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U.S. proposes major update to food labels in bid to combat obesity

YoopyaFeb 28, 2014June 19, 20230

(Reuters) – Packaged foods sold in the United States would display calorie counts more prominently and include the amount of added sugar under a proposal

World Bank postpones Uganda loan over anti-gay law

YoopyaFeb 28, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – The World Bank on Thursday postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda’s health system over a law that toughened punishment for gays, an

EBay founder rejects Icahn’s call for PayPal spinoff

YoopyaFeb 28, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – EBay Inc founder and Chairman Pierre Omidyar rejected investor Carl Icahn’s call to separate the company’s fast-growing PayPal payments unit, saying the businesses

Armed men seize two airports in Ukraine’s Crimea, Russia denies involvement

YoopyaFeb 28, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Armed men took control of two airports in the Crimea region on Friday in what Ukraine’s government described as an invasion and occupation

Texas judge rules against Lance Armstrong over prize money

YoopyaFeb 27, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – A Texas judge has denied a request by lawyers for Lance Armstrong to block a sports insurance company from re-opening an arbitration agreement

Smartphone wars shift from gadgetry to price

YoopyaFeb 27, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – The mobile phone industry is now looking to the fast-growing demand for smartphones priced at $100 or below as the market for fancier

Facebook says makes progress targeting users

YoopyaFeb 27, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Facebook highlighted on Wednesday two ad campaigns in an attempt to persuade advertisers that its massive membership base and ability to home in

Recreational marijuana proposal certified for Alaska ballot

YoopyaFeb 27, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Alaska voters will decide this summer whether America’s Last Frontier will become the third U.S. state to legalize the sale and recreational use

Urban students take their best shots at squash

YoopyaFeb 27, 2014September 30, 20230

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sakora Miller remembers being puzzled when a group of strangers visited her gym class in tough west Philadelphia and offered to teach

Heroin overdose antidote: Who gets to carry it?

YoopyaFeb 27, 2014September 30, 20230

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — As deaths from heroin and powerful painkillers skyrocket nationwide, governments and clinics are working to put a drug that can reverse