E-signing law seen as a boon to e-business

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Analysts expect that the new law letting businesses and consumers sign legally binding accords with electronic signatures will increase the speed at which electronic businesses develop. The new process, called 'e-signing,' will likely give rise to many personal identification technologies that can serve as alternatives to writing ones name on paper.

Laws, regulations and rules, Electronic commerce, E-commerce, Digital signatures, Digital signatures (Authentication), Digital signature

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Criticism of Drug May Leave Pfizer Awash in Lawsuits

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Evidence showing that Cox-2 inhibitors Vioxx, Celebrex, and Bextra increase the risk of heart attacks has led to several class action lawsuits. As a result, stock prices of drug companies Merck and Company Inc. and Pfizer Inc. have dropped sharply.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Strategy & planning, Sales, profits & dividends, Product information, Pharmaceutical preparations, Securities issued, listed, Labor Distribution by Employer, Planning, Class actions (Civil procedure), Product defects and recalls, Class action lawsuits, Pharmaceutical industry, Causes of, Complications and side effects, Risk factors, Statistics, Securities, Company sales and earnings, Pfizer Inc., Heart attack, COX-2 inhibitors, Company earnings/profit, Dosage and administration, PFE, Company securities, Company product planning, Company business planning, Celebrex (Medication), Vioxx (Medication), Merck & Company Inc., Bextra (Medication)

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Doctors Use Nanotechnology to Improve Health Care

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Medical research, which often already operates in nanoscales, will benefit from developments in nanotechnology, but many improvements are years away.

Product development, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Research and Testing Services, HEALTH SERVICES, Medical Research, Epilepsy & Muscle Disease R&D, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Research Programs, Economic aspects, Forecasts and trends, Health care industry, Market trend/market analysis, Nanotechnology, Industry forecasts, Medicine, Experimental

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