Raytheon to buy Hughes Electronics for 9.5 billion
Raytheon Co. won the bid to acquire Hughes Electronics defense unit from General Motors in a 9.5 billion deal making Raytheon the third largest US defense contractor behind Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The transaction adds Hughes missiles radar and heat imaging tech, with 40,000 Hughes employees and about 21 billion in annual revenue for the combined firm.
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Hughes
Hughes Defense
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Hughes Defense Unit
Hughes Aircraft
Raytheon Defense
Boeing
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Defense Electronics
Texas Instruments Inc
Texas Instruments
Lexington
Mass
John C. Weaver
Raytheon Hughes Systems
Man seeks brain implant to slow ALS progression
Sibley a 39 year old Alabama real estate agent with ALS agreed to a brain implant delivering GDNF via a catheter to his frontal lobe hoping to extend life beyond three years. The trial, announced at the University of Miami, involves monthly injections and may take years to assess, with 24 others nationwide set to join. The risk includes possible brain hemorrhage, and results are not guaranteed.
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Lou Gehrig
Sibley
Birmingham
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Miami
University of Miami
Walter Bradley
Amgen
Medtronic
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
Bradwane
Lou Sibley
Sees Gehrig
Colorado
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Cadet asks governor to grant furlough for rapist father
Anchorage report details Adam Ake, top West Point cadet and Rhodes scholar, requesting Gov. Knowles to allow his imprisoned father Kenneth Ake a weekend furlough to attend May 31 graduation. The governor refused, citing state law and the father's incomplete treatment program. Kenneth Ake, a former gynecologist, is serving a 10-year term for rape of five patients.
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Adam Ake
West Point
Ake
Tony Knowles
King
Kenneth Ake
Water soaked homes linked to infant deaths in fungus exposure
CDC says water damaged Ohio homes harbor Stachybotrys atra fungus causing internal bleeding in infant lungs. From 1993 to 1996, 21 Cleveland area babies fell ill with pulmonary hemosiderosis. three died. Most cases in damp homes with leaks, outbreaks tied to moldy conditions. breastfeeding may offer protection. Not contagious. adults less affected. Authorities urge thorough cleaning of water damaged homes.
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Chovehad
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Cleveland
CDC
Ruth Etzel
Cuyahoga County
Etzel
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