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Detergent exposure hard on workers' lungs: studies

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who work in detergent factories are at increased risk of developing respiratory problems, including asthma, probably from exposure to chemicals contained in detergent, two new studies hint.

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The Sinking Saab

Will the Swedish-made car face the same fate as Saturn and Pontiac? Forced to shed its money-losing Swedish subsidiary in its taxpayer-subsidized bankruptcy, General Motors agreed a few months ago to sell Saab to a company...

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Property Owners Get Dunked On

Another victory for the powerful over property rights. New York judges served up what basketball fans call a facial on Tuesday, when an appellate court ruled that the state may seize homes and small businesses in Brooklyn for...

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Thrashers GM pulls off (early) trade of the year

Miikka Kiprusoff isn't as essential to Team Finland's Olympic hopes as he thinks Ex-NHLPA boss Paul Kelly has his work cut out as juniors lure top college talent GM Don Waddell fleeced Toronto in a trade that may keep Kovalchuk...

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Deflation concerns Japan

said Friday that prices fell again in October, just as a surging yen threatens to worsen the deflation that is undermining the country's fragile economy. The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food,...

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Dubai's Debt Reckoning

How one bursting bubble could feed the next one. The credit problems of a unit of Dubai's state-owned investment company have given financial markets a scare, but put us down as thinking the event is left-over business from the...

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Verizon Droid: A 60-second review

Almost a month has passed since the official launch of the Droid, and by most accounts, the sleek, black smartphone has measured up to the hype. More than 250,000 people picked up a Droid in the first week of sales alone, and...

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Lack of safety features cited in medevac copter crash

A medical helicopter that crashed this month in the dark hills north of Reno, Nev., killing three, lacked safety features recommended for years by federal experts, including night vision equipment and a system to warn the crew...

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British turn to online Xmas shopping

LONDON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A survey finds four out of five Britons plan to do at least some of their Christmas shopping this year on the Internet. Zavvi.com, an online retailer, did the survey, The Daily Telegraph reported....

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Bank of America amends pay for senior executives

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp (BAC.N), the largest U.S. bank, amended on Friday the compensation agreements of two senior executives, following a review by the pay czar. According to a regulatory filing, Chief...

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