'Give it a go, Joe': Pittsburgh union crowd cheers on Biden
The vice president hears supportive chants at a Labor Day parade in Pittsburgh.
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Ohio State defeats Virginia Tech 42-24, proves it's still team to beat
Ohio State is better than it was a year ago. As crazy as that seems, the defending national champions took the field for their season opener against Virginia Tech on Monday and left with a dominating 42-24 victory.
Ohio hospital separates Ugandan conjoined twins
Acen and Apio Akello of Uganda, who had been joined at the pelvic and hip region, were successfully separated on Thursday, Nationwide Children’s Hospital said. Three-dimensional modeling was used to help the neurosurgeons divide their intertwined spinal cords, said Dr. Gail Besner, chief of pediatric surgery at the hospital. The sisters are the fourth set of conjoined twins the hospital has separated successfully since 1978, it said.
GE wins U.S., European antitrust approval to buy Alstom unit
General Electric won U.S. and European antitrust approval to buy Alstom’s power unit on condition that some of the French company’s assets would be sold. Both the U.S. Justice Department and European Union announced on Tuesday that they would approve the 12.4-billion-euro ($13.9 billion) deal on condition that Alstom subsidiary Power Systems Manufacturing would be divested. The unit, which provides aftermarket parts and services for gas turbines, will be sold
Concordia Healthcare boosts drug portfolio with $1.9 billion deal
Canada’s Concordia Healthcare Corp said it would buy Amdipharm Mercury Ltd from private equity firm Cinven for $1.9 billion, boosting its portfolio of drugs to 200 from 20 and giving it a foothold in overseas markets. Amdipharm Mercury, created with the merger of Mercury Pharma and Amdipharm in 2012, buys off-patent drugs from big pharma companies such as Novartis AG , GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Abbott Laboratories and sells them in
New Sierra Leone Ebola cases frustrate efforts to end outbreak
Sierra Leone has recorded four new cases of Ebola in a village on its northern border and will likely see more infections in a further setback to efforts to end an 18-month West African epidemic, a senior health official said on Tuesday. The new cases recorded since the start of the weekend in Sella Kaffta, a village in Kambia District, were all individuals who came into direct contact with a
GE power chief Bolze says 'ready to roll' on Alstom deal
GE won European approval on Tuesday for the roughly $13.5 billion acquisition, the largest purchase in its history, 16 months after first announcing it. Steve Bolze, the CEO of GE Power & Water, said the company was targeting a close for the deal “as early as possible” in the fourth quarter.
Greg: Murray missing Mauresmo?
Greg Rusedski has questioned whether Andy Murray missed having the calming presence of Amelie Mauresmo in his corner following his US Open defeat to Kevin Anderson.
Transfer Centre LIVE!
Check out our blog for all of Tuesday’s transfer news and gossip, with Man Utd’s James Wilson linked with a loan move to Derby.
Davies: Wales squad can cope
Sky Sports’ Jonathan Davies says his heart goes out to Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb, but believes the squad is still strong enough to make it into the quarter-finals of the World Cup.