 | May 23 2013 | China clears Boeing 787s for nation's airlines: Boeing ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Chinese regulators have approved the Boeing 787 to fly in the country, Boeing said Thursday, a move that opens up a large potential market to the US aerospace giant.
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| May 23 2013 | H7N9 bird flu can spread in mammals: study ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) The H7N9 strain of bird flu can spread among ferrets and could do the same among humans under certain conditions, according to lab animal studies on the virus published Thursday.
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| May 23 2013 | UN sees weak economic recovery this year ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) The world economy should start to make a weak recovery this year, but the United Nations said Thursday that Japan faces "risks" with its pump-priming spending and saw no end to ... |
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| May 23 2013 | Unions seek probe of Qatari buyout of famed French store ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Unions at the French department store Printemps have asked authorities open a probe into what they call opaque finances in the sale of the luxury shop chain to investors from the ... |
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| May 23 2013 | Yahoo! buys startup specializing in online games ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Yahoo! pressed on with its shopping spree on Thursday with the acquisition of a startup that powers games played on smartphones, tablets, consoles or personal computers.
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| May 23 2013 | India's Tata Steel reports loss on Europe woes ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) India's Tata Steel, one of the world's biggest steelmakers, on Thursday swung to a quarterly net loss from a profit a year ago due to falling demand in its key European market.
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| May 23 2013 | Ricoh to cut 13% of French workforce ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Japanese office equipment and digital camera maker Ricoh will cut 338 jobs in France, some 13 percent of its workforce in the country, union officials said Thursday.
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| May 23 2013 | Flu vaccine also linked to narcolepsy in adults: study ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Finnish researchers unveiled new data Thursday to link the Pandemrix flu vaccine to a higher risk of the sleeping disorder narcolepsy in adults.
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| May 23 2013 | Second child contracts polio in Pakistan's Waziristan ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) A second child has contracted polio in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border after the Taliban banned vaccinations there nearly a year ago, a UN official said ... |
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| May 23 2013 | SARS-like virus patent complicating diagnosis: Saudi ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Saudi Arabia lamented Thursday that foreign drug companies had patented the new SARS-like virus that has killed 22 people worldwide in less than a year, slowing down the diagnosis ... |
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