A MAN threw his seriously ill wife four storeys to her death because he could no longer afford to pay for her medical care, US prosecutors said in charging him with second-degree murder.

KERRY Group’s 2002 financial figures beat market expectations boosted by strong sales across all its divisions and markets.

Germany’s stock market regulator is investigating claims of suspicious short-selling ahead of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington last week but said it was too early to say what shares might be involved.