By Sophia Keenan
Health officials in Uganda say they have identified a strain of the deadly Ebola virus as the likely killer of at least 16 people in the west of the country since late August. But as VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, officials are baffled and worried by […]
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - One of the most complete dinosaur mummies ever found is revealing secrets locked away for millions of years, bringing researchers as close as they will ever get to touching a live dino.The fossilized duckbilled hadrosaur is so well preserved that scientists have been able to calculate its muscle mass […]
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EUROZONE-ECONOMY
Euro Zone Faces High Inflation, Slowing Growth
The European Union´s statistics office estimated that consumer prices in the 13 countries using the euro rose 3.0 percent year-on-year.
Euro zone inflation jumped to its highest in six and a half years in November and inflation expectations rose, but economic growth was set to slow, highlighting the European […]
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Switzerland’s biggest insurer Swiss Life has said it is to buy the German financial advisor AWD in a deal worth 1.16bn euros ($1.71bn; £827m). AWD shareholders will be offered 30 euros per share, which the company says is a 36% premium above its average price over the last three months.
The family of AWD […]
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By Adweek Staff
WPP will form a new global integrated shop to serve Dell.
BOSTON Computer Giant Dell said it has tapped WPP Group for global marketing services chores. London-based WPP prevailed over Interpublic Group of New York in the final round of a review.,
Revenue on the account, which includes advertising, digital, direct […]
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese firms cut capital spending less than expected in the third quarter, pointing to an upward revision in growth figures this week, but Bank of Japan Governor Toshihio Fukui warned on Monday that much still depended on how far the U.S. economy slowed.
A separate Reuters survey showed optimism […]
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