Continuing the deflationary trend for 17th month, WPI inflation was at (-)0.85 per cent in March but may inch up gradually in the coming months on growing pressure on food and vegetable prices. The Wholesale Price Index-based inflation rate in March was marginally higher at (-)0.91 per cent in February. ... Read More »
THURSDAY, April 14, 2016 — Here’s some potentially good news for people with hepatitis C who are waiting for liver transplants: Hepatitis C-infected livers seem to do as well as healthy livers in these patients, a new study indicates. The findings suggest that using hepatitis C-infected (HCV-positive) livers could help ... Read More »
Yangon – Myanmar’s new leadership ordered the release of 83 more political prisoners on Sunday, the first day of the country’s traditional New Year. The presidential pardon, issued on Saturday, was granted “with an aim to bring about national reconciliation and to ensure the peace of mind of the people ... Read More »
Essen, Germany – Police in the western German city of Essen were Sunday searching for a masked man after an explosion at a Sikh temple left three people injured. About 200 guests were at the temple for a wedding on Saturday when an explosive device went off in the prayer ... Read More »
Manila – A leading candidate to become president of the Philippines was under fire Sunday for apparently joking about the rape of a murdered Australian missionary. Rodrigo Duterte, who has been mayor of the southern city of Davao since 1988, made the remarks at a campaign rally, a video of which was ... Read More »
Tokyo – Rescuers were scrambling to find survivors Sunday following two large earthquakes that hit the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, killing 41 people, while aftershocks continued to shake the region. Japan boosted search and rescue operations after heavy rain pounded Kyushu overnight and further complicated recovery work in the ... Read More »
Brazil’s lower house of Congress will decide on Sunday whether to recommend impeaching President Dilma Rousseff on charges of manipulating budgetary accounts, in a vote that could hasten the end of 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule. The political crisis, which comes amid Brazil’s worst recession since the 1930s, ... Read More »
As earnings season shifts into high gear next week in what is expected to be the weakest U.S. quarterly results reporting period since 2009, the hope among some is that this is as bad as it’s going to get. The U.S. earnings recession that began in the third quarter of ... Read More »
Iran’s main goal in its nuclear talks with world powers was to secure access to the global financial system, and the United States must now do more to remove obstacles to the banking sector, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday. In January, world powers led by the United ... Read More »
Shanghai – Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes eased to his sixth win a row with a comfortable victory in the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. World champion and Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished seventh after starting 22nd and last on the grid. Sebastian Vettel in a Ferrari was second ahead ... Read More »
LOS ANGELES, April 17 — Actress Jewel Staite is to reunite with her formerFirefly co-star Nathan Fillion on his mystery dramedy series Castle. Showrunners Terence Paul Winter and Alexi Hawley confirmed the casting to TVLine. Staite will appear in the May 2 episode of the ABC series. She will play ... Read More »
ST. LOUIS, April 15 — Although stuttering has baffled scientists for centuries, researchers think they’ve pinned the primary cause down to a genetic mutation, which they say could eventually lead to a treatment for the condition. Stuttering is biological in origin, though can be made worse by anxiety or stress, ... Read More »
