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Vatican calls for global authority on economy, raps “idolatry of the market”

(Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 23, 2011/Giampiero Sposito)

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New Issue-BNG adds 50 mln stg to 2015 bond

Borrower Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG)Issue Amount 50 million SterlingMaturity Date December 23, 2015Coupon 2.375 pctIssue price 102.267Payment Date October 25, 2011Lead Manager(s) Barclays CapitalRatings Aaa (Moody's), AAA (S&P),AAA (Fitch)Listing AmsterdamFull fees UndisclosedDenoms (K) 1Governing Law DutchNotes The issue size will total 525 millionSterling when fungibleSecurity details and RIC, when available, will beonCustomers can right-click on the code forperformance analysis of this new issueFor ratings information, double click onFor all bonds data, double click onFor Top international bonds newsFor news about this issuer, double click on the issuer RIC,where assigned, and hit the newskey (F9 on Reuters terminals)Data supplied by International Insider.

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General Electric picks Colo. for solar panel plant

About half of that investment is for the plant, a spokesman said.GE uses the same cadmium telluride thin-film solar technology as First Solar, the world's most valuable solar company.The new factory will be up and running in 2012, and the panels will be available commercially in 2013, GE said. It is expected to produce enough panels each year to power 80,000 homes.The factory will be located in an existing building in Aurora, which is slightly east of Denver.In addition to the jobs GE will create in Colorado, the company said its solar business will also add 100 new positions in New York state.

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Many cancer survivors struggle with trauma stress: study

Those symptoms included being extra jumpy, having disturbing thoughts about the cancer and its treatment, or feeling emotionally numb toward friends and family.One in 10 patients also said they avoided thinking about their cancer and one in 20 said they steered clear of situations or activities that reminded them of the disease, a situation that could potentially become a medical problem."You worry if the patient is avoiding medical care, you worry they might not be getting follow-ups," Smith told Reuters Health."We don't have data to support that, but we worry about it."The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, is based on a survey of 566 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a relatively common kind of cancer.Smith's team had surveyed these patients for PTSD symptoms once before, estimating that about one in 12 had full-blown PTSD. The diagnosis involved a trio of symptoms, including avoidance, arousal and flashbacks.Many more had one or more PTSD symptoms, however. The newest survey also showed they often persist.Overall, half of the patients had no PTSD symptoms 13 years after their diagnosis. The problems had disappeared in 12 percent, but had remained or worsened in 37 percent."This study found that people seemed to have worse PTSD later on," said Bonnie Green, a trauma expert at Georgetown University who pioneered the study of PTSD in breast cancer survivors, but was not linked to the latest study."It's just very stressful for people to be told that they have cancer. You can't just assume that they feel bad now, but it will go away."She stressed that it's only a minority of patients who develop full-blown PTSD, but added that depression is common after a cancer diagnosis.The new survey shows that low-income people are extra vulnerable to the psychological impact of living with cancer."I am particularly concerned about the patients who are poor or have less resources, said Smith, adding that doctors have to be better at recognizing distress in patients."Each time they come in you are asking not only if they're having pain, but also if they are having stress."