* Galleon cooperator Roomy Khan admitted insider trading * Oct. 19 court plea proceeding made public * Khan did not reveal names of co-conspirators (Adds detail on ratings agency employee, background, bylines) NEW YORK, Nov...
* Galleon cooperator Roomy Khan admitted insider trading * Plea proceeding made public NEW YORK, Nov 12 - Roomy Khan, one of several former traders cooperating with the prosecution of the biggest U.S. hedge fund...
* 80 pct of world to have electricity by 2015 (78 pct 2008) * China, India, Latin America energy poverty to decrease * By 2030, over 50 pct of Sub-Sahara still without power LONDON, Nov...
* Disenchantment with democracy, elites prevails in E.Europe * Soviet past idealised in Russia * Communist repressions, hardship forgotten in Bulgaria * Corruption, crime gangs reign in Balkans * Westernisation threatens identity BEL...
* Disenchantment with democracy, elites prevails in E.Europe * Soviet past idealised in Russia * Communist repressions, hardship forgotten in Bulgaria * Corruption, crime gangs reign in Balkans * Westernisation threatens identity BEL...
Talk about a sinkhole: According to comScore, a Web data tracker, Americans spent 302 billion minutes online last month. That's 6,760 lifetimes at 85 years apiece. Just where does all that time go?
* Experimental vaccine uses Sanofi, failed AIDSVAX drugs * First to show any protection against AIDS virus * Not ready for commercial use: may not work in Africa * Most experts had doubted the approach...
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 - An experimental AIDS vaccine made using two older vaccines protected volunteers, lowering the risk of infection by about a third, U.S. and Thai researchers reported on Thursday. The vaccine is a...
* Tobacco use drains a country's GDP by 3.6 percent * Atlas says smoking costs $500 billion a year (Removes incorrect reference to Star Scientific in last paragraph) WASHINGTON, Aug 25 - Tobacco use will...
* Tobacco use drains a country's GDP by 3.6 percent * Atlas says smoking costs $500 billion a year (Adds involvement of second cancer group 2nd paragraph; FDA action, 5th paragraph, tobacco makers last paragraph)...