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12/20/2011
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Insight: Pharma asks the money question earlier for new drugs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc executive German Pasteris is in charge of an Alzheimer's treatment that is years from reaching the market, if it ever does. But he already wants to make sure the global healthcare system will pay for it. | Full Article
Experimental malaria vaccine shows early promise
December 20, 2011 11:02 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have developed an experimental malaria vaccine that may have the potential to neutralize all strains of the most deadly species of malaria parasite. | Full Article
Sleep disorders common in cops: study
December 20, 2011 04:14 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A survey from the United States and Canada found 40 percent of police officers had symptoms of a sleep disorder, including sleep apnea and insomnia. | Full Article
California sperm donor at odds with federal regulators
December 20, 2011 04:17 PM ET
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated 14 children through free donations of his semen that he advertises over the Internet. | Full Article
Moms' pesticide exposure tied to infection in kids
December 20, 2011 04:12 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new report links remnants of a once-common pesticide to lung infections and wheezing in kids exposed to the chemical before birth. | Full Article
US TOP NEWS
Obama says time running out for payroll tax cut deal
December 20, 2011 05:28 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday demanded that Republicans in the House of Representatives quickly pass a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut, showing an unwillingness to back down in a fight that could result in higher taxes for 160 million American workers. | Full Article
Jump in housing starts points to recovery
December 20, 2011 03:16 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing starts and building permits jumped to a 1-1/2 year high in November as demand for rental apartments rose, suggesting the housing market was entering a tentative recovery. | Full Article
In mourning, hermit kingdom North Korea seals itself off
December 20, 2011 02:57 PM ET
DANDONG, China/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea was in seclusion on Tuesday, a day after it announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-il, as concern mounted over what would happen next in the deeply secretive nation that is trying to build a nuclear arsenal. | Full Article
Spain borrowing costs dive
December 20, 2011 02:14 PM ET
MADRID (Reuters) - Short-term financing costs for euro zone struggler Spain more than halved on Tuesday as banks lapped up debt at an auction, with much of the purchasing power said to come from cut-rate money to be lent by the European Central Bank. | Full Article
U.S. general returns from Iraq with Baghdad flag
December 20, 2011 05:35 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The last commander of U.S. forces in Iraq returns to the United States on Tuesday carrying the command flag that flew over Baghdad. | Full Article
BUSINESS NEWS
Wall Street rallies 3 percent in broad advance
Exclusive: An inside look at David Einhorn's "big short"
Fed bank capital, liquidity proposal follows Basel
Oracle sales miss forecasts, shares plunge
Exclusive: Main Italian banks to tap ECB 3-year loans
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