.cnn_stryspcvh4 { position:static; }.cnn_stryspccvh6 { position:static; float:left; width:172px; font-size:10px; margin-left:130px; top:0; }.cnn_stryspccvrgebot { font-size:3px; overflow:hidden;}Part of complete coverage onBy Ramy Inocencio, for CNNJanuary 25, 2013 -- Updated 1453 GMT (2253 HKT)STORY HIGHLIGHTS"U.S. fiscal cliff still coming" in form of failure to raise debt ceiling - Cantor Fitzgerald...
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Cantor CEO: 'Off the fiscal cliff we go'
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US scholar urges dramatic rethink on Taiwan
Labels: Technology 0 comments WASHINGTON: With Beijing growing in strength, a US scholar is calling for a major rethink on Taiwan in which the island would cut its troop numbers in half and rebrand its army as a self-defence force.The proposal marks a rare break from the conventional view of American and Taiwanese policymakers that the island needs to close the military gap with Beijing, but its author said an opposite...
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Ship that hit reef too damaged to tow
Labels: Lifestyle 0 commentsThe USS Guardian sits aground on the Tubbataha Reef earlier this week.STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe USS Guardian has several holes in its hull, admiral saysThe 1,300-ton minesweeper will have to be lifted onto a bargeThe ship damaged more than 10,000 square feet of the Tubbataha ReefThe reef is a UNESCO World Heritage Site(CNN) -- The U.S Navy minesweeper that grounded on a Philippine reef last week has taken...
Posted by Ivander at 9:06 AM
Older smokers priced out of Obamacare?
Labels: Health 0 comments Washington Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because of tobacco penalties in President Obama's health care law, according to experts who are just now teasing out the potential impact of a little-noted provision in the massive legislation. The Affordable Care Act — "Obamacare" to its detractors — allows health insurers to charge smokers buying individual policies up to 50...
Posted by Ivander at 9:04 AM
Unplanned Pregnancies Hurt Military Women
Labels: Business 0 comments Women in the military have access to some of the nation's best health care, which includes free birth control. But a new study shows that many women are not using it and the rate of unintended pregnancy is double that of the general population.And today, with the Department of Defense having just ended its longtime ban on women serving in combat roles, an unplanned pregnancy...
Posted by Ivander at 9:02 AM
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Neanderthal cloning? Pure fantasy
Labels: World 0 commentsA display of a reconstruction of a Neanderthal man and boy at the Museum for Prehistory in Eyzies-de-Tayac, France.STORY HIGHLIGHTSArthur Caplan: It would be unethical to try and clone a Neanderthal baby Caplan: Downsides include a good chance of producing a baby that is seriously deformedHe says the future belongs to what we can do to genetically engineer and control microbesCaplan: Microbes can...
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Keppel Corp's net profit falls 22% on-year in Q4
Labels: Technology 0 comments SINGAPORE: Falling margins from building oil rigs has hit the bottomline of Keppel Corp. Net profit for the world's leading rig builder fell 22 per cent on-year to S$305 million in the fourth quarter last year.Still, full year profit for the conglomerate came in 15 per cent to S$2.24 billion.Despite lower net profit in the three months ended Dec 31, Keppel Corp still declared a final dividend...
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