* On high alert, but most take wait-and-see approach * Google closes Mexico office * Ernst & Young unsure if New York staffer has swine flu * Xerox investigating possible case in Mexico * DuPont, Nokia, Honda limit travel Companies began restricting employee travel in response to a potential flu pandemic that has claimed at [...]
Google Inc (GOOG.O) closed its Mexico office for the day on Tuesday, as concerns of swine flu grip the country. The Internet company told staff at its Mexico City office to stay home out of “an abundance of caution,” a Google spokeswoman said. Google declined to comment on the number of employees that work at [...]
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office is investigating two recent deaths for links to swine flu. Coroner’s Capt. John Kades says tests are being run on two bodies to see if swine flu was a factor in their deaths, but there is no confirmation that the disease killed them. The Los Angeles Times reports on [...]
The markets flirted with positive territory Tuesday afternoon as Wall Street cheered a surprising surge in consumer confidence that overshadowed continued concerns about the swine flu and financial sector. Today’s Markets As of 1:50 p.m. EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 22.46 points, or 0.28%, to 8047.46, the S&P 500 gained 1.56 points, or [...]
A new swine flu virus that has killed 149 people in Mexico was found further around the world on Tuesday and the specter of a pandemic began to hit air travel. The United States, Canada and the European Union advised people to avoid non-essential travel to Mexico, and companies adopted wider travel restrictions to countries [...]
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Roche Holding AG is in “close contact” with governments worldwide and can boost production of its Tamiflu influenza treatment if a swine-flu pandemic develops, Chief Executive Officer Severin Schwan said. “We are ready to deliver emergency stocks to the World Health Organization,” Schwan said during a press conference in Paris today. “We can intensify production [...]
LA GLORIA, Mexico — Residents in this community of 3,000 believe their town is ground zero for the swine flu epidemic, even if health officials aren’t saying so. More than 450 residents say they’re suffering from respiratory problems from contamination spread by pig waste at nearby breeding farms co-owned by a U.S. company. Officials with the [...]
With the swine flu threatening to grow into a pandemic, lawmakers on Capitol Hill have wasted little time using the issue to kick off a fresh round of finger-pointing over February’s economic stimulus package. Democrats and liberal bloggers are complaining that Republican lawmakers — most notably Maine Sen. Susan Collins — stripped funding for pandemic [...]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are now 64 confirmed cases of swine flu in the U.S., with the states of Indiana and Florida now reporting one confirmed case each. Indiana’s health commissioner said the infected person is “doing well.” Prepare For The Swine Flu – See Banner Below State health [...]