When Companies Buy Back Their Shares
More and more companies are buying back their own stock. In recent months, Caterpillar announced a $7.5 billion buyback, while Xerox said that it would purchase $500 million worth of its shares.
Print Issue: April 01, 2007
Researchers: Aspirin Resistance Real
SAN FRANCISCO—Aspirin resistance is real and it is associated with higher risk of cardiovascular- and cerebrovascular events.
Non-Surgical Varicocele Repair Works
SEATTLE—Non-surgical transcatheter retrograde sclerotherapy of male varicocele is highly effective and enables more rapid recovery than surgery, researchers reported here at the Society of Interventional Radiology annual meeting.
Investing in Good Corporate Citizens
For decades, banks managing pensions and other institutions have practiced “social investing,” picking stocks in companies that meet ethical criteria. In the 1970s, some public pensions shunned IBM because the company did business in apartheid-era South Africa.
Damages Cap Faces Constitutional Challenge
The constitutionality of Illinois’ limit on certain damage awards is being challenged by a plaintiff’s attorney in a Cook County circuit court.
Would-Be Dads Should Avoid Hot Tubs
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that immersion in hot water adversely affects male fertility.
Surgeon Mistakes Kidney for Gallbladder
A Massachusetts surgeon will be operating under supervision for the next five years because he removed the wrong organ.
CRP Predicts PD-Associated Peritonitis Outcomes
Higher levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are independently associated with adverse outcomes in peritonitis associated with peritoneal dialysis (PD), according to Canadian researchers.
Encouraging Dietary Self-Monitoring
It can be burdensome for dialysis patients to record their nutrient intake; PDAs may help.
Prostate Cancer Risk Higher in Blacks than Whites
Prostate cancer is three times more likely to develop in black men than white men in the United Kingdom, although the risk is lower than that of black men in the United States, researchers in England conclude.
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