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Type 1 Diabetes: Vaccine ‘Could Delay Onset’
A vaccine allowing people to live longer before developing Type 1 diabetes could be available within a generation. Continue reading
Brazil’s Vale agrees to pay workers as it exits Argentina mine
Brazilian mining giant Vale SA will pay two and a half months’ salary to workers in Argentina as part of an agreement signed on Friday allowing the miner to exit the $6 billion Rio Colorado potash project. Continue reading
Cyprus Parliament Takes Steps to Garner EU Rescue
Cyprus adopted legislation on Friday allowing the government to split the island’s failing lenders into good and bad banks as it races to clinch a bailout from the European Union and avert a financial meltdown. Continue reading
MARKET COMMENT: Philippine Shares +0.6%; Quarter-End Window Dressing
0309 GMT [Dow Jones] Philippine shares are advancing early Friday, with quarter-end portfolio window-dressing allowing the market to gloss over weak overseas leads. Continue reading
Jeb Bush rankles bipartisan group over immigration
Former Florida governor opposes allowing illegal immigrants to attain U.S. citizenship. Continue reading
T-Mobile could announce the end of cell phone contracts next week
T-Mobile executives haven’t beat around the bush when expressing their distaste for smartphone subsidiaries. In December, the company’s CEO spoke to investors about alternatives paths the carrier could take to compete with Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T). According to an internal memo obtained by TmoNews, the company could announce its “uncarrier” plans as soon as March 4th. Continue reading
Argentine president rejects constitution reform, backs judicial changes
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez told Congress on Friday she will not push for a constitutional overhaul that would let her run for a third consecutive term but will go ahead with a broad judicial reform proposal. Fernandez, who has been in power for six years, will now have to step down after the next presidential election in 2015. Some of her supporters had sought a constitutional change allowing her to stand again. Continue reading
NKorea eases rules, lets visitors bring cellphones
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea is loosening some restrictions on foreign cellphones by allowing visitors to bring their own phones into the country. However, security regulations still prohibit mobile phone calls between foreigners and locals. Continue reading
