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Tong Ren Tang Chinese Medicine Doubles on Debut: Hong Kong Mover

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Beijing Tong Ren Tang Chinese Medicine Co. more than doubled from the offer price on its first day of trading in Hong Kong amid speculation the seller of traditional drugs and health products will boost profitability. The shares rose to HK$7.01 at the midday trading break in the city, about 2.3 times the offer price of HK$3.04 Continue reading →

Health care law creates funding cuts, challenges for Macon hospital

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Central Georgia Health System Inc. in Macon is facing about $200 million in funding cuts over a 10-year period under the new health care law. It is one of 1,500 hospitals across the country known as safety net providers who care for a large number of uninsured patients Continue reading →

NASA chooses all-sky planet hunter, neutron star watcher for liftoff in 2017

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MIT An artist’s conception shows the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, in space. (Planets not to scale.) By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News NASA has selected two new space missions for launch in 2017:a satellite that can scan the entire sky for exoplanets and a space station experiment that can monitor cosmic X-ray emissions. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the Neutron-star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) won out at the end of a selection process that took more than two years Continue reading →

NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Stalled by Glitch

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NASA’s prolific planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has been placed in a precautionary “safe mode” after engineers noticed a problem with the instrument’s orientation mechanism. The Kepler telescope went into safe mode on Jan. 17 for a planned 10 days, during which time the telescope’s reaction wheels spinning devices used by the observatory to maintain its position in space will be rested. Continue reading →

President Obama Offers Love and Support For Connecticut Elementary School Shooting – Video

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President Obama Offers Love and Support For Connecticut Elementary School Shooting NEWTOWN, Conn. mdash; He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and girls turned the commander in chief into another parent in grief, searching for answers. Alone on a spare stage after the worst day of his tenure, President Barack Obama declared Sunday he will use “whatever power” he has to prevent shootings like the Connecticut school massacre Continue reading →

'Rogue' Planet Found Roaming

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Astronomers have discovered a potential “rogue” alien planet wandering alone just 100 light-years from Earth, suggesting that such starless worlds may be extremely common across the galaxy. The free-floating object, called CFBDSIR2149, is likely a gas giant planet four to seven times more massive than Jupiter, scientists say in a new study unveiled Tuesday. Continue reading →

Gigantic orphan planet: Homeless world hurtles through space without star

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The free-floating object, called CFBDSIR2149, is likely a gas giant planet four to seven times more massive than Jupiter. Astronomers have discovered a potential “rogue” alien planet wandering alone just 100 light-years from Earth, suggesting that such starless worlds may be extremely common across the galaxy. Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS of The Christian Science Monitor Weekly Digital Edition The free-floating object, called CFBDSIR2149, is likely a gas giant planet four to seven times more massive thanJupiter, scientists say in a new study unveiled today (Nov Continue reading →

Alien orphan: Rogue planet found floating without star

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Astronomers have discovered a potential “rogue” alien planet wandering alone just 100 light-years from Earth, suggesting that such starless worlds may be extremely common across the galaxy. The free-floating object, called CFBDSIR2149, is likely a gas giant planet four to seven times more massive than Jupiter, scientists say in a new study unveiled today (Nov. 14). Continue reading →

Liberty Tax to Report Fiscal 2013 Second Quarter Results on December 4

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– JTH Holding, Inc. (TAX) the parent company of Liberty Tax Service, will report fiscal 2013 second quarter results on Tuesday, December 4, before the market opens. At that time, a copy of the press release will be available on the companys investor relations website at www.libertytax.com. Continue reading →

Nanotech Security Secures First Patent in Optical Nanotechnology for Security and Authentication

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Patents Demonstrate that Nanotechs Highly Sophisticated Security Feature is the First to use Nanotechnology to Fight Counterfeiting Vancouver, British Columbia, November 5th, 2012: Nanotech Security Corp. (the Company) (TSX-V:NTS.V – News), developer of next-generation security and authentication products based on nanotechnology, announces the successful granting of a parent-patent. Continue reading →

Liberty Mutual Insurance Cancels Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call Due to Severe Weather Disruptions

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BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Due to the severe weather disruptions affecting most of the East Coast of the United States today and tomorrow, Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc., the parent corporation of the Liberty Mutual Insurance group of entities (the Company), has cancelled the Companys third quarter earnings conference call, scheduled for October 30, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. The earnings release, financial results and other supplemental information will be available on the website www.libertymutual.com/investors as soon as possible. Continue reading →