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Reebok pays $25m over toning shoe :: Sports goods maker Reebok will pay $25m ( £16m) to settle charges that it made unsupported claims about its Easy Tone and Run Tone shoes.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15099965

Newport Medical Solutions named to the 2011 Inc.500|5000 :: Orange, CA, Aug. 30, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newport Medical Solutions, A leading provider of surgeon focused billing, coding, and consulting services, today announced it was named to the 2011 Inc. 500|5000 list. Newport Medical Solutions ranked No. 1324 overall, 99th in the health industry and 93rd in the Los Angeles Metro Area on the annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy. (Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE))<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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Lower Canadian dollar helps lift Canada August producer prices :: A weakening of the Canadian dollar helped pushed up the Canadian producer price index in August by 0.5 percent, Statistics Canada said on Thursday.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/222262/20110929/lower-canadian-dollar-canada-august-producer-prices-weakening-u-s-dollars-inflation-rate.htm

Protesters disrupt 'troika' talks in Athens :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/y8qzWHR85vw/

Germany approves EU bailout fund :: Germany's parliament votes by a large majority in favour of supporting a more powerful fund to bail-out troubled Eurozone economies.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-15107538

Nokia hangs up on Romania :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/cij6canXYms/

Stocks Jump on German Bailout Vote, Benign US Economic Data :: Financial stocks are particularly buoyant -- Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is up 5.2 percent.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/222120/20110929/stock-markets-bailout-germany-financials.htm

Warning over mobility aid scams :: Elderly and disabled consumers face risks from unscrupulous traders offering stairlifts and other mobility aids on the doorstep, the OFT says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15097985

Pediatric Nurses Address Children and the Economy: Part 2 :: THIS ARTICLE IS based on the authors' preconference presentations at the 2010 Society of Pediatric Nurses (SPN) National Convention in Orlando, FL (). In this article, the authors present overviews of (a) the impact of the economy on the management of children with special health care needs, (b) the manifestation of adolescent high-risk behaviors, and (c) the economics of natural disasters. (Source: Journal of Pediatric Nursing)<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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Food Safety Tips For Packing Lunches :: You do everything you can think of to ensure your kids eat a healthful lunch. But do you also consider the safety of the food you pack in their lunch bags each day? "Packing your child's school lunch not only helps you know they're eating healthful fare, it can also save money an important consideration in the current economy," says food safety expert Dr. Don Schaffner of the Institute of Food Technologists and Rutgers University. "Parents also need to keep in mind, however, the importance of safe handling practices when preparing food for their children's lunch boxes." The U.S... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)<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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Sleep Is Money; US Loses $63 Billion A Year To Insomnia Woes :: Sleep is good, but it is also money. A lack of it has been shown to severely impact the nation's economy in the tune of costing the average American worker 11.3 days, or $2,280 in lost productivity each year. That adds up to $63.2 billion (and 252.7 workdays) for the whole country, and that is a lot of opportunity lost. Ronald C. Kessler, head author of the study said: "It's an underappreciated problem. Americans are not missing work because of insomnia. They are still going to their jobs but accomplishing less because they're tired... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Management of major trauma :: This article will review these reports, discuss the changes occurring in the organization of the care of major trauma and describe the anaesthetic management of this important group of patients. (Source: Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine)
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Chronic pain: the search for a killer :: Millions of desperate people live with chronic pain, but medicine has had little luck finding cures. Could a new range of analgesics offer&nbsp;them hope at last?Every day of her life, Jayne Nelson has suffered severe pain in her feet and legs. "It's as if I have plunged them into scalding water," she says. In an attempt to counter the constant discomfort, the 32-year-old marketing executive takes powerful painkillers but admits these are only partially successful."The drugs help me to live as normal a life as possible but I still suffer severe pain several times a day," she says. "I have to keep electric fans on in my office and over my bed, and have the air-conditioning on in my car virtually all the time in order to try to control the burning that I feel in my feet and legs."Jayne suffe...<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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Kodak denies any bankruptcy plans :: Eastman Kodak denies that it plans to file for bankruptcy protection, despite hiring a legal firm well-known for handling such cases.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15141421

PM warns over eurozone break-up :: Prime Minister David Cameron warns that it would be "very bad" for the UK if the eurozone was to break up.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15141423

Trade watchdog link to loan firm :: A BBC investigation reveals Trading Standards offices are receiving consultancy fees from companies which could also be the subject of customer complaints - a move consumer groups say is "a grave error of judgment".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15041117

Petition to support BAE workers :: A Hull MP collects 2,400 signatures within three hours of starting a petition to support BAE employees.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-humber-15136123

Chinese factory activity picks up in September :: Export orders of the world's second-largest economy have strengthened, offering reassurance that in can weather the global economic turmoil
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb2b7b48-ec1e-11e0-8c66-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

India's fiscal, Current Account Gaps Widen; Rupee Pressured :: India reached 66 percent of its full-year fiscal deficit target just five months into the financial year, reinforcing worries about its ability to stick to the budgeted target for the year that ends in March.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223102/20111001/india-s-fiscal-current-account-gaps-widen-rupee-pressured.htm

Crowds swell Wall Street protests :: Some 2,000 people march on New York's police HQ in the largest protest yet under the banner Occupy Wall Street, amid rumours of an appearance by Radiohead.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-15134806

Big data startups weigh in on competing with Oracle :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/rLNP1sJzC1k/

Minimum wage up by 15p to £6.08 :: The minimum wage goes up from 1 October, with the main rate for adults aged 21 or over rising by 15p to £6.08 an hour.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15124843

Effects of Gradual-Elastic Compression Stockings on Running Economy, Kinematics, and Performance in Runners :: Varela-Sanz, A, España, J, Carr, N, Boullosa, DA, and Esteve-Lanao, J. Effects of gradual-elastic compression stockings on running economy, kinematics and performance in runners. J Strength Cond Res 25(10): 2902â€"2910, 2011â€"We investigated the effect of gradual-elastic compression stockings (GCSs) on running economy (RE), kinematics, and performance in endurance runners. Sixteen endurance trained athletes (age: 34.73 ± 6.27 years; V̇O2max: 62.83 ± 9.03 ml·kgâˆ'1·minâˆ'1; 38 minutes in 10 km; 1 hour 24 minutes in half marathon) performed in random order 4 bouts of 6 minutes at a recent half-marathon pace on a treadmill to evaluate RE with or without GCSs. Subsequently, 12 athletes were divided into 2 equal groups matched by their V̇O2max, and they performed a time limit test (Tlim...
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Palliative care in Enugu, Nigeria: Challenges to a new practice :: Tonia C OnyekaIndian Journal of Palliative Care 2011 17(2):131-136Everyone, young and old, male and female, rich and poor, should have access to excellent care during the course of a serious illness and at the end of life. Therefore, a denial of such care becomes an infringement of the individual&#x0027;s human rights. Because of the efforts of pioneers in this field of Medicine in Africa and beyond, both living and immortalized, we can now say that palliative care in the African context is affordable and achievable. In this article, some of the challenges faced in setting up and running a new palliative care practice in an emerging and developing economy are examined. (Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care)
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Nestlé whistles up adverts to drive dogs wild :: Television ads for the Swiss multinational's Beneful dog food provide a graphic illustration of where the real drivers of consumption lie
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d66eb9e-eb87-11e0-a576-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

Greece pushes for bailout tranche :: Greek PM George Papandreou presses fellow EU leaders to approve an 8bn-euro tranche of bailout money Greece needs to avoid bankruptcy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-15120696

Gunmen kidnap sailor supplying Nigerian oil rig :: Gunmen boarded a ship supplying an Exxon Mobil oil platform offshore Nigeria on Friday, wounding one on board and abducting another, the local unit of the U.S. oil major said.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/222954/20110930/gunmen-kidnap-sailor-supplying-nigerian-oil-rig.htm

Anil Ambani caught up in India telecoms scandal :: Shares in Reliance Communications fall to record low after investigators widen probe
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4910384-eb58-11e0-9a41-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

Obama Tax Plan 'Buffett Rule' Backed by 63% of Global Investors :: Can Congress increase the income tax on the wealthy? It can if the latest Bloomberg Poll is any indicator -- global investors overwhelming support President Barack Obama&#039;s proposed tax increase on adults with adjusted gross incomes of $1 million or more annually.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/222805/20110930/taxes-income-tax-buffett-rule-warren-buffett-obama-wealth-income-bush-bush-tax-cut-budget-deficit-re.htm

China Posts Higher Grain Output, but Domestic Prices Steep :: Chinese grain harvest posted its eighth consecutive increase this year but it will still failed to stabilize domestic prices as supplies continue to struggle to meet growing demand.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/222786/20110930/no-change-in-china-grain-prices-despite-bigger-harvest.htm

Sharp rise in eurozone inflation :: The eurozone inflation rate increased sharply to 3% in September, up from 2.5% in August, according to official estimates.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15121758