Amazon.com Inc. started shipping a larger version of its Kindle Fire HD tablet computer on Thursday. Here’s a look at how it compares with the iPad and other tablets with similar screens.Amazon.com Inc.‘s Kindle Fire HD 8.9″:
— Price: $ 299 for 16 gigabytes of storage, $ 369 for 32 GB.— Screen size: 8.9 inches diagonally—...
Tulsa Town Hall: Nutrition a valuable tool in health care
Label: Health
Weil spoke as part of the Tulsa Town Hall series of speakers.
The United States has an expensive health-care system that doesn’t produce good results, he said.“Something is very wrong with this picture,” he said. “We’re spending more and more and we have less and less to show for it.”Changes in diet can be an effective...
Congressional leaders optimistic after meeting Obama
Label: Business
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic congressional leaders emerged from a meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday pledging to find common ground on taxes and spending that would allow them to avert an upcoming “fiscal cliff” that could send the economy back into recession.The top lawmakers spoke to reporters as a group for the first time...
Canadian October home sales dip, latest sign of cooling
Label: World
TORONTO (Reuters) – Sales of existing homes in Canada fell in October from September and year-over-year sales were down as well, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Thursday in the latest signal that the housing market is slowing.The industry group for Canadian real estate agents said sales were down 0.1 percent in October from September. Actual...
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Smartphones, tablets spark “post-pie” Thanksgiving sales
Label: Technology
(Reuters) – Retailers are targeting “post-pie” commerce, the jump in shopping created by the boom in smartphones and tablet computers which Thanksgiving diners grab as they collapse onto the couch after eating turkey and pumpkin pie.While people relax with family and friends or watch football on TV, they are increasingly shopping online with these mobile...
Smoking in pregnancy tied to lower reading scores
Label: Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Babies exposed to their mother’s cigarette smoke in the womb later perform more poorly on reading comprehension tests, according to a new study.“It’s not a little difference – it’s a big difference in accuracy and comprehension at a critical time when children are being assessed, and are getting a sense of what it means to be...
Banks pay $417m to settle charges
Label: Business
16 November 2012 Last updated at 14:16 ETJP Morgan Chase and Credit Suisse will together pay $ 417m (£263m) to settle charges that they misled investors in residential mortgage-backed securities offerings, US regulators have said.
JP Morgan has agreed to pay $ 296.9m to settle the charges while Credit Suisse will pay...
Israel moves on reservists after rockets target cities
Label: World
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli ministers were on Friday asked to endorse the call-up of up to 75,000 reservists after Palestinian militants nearly hit Jerusalem with a rocket for the first time in decades and fired at Tel Aviv for a second day.The rocket attacks were a challenge to Israel‘s Gaza offensive and came just hours after Egypt‘s prime minister,...
Nov
15
Belize prime minister says McAfee “bonkers,” should help in murder case
Label: Technology
BELIZE CITY (Reuters) – Belize‘s prime minister on Wednesday urged anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee to help the country’s police with a murder inquiry, calling McAfee “bonkers” for recent media statements.“I don’t want to be unkind, but he seems to be extremely paranoid – I would go so far as to say bonkers,” Prime Minister Dean Barrow said in Belize...
Stars honor Veloso as Latin Grammys person of year
Label: Lifestyle
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Juanes, Juan Luis Guerra, Nelly Furtado and Natalie Cole are among the artists who celebrated Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso at a ceremony honoring him as the Latin Recording Academy‘s Person of the Year.Veloso’s influence as a composer and activist also was the subject of a video featuring Sting and Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar...
GOP-led states start warming up to health care law
Label: Health
WASHINGTON (AP) — From the South to the heartland, cracks are appearing in the once-solid wall of Republican resistance to President Barack Obama‘s health care law.Ahead of a federal deadline Friday for states to declare their intentions, Associated Press reporters interviewed governors and state officials around the country, finding surprising openness...
Bernanke: Banks’ tight standards hurting economy
Label: Business
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that banks’ overly tight lending standards may be holding back the U.S. economy by preventing creditworthy borrowers from buying homes.Some tightening of credit standards was needed after the 2008 financial crisis, but “the pendulum has swung too far the other way.” Bernanke said. Qualified...
France urges Mali to step up talks with rebels
Label: World
PARIS (AP) — France‘s president called Thursday for stepped-up talks between Mali’s government and any leaders from its breakaway north “who reject terrorism,” even as African nations geared up for a possible military operation against Islamic extremists there.President Francois Hollande‘s comments suggested a growing openness to dialogue with the extremists,...
Nov
14
Facebook jumps on biggest lock-up expiration day
Label: Technology
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook‘s stock is up more than 7 percent despite expectations that it would fall because more than 850 million additional shares in the company are being freed up for sale.Shares of Facebook Inc. are up $ 1.48, or 7.5 percent, at $ 21.34. Facebook went public in May at $ 38 in a much-hyped initial public offering of stock that turned...
EU approves Bristol-Astra diabetes drug after U.S. rejection
Label: Health
(Reuters) – European regulators have approved the first in a new class of diabetes medicines that work independently of insulin to control blood sugar, the drug’s developers Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and AstraZeneca Plc said on Wednesday.The approval of Forxiga by the European Commission stands in stark contrast to the rejection of the drug in January by...
Attention, Kmart Shoppers: Flat-Line Special
Label: Business
Kmart, the discounting pioneer owned by Sears Holdings (SHLD), is in the throes of a mass shutdown of stores. After a bad 2011 Christmas, Sears Holdings said it would close up to 120 Sears and Kmart locations; as of January, there were just over 1,300 Kmarts in the U.S. and territories, 800 fewer than a decade earlier, when Kmart slid into bankruptcy as...
Egypt recalls envoy to Israel after Gaza strike
Label: World
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Israel after an Israeli airstrike killed the military commander of Gaza‘s ruling Hamas.In a statement read on state TV late Wednesday, spokesman Yasser Ali said that President Mohammed Morsi recalled the ambassador and asked the Arab League‘s Secretary General to convene an emergency ministerial meeting...
Nov
13
Verizon and HTC’s latest twist: The $199 Droid DNA
Label: Technology
Verizon and HTC unveiled a new device that the two hope will appeal to customers during the holiday season, while helping to reverse HTC’s floundering fortunes.The phone, the Droid DNA, sports a 5-inch screen, putting it more in the “phablet” category with Samsung‘s Galaxy Note. It runs on Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean and includes a boatload of powerful features,...
Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit lays off 500 employees: source
Label: Lifestyle
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comcast Corp‘s NBCUniversal entertainment unit is laying off about 500 employees at cable channels, Jay Leno‘s late-night TV show and the Universal Pictures movie studio, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Monday.The cuts add up to about 1.5 percent of the company’s workforce of 30,000 employees, the source said.
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Lilly arthritis drug shows durability in study
Label: Health
(Reuters) – A pill for rheumatoid arthritis being developed by Eli Lilly and Co and Incyte Corp maintained its effectiveness in reducing painful symptoms through 24 weeks of treatment in a midstage extension study, according to data presented at a medical meeting on Tuesday.A sub-study of patients taking part in the trial of the drug, baricitinib, also...
Action pledge in gas market probe
Label: Business
13 November 2012 Last updated at 09:58 ET
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Energy Secretary Ed Davey: “Market abuse is always wrong”Energy Secretary Ed Davey has promised tough action if allegations that firms manipulated the wholesale gas market...
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