Drugmaker Amgen Inc. of Thousand Oaks reached a settlement Tuesday in a federal investigation of its sales and marketing...
Dec
17
Fault lines also appearing on Democratic side in fiscal debate
Label: World WASHINGTON — For weeks, Democrats in Congress have been relishing the division and sniping within Republican ranks over whether...
RIM begins BlackBerry 10 tests with business, government clients
Label: TechnologyTORONTO (Reuters) – Research In Motion Ltd said on Monday that it had begun a “beta testing” program that allows 120 companies and government departments to try out its new BlackBerry 10 smartphones before their global launch on January 30.The Canadian company, which is trying to reverse a sharp decline in market share for the BlackBerry, said the program would enable so-called enterprise customers...
TV network aimed at millennials set for summer
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Participant Media plans to launch a cable network aimed at viewers 18 to 34 years old with programming it describes as inspiring and thought-provoking.The as-yet-unnamed network is set to start next summer with an initial reach of 40 million subscribers, the company announced Monday.Targeting so-called millennials, Participant is developing a program slate with such producers as Brian...
John Rosen, Doctor Who Pushed to Prevent Lead Poisoning, Dies at 77
Label: HealthDr. John F. Rosen, a pediatrician whose discovery of high levels of lead poisoning among the New York City children he treated propelled him to campaign for a national effort to prevent the condition, died on Dec. 7 in Greenwich, Conn. He was 77. The cause was colon cancer, his wife, Margaret, said. When he arrived at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx in 1969, Dr. Rosen was mainly...
Santa Ana-based Edison Mission Energy files for bankruptcy
Label: Business Edison Mission Energy, an unregulated power-generating unit of Rosemead-based Edison International, said Monday that it had...
Dec
16
Speculation over autism, but shooter's 'why' has no easy answer
Label: World Among the details to emerge in the aftermath of the Connecticut elementary school massacre was the possibility that the gunman...
Springsteen, Gaga join Stones; Newtown noted
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Only at a Rolling Stones concert could appearances by Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga seem almost like afterthoughts.Those superstars and other top acts including the Black Keys and John Mayer jammed with the Stones on Saturday night, winding down a series of concerts celebrating the 50th year of rock's most enduring band (the occasion was also marked by a pay-per-view special).The...
Dr. William F. House, Inventor of Cochlear Implant, Dies
Label: HealthDr. William F. House, a medical researcher who braved skepticism to invent the cochlear implant, an electronic device considered to be the first to restore a human sense, died on Dec. 7 at his home in Aurora, Ore. He was 89. The cause was metastatic melanoma, his daughter, Karen House, said. Dr. House pushed against conventional thinking throughout his career. Over the objections of...
Don't impoverish yourself to pay kids' student loans
Label: Business Dear Liz: I'm in my 50s. My kids have college loan debts that might total more than $200,000. I allowed them to take out loans because I expected to inherit $300,000 to help them pay off the debt. Now that inheritance will not happen.I have $250,000 saved for retirement. When I'm 58 1/2 years old, I would like to pull that money out and pay some...
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