xperts who took an advance peek at the Avastin data found no reason to stop the trial early, an action often taken when an experimental treatment is so clearly successful that it becomes ethically questionable to withhold it from subjects...
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Drug maker Novartis AG on Monday reported a 32-percent rise in net profit for the third quarter, thanks to strong sales and the weakness of the US dollar. Net profit rose to $2.08 billion in the three months ending September...
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International bank lending shrank by 3 per cent between April and June, the sharpest decline in over 30 years, revealing the depth of the credit squeeze between lenders before the recent series of government-led bailouts. Figures released today by the...
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Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic started strong and finished just as well in a three-set victory over third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, moving her into the final against Russian Vera Zvonareva at the $600,000 Generali Ladies Linz tennis event.
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Helen Alfredsson shot a 7-under 65 on Sunday to win the Grand China Air tournament, beating Yani Tseng by three strokes for her second victory of the season...Alfredsson finished at 12-under 204 after opening rounds of 70-69. Championship earlier this...
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Roger Federer reached the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals with a testing 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-1) win over Jarkko Nieminen. The Finn had Federer on the rack in the first set with the world number two saving two set points at 5-4...
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Fourth-seeded American James Blake and sixth-seeded Russian Igor Andreev posted victories Wednesday at the $1.2 million Swiss Indoors Basel. Blake fought his way past dangerous German Nicolas Kiefer 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in an opening-round affair, while Andreev barely got past...
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Swiss fifth seed Stanislas Wawrinka fluffed two match points at his home tournament on Monday, crashing out 3-6 7-6 7-6 to Germany's Benjamin Becker in the first round of the Swiss Indoors. It was the second time this month that...
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The title win for the Indo-Bahamian pair comes after their last week's final appearance at Madrid Masters. Bhupathi and Knowles split €46,500 in prize money, while Kas and Kohlschreiber divide €27,300.
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Without a point from two Champions League matches, FC Basel has no margin for error when it hosts FC Barcelona on Wednesday. "We want the evening to be a great one for Basel football," coach Christian Gross said Tuesday. "It's...
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