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Passage of Carbon Measure Draws Varied Reactions from Australians :: The Australian Parliament's lower house passed the momentous but contentious bill which is believed to be the most wide-ranging carbon pricing system in the world.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/229375/20111011/passage-carbon-measure-reactions-australians.htm

Carbon Tax Passage Leaves Australia's Business, Industry Groups in Quandary :: Australia's business and other industry groups are now on the quandary as to the passage of the carbon tax legislation in Congress now waiting for the final stamp of approval in the Senate.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/229373/20111011/carbon-tax-australia-australia-industry-group-tony-abbott-penny-wong-labor-party-cmc-markets.htm

US Senate passes China yuan bill :: The US Senate votes through a bill which aims to punish china for keeping its currency artificially undervalued.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15269123

For Zynga, success lies in the first three clicks :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/tIO_fZEmLOY/

September Oil Output Down: OPEC :: The crude-oil output by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell in September, as member-nations Saudi Arabia and Nigeria voluntarily decreased production.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/229359/20111011/september-oil-output-down-opec.htm

Obama Jobs Plan Gets Majority Support in Senate, But Bill Blocked by Republican Filibuster :: President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan on Tuesday received support from a majority of senators, but Republicans were able to sustain a filibuster with the help of two Democrats.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/229355/20111011/obama-jobs-plan-senate-vote.htm

Alcoa hit by lower metal prices :: Despite a sharp rise in profits, US aluminium-maker Alcoa announces quarterly results that fall well short of analysts' expectations.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15268742

Backpackers' Guide to the eurozone crisis: Italy :: Closer integration is the answer to the debt crisis, says Pirelli boss
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15266282

How China is winning the school race :: How China overtook everyone else in the school race
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14812822

Looks like ARM just won the smart TV war :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/2gs4Uc-9blo/

Georgia's Camden County Considers Replacing Firefighters With Free Prison Laborers :: Georgia's Camden County is considering a measure that would allow certain prison inmates to work alongside traditional firefighters, an effort that would reportedly save the county $500,000 a year.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/229253/20111011/georgia-prisoners-to-work-as-firefighters-georgia-county-free-prison-inmate-labor.htm

Planning a paywall? Maybe you should sell some e-books instead :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/-aBeLIlFiE4/

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?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html

Pet Talk: Need for pet food banks is up in down economy :: Not all animals have all they can eat. Some owners need help, and a few bags of free dog or cat food can change help them keep their pets. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridR58510&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#283&url=http%3A%2F%2Frssfeeds.usatoday.com%2F%7Er%2FUsatodaycomHealth-TopStories%2F%7E3%2FyMXH-c0PzNo%2F1

US accuses Iran of Saudi envoy death plot :: Two charged with conspiracy to kill a foreign official and use a weapon of mass destruction against the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/185fa35c-f439-11e0-bdea-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

Blackberry users suffer new crash :: Blackberry users complain of a fresh crash hours after the firm which makes the smartphones, RIM, said all services were "operating normally".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-15243892

LinkedIn acquires search engine startup IndexTank :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/n94_Zea4bgU/

Slovakia votes against expanded EFSF :: Plans to expand the powers of the eurozone's bail-out fund were thrown into disarray on Tuesday when Slovakia's parliament voted against the move
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ee25cc2-f3e6-11e0-b221-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

Slovakia votes down bailout move :: Slovakia's parliament votes against measures to bolster the powers of the eurozone bailout fund, seen as vital in combating the bloc's debt crisis.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-15265987

Slovakia Vote: Lawmakers Reject Expanded Eurozone Bailout Fund, Government is Toppled :: Slovakian lawmakers late Tuesday rejected their governing coalition's bid to expand the Eurozone's bailout fund, toppling the government but heightening prospects a new coalition can push the measure through this week.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/229210/20111011/slovakia-vote-bailout-fund-eurozone-european-financial-stability-fund.htm

Spanish bank ratings downgraded :: Two leading credit rating agencies downgrade some of Spain's largest banks, citing a deteriorating outlook for the Spanish economy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15267628

BlackBerry email glitch continues and spreads :: Services including email and messaging remain unavailable as Research in Motion blames outages on a 'core switch failure' in its infrastructure
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9bd8bdc8-f429-11e0-bdea-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

Risk rally loses steam :: Recent ebullience is subsiding as traders take stock ahead of further developments in the eurozone and the US third-quarter earnings season
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7d5bc450-f30f-11e0-8383-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

Poland Election: PM Wins Second Term, Will Keep Old Coalition for Now :: Prime Minister Donald Tusk, leader of the center-right pro-market Civic Platform (PO) party, won re-election in Poland Sunday night. For the first time since the fall of communism in 1989, the major political party in Poland has maintained its grip on power. The fairly fought election in the formerly communist country establishes the country's democratic and economic stability.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/229203/20111011/poland-election-donald-tusk-prime-minister-pm-civic-platform-sunday-communism-democracy-economic.htm

Beijing and Moscow to put $1bn each in fund :: Wen Jiabao and Vladimir Putin sign an agreement for a new Sino-Russian fund that will invest in agriculture, consumer products and green energy
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/928384f8-f3f0-11e0-b221-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

IBM eyes big data at big banks with Platform buy :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/i-kkOFbNSjE/

5 Reasons Why When Sony Catches Cold, the Consumer Tech Sector Gets Pneumonia :: Could Sony's dire predictions for "murky" holiday sales cast a cloud onto the entire electronics sector (sans Apple)? Will the $190 billion U.S. electronics sector suffer from a fallout?
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/229178/20111011/iphone-4s-ipad-kindle-kindle-fire-sony-tv-consumer-electronics.htm

Zynga's declaration of independence: Project Z :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/JAwFEc6f2cA/

News Corp under fresh hacking scrutiny :: Former head of UK newspapers faces third appearance before MPs three days after News Corp's annual meeting where a protest vote is expected
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3066822-f425-11e0-bdea-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

Congo's copper belt frets about life after Katumbi :: Few in Congo's Katanga copper belt are happy with local provincial governor Moise Katumbi's decision to return to business after five years in politics.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/229168/20111011/congo-s-copper-belt-frets-about-life-after-katumbi.htm

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