A WORLD-renowned Scottish doctor yesterday criticised health chiefs for refusing to offer pregnant women ultrasound checks that could detect a condition which can kill healthy babies within minutes of birth.

Billionaire investor and dot-com veteran has harsh words for YouTube, the online site that lets people share video clips.

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PHOENIX, AZ (MARKET WIRE) Swift Transportation Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: SWFT) today announced that it anticipates net earnings for the quarter ending September 30, 2006 will be between $0.38 and $0.42 per share, before taking into account a one-time impairment charge

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Former Raptors general manager Glen Grunwald is leaving Toronto to return to the NBA.

Hong Kong businessman Richard Li has donated $1 million to the National Arts Centre, the largest single donation the Ottawa-based arts organization has ever received.

A slowdown in central Canada's economy will lead the Bank of Canada to chop its key lending rate by as much as one percentage point by the end of 2007, CIBC World Markets says.

Taking to the Road Atlanta circuit immediately following a heavy downpour, Mark Wilkins, of Toronto, Canada, mastered the elements to capture the pole position in a soggy qualifying session for Round Eleven of the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Travelers to parts of Africa and Asia are returning with a new mosquito-borne virus and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Thursday it could become entrenched in new areas.

AN ANNUAL prize is to be awarded at Dundee University to honour Shenaz Kapoor, 22, a promising young law student who was killed last month in a white-water rafting accident in Thailand.

THE manager of a riding centre at a Scottish private school was yesterday facing jail after embezzling more than £25,000 from a group of doctors.

ITALIAN media pilloried yesterday Inter Milan for their lack of self-control after the Italian champions had two men sent off in a 2-0 Champions League defeat by rivals Bayern Munich.

HIBERNIAN manager Tony Mowbray sympathises with fans over the late fixture changes driven by Setanta's move to Monday night football, but admits television calls the tune in the modern game.

BLACKBURN Rovers finally savoured the sweet taste of a European victory last night to book their place in the group stages of the UEFA Cup.