Comcast, a Philadelphia-based company, does not typically own minority stakes in foreign companies and if interested, would buy BSkyB outright, though these people cautioned that any exploration is extremely preliminary.
Although the work is extremely preliminary, it's also "a very interesting and simple intervention" that opens up new avenues of exploration, says Dennis Kasper, a microbiologist and immunologist at Harvard Medical School in Boston, who was not involved with the study.
A review of the evidence suggests that there may be an overall decreased risk of cancer associated with taking Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng), garlic, green tea, soy, and tomatoes but research is extremely preliminary and in some cases contradictory.
Although the talks are extremely preliminary, a merger would probably entail Gemstar's buying Barnes & Noble.
The tests of the nursing home specimens, conducted in British Columbia and at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, are extremely preliminary.
We've also recently heard from a single source that Google was in talks with Twitter to acquire them for up to $5 billion, but other sources seemed to think those discussions never happened, or were extremely preliminary at best.
"This is extremely high".
"This is extremely promising".
"This is extremely disconcerting".
This is extremely frustrating".
