Kidney stones tread north US

global warming has earlier been implicated to increase incidences of vector borne diseases. A study now shows that it can also bring about a 30 per cent increase in kidney stone cases. The kidney stone belt of the southeastern part of the us is expected to expand northwards with climate change.

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>> The video-sharing site YouTube will be allowed to mask the identities of individual users when it provides viewership records to the media giant Viacom and other copyright holders after a US court directed it to submit its database to Viacom. >> Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has come under pressure for their continued sponsorship of the Beijing Olympics, with activists protesting the Chinese government's stance on Tibet. Coca-Cola signed the sponsorship deal before the hosts were announced. Coca-Cola has

Biodiesel portal

With oil prices going through the roof, the frenzy around biodiesels has intensified. The us Biofuels Exchange Inc. (usbe) has thrown in its bit in the kafuffle. It has launched an internet biofuels platform which links biofuel producers with buyers. The platform works very similar to the emarketing portal, eBay; it has a rating system to track and follow deals, display real time pricing and

Superheroes

A window washer dressed as spiderman scales a building. A pizza delivery man wearing superman garb rides a bike with pies in the basket. A nanny clad as catwoman attends to children. Behind the humour of these photographs by Mexican artist lie real life struggles. The photographs on show at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago depict real immigrant workers in their everyday jobs. But the images also show them as superheroes who work gruelling hours to make a better life for their families.

On tenterhooks in Geneva

Developing countries push for markets at WTO mini-ministerial

Manganese assault

US trade arm throws weight behind toxic petrol additive to prevent a ban on it in Europe in what looks like a diplomatic offensive to protect toxic trade, us -based Afton Chemicals has lobbied hard with the American government to mount pressure on European regulators to prevent the proposed ban on its product, Manganese Tricarbonyl Methylcyclopentadienyl (mmt).

Ranbaxy in a spot

about a month after the Japanese drug company, Daiichi Sankyo, acquired majority shares in Ranbaxy, India's largest generic maker faces charges of selling substandard drugs in the us.

Dealing with the past

Sterlite's track record threatens its takeover bid

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>> US District Court Judge Louis Stanton has ordered Google to give entertainment giant Viacom details of video-watching habits of visitors to its popular video-sharing website YouTube. For Viacom, the data is potential evidence for a billion-dollar copyright suit against Google.

Natural healing

Body chemical for cancer cure