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Did you take your pill today? Express Scripts Inc. had its eye on people like you, and it plans to send reminders to absent-minded and reluctant patients.
The giant pharmacy benefit management company said Monday it is launching “ScreenRx,” a computer program that can predict which patients won’t take […]
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The European Central Bank will restart its controversial government bond purchases rather than offer banks another round of unlimited three-year loans as the sovereign debt crisis worsens, a survey of economists shows.
Of 22 economists polled this week, 17 predicted the ECB will be forced to resume the Securities Markets Program (ECBCSMP), while only one […]
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Federal health officials say they still have safety concerns about an experimental diet pill from drugmaker Vivus Inc., as the company prepares to make a second attempt to convince experts of the drug’s safety next week.
Vivus, based in Mountain View, Calif., is one of three small drugmakers racing to bring the first new prescription weight […]
Costa Crociere SpA is offering uninjured passengers euro11,000 ($14,460) apiece to compensate them for lost baggage and psychological trauma after its cruise ship ran aground and capsized off Tuscany when the captain deviated from his route.
Costa, a unit of the world’s biggest cruise operator, the Miami-based Carnival Corp., also said it would reimburse passengers the […]
A Spanish savings bank has fired two directors and is investigating two former executives for allegedly syphoning off euro20 million ($26.5 million) into secret pension funds, the bank said Saturday.
The board of directors of Caixa Penedes bank had “required the departure” of its president, Ricard Pages, and director general Manuel Troyano. It said both men […]
Move over maple, there’s another syrup in town.
Maple syrup might be the ultimate Canadian culinary symbol, but if Dave Challen has his way, we’ll be turning to birch syrup for our dose of tree-based sweetness.
“There are a lot more birch trees in Canada than there are maple,” said Challen, owner of Thunder Bay-based Boreal Birch […]
Finance officials and experts gathered in Italy mostly agreed Saturday that Europe needs deeper political union to preserve the troubled euro _ even though persistent national identities made the prospect politically unlikely in the near future.
Speakers at the annual Ambrosetti forum labored to articulate the emerging existential dilemma: Monetary union struggles without central budget control, […]
The U.S. may have avoided a possible debt default by passing a bill to raise the country’s borrowing limit. But it might not enough to maintain its coveted AAA debt rating, according to Fitch Ratings.
On Tuesday, Fitch said the agreement to raise the debt ceiling and make spending cuts was an important first step but […]
NEW YORK — The creator of “FarmVille” and “FrontierVille” is ditching the “ville” suffix for its latest Facebook game, “Empires & Allies.”
The game from Zynga is set to launch Wednesday. It is like a mix of the classic strategy game “Risk” and “CityVille,” where players oversee virtual cities. Unlike the company’s other games, which give […]