Archive for May, 2008

Bone drug Zometa helps fight breast cancer spread (AP)

A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease.
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Paper Trading To Build Confidence By Shaun Rosenberg

Paper trading can be a great way for a new trader to build confidence in his trading system. It is something all traders, new and experienced should be ..
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Strike looms for Mexican airline flight attendants (Reuters)

Flight attendants at airline Aeromexico plan to strike on Sunday if they do not reach a deal in last-ditch pay talks with Mexico’s largest carrier, union sources said, a move that would ground around 300 aircraft.
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Encouraging Findings from TNFerade(TM) Head and Neck Cancer Study Presented at ASCO (Business Wire)

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—-Encouraging data from GenVec, Inc.’s Phase I clinical trial of TNFerade™ in patients with head and neck cancer were presented by study investigator Everett Vokes, M.D., University of Chicago, in a poster session at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology in Chicago, IL.
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JPMorgan Chase Completes Bear Stearns Acquisition (Business Wire)

NEW YORK—-JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced today that it has completed its acquisition of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc., effective 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 30, 2008.
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