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The US Food and Drug Administration, the powerful medical regulatory authority in the world, on Tuesday warned Glenmark Generics Inc, subsidiary of Glenmark Pharma, that they must stop marketing unapproved Codeine Sulfate tablets in the US market.

Penelope Cruz has appeared at the premiere of her new film wearing a ring on her left hand, sparking a new round of speculation that she's engaged to boyfriend Javier Bardem.

Melanie Lindner, Forbes.com
Michelle Bennett knew her daughter Olivia was a gifted artist when she was just in preschool. "Her coloring books were fancier than the other kids," says Bennett. "By kindergarten she stood out significantly."

A medical school dean offers expert tips on dealing with long-winded colleagues, agenda hijackers and other plagues of the business meeting.

Mark Lewis, Forbes.com
Some moguls will fly a long way for an interesting conversation. The World Economic Forum draws heads of state, celebrities and CEOs from across the globe to its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Now a growing number of U.S.-based conferences are bidding to play in the same league.

Michael Jackson?s This Is It was launched online on Monday and is the first song to be released after his death.

Although overshadowed by the financial crisis and the world recession right now, the debate over offshoring seems poised to stage a comeback as a public policy concern in the not-too-distant future.

A virus recently linked to prostate cancer is a new suspect in chronic fatigue syndrome. US scientists tested blood from 101 patients and found two-thirds carried it.

India, Oct. 9 -- 2008 The prize goes to: MARTTI AHTISAARI for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts. 2007 The prize goes to: INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC) and ALBERT ARNOLD ( AL) GORE JR.

US President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for his calls to reduce the stockpile of nuclear weapons and his work for world peace.

Sisters Jennifer and Suzanne Todd are the producers behind the wildly successful ''Austin Powers'' movies. Now they're about to hit it really big.

Helen Coster, Forbes.com
In a commercial for Anheuser-Busch’s Bud Light, talk show host Conan O’Brien agrees to shoot a beer commercial only after his agent assures him it will only air in Sweden. “All the Hollywood guys do this,” the agent says, shortly before a beer-shilling O’Brien appears on a Jumbotron in New York’s Times Square.

America's wealthiest entrepreneurs let us pick their brains on everything from the stock market to health care policy.

Keren Blankfeld, Forbes.com
Castles in France. Islands in the Caribbean. Private jets. With a collective $1.27 trillion at their disposal, the members of The Forbes 400 could buy almost anything.

Washington, Oct. 8 -- The US federal budget deficit tripled to about $1.4 trillion for fiscal year 2009 in the midst of the worst economic decline since the Great Depression, the office that keeps track of spending for Congress said on Wednesday.

Los Angeles, Oct. 8 -- Authorities in the US and Egypt have arrested about 100 individuals in an international phishing scheme, the FBI said on Wednesday.

US President Barack Obama called up Greece's next prime minister, George Papandreou, to congratulate him on his success in Sunday's elections, the White House said.

Pakistan has been able to get the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) involved in the Kashmir dispute once again.

Six world powers held talks with Iran on Thursday that US officials said would need to convince them Tehran was prepared to show it was not hiding plans for a nuclear bomb.

Asian neighbours India and China will be the engines of global economic revival with 2009 growth rates of 5.4 per cent and 8.5 per cent respectively, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday.