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Stories for October 27th 2018
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Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:46 UTC
Abbot Laboratories will pay US$ 25 million for bribing doctors to prescribe TriCor
Abbot Laboratiories AbbVie Inc will pay a total of US$25 million to resolve allegations that Abbott paid kickbacks to doctors in exchange for prescribing the cholesterol drug TriCor and promoted the medication for unapproved purposes.
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Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:46 UTC
Ex Civil Service chief calls for a referendum as only option to a 'disastrous' Brexit
A former head of the Civil Service has backed the call for a people’s vote on Brexit as the only viable option after “disastrous” exit negotiations. Independent crossbencher Lord Kerslake said he had moved from being skeptical about holding a second referendum to joining last Saturday’s march in support of it.
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Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:39 UTC
A no Brexit deal will slow sharply UK economic growth, says think tank
A no-deal Brexit could slam the brakes on the UK’s economic growth, wiping out Chancellor Philip Hammond’s hopes of boosting public spending, a think tank has said. If the UK fails to reach a withdrawal deal with the EU and moves on to World Trade Organization (WTO) rules next March, GDP growth can be expected to slow sharply from 1.4% this year to 0.3% in both 2019 and 2020, said the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr).
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Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:35 UTC
Shale gas fracking suspended in UK following an earthquake
Operations have been suspended at the UK's only active shale gas fracking site following an earthquake - just 11 days after it was given the go ahead. Energy firm Cuadrilla said it would halt fracking at the Lancashire site for 18 hours after a tremor of 0.8 magnitude was recorded.
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Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:08 UTC
Khoshoggi's fiancée rejects Trump invitation; Turkish prosecutors want extradition of 18 Saudi suspects
Turkish prosecutors have prepared an extradition request for 18 suspects from Saudi Arabia in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, authorities said on Friday, after President Tayyip Erdogan urged Riyadh to disclose who ordered the murder.
