VANCOUVER – A B.C. Supreme Court justice says three adults who were left to fend for themselves as teenagers decades ago do not have to pay their estranged mother support.
Asian shares retreat after China PMI, U.S. payrolls eyed
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares wiped earlier gains on Friday as a tepid Chinese manufacturing report dented sentiment, leav ing investors on tenterhooks ahead of U.S. nonfarm payroll data due at 1330 GMT. China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) eased to 50.4 in January, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday, missing market expectations for a rise and underscoring the fragility of the recovery from the economy's weakest year since 1999. … Boeing engineers' union puts strike authorization on ballot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Union leaders representing about 23,000 Boeing Co engineers voted on Thursday to put a strike authorization question on a ballot that will go to members next week. Strike authorization by members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) does not by itself declare a strike, but it would give union negotiating teams power to call one at any time. An engineers’ strike could cripple production of all Boeing airplanes and would complicate a wide-ranging review of the 787 Dreamliner by the Federal Aviation Administration. …
UK cost agency rejects drugs from AstraZeneca, Bristol and Roche
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's healthcare cost watchdog NICE said on Friday it was not able to recommend a new diabetes drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca, and has asked for more information from the companies. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has been considering Forxiga, or dapagliflozin, as an add-on therapy for use with other medicines, including insulin. NICE, which decides if drugs should be paid for on the state health service, also said it had issued draft guidance not recommending Roche's Avastin for ovarian cancer. … Frankie Edgar hopes to make history at UFC 156 and win title from Jose Aldo
Frankie Edgar hopes to make history Saturday.
Audio company Audience sees fast growth, even with less Apple
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Audience Inc seems to be doing pretty well, even with less of Apple: the audio technology company forecast quarterly revenue well above Wall Street’s expectations, helped by more business from Samsung and other smartphone makers. Shares of Audience jumped 24 percent in after hours trading, after the company said Thursday that it expected revenue between $43 million and $46 million in the March quarter, versus analysts’ average estimate of $31.8 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. …
Judge orders Los Angeles archdiocese to release abusive priest files without omissions
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A judge has ordered the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to turn over 30,000 pages from the confidential files of priests accused of sex abuse without blacking out the names of top church officials who were responsible for handling their cases.
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