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Following a doctor's breach of infection control protocols, it was estimated hundreds of patients in northwest of Western Australia may have been exposed to diseases such as HIV and hepatitis.

Sarah Fairy Belle Sanders will be hosting Australia's Biggest Morning Tea outside The Dunes Café on May 27 in an effort to raise funds for the Cancer Council in South Australia.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs on Thursday called Adobe Systems Flash multimedia software a closed system that is ill-suited for the company's suite of mobile devices, escalating the war of words between the two companies.

Half of all Victorians do not realize that alcohol causes cancer, research revealed, and this prompts the Alcohol Policy Coalition to call for health advisory labels on alcohol products to better inform consumers.

Following a spike of multi-resistant gonorrhoea cases detected in Australia, the World Health Organization has alerted of an increase in untreatable gonorrhoea in Australia.

Apple Inc has acquired two small companies, a chip designer and personal assistant software maker, to bolster its advantage in the increasingly competitive mobile arena.

Goldman Sachs may soon settle its fraud case with the U.S. regulator, the New York Post reported on Thursday, opting to end a legal fight rather than endure a repeat of the public flogging it received this week.

Dwight Howard became the latest victim of the National Basketball Association's tough stance against criticizing game officials as the league handed the Orlando Magic center a $35,000 fine on Wednesday.

The number of U.S. workers submitting new claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week, implying only a gradual labor market improvement even as the economic recovery broadens out.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday welcomed the success of his appearance on the micro-blogging site Twitter, where more than 90,000 followers have signed up in just a couple of days.

Motorola Inc reported a surprising quarterly profit on better-than-expected demand for its higher-margin smartphones, vindicating its strategy of relying on Google Inc's Android software system.

If your dream job is to work in the video game industry then the future is looking brighter with industry players seeing a pick-up in the number of jobs becoming available although salaries remain flat.

Fewer than a third of office workers said their buildings are environmentally friendly, according to the poll of 6,486 office workers conducted for IBM Corp.

Greece readied severe austerity measures Thursday to secure a multi-billion euro aid package needed to avoid default, providing relief to financial markets but drawing threats of a mighty battle from Greek unions.

A rise in the yuan would make Chinese exports less competitive and cut the cost of imports, providing incentives for capital and labour to be redeployed towards the domestic sectors of the economy.

Higher oil prices boosted quarterly profits for Exxon Mobil Corp and ConocoPhillips , but Exxon saw its earnings hurt by recently enacted U.S. health reform legislation.

Developing markets were critical for consumer product makers last quarter, as strong sales growth in countries like China helped drive profits while markets such as the United States remain somewhat sluggish.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost twice as many Swedes as Britons survive the first five years after a lung cancer diagnosis, a new report reveals.

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Procter & Gamble Co posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by its biggest volume gain in more than four years, but it forecast results for the current quarter below Wall Street estimates.

The use by Lehman Brothers bank of a U.S. accounting device to strengthen its balance sheet would not have worked under global accounting rules, a top industry official told the Reuters Global Financial Regulation Summit on Thursday.

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters Life!) - Models in floor-length gowns of crimson and gold, their heads downturned and framed by hijabs, showed off Eastern-inspired designs on Tuesday to the elite of Chechnya, where Moscow is battling Islamist extremism.

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Foreclosure activity fell in 14 of the top 20 U.S. metropolitan areas in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, even though total U.S. foreclosures rose, RealtyTrac said on Thursday.

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U.S. stocks advanced on Thursday after the Federal Reserve said it was more upbeat about the economy and Greece looked closer to a bailout deal.

Car dealer Pendragon Plc said new retail car sales in the first quarter rose, outperforming the market, and forecast 2010 profitability to be line with expectations.

Auto parts maker BorgWarner Inc raised its 2010 earnings outlook after posting a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit, propelled by improving industry production and rising demand for fuel-saving components such as turbochargers.