Thursday, August 11, 2016

UPDATE 1-MSCI adds, removes one company from All World Index, moves Lending Club to small cap

Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. index provider MSCI announced on

Thursday that the only change to its All Country World Index

will be to add Liberty Broadband C to and remove Ionis

Pharmaceuticals Inc, both U.S. stocks.

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BRIEF-Seaspine Holdings files for mixed shelf of upto $150 mln - SEC filing

* Seaspine Holdings Corp files for mixed shelf of upto $150

million - SEC filing

Source: (http://bit.ly/2aFhpw0

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UPDATE 2-U.S. agency denies petition to reclassify marijuana

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Drug

Enforcement Administration on Thursday denied requests to stop

classifying marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical use,

leaving users and businesses in limbo after many states have

legalized it for medical or recreational purposes.

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Canada to allow medical patients to grow own cannabis

OTTAWA, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Medical marijuana patients in

Canada will be allowed to grow a limited amount of cannabis for

their own use or to designate someone to grow it for them, the

government said on Thursday.

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Late Toronto mayor smokes crack in infamous video released Thursday

TORONTO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The infamous video of late

Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking from what appears to be a crack

pipe while slurring his words has been made public after a

Toronto court lifted a publication ban on Thursday.

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BRIEF-Cardiovascular Systems releases 30-day results from Liberty 360° study

* Data shows high freedom from mae rates across all

rutherford classes following endovascular interventions,

including atherectomy

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UPDATE 1-U.S. House Democrats' Pelosi: administration may shift funds for Zika

WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. House Democratic Leader

Nancy Pelosi said the Obama administration may announce as early

as Thursday that it is shifting more money into fighting the

Zika virus.

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