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Orexigen signs $1 billion obesity drug deal
NEW YORK — Shares of Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. surged Thursday after the drugmaker said it signed a $1 billion co-development agreement for its experimental obesity drug Contrave with Takeda... (photo: Creative Commons / Tim in Sydney)
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Amartya Sen’s vision of learning
By Anil Sinha Friday, September 03, 2010 --> It is a different world of learning; totally different from what we are acquainted with. We have almost accepted the kind of schools existing next door. We... (photo: WN / Dominic Canoy)
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Burger King goes private. More deals cooking?
Now that Burger King is getting acquired, expectations are growing that other restaurant chains will change hands. Laurent Belsie Money Editor Recent posts 09.02.10... (photo: WN / theresa)
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Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007.  The New York Times 
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial robots are a common... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius is on display at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. Toyota said on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 it has received 77 complaints in Japan over brake problems with its popular hybrid. The New York Times
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. With... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
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Democratic Party of Japan presidential candidates, senior lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa, left, and Prime Minister Naoto Kan pose for photos before their pre-election live political debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Australian
Rivals avoid rorts in Japanese debate
JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his leadership challenger Ichiro Ozawa both attacked the power of Japan's bureaucracy and pledged to reclaim power for elected... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
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Specialist of Bank of America Donald W. Himpele works his post on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange just before the closing bell Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 CNN
Stocks pause after a big rally
September 2, 2010: 9:54 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks held near the breakeven point at the start of trading on Thursday, following a major rally in the previous... (photo: AP / David Karp)
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Traders gather at the post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange that handles General Motors as they wait for it to open The New York Times
Wall Street Wanders as Traders Sort Through Data
Indexes on Wall Street were tentative Thursday, with a small dip in weekly unemployment claims failing to generate any momentum. There was some hesitancy about extending... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
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Newly appointed Director General of the ITER (originaly International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Organization, Japaneze Professor Osamu Motojima, poses for photographers, during a press conference, at CEA (Atomic Energy Authority) headquarters in Cadarache, near Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, southern France , Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Gulf News
Key to limitless energy
It is one of mankind's most daring experiments — a quest to produce virtually limitless clean energy that, if successful, would revolutionise life on Earth by... (photo: AP / Claude Paris)
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Hitoya Yaguchi, who heads a support group for victims of poison gas produced by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, shows photos of the latest poison gas victims in the northeastern Chinese city of Qiqihar after drums of mustard gas dumped by Imperial Japanese soldiers decade ago were dug up last week, sickened at least 34 people, during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003. Asia Times
Hiroshima's poisonous past
     Sep 3, 2010 Hiroshima's poisonous past... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
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A visitor points with am umbrella at a poster of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, painted by North Korean defector Sun Moo, at the Korea War Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The Obama administration expanded sanctions against North Korea on Monday by freezing assets of individuals, companies and organizations allegedly linked to support for Pyongyang's nuclear program.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) China calls for compromises to reboot North Korea nuclear talks Star Tribune
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Henry Kissinger - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2008 numb2 Kissinger gives catastrophic advice Gulf News
Japanese Yen - Currency Dollar, yen recover losses; ECB eyed The Times of India
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A businessman looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, showing the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average surged 413.14 points, or 5.22 percent, to 8,323.93 Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008. LEAD: Tokyo stocks rise as U.S. manufacturing data eases economic worries+ Breitbart
Variety of fruits - Fruits - Health Enthusiasts cultivate rare, unusual fruit The Press Democrat
The Wall St. street sign is photographed against the American flag outside the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Oct. 24, 2008 in New Yo Wall Street Surges After Upbeat Economic Reports The New York Times
Technology
Internet - Computer - Online Two thirty seven million internet users in India by 2015: Report Zeenews
A Kashmiri youth reads a news item posted on his Facebook page in an Internet cafe in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. With student discussion groups banned and thousands of security operatives believed to be snooping on protesters, a wave of Web-savvy protesters in Indian-controlled Kashmir have begun using social networking to publicize their fight and keep fellow demonstrators energized and focused. The protesters who call themselves 'sangbazan,' or the stone pelters, use Facebook to debate the weekly calendar of protests, discuss ways to hold Kashmiri leaders accountable and trade daily news updates, some of questionable reliability. 237 million Internet users in India by 2015 Deccan Chronicle
Environment - Climate Change Financing said vital for world climate change deal The Star
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An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the “Checkerboards” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312) patrols the skies over Afghanistan as part of a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and the continued war on terrorism. VMFA-312 ass Afghanistan War casualties from Illinois Chicago Sun-Times
Samuel Lam briefs colleagues on self-sustained solar power array for a pair of gunnery range microwave relay towers. Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 18:00 ET Insurance Newsnet
President Barack Obama listens during a briefing with Senior Director for Asian Affairs Jeffrey Bader, left, and National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones, during the Nuclear Security Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., April 12, 2010. Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 17:00 ET Insurance Newsnet
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