LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shares of video game makers and sellers fell Thursday in the aftermath of a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, which has renewed debate about violent games and their potential influence on crime.Shares of GameStop Corp., whose stores sell video games as well as systems like the Xbox and Wii, fell 5 percent in afternoon trading.Investors are seen as being increasingly...
Dec
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Sanofi to pay $109 million to settle U.S. kickback charges
Label: Health(Reuters) – French drugmaker Sanofi has agreed to pay $ 109 million to settle charges that it violated the False Claims Act by providing free drugs as a form of kickbacks to physicians, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday.The settlement resolves allegations that Sanofi submitted false average sales price reports for the drug Hyalgan, a knee injection to treat arthritis, that did not...
Google given EU anti-trust deadline
Label: Business19 December 2012 Last updated at 07:09 ETGoogle has been given a month to address complaints its search results favour its own services over those of its rivals.EU regulators said they would end their investigation into the allegations if Google came “forward with a detailed commitment text in January 2013″.If found guilty of breaching anti-trust rules, Google could face a fine of up to $ 4bn (£2.5bn).Google...
Worries grow in east Congo with fighter buildup
Label: WorldDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Aid workers warned Wednesday that armed groups are setting up new front lines in and around the city of Goma in eastern Congo, where the U.N. said it now has documented at least 126 rape cases last month.Thousands of fighters from the M23 rebel group withdrew several weeks ago from Goma, and the fighters have since taken steps toward negotiating with the Congolese government.However,...
Changes in law aim to protect kids’ online data
Label: TechnologyWASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Wednesday imposed sweeping changes in regulations designed to protect a young generation with easy access to the Internet.Two years in the making, the amended rules to the decade-old Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act go into effect in July. Privacy advocates...
Dec
18
Naomi Watts pulls off “The Impossible” to critical acclaim
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Days after the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, actress Naomi Watts took part in a fundraising telethon spearheaded by George Clooney to help the region’s hundreds of thousands of people in 14 nations whose lives were shattered.Little did Watts know that eight years later she would be starring in “The Impossible,” out in the U.S. movie theaters on Friday, about a real...
Experts: Kids are resilient in coping with trauma
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — They might not want to talk about the gunshots or the screams. But their toys might start getting into imaginary shootouts.Last week’s school shooting in Connecticut raises the question: What will be the psychological fallout for the children who survived?For people of any age, regaining a sense of security after surviving violence can take a long time. They’re at risk for lingering...
NBC’s Engel, TV crew escape abduction in Syria
Label: WorldBEIRUT (AP) — NBC‘s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said Tuesday he and members of his network crew escaped unharmed after five days of captivity in Syria, where more than a dozen pro-regime gunmen dragged them from their car, killed one of their rebel escorts and subjected them to mock executions.Appearing on NBC’s “Today” show, an unshaven Engel said he and his team escaped during a firefight...
Dublin opposes Aer Lingus deal
Label: Business18 December 2012 Last updated at 17:17 ETThe Irish government has voiced its opposition to Ryanair’s bid to buy rival Aer Lingus, saying the deal risked damaging competition.However, despite Dublin holding a 25% stake in Aer Lingus, it is the European Union that will decide whether the takeover can go ahead.Ryanair responded that the Irish government has no power to block its bid. It already owns...
Google Music adds free iTunes-like song-matching feature
Label: TechnologyTitle Post: Google Music adds free iTunes-like song-matching featureRating: 100%based on 99998 ratings.5 user reviews.Author: Fluser SeoLinkThanks for visiting the blog, If any criticism and suggestions please leave a comm...
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