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UPDATE 1-Philips Q2 core profit rises on higher hospital orders

Dutch healthcare technology company Philips posted a 10 percent rise in second-quarter core profit on Monday, as rising demand for its hospital equipment led to more orders....

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UPDATE 2-Philips says sales growth to improve after China causes Q2 miss

Temporary problems in China led to disappointing second quarter sales at Dutch healthcare technology company Philips but sales growth is expected to strengthen in the second hal...

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Philips Q2 core profit rises 10 pct on higher hospital orders

Philips, a Dutch health technology company, on Monday said second-quarter core profit rose 10 percent to 482 million euros ($565.5 million), as rising demand for its hospital eq...

HEALTHCARE

Chinese premier calls for severe punishment in vaccine scandal

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for an immediate investigation into a scandal over faulty vaccines that he said had crossed a moral line, and urged severe punishment for t...

INDUSTRIALS

Around 25,000 protest immigration stance of Merkel's Bavarian allies

Around 25,000 people braved the rain in Munich on Sunday to protest the hardline immigration stance of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies three months before they face a...

HEALTHCARE

REFILE-Fresh scandal erupts over vaccine safety in China

A scandal over faulty vaccines in China has sparked anger on social media, underscoring the difficulties regulators face in rebuilding trust after years of food and drug safety ...

MARKET

CANADA STOCKS - TSX falls 0.65 percent, down for the week

* The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX fell 107.55 points, or 0.65 percent, to 16,435.46, the index also closed the week down 0.65 percent, snapping a two-week winning streak. *...

HEALTHCARE

Briton discharged from hospital after Novichok poisoning

Charlie Rowley, one of two Britons poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok last month, was released from hospital on Friday. Rowley, 45, and Dawn Sturgess, 44, fell ill af...

HEALTHCARE

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Bayer to phase out Essure birth control device in U.S.

Healthcare company Bayer on Friday said it would discontinue the sale of its birth control product Essure in the United States, citing a decline in sales of the implantable devi...

HEALTHCARE

Bayer to phase out Essure birth control device in U.S.

Life sciences company Bayer AG said on Friday it would discontinue the sale of its birth control product Essure in the United States, citing a decline in sales of the implantabl...