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LONDON (Reuters) - Share markets fell sharply on Thursday as investors piled back into safer assets, unnerved by the twin setbacks of unexpected weakness in China's economy and signals that the U.S. central bank may soon scale back its stimulus program. Full Story
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Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine Prevnar 13 for Pfizer. Full Story
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine Prevnar 13 for Pfizer. Full Story
EU's Barnier wants big companies to reveal national tax bills
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Large companies should disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, the European Commission's top regulatory official said, in the text of a speech to be delivered on Thursday. Full Story
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Large companies should disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, the European Commission's top regulatory official said, in the text of a speech to be delivered on Thursday. Full Story
EU regulators accept Lufthansa, United antitrust offer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators accepted on Thursday concessions from Lufthansa <LHAG.DE>, United Airlines <UAL.N>, Air Canada <ACb.TO> and Continental to ease competition concerns about their transatlantic revenue-sharing pact. Full Story
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators accepted on Thursday concessions from Lufthansa <LHAG.DE>, United Airlines <UAL.N>, Air Canada <ACb.TO> and Continental to ease competition concerns about their transatlantic revenue-sharing pact. Full Story
SoftBank would appoint "security director" to Sprint board
(Reuters) - SoftBank Corp <9984.T> would appoint a "security director" to Sprint Nextel's <S.N> board if its takeover bid succeeds, and would give the U.S. government the right to approve the nominee, an attempt to address security concerns raised by the proposed deal. Full Story
(Reuters) - SoftBank Corp <9984.T> would appoint a "security director" to Sprint Nextel's <S.N> board if its takeover bid succeeds, and would give the U.S. government the right to approve the nominee, an attempt to address security concerns raised by the proposed deal. Full Story

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