Former Polish first ladies slam proposed abortion ban

Thousands of pro-choice activists demonstrated in Warsaw on April 9 against the proposed new abortion lawsThree former Polish first ladies on Tuesday denounced a proposal to tighten the abortion law, already one of the most restrictive in Europe, saying it would only "aggravate women&;s tragedy". "It is with great concern that we view the idea of abandoning compromise regarding the anti-abortion law of 1993," Danuta Walesa, Jolanta Kwasniewska and Anna Komorowska said in an open letter. Now anti-abortion activists backed by the Roman Catholic church — some 90 percent of Poles identify as Catholic — have tabled a citizen&039;s bill in parliament that would allow abortion only where it was necessary to save the mother&039;s life.

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Former Shkreli-led drug developer pledges responsible pricing

(Reuters) – A biotechnology company, which was led by former drug executive Martin Shkreli, said on Monday it was making a commitment not to engage in aggressive pricing, and to develop a ‘transparent and responsible’ model for its products. KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc, which fired chief executive Shkreli last December following his arrest on charges of securities fraud, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy later that month. KaloBios named Shkreli as its CEO on Nov. 20, after Shkreli and a consortium of investors bought about 70 percent of its shares.
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Societe Generale headquarters searched in Panama probe

A French Bank Societe Generale logo is seen on the facade of their building in ParisFrench tax police searched Societe Generale&;s headquarters this week as part of an investigation into offshore accounts revealed by the Panama Papers, the bank said on Sunday. The searches on April 5 were a "normal development in the context of such an investigation", a spokesman for the bank said, declining to comment further. According to the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, the searches were ordered to try to identify holders of offshore companies set up by the bank via Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.

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