Fix economy not obesity - Lawson :: The government should focus on tackling the economy and not obesity, former chancellor Lord Lawson has said. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
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Greggs to target motorway drivers :: Greggs, the country's biggest chain of bakers, says it plans to open new shops in motorway service stations.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15365562
Cash prize for euro break-up plan :: Lord Wolfson, the chief executive of Next, offers a £250,000 prize for the best answer to how to manage one or more countries leaving the euro.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15366828
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)
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In tough economy, Americans having fewer babies :: 4,316,233. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
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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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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)
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India cuts forecast as rates rise :: India's central bank raises interest rates and cuts its growth forecast amid high consumer prices and slowing global growth.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15441522
UBS profit despite trader scandal :: Swiss bank UBS reports third-quarter net profit of 1bn Swiss francs ($1.1bn; £710m), despite being hit by losses from unauthorised trading.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15441961
Oil giant BP at 'turning point' :: Oil giant BP reports a big rise in third-quarter profits and says it has reached a "turning point" for its operations and production.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15441607
India raises rates amid growth warnings :: Central bank lifts rates by 25 points to 8.50% just as other emerging economies cut borrowing costs in anticipation of a global slowdown
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae75970a-fecc-11e0-9b2f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss
Japan plans Thai loans for firms :: The Bank of Japan is working with Thailand's central bank to ensure availability of funds for Japanese firms hit by flooding there.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15441158
News Corp suffers investor rebuke :: A third of investors voted against the re-election of James and Lachlan Murdoch to the News Corp board, new figures show.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15440825
Introducing a thermostat Steve Jobs would love: Nest :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/IJYL51g5CfY/
Warning over Chinese insurers :: China's insurance regulator says market turmoil has affected the ability of some insurers to make payments to policyholders.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15441112
SpringSource links up with Neo Technology on NoSQL :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/rU-uJhGM36M/
NFC chipmaker ships 10M units to date in 2011 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/cMdB6pfFWb4/
Zaarly goes big: $14.1M funding, Meg Whitman joins board :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/8BBJ9710vuU/
Cash crisis winners and losers :: Making money out of the continent's debt crisis
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15342756
Perry unveils a 20% flat tax rate plan :: US Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has revealed a high risk 20 per cent flat rate tax in an attempt to present a conservative fiscal policy
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/82a9e9f4-feb4-11e0-a72c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss
Japanese companies grapple with euro swings :: While their primary focus has long been the US dollar, the euro's slide against the yen is increasingly inflicting damage on unwary manufacturers
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3b06e4d0-effa-11e0-bc9d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss
PM Gillard: EU Debt Debacle Crucial to Australia's Economic Expansion :: As the political and economic arbitration intensified in the EU, other nations around the globe remained wary of possible effects of the European crisis.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/236865/20111024/australian-government-importance-eu-response-crisis-rba-lowering-interest-rates.htm
More tablets means video hogs even more bandwidth :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/a95YuGqBLys/
ASIC Urges Aussies to Check Unclaimed Funds Totalling $636M :: Many Australians may be unaware that significant amount of their money are sitting idly and waiting to be claimed, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), which added that majority of these funds are either forgotten bank accounts or other financial assets.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/236854/20111024/asic-urges-aussies-to-check-unclaimed-funds-totalling-636-m.htm
Euro Nations Tackle Debt Issues Separately before Penultimate Summit this Week :: No decisions have been made regarding the final plan in coping with the sovereign debt crisis and reviving the common currency although leaders of Euro nations are believed to be working separately to address these issues separately.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/236841/20111024/euro-nations-tackle-debt-issues-penultimate-summit-week.htm
RBA: Interest Rate Cut Possible but Timing is Key :: Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Deputy Governor Ric Battellino hinted on Tuesday that the Australian central bank may lower the cash rate. He said that the release on Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics of the consumer price index (CPI) would be a key for the RBA to determine easing monetary policy.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/236839/20111024/rba-hints-of-interest-rate-cut.htm
Thailand Fails to Divert Floods; Runoff Water Submerges West, East Bangkok :: Thailand's efforts to completely block floodwaters from reaching the capital Bangkok had been unsuccessful as the strong currents broke through barriers at Pin Klao area in Thon Buri that has been keeping the outpouring of the Chao Phraya River.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/236838/20111024/thailand-fails-to-block-flood-waters-now-submerging-west-east-bangkok-deputy-bangkok-governor-pornth.htm
HK court dismisses Nina Wang case :: Hong Kong's top court has dismissed a case from a man seeking to inherit the multi-billion dollar estate of Nina Wang, once Asia's richest woman.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/15440827
Murdochs shunned in News Corp vote :: Details of the protest vote pose no immediate threat to media group's ruling family, but they may embarrass independent directors
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b27b67cc-fe49-11e0-a1eb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss
Berlusconi's cabinet stalls on pension reform :: Italian PM's cabinet meeting to plan economic reform is to be reconvened after Northern League fails to resolve differences on pensions
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ead92fb8-fe18-11e0-a1eb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss