Latest news about Mesothelioma
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At the AGM: Mr Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Steel, and Mr James Leng, Deputy Chairman, at the company's AGM in Mumbai on Thursday.
28 Aug 2008, 1:33 pm | click here for more
Biden move had 'intersection of interests' (USA Today)
Sen. Joe Biden worked to defeat a bipartisan bill designed to curb asbestos lawsuits at a time his son's law firm was filing them in Delaware and a former aide was lobbying against the measure, according to public records and interviews.
27 Aug 2008, 7:25 am | click here for more
51-year Southbury fire veteran dies Thursday (Republican-American)
SOUTHBURY -- Lester "Les" Cable, a 51-year veteran of the Southbury Volunteer Firemen's Association, died Thursday. He was 74.
28 Aug 2008, 10:54 am | click here for more
The Comet (The Comet)
A CANCER charity is appealing to people to take part in a fundraising coffee morning.
28 Aug 2008, 4:56 am | click here for more
HOME PAGE (The Hindu)
No special dispensation for LIC in new investment norms IRDA for phased dilution of investments. Hyderabad, Aug. 28 The new investment norms announced by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) will apply to every entities in the insurance industry, including Life Insurance ...
28 Aug 2008, 1:30 pm | click here for more
A rare survival story in a brush with a rare and deadly cancer (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Heather Von St. James calls herself "the poster child for wish after meso." She has been disease free for 2 1/2 years after a radical surgery and treatment for the asbestos-related cancer -- mesothelioma.
26 Aug 2008, 11:52 pm | click here for more
HOME PAGE (The Hindu)
CLB says it has no jurisdiction to decide on Zandu-Emami case Mumbai, Aug. 27 Ayurveda products-maker Zandu Pharmaceutical’s petition on the takeover moves by Emami Ltd has been dismissed by the Company Law Board (CLB), saying that the Board had no jurisdiction on the issue. ...
28 Aug 2008, 1:33 pm | click here for more
Cancer MP John MacDougall was suing the government (Times Online)
The Labour MP John MacDougall, whose death prompted the latest by-election to threaten Gordon Brown’s premiership, was suing the government for refusing to pay compensation for the illness that killed him.
28 Aug 2008, 6:09 pm | click here for more
The Bidens And The Law Firm (Hartford Courant)
Family's Financial Ties Could Prove Troublesome For VP Hopeful When Joe Biden's brother and son wanted to buy a hedge fund company two years ago, they turned for financing to a law firm that had lobbied the Delaware senator's office on an important piece of business in Congress — and in fact had just benefited from his vote. The firm promised James and Hunter Biden that it would invest $2 ...
28 Aug 2008, 7:39 am | click here for more
CENTRAL PA NEWS (The Patriot-News)
Even as a teenager, Cory Johns appeared headed for success. In the summer of 1991, shortly after graduating from Upper Dauphin High School, Johns and his friends started raising funds to help their cancer-stricken classmate, Erik Witmer, when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma.
27 Aug 2008, 11:21 pm | click here for more