Neuragen, which is available over the counter, provides rapid relief for the nerve pain caused by diabetes, shingles and other neuropathic conditions.

Origin says 60 to 70 per cent of diabetics have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage, which result in impaired sensation or pain in the feet or hands.

MONTREAL (CP) — Canadian competition regulators have cleared the way for the merger of Domtar Inc. with the fine paper business of U.S. forestry giant Weyerhaeuser Co.

The nod from the Competition Bureau brings the $3.3-billion deal one step closer to fruition, with a similar decision from the U.S. Department of Justice expected to close in first quarter.

The merger announced last August, and now expected to close in the first quarter, still requires approval from Investment Canada and from Domtar shareholders, who will vote at a special meeting in February.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. lost more than US$350 million during a three-month strike by some 14,000 union workers in Canada and the United States, the world's third-largest tiremaker said Tuesday.

"Despite the financial impact, it is clear the strike achieved our required outcome," Goodyear's chief financial officer Richard Kramer told investors and the media during a conference call Tuesday.

Kramer said the Akron, Ohio-based company estimates the strike by the United Steelworkers union representing workers at 12 plants in 10 states and in Canada drained between $30 million and $35 million a week, mostly because of lower production and lost sales.

TORONTO (CP) — CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund, which owns a major stake in the partnership that runs Canada's largest newspaper chain, says the company's first-quarter profit almost doubled to $60.5 million.

Net earnings for the quarter ended Nov. 30 rose from $30.7 million a year earlier, reflecting "increased gross margins and lower interest expense," the Toronto-based fund reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty U.S. states have taken the side of Enron shareholders seeking damages from big investment banks in a U.S. federal case over the banks' alleged role in Enron's accounting fraud.

The states' move puts them at odds with a legal stance the Securities and Exchange Commission staff had considered taking in support of one of the banks, Merrill Lynch & Co., but appears now to have decided against.

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