce Springsteen Returns With New Album, Wrecking Ball
Posted by on January 21, 2012
Springsteen’s first album since the death of E Street sax man Clarence Clemons is due in March.By James Montgomery Bruce Springsteen’s <i>Wrecking Ball</i> Photo: Columbia Records Late last year, in a message posted on his official site, Bruce Springsteen let fans know that he and the E Street Band were putting the finishing touches on [...]
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Kodak seeks shelter in?bankruptcy court
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Eastman Kodak Co, which invented the handheld camera and helped bring the world the first pictures from the moon, has filed for bankruptcy protection, capping a prolonged plunge for what remains one of America’s best-known companies. The 130-year-old photographic film pioneer, which had tried to restructure to become a seller of consumer products [...]
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Greece, creditors make scant progress as clock ticks (Reuters)
Posted by on January 19, 2012
LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) ? Greece and its bondholders have made little progress since resuming stalled talks on a debt swap, three sources close to the talks told Reuters on Thursday, as time to strike a deal and avoid a messy default runs out rapidly. Nearly a week after talks hit an impasse, the two sides remain [...]
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PFT: Harbaugh says Giants ‘a scary opponent’
Posted by on January 17, 2012
Getty Images On one weekend every year, four highly-significant football games land on the NFL?s center stage.? This year, as we were still digesting the epic Saints-49ers finish and a Broncos-Patriots game that never really got started, and while we were anticipating Texans-Ravens and Giants-Packers, the Kansas City Star nearly slipped a potential four-alarm story [...]
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