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Cancer Treatment – New Experimental Drug Crizotinib Found To Be Effective In Treating Cancerous Growths

Cancer Treatment – New Experimental Drug Crizotinib Found To Be Effective In Treating Cancerous Growths

The results of a recent study, conducted by researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, highlighted the importance of using treatment strategies that are personalized to individual patients in the treatment of genetically defined cancers. The researchers reported that they had managed to achieve significant results in terms treating a rare and aggressive form of soft-tissue [...]

October 29 2010 | Posted in Health | Read More »

Credit Card Interest Rates – New Report Reveals Increase In Average Annual Percentage Rate

Credit Card Interest Rates – New Report Reveals Increase In Average Annual Percentage Rate

The latest credit card rate report published by CreditCards.com indicates that there has been a marked increase in the national average interest rate of new credit cards over the course of this week. This report, compiled by CreditCards.com, considered around one hundred different credit cards belonging to several different categories of credit cards, most of [...]

October 29 2010 | Posted in Finance | Read More »

Gold Trading – New Website Offers Investors Opportunity To Purchase Gold At 10% Below Spot Pricing

Gold Trading – New Website Offers Investors Opportunity To Purchase Gold At 10% Below Spot Pricing

With investor interest in gold and other precious metals increasing significantly as a result of the recent troubles with the stock market and the real estate market, D.R.E.A.M. System, LLC has just launched a new website which allows investors to purchase gold directly from mines, at prices well below spot pricing. The new website, Get24kt.com, [...]

October 29 2010 | Posted in Finance | Read More »

Glucosamine Supplements Increase Risk Of Diabetes – New Study

Glucosamine Supplements Increase Risk Of Diabetes – New Study

The results of a recent study conducted by scientists at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Université Laval in Quebec, Canada, indicate that high doses or the prolonged use of dietary glucosamine supplements could result in the death of pancreatic cells, which could in turn lead to a significant increase in the risk of developing [...]

October 29 2010 | Posted in Health | Read More »

Sun Life Financial Inc. Sells Life Reinsurance Business To Berkshire Hathaway Life Co. Of Nebraska

Sun Life Financial Inc. Sells Life Reinsurance Business To Berkshire Hathaway Life Co. Of Nebraska

Sun Life Financial Inc., a leading international financial services organization, which provides a wide range of financial products and services to customers across the world, recently released details of an agreement whereby its subsidiary, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, would sell its life reinsurance business to Berkshire Hathaway Life Co. of Nebraska. The sale [...]

October 29 2010 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Mortgage Rates – New Data Shows Mortgage Rates Increasing Again

Mortgage Rates – New Data Shows Mortgage Rates Increasing Again

The latest mortgage rate data released by LendingTree, LLC through their Weekly Mortgage Rate Pulse indicate that mortgage rates may be on their way back up after the recent record lows. The average rate offered by lenders within the LendingTree network of lenders this week for 30-year fixed mortgages was 4.32% (which works out to [...]

October 29 2010 | Posted in Finance | Read More »

Ameris Bank (NASDAQ:ABCB) Acquires First Bank Of Jacksonville

Ameris Bank (NASDAQ:ABCB) Acquires First Bank Of Jacksonville

Ameris Bank (NASDAQ:ABCB) announced today a definitive agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) to assume the deposits and certain assets of First Bank of Jacksonville, a full-service bank with two branches located in Jacksonville, Florida.  The Florida Office of Financial Regulation declared First Bank of Jacksonville closed today and appointed the FDIC as [...]

October 26 2010 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Forex Trading – Interbank FX’s Parent Company Opens Subsidiary In Australia

Forex Trading – Interbank FX’s Parent Company Opens Subsidiary In Australia

IBFX Holdings LLC, parent company of leading U.S. forex broker Interbank FX LLC, celebrates today the launch of its Australian subsidiary office, IBFX Australia Pty Ltd. Licensed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), IBFX Australia offers comprehensive services for retail and institutional customers and will accommodate the expanding forex operations for the Pacific [...]

October 26 2010 | Posted in Finance | Read More »

Cord Blood Banking – New Cord Plus Placenta Stem Cell Preservation Process A Significant Improvement

Cord Blood Banking – New Cord Plus Placenta Stem Cell Preservation Process A Significant Improvement

The Americord Registry recently released details of its revolutionary placenta stem cell preservation process, known as Cord Plus, which is able to preserve almost ten times as many stem cells from the placenta than the number of stem cells usually contained in a unit of cord blood. This new preservation process could significantly improve the [...]

October 25 2010 | Posted in Health | Read More »

Pennsylvania Securities Commission Issues Warning to Potential Gold Investors

Pennsylvania Securities Commission Issues Warning to Potential Gold Investors

Due to the increased investor interest in gold that has been created as a result of the instability of other markets, regulators in several states across America, including the Pennsylvania Securities Commission (PSC), have issued warnings to potential investors in gold regarding the safety of these investments. Robert Lam, the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Securities [...]

October 25 2010 | Posted in Finance | Read More »