Results of AIDS vaccine trial 'weak' in 2nd analysis
A secondary analysis of data from the Thai AIDS vaccine trial -- announced last month to much acclaim -- suggests that the vaccine might provide some protection against the virus, but that the results are not statistically significant. In short, they
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Politics grows as key emerging markets driver
LONDON (Reuters) - As global markets come to the end of the broad recovery from last year's crash, political risk is developing as key to which emerging markets underperform -- with Romania, Thailand, Turkey and Latvia first to feel the pinch.
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Asian stocks up after US earns; Europe shares down
HONG KONG -- Most Asian stock markets climbed Tuesday as a rash of better-than-expected earnings reports from major U.S. companies buttressed confidence in the world economy. European markets were lower. A number of Asia's bourses were up nearly 1
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Conservative win would hit infrastructure shares
LONDON (Reuters) - An expected election victory for the Conservatives next year should hit infrastructure firms as government spending tumbles, while outsourcing groups and some defence contractors may gain.
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White House pushes to shape health bill
WASHINGTON Proponents of revamping the nation's health care system will hold phone-bank events in 50 states today. Here in the nation's capital, a coalition of more than 100 liberal interest groups will convene its weekly meeting, with health care atop
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Bernanke wants U.S. to save, China to spend
BRIAN MILNER From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 12:00AM EDT I But the reality is much more complicated. For starters, China and other Asian countries swimming in surpluses will have to turn away from their heavy reliance on
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Medical-pot backers react to new Obama policy
Medical marijuana advocates in California said the Obama administration's announcement of new guidelines for pot prosecutions Monday contained some hopeful signs, but lacked the specifics needed to keep patients and their suppliers out of court. "It's
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