21. september 2005

F.D.A. Rejects Pfizer Pain Drug. Regulators have rejected the application from Pfizer Inc. to market an injectable drug similar to its withdrawn Bextra arthritis pill. By REUTERS. [NYT > Business] 2:06:58 PM    comment [] Kate Moss Is Dismissed by H&M After a Furor Over Cocaine. The decision was made after customers called H&M stores complaining that the company would be associated with a model who admitted using drugs. By GUY TREBAY and ERIC WILSON. [NYT > Business] 2:05:03 PM    comment [] Asian server sales up 13 percent: Gartner (AFP). AFP - Sales of computer servers in the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan rose 13 percent to 2.97 billion US dollars in the January-June period, boosted by strong demand from China, an industry report says. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 2:04:07 PM    comment [] Copyright Lawsuit Targets Google. The search giant's bold plan to scan and index books from university libraries hits another obstacle: a lawsuit filed on behalf of 8,000 authors that accuses Google of 'massive copyright infringement.' [Wired News] 2:03:17 PM    comment [] Pentagon set to pay Uzbekistan for use of air base . WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it would pay Uzbekistan nearly $23 million for use of an air base in the Central Asian country which is a hub for U.S. operations in Afghanistan but from which it is being evicted. By Will Dunham. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 2:01:22 PM    comment [] Katrina's Cost May Test GOP Harmony . Congressional Republicans from across the ideological spectrum yesterday rejected the White House's open-wallet approach to rebuilding the Gulf Coast, a sign that the lockstep GOP discipline that George W. Bush has enjoyed for most of his presidency is eroding on Capitol Hill. By Shailagh Murray and Jim VandeHei. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 1:59:36 PM    comment [] Indonesia's Illegal Coal Mines Feed China . SUNGAI DANAU, Indonesia -- Under cover of darkness, hundreds of trucks brimming with coal crawl along the main street of this river town on the southeast corner of Borneo, a column of headlights burning through billowing dust. By Alan Sipress. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 1:57:54 PM    comment [] Contractor Charged in Baghdad Badge Scam . A military contractor returning from Iraq was charged yesterday with distributing identity badges that control access to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone to people not allowed to receive them, including an Iraqi woman he was dating. By Jerry Markon and Josh White. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 1:56:59 PM    comment [] Senator Sold Stock Before Price Dropped . Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a potential presidential candidate in 2008, sold all his stock in his family's hospital corporation about two weeks before it issued a disappointing earnings report and the price fell nearly 15 percent. By Jonathan M. Katz. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 1:55:55 PM    comment []

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