Risk Reduction News
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Gilead Sciences Inc.’s Viread pill reduced the risk of injected-drug users contracting the AIDS virus by half in a study in Thailand, a finding that may give public health officials a new weapon to fight HIV’s spread.
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R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was ordered to pay Vermont $8.3 million by a state-court judge who ruled that the company violated consumer-protection laws by stating that its Eclipse cigarette brand reduced health risks.
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As Aleya Begum sewed pants for 11 hours each day, vibrations from a power generator shuddered across the roof of her Dhaka garment factory.
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Inpex Corp. said it has reduced the risk of cost overruns at its $34 billion Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in Australia after Woodside Petroleum Ltd. shelved a similar plan citing ballooning expenses.
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Arcadis NV, the biggest Dutch designer of bridges and dikes, won an order to evaluate options for flood prevention in New York as the city works to avoid a repeat of the destruction last year by superstorm Sandy.
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CLS Bank International must face infringement claims filed by an Australian patent owner over ways to minimize risk in certain computerized trading platforms, a U.S. appeals court ruled today.
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Boeing Co., already struggling with the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner, is facing a possible strike by union engineers, threatening even more upheaval as it tries to fix the plane and resume deliveries to customers.
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Credit Suisse Group AG, the second- biggest Swiss bank, said it had a loss in the fourth quarter for the first time since 2008, hurt by “adverse” markets and costs to reorganize the investment bank.
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A landslide struck the storm-ravaged Philippine island of Mindanao, killing 25 miners and adding to destruction that has led to criticism of President Benigno Aquino’s leadership as the government vowed to investigate.
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The U.S. House of Representatives is preparing to resume discussion this week on the second part of an emergency spending bill to provide for recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Clearly, a significant amount of aid will be needed to repair the storm damage and help many people put their lives back together.
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