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By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent
Published: 30 November 2007
Boys as young as 12 are taking muscle-building anabolic steroids in an attempt to make themselves more attractive to girls, drugs advisers are warning.
But many teenagers who regularly abuse the drugs – traditionally associated with athletes, bodybuilders and security guards – have no idea that they […]
Cases are soaring but the onus is still on consumers to be ‘vigilant’, warns Kate Hughes
Published: 25 November 2007
Following the loss of 25 million people’s personal details by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), ID theft is on everyone’s lips. But how big a problem is it really? What are the banks and the Government […]
Internet tycoon’s IAC investment in China search services challenges Baidu.com and Google.
BEIJING (AP) — Media mogul Barry Diller said Friday his Internet conglomerate, IAC/InterActiveCorp, will invest $100 million to expand in China by creating services designed for local users.
IAC also will launch its Ask.com search engine in China within two years, Diller told reporters in […]
BEIJING, China (AP) — European companies believe China is trying to avoid fully carrying out its free-trade pledges, according to a survey released Thursday ahead of a visit by European Union leaders for talks on trade, currency and other disputes.
The report by the European Chamber of Commerce in China adds to mounting complaints that Beijing […]
By Ángel Gonzlez
Seattle Times business reporter
Fuels derived from crops are making inroads into the global energy mix, but many wonder whether the world has enough land to feed 6 billion mouths — let alone 600 million cars.
Tom Todaro, founder of Targeted Growth in Seattle, thinks a little genetics might help.
Armed with knowledge of a growth-controlling […]
Some OPEC mavericks want to switch to the euro as oil’s pricing basis. But analysts say there are several factors keeping the greenback in the game.
By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Despite calls from Iran and Venezuela - OPEC’s steadfast bashers of the U.S. government - experts say there’s little chance the […]
(CNN) — A court in Saudi Arabia increased the punishment for a gang-rape victim after her lawyer won an appeal of the sentence for the rapists, the lawyer told CNN.
The 19-year-old victim was sentenced last year to 90 lashes for meeting with an unrelated male, a former friend from whom she was retrieving photographs. The […]
By Mayumi Otsuma and Masahiro Hidaka
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) — Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Toshiro Muto said the U.S. housing recession and financial- market turmoil could hurt Japan’s economy, making it “difficult” to decide when to raise interest rates.
The central bank expects the economy to keep growing with stable prices, though “we must examine […]
NEW YORK (CNN) — Chiquita Brands International faces a $7.86 billion lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of nearly 400 Colombian families who say the company should be held responsible for the “torture and murder” of their loved ones. Attorney Jonathan Reiter said his clients are seeking “damages for terrorism, war crimes … and wrongful death.”
The […]
The Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) — Netflix Inc.’s system for recommending movies to its subscribers is proving tough to beat, as thousands of engineers and statisticians have discovered after long hours of research. Hoping to widen its lead in the online DVD rental market, Netflix last year dangled a $1 million reward to anyone […]