AP - Tobacco companies are targeting the half billion young people in the Asia Pacific region by linking smoking to glamorous and attractive lifestyles, the U.N. World Health Organization said Friday.
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Reuters - United Airlines and US Airways
have suspended merger talks due to concerns about labor
opposition and integration costs, while United draws closer to
an alliance with Continental Airlines, a source close to the
talks said late on Thursday.
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Reuters - Defaults on privately insured
mortgages rose sharply in April, showing homeowners continue to
struggle to keep up with loan payments.
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AP - The British Cabinet discussed the early warnings about a link between smoking and lung cancer more than 50 years ago, but viewed the threat as minor and did little for fear of losing tax revenue, according to documents released Friday.
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AP - A baffling phenomenon known as sudden infant death syndrome is one of the leading causes of death for children under 1. Now, British researchers say they may have found a contributing factor: bacteria.
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AFP - An Australian doctor on Friday hailed as a “miracle” a baby girl who survived a full-term pregnancy outside the womb.
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Reuters - Dell Inc , the world’s No. 2
personal computer maker, said on Friday sales outside the
United States were growing much faster than its home market and
could account for two-thirds of total revenues within five
years.
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Reuters - A U.S. regulatory probe into potential
oil-market trading abuses is focusing on possible short-term
manipulation of benchmark crude prices and the use of
information related to important oil storage tanks to influence
prices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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