Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C - News) plans to shed about 10 percent of its global workforce, a person familiar with the matter said Friday, as the bank tries to return to profitability and faces mounting criticism of Chief Executive Vikram Pandit. The cuts could result in a loss of roughly 35,000 jobs, based on the bank’s reported [...] "eliotcobb.com"
Firefighters gained ground Friday night and early Saturday morning against an out-of-control wildfire that might have destroyed 200 homes in a wealthy, celebrity-studded enclave. The blaze flared up so fast Thursday night that it caught some terrified residents behind the automatic gates of their mansions. The fire forced thousands to evacuate their homes in the longtime [...] "eliotcobb.com"
Dozing peacefully in her mother’s arms, this is four-day-old Maja Butscher, the first baby to be born as the result of a whole ovary transplant. Susanne and Stephan Butscher with their new baby Maja Charlotte Shasa Maja, appropriately named after the Roman goddess of fertility, is a symbol of hope to millions of infertile women around the [...] "eliotcobb.com"
Space shuttle Endeavour’s seven astronauts climbed aboard their spaceship on Friday for the start of a 15-day mission to remodel the International Space Station for an expanded crew. Liftoff was scheduled for 7:55 p.m. EST/0055 GMT on Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA plans to double the size of the space station crew from [...] "eliotcobb.com"
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