Posts Tagged ‘science’

Discovered in a New Town attic, the 205-year-old news of Nelson’s victory

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

A RARE poster proclaiming Nelson's historic victory at Trafalgar is expected to fetch more than £10,000 at auction next week after being discovered in the attic of a home

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Discovered in a New Town attic, the 205-year-old news of Nelson's victory

Genzyme rejects Sanofi offer as long battle looms

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Biotech company Genzyme Inc rejected an $18.5 billion buyout offer from French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA on Monday, setting the stage for a protracted and potentially hostile takeover battle.

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Genzyme rejects Sanofi offer, long battle looms

Monday, August 30th, 2010

U.S. biotech group Genzyme rejected an $18.5 billion takeover proposal by French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis on Monday, setting up what could be a protracted battle.

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Genzyme breaks silence to rebuff Sanofi

Monday, August 30th, 2010

U.S. biotech Genzyme broke its five-week silence to reject an $18.5 billion takeover proposal by French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis on Monday, dismissing it as opportunistic and too low.

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Time takes its toll on Latvia’s ‘Old Believers’

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

There are little more than a dozen residents left in as many wooden homes in this hamlet tucked away from civilisation in eastern Latvia. All are Old Believers, a faith struggling to survive.

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Time takes its toll on Latvia's 'Old Believers'

Sanofi-Aventis makes $18.5 billion offer for Genzyme

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

France's Sanofi-Aventis on Sunday publicly disclosed its $18.5 billion, $69-per-share cash offer for Genzyme Corp in a bid to rouse shareholders after failing to engage the U.S. biotechnology company in merger talks.

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Battling the Boys: Educators Grapple with Violent Play

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

In her 30 years as a kindergarten teacher in Illinois and Massachusetts, Jane Katch has watched graham crackers, a pretzel, celery, tree bark and fingers all become transformed into imaginary guns and other weapons. And she has learned to work with, rather than against, the violent boyhood fantasies that accompany these transformations.

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Battling the Boys: Educators Grapple with Violent Play

Mystery Science Theater 2010: Riffer Madness!

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

The other Thursday, as people walked in early to one of the 500 theaters where the RiffTrax demolition of Reefer Madness was scheduled to play, they found one of those pre-show movie trivia games in progress on-screen.

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Mystery Science Theater 2010: Riffer Madness!

HP enters talks with 3PAR in bidding war with Dell

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

3PAR Inc said on Tuesday it will start merger talks with Hewlett-Packard Co after HP's $1.6 billion offer for the data storage company trumped a bid by its smaller rival Dell Inc.

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Osho Viha Distributes New Timeless and Always-Contemporary Osho Books

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Osho Viha expands inventory of Osho books with two new dynamic and exciting book series available with an original talk by Osho on DVD.

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