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Hundreds of Venezuelan women seek court order for medical costs due to faulty breast implants

Hundreds of Venezuelan women seek court order for medical costs due to faulty breast implants

About 400 Venezuelan women sued companies that sold faulty French-made breast implants on Friday demanding the companies cover their medical expenses. The group is seeking a court order to cover expenses including surgeries to replace the defective implants and other treatment, said Emilia De Leon, one of the lawyers. Venezuelan Health Minister Eugenia Sader announced [...]

ComScore: Android Holds Onto No. 1 U.S. Mobile Market Share Position

ComScore: Android Holds Onto No. 1 U.S. Mobile Market Share Position

Apple took second place with 28.7 percent market share The latest comScore report shows that Android is still dominating U.S. mobile subscriber market share ahead of Apple’s iOS. The report, which measures mobile market share for the U.S. during a three month period ending November 2011, provides an average among over 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers. [...]

Europe’s Banks Face Pressure on Collateral

Europe’s Banks Face Pressure on Collateral

Even after the European Central Bank doled out nearly half a trillion euros of loans to cash-strapped banks last week, fears about potential financial problems are still stalking the sector. One big reason: concerns about collateral. The only way European banks can now convince anyone—institutional investors, fellow banks or the ECB—to lend them money is [...]