måndag 31 oktober 2011

01-Nov-2011 07:57 Qantas

Qantas grounds fleet over labor dispute :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Uyn3uWnDQB0/index.html

VIDEO: Qantas row sign of struggle to compete :: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on Qantas airline's dispute with unions, and the change in leadership at the European Central Bank.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15525784

Qantas Airlines Expected to Resume Flights as Australian Court Ends Lockout :: Qantas Airways planes took back to the friendly skies Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that grounded the airline's entire fleet over the weekend.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240573/20111031/qantas-airlines-expected-resume-flights-australian-court.htm

Qantas resumes flight operations :: Qantas resumes flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to an industrial dispute which left thousands of travellers stranded.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15516837

Australia's Qantas resumes flights :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BPWekX0yrVA/index.html

Qantas ordered to resume flights :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/x9vspUkuneg/index.html

Australian Stock Market Report - Morning 10/31/2011 :: Qantas planes are expected to be flying by mid afternoon.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240216/20111030/australian-stock-market-report-morning-10-31.htm

Business, Tourism Bodies Hit Qantas for Grounding Crew, Fleet :: Despite Fair Work Australia's (FWA) intervention on Qantas' labor row which will result in resumption of flights by 12 noon of Monday, Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce's unilateral action did not escape criticism of several groups.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240199/20111030/business-tourism-bodies-hit-qantas-grounding-crew.htm

01-Nov-2011 07:27 Qantas

Qantas grounds fleet over labor dispute :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Uyn3uWnDQB0/index.html

VIDEO: Qantas row sign of struggle to compete :: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on Qantas airline's dispute with unions, and the change in leadership at the European Central Bank.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15525784

Qantas Airlines Expected to Resume Flights as Australian Court Ends Lockout :: Qantas Airways planes took back to the friendly skies Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that grounded the airline's entire fleet over the weekend.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240573/20111031/qantas-airlines-expected-resume-flights-australian-court.htm

Qantas resumes flight operations :: Qantas resumes flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to an industrial dispute which left thousands of travellers stranded.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15516837

Australia's Qantas resumes flights :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BPWekX0yrVA/index.html

Qantas ordered to resume flights :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/x9vspUkuneg/index.html

Australian Stock Market Report - Morning 10/31/2011 :: Qantas planes are expected to be flying by mid afternoon.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240216/20111030/australian-stock-market-report-morning-10-31.htm

Business, Tourism Bodies Hit Qantas for Grounding Crew, Fleet :: Despite Fair Work Australia's (FWA) intervention on Qantas' labor row which will result in resumption of flights by 12 noon of Monday, Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce's unilateral action did not escape criticism of several groups.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240199/20111030/business-tourism-bodies-hit-qantas-grounding-crew.htm

01-Nov-2011 06:57 Qantas

Qantas grounds fleet over labor dispute :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Uyn3uWnDQB0/index.html

VIDEO: Qantas row sign of struggle to compete :: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on Qantas airline's dispute with unions, and the change in leadership at the European Central Bank.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15525784

Qantas Airlines Expected to Resume Flights as Australian Court Ends Lockout :: Qantas Airways planes took back to the friendly skies Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that grounded the airline's entire fleet over the weekend.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240573/20111031/qantas-airlines-expected-resume-flights-australian-court.htm

Qantas resumes flight operations :: Qantas resumes flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to an industrial dispute which left thousands of travellers stranded.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15516837

Australia's Qantas resumes flights :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BPWekX0yrVA/index.html

Qantas ordered to resume flights :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/x9vspUkuneg/index.html

Australian Stock Market Report - Morning 10/31/2011 :: Qantas planes are expected to be flying by mid afternoon.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240216/20111030/australian-stock-market-report-morning-10-31.htm

Business, Tourism Bodies Hit Qantas for Grounding Crew, Fleet :: Despite Fair Work Australia's (FWA) intervention on Qantas' labor row which will result in resumption of flights by 12 noon of Monday, Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce's unilateral action did not escape criticism of several groups.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240199/20111030/business-tourism-bodies-hit-qantas-grounding-crew.htm

01-Nov-2011 06:27 Qantas

Qantas grounds fleet over labor dispute :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Uyn3uWnDQB0/index.html

VIDEO: Qantas row sign of struggle to compete :: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on Qantas airline's dispute with unions, and the change in leadership at the European Central Bank.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15525784

Qantas Airlines Expected to Resume Flights as Australian Court Ends Lockout :: Qantas Airways planes took back to the friendly skies Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that grounded the airline's entire fleet over the weekend.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240573/20111031/qantas-airlines-expected-resume-flights-australian-court.htm

Qantas resumes flight operations :: Qantas resumes flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to an industrial dispute which left thousands of travellers stranded.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15516837

Australia's Qantas resumes flights :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BPWekX0yrVA/index.html

Qantas ordered to resume flights :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/x9vspUkuneg/index.html

Australian Stock Market Report - Morning 10/31/2011 :: Qantas planes are expected to be flying by mid afternoon.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240216/20111030/australian-stock-market-report-morning-10-31.htm

Business, Tourism Bodies Hit Qantas for Grounding Crew, Fleet :: Despite Fair Work Australia's (FWA) intervention on Qantas' labor row which will result in resumption of flights by 12 noon of Monday, Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce's unilateral action did not escape criticism of several groups.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240199/20111030/business-tourism-bodies-hit-qantas-grounding-crew.htm

01-Nov-2011 05:57 Qantas

Qantas grounds fleet over labor dispute :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Uyn3uWnDQB0/index.html

VIDEO: Qantas row sign of struggle to compete :: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on Qantas airline's dispute with unions, and the change in leadership at the European Central Bank.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15525784

Qantas Airlines Expected to Resume Flights as Australian Court Ends Lockout :: Qantas Airways planes took back to the friendly skies Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that grounded the airline's entire fleet over the weekend.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240573/20111031/qantas-airlines-expected-resume-flights-australian-court.htm

Qantas resumes flight operations :: Qantas resumes flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to an industrial dispute which left thousands of travellers stranded.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15516837

Australia's Qantas resumes flights :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BPWekX0yrVA/index.html

Qantas ordered to resume flights :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/x9vspUkuneg/index.html

Australian Stock Market Report - Morning 10/31/2011 :: Qantas planes are expected to be flying by mid afternoon.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240216/20111030/australian-stock-market-report-morning-10-31.htm

Business, Tourism Bodies Hit Qantas for Grounding Crew, Fleet :: Despite Fair Work Australia's (FWA) intervention on Qantas' labor row which will result in resumption of flights by 12 noon of Monday, Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce's unilateral action did not escape criticism of several groups.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240199/20111030/business-tourism-bodies-hit-qantas-grounding-crew.htm

01-Nov-2011 05:27 is

Raising a family in Canada harder :: VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Canada's economy has doubled in size since 1976 but Canadian parents are raising families with less money and time than baby boomers had, researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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What should be the top environmental priority for the next 40 years? :: Experts speakers argue their cases ahead of an Earthwatch debate in London this weekEducation and population â€" Sir Crispin TickellOur society faces a rich complex of problems. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago, our animal species has changed the character of the Earth's land surface, seas and atmosphere: hence the increasing use among geologists of the term Anthropocene to follow the Holocene epoch.Of all the interconnected problems we face, perhaps the most serious is the proliferation of our own species. Our numbers rose from around one million 12,000 years ago to around one billion 250 years ago. Since then there has been an extraordinary acceleration from 2 billion in 1930 to 6 billion at the end of the century and now approaching 7 billion.In seekin...
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A Doctor's Alternative to PPACA :: &nbsp;

The following was written prior to enactment of PPACA by the United States Congress.&nbsp; Whether or not the present healthcare law (sometimes referred to as ObamaCare) is fully implemented will be decided by the United States Supreme Court, as many states have filed challenges to the Act.&nbsp; The opinion expressed is that of the writer and not the Association.


&nbsp;

Current Plans being proposed still give too much control of healthcare to the Insurers and are therefore not competitive enough. The Government is on the path to insolvency on Medicare, and therefore has a huge credibility gap when it offers to solve the problem with a government insurance plan. The following addresses both issues.

National Health Insurance Plan Proposal

There can be a uniquely...
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The fight against HIV/Aids â€" get on board with Unitaid | Jill Filipovic :: A group tackling HIV/Aids in developing countries is using innovative methods that even drugs companies could likeDaniel is six months old, and one of the more than a million children in Africa born of HIV-positive mothers every year. Without prenatal treatment, up to 30% of these children will contract the virus. Daniel is one of the luckier ones, so far. His mother, Elise, found out she was HIV-positive eight months ago, while she was pregnant with him. She took the necessary antiretrovirals to decrease the risk of transmission. But Elise lives in rural Cameroon, and since she was diagnosed has travelled two hours by car every month to the closest clinic to get the drugs necessary to prevent transmission to her child. The travel is expensive, but she wants her son to be negative, and she...
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Pop culture, wealthy Chinese spur medical tourism in Asia :: SEOUL (Reuters) - It is one of Asia's fastest growing industries and shows no signs of losing steam even as the global economy wobbles. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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U.S., Australia Gears for Rare Earth Minerals Exploration as China Implements Measures to Control Sector :: China, the world&#039;s foremost supplier of rare earth minerals, will be introducing in November specialised invoices for designated rare earth producers to curb the rampant illegal production of the rare earth elements in the country.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240890/20111101/u-s-australia-gears-rare-earth-minerals.htm

RBA Slashes Cash Rates, Imposes 4.5% :: The Reserve Bank of Australia has imposed the much needed cash rate cut of 25 basis points to 4.5 percent that will help improve the Australian economy in the coming months.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240877/20111031/rba-slashes-cash-rates-imposes-4-5.htm

VIDEO: Britain looks to Asian markets :: The British Secretary of Business and Innovation, Vince Cable says Asian markets are of increasing importance to the UK.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15532464

VIDEO: China expands oil and gas tax :: An experimental tax on on oil and gas products in China is to be expanded to boost local government coffers
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15532668

Australian Stock Market Report - Midday 11/01/2011 :: The local share market is in the red in early trade, following a weak session on Wall Street and ahead of this afternoon&#039;s Reserve Bank interest rate decision. Overnight, Wall Street sold off by more than 2pct as profit takers moved in at the end of the month. However over the course of October, stocks rose by 9.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240864/20111031/australian-stock-market-report-midday-11-01.htm

China manufacturing growth slows :: China reports an unexpected drop in manufacturing activity raising concerns about the impact of a global slowdown on its economy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15532676

The Only Way Out: Many Greeks Find Solace by Leaving their Country :: The government of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has decided to go on with economic reforms and austerity measures purportedly to take advantage of the EU covenant that could reduce the country's huge debt.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240842/20111031/way-greeks-solace-leaving-country.htm

G4S on verge of aborting £5.2bn ISS deal :: Board seeks to avoid defeat at shareholder vote on acquisition that would have created world's biggest security and cleaning services company
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66cfaae8-03f0-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Dems Attack Republicans Over 109-Day 2012 House Calendar :: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke out Monday against Republican Leader Eric Cantor&#039;s plan for the House to work just 109 days in 2012. Cantor defended his calendar, saying it allows members of Congress to do important work in their districts.
url: http://washington.ibtimes.com/articles/240822/20111031/publish-dems-attack-republicans-109-day-2012.htm

Why mini is big in the toy world :: Why mini is big in the toy world
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15467244

Chemicals industry hacking attack :: At least 29 chemical firms have been targeted by a cyber-attack linked to China earlier this year, security firm Symantec says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-15529930

Eurozone crisis claims MF Global :: Broker-dealer files for bankruptcy protection after making big and bad bets on the European sovereign debt market
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/138241f6-03dd-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Global Market Overview - 11/01/2011 :: Global markets retreated sharply overnight, as Italian and Spanish bonds fell amid concern that European leaders will struggle to raise funds to contain the region&#039;s debt crisis.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240808/20111031/global-market-overview-11-01-2011.htm

Diagnostic Tools and Imaging Methods in Intervertebral Disk Degeneration :: This article reviews new and evolving MRI disk-imaging techniques, including grading, relaxation-time measurements, diffusion, and contrast perfusion. In addition, high-resolution magic-angle spinning methods to correlate in vitro disk degeneration (with pain, etc) and in vivo spectroscopic results are discussed. With the potential for morphologic and biochemical characterization of the intervertebral disk, MRI shows promise as a tool to quantitatively assess disk health. (Source: Orthopedic Clinics of North America)
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Opinionator: Spending More Doesn't Make Us Healthier :: Few understand how much we spend on health care, how much we need to spend to provide quality care, and the difference between the two. (Source: NYT Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Arthritis a forgotten disease in Canada, says group :: A new report by the Arthritis Alliance of Canada calculates that the two major forms of arthritis cost the Canadian economy $33 billion last year in health-care expenditures and lost productivity. (Source: CTV Health)
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NSF Announces Workplace Flexibility Initiative :: National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Subra Suresh recently announced the NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative, which lays the groundwork for a ten-year plan to expand work-related flexibility to women and men in research careers. Partnering with the White House Council on Women and Girls, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and First Lady Michelle Obama, this announcement signifies the first NSF-wide initiative to assist postdoctoral fellows and early-career faculty members with caring for dependents while pursuing their careers.

&#8220;Too many young women scientists and engineers get sidetracked or drop their promising careers because they find it too difficult to balance the needs of those careers and the needs of their families,&#8221; said Suresh. &#8220;Thi...
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Drop in U.S. Birth Rates Reflects Recession, Pew Center Says :: According to a study by the Pew Research Center, women were putting off having babies while the economy was weak. (Source: NYT Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Debt crisis defines Trichet's tenure at ECB :: Did Jean-Claude Trichet do enough to tackle the debt crisis?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15511221

Men May Be Prompted To Seek More Sex Partners In A Permanently Dismal Economy :: Grim economic times could cause men to seek more sexual partners, giving them more chances to reproduce, according to research by Omri Gillath, a social psychology professor at the University of Kansas. Men are likely to pursue short-term mating strategies when faced with a threatening environment, according to sexual selection theory based on evolutionary psychology... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Qantas grounds fleet over labor dispute :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Uyn3uWnDQB0/index.html

How Nurses Can Increase Their Earning Potential :: October 14, 2011 - The tenuous state of the U.S. economy has caused many nurses to take a hard look at their personal financial stability and find ways to maximize their earning power. One solution is personal professional development--acquiring advanced skill sets, meeting qualifications for specialty certifications and earning advanced degrees. Nurses can also use skills they already possess as the foundation for building a business that is an extension of their nursing experience. (Source: NurseZone.com Featured Stories)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Equities slip as eurozone stresses resurface :: Greek referendum sees euro slip below $1.40, while intervention to suppress the yen is encouraging profit-taking after a stellar month for risk assets
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Why the world of scientific research needs to be disrupted :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/gw3mJ6XCy6w/

Abramovich admits 'not very ethical' practices :: Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich concedes amending dates in documents after questions from the legal team of rival Boris Berezovsky
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Credit Unions Capitalize on Bank Fee Displeasure :: With customers angry about new bank fees, credit unions have been trying to use the displeasure to gain more customers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240762/20111031/credit-unions-bank-america-debit-card-fee.htm

01-Nov-2011 04:57 is

Raising a family in Canada harder :: VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Canada's economy has doubled in size since 1976 but Canadian parents are raising families with less money and time than baby boomers had, researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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What should be the top environmental priority for the next 40 years? :: Experts speakers argue their cases ahead of an Earthwatch debate in London this weekEducation and population â€" Sir Crispin TickellOur society faces a rich complex of problems. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago, our animal species has changed the character of the Earth's land surface, seas and atmosphere: hence the increasing use among geologists of the term Anthropocene to follow the Holocene epoch.Of all the interconnected problems we face, perhaps the most serious is the proliferation of our own species. Our numbers rose from around one million 12,000 years ago to around one billion 250 years ago. Since then there has been an extraordinary acceleration from 2 billion in 1930 to 6 billion at the end of the century and now approaching 7 billion.In seekin...
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A Doctor's Alternative to PPACA :: &nbsp;

The following was written prior to enactment of PPACA by the United States Congress.&nbsp; Whether or not the present healthcare law (sometimes referred to as ObamaCare) is fully implemented will be decided by the United States Supreme Court, as many states have filed challenges to the Act.&nbsp; The opinion expressed is that of the writer and not the Association.


&nbsp;

Current Plans being proposed still give too much control of healthcare to the Insurers and are therefore not competitive enough. The Government is on the path to insolvency on Medicare, and therefore has a huge credibility gap when it offers to solve the problem with a government insurance plan. The following addresses both issues.

National Health Insurance Plan Proposal

There can be a uniquely...
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The fight against HIV/Aids â€" get on board with Unitaid | Jill Filipovic :: A group tackling HIV/Aids in developing countries is using innovative methods that even drugs companies could likeDaniel is six months old, and one of the more than a million children in Africa born of HIV-positive mothers every year. Without prenatal treatment, up to 30% of these children will contract the virus. Daniel is one of the luckier ones, so far. His mother, Elise, found out she was HIV-positive eight months ago, while she was pregnant with him. She took the necessary antiretrovirals to decrease the risk of transmission. But Elise lives in rural Cameroon, and since she was diagnosed has travelled two hours by car every month to the closest clinic to get the drugs necessary to prevent transmission to her child. The travel is expensive, but she wants her son to be negative, and she...
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Pop culture, wealthy Chinese spur medical tourism in Asia :: SEOUL (Reuters) - It is one of Asia's fastest growing industries and shows no signs of losing steam even as the global economy wobbles. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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RBA Slashes Cash Rates, Imposes 4.5% :: The Reserve Bank of Australia has imposed the much needed cash rate cut of 25 basis points to 4.5 percent that will help improve the Australian economy in the coming months.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240877/20111031/rba-slashes-cash-rates-imposes-4-5.htm

VIDEO: Britain looks to Asian markets :: The British Secretary of Business and Innovation, Vince Cable says Asian markets are of increasing importance to the UK.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15532464

VIDEO: China expands oil and gas tax :: An experimental tax on on oil and gas products in China is to be expanded to boost local government coffers
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15532668

Australian Stock Market Report - Midday 11/01/2011 :: The local share market is in the red in early trade, following a weak session on Wall Street and ahead of this afternoon&#039;s Reserve Bank interest rate decision. Overnight, Wall Street sold off by more than 2pct as profit takers moved in at the end of the month. However over the course of October, stocks rose by 9.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240864/20111031/australian-stock-market-report-midday-11-01.htm

China manufacturing growth slows :: China reports an unexpected drop in manufacturing activity raising concerns about the impact of a global slowdown on its economy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15532676

The Only Way Out: Many Greeks Find Solace by Leaving their Country :: The government of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has decided to go on with economic reforms and austerity measures purportedly to take advantage of the EU covenant that could reduce the country's huge debt.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240842/20111031/way-greeks-solace-leaving-country.htm

G4S on verge of aborting £5.2bn ISS deal :: Board seeks to avoid defeat at shareholder vote on acquisition that would have created world's biggest security and cleaning services company
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66cfaae8-03f0-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Dems Attack Republicans Over 109-Day 2012 House Calendar :: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke out Monday against Republican Leader Eric Cantor&#039;s plan for the House to work just 109 days in 2012. Cantor defended his calendar, saying it allows members of Congress to do important work in their districts.
url: http://washington.ibtimes.com/articles/240822/20111031/publish-dems-attack-republicans-109-day-2012.htm

Why mini is big in the toy world :: Why mini is big in the toy world
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15467244

Chemicals industry hacking attack :: At least 29 chemical firms have been targeted by a cyber-attack linked to China earlier this year, security firm Symantec says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-15529930

Eurozone crisis claims MF Global :: Broker-dealer files for bankruptcy protection after making big and bad bets on the European sovereign debt market
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/138241f6-03dd-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Global Market Overview - 11/01/2011 :: Global markets retreated sharply overnight, as Italian and Spanish bonds fell amid concern that European leaders will struggle to raise funds to contain the region&#039;s debt crisis.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240808/20111031/global-market-overview-11-01-2011.htm

Diagnostic Tools and Imaging Methods in Intervertebral Disk Degeneration :: This article reviews new and evolving MRI disk-imaging techniques, including grading, relaxation-time measurements, diffusion, and contrast perfusion. In addition, high-resolution magic-angle spinning methods to correlate in vitro disk degeneration (with pain, etc) and in vivo spectroscopic results are discussed. With the potential for morphologic and biochemical characterization of the intervertebral disk, MRI shows promise as a tool to quantitatively assess disk health. (Source: Orthopedic Clinics of North America)
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Opinionator: Spending More Doesn't Make Us Healthier :: Few understand how much we spend on health care, how much we need to spend to provide quality care, and the difference between the two. (Source: NYT Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Arthritis a forgotten disease in Canada, says group :: A new report by the Arthritis Alliance of Canada calculates that the two major forms of arthritis cost the Canadian economy $33 billion last year in health-care expenditures and lost productivity. (Source: CTV Health)
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NSF Announces Workplace Flexibility Initiative :: National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Subra Suresh recently announced the NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative, which lays the groundwork for a ten-year plan to expand work-related flexibility to women and men in research careers. Partnering with the White House Council on Women and Girls, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and First Lady Michelle Obama, this announcement signifies the first NSF-wide initiative to assist postdoctoral fellows and early-career faculty members with caring for dependents while pursuing their careers.

&#8220;Too many young women scientists and engineers get sidetracked or drop their promising careers because they find it too difficult to balance the needs of those careers and the needs of their families,&#8221; said Suresh. &#8220;Thi...
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Drop in U.S. Birth Rates Reflects Recession, Pew Center Says :: According to a study by the Pew Research Center, women were putting off having babies while the economy was weak. (Source: NYT Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Debt crisis defines Trichet's tenure at ECB :: Did Jean-Claude Trichet do enough to tackle the debt crisis?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15511221

Men May Be Prompted To Seek More Sex Partners In A Permanently Dismal Economy :: Grim economic times could cause men to seek more sexual partners, giving them more chances to reproduce, according to research by Omri Gillath, a social psychology professor at the University of Kansas. Men are likely to pursue short-term mating strategies when faced with a threatening environment, according to sexual selection theory based on evolutionary psychology... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Qantas grounds fleet over labor dispute :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Uyn3uWnDQB0/index.html

How Nurses Can Increase Their Earning Potential :: October 14, 2011 - The tenuous state of the U.S. economy has caused many nurses to take a hard look at their personal financial stability and find ways to maximize their earning power. One solution is personal professional development--acquiring advanced skill sets, meeting qualifications for specialty certifications and earning advanced degrees. Nurses can also use skills they already possess as the foundation for building a business that is an extension of their nursing experience. (Source: NurseZone.com Featured Stories)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Equities slip as eurozone stresses resurface :: Greek referendum sees euro slip below $1.40, while intervention to suppress the yen is encouraging profit-taking after a stellar month for risk assets
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/03a7fcaa-0368-11e1-899a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Why the world of scientific research needs to be disrupted :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/gw3mJ6XCy6w/

Abramovich admits 'not very ethical' practices :: Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich concedes amending dates in documents after questions from the legal team of rival Boris Berezovsky
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2f9b8f0-03f1-11e1-864e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Credit Unions Capitalize on Bank Fee Displeasure :: With customers angry about new bank fees, credit unions have been trying to use the displeasure to gain more customers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240762/20111031/credit-unions-bank-america-debit-card-fee.htm

Housing Headed For 'Triple Dip': Report :: Home prices are predicted to fall another 3.6 percent by June of 2012, marking a new of 35 percent below the 2006 peak, according to a report by Fiserv.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240758/20111031/housing-headed-triple-dip-report.htm

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Raising a family in Canada harder :: VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Canada's economy has doubled in size since 1976 but Canadian parents are raising families with less money and time than baby boomers had, researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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What should be the top environmental priority for the next 40 years? :: Experts speakers argue their cases ahead of an Earthwatch debate in London this weekEducation and population â€" Sir Crispin TickellOur society faces a rich complex of problems. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago, our animal species has changed the character of the Earth's land surface, seas and atmosphere: hence the increasing use among geologists of the term Anthropocene to follow the Holocene epoch.Of all the interconnected problems we face, perhaps the most serious is the proliferation of our own species. Our numbers rose from around one million 12,000 years ago to around one billion 250 years ago. Since then there has been an extraordinary acceleration from 2 billion in 1930 to 6 billion at the end of the century and now approaching 7 billion.In seekin...
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A Doctor's Alternative to PPACA :: &nbsp;

The following was written prior to enactment of PPACA by the United States Congress.&nbsp; Whether or not the present healthcare law (sometimes referred to as ObamaCare) is fully implemented will be decided by the United States Supreme Court, as many states have filed challenges to the Act.&nbsp; The opinion expressed is that of the writer and not the Association.


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Current Plans being proposed still give too much control of healthcare to the Insurers and are therefore not competitive enough. The Government is on the path to insolvency on Medicare, and therefore has a huge credibility gap when it offers to solve the problem with a government insurance plan. The following addresses both issues.

National Health Insurance Plan Proposal

There can be a uniquely...
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The fight against HIV/Aids â€" get on board with Unitaid | Jill Filipovic :: A group tackling HIV/Aids in developing countries is using innovative methods that even drugs companies could likeDaniel is six months old, and one of the more than a million children in Africa born of HIV-positive mothers every year. Without prenatal treatment, up to 30% of these children will contract the virus. Daniel is one of the luckier ones, so far. His mother, Elise, found out she was HIV-positive eight months ago, while she was pregnant with him. She took the necessary antiretrovirals to decrease the risk of transmission. But Elise lives in rural Cameroon, and since she was diagnosed has travelled two hours by car every month to the closest clinic to get the drugs necessary to prevent transmission to her child. The travel is expensive, but she wants her son to be negative, and she...
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Pop culture, wealthy Chinese spur medical tourism in Asia :: SEOUL (Reuters) - It is one of Asia's fastest growing industries and shows no signs of losing steam even as the global economy wobbles. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Australian Stock Market Report - Midday 11/01/2011 :: The local share market is in the red in early trade, following a weak session on Wall Street and ahead of this afternoon&#039;s Reserve Bank interest rate decision. Overnight, Wall Street sold off by more than 2pct as profit takers moved in at the end of the month. However over the course of October, stocks rose by 9.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240864/20111031/australian-stock-market-report-midday-11-01.htm

China manufacturing growth slows :: China reports an unexpected drop in manufacturing activity raising concerns about the impact of a global slowdown on its economy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15532676

The Only Way Out: Many Greeks Find Solace by Leaving their Country :: The government of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has decided to go on with economic reforms and austerity measures purportedly to take advantage of the EU covenant that could reduce the country's huge debt.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240842/20111031/way-greeks-solace-leaving-country.htm

G4S on verge of aborting £5.2bn ISS deal :: Board seeks to avoid defeat at shareholder vote on acquisition that would have created world's biggest security and cleaning services company
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66cfaae8-03f0-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Dems Attack Republicans Over 109-Day 2012 House Calendar :: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke out Monday against Republican Leader Eric Cantor&#039;s plan for the House to work just 109 days in 2012. Cantor defended his calendar, saying it allows members of Congress to do important work in their districts.
url: http://washington.ibtimes.com/articles/240822/20111031/publish-dems-attack-republicans-109-day-2012.htm

Why mini is big in the toy world :: Why mini is big in the toy world
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15467244

Chemicals industry hacking attack :: At least 29 chemical firms have been targeted by a cyber-attack linked to China earlier this year, security firm Symantec says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-15529930

Eurozone crisis claims MF Global :: Broker-dealer files for bankruptcy protection after making big and bad bets on the European sovereign debt market
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/138241f6-03dd-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Global Market Overview - 11/01/2011 :: Global markets retreated sharply overnight, as Italian and Spanish bonds fell amid concern that European leaders will struggle to raise funds to contain the region&#039;s debt crisis.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240808/20111031/global-market-overview-11-01-2011.htm

Diagnostic Tools and Imaging Methods in Intervertebral Disk Degeneration :: This article reviews new and evolving MRI disk-imaging techniques, including grading, relaxation-time measurements, diffusion, and contrast perfusion. In addition, high-resolution magic-angle spinning methods to correlate in vitro disk degeneration (with pain, etc) and in vivo spectroscopic results are discussed. With the potential for morphologic and biochemical characterization of the intervertebral disk, MRI shows promise as a tool to quantitatively assess disk health. (Source: Orthopedic Clinics of North America)
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VIDEO: 'Don't waste time preaching to the converted' :: Newton Investment Management chief executive Helena Morrissey says you should not waste your time preaching to the converted.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15449000

Opinionator: Spending More Doesn't Make Us Healthier :: Few understand how much we spend on health care, how much we need to spend to provide quality care, and the difference between the two. (Source: NYT Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Arthritis a forgotten disease in Canada, says group :: A new report by the Arthritis Alliance of Canada calculates that the two major forms of arthritis cost the Canadian economy $33 billion last year in health-care expenditures and lost productivity. (Source: CTV Health)
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NSF Announces Workplace Flexibility Initiative :: National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Subra Suresh recently announced the NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative, which lays the groundwork for a ten-year plan to expand work-related flexibility to women and men in research careers. Partnering with the White House Council on Women and Girls, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and First Lady Michelle Obama, this announcement signifies the first NSF-wide initiative to assist postdoctoral fellows and early-career faculty members with caring for dependents while pursuing their careers.

&#8220;Too many young women scientists and engineers get sidetracked or drop their promising careers because they find it too difficult to balance the needs of those careers and the needs of their families,&#8221; said Suresh. &#8220;Thi...
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Drop in U.S. Birth Rates Reflects Recession, Pew Center Says :: According to a study by the Pew Research Center, women were putting off having babies while the economy was weak. (Source: NYT Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Debt crisis defines Trichet's tenure at ECB :: Did Jean-Claude Trichet do enough to tackle the debt crisis?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15511221

Men May Be Prompted To Seek More Sex Partners In A Permanently Dismal Economy :: Grim economic times could cause men to seek more sexual partners, giving them more chances to reproduce, according to research by Omri Gillath, a social psychology professor at the University of Kansas. Men are likely to pursue short-term mating strategies when faced with a threatening environment, according to sexual selection theory based on evolutionary psychology... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Qantas grounds fleet over labor dispute :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Uyn3uWnDQB0/index.html

How Nurses Can Increase Their Earning Potential :: October 14, 2011 - The tenuous state of the U.S. economy has caused many nurses to take a hard look at their personal financial stability and find ways to maximize their earning power. One solution is personal professional development--acquiring advanced skill sets, meeting qualifications for specialty certifications and earning advanced degrees. Nurses can also use skills they already possess as the foundation for building a business that is an extension of their nursing experience. (Source: NurseZone.com Featured Stories)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Equities slip as eurozone stresses resurface :: Greek referendum sees euro slip below $1.40, while intervention to suppress the yen is encouraging profit-taking after a stellar month for risk assets
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Why the world of scientific research needs to be disrupted :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/gw3mJ6XCy6w/

Abramovich admits 'not very ethical' practices :: Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich concedes amending dates in documents after questions from the legal team of rival Boris Berezovsky
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2f9b8f0-03f1-11e1-864e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Credit Unions Capitalize on Bank Fee Displeasure :: With customers angry about new bank fees, credit unions have been trying to use the displeasure to gain more customers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240762/20111031/credit-unions-bank-america-debit-card-fee.htm

Housing Headed For 'Triple Dip': Report :: Home prices are predicted to fall another 3.6 percent by June of 2012, marking a new of 35 percent below the 2006 peak, according to a report by Fiserv.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240758/20111031/housing-headed-triple-dip-report.htm

Markets fall as euro fears remain :: Bank shares and the euro fall as fears over the eurozone and Italian government debt persist, despite the latest rescue deal.
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01-Nov-2011 03:57 is

Raising a family in Canada harder :: VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Canada's economy has doubled in size since 1976 but Canadian parents are raising families with less money and time than baby boomers had, researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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What should be the top environmental priority for the next 40 years? :: Experts speakers argue their cases ahead of an Earthwatch debate in London this weekEducation and population â€" Sir Crispin TickellOur society faces a rich complex of problems. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago, our animal species has changed the character of the Earth's land surface, seas and atmosphere: hence the increasing use among geologists of the term Anthropocene to follow the Holocene epoch.Of all the interconnected problems we face, perhaps the most serious is the proliferation of our own species. Our numbers rose from around one million 12,000 years ago to around one billion 250 years ago. Since then there has been an extraordinary acceleration from 2 billion in 1930 to 6 billion at the end of the century and now approaching 7 billion.In seekin...
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A Doctor's Alternative to PPACA :: &nbsp;

The following was written prior to enactment of PPACA by the United States Congress.&nbsp; Whether or not the present healthcare law (sometimes referred to as ObamaCare) is fully implemented will be decided by the United States Supreme Court, as many states have filed challenges to the Act.&nbsp; The opinion expressed is that of the writer and not the Association.


&nbsp;

Current Plans being proposed still give too much control of healthcare to the Insurers and are therefore not competitive enough. The Government is on the path to insolvency on Medicare, and therefore has a huge credibility gap when it offers to solve the problem with a government insurance plan. The following addresses both issues.

National Health Insurance Plan Proposal

There can be a uniquely...
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The fight against HIV/Aids â€" get on board with Unitaid | Jill Filipovic :: A group tackling HIV/Aids in developing countries is using innovative methods that even drugs companies could likeDaniel is six months old, and one of the more than a million children in Africa born of HIV-positive mothers every year. Without prenatal treatment, up to 30% of these children will contract the virus. Daniel is one of the luckier ones, so far. His mother, Elise, found out she was HIV-positive eight months ago, while she was pregnant with him. She took the necessary antiretrovirals to decrease the risk of transmission. But Elise lives in rural Cameroon, and since she was diagnosed has travelled two hours by car every month to the closest clinic to get the drugs necessary to prevent transmission to her child. The travel is expensive, but she wants her son to be negative, and she...
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Pop culture, wealthy Chinese spur medical tourism in Asia :: SEOUL (Reuters) - It is one of Asia's fastest growing industries and shows no signs of losing steam even as the global economy wobbles. (Source: Reuters: Health)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridR81377&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#271&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Freuters%2FhealthNews%2F%7E3%2FpV3KINr7EbE%2Fus-asia-medical-tourism-idUSTRE7930Y020111004

Australian Stock Market Report - Midday 11/01/2011 :: The local share market is in the red in early trade, following a weak session on Wall Street and ahead of this afternoon&#039;s Reserve Bank interest rate decision. Overnight, Wall Street sold off by more than 2pct as profit takers moved in at the end of the month. However over the course of October, stocks rose by 9.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240864/20111031/australian-stock-market-report-midday-11-01.htm

China manufacturing growth slows :: China reports an unexpected drop in manufacturing activity raising concerns about the impact of a global slowdown on its economy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15532676

The Only Way Out: Many Greeks Find Solace by Leaving their Country :: The government of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has decided to go on with economic reforms and austerity measures purportedly to take advantage of the EU covenant that could reduce the country's huge debt.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240842/20111031/way-greeks-solace-leaving-country.htm

G4S on verge of aborting £5.2bn ISS deal :: Board seeks to avoid defeat at shareholder vote on acquisition that would have created world's biggest security and cleaning services company
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66cfaae8-03f0-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Dems Attack Republicans Over 109-Day 2012 House Calendar :: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke out Monday against Republican Leader Eric Cantor&#039;s plan for the House to work just 109 days in 2012. Cantor defended his calendar, saying it allows members of Congress to do important work in their districts.
url: http://washington.ibtimes.com/articles/240822/20111031/publish-dems-attack-republicans-109-day-2012.htm

Why mini is big in the toy world :: Why mini is big in the toy world
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15467244

Chemicals industry hacking attack :: At least 29 chemical firms have been targeted by a cyber-attack linked to China earlier this year, security firm Symantec says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-15529930

Eurozone crisis claims MF Global :: Broker-dealer files for bankruptcy protection after making big and bad bets on the European sovereign debt market
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/138241f6-03dd-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Global Market Overview - 11/01/2011 :: Global markets retreated sharply overnight, as Italian and Spanish bonds fell amid concern that European leaders will struggle to raise funds to contain the region&#039;s debt crisis.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240808/20111031/global-market-overview-11-01-2011.htm

Diagnostic Tools and Imaging Methods in Intervertebral Disk Degeneration :: This article reviews new and evolving MRI disk-imaging techniques, including grading, relaxation-time measurements, diffusion, and contrast perfusion. In addition, high-resolution magic-angle spinning methods to correlate in vitro disk degeneration (with pain, etc) and in vivo spectroscopic results are discussed. With the potential for morphologic and biochemical characterization of the intervertebral disk, MRI shows promise as a tool to quantitatively assess disk health. (Source: Orthopedic Clinics of North America)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridR63281&cid=ct_15_31_f&fid8705&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orthopedic.theclinics.com%2Farticle%2FPIIS0030589811000733%2Fabstract%3Frss%3Dyes

VIDEO: 'Don't waste time preaching to the converted' :: Newton Investment Management chief executive Helena Morrissey says you should not waste your time preaching to the converted.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15449000

Opinionator: Spending More Doesn't Make Us Healthier :: Few understand how much we spend on health care, how much we need to spend to provide quality care, and the difference between the two. (Source: NYT Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Arthritis a forgotten disease in Canada, says group :: A new report by the Arthritis Alliance of Canada calculates that the two major forms of arthritis cost the Canadian economy $33 billion last year in health-care expenditures and lost productivity. (Source: CTV Health)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridS53458&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#287&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctv.ca%2FCTVNews%2FHealth%2F20111027%2Farthritis-alliance-canada-111027%2F

NSF Announces Workplace Flexibility Initiative :: National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Subra Suresh recently announced the NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative, which lays the groundwork for a ten-year plan to expand work-related flexibility to women and men in research careers. Partnering with the White House Council on Women and Girls, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and First Lady Michelle Obama, this announcement signifies the first NSF-wide initiative to assist postdoctoral fellows and early-career faculty members with caring for dependents while pursuing their careers.

&#8220;Too many young women scientists and engineers get sidetracked or drop their promising careers because they find it too difficult to balance the needs of those careers and the needs of their families,&#8221; said Suresh. &#8220;Thi...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridS10598&cid=ct_15_62_f&fid3958&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAIBSPublicPolicyReports%2F%7E3%2FhSMXY140EVM%2F2011_10_11.html

Drop in U.S. Birth Rates Reflects Recession, Pew Center Says :: According to a study by the Pew Research Center, women were putting off having babies while the economy was weak. (Source: NYT Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Debt crisis defines Trichet's tenure at ECB :: Did Jean-Claude Trichet do enough to tackle the debt crisis?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15511221

Men May Be Prompted To Seek More Sex Partners In A Permanently Dismal Economy :: Grim economic times could cause men to seek more sexual partners, giving them more chances to reproduce, according to research by Omri Gillath, a social psychology professor at the University of Kansas. Men are likely to pursue short-term mating strategies when faced with a threatening environment, according to sexual selection theory based on evolutionary psychology... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridS21364&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#292&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmnt%2Fhealthnews%2F%7E3%2FAFHFr8UGaCk%2F235994.php

Qantas grounds fleet over labor dispute :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Uyn3uWnDQB0/index.html

How Nurses Can Increase Their Earning Potential :: October 14, 2011 - The tenuous state of the U.S. economy has caused many nurses to take a hard look at their personal financial stability and find ways to maximize their earning power. One solution is personal professional development--acquiring advanced skill sets, meeting qualifications for specialty certifications and earning advanced degrees. Nurses can also use skills they already possess as the foundation for building a business that is an extension of their nursing experience. (Source: NurseZone.com Featured Stories)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Equities slip as eurozone stresses resurface :: Greek referendum sees euro slip below $1.40, while intervention to suppress the yen is encouraging profit-taking after a stellar month for risk assets
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/03a7fcaa-0368-11e1-899a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Why the world of scientific research needs to be disrupted :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/gw3mJ6XCy6w/

Abramovich admits 'not very ethical' practices :: Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich concedes amending dates in documents after questions from the legal team of rival Boris Berezovsky
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2f9b8f0-03f1-11e1-864e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Credit Unions Capitalize on Bank Fee Displeasure :: With customers angry about new bank fees, credit unions have been trying to use the displeasure to gain more customers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240762/20111031/credit-unions-bank-america-debit-card-fee.htm

Housing Headed For 'Triple Dip': Report :: Home prices are predicted to fall another 3.6 percent by June of 2012, marking a new of 35 percent below the 2006 peak, according to a report by Fiserv.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240758/20111031/housing-headed-triple-dip-report.htm

Markets fall as euro fears remain :: Bank shares and the euro fall as fears over the eurozone and Italian government debt persist, despite the latest rescue deal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15528949

Managing risk in your startup :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Fu5q9BsAV1I/

01-Nov-2011 03:27 is

Raising a family in Canada harder :: VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Canada's economy has doubled in size since 1976 but Canadian parents are raising families with less money and time than baby boomers had, researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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What should be the top environmental priority for the next 40 years? :: Experts speakers argue their cases ahead of an Earthwatch debate in London this weekEducation and population â€" Sir Crispin TickellOur society faces a rich complex of problems. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago, our animal species has changed the character of the Earth's land surface, seas and atmosphere: hence the increasing use among geologists of the term Anthropocene to follow the Holocene epoch.Of all the interconnected problems we face, perhaps the most serious is the proliferation of our own species. Our numbers rose from around one million 12,000 years ago to around one billion 250 years ago. Since then there has been an extraordinary acceleration from 2 billion in 1930 to 6 billion at the end of the century and now approaching 7 billion.In seekin...
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A Doctor's Alternative to PPACA :: &nbsp;

The following was written prior to enactment of PPACA by the United States Congress.&nbsp; Whether or not the present healthcare law (sometimes referred to as ObamaCare) is fully implemented will be decided by the United States Supreme Court, as many states have filed challenges to the Act.&nbsp; The opinion expressed is that of the writer and not the Association.


&nbsp;

Current Plans being proposed still give too much control of healthcare to the Insurers and are therefore not competitive enough. The Government is on the path to insolvency on Medicare, and therefore has a huge credibility gap when it offers to solve the problem with a government insurance plan. The following addresses both issues.

National Health Insurance Plan Proposal

There can be a uniquely...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridS47046&cid=ct_15_6_f&fid8345&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.z2systems.com%2Fnp%2Fclients%2Fkca%2Fnews.jsp%3Fnews%3D2247

The fight against HIV/Aids â€" get on board with Unitaid | Jill Filipovic :: A group tackling HIV/Aids in developing countries is using innovative methods that even drugs companies could likeDaniel is six months old, and one of the more than a million children in Africa born of HIV-positive mothers every year. Without prenatal treatment, up to 30% of these children will contract the virus. Daniel is one of the luckier ones, so far. His mother, Elise, found out she was HIV-positive eight months ago, while she was pregnant with him. She took the necessary antiretrovirals to decrease the risk of transmission. But Elise lives in rural Cameroon, and since she was diagnosed has travelled two hours by car every month to the closest clinic to get the drugs necessary to prevent transmission to her child. The travel is expensive, but she wants her son to be negative, and she...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridR92002&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fcommentisfree%2F2011%2Foct%2F04%2Ffight-hiv-aids-unitaid

Pop culture, wealthy Chinese spur medical tourism in Asia :: SEOUL (Reuters) - It is one of Asia's fastest growing industries and shows no signs of losing steam even as the global economy wobbles. (Source: Reuters: Health)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridR81377&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#271&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Freuters%2FhealthNews%2F%7E3%2FpV3KINr7EbE%2Fus-asia-medical-tourism-idUSTRE7930Y020111004

China manufacturing growth slows :: China reports an unexpected drop in manufacturing activity raising concerns about the impact of a global slowdown on its economy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15532676

The Only Way Out: Many Greeks Find Solace by Leaving their Country :: The government of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has decided to go on with economic reforms and austerity measures purportedly to take advantage of the EU covenant that could reduce the country's huge debt.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240842/20111031/way-greeks-solace-leaving-country.htm

G4S on verge of aborting £5.2bn ISS deal :: Board seeks to avoid defeat at shareholder vote on acquisition that would have created world's biggest security and cleaning services company
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66cfaae8-03f0-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Dems Attack Republicans Over 109-Day 2012 House Calendar :: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke out Monday against Republican Leader Eric Cantor&#039;s plan for the House to work just 109 days in 2012. Cantor defended his calendar, saying it allows members of Congress to do important work in their districts.
url: http://washington.ibtimes.com/articles/240822/20111031/publish-dems-attack-republicans-109-day-2012.htm

Why mini is big in the toy world :: Why mini is big in the toy world
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15467244

Chemicals industry hacking attack :: At least 29 chemical firms have been targeted by a cyber-attack linked to China earlier this year, security firm Symantec says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-15529930

Eurozone crisis claims MF Global :: Broker-dealer files for bankruptcy protection after making big and bad bets on the European sovereign debt market
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/138241f6-03dd-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Global Market Overview - 11/01/2011 :: Global markets retreated sharply overnight, as Italian and Spanish bonds fell amid concern that European leaders will struggle to raise funds to contain the region&#039;s debt crisis.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240808/20111031/global-market-overview-11-01-2011.htm

Diagnostic Tools and Imaging Methods in Intervertebral Disk Degeneration :: This article reviews new and evolving MRI disk-imaging techniques, including grading, relaxation-time measurements, diffusion, and contrast perfusion. In addition, high-resolution magic-angle spinning methods to correlate in vitro disk degeneration (with pain, etc) and in vivo spectroscopic results are discussed. With the potential for morphologic and biochemical characterization of the intervertebral disk, MRI shows promise as a tool to quantitatively assess disk health. (Source: Orthopedic Clinics of North America)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridR63281&cid=ct_15_31_f&fid8705&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orthopedic.theclinics.com%2Farticle%2FPIIS0030589811000733%2Fabstract%3Frss%3Dyes

VIDEO: 'Don't waste time preaching to the converted' :: Newton Investment Management chief executive Helena Morrissey says you should not waste your time preaching to the converted.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15449000

Opinionator: Spending More Doesn't Make Us Healthier :: Few understand how much we spend on health care, how much we need to spend to provide quality care, and the difference between the two. (Source: NYT Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Arthritis a forgotten disease in Canada, says group :: A new report by the Arthritis Alliance of Canada calculates that the two major forms of arthritis cost the Canadian economy $33 billion last year in health-care expenditures and lost productivity. (Source: CTV Health)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridS53458&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#287&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctv.ca%2FCTVNews%2FHealth%2F20111027%2Farthritis-alliance-canada-111027%2F

NSF Announces Workplace Flexibility Initiative :: National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Subra Suresh recently announced the NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative, which lays the groundwork for a ten-year plan to expand work-related flexibility to women and men in research careers. Partnering with the White House Council on Women and Girls, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and First Lady Michelle Obama, this announcement signifies the first NSF-wide initiative to assist postdoctoral fellows and early-career faculty members with caring for dependents while pursuing their careers.

&#8220;Too many young women scientists and engineers get sidetracked or drop their promising careers because they find it too difficult to balance the needs of those careers and the needs of their families,&#8221; said Suresh. &#8220;Thi...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridS10598&cid=ct_15_62_f&fid3958&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAIBSPublicPolicyReports%2F%7E3%2FhSMXY140EVM%2F2011_10_11.html

Drop in U.S. Birth Rates Reflects Recession, Pew Center Says :: According to a study by the Pew Research Center, women were putting off having babies while the economy was weak. (Source: NYT Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Debt crisis defines Trichet's tenure at ECB :: Did Jean-Claude Trichet do enough to tackle the debt crisis?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15511221

Men May Be Prompted To Seek More Sex Partners In A Permanently Dismal Economy :: Grim economic times could cause men to seek more sexual partners, giving them more chances to reproduce, according to research by Omri Gillath, a social psychology professor at the University of Kansas. Men are likely to pursue short-term mating strategies when faced with a threatening environment, according to sexual selection theory based on evolutionary psychology... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridS21364&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#292&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmnt%2Fhealthnews%2F%7E3%2FAFHFr8UGaCk%2F235994.php

Qantas grounds fleet over labor dispute :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Uyn3uWnDQB0/index.html

How Nurses Can Increase Their Earning Potential :: October 14, 2011 - The tenuous state of the U.S. economy has caused many nurses to take a hard look at their personal financial stability and find ways to maximize their earning power. One solution is personal professional development--acquiring advanced skill sets, meeting qualifications for specialty certifications and earning advanced degrees. Nurses can also use skills they already possess as the foundation for building a business that is an extension of their nursing experience. (Source: NurseZone.com Featured Stories)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Equities slip as eurozone stresses resurface :: Greek referendum sees euro slip below $1.40, while intervention to suppress the yen is encouraging profit-taking after a stellar month for risk assets
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/03a7fcaa-0368-11e1-899a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Why the world of scientific research needs to be disrupted :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/gw3mJ6XCy6w/

Abramovich admits 'not very ethical' practices :: Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich concedes amending dates in documents after questions from the legal team of rival Boris Berezovsky
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2f9b8f0-03f1-11e1-864e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Credit Unions Capitalize on Bank Fee Displeasure :: With customers angry about new bank fees, credit unions have been trying to use the displeasure to gain more customers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240762/20111031/credit-unions-bank-america-debit-card-fee.htm

Housing Headed For 'Triple Dip': Report :: Home prices are predicted to fall another 3.6 percent by June of 2012, marking a new of 35 percent below the 2006 peak, according to a report by Fiserv.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240758/20111031/housing-headed-triple-dip-report.htm

Markets fall as euro fears remain :: Bank shares and the euro fall as fears over the eurozone and Italian government debt persist, despite the latest rescue deal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15528949

Managing risk in your startup :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Fu5q9BsAV1I/

Boehner: Super Committee Can Find a Compromise :: House Speaker John Boehner expects the budget deficit super committee will find some middle ground on its road to closing at least $1.2 trillion in the national&#039;s budget gap.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240734/20111031/boehner-super-committee-compromise.htm