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Donor money talks, often in a whisper
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA massage for a lawmaker's wife. Circus tickets for his kids. Keys to a mountain cabin for the weekend. A donation to his favorite charity or one that flies him across the world on an "educational" trip. There are many ways to get a politician's...Tags: Social Issues, PG&E Corporation, Movies, Companies and Corporations, Casino and Gambling Industry
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A bitter pill for Big Pharma
The strategy that has made the pharmaceutical industry one of the wealthiest and most powerful on Earth is finally starting to betray it. Beginning in just a few weeks, and continuing over the next several years, some of the biggest-selling and most...Tags: Johnson & Johnson Inc., Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Sales, Justice System, Companies and Corporations
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George W. Comstock, 92; epidemiologist was influential in the treatment of tuberculosis
Times Staff WriterDr. George W. Comstock, a pioneering epidemiologist who almost single-handedly blocked the use of the flawed BCG tuberculosis vaccine in the United States and who played a key role in the development of other prevention strategies against the disease,...Tags: Medical Services, Vaccines, Family, Cancer, Colleges and Universities
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Lawmakers Take FDA to Task on Antidepressants
Times Staff WriterMembers of Congress on Thursday accused the Food and Drug Administration of suppressing information, for as long as eight years, about the increased risks of suicidal thought and behavior in children and teenagers taking antidepressants. "There is...Tags: Suicide, Companies and Corporations, Children, IMS Health Incorporated, Lexapro (drug)
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Powers That Be Should See the Needs of Frankie
Times Staff WriterThere is good news and bad this holiday season regarding my son, Frankie, and other children like him who have autism. Frankie is 10 now, and the good news involves his personal progress against the neurological disorder that impairs a child's ability to...Tags: Vaccines, White House, Preventative Medicine, Defense, Children
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Voice of the People: Corporations must pay fair share
I was outraged after recently hearing of Apple avoiding $9 billion in U.S. taxes by hiding its money overseas in a tax haven in Ireland. Even though Congress recently held hearings about Apple's tax transgressions, many other companies continue to avoid...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Bioscience center to spur innovation
INDIANAPOLIS - Some of Indiana's top life sciences companies and research universities have formed a biosciences institute Gov. Mike Pence calls "a big deal" that will spur scientific innovation and lure new jobs, investment and leading scientists to...Tags: University of Notre Dame, Science, Education, Colleges and Universities, Biomet Incorporated
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February 26, 2002: Bowen lends voice to look at Reagan
BREMEN -- Dr. Otis R. Bowen, who celebrates his 84th birthday today, is already a permanent fixture in his hometown of Bremen, but later this year, he'll also become a permanent fixture in the Ronald Reagan library and museum. As a former Indiana...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Regional Authority, Government, Arts and Culture, Jimmy Carter
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So Maybe the World's Biggest Drug Heist Was An Inside Job After All
For a long time after thieves pulled off the biggest theft of drugs in history at its warehouse in Enfield, Eli Lilly officials insisted there was no evidence that the burglers had any special inside information. But the company is apparently changing...
Tags: Theft
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Workplaces offer electric car charging for employees
Employees at General Motors' plant in White Marsh have an unusual workplace benefit. Anyone who drives an electric car can plug it in to charge while they work. At the plant, which produces transmissions and electric motors, workers can park their...
Tags: Vehicles, General Motors Corp., Verizon Communications, Hybrid Vehicles, Career and Workplace
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The Bottom Line: Service moving us up in the world
You can't underestimate the power of good manners, a friendly attitude and knowledge of different cultures when it comes to developing international business. The ability of the region's businesses and institutions to polish those soft skills became a...
Tags: Mitch Daniels, Business, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers, NATO
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Pacemaker could help treat Alzheimer's
Pacemakers regulate the beat of a weak heart and ease the tremors caused by Parkinson's disease, and now Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers hope the devices also will slow down the symptoms of Alzheimer's.
Doctors at Hopkins and four other medical...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Association, Food and Drug Administration, Medical Research, The Ohio State University
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