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Shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. sank to their lowest level in almost six years Tuesday as analysts expressed concerns with side effects associated with the two of the company’s experimental diabetes drugs.
In midday trading, Bristol (BMY, Fortune 500) shares fell 37 cents, or nearly 2%, to $20.26 after earlier trading as low as $19.97.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said policy makers will “strongly resist'' any surge in inflation expectations, delivering his clearest message yet the central bank is done lowering interest rates.
Bernanke played down the biggest jump in the unemployment rate in 22 years in May and said the risk of a “substantial downturn'' receded […]

The number of laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits showed an unexpected improvement last week although a key indicator of unemployment hit a four-year high.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits totaled 357,000 last week, some 18,000 fewer than the previous week. That pushed applications for benefits to their lowest […]

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a 50 percent increase in food production by 2030, saying that failure to feed the world's growing population will spark civil unrest and starvation.
“The world needs to produce more food,'' he said in the opening speech at the World Food Security conference in Rome. “While […]