NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor David Paterson on Monday restated his intention to run for governor and denied rumors he might resign over potentially scandalous allegations in a forthcoming news report that fueled new speculation about his political future. Paterson, already facing a ...

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp was preparing a global recall of its new Prius model on Monday, further damaging its reputation for quality and reliability on the heels of two other massive recalls. In addition, Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported that Toyota will halt domestic ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp faced its first U.S. class-action lawsuit stemming from complaints of faulty braking of its top-selling Prius hybrid model, which the automaker is to recall. The suit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday, seeks unspecified monetary damages ...

They found cancer-causing agents called tobacco-specific nitrosamines stick to a variety of surfaces, where they can get into dust or be picked up on the fingers. Children and infants are the most likely to pick them up, the team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dimebon, a pill being developed for Alzheimer's disease, helped people with Huntington's disease improve their thinking, learning and memory skills, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Dimebon, made by Medivation Inc. under the generic name latrepirdine, appears to be safe for ...

The Conference Board, a private research group, said its Employment Trends Index climbed to 93.2 in January from an upwardly revised 92.3 in December, which was originally reported as 91.8. It was the highest index level reading since January 2009, when it stood at 93.8.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Andy Glantzman agreed to be filmed baring his soul about what it was like to lose his job, he didn't expect millions to see his confession. But instead of winding up in a documentary as he expected, Glantzman and 21 other fired workers, found themselves with bit parts in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday he will hold a meeting with Democratic and Republican lawmakers to discuss ways to move forward on legislation to overhaul the healthcare system. Obama's effort to expand health coverage hit a stalemate after Democrats lost their 60-seat ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - China bucked an unprecedented decline in global patent filings last year, boosting its total by 29.7 percent, while the United States saw a fall of 11.4 percent, the world patent watchdog WIPO said on Monday. Japan, whose companies held four of the top 10 spots among company ...

The Seattle-based biotechnology company is seeking approval to sell pixantrone under the brand name Pixuvri for treating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that has stopped responding to other treatments. Food and Drug Administration reviewers, in an analysis prepared for an advisory committee, said issues ...