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...have few-if any-active ingredients and might contain toxic substances. These days, drug companies and international health organization officials are alarmed by the health threat posed by the increasing availability of fake drugs pouring out of illegal factories, mostly in China and India. According to Dr. Harvey Bale Jr., director general of the Geneva-based International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA), trafficking in counterfeit medicines is a $3 billion-$6 billion industry-and as the price of genuine drugs continues to climb, some say the problem is bound to increase, too. "It's absolutely way worse than reported...
...Werner Meier, Aventis' HR chief in Germany , told German daily Die Welt that the payout was "absolutely customary by international standards, and even at the low end in the U.S. " Even so, it's a pill that some shareholders are finding hard to swallow. - By Peter Gumbel No More Bale-Outs In the first ever challenge to a wealthy nation's domestic agricultural handouts, the WTO ruled illegal the billions of dollars in federal subsidies paid to U.S. cotton farmers. Meanwhile, the E.U. said it would soon end its six-year moratorium on the approval of biotech foods...
Like the women's-rights movement she has helped lead since the 1970S, Gloria Steinem has come a long way. Proudly single until four years ago, when she married environmentalist David Bale, she became a widow in December when he died of brain lymphoma. TIME's Sonja Steptoe talked with Steinem, who turned 70 last week, and found her just as engaged as ever...
...forklift drops a huge “bale of clothes” on the shop’s floor and the fun commences. But wading through masses of clothes is just the beginning—belts, bags and “bric-a-brac” (miscellaneous tableware and random objects) are also up for grabs. After you have selected your items, the cashier weighs them and charges you $1.50 per pound (75 cents per pound for bric-a-brac). Alternatively, you can peruse the collection of used records ($3), CDs and tapes...
CHRISTIAN BALE...