Posted by Linda H on 12:19:00 PM
A broad swath of the nation’s leading chief executives dropped its
opposition to tax increases on the wealthiest Americans on Tuesday,
while the White House quietly pressed Wall Street titans for their
support as well.
Before Tuesday’s about-face, the Business Roundtable had insisted that the White House extend
Bush-era tax cuts
to taxpayers of all income brackets, but the executives’ resistance
crumbled as pressure builds to find a compromise for the fiscal impasse
in Washington before the end of the year.
“We recognize that part of the solution has to be tax increases,” David
M. Cote, chief executive of Honeywell, said on a conference call with
reporters. “That’s the only thing that allows a reasonable compromise to
be reached.”
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Posted by Linda H on 7:56:00 AM
Surgery may soon be a thing of the
past for breast cancer patients, thanks to a new technique that destroys
tumours by freezing them.
A supercooled needle tip is repeatedly inserted into the cancerous tissue to turn it into a ball of ice, before it is then defrosted, leaving the tumour damaged.
Not
requiring anaesthetic, the technique can be completed in about 15
minutes and could provide a better alternative to the current method of
surgery, which requires women to stay in hospital for up to a week and
can leave scars.
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