Mortgage finance
giant Fannie Mae on Tuesday announced it was cutting its
dividend 30 percent and selling $7 billion in special
stock to raise additional capital.
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Camel ads
coupled with illustrations promoting rock music in
Rolling Stone magazine violate the tobacco industry's
nine-year-old promise not to use cartoons to sell
cigarettes, prosecutors in various states said Tuesday.
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Dow Chemical Co.
announced Tuesday it is cutting 1,000 jobs, or about 2.3
percent of its work force, as part of a plan to rid
itself of underperforming businesses and boost its
global efficiency.
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Just in time for
runny nose season, new research suggests routine sinus
infections aren't really helped by antibiotics and other
medicine that's often prescribed.
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Every year,
thousands of American children go through the tearful,
teeth-gritting ordeal of getting their vaccinations,
only to be forced to do it all over again. The vaccines
were duds, ruined by poor refrigeration.
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Those
lords-a-leaping and ladies dancing may want to consider
the downside of the holidays: Heart attack season has
arrived. December and January are the deadliest months
for heart disease, and many of the things that make the
season merry are culprits: Rich meals, more alcohol _
and all that extra stress.
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A teaspoon of
honey before bed seems to calm children's coughs and
help them sleep better, according to a new study that
relied on parents' reports of their children's
symptoms.
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Federal health
officials are revising their estimate of how many people
are infected by HIV each year, and advocacy groups say
the number could rise by 35 percent or more.
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