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	01/5/2012
Good evening LATEST NEWS Czechs say women should replace PIP implants PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech women with silicone breast implants manufactured by a French firm accused of using unapproved industrial-grade material should have them replaced, a Health Ministry spokesman said on Thursday. | Full Article J&J to pay more than $1 billion to settle probe: report January 05, 2012 04:01 PM ET (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson is set to pay more than $1 billion to resolve a U.S. civil investigation into the marketing of its Risperdal antipsychotic drug, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing anonymous sources. | Full Article Diabetes in pregnancy, poverty linked to ADHD January 05, 2012 05:19 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born to poor mothers with pregnancy-related diabetes have an extra-high risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, a new study suggests. | Full Article Victims still healing a year after Tucson shooting January 05, 2012 05:20 PM ET TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Congressional staffer Ron Barber was standing in a receiving line next to U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords at her first outreach event of the year when the gunman opened fire at point-blank range. | Full Article Sugary drinks tied to breastfed kids' weight January 05, 2012 05:20 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies who were breastfed longest and drank few or no sugary beverages were about half as likely to be obese as kids who weren't breastfed or who consumed the most sugary drinks, in a new study of Hispanic children in southern California. | Full Article US TOP NEWS New Pentagon strategy stresses Asia, cyber, drones January 05, 2012 04:02 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy on Thursday that would expand the U.S. military presence in Asia but shrink the overall size of the force as the Pentagon seeks to reduce spending by nearly half a trillion dollars after a decade of war. | Full Article Screws tighten on Iran as big buyers shun its oil January 05, 2012 04:39 PM ET TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran faced the prospect on Thursday of cutbacks in its oil sales to China and Japan as new measures to cut off Tehran's crude exports appeared to be driving its economy to the wall. | Full Article Private hiring soars; seasonal issues cloud gain January 05, 2012 04:54 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jobs recovery gathered pace as a measure of private-sector hiring surged in December and claims for unemployment benefits fell, suggesting the battered labor market may continue to strengthen in 2012. | Full Article Cordray says politics won't distract consumer cop January 05, 2012 05:28 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In his first full day as chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray sought to lower the political heat around the agency, saying it would earnestly get to work targeting all the bad actors in the lending industry. | Full Article Congress presses rating agencies on MF Global January 05, 2012 04:42 PM ET (Reuters) - Congressional investigators have launched an inquiry into the work of credit rating firms that examined MF Global Holdings Ltd's risky bets on European government bonds and whether they overlooked crucial information in their evaluations. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall Street buoyed by rallying bank shares Barnes & Noble may split off Nook, cuts forecast Woodford says drops bid to return as Olympus CEO Family Dollar sales miss Street view, shares slip Pepsi mulls job, pension cuts: report RELATED VIDEO "Free Syria Army" members meet Arab League Obama unveils defense strategy South Korea reaches out to North 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 Women are a mystery to British physicist Hawking Full Article Colorado woman accused of damaging $30 million painting Maldives lifts ban on luxury resort spas U.S. twin births have doubled in three decades: study Give slim kids higher marks, says French diet guru - 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