Barrick Gold (ABX) Stock Is Down Today Amid Declining Gold Prices

April 22, 2015 REAL ESTATE

Canadian grocer Metro interested in Target stores

(Reuters) – Metro Inc said it was interested in some of the stores being sold by Target Corp , becoming the second Canadian retailer to look at the stores the U.S. retailer leaves behind after its exit from Canada. Target exited Canada after a two-year struggle related to logistics and resources that left its stores poorly stocked. “There are a few of those stores that could be of interest to

April 22, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

DuPont buys microbiome firm, seeks edge in emerging crop products

DuPont’s announcement on Wednesday did not disclose how much it is paying for Taxon Biosciences Inc, but said the 15-year-old company brings a “broad intellectual property estate” that will contribute to new DuPont seed treatments, and foliar and soil applications for row crops, fruits and vegetables. DuPont’s move is the latest in a string of acquisitions and expansions by the world’s largest agrichemical companies to harness microbes, plant extracts and

April 22, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Activist plans Earth Day swim in polluted New York City canal

By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) – An environmental activist planned on Wednesday to swim nearly two miles in a New York City canal described by the top U.S. environmental agency as among the nation’s “most extensively contaminated” bodies of water. Christopher Swain, a clean-water activist, said his swim in the Gowanus Canal aims to mark Earth Day and is an effort to press for speedier cleaning of the notoriously

April 22, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Worry may drive low-risk cancer patients to want double mastectomy

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Half of women with cancer in one breast – but no gene mutations that increase their risk – are interested in removing their healthy breast to avoid a second cancer there, a small survey finds. Women with less cancer knowledge and greater worry about developing a new tumor were most likely to want the preventive removal of the healthy breast. But after talking to