The FDA has rejected Vivus Inc.’s diet pill Qnexa. This would have been just the first prescription diet pill to be approved by the FDA in over a decade. It also marks the second time in two weeks that a weight loss pill has been nixed by the FDA. Another pill, Meridia, was taken off [...]
Brett Favre’s left ankle must be feeling better as he has returned to the practice field on Friday. Favre’s ankle has two fractures, sustained in last Sunday nights game against the Green Bay Packers. At least one of the fractures came as Favre was hit by Packers linebacker Brad Jones as he was throwing a [...]
Boosted by higher sales of Windows and Office software, Microsoft Corporation announced on Thursday that it’s net income rose 51%. Income rose to $5.4 billion for the first quarter, which ended September 30 up from $3.6 billion from the same period in 2009. Microsoft said the sales of their Windows operating system and Office products [...]
The light hitting San Francisco Giants were able to get their bats hot while facing one of the stingiest post season pitchers of all time. The Giants scored seven runs, six earned, against Texas Rangers pitcher Cliff Lee who had previously been unbeaten in the post season. The final score was 11-7. Prior to Wednesday [...]
The stock market fell on Wednesday with the Dow down 43.18. Although the NASDAQ did move up 5.97 points, investors were cautious about how aggressive the Fed would act to get the economy back on its feet. Investors were worried about the fact that the Fed will likely spend a few hundred billion dollars on [...]
QR Codes, or Quick Response codes, are two dimensional codes that can be scanned by smart phones that have a bar code scanner app installed. The codes can be used to send visitors to videos, urls, text, music, or photos. It is a technology that was created in 1994 by Denso-Wave in Japan and has [...]
Business jet operator, JetSuite Air, has started introducing lower air fares as a way to get business to pick up. The charter operator, led by Chief Executive Alex Wilcox, believes that they can get passengers to come from commercial airlines to their charter operation by offering lower fares for shorter flights. JetSuite began operations in [...]
In a game that was dominated by the New York Giants much more that the 41-35 final score would indicate, the Dallas Cowboys were dealt what was probably the death blow to their season as quarterback Tony Romo broke his left collarbone. Romo is expected to miss 6-8 weeks from the hit by linebacker Michael [...]
Frank Caprio, the Democratic candidate for governor in Rhode Island said that President Barack Obama can ‘shove it’ when he learned that Obama will not be endorsing him in this years race. The White House said yesterday that they will not be endorsing anyone in the Rhode Island governor race. Caprio is seen as more [...]
NPR Chief Executive Vivian Schiller, on Monday, apologized for the way that the firing of Juan Williams was handled. Schiller made it clear that she is not sorry for the firing itself, she just regrets how it happened. Schiller said that NPR’s decision to fire Williams was “made to protect NPR’s integrity and values as [...]
