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Cardinal acquiring J&J’s heart-product business Cordis for $1.94 billion

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Cardinal Health Inc. will be acquiring Johnson & Johnson's heart-product business, Cordis, for $1.94 billion in cash. The buyout is part of Cardinal's effort...
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Nasdaq closes above 5,000 for the first time in nearly 15 years

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For the first time in almost 15 years The Nasdaq Composite closed above the 5,000 mark - the highest level its been at since...
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Google’s internet balloons could generate tens of billions of dollars

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Google is determined to make internet access more widespread in underserved parts of the world by using high-altitude balloons to offer connectivity. When the company...
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Bill Gates world’s wealthiest person in 2015, again, for the 16th time

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According to Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of billionaires worldwide, Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company, is the richest person...
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Tories back in lead with 34% versus 31% for Labour in Ashcroft poll

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The latest Ashcroft National Poll puts the Tories back in the lead with 34%, three percentage points clear of Labour at 31%. UKIP are...
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Eurostar suffers 17 cancellations after person is killed, hit by train on railway track

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After a person was killed, hit by a train between Ashford International and Ebbsfleet International, on the English side of the London-Paris and London-Brussels...
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Nigel Farage says he’d be no good as Prime Minister

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Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-EU UKIP party, says he does not think he would be very good as Prime Minister, and also confessed...
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SpaceX launches two all-electric satellites on Falcon 9 rocket

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SpaceX launched two all-electric satellites on its Falcon 9 rocket, which launched successfully on Saturday. The huge booster lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air...
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Homer Simpson wrote Higgs Boson equation 14 years before scientists did

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Fictional character Homer Simpson was super close to predicting the Higgs boson (Higgs particle), an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics,...
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Svalbard Doomsday Vault receiving thousands of seeds this week

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The first delivery of forest tree species seeds have been accepted by the Svalbard Doomsday Vault, a secure seed bank on the island of...