| LATEST NEWS | | FDA clears more orange juice imports | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators cleared more orange juice imports from five countries after testing for the fungicide carbendazim, but made no mention of samples from top grower Brazil, which accounts for half of U.S. juice imports. | Full Article | | | U.S. gives church groups a year on birth control rule | | January 20, 2012 03:03 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday ruled that religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations, including hospitals and universities, will have to offer birth-control coverage to women employees but gave the organizations an extra year to comply. | Full Article | | Analysis: Goal for Alzheimer's drug by 2025 too ambitious? | | January 20, 2012 08:39 AM ET | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government has set a deadline of 2025 for finding an effective way to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease, an ambitious target considering there is no cure on the horizon and one that sets a firm deadline unlike previous campaigns against cancer or AIDS. | Full Article | | Bird flu researchers suspend study of deadlier mutations | | January 20, 2012 04:54 PM ET | | (Reuters) - Researchers studying a potentially deadlier, airborne version of the bird flu virus have voluntarily suspended their studies for 60 days because of concerns it could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism, according to a letter published in the journals Nature and Science on Friday. | Full Article | |  | | US TOP NEWS | | Hours before key primary, Romney lowers expectations | | January 20, 2012 04:51 PM ET | | GILBERT, South Carolina (Reuters) - With the crucial Republican presidential primary in South Carolina just hours away, front-runner Mitt Romney on Friday lowered expectations for how well he will do and acknowledged he is in a neck-and-neck race with Newt Gingrich. | Full Article | | Supreme Court throws out Texas election maps | | January 20, 2012 02:53 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court handed Texas Republicans a partial victory in a partisan fight over election redistricting that has erupted after a huge increase in the state's Hispanic population. | Full Article | | Megaupload site wants assets back, to fight charges | | January 20, 2012 04:52 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internet website Megaupload.com, shut down by authorities over allegations that it illegally peddled copyrighted material, is trying to recover its servers and get back online, a lawyer for the company said on Friday. | Full Article | | Home sales hit 11-month high | | January 20, 2012 04:52 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home sales hit an 11-month high in December and the number of properties on the market was the fewest in nearly seven years, pointing to a nascent recovery in the housing sector. | Full Article | | Major powers signal openness to Iran talks | | January 20, 2012 04:53 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major powers seeking to negotiate an end to Iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons on Friday signaled their openness to renewed talks with Tehran but diplomats said the powers remain divided on their approach. | Full Article | | | | BUSINESS NEWS | | | | | RELATED VIDEO | | |  |  | | 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 | | | |
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