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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Leads - 02/14/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Australian stock market is seen heading for a slow but steady start on Tuesday with the positive global markets performance extending limited gains on commodities and other risk-related assets.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Markets Overview 02/14/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Stocks added to gains and hit session highs in afternoon trading, buoyed by the adoption of austerity measures by Greece&#039;s Parliament. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was recently ahead 82 points, or 0.6%, at 12884. The Standard & Poor&#039;s 500-stock index advanced 10 points, or 0.8%, to 1353, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 29 points, or 1%, to 2933.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:41:05 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Markets Overview - 02/13/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Stocks were dragged down for their worst one-day loss in about six weeks by tumult over the Greek bailout, disappointing readings on the U.S. economy and a downgrade of nearly three dozen Italian banks.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:49:15 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Diet Soda Addiction Can Kill You: Research]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[If you thought diet soda is a healthier alternative to calorie-laden regular soda, you may be wrong. The bubbly zero calorie drink might increase your risk of heart disease.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:46:59 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Leads - 02/09/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Australian stock market is perceived to maintain its current bouyant status thugging within its comfort zone range between 4,200 to 4,300 with the absence of catalysts to bring forth a major boost, analysts said.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:05:42 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Markets Overview - 02/09/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks pared losses to inch higher as investors digested headlines over a Greek debt-restructuring deal that would allow the euro-zone country to avoid a default.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:42:15 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Low Calories Food is Baby Carrots: 'Eat 'Em Like Junk Food']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Jeff Dunn, CEO of Bolthouse Farms, has created an ad for baby carrots with the tagline, &quot;Eat &#039;em like junk food.&quot; The ad campaign has been created on behalf of Bolthouse Farms to raise the awareness towards a healthy diet and sell their new range.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:11:46 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Walmart to Label Healthier Food as "Great For You"]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Eggs are among the foods getting a new &quot;Great For You&quot; icon from the world&#039;s largest retailer as it tries to convince shoppers that they can make healthy, low-cost choices when picking out food at its U.S. stores.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:26:02 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA["Ever Slim" Diet Supplements Recalled on Unlabeled Drug Worries]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Healthy People Co is recalling 15 lots of seven different dietary supplements because they contain appetite suppressants or a drug for male erectile dysfunction, the Long Beach, California, company said.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:18:03 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pfizer Birth Control Recall: Are Lawsuits On The Horizon?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[It was a rare case where a megalith drug company&#039;s error could lead to a truly jarring side effect: pregnancy. Which begs the question: Could Pfizer realistically pay damages as the result of an unexpected pregnancy caused by a recall? Could a suit feasibly force the company to cover the cost of an abortion?.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:46:38 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Markets Overview - 02/07/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks drifted lower as the recent rally paused, with investors shifting focus to wrangling in Greece over fiscal austerity. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eased 38 points, or 0.3%, to 12824 as the last hour of trading approached. The Standard & Poor&#039;s 500-stock index lost 2.7 points, or 0.2%, to 1342, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 7.8 points, or 0.3%, to 2898.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:40:21 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Express Scripts, Medco Merger Opposed by Powerful Trade Group]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Food Marketing Institute, which represents large grocery chains such as Kroger, Safeway and Walmart, recently sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz expressing concern about the deal.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:48:21 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chevron Burning Rig Causing Health Problems]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Nigerian officials in the country&#039;s Delta say pollution caused by the two-week fire at a Chevron natural gas rig is making local people sick, as scores of dead fish wash up on shore, and a local health facility is overrun by those seeking medical treatment.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:52:11 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Product of the Year 2012 Announced for Top Australian Supermarket Products]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[One of Australia&#039;s leading consumer product surveys, Product of the Year, today released its third annual survey results for innovative new products in the Australian supermarket retail industry. Product of the Year was established 25 years ago in France and currently operates in 28 countries worldwide.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:21:17 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[AstraZeneca News: Drug Giant to Cut 7,300 Jobs After Profit Warning]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is to axe a further 7,300 jobs, it emerged Friday.

The cuts, equivalent to 12 percent of the workforce, are expected to deliver $1.6 billion in annual benefits by the end of 2014, but will cost $2.1 billion to implement.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:42:48 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Industry Earnings 4Q: Pfizer, Eli Lilly Hit Hard, Merck is Next]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Drugmakers Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) and Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) have seen profits squeezed as lucrative blockbuster drugs came off patent and face competition from low-cost generic drugs. Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) is set to feel the hit in the second half of 2012.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:42:43 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Merck's 4Q Tops Expectations, R&D Costs Down]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Merck & Co (MRK.N) on Thursday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarterearnings, helped by a decrease in research spending, and predicted relatively flat 2012 results as the No. 2 U.S. drugmaker girds for cheaper generic forms of its biggest product, asthma drug Singulair.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:55:25 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pfizer Birth Control Recall Raises Risk of Unplanned Pregnancy]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Pfizer Inc is reaching out directly to women consumers to warn them about its U.S. recall of one million packets of birth control pills as concerns mounted that a manufacturing error could raise the risk of unplanned pregnancies.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:13:26 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Institute Urges Annuities Reform for Retirees, National Insurance Pool for Flood Areas]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Federal Government is urged by the Actuaries Institute in its pre-budget submission to address two national priorities in the coming Budget: removing barriers to allow ageing Australia to better prepare for retirement with realistic annuity options; and creating a temporary national insurance pool for high flood-risk properties.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:59:34 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Markets Overview - 2 February 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[FROM MORRISON SECURITIES PTY. LTD

U.S. stocks rose broadly, moving to within striking distance of a multi-year high, as investors were bolstered by solid manufacturing reports around the world.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:28:51 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Investors Ignore Pfizer Birth Control Recall, Shares End Higher]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Pfizer, the world&#039;s biggest drug company, appeared Wednesday to have escaped negative investor reaction after announcing a recall of birth-control pills, with stock prices fluctuating throughout the trading session before closing up 13 cents to $21.31.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/291412/20120201/pfizer-birth-control-recall-wall-street-up.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:56:20 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Experts Build Crab-Like Robot to Remove Stomach Cancer]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Inspired by Singapore&#039;s famous chili crab dish, researchers have created a miniature robot with a pincer and a hook that can remove early-stage stomach cancers without leaving any scars.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/291069/20120201/crab-robot-remove-stomach-cancer.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:17:19 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Leads - 1 February 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australia&#039;s stock market had not moved in pace with the rest of the Asia-Pacific markets on Tuesday and is seen to remain flat on Wednesday&#039;s trading, but some action will push media-related stocks led by Fairfax Ltd.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:26:25 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Merck & Co. Earnings Preview: Q4 Benefits from Diabetes Drugs, Cost Reductions]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Merck & Co., the second-largest U.S. drugmaker, is projected to report stronger fourth-quarter profit on double-digit growth of key products, an increasing emerging markets presence and further cost reductions.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/290558/20120131/merck-co-nyse-mrk-earnings-preview.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/290558/20120131/merck-co-nyse-mrk-earnings-preview.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:29:33 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generics Take Toll on Pfizer, Lilly Profits]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Competition from low-cost generic drugs squeezed quarterly profits at Pfizer Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. but the drugmakers were able to somewhat weather those declines with help from other medicines.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/290420/20120131/generics-take-toll-on-pfizer-lilly-profits.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/290420/20120131/generics-take-toll-on-pfizer-lilly-profits.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:35:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pfizer 4Q Revenues Down, Profits Still Up]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Pfizer remained profitable despite a reported drop in quarterly earnings, beating analysts&#039; dire predictions of lost revenue to generic versions of its best-selling drug Lipitor through its non-pharmaceutical units and cost cutting.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:57:30 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Big Pharma Donates Drugs for Neglected Diseases]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The world&#039;s major pharmaceutical companies joined forces with governments and leading global health organizations Monday to donate drugs and scientific know-how to help control or wipe out 10 neglected tropical diseases by 2020.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:07:45 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Romney's Health Care Views Different from Obama's, Republicans Say: Poll]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A poll released Thursday showed 49 percent of Republicans believe Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have different views on health care policy, despite the similarities between their health insurance reform laws.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:42:44 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[PFC Chemicals Tied to Immune Issues in Kids]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Children exposed to chemicals from food packaging and textile products may have compromised immune systems, researchers said Tuesday. They found kids with more perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, in their blood stream were less likely to respond to routine vaccines.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/287463/20120125/pfc-chemicals-tied-immune-issues-kids.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/287463/20120125/pfc-chemicals-tied-immune-issues-kids.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:12:02 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Insurance Providers Urged to Cover Experimental Drugs]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[When your health insurance provider denies an experimental treatment or a high-cost drug, how much are you willing to pay for the care you believe you need?]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/286054/20120123/insurance-providers-urged-cover-experimental-drugs.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/286054/20120123/insurance-providers-urged-cover-experimental-drugs.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:52:07 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Disease Drug by 2025: Is This Goal Too Ambitious?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. government has set a deadline of 2025 for finding an effective way to treat or prevent Alzheimer&#039;s disease, an ambitious target considering there is no cure on the horizon and one that sets a firm deadline unlike previous campaigns against cancer or AIDS.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/285096/20120120/alzheimer-s-disease-drug-2025-goal-ambitious.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:25:54 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[GE's 4Q Misses on Weak European Growth]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[General Electric Co&#039;s (GE.N) fourth-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations because of slower-than-expected growth in Europe, sending its shares down 2.5 percent in premarket trading.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/285022/20120120/ge-s-4q-misses-weak-european-growth.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/285022/20120120/ge-s-4q-misses-weak-european-growth.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:43:45 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market - Afternoon - 20 January 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australian shares ended Friday on a strong note for their third successive week higher. Easing concerns about Europe&#039;s debt and more upbeat earnings from Wall Street boosted local optimism. At the close on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.8 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,239.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 24.4 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,303.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/284818/20120120/australian-stock-market-afternoon-20-january-2012.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:41:40 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[PIP Founder: France "Criminal" in Recommending Removal]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The founder of a French company at the heart of an international health scandal acknowledged on Wednesday that he had used unapproved silicone in breast implants, but said France&#039;s recommendation for women to have them removed was &quot;criminal.&quot;.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:28:43 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[UnitedHealth 4Q Profit Tops Analysts' Expectations]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH.N) posted a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by increased membership across its array of health plans.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/284352/20120119/unitedhealth-4q-profit-tops-analysts-expectations.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:46:39 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[FDA Approves BTG's Voraxaze Drug for Cancer Toxicity]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. health regulators gave the nod on Tuesday to a drug from British specialty drugmaker BTG Plc that helps cancer patients get rid of toxic levels of a chemotherapy treatment.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/283750/20120118/fda-approves-btg-voraxaze-cancer-toxicity.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:04:17 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[CES 2012: Ex-Apple CEO Sculley Lauds Jobs; Calls for ‘Disruptive Technology’ to Marry Health Care with Computing]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Former Apple CEO John Sculley called for “disruptive technologies” to determine how to marry healthcare with emerging computer and telecommunications technologies.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[CES 2012: IBM Stays Backstage but Executive Sees Major ‘Cloud’ Opportunities for Consumer Electronics Clients]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[CES 2012: World's First Internet-Connected Baby Scale Debuts]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Withings debuted the world&#039;s first Internet-connected baby and toddler scale at CES 2012 in Las Vegas. It records the weight and height of the child and wirelessly transmits the information to smartphones and computers to help parents keep track of their child&#039;s development.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[A group of Republican senators said in a court brief that the Affordable Care Act must be entirely struck down should the individual mandate be deemed unconstitutional.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bristol-Myers Acquires Inhibitex for $2.5 Billion, Targeting Hepatitis C]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has agreed to acquire Inhibitex Inc. for about $2.5 billion to gain access to its promising hepatitis C treatment, the companies said on Saturday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Medical Equipment Entrepreneurs Set to Profit from Spike in India Diabetes Cases]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Guido Rasi: EU Medicines Head Urges Tougher Breast Implant Rules]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The new head of Europe&#039;s drugs watchdog said on Friday there was an acute need to tighten regulations on medical devices, adding to pressure for radical change in the wake of a global scandal over French-made breast implants.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Family of French implant maker planned new plant]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Frenchman who sparked a global health scare by selling sub-standard breast implants is listed as a consultant for a new protheses plant his son planned to open in June, according to a regional French newspaper.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Enfamil Pulled from Shelves: Alternative Infant Feeding Formulas]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Enfamil Pulled from Shelves: Alternative Infant Feeding Formulas]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[The top pre-market NASDAQ gainers are: WCA Waste Corp., Tibco Software, Career Education, IPG Photonics and Canadian Solar. The top pre-market NASDAQ losers are: Alaska Communications, Neogen, Vivus,  Bed Bath & Beyond and TripAdvisor.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:29:04 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Top 10 Market Predictions for 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The fact is everyone in the financial services or wealth management business has thought about what they feel the markets will do next year. Following are the 10 market predictions for 2012 from Oliver Pursche, co-portfolio manager of GMG Defensive Beta Fund.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:49:26 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Five Investment Tips for the Ages]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[To be sure, it&#039;s not a U.S. stock market for rookies, or the squeamish -- it&#039;s a market that also can bring out the reactive in even the most experienced investor. Hence with the above in mind, here are 5 time-tested axioms that every investor should keep close by.]]></description>
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