07-Sep-2011 22:39

Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4238371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid=23276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

Top tax rate 'harms UK economy' :: Twenty high-profile economists urge the government to drop the top 50p tax rate, which they say is doing "lasting damage" to the UK economy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14810323

Peru Miners Start Two-Day Strike, Impact Seen as Limited :: Workers at Cerro Verde in Peru launched a two-day pay strike on Wednesday but no effect on output was expected at the mine that produces around 2 percent of the world's copper, union and company representatives said.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/210082/20110907/gold-silver-peru.htm

Italy and Spain pass budget plans :: Italy and Spain pass new measures as they battle to control their debts while Greece steps up its austerity plans.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14827742

ConocoPhillips Issues An Apology To China Over Oil Spills :: After a three-month long of oil spills in China’s Bohai Bay, Energy Giant ConocoPhillips has issued an apology to China and vowed to release funds to ameliorate the conditions of the affected environment, says a Reuters report.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/210080/20110907/conocophillips-issues-an-apology-to-china-over-oil-spills.htm

Gold Prices Fall as Stocks Rise :: Gold fell hard Wednesday when some investors took profits from the yellow metal's recent runup in price and other investors abandoned the yellow metal for stocks.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/210066/20110907/gold-silver-stocks.htm

TSX gains more than 1 percent as concerns over EU ease :: The TSX rose more than one percent on Wednesday as stocks extended gains on hopes the European debt crisis might ease.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/210052/20110907/tsx-gains-eu-ease-tsx-rose-one-percent-european-debt-toronto-stock-exchange-s-p-tsx-composite-index-.htm

Terra Firma in new EMI legal bid :: Private equity group Terra Firma is launching another legal action over the music firm EMI, the BBC has learnt.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14823504

Bank of Canada backs away from rate hike option :: In a dramatic policy shift, the Bank of Canada said on Wednesday it saw less need to raise interest rates, becoming the latest major central bank to take a more cautious stance about the worsening global economy.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/210030/20110907/bank-of-canada-global-economy-european-debt-crisis-volatile-markets-financial-institution-bmo-rbc-ca.htm

Greece 'to speed up cost cutting' :: The Greek finance minister pledges to speed up reforms to cut public spending and reduce the size of the state.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14816627

Bankruptcy protection is Saab's last hope :: Saab seems to be creeping closer to the end of the road. The Swedish carmaker, which is seeking to stave off its creditors, has filed for bankruptcy…<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~4/gkWV6PFVpd0" height="1" width="1"/>
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VIDEO: High earners tax cut 'not a priority' :: Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has rejected the idea to axe the 50p tax rate.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14827836

Solidarity's birth place now builds luxury yachts :: Poland's Gdansk Shipyard -- where once the Solidarity trade union movement fought to bring down the communist regime -- is now a shadow of its former…<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~4/KV-CQ14LoI8" height="1" width="1"/>
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China eyes controls as ConocoPhillips apologizes for spill :: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday that the government would strictly control new petrochemical projects around northern China&#039;s Bohai Bay, as energy giant ConocoPhillips apologized for an oil spill there.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/210003/20110907/china-eyes-controls-as-conocophillips-apologizes-for-spill.htm

Pension saving continues to drop :: he number of people actively saving in company pension schemes in the private sector almost halves since 1991.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14829104

Obama Jobs Speech: Proposed $300B Package, Republicans Won’t Respond :: President Barack Obama is said to be planning to inject about $300 billion into the economy next year through tax cuts and infrastructure spending, and will present his plan in a speech later this week.But Republicans won&#039;t show up for Obama&#039;s address or offer an official televised rebuttal, as they say the President&#039;s speech will sink or swim on its own.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/209999/20110907/obama-jobs-speech-proposed-300b-package-republicans-won-t-respond.htm

Silver Prices Clawing Their Way Back Up :: Silver prices clawed their way back to near a breakeven point Wednesday after falling early in the day&#039;s session by 3.5 percent, a performance that easily outshined gold&#039;s movement in early afternoon trading.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/209991/20110907/silver-gold.htm

'King of fruit' :: Malaysia bets on China fruit sale
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14817043

VIDEO: Saab files for bankruptcy protection :: The owner of cash strapped carmaker Saab has filed for bankruptcy protection.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/14827189

EDF Energy halts doorstep sales :: EDF Energy has joined Scottish and Southern Energy and British Gas in halting unsolicited doorstep sales of gas and electricity contracts.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14820895

VIDEO: Mexico's ancient drink back in fashion :: After years of oblivion, the once popular alcoholic drink called pulque is back in fashion in Mexico.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-14827042

UK economic growth 'still weak' :: Growth in the UK economy slowed to 0.2% in June to August, says the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14822659

Wall Street and European shares bounce back :: The world's financial markets have bounced back on Wednesday after three days of declines on hopes the European debt crisis might ease. That came…<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~4/RQbvcYmSu7w" height="1" width="1"/>
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Uefa plans tough financial rules :: Uefa will withhold prize money and issue transfer bans on clubs failing to meet new financial fair play rules.
url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/14825620.stm

Gold Price Plunges More Than 3 Percent :: Gold prices tumbled hard Wednesday after a German court cleared the way for Europe&#039;s strongest economy to aggressively participate in a bailout of Greece and other nations whose sovereign debt is spinning out of control.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/209929/20110907/gold-silver.htm

Number of Chinese Billionaires Doubles in Only 2 Years :: China now has 271 U.S.-dollar billionaires, up from 189 in 2010.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/209924/20110907/china-billionaires-real-estate-hurun-liang.htm

Obama Jobs: $300B Economic Stimulus Package Likely to Face GOP Resistance :: In his Thursday address, President Barack Obama is expected to call for extensive tax incentives as part of his administration&#039;s plan to jump-start job growth, which has ebbed in recent months as the originally stimulus ended. However, the plan faces an uphill battle in House, where ruling Republicans are likely to oppose it.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/209922/20110907/jobs-obama-jobs-package-obama-speech-job-creation-unemployment.htm

Locog reaches sponsorship target :: Locog, the organisers of the London 2012 Olympics, says a partnership deal with Westfield takes domestic sponsor funds to £700m.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14818995

U.N. Study Savages U.S., European Economic Policy :: The pursuit of austerity measures and deficit cuts is pushing the world economy toward disaster in a misguided attempt to please global financial markets, the annual report of the United Nations economic thinktank UNCTAD said on Tuesday.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/209907/20110907/u-n-study-savages-u-s-european-economic-policy.htm

Yahoo boss Bartz fired with a phone call :: Yahoo's shares shot up after the struggling internet company fired its chief executive Carol Bartz. In a message to Yahoo employees Bartz said…<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~4/nj5KaiCCM3E" height="1" width="1"/>
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