Business
New Straits Times - BRUSSELS: Greece took a critical step yesterday towards avoiding bankruptcy with a world-record debt write-off deal crucial for the country's second massive bailout from the IMF and the European Union. |
The Associated Press - TOKYO (AP) - Just four hours after a tsunami swept into the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japan's leaders knew the damage was so severe that the reactors could melt down, but they kept their knowledge secret for months. |
Economic Times - Crude oil futures rose past $108 a barrel Friday as Greece has cleared a major hurdle in its race to avoid bankruptcy and a key jobs report showed US employers completed three of the best months of hiring since the recession ended. |
AFP - NEW YORK - US stocks took a roller-coaster ride in the week to Friday as Wall Street marked three years since hitting bottom in the middle of the Great Recession. |
Financial Post (blog) - The International Monetary Fund next week will consider making a loan worth 28 billion euros (US$36.7-billion) to Greece over a four year period, as part of a second international bailout package for Athens. |
BizBash - The Home and Housewares Show hits McCormick Place this weekend. With attractions ranging from a meet-and-greet with heartthrob celebrity chef Curtis Stone to a cake-graffiti demo from Ace of Cakes star Duff Goldman, the event also displays new cookware ... |
The Voice of Russia - Cyprus' parliament has approved a bill preventing air traffic controllers from striking ahead of another protest scheduled for Monday. |
Health
ABC Online - Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo Inc are making changes to the production of an ingredient in their namesake colas to avoid the need to label the packages with a cancer warning. |
Hamilton Spectator - COMPANION The Erie Zoo's lowland gorilla Samantha, left, shares her space with Panda, a Dutch rabbit, at the zoo in Erie, Pa. Greg Wohlford/The Associated Press ERIE, Pa. |
Philippine Star - By Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star) Updated March 09, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Health Secretary Enrique Ona assured the people yesterday that the Department of Health (DOH) will continue advocating the printing of graphic health ... |
NPR (blog) - by Scott Hensley LSD might provide a life-changing experience for people struggling with alcohol, a provocative analysis suggests. |
Winchester News Gazette - By AMANDA McFERRIN Time has arrived once again for clocks to be set forward one hour for daylight saving time. As of April 2006, the entire state of Indiana joined 47 other states in observing daylight saving time. |
Toronto Star - Debra Black Staff Reporter India's colourful celebration of spring was marked by tragedy this year with the death of a 13-year-old boy and the hospitalization of dozens of others from colour poisoning in Mumbai. |
North Carolina News Network - (RALEIGH) -- North Carolina is in jeopardy of losing funding for programs that keep teenagers from turning to tobacco. The potential loss comes as the US Surgeon General's Office releases a report urging Americans to take more steps to fight against ... |
New York Daily News - By Philip Caulfield / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A British study found that a common blood pressure pill appeared to lower feelings of racism in test subjects. |
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