Archive for March, 2008

Deutsche Bank Head Calls for Government Help

Spiegel Online reports here: Josef Ackermann, head of Germany’s largest bank, said Monday that natural market behavior wouldn’t be enough to correct the unfolding global credit crisis. He called for direct help from governments and the creation of a global financial watchdog.

West Afraid to Risk Isolating Beijing

Spiegel Online writes here: China has done everything it can to present itself in a positive light ahead of the Olympics. But its crackdown on protests in Tibet are showing the darker side of the regime. Calls for a boycott, however, are unlikely to succeed as the last thing the West wants to do is [...]

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Cocaine may cause heart attack symptoms

AP reports here at Yahoo News: DALLAS - Younger ER patients with heart attack symptoms should be asked if they’ve recently used cocaine, which can cause similar chest pain, the American Heart Association warns doctors. For these patients, honesty can be a matter of life or death: Some heart attack treatments can be deadly to [...]

Web creator rejects net tracking

BBC News reports here: The creator of the web has said consumers need to be protected against systems which can track their activity on the internet.

Male fertility ’set in the womb’

Male fertility problems are determined in the womb, research from the University of Edinburgh suggests.

Overweight women have worse breast cancer: study

Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON - Breast cancer patients who are overweight have more aggressive disease and are likely to die sooner, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.

Tumour growth block hopes raised

Tampering with a key enzyme may enable scientists to stop cancer growth in its tracks.

Controversial minister off Obama’s campaign

CNN reports here: A Chicago minister who delivered a fiery sermon about Sen. Hillary Clinton having an advantage over Sen. Barack Obama in the presidential race because she is white is no longer a part of the Obama campaign.