Five Women Appear In Court Accused Of Running A £20m Illegal Pyramid Scheme

2010-03-17T06:34:09Z

BRISTOL, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: (L-R) Ritamaria Lomas and Jane Smith arrive at Bristol Magistrates Court accused of running a 20 million GBP illegal pyramid schemes on March 17 2010, in Bristol, England. They are the first people to be prosecuted under new consumer protection l...

Man who killed lover over Facebook pictures gets life

2010-03-09T09:16:04Z

<div><p>A 25-year-old man was jailed for life on Tuesday for murdering of his ex-girlfriend after seeing photos of her with another man on Facebook.</p><p>Camille Mathurasingh, 27, died after being stabbed multiple times by former lover Paul Bristol at her home in Bow, east London in April 2009. <...

Waste watchers? UK group fears trash bin spies

2010-03-05T11:15:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Waste watchers? British trash bins being fitted with microchips, raising surveillance fears</div><div><p>It's the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away.</p><p>A pro-privacy group warns in a new report that more than 2.6 million of the chips have been surreptitiously installed in what is seen as a first step toward charging those who toss too much.</p><p>Proponents sa...

Bristol-Myers: 60 drugs in testing to boost sales

2010-03-05T08:01:06Z

<div><p>Executives at Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. told analysts Thursday at a business briefing that the drugmaker has 60 potential drugs in development, seven in late-stage studies, and plenty of money for dealmaking.</p><p>"Five potential new medicines could be introduced in the next three years," said Dr. Elliot Sigal, head of res...

Bristol sets baseline for profits post-Plavix

2010-03-04T05:45:38Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co <BMY.N> set a better-than-expected baseline for profits in 2013 as it provided investors their first glimpse of life after Plavix, the second-largest selling drug in the world.</p><p>Bristol ...

Summary Box: Drugmaker Bristol-Myers names new CEO

2010-03-02T15:15:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: CEO of drugmaker Bristol-Myers retiring; successor, the COO, plans same strategy</div><div><p>CHANGING OF THE GUARD: Jim Cornelius, CEO of drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., is retiring May 4, to be succeeded by Chief Operating Officer Lamberto Andreotti.</p><p>STRATEGY IMPACT: Andreo...

Bristol-Myers CEO to retire; COO to succeed him

2010-03-02T15:00:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Bristol-Myers' Cornelius to retire as CEO, but still head board; COO Andreotti to succeed him</div><div><p>Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Tuesday its chief executive will retire in May and be succeeded by the current chief operating officer.</p><p>The move is the fourth official retirement from a senior health company executive position for

FDA panel back Bristol-Myers transplant drug

2010-03-01T14:45:27Z

<div><p>Federal health advisers said Monday an organ transplant drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. should be approved for patients receiving a new kidney, despite mixed results when compared with older drugs.</p><p>The Food and Drug Administration drug advisory panel voted 13-5 in favor of the compa...

It's a wrap! Hospitals test new, more modest gown

2010-02-22T10:34:18Z

<div><p>The British government is getting behind a plan to replace drafty open-backed hospital gowns with versions that preserve patients' modesty.</p><p>The country's Design Council has asked designers and manufacturers to come up with replacements for the gowns, which it said often leave patients feeling exposed.</p><p>One model is being created by U.S.-born designer England on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 of the new hospital gown, right, which protects patients' "dignity and privacy" by keeping their bottoms covered up, and the old gown, left. Traditional robes which fasten at the back can expose the rear - so two Bristol hospitals are phasing them out in f...

Noah's Ark Farm In Bristol Welcomes Three Baby Lions Cubs

2010-02-02T08:31:17Z

BRISTOL, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 02: The female of the three Lion cubs, watches from her new enclosure at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm on January 19, 2010 in Bristol, England. The eight-month-old new arrivals, two males and a female originally from Linton Zoo in Cambridge, will hopefully be...

Bristol-Myers 4Q profit rises on sales boost, gain

2010-02-22T13:54:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Bristol-Myers 4th-qtr profit rises on higher sales of key drugs, gain from Mead Johnson sale</div><div><p>Stronger sales of nearly all its medicines and a multibillion-dollar, one-time gain bro...

Bristol-Myers, now a pure pharma, to post results

2010-02-22T14:36:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Bristol-Myers Squibb, after nutrition business sale, has new pure pharma focus, $8B for deals</div><div><p>Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., the world's No. 15 drugmaker by revenue, reports fourth-quarter earnings Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.</p><p&...

Haiti Earthquake

2010-01-22T06:31:32Z

Jerald Bristol, right, watches as a cemetery worker covers the remains of his wife and four children in a mass grave in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Bristol lost his entire family in the earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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More Snow And Freezing Temperatures Hit The UK

2010-01-13T06:31:12Z

BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 13: A gritting lorry sprays grit along the M48 motorway leading to the Severn Bridge which has been closed due to adverse weather on January 13, 2010 near Bristol, England. A fresh band of heavy snow has caused widespread disruption to roads and 100s of schools have again been closed. (Photo...

Hit-and-run killer detained in hospital

2010-02-23T13:00:01Z

<div><p> A woman who spent nine days on the run after knocking down and killing 11-year-old boy has been detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.</p><p>Hannah Saaf, 28, of Kingsdown, Bristol, had pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Bris...

Tenn. lawmaker: No consensus on special session

2010-02-24T01:39:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Tenn. House speaker says no consensus on December special legislative session on workers comp</div><div><p>Tennessee House Speaker Kent Williams says there's no consensus among lawmakers about whether to call a special legislative session next month to delay a workers compensation law.</p><p>Williams wrote in an e-mail to lawmakers on Mo...

U.K. scientist unmasked as call girl Belle de Jour

2010-02-24T05:02:09Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former prostitute whose memoirs were turned into the TV series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" has revealed her true identity -- Brooke Magnanti, a British research scienti...

British scientist unmasked as call girl Belle de Jour

2010-02-24T05:05:27Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - A former prostitute whose memoirs were turned into the TV series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" has revealed her true identity -- Brooke Magnanti, a British research s...

New pathway for DNA damage from nano-particles: study

2010-02-24T09:22:30Z

<div><p>Scientists reported Thursday that nano-particles used in medical applications can indirectly damage DNA inside cells by transmitting signals through a protective barrier of human tissue.</p><p>The stunning discovery adds to a growing body of research highlighting proven and potential health hazards from the rapidly expanding universe of engineered objects measured in billionths of a metre.</p><p>Nano-scal...

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