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Minor tears in the retina are nothing to be worried about, says Downing StreetGordon Brown has suffered two tears to the retina of his remaining good eye, Downing Street disclosed yesterday, days before the start of what is set to be a challenging new parliamentary session.The tearing, said to be minor, was detected during what his office called a 'regular' test at the specialist Moorfields Eye hospital in London. Brown lost the sight in his left eye after a rugby accident as a teenager: surgeons saved the right eye, but he needs regular check-ups and is understood to have limited vision.Downing Street insisted his vision was not affected by the latest complications and that he did not need surgery, adding: 'His eyesight has not deteriorated and there is nothing to stop him getting on with the job.'A spokesman declined to be drawn on whether the prime minister had undergone a non-surgical procedure such as laser treatment. The news comes as Brown faces a fresh crisis over parliamentary

PHOENIX and SAN CARLOS, Calif., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) presented topline data today from its Phase 2 clinical trial of oral NKTR-118 at the American Academy of Pain Management's (AAPM) 20th Annual Clinical Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. NKTR-118, an oral peripherally-acting opioid antagonist, is a late stage investigational product candidate in clinical development for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation. NKTR-118 was developed by Nektar, utilizing its proprietary small molecule advanced polymer conjugate technology platform.

Co-Host Brad Forsythe interviews author and entrepreneur Lynda Resnick. She is Vice Chairman of Roll International. Dubbed the "POM Queen," she is behind the marketing success of POM Wonderful, the wildly popular 100% pomegranate juice that created an entirely new product category out of a fickle and obscure fruit. Resnick and her husband Stewart also own Teleflora (the world's largest floral-by-wire company), FIJI Water (the leading imported bottled water brand in the United States), Paramount Farms and Paramount Citrus Companies. Resnick is Vice Chairman of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Board of Trustees. She serves on the executive boards of The Aspen Institute, UCLA Medical Sciences, the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Milken Family Foundation, and is a trustee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Resnick reveals her secrets for creating memorable brands and pioneering fresh approaches to launch and promote them in her best-selling book, Rubies in the Orchard:

UAE. Dubai Courts has issued an imprisonment ruling against six foreign nationals convicted of engaging in 'parallel imports' - importing a non-counterfeit (grey) product from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner.

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IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Michigan Forest Products Council (MFPC) announced that the Honorable Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) received the Tuebor Award from the MFPC's Board of Directors.

The day trading margin is a common method in the forex market where traders buy and sell currencies as dollars, pounds, euros, yen and so on. The profit possibility in this peculiar market is based on the fluctuation of the different currencies. This fluctuation is the consequence of from daily forecasts of the gross domestic product of the world nations and other factors that influence the value of a currency as the political stability, the inflation rates, official economic reports and the general economic conditions.

Congress responded to cries for better consumer protection this summer with legislation to create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency which would regulate mortgages, credit and debit cards and other financial products. The House Financial Services Committee will take up the reforms Wednesday, but there are already concerns that the reforms are being watered down. Host Scott Simon talks with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera.

If you were a seller, how far would you go to sell your product? It's a simple question, but with an insanely complicated answer. Let's take one of the hottest-selling electronic gizmos around: the...

Several hundred members of Ireland's environmentalist Green Party voted Saturday on whether to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen's coalition government or trigger an early election in a country reeling from rising debt and unemployment. The vote is on a new... Sponsored Topics: Ireland - Government - Coalition government - Society and Culture - Politics