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Major Banks Reconsider Debit Card Fees

Bank of America will keep the $5-a-month fee for debit card use that's scheduled to start early next year, while other banks, like J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo, announced Friday that they are shying away from the fees.

How Many Androidites Would Switch to iPhone5 and Why?

iPhone 5 Event Invitation
Apple Inc.'s iPhone5 is coming. The tech world assumes the incoming device is a monster of a device, displaying all of Apple's game-changing capabilities and aesthetic finesse. The rival camps have reason to panic.
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Mark Teixeira sets switch-hitting homer record

New York slugger Mark Teixeira hit home runs from both sides of the plate for the 12th game of his career to set a new Major League record in the Yankees' 6-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox Tuesday.

Time Travel in Samoa

As Samoa prepares to jump across the international dateline, a new opportunity arises for tourists.
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Pre-market M&A Deals on March 14 (BRK.A, LZ, LLY, JNJ, AMSC, INTC, ETN)

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said it has agreed to acquire additives maker Lubrizol for $135 a share in cash, or $9 billion, making it one of the largest acquisitions in its history. Eli Lilly and Co. announced that it has made an irrevocable, unconditional offer to acquire the animal health business of Belgium-based Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, a Johnson & Johnson Co.
Libya blocked, but returning

Libyan Internet Shows Signs Of Life

Isolated spikes of Internet activity showed up in Libya over the weekend, according to Google's Transparency Report, but it is intermittent and Libya is still largely cut off from the rest of the world.
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Internet Kill Switch Not Possible In The U.S.

Since the Egyptian government shut down the Internet for days in the wake of protests, some have asked if the U.S. government could set up an Internet kill switch to cut off access -- either to stop people from communicating or protect the country from cyber attack.
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Scientists find inflammation immune cell switch

Scientists have found a protein that acts as a master switch to determine whether certain white blood cells will boost or dampen inflammation, a finding that may help the search for new drugs for rheumatoid arthritis.
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Abrupt Pfizer CEO switch stuns, pleases Street

Wall Street initially welcomed the abrupt departure of Pfizer Inc CEO Jeffrey Kindler, but quickly turned to questions about the condition of the pharmaceutical company and the behavior of its board.
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Pfizer CEO switch may mean new strategy, shares up

Investors welcomed the sudden departure of Pfizer Inc CEO Jeffrey Kindler by pushing up the stock in the hopes that a new leader will more act more aggressively to revive the giant pharmaceutical company.
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Pfizer CEO change could signal strategic switch

Investors hoped a leadership shake-up at Pfizer Inc might bring divestitures, share buybacks or other moves to kick-start the company's sluggish stock price, but they were wary of disruption stemming from the abrupt change.
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BP ready to switch caps on Gulf leak: Coast Guard

BP Plc is ready to switch caps at the wellhead of the gushing Gulf of Mexico leak to create a hurricane-ready system that can capture more oil, the top official overseeing the spill response said on Thursday.
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Getting turned on

Scientists have identified Rab35 which act as a switch mechanism controlling traffic in our body cells. Defects in this trafficking pathway can have severe consequences, leading to numerous diseases such as high cholesterol, neuropathies, sterility and complications in immune response. Understanding the mechanisms underlying these disorders is crucial to developing possible treatments and new ther...
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Drug switch a health-hazard for depression

Charmaine Dragun's unusual behaviour a few days prior her death was observed in symptoms seen in people altering the doses of anti-depressant medications and could trigger suicide, an inquest into her death has been told.

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