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| Exclusive: Drug firm Ikaria on the block for more than $2 billion - sources Friday, Oct 04, 2013 12:02 AM PDT By Greg Roumeliotis and Jessica Toonkel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ikaria Inc, a private equity and venture capital-backed company whose products are focused on critically ill patients, is exploring a sale that it hopes could value it at more than $2 billion, three people familiar with the matter said this week. Ikaria, whose owners include New Mountain Capital LLC, ARCH Venture Partners LP and Venrock Associates LP, is working with Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse Group AG on the possible sale, two of the people said. The sources requested anonymity because the sale process is confidential. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mississippi blues: The cost of rejecting Medicaid expansion Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 10:42 PM PDT  By Julie Steenhuysen PASCAGOULA, Mississippi (Reuters) - As Americans across the nation begin to find out what Obamacare has in store for them, many of Mississippi's most needy will find out the answer is nothing. That is likely the case for William and Leslie Johnson of Jackson County, since the state decided not to expand the Medicaid program for the poor under President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. As a result, nearly 300,000 adults there will fall through the cracks of healthcare reform. ... Full Story | Top |
| Walking tied to fewer breast cancers in older women Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 09:40 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women who take regular walks are less likely to get breast cancer than their less-active peers, according to a new study. American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers found postmenopausal women who walked for at least one hour each day had a 14 percent lower chance of getting breast cancer than infrequent walkers. More vigorous exercise was tied to an even lower risk. "The exciting piece about this is that you don't need to be a marathon runner to lower your risk of breast cancer," Alpa Patel, the study's senior author, said. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. shutdown seen dragging on as debt ceiling fight nears Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 07:46 PM PDT  By Mark Felsenthal and Richard Cowan (Reuters) - The shutdown of the U.S. government appeared likely to drag on for another week and possibly longer as lawmakers consumed day three of the shutdown with a stalling game and there was no end in sight until the next crisis hits Washington around October 17. Bowing to the reality that the impasse requires him to remain in Washington, President Barack Obama canceled plans to attend summits in Indonesia and Brunei next week. Earlier this week, he canceled visits to Malaysia and the Philippines because of the shutdown. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama's Asia trip: Should he stay or should he go? Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 06:34 PM PDT  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Washington paralyzed by a government shutdown, time is running out for President Barack Obama to decide whether to leave the stalemate behind and fly halfway around the world to attend two international summits in Indonesia and Brunei. On Thursday, the White House was still officially hoping the shutdown would end quickly, allowing Obama to avoid having to choose between looking after things at home, or advancing his trade and foreign policy goals in Asia on a trip beginning on Saturday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Illegal immigrants can get driver's licenses under new California law Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 06:29 PM PDT  By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - Illegal immigrants living in California will be eligible to apply for driver's licenses under a law signed on Thursday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, in the latest action to expand privileges for such immigrants in the most populous U.S. state. The legislation marks a major victory for Latino and other immigration rights activists, who have fought for decades for such a law. The state says it is expected to spur 1.4 million people to apply for licenses over three years. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. capital can't pay for Medicaid during shutdown Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 04:27 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington, D.C., officials said on Thursday the U.S. capital was not able to pay hospitals, long-term care providers and other organizations that participate in the Medicaid healthcare program for the poor during the federal budget shutdown. Since the District of Columbia is a local government without a state, the U.S. Congress authorizes its budget when it approves the federal budget. Congress has been locked in a budget stalemate that allowed the federal government to shut down Tuesday at the start of the fiscal year. That meant the city cannot spend any of the $2. ... Full Story | Top |
| With Obamacare systems still slow, backlog builds among the uninsured Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 03:50 PM PDT  By David Morgan and Curtis Skinner WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans trying to find out how much health coverage will cost under Obamacare endured a third day of limited access to new online health insurance exchanges on Thursday, leading to a growing backlog of people waiting to enter the system. Health clinics and other nonprofit groups that offer in-person assistance reported unexpectedly high numbers of walk-in visits and phone calls from potential enrollees, who were unable to enter federal and state marketplace websites that were overwhelmed by millions of online hits. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wendy Davis, known for pro-choice filibuster, runs for Texas governor Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 03:50 PM PDT  By Marice Richter HALTOM CITY, Texas (Reuters) - Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator who staged a filibuster against sweeping abortion restrictions, announced on Thursday that she would run for governor of the state. "Texas is a place where we aim high and we take big risks," Davis told hundreds of cheering supporters at a rally outside Fort Worth. "We're builders, and doers, leaders, and dreamers. We love Texas, not only for how good it is, but for how great we know it can be. ... Full Story | Top |
| NY court finds 'invasive' penile stimulation test unjustified Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 03:19 PM PDT By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man convicted of failing to register as a sex offender cannot be forced to undergo penile stimulation tests to determine how likely he is to commit future crimes, a federal appeals court in New York ruled on Thursday. The procedure, known as penile plethysmography, has been imposed in some sex crime cases as a condition of post-conviction release, in part to estimate the likelihood of recidivism. But some experts question its reliability. The 2nd U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Actress Mia Farrow says Frank Sinatra could be father of her son Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 02:49 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer Frank Sinatra was the great love of actress Mia Farrow's life and could "possibly" be the father of her son Ronan Farrow, the actress said in an interview published on Wednesday. Ronan, a 25-year-old Rhodes scholar and human rights activist, is thought to be the biological son of Farrow and Oscar-winning director Woody Allen. But when asked in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine if her former husband Sinatra could be Ronan's father, Farrow, the star of 1968's "Rosemary's Baby" said, "Possibly. ... Full Story | Top |
| Thousands who protested peacefully languish in Syrian jails: HRW Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 02:13 PM PDT  AMMAN (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people who peacefully demonstrated against President Bashar al-Assad are languishing in Syrian jails and are subjected to an apparent policy of torture, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch. Citing testimony from former prisoners, HRW said in a report that detainees have been raped and abused, including with electric shocks to the genitals, and beaten with batons, cables, metal rods, and wires. ... Full Story | Top |
| Illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses under new California law Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 01:25 PM PDT By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - Illegal immigrants living in California will be eligible to apply for driver's licenses under a law signed on Thursday by Governor Jerry Brown, in the latest action to expand privileges for such immigrants in the state. The legislation is a major victory for Latino and immigration rights activists, who have fought for decades for such a law, and it is expected to spur 1.4 million people to apply for licenses over three years. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lilly says it must cut costs to meet goals; shares fall Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 12:39 PM PDT By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co, which is trying to rebound from painful patent expirations on its medicines, said on Thursday that it would have to cut costs to achieve its financial goals through 2014. Shares of the U.S. drugmaker fell almost 4 percent even though it also said it would buy back $5 billion of its stock over time. Lilly said slowing growth in emerging markets and the devaluation of Japan's yen were hurting its results. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. FDA approves Pfizer drug for menopause symptoms Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 11:46 AM PDT  (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators approved Pfizer Inc's menopause drug Duavee, which the company hopes will reduce hot flashes with fewer side effects than older hormone-replacement therapies. The Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it approved the drug to treat women with moderate to severe menopause symptoms and to prevent post-menopausal osteoporosis, a bone disease which can increase the risk of fractures. ... Full Story | Top |
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