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| Differences between the sexes stretches to fitness formulas Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 11:06 PM PDT  By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - When it comes to fitness, experts say men generally want to be bulkier and women want to be trimmer and everyone wants to do what they are good at. That's why as more women tackle brawny boot camps and men seek flexible peace on the yoga mat, crossing traditional gender lines, intelligently, can be a good idea. "Women want to lose body fat, men want hypertrophy (bulk)," said Geralyn Coopersmith, national director of the Equinox Fitness Training Institute. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ohio governor signs budget including tax cut, anti-abortion provision Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 08:08 PM PDT  CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio's governor signed a two-year, $62 billion state budget on Sunday that seeks to spur economic growth with a reduction in personal income taxes and includes a provision that critics say will tighten restrictions on abortions in the state. The budget, which was passed by a Republican-majority state legislature, includes a $2.6 billion reduction in personal income taxes which will be gradually lowered by a total of 10 percent over three years. The tax cuts will be offset in part by an increase in the state sales tax rate to 5.75 percent from 5.5 percent. ... Full Story | Top |
| Onyx explores possible sale after rejecting Amgen offer Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 05:15 PM PDT By Ryan Vlastelica and Olivia Oran NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cancer drugmaker Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Sunday it rejected a roughly $10 billion takeover offer from larger biotechnology company Amgen Inc as too low but still is considering selling itself. Onyx said Amgen's cash offer of $120 a share, which represents a premium of about 38 percent to the company's Friday closing price, "significantly undervalued" its prospects. Deutsche Bank analyst Robin Karnauskas estimated Onyx's value to a merger partner at up to $148 a share. ... Full Story | Top |
| Western United States swelters amid deadly heat Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 04:48 PM PDT  By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - A dangerous, record-breaking heat wave in the western United States contributed to the death of a Nevada resident and sent scores of people to hospitals with heat-related illnesses. The scorching heat, caused by a dome of hot air trapped by a high pressure ridge, pushed the mercury above 100 F (38 C) in parts of California, Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada and Utah and Texas. Paramedics in Las Vegas, where searing temperatures reached an all-time high of 118 F (48 C) on Saturday, found an elderly man dead in his apartment, which had no air-conditioning. ... Full Story | Top |
| Onyx explores possible sale, rejects Amgen offer Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 04:47 PM PDT By Ryan Vlastelica and Olivia Oran NEW YORK (Reuters) - Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Sunday it rejected a roughly $10 billion takeover offer from larger rival Amgen Inc as too low but is still considering a sale of the company. The company said the offer price by Amgen of $120 a share in cash, which represents a premium of about 38 percent to the company's Friday closing price, "significantly undervalued" its prospects. Onyx said in a statement it was "actively exploring" a merger partner, and that it had hired financial advisor Centerview Partners to contact potential buyers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tobacco taxes, smoking bans set to save millions of lives: study Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 03:14 PM PDT  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Anti-smoking measures including higher taxes on tobacco products, bans on adverts and controls on lighting up in public places could prevent tens of millions of premature deaths across the world, researchers said on Monday. Similar steps taken by Turkey, Romania and 39 other countries between 2007 and 2010 were already saving lives, the independent study published by the World Health Organization (WHO) said. "If the progress attained by these ... ... Full Story | Top |
| Release of Eliquis blood clot preventer story Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 06:58 AM PDT  By Bill Berkrot (Reuters) The blood clot preventer Eliquis, sold by Pfizer Inc and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, proved as effective as widely used warfarin in treating a dangerous condition known as venous thromboembolism and caused far less bleeding, according to data from a large clinical trial. The Pfizer and Bristol-Myers pill met the main goal of the study by showing it worked just as well as conventional treatment with warfarin, a generic blood thinner, in reducing recurrence of the condition and related deaths. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obamacare 1.0: States brace for Web barrage when reform goes live Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 04:02 AM PDT  By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 550,000 people in Oregon do not have health insurance, and Aaron Karjala is confident the state's new online insurance exchange will be able to accommodate them when enrollment under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform begins on October 1. What Karjala, the chief information officer at "Cover Oregon," does worry about, however, is what will happen if the entire population of Oregon - 3.9 million - logs on that day "just to check it out," he said. ... Full Story | Top |
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