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St. Jude Medical Inc.’s Durata lead, the wire used to connect life-saving defibrillators to the heart, proved safe and reliable in an independent review that should ease concerns about its use, researchers said.
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The Canadian Auto Workers is concentrating on negotiations with Ford Motor Co. as the union looks to reach a deal that will set the outlines for agreements with General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC and avoid its first strike against a U.S.-based automaker in 16 years.
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Nokia Oyj hired Stephen Elop , the head of Microsoft Corp. ’s business unit, as chief executive officer, seeking to reclaim ground lost to Apple Inc. that has wiped $61 billion off its market value.
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Stephen Harper’s government will examine a broad pool of candidates to replace Mark Carney as Bank of Canada Governor, and won’t let a tight timeframe deter it from looking beyond internal candidates such as Senior Deputy Governor Tiff Macklem, according to a person with knowledge of the process.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Sanofi- Aventis SA ’s hypertension drug Avapro failed to prevent complications such as heart attacks or lower death rates when given to people with erratic heart rhythms in a trial.
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Middle-aged men who pop a multivitamin every day for a decade aren’t likely to reduce their heart disease risk as a result, researchers found.
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Pfizer Inc. ’s experimental blood thinner apixaban beat aspirin in a study that may open the door to a $10 billion-a-year market to prevent clots that cause strokes and deadly lung damage.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Pfizer Inc. ended a trial of an experimental blood thinner after a panel found “clear evidence” the drug, apixaban, helped reduce stroke risk in patients with irregular heart beats.
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The bacteria responsible for the Black Death that killed a third of Europe’s population from 1347 to 1351 has changed little since then as health and hygiene advances held it in check, scientists said.
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Nokia Oyj , the world’s biggest mobile-phone maker, may post its smallest third-quarter profit since 2001, underscoring Chief Executive Officer Stephen Elop ’s challenge to claw back share from Apple Inc. and Google Inc.
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