Stock futures in narrow range ahead of opening (AP)
AP – Stock futures traded in a narrow range Friday, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average finished higher for an eighth straight day.
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Swine Flu in Pregnancy Leads Some to ICU (HealthDay)
HealthDay – THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) — Pregnant women with the
H1N1 (swine) flu were 13 times more likely to become critically ill than
non-pregnant women infected with H1N1, according to a report from
researchers in Australia and New Zealand.
Avandia Researchers’ Financial Ties Questioned (HealthDay)
HealthDay – FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) — A new review of studies on
the controversial diabetes drug Avandia finds that most of the researchers
who reported positive results had financial ties to pharmaceutical
companies, but it’s not clear if being paid by drug makers directly leads
to supportive research.
Quartet hopes package will unlock Middle East talks (Reuters)
Reuters – Two members of the international quartet of Middle East mediators suggested on Friday that stalled indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians may be unblocked in coming days.
Demi Moore’s Twitter account part of suicide help (AP)
AP – Actress Demi (DEM’-ee) Moore is apparently part of an online chain of posts that warned Florida authorities that a young man might be trying to commit suicide.
Lloyds Banking Group expects profit this year (AP)
AP – Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group PLC said Friday it expects to report a profit this year as trading has so far been strong and provisions for bad assets are not as large as previously forecast.
ASIC tells banks to move fast on Storm (source: The Australian)
THE corporate watchdog has warned banks to broker deals by May with investors hit by the Storm Financial debacle or suffer potential legal action.? (source: The Australian) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Rio, Chinalco heal rift (source: The Australian)
RIO Tinto and Chinese aluminium giant Chinalco have set aside their differences, announcing a $US6 billion ($A6.5 billion) joint venture. (source: The Australian) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com
Lloyds shares jump as bank forecasts 2010 profit (source: Market Watch)
The British bank says it expects to generate a profit in 2010, thanks to improving bad-debt charges and falling costs. (source: Market Watch) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Europe Markets: Profit-minded Lloyds lifts banks, Europe stocks (source: Market Watch)
European shares were track to notch a fresh annual high on Friday, with Lloyds Banking Group gaining ground after the hard-hit British lender said that it expects to report a profit for 2010. (source: Market Watch) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
London Markets: Lloyds Banking Group leads U.K. share advance (source: Market Watch)
Banks climb in the top British share index on Friday after Lloyds says it expects to report a profit for 2010. (source: Market Watch) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com
Japan celebrates defeat of bluefin tuna trade ban (AFP)
AFP – The Japanese government, sushi lovers and seafood traders at Tokyo’s massive Tsukiji fish market on Friday cheered the defeat of a proposed ban on trade in endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Obama Jobs Bill, Economic Recovery: Creating Employment (Time.com)
Time.com – The worst recession in generations torpedoed 8.4 million U.S. jobs. Getting them back and creating employment means understanding what makes the economy tick
Lifetime tiger hunter, 92, snared in Indonesia (AFP)
AFP – Indonesian conservationists said on Friday they had caught red-handed a 92-year-old man who had admitted to killing dozens of critically endangered Sumatran tigers over a lifetime of hunting.
Does Obama’s Education Plan Make the Grade? (Time.com)
Time.com – The President’s plan for education reform is a good start. Here’s how to make it even better
Quartet tells Israel to halt settlement activity (AFP)
AFP – The Quartet for the Middle East urged Israel Friday to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012 as it tried to kickstart the stalled peace process.
Students Discover Clawed Dinosaur in China (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com – A claw sticking out of a cliff face in Mongolia, China,
turned out to be the tip of the dinosaur – the skeleton of a 6-foot-long agile
predator that preyed on its own kind.
No charges over conductor suicide
The son of British conductor Sir Edward Downes will not be charged with assisting his suicide.
Director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer said there was enough evidence to charge Caractacus Downes but that it would not be in the public interest.
Sir Edward died on 10 July at the age of 85, after travelling to the assisted suicide group Dignitas in Switzerland.
He and his terminally ill wife, Joan, 74, chose to end their lives together, their family said at the time.
The Metropolitan Police began an inquiry when officers were contacted by solicitors acting on behalf of Mr Downes to report the death of his parents.
Police found evidence that Mr Downes had booked a hotel room in Switzerland for his parents and accompanied them overseas.
‘Motivated by compassion’
Mr Starmer said these acts would be sufficient to charge him under the Suicide Act of 1961.
But he explained that there was also evidence that Mr Downes’s parents had reached a "voluntary, clear, settled and informed" decision to take their lives.
Mr Starmer said that by helping them Mr Downes was "wholly motivated by compassion".
He added: "Other factors against prosecution are that Mr Downes’ actions in booking the hotel room can be characterised as of minor assistance and, after reporting the matter to the police, he fully assisted them in their inquiries into the circumstances of his parents’ suicide."
Mr Starmer said he took into account new guidelines, which he published in February, in which it was stated that motive should be at the centre of any decision about whether to prosecute.
Prosecutors were also provided evidence in relation to Mr Downes’s sister Boudicca, but will not be taking any action against her either.
The Birmingham-born conductor was honoured by four music colleges and five universities as well as receiving the Laurence Olivier, Evening Standard, Critics Circle and Royal Philharmonic Society awards.
He became a CBE in 1986 and was knighted in 1991.</p
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Bank shares in focus as futures barely budge (Reuters)
Reuters – Stock index futures were little changed on Friday, with bank stocks in focus after bailed-out British lender Lloyds Banking Group Plc said it would return to profitability in 2010.
Barcelona to face Arsenal in Champions League (AFP)
AFP – Arsenal face Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals in a repeat of the 2006 final won by the Spanish giants.
Munich diocese faces “Tsunami” of abuse claims (AP)
AP – Pope Benedict XVI’s former diocese in Munich says it is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis.
German govt says IMF aid an option for Greece (AFP)
AFP – The German government sees aid to Greece from the International Monetary Fund as an option to resolving its debt problems, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said on Friday.
Fargo floods turn farm fields into sprawling lakes (AP)
AP – For farmer Brian Thomas, getting to town for errands is no simple matter these days as floodwaters cover fields and sections of country roads in the rural areas near Fargo, N.D.
Bharti board to meet Saturday, discuss Zain deal – source (Reuters)
Reuters – Bharti Airtel’s board is meeting on Saturday to discuss the progress of talks to buy Kuwaiti telecom Zain’s assets in 15 African countries, a source with direct knowledge of the development said.
Out-Frenching the French (BusinessWeek)
BusinessWeek – Ooh la la! Our family’s INSEAD MBA (INSEAD Full-Time MBA Profile) experience feels like one intense Twilight Zone episode. Time has lost all value, and it’s difficult to pinpoint when my husband, Mark, actually attended his first lecture. Was it four months ago or four days ago? Or has it been four years now? Standard calendars confirm the program commenced in September 2009, but the whirlwind of events that has transpired since then has aged me several years. …
Bennett shows little passion with `Queen’s Lover’ (AP)
AP – “The Queen’s Lover” (William Morrow, 592 pages, $25.99), by Vanora Bennett: If ever there was a poor little princess, it was Catherine de Valois. Born to the mad King Charles VI of France and the unfaithful — some would say depraved — Queen Isabeau, Catherine grows up neglected, often lacking food, clean clothing and supervision.
Theater owners say thanks to hitmaker Bruckheimer (AP)
AP – Like most people who receive lifetime-achievement awards, Jerry Bruckheimer wants everyone to know he’s not finished yet.
Roadside bomb, gunmen kill 4 in Baghdad (AP)
AP – Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb and a gun attack have killed four people and wounded seven others in Baghdad.
Democrats push toward Sunday vote on health care (AP)
AP – Slowly but steadily, support is building behind President Barack Obama’s health care legislation in the House, the result of intense lobbying and politically targeted changes aimed at reassuring waverers and winning over critics.
Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle (AP)
AP – Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.’s YouTube site began airing each other’s dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.
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