| RP boxers clobber Mexican foes
The Philippines scored a 5-1 victory over Mexico to clinch the $500,000 World Cup boxing showdown at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. Diosdado Gabi, Michael Domingo, AJ Bazooka Banal, Z The Dream Gorres and Gerry Pealosa literally ruled their respective opponents with iron fists to the delight of flag-waving Filipino fans that had come to witness the dominance. But the day turned sour, though, for the previously undefeated Rey Boom Boom Bautista who was knocked down right in the first round by Daniel Ponce de Leon, who avoided a shutout for the Mexican side. Pealosa produced the most noteworthy victory as he knocked down a heavily-favored Jhonny Gonzales with a one-punch during the seventh round, to clinch the WBO bantamweight title. Pealosa, a former WBC super flyweight champion, was behind in the scorecards of all three judges, until he caught the fiercely-looking Mexican with a solid punch that all but settled the issue.
Out of the Gate: Alcon Rises
Shares of eye care products maker Alcon Inc. rose Monday, the first trading day after German regulators approved the company's buyout of refractive laser maker WaveLight AG. Alcon said Friday that the German Federal Financial Supervisory authority approved its bid. Alcon plans to buy at least 75 percent of Wavelight shares for 15 Euro, or $20.53, per share at current exchange rates. It currently holds 16 percent of the company's stock. .
City woman believes to be suffering from electrical hypersensitivity
Joanne March-Laberge was supposed to be enjoying this phase of her life. A woman who loves people and the outdoors, March-Laberge, 48, was quite content to relax and enjoy all the things Corner Brook has to offer now that her daughter had moved on to university and she had no real direct commitments to speak of. Then suddenly, in November of last year, that carefree lifestyle she sought was abruptly taken away. March-Laberge believes she’s suffering from electrical hypersensitivity (EHS) — a chronic illness triggered by exposure to electromagnetic fields, which are waves of energy emitted by all electrical sources, power lines, appliances and radio/radar/microwave transmitters such as cellphones. Those who develop EHS have a physiological disorder characterized by neurological and idiopathic or allergy-type symptoms.
New LASIK Device Treats Differing Vision Problems
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first LASIK device designed to treat one eye to see far-away objects and the other eye to see things that are close up. The CustomVue Monovision device is designed to correct all nearsightedness in the dominant eye and only part of the nearsightedness in the other eye, the agency said. This allows use of the fully corrected eye for distance, and the partially corrected eye for objects that are close. People considering the surgery should wear specially designed contact lenses to monitor how they respond to having one eye's vision under-corrected, the FDA said. LASIK vision correction involves cutting a flap in the outer layers of the cornea, removing a small amount of tissue beneath it with a laser, then replacing the flap.
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-07-25 00:15 GMT: Bausch & Lomb puts takeover bid on ice
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Bausch & Lomb Inc. told eye-care products rival Advanced Medical Optics Inc. on Tuesday it needs to improve its takeover offer to compete with a $3.67 billion cash bid by a private equity firm. Unless Advanced Medical provides extra assurances about the "value and certainty of consummation" of its $4.2 billion cash-and-stock bid, the board of Bausch & Lomb said the offer "would not be likely to result in a superior proposal." It gave the Santa Ana, Calif.-based company until midday Friday to make revisions to its offer. Warburg Pincus, a buyout and venture capital firm in New York, won an agreement from Bausch & Lomb's board in mid-May to pay $65 a share for the 154-year-old maker of contact lenses, ophthalmic drugs and vision-correction surgical instruments.
Shiite Pilgrimage Ends Mostly Peacefully
A car bomb killed at least eight people in a northern Kurdish area Friday, but Baghdad remained largely calm with a driving ban still in effect and thousands of Shiite pilgrims headed home.
U.S. military officials praised the performance of Iraqi security forces during the pilgrimage Thursday, which saw hundreds of thousands of Shiites march to a northern Baghdad shrine, undisturbed by any major violence.
The driving ban and curfew imposed on Baghdad for three days was to lift at dawn Saturday.
"They have done an absolutely amazing job," said Col. John Castles, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82 Airborne Division, speaking of Iraqi forces who protected the march.
"We have been in solely a support role, in the background only.
Consumers are turning to DIY laser treatment; but doctors warn that the at-home results might be disappointing
Laura Beard was flipping through a women's magazine when an advertisement caught her eye. It sounded simple enough: Aim a laser at individual blemishes — in the privacy of one's home — and the skin will clear up within a day or two. The cost, $150, gave her only slight pause. If the device worked, it would save her the time and money she spent on acne treatments and dermatologist visits for herself and her daughter. "I have very dry skin, so I have to be careful about using acne remedies with benzoyl peroxide," the 53-year-old Memphis woman said. "This sounded so positive." With the evolution of laser technology, do-it-yourself personal care has entered a new realm. Consumers can calm acne flare-ups, plump facial wrinkles and restore thinning hair with a variety of hand-held devices.
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