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Lung Experts Urge Ban on E-Cigarettes Citing Unknown Health Impacts
Experts from the world's leading lung organizations have released a position statement on electronic cigarettes, focusing on their potential adverse effects on human health and calling on governments ...
Greek Investors Sue Cyprus Over Its Solution to 2013 Financial Crisis
Cyprus faces a lawsuit from close to 100 Greek investors who accuse the country of costing both depositors and bondholders of two banks millions of dollars in the wake of its financial crisis and ...
Sharing Insider Stock Tips on the Golf Course? The SEC is Listening
On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it charged a group of golfing buddies, who made more than a half-million dollars, with trading on inside information. In a complaint ...
Low 1st Half Cat Impact: Top Asia, U.S. Losses Have Climate Link: Munich Re
Insured losses in the first half of 2014 were $17 billion, considerably below the $25 billion average over the past 10 years, according to Munich Re's 2014 Half-Year Natural Catastrophe Review. ...
Dodgers Partly Responsible in Fan Beating, Jury Finds
A San Francisco Giants fan who suffered brain damage in a beating at Dodger Stadium won his negligence suit against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, but former owner Frank McCourt was absolved ...
Retired NFL Players May Be at Risk for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
Retired NFL players may be at risk for permanent hearing loss and tinnitus, according to a Loyola University Medical Center ear surgeon Many NFL players suffer one or more concussions during their ...
University Researchers Working on Sinkhole Predictor
Researchers at the University of Central Florida are devising a way to predict sinkholes. The researchers said last week that they've created a sinkhole simulator to help them understand what causes ...
Chicken Producer, London Insurers Beak-to-Beak in Product Recall Battle
Foster Farms and its London insurers are facing off over the definition of "product recall" as the poultry producer seeks payment of $14.2 million in claims arising from a government-mandated ...