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RPT-UPDATE – Taxpayers may face initial loss on GM IPO-sources

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:00:35 +0000

[at Reuters] – * Treasury to sell first shares below break-even-sources * 61 pct Treasury sale could take several years-sources

No Increased Mortality With Undiagnosed Celiac Disease

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:42:18 +0000

Older individuals with undiagnosed celiac disease are at increased risk for osteoporosis and
hypothyroidism compared to those without celiac disease, but they do not have an increased mortality risk,
according to a study in the September issue of Gastroenterology.

Obama says his economic policies halted bleeding

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:42:17 +0000

[at Reuters] – * Previews big push on economy ahead of November vote * Will travel to Ohio to unveil plans for boosting jobs * White House says proposals not a stimulus package

Gender-Specific Knee Implants May Have No Benefits

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:36:22 +0000

Gender-specific posterior cruciate-substituting high-flexion knee prostheses don’t appear to have any
clinical advantages over standard models, at least in the short term, according to research published in the Aug.
18 issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

US Treasury mulls over foreign investors in GM IPO-WSJ

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:36:22 +0000

[at Reuters] – The U.S. Treasury is concerned about how many foreign investors it should allow to buy big stakes in General Motors Co s proposed initial public offering, the Wall Street Journal said.

Two Fed officials say more easing won t help on jobs

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00:14 +0000

[at Reuters] – * Plosser-Fed should act only if deflation threat turns real * On jobs, ball is in fiscal court, not Fed s-Fisher

Exercise Alters Pain Sensitivity in Veterans With Chronic Pain

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:46:00 +0000

Veterans of the first Gulf War with chronic musculoskeletal pain appear to be more sensitive to
heat-pain stimuli after acute exercise, according to research published in the August issue of the Journal of
Pain.

Modest U.S. growth continues -Fed Hoenig quoted

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:46:00 +0000

[at Reuters] – The U.S. economy is continuing to show modest growth, the Asahi newspaper quoted Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig as saying.

Fed s Kohn to become academic after leaving post (Reuters)

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:39:38 +0000

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn will take his central banking expertise to the Brookings Institution after he retires this week from four decades at the Fed, Brookings announced on Monday.

Fiscal policy theory simply alchemy: expert (at MarketWatch)

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:32:31 +0000

Lawmakers in the U.S. and across the world are preparing to retreat from stimulus measures based on theories that have no scientific basis and amount to alchemy, Indiana University professor Eric Leeper charged Saturday.