Reuters - Breast cancer has risen sharply in
China’s capital and its top financial centre during the last
decade due to unhealthy diets, a poor environment and increased
stress at work, state media reported on Tuesday.
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AP - Japanese stocks rose robustly Monday as financial shares were buoyed by Wall Street’s rally on Friday and invetors responded positively to recent earnings reports from Nissan and Nippon Yusen.
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Reuters - A Federal Reserve interest rate cut this
week is no sure thing and officials are not seriously
considering a half-point reduction in overnight rates, the Wall
Street Journal reported on Tuesday without citing sources.
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Reuters - Oil prices fell nearly 1 percent to
below $93 a barrel on Tuesday, fading from their latest record
high as investors took profits from a rally driven by a Mexican
supply outage and the spiralling dollar.
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AFP - Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, on Tuesday said it had suffered a loss of 830 million Swiss francs (495 million euros, 713 million dollars) in the third quarter after its results were hit by the crisis in the US home loans market.
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AP - Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according to an industry report being released Tuesday.
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Reuters - Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co Ltd (6752.T) posted a 3 percent gain in quarterly
operating profit on strong sales of digital cameras and flat
TVs, but kept unchanged an annual outlook that falls short of
market expectations.
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) High-dose precision radiation therapy
doesn’t harm the sexual function of prostate cancer patients, U.S.
researchers say.
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