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  • British lawmakers raise pressure on Pfizer over AstraZeneca bid

    British lawmakers raise pressure on Pfizer over AstraZeneca bid

    By William James and Guy Faulconbridge, Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers on Tuesday summoned bosses of U.S. drugmaker Pfizer to explain a $106 billion takeover bid for pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca which has raised fears over UK jobs...

  • Housing Slowdown Hits Large Banks

    As mortgage loan application and origination volumes continue to fall, large banks are paying the price of the slowdown. The overall volume of new mortgages fell 23 percent to $226 billion in the...

  • Why U.S. Latinos Are Heading to Mexico for Health Care

    By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News

    TIJUANA, Mexico – Irma Montalvo signed up for a health plan through California's new insurance exchange last month, getting coverage for the first time in eight years. But when she needed treatment...

  • Pfizer signals open to hostile option for AstraZeneca

    Pfizer signals open to hostile option for AstraZeneca

    By Ransdell Pierson and Bill Berkrot, Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's top officials said on Monday they are weighing all strategies, including potential hostile maneuvers, in the company's effort to seal a $106 billion takeover of...

  • First U.S. MERS patient improving, gets ready for discharge

    First U.S. MERS patient improving, gets ready for discharge

    By Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters

    MUNSTER, Indiana (Reuters) - The first U.S. patient to test positive for the often deadly MERS virus is off supplemental oxygen and walking around his hospital room in Munster, Indiana, as health...