Rwanda has been so successful at fighting measles that next month it will be the first country to get donor support to move to the next stage — fighting rubella too. On March 11, it will hold a nationwide three-day vaccination campaign with a combined measles-rubella vaccine, hoping to reach nearly five million children up to age 14. It will then integrate the dual vaccine into its national...
Groupon Shares Crumple After Dismal Outlook, Take-Rate Cut
Label: BusinessSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon Inc lost a quarter of its market value on Wednesday after the company revealed it began to take a smaller cut of revenue on daily deals during the holidays, sacrificing revenue and profits to attract and keep merchants. The cut in its "take rate", which some analysts had said was needed to revive flagging interest among merchants in its Internet offers, was...
Feb
26
Tribune Co. hires advisors to explore sale of newspaper unit
Label: World Tribune Co. has hired investment bankers to advise the media company on the potential sale of its newspaper publishing unit.The...
Advanced Breast Cancer May Be Rising Among Young Women, Study Finds
Label: HealthThe incidence of advanced breast cancer among younger women, ages 25 to 39, may have increased slightly over the last three decades, according to a study released Tuesday. But more research is needed to verify the finding, which was based on an analysis of statistics, the study’s authors said. They do not know what may have caused the apparent increase. Some outside experts questioned...
DealBook: Wall Street Pay Rises, for Those Who Still Have a Job
Label: Business7:39 p.m. | Updated Wall Street may be shrinking — cutting thousands of jobs over the last year — but for those who remain, the pay is still very lucrative.The average cash bonus for those employed in the financial industry in New York last year rose roughly 9 percent, to $121,900, Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State’s comptroller, said on Tuesday.Cash bonuses in total are forecast to increase by roughly...
Feb
25
A cosmic gift to L.A.
Label: World One night on Mt. Wilson about 1908, a short, powerfully built man with a handlebar mustache looked through the largest telescope...
Global Health: After Measles Success, Rwanda to Get Rubella Vaccine
Label: HealthRwanda has been so successful at fighting measles that next month it will be the first country to get donor support to move to the next stage — fighting rubella too. On March 11, it will hold a nationwide three-day vaccination campaign with a combined measles-rubella vaccine, hoping to reach nearly five million children up to age 14. It will then integrate the dual vaccine into its national...
Lowe’s Fourth-Quarter Earnings Beat Expectations
Label: Business Richard Drew/Associated PressRobert Niblock, chief executive of Lowe’s, said consumer spending was increasing. The results are a sign that people are beginning to feel better about spending money on their homes as the housing market slowly recovers. Lowe’s chief executive, Robert A. Niblock, said the company was seeing a pickup in spending even in areas...
Feb
24
Brown's school funding plan draws mixed reactions
Label: World In the Anaheim City School District, where most students are low-income and struggling to learn English, teachers need special...
The Texas Tribune: Advocates Seek Mental Health Changes, Including Power to Detain
Label: HealthMatt Rainwaters for Texas MonthlyThe Sherman grave of Andre Thomas’s victims. SHERMAN — A worried call from his daughter’s boyfriend sent Paul Boren rushing to her apartment on the morning of March 27, 2004. He drove the eight blocks to her apartment, peering into his neighbors’ yards, searching for Andre Thomas, Laura Boren’s estranged husband. Expanded coverage of Texas is produced by...
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