user: News: WASHINGTON—Passage of legislation aimed at speeding up Food and Drug Administration approvals, combined with an incoming president who has pledged to “cut red tape” at the agency, is expected to usher in a new, more industry-friendly era of drug and device regulation.

The Senate on Wednesday cleared the measure known as the 21st Century Cures bill, which lays out in detail speedier and more pro-industry methods for the FDA to approve new drugs and medical devices. Its supporters, such as PhRMA, the drug-industry...

Title: Senate Clears Bill to Ease FDA Drug and Device Approvals


News: Thornton Dial, who died this week, was one of several important folk artists exploited by the art world, according to a 1995 story on 60 Minutes.

The ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird presumed extinct for 60 years, may be alive yet. Ed Bradley explores the possible rediscovery of the "Lord God Bird" in Arkansas. Its nickname was derived from "Lo...

Mike Wallace and Bob Simon report on the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. They examine the influence of the conservative Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, and radical righ...

In 1997, 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire in Heath High School in Kentucky, killing three fellow students. As Ed Bradley reports, parents of the victims are suing entertainment companies, sayi...

Fundamentalist Christian evangelicals are among America's strongest supporters of Israel. As Bob Simon reports, that's because many believe the return of the Jews to their homeland is a precondition ...

Steve Kroft reports on the U.S. government's controversial decision to move 70,000 tons of radioactive waste from temporary storage facilities to Nevada for permanent burial under Yucca Mountain. Opp...

Lesley Stahl profiles Cynthia Moss, who gave up a cozy life in New York to live in a tent and study elephants in Kenya. After 25 years, Moss is still there, working to save her subjects from extincti...

Connecticut's Mashantucket Pequot tribe was once thought to be extinct. But as Steve Kroft reports, its ranks have grown since the Supreme Court ruled that Indians could run gambling businesses on tr...

Ed Bradley goes inside New York's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital to observe a highly unusual procedure: A team of surgeons dropping Maureen Khadder's body temperature to 64 degrees -- inducing a stat...

Ed Bradley visits a week-long summer camp for families battling HIV and AIDS. With sports, arts and crafts, and full-time medical care, it's designed to give participants an escape from the city -- a...

Over 30 years, a retired postal worker and his wife, a retired librarian, have amassed one of the world's great collections of avant-garde art. But rather than cash in, Herb and Dorothy Vogel are don...

Paris may seem like an ideal city, with its impeccably clean streets and low crime rate. But as Mike Wallace reports, taxes that total nearly half of an average citizen's income have made living in t...

Mike Wallace interviews prominent Mormons -- including Church President Gordon Hinckley, Senator Orrin Hatch and San Francisco 49er Steve Young -- about their religion. It's one of the fastest growin...

Morley Safer reports on the controversy surrounding the restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper." Renaissance historian James Beck charges that rather than preserving the masterpiece, the...

Three weeks after a Mt. Everest climbing disaster claimed eight lives, Steve Kroft interviews "Into the Wild" author Jon Krakauer, one of the survivors. Krakauer recounts the harrowing hours after a ...

Lesley Stahl reports on the soaring cost of special education - roughly $32 billion in 1996. Parents of special-needs children say the expense is justified, while parents of general education student...

Title: 60 Minutes Classics Videos


News: beat analysts’ estimates and announced a $200 million share buyback plan, a combination of events that prompted a 15% jump in the company’s stock price in after hours trading.

The gaming company posted revenues of $317 million for the quarter, beating estimates of $256 million. Net losses were 7 cents a share and adjusted earnings per share were zero, which was what analysts expected.

The buyback plan is intended to boost Zynga’s stock price, which has fallen as low as $2.10, by cutting the number of outstanding shares. Zynga’s stock price has fallen 77% since the company’s IPO.

“While the last several months have been challenging for us, Zynga remains well positioned to capitalize on the growth of social gaming,” Mark Pincus, CEO and founder of the company, said in a press release announcing the results. ”We’re implementing a number of steps to drive long-term growth and profitability. The successful launches of FarmVille 2 and ChefVille in the third quarter demonstrate that when we develop great games, our large player audience engages. It’s more clear than ever that along with search, shop, and share, play is a fundamental pillar of the Internet, and Zynga continues to be the leader.”

On Wednesday, Zynga cut 5% of its full-time workforce and closed several studios in an effort to cut costs. The company revealed in its earnings Thursday that these cuts should save the company $15-$20 million in the fourth quarter.

At the same time as the earnings came out, Zynga also announced a partnership with bwin.party, a real-money gambling company in the U.K, which should serve as an additional source of revenue for the company.

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assistant: Zynga Beats Q3 Revenue Estimates; Stock Rises 15%