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Drug company Genzyme will no longer provide drugs to prolong the lives of 14 patients suffering from the deadly and extremely rare Pompe disease when its $600,000 annual charity funding ceases later this year.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs' offer of free phone cases mitigates the public relations damage the iPhone 4 antenna issue has caused, analysts said.

Europe may be hoping its long-awaited bank stress tests are anti-climactic, judging from the confident comments coming from officials. Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman of the euro zone finance ministers, doesn't expect any big catastrophes when results from the tests of 91 European banks are released on Friday.

The NSW police have asked the Sydney council to establish 19 more alcohol-free zones to address the increasing number of non-residents getting involved in alcohol-related assaults.

A defiant Steve Jobs on Friday rejected any suggestion the iPhone 4's design was flawed, but offered consumers free phone cases to address reception complaints that have hurt Apple Inc's image and shares.

Wells Fargo & Co will no longer offer free checking for all new customers opening accounts at the bank, a company spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday.

An American ship disposal expert is disputing a claim by Australia's Minister of Planning, Tony Kelly, that paint in the HMAS Adelaide has no toxic lead.

Fujitsu Ltd, Japan's biggest IT services firm, said on Tuesday that it would allow software developers to run their programs on its hardware free of charge so that they can examine performance.

In a blow to Indian jewelers, the US has stopped the duty-free status for gold necklaces from India as the product was found to be competitive in US markets. Earlier, US used to allow duty-free status to certain products from developing countries to help them expand their economies. Other items that have been struck off the duty-free list are passenger tyres from Thailand and wood flooring from Brazil.

A global press freedom watchdog called on the Emir of Kuwait Saturday to intervene for the release of a blogger who is on trial, accused of insulting the ruler and inciting against the government.

Bank of America Corp and other U.S. banks may introduce new fees on basic services and eliminate free checking to replace revenue lost to new banking regulations, the Wall Street Journal said.

Growing demand for healthy food has encouraged food manufacturing companies to leverage health and wellness into various products. This is likely to be seen in dairy products such as Danone's Actimel and Unilever's Benecol.

Facebook has teamed up with 50 wireless operators to offer cellphone users a stripped-down version of the social networking site that can be accessed without incurring data charges.

The video game industry has weathered the economic slowdown better than most industries, but there could be a reason -- free games with new figures showing up to a third of gamers don't pay to play.

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India, the largest sugar consumer in the world, is unlikely to reinstate customs duty on raw sugar import despite a fall in sugar prices and the projected higher output this year. The sugar industry urged the government for the restoration of import duty in order to discourage import in the wake of falling sugar prices in the country. While the government decided to continue duty free sugar.

Two years ago, a poisonous brew of bad economics, lax regulation, and egregious behavior boiled over, scalding the financial system and pitching the United States into its steepest downturn since the Great Depression.

U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday.