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Carnival Cruise to spend $300 mln on ship safety
April 17 (Reuters) – Carnival Corp’s Carnival Cruise Lines plans to spend $ 300 million to improve emergency power and fire safety mechanisms following a series of mishaps that have curtailed cruises…
FDA advisory panel to reconsider Avandia safety
(Reuters) – A federal health advisory panel in June will reconsider safety data on GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s Avandia diabetes drug, although the British drugmaker on Friday said it has not sought permission to make the nearly discontinued drug widely available again … Continue reading
China asks North Korea to ensure safety of its nationals
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – China deplored rising tension on the Korean peninsula on Sunday but said its embassy was operating normally in the North Korean capital and it asked authorities there to ensure its diplomats and other citizens were kept safe.
Obama renews budget offer to cut social safety nets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama raised anew the issue of cutting entitlements such as Medicare and Social Security as a way out of damaging budget cuts, a White House official said on Sunday, as both sides in Washington tried … Continue reading
Obama renews budget offer to cut social safety nets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama raised anew the issue of cutting entitlements such as Medicare and Social Security as a way out of damaging budget cuts, a White House official said on Sunday, as both sides in Washington tried … Continue reading
UPDATE 1-First spill trial witness: BP put cost cuts over safety
NEW ORLEANS, Feb 26 (Reuters) – BP Plc fostered a culture that put cost-cutting over safety before the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a noted forensic engineer said in the first day of testimony in the federal civil … Continue reading
Nominee to lead Treasury values social safety net
When Jack Lew became President Obama’s budget director, he removed from his new office a portrait of Alexander Hamilton, the nation’s first Treasury secretary and the father of American finance, and put up paintings of New York City by jobless … Continue reading
Pedestrian safety program prevents student injuries
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fewer kids were injured during early morning and after school hours once new traffic lights, pedestrian signals and speed bumps were put around New York City schools, according to a new study.
New food safety rules aim for more accountability
(Reuters) – U.S. regulators proposed new food safety rules on Friday that aim to make food processors and farms more accountable for reducing foodborne illnesses that kill or sicken thousands of Americans annually.
Shanghai to enact strict new food safety law – Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shanghai will introduce tough new laws to blacklist firms that flout food safety laws, the official Xinhua news agency reported, a significant move in China’s consumer hub to end the food scandals that in recent years have … Continue reading