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Pfizer , the world's largest drug maker, is changing the way it promotes medicine to consumers in response to heightened scrutiny by regulators and lawmakers.4.5

During a tour of the state, the nation's top environmental regulator said oversight of federal water and sewer grants to Alaska's villages has improved greatly during the ...4.1

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Thursday against Tyson Foods, Inc.3.1

The former food service director at a defunct Alzheimer's home says the facility struggled to feed its patients before she quit more than two years ago.2

TPELIER , Gov. James Douglas said Thursday he will hold a series of regional forums on health care starting later this month and culminating in October with a summit ...2.7

Federal securities regulators are considering a civil fraud charge against Fidelity Investments for its alleged negligence involving the company's stock trader gift scandal, ...2.7

A lawsuit against Sears Holdings Corp., filed on behalf of a former worker who says she was discriminated against because of a medical disability, can proceed, a federal ...2.7

Reed Poole was trying to explain the complexities of medical school to a congressional staff member.2.9

It was the day before an important business meeting and Robert Conrad awoke to a horrific sight.2.7

State officials find three violations this year; EQ spokesman says record is comparatively good.2.9

Final details from a contract signed between the city and its volunteer firefighters that resolved the issues of worker's compensation benefits and pay have been released.2.7

One employee suffered burns to more than 20 percent of his body and two others were taken to a local hospital after an explosion at Von Roll WTI at 1 p.m. Thursday.2.7

The federal Environmental Protection Agency is ordering a Dorchester County composting business to stop polluting the Chesapeake Bay.2.7

Approving and marketing lethal drugs, while concealing the results of studies that reveal deadly side affects, should be a jailable offense.2.7

SE Global Equities Corp. reports that the company has filed a Form 14A Proxy Circular with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its transaction with China ...2.7

ET Transitioning OpenVMS Apps to Itanium Without Compromising Business with Frank Derfler.2.7

Misery loves company. A judge, however, won't let Glastonbury, Conn.-based Brown, Paindiris & Scott share some of its potential malpractice liability with Waterbury, Conn.'s ...2.7

Bob Loux says the Environmental Protection Agency's new guidelines for Yucca Mountain are so lax that 10 million Nevadans could die from radiation exposure over the course ...3.1

The federal government says a perennial plant that's found along the Saint John River in Northern Maine will remain protected under the Endangered Species Act.2

For decades, law firms have depended on the orderly retirement or slowing down of senior partners to make room in the hierarchy for rising stars.2.7

Volcanic Metals Exploration Inc. wishes to announce that it has granted, subject to regulatory approval, 400,000 stock options to officers of the Company.2.7

Clear Channel Communications on Thursday registered its billboard unit for an initial public offering of up $350 million in stock.2.7

Holding that one federal law prevents another federal law from pre-empting a state law governing arbitration agreements in the health-care context, Texas' 1st Court of ...2.7

Rather than reducing the amount of money Iredell County pays out for Medicaid, the budget approved by the General Assembly will increase the burden on county coffers.2.7

The 30-second ad is part of a $500,000, two-week campaign aimed at the constituents of three moderate Republican senators in Maine and Rhode Island and will be shown on ...3.1

LITTLE ROCK State laws merges two of Arkansas' largest agencies tomorrow as the new Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services opens, serving more than one million ...4.1

NPT PHOTO BY GILBERT SOESBEE The trial of a $22.5 million class-action lawsuit against Blue Ridge Paper Products concerning pollution from its Canton, North Carolina, paper ...3.1

LexisNexis will provide searching and viewing of TV news programs by summer's end, it announced .2.7

Posted: 08/11/2005 04:07 pm Last Updated: 08/11/2005 05:18 pm South Bend, IN - An estimated 45 million people lack health care coverage of any kind for a whole year, which ...2.9

Fired Worker To Get Trial On Discrimination Claim Against Nissan Posted: 8/11/2005 10:16:58 PM A federal appeals court has ruled a woman fired by Nissan will get a trial on ...1.9

Researchers think they are close to devising a deceptively simple way to prevent the progression of Alzheimer's disease : a nasal spray vaccine.4.5

Thanks to its NetScreen Intrusion Detection and Prevention products, the company has achieved some remarkable market share gains in the past 12 months .2.7

Merck & Co.'s head of clinical trials testified in the nation's first Vioxx-related civil trial Thursday that consumers would have no new drugs if all safety risks had to be ...5.1