Archive for May, 2008

Travel by Air India to cost more from Jun 3

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Mumbai, May 31: Travel by Air India would cost Rs 300-550 more from June 3 following a hike ...

Posco-India likely to get prospecting licence

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Bhubaneswar, May 31: Posco India may be recommended for the Khandadhar iron ore mine prospecting licence by the ...

Commercial residential sales dip in China

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Beijing, May 31: Commercial residential sales dipped four per cent in China during first quarter of the year, ...

June could be crazy month for stocks

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

May 31, 2008: 11:07 AM EDTTransportation bucks the trendMore VideosNEW YORK (AP) -- "The whole month of June is kind of a magic month."Citi Investment Research equity strategist Lori Calvasina wasn't referring to weddings, graduations or wildflowers blooming. She was talking about the stock trading that will take place in ...

UPDATE 2-Italy court rejects Mediaset appeal to EU ruling

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

(Adds Mediaset CEO paragraphs 6-7) ROME, May 31 (Reuters) - A top Italian court on Saturdayrejected an appeal by broadcaster Mediaset SpA (MS.MI: Quote, Profile, Research), owned byPrime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, against a European Unionruling that held the way frequencies were ...

UPDATE 1-Italy court rejects Mediaset appeal to EU ruling

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

(Adds background) ROME, May 31 (Reuters) - A top Italian court on Saturdayrejected an appeal by broadcaster Mediaset SpA (MS.MI: Quote, Profile, Research), owned byPrime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, against a European Unionruling that held the way frequencies were shared out was ...

Bone drug helped stave off breast cancer

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A drug used to strengthen the bones of women with breast cancer helped cut the risk of the cancer returning by 36 percent, European researchers said on Saturday, They said Zometa, sold by Swiss ...

Avastin slows progress of breast cancer in trial

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The addition of Genentech Inc's cancer drug Avastin to chemotherapy slows the progress of breast cancer, according to results of a large international trial released on Saturday. The trial showed that after 11 months, patients treated with a high dose ...

Avastin plus chemo better without Erbitux

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Colon cancer patients treated with Genentech Inc's Avastin and chemotherapy lived longer without their disease getting worse than those who were also treated with ImClone Systems Inc's Erbitux, according to a study presented on Saturday. In the 755-patient study, those ...

Oil price hike deferred again

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

New Delhi, May 31: A decision on raising prices of petrol, diesel and domestic LPG has been put ...