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When drug company Merck, maker of the arthritis medication Vioxx, announced a worldwide withdrawal of the drug on September 30, local pharmacies stopped selling and hospitals ceased prescribing it.
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- Weather
Sunny and cool weather
- Banking on convergence
HANG Seng Bank has expanded its range of RMB services with the launch of its Hang Seng Renminbi (RMB) Credit Card on October 11. The new card offers frequent business and leisure travellers greater convenience in settling expenses and receiving cash advances when travelling in the Chinese mainland.
- City getting pricier
ASIAN cities have emerged as top international offshoring destinations, but Shanghai is not among the top 10 cheapest ones, according to the newly-released Jones Lang LaSalle Global Offshoring Index.
- Strategic game player
ELECTRONIC Arts (EA), the world's leading independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software, has revealed its plan to participate in China's transformation into a game development hub by opening a China Development Studio, probably in 2005.
- Briefs
Taking responsibility
- Exhibition
Shanghai New International Expo Centre
- No call for vioxx recall?
When drug company Merck, maker of the arthritis medication Vioxx, announced a worldwide withdrawal of the drug on September 30, local pharmacies stopped selling and hospitals ceased prescribing it. This, despite the fact that, according to the Shanghai Drug Adverse Effects Monitoring Centre, there have never been any reports of adverse reactions related to the drug in Shanghai, which has a voluntary reporting policy.
- Injured jumper stable
THE risks of BASE (building, antennae, span and earth) jumping were made starkly clear by the serious injury of Australian jumper Roland Simpson during a trial jump on October 5.
- Heroic selections
THE 2004 Asian Heroes selected by "Time" magazine (Asia edition) have been announced and two are from Shanghai. Of these two anointed locals, Chinese 110-metre hurdler and Athens Olympic champion Liu Xiang top the list. The other "Hero" from Shanghai is Tan Yuanyuan, lead dancer with the San Francisco Ballet.
- Sick computers
MSN, the popular online chat tool, has been under attack from a fierce predator recently. The "funny.exe" programme has spread a serious computer virus among MSN users, the Shanghai Morning Post reported.
- Marital difficulties
STATISTICS show the number of marriages in the city decreasing every year, according to a report in the weekly newspaper "The Bund".
- Food for thought
A NATIONAL survey on nutrition and health shows that China is still facing the dual challenges of nutritional deficiency and imbalance, even though great progress has been made in recent years.
- Kidnappers threaten hostages
WEDNESDAY was the fifth day since the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers in Pakistan.
- Fortunate figures
HUANG Guangyu, founder of GoMe Appliances, China's largest electronics retailer, has overtaken the young dotcom tycoon Ding Lei to become the richest person on the Chinese mainland, according to the newly released list of China's 100 richest people in 2004.
- shanghai
Communication problem
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