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	12/27/2011
Good evening LATEST NEWS Insight: FDA warned PIP on breast implant safety in 2000 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As early as 2000, U.S. health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. That was almost 10 years before the company came under scrutiny from European regulators. | Full Article Breast implants need lifetime of care: experts December 27, 2011 08:23 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - The Internet and women's magazines are filled with enticing adverts for breast implant surgery, but experts and regulators have varying views on how long they last and possible risks. | Full Article Venezuela offers free removal of PIP breast implants December 27, 2011 05:12 PM ET CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela is offering women the free removal of breast implants made by a bankrupt French company that used industrial silicone to make cheap prostheses linked to health risks. | Full Article Regulators had not approved most PIP implants: lawyer December 27, 2011 04:27 PM ET TOULON, France (Reuters) - The lawyer for the French company at the heart of an escalating global breast implant scare told Reuters on Tuesday that most of the prostheses sold by the firm since it began in 1991 were produced using a non-approved silicone. | Full Article Teen obesity tied to poor mom-child relationship December 27, 2011 05:21 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Toddlers who have poor relationships with their moms are more likely to pack on extra pounds as they grow up, a new U.S. study shows. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Consumer confidence perks up, house prices sag December 27, 2011 04:54 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Improving labor market conditions lifted U.S. consumer confidence to an eight month high in December, but persistently weak house prices remain an obstacle to faster economic growth. | Full Article Sears closing more stores as holiday sales slide December 27, 2011 05:23 PM ET (Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp will close as many as 120 of its Kmart and Sears discount and department stores after its holiday sales slumped, sending its shares sliding more than 27 percent to their lowest level in three years. | Full Article Obama to nominate economist, banker, as Fed governors December 27, 2011 05:09 PM ET HONOLULU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will nominate Harvard economist Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell, an investment banker and former Treasury official, to the two empty seats on the Federal Reserve's policy-setting board of governors. | Full Article Democrat Nelson to retire from Senate December 27, 2011 04:01 PM ET (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Ben Nelson will retire next year, news reports said on Tuesday, dealing a significant blow to his party's hopes of keeping control of the Senate after the November 2012 elections. | Full Article Mass anti-Assad protest in Homs as monitors visit December 27, 2011 03:19 PM ET BEIRUT (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Syrians in Homs rallied on Tuesday against President Bashar al-Assad, emboldened by Arab peace monitors' first tour of the flashpoint city, after the army withdrew some tanks following days of unrest. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall Street finishes mostly flat in thin trade From Macy's to Sears, tales of holiday highs, lows Appeals court to review BofA $8.5 billion MBS pact GE jumps into retail banking with MetLife deal U.S. says China is not a currency manipulator RELATED VIDEO The cost of supplying NATO South Koreans mourn Kim Jong-il Iran conducts naval exercises A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. » MORE NEWSLETTERS ODDLY ENOUGH Crime scene cleanup ad lifts Handel's Messiah Full Article Stressed Chinese fight back -- with pillows Boston student re-united with $170,000 violin - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend