VIDEO: When drugs are tested on humans

VIDEO: When drugs are tested on humans


VIDEO: When drugs are tested on humans

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:13 PM PDT

Hundreds of Indians have died in drugs trials, as the number of foreign companies testing products there grows.


VIDEO: US prepares for resumed campaign

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:52 PM PDT

President Obama will hold a series of election rallies later as he resumes campaigning. The Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, will also be on the campaign trail.


Riyadh industrial building hit by explosion

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:36 PM PDT

Witness tells Reuters that an explosion at a petrol station in the Saudi capital has levelled an industrial building.


Riyadh industrial building hit by explosion

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:22 PM PDT

RIYADH (Reuters) - An industrial building in eastern Riyadh was almost entirely destroyed by a large explosion on Thursday, a Reuters witness said. The building was almost levelled by the blast, with one corner left standing, the witness said. Nearby vehicles were on fire and at least five fire engines were arriving at the scene. The reason for the explosion was not immediately clear. Al Arabiya television reported that the blast was caused by a fuel truck exploding at a petrol station, and that there had so far been no news of casualties. The report could not immediately be confirmed. ...


Internet rolls into Bangladesh villages on a bike

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:12 PM PDT

In this Sept. 30, 2012 photo, Sathi Akhtar, a 29-year-old Bangladeshi woman known as Tattahakallayani or Info Lady shows a 15-minute video played in a laptop at one of their usual weekly meetings at Saghata, a remote impoverished farming village in Gaibandha district, 120 miles (192 kilometers) north of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dozens of Amina Begum had never seen a computer until a few years ago, but now she's on Skype regularly with her husband. A woman on a bicycle brings the Internet to her.



How to Keep Score in Business

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT

In the business world, everyone keeps score. There is an endless series of tests everyday. Was that sale won or lost? Is that company financially successful this month? How much does that person earn? Successful business owners look at the numbers from the results of these tests to see how they [...]


Riyadh industrial building hit by explosion

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:58 PM PDT

RIYADH (Reuters) - An industrial building in eastern Riyadh was almost entirely destroyed by a large explosion on Thursday, a Reuters witness said.


DHS Secretary Napolitano Uses Hurricane Sandy to Hype Cyber Threat

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:48 PM PDT

No natural disaster in the last several years has passed without a government official or civilian "expert" using it to raise fears of cyber threats. That is why, after a series of snarky tweets over the last couple days by Rob Rosenberger, I was inspired to create a Google alert [...]


Hitachi Ltd. CEO Nakanishi Writing Template for Restoring Global Competitiveness for Japanese Industry (2)

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:44 PM PDT

Like GE before it, Hitachi is going to become truly global, and therefore less Japanese, company. Given the size and scope of Hitachi's operations, there will be abundant opportunities for young employees--perhaps well qualified non-Japanese in particular—to develop and succeed professionally.


Kenrob Information - The IRS Fights Off Fraudulent Transfer Claim For Debtor S-Corporation's Tax Reimbursements To Shareholders

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:13 PM PDT

The Debtor Corporation  had made an S-election so that its tax liability passed through to its shareholders. The Debtor Corporation had an agreement with its Shareholders that Debtor Corporation would reimburse them for any additional taxes the Shareholders paid which was attributable to distributions from the Debtor Corporation. When Debtor Corporation [...]


With eye on 2013 midterms, Argentina cuts voting age to 16

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 08:50 PM PDT

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner arrives at the inauguration ceremony of Latin American and Arab heads of states summit in LimaBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina lowered its voting age to 16 from 18 on Wednesday, a change that could help politically ailing President Cristina Fernandez court the youth vote ahead of 2013 mid-term elections. Dozens of opposition members of the lower house of Congress walked out of the rancorous late-night session just before the measure won final approval by a vote of 131 to 2. Fernandez, who polls well among younger voters, has not ruled out a bid by her supporters to change the constitution to allow her to run for a third term in 2015. ...



Myanmar foreign investment bill in parliament again

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 08:56 PM PDT

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's new foreign investment bill was with parliament on Thursday, after amendments to address concerns of foreign firms eager to enter the country, and it could be quickly approved and sent to the president to be signed into law, lawmakers said. The bill has passed back and forth between the legislative and executive branches since March in a tussle involving a government eager to attract foreign investment, tycoons determined to protect their monopolies, and small businesses keen not to be shut out. ...


Tumblr's Analytics Partner Says Obama Followers Far More Engaged Than Romney's

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:50 PM PDT

According to a recent report by Tumblr's official analytics partner, the Obama campaign's Tumblr blog is seeing five times greater engagement than the Romney campaign's. A candid assessment of the candidates'  Tumblr performance was released yesterday by Union Metrics, Tumblr's first preferred analytics partner. The report, posted to Tumblr, of course, was filled [...]


Car Dealers Usually Like Getting Money, But Not Like This

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:35 PM PDT

Not surprisingly, car dealers like it when the car companies pay them dealer incentives, but not so-called "stair-step" incentive programs. The National Automobile Dealers Association even took the extraordinary step of taking out ads last month to complain, "Stair-Step Incentive Programs are BAD for the Auto Industry." Dealers and the car companies they [...]


Lexus Pursues Hipper Crowd With New Ads For Its LS Sedan

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:21 PM PDT

A new ad campaign aims to further distance Lexus from its staid past. Having recently redesigned its LS sedan, the company is out to position the vehicle as a hip choice for those with a lavish lifestyle.


Myanmar foreign investment bill in parliament again

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 09:11 PM PDT

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's new foreign investment bill was with parliament on Thursday, after amendments to address concerns of foreign firms eager to enter the country, and it could be quickly approved and sent to the president to be signed into law, lawmakers said.


Expect feisty defense from China's disgraced Bo Xilai

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 08:48 PM PDT

File photo of Bo Xilai, then Governor of Liaoning Province, speaking in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - Disgraced former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai can be expected to mount a feisty defense of himself when he finally comes to trial, but a guilty verdict is not in doubt, a lawyer who had a front seat at China's last major show trial said. Zhang Sizhi was defense lawyer for Mao Zedong's widow, Jiang Qing, leader of the "Gang of Four" that wielded supreme power during the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution. She was given a suspended death sentence in 1981 for the deaths of tens of thousands during that period of chaos. ...



China launches trade probes on EU solar products

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 09:18 PM PDT

A solar power plant is seen near a thermal power plant in AksuBEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday that it would launch anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into imported European Union solar-grade polysilicon, in the latest instance of tit-for-tat trade tensions in the global solar industry. The move comes as the EU's executive body mulls duties targeting Chinese solar producers, a probe launched in September after companies accused Chinese rivals of "dumping", or deliberately selling products for less abroad than at home. ...



With eye on 2013 midterms, Argentina cuts voting age to 16

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 08:58 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina lowered its voting age to 16 from 18 on Wednesday, a change that could help politically ailing President Cristina Fernandez court the youth vote ahead of 2013 mid-term elections.


Expect feisty defense from China's disgraced Bo Xilai

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 08:48 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Disgraced former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai can be expected to mount a feisty defense of himself when he finally comes to trial, but a guilty verdict is not in doubt, a lawyer who had a front seat at China's last major show trial said.