Citi fined $2 million by Massachusetts over Facebook IPO

BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts top securities regulator said on Friday that his office fined a Citigroup Inc unit $ 2 million after research analysts improperly disclosed confidential information about Facebook Inc‘s initial public offering.William Galvin, the state’s Secretary of the Commonwealth, said the bank’s Citigroup Global Markets Group violated state securities...

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Consumers boost growth despite business caution

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Economic growth picked up in the third quarter as a late burst in consumer spending offset the first cutbacks in investment in more than a year by cautious businesses.Gross domestic product expanded at a 2 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said on Friday, accelerating from the second quarter’s 1.3 percent pace. Still,...

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¿Los pacientes oncológicos depositan demasiada esperanza en la quimioterapia?

NUEVA YORK (Reuters Health) – Una encuesta reveló que por lomenos dos tercios de los pacientes con cáncer avanzado creen que la quimioterapia que reciben los curará, aunque el tratamientosólo es paliativo.“Sus expectativas van mucho más allá de la realidad”, opinóla doctora Deborah Schrag, del Instituto de OncologíaDana-Farber, en Boston.Su...

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Swedish princess engaged to New York banker

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Another royal wedding beckons in Europe: This time it is Sweden‘s Princess Madeleine who is getting ready to tie the knot.Madeleine and her U.S.-British boyfriend Christopher O’Neill announced their engagement on the royal palace website on Thursday. The 30-year-old Madeleine is the youngest of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen...

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