* Says comfortable with Wall Street view for Q4, 2008
* Sees double-digit earnings growth in 2009
(Adds details on performance, outlook, stock history)
NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Consumer products company
Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL.N:
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) posted a slightly
higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, aided by
price increases and demand in emerging markets.
Analysts have been watching closely to see whether
cash-strapped consumers Read the rest of this entry »
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s state minister for women’s affairs has quit to protest a lack of resources for a daunting task — improving the lives of “a full army of widows” and other women left poor or abandoned by war.
In an interview Sunday with The Associated Press, Nawal al-Samarraie described how her office’s budget was so tight that she often found herself dipping into her own pockets for the women who came begging for help.
She said Read the rest of this entry »
RALEIGH, N.C.
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The Banks are obligated to make payments of principal of and interest on
the Bonds when due as well as the purchase price for tendered bonds.
Each of the LOCs for the 2008A, 2008C, and 2008D bonds provide full
coverage of principal plus an amount equal to 35 days’ interest at a
maximum rate of 12% based on a year of 365 days and purchase price for
tendered bonds. The LOC for the 2008B bonds provides full coverage Read the rest of this entry »
UPLAND, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Four-time Grammy winner Olivia
Newton-John’s new Liv.com Web site and Imaginis.com, the award-winning online
women’s health resource, are collaborating to increase awareness among women
about early detection and good breast health.
Liv.com leverages the inspirational power of Newton-John’s personal battle
with breast cancer with the extensive, credible content from Read the rest of this entry »
• An apparently mentally disturbed man stabbed a woman riding her bike in Bainbridge early Monday morning. The stabbing occurred shortly after 9 a.m., when a woman was riding her bike down East Green Street toward Washington Street in Bainbridge. A witness, who asked not to be identified, said a man ran out into the street wielding a kitchen knife and knocked the woman off of her bike in the street in front of 502 E. Green St. The witness said Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. Senate Passes Children’s Health Insurance Bill
A bill to provide health insurance to more than four million uninsured children in the United States was passed by the Senate in a 66 to 32 vote Thursday. It’s expected that President Barack Obama will be quick to sign the bill, which advances the goal of providing insurance for all children and eventually all Americans,
reported.
Two weeks ago, the House passed a nearly identical bill, by Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Can a change of character be due to a brain injury?
More than 10,000 people suffer an acquired brain injury in the State each year, with the frontal lobes being the most common area affected, writes
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Q My 21-year-old son was involved in an accident almost a year ago when he was knocked from his bicycle. He wasn’t wearing a helmet and suffered a fractured skull and the doctors told us that he had an injury to Read the rest of this entry »
MEN die at a younger age than women, have higher rates of diseases such as cancer and suffer more workplace injuries.
But they also shun doctors and, when they do look for help, are sometimes already very ill.
To encourage them to seek treatment, and push more medical professionals to branch out into men’s health, several doctors have set up the Institute for Men’s Health, a first for Singapore.
The institute, currently housed at Gleneagles Read the rest of this entry »
Rafael Benítez is still to decide whether to gamble on Steven Gerrard’s fitness against Real Madrid despite including the Liverpool captain in the squad for Wednesday night’s Champions League last-16 first leg at the Bernabéu.
The influential midfielder, who has been absent for almost three weeks with a torn hamstring, was named in the traveling party following a personal training session this morning. However, Gerrard is yet to take part in a Read the rest of this entry »