Greece hopes buoy Wall Street, but investors still wary
May 31, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street bulls took the upper hand with a 1 percent rally on Tuesday as hopes for a new plan to deal with Greece’s debt crisis relieved some investor worry, but grim economic data suggested more hurdles ahead as the S&P 500 closed out its worst month since August. Stocks rebounded late in the session, nearing levels that were approached at the open, but later fell following lackluster data on U.S.
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Summary Box: Hopes for Greek debt deal lift stocks (AP)
May 31, 2011
GREECE DEAL: Greece may be nearing a deal to get another package of financial aid from its neighbors in Europe. Germany may back off its push for an early restructuring of Greece’s debt, a shift that would help Greece get more aid. DEFLATING CONFIDENCE: The Conference Board reported that its monthly survey found that Americans are losing faith that the economy is improving
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Maxygen Announces $10 Million Stock Repurchase Program
May 31, 2011
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Irked Hackers Post Fake Story on PBS Frontline Site (NewsFactor)
May 31, 2011
In yet another example of online attacks as commentary, a hacker group has broken into the PBS site. The attack, claimed by the anonymous group LulzSec, is reportedly due to unhappiness with a documentary about WikiLeaks aired by the PBS series Frontline.
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Cell phone use may cause cancer: WHO (AFP)
May 31, 2011
PARIS (AFP) – Mobile phone users may be at increased risk from brain cancer and should use texting and free-hands devices to reduce exposure, the World Health Organisation’s cancer experts said Tuesday. Radio-frequency electromagnetic fields generated by such devices are “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced at the end of an eight-day meeting in Lyon, France. Experts “reached this classification based on review of the human evidence coming from epidemiological studies” pointing to an increased incidence of glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, said Jonathan Samet, president of the work group
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SofTech Announces Reverse Stock Split Approved at Annual Meeting of Shareholders
May 31, 2011
{“s” : “soft.pk”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} Press Release Source: SofTech, Inc. On Tuesday May 31, 2011, 4:30 pm EDT LOWELL, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– SofTech, Inc., a proven provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that its proposed 1-for-20 reverse stock split of its common stock was approved at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
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Wall Street ends up as Greece hopes help
May 31, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street bulls took the upper hand on Tuesday as hopes for a new plan to deal with Greece’s debt crisis soothed some investor worry, but more grim economic data suggested there were more hurdles ahead. Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI) rose 128.21 points, or 1.03 percent, to end unofficially at 12,569.79. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (.SPX) was up 14.10 points, or 1.06 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,345.20
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eDiets.com(R) Announces Reverse Stock Split Effective June 1, 2011
May 31, 2011
{“s” : “diet”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} Press Release Source: eDiets.com On Tuesday May 31, 2011, 4:00 pm EDT FORT LAUDERDALE, FL–(Marketwire – 05/31/11) – eDiets.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIET – News), a leading provider of convenient at-home diet, fitness and healthy lifestyle solutions, today announced that it has filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation to effect a 1-for-5 reverse stock split of its common stock that will become effective at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on June 1, 2011
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WHO says cell phone use "possibly carcinogenic" (Reuters)
May 31, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – Using a mobile phone may increase the risk of developing certain types of brain tumor and consumers should consider ways of reducing their exposure, World Health Organization (WHO) cancer experts said on Tuesday. A working group of 31 scientists from 14 countries meeting at the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said a review of all the available scientific evidence suggested cell phone use should be classified as “possibly carcinogenic.” The classification, which puts mobile phone use in the same broad IARC cancer risk category as lead, chloroform and coffee, could spur the United Nations health body to look again at its guidelines on mobile phones, the scientists said
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Experts say cellphones are possibly carcinogenic (AP)
May 31, 2011
LONDON – A respected international panel of experts says cellphones are possible cancer-causing agents, putting them in the same category as the pesticide DDT, gasoline engine exhaust and coffee. The classification was issued Tuesday in Lyon, France, by the International Agency for Research on Cancer after a review of dozens of published studies
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