Sunday, February 6, 2011

Yahoo! News: Health News

Yahoo! News: Health News


Market could rally on profits, technical (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 08:05 AM PST

A BP logo is seen on a petrol station in London February 1, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthReuters - With earnings continuing to surprise on the upside and minimal technical resistance ahead, the bears may have to wait a bit longer for the much-anticipated end to the current stock rally.


Genzyme, Sanofi boards meet to clinch $20 billion deal (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 05:03 AM PST

Reuters - Sanofi-Aventis SA is close to clinching a deal worth around $20 billion to buy Genzyme Corp, nearly nine months after the French drugmaker first put the idea to the U.S. biotech group.

Egypt unrest may push oil above $110: Kuwait official (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 05:33 AM PST

Reuters - Global oil prices could exceed $110 a barrel if political unrest in Egypt continues, a member of Kuwait's Supreme Petroleum Council said on Sunday.

European markets climb after US jobs data (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:36 AM PST

Europe's main stock markets rose Friday despite mixed US job growth data and as investors set aside concerns about unrest in Egypt.(AFP/File/Charly Triballeau)AFP - Europe's main stock markets rose Friday despite mixed US job growth data and as investors set aside concerns about unrest in Egypt.


Jobless rate among veterans highest in five years (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:04 PM PST

Car stickers commemorating U.S. military service in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq are seen on a recruiter's table at a veterans job fair in Los Angeles, California November 10, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonReuters - More than 15 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans were unemployed in January, far higher than the national jobless rate and the highest since the government began collecting data on veterans in 2005, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday.


Ireland gets 3.6 billion euros from rescue fund: source (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 05:07 AM PST

Reuters - Ireland has received a first tranche of 3.6 billion euros ($4.9 billion) from the euro zone rescue fund, slightly more than the initial amount agreed, a fund source told Reuters on Sunday.

Wal-Mart, humbled king of retail, plots rebound (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 06:40 AM PST

In this photo taken Dec. 15, 2010, the check-out inside a Wal-Mart store in Alexandria, Va., is shown. The battleground for the biggest fight in retailing today is being played out along this suburban highway. Going head-to-head: Wal-Mart against everyone else.  (AP Photo)AP - The battle for shoppers is playing out in this New York suburb: Wal-Mart versus everyone else.


Israel to step up LNG import plans after Egypt cut (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 08:35 AM PST

Israel is to step up plans for an offshore platform for importing liquid natural gas (LNG) in the wake of the weekend attack on an Egyptian gas pipeline, a cabinet minister said.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Israel is to step up plans for an offshore platform for importing liquefied natural gas in the wake of the weekend attack on an Egyptian gas pipeline, a cabinet minister said on Sunday.


GM considers adding dealerships in coastal states (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:48 PM PST

AP - General Motors may add dealers in big metro areas on the U.S. coasts because it expects sales there to grow, two top executives said Saturday.

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