Top business news: 30 okt. 2011

söndag 30 oktober 2011

31-Oct-2011 07:57 Qantas

Australian Government Lifts Qantas Lockout, Flights To Resume :: Qantas will resume flights by noon Monday after Fair Work Australia (FWA) ordered an end to its lockout and grounding of 108 planes that stranded 68,000 passengers worldwide since Saturday.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240153/20111030/qantas-lockout-fwa-ends-industrial-actions-fair.htm

Qantas ordered to resume flights :: Australia's labour tribunal orders Qantas and unions to halt the dispute that stranded thousands of passengers, with some flights to resume in hours.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-15513219

VIDEO: Advice for stranded Qantas passengers :: Australian airline Qantas has said more than 68,000 passengers around the world have been affected by its decision to ground all its planes on Saturday.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15511026

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

Qantas Airlines Grounds All Flights in Response to Ongoing Strike :: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged both the company and labor unions to settle the dispute immediately.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/239952/20111029/australia-union-strike-labor-airlines-qantas-grounding.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

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

VIDEO: Qantas planes back in the air :: Qantas has resumed flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to the industrial dispute with union members.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15516828

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

Qantas resumes flights after dramatic grounding :: First flight departs Sydney for Jakarta after tribunal orders a stop to the industrial action and tells the Australian flag-carrier and unions to negotiate a settlement
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1093204-030c-11e1-899a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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

No End in Sight to Qantas Airlines Strike :: Workers have been striking against Qantas' plans to restructure the airline, a move that is expected to result in almost 1,000 job cuts.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/239751/20111028/australia-strike-labor-unions-qantas-airlines-job.htm

31-Oct-2011 07:27 Qantas

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

Qantas resumes flight operations :: Qantas resumes flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to the industrial dispute with union members.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15516837

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

31-Oct-2011 06:57 Qantas

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

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

31-Oct-2011 06:27 Qantas

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

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

VIDEO: Qantas set to resume flights :: Qantas will resume flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to the industrial dispute with union members.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15516828

31-Oct-2011 05:57 Qantas

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

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

Qantas plans to end dramatic grounding :: Labour relations tribunal orders a stop to the industrial action and tells the Australian flag-carrier and unions to negotiate a settlement
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1093204-030c-11e1-899a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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

31-Oct-2011 03:57 Qantas

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

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

31-Oct-2011 03:27 Qantas

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

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

31-Oct-2011 02:57 Qantas

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

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

31-Oct-2011 02:27 Qantas

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

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

31-Oct-2011 01:57 Qantas

FWA Lifts Qantas Lockout, Flights To Resume :: Qantas will resume flights by noon Monday after the Fair Work Australia (FWA) ordered an end to its lockout and grounding of 108 planes that stranded 68,000 passengers worldwide since Saturday.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240153/20111030/qantas-lockout-fwa-ends-industrial-actions-fair.htm

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

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

31-Oct-2011 01:27 Qantas

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

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

31-Oct-2011 00:57 Qantas

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

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

31-Oct-2011 00:27 Qantas

Qantas looks to resume flights :: Labour relations tribunal orders a stop to the industrial action and tells the Australian flag-carrier and unions to negotiate a settlement
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1093204-030c-11e1-899a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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

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

30-Oct-2011 23:57 Chinese

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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Chinese investment in Europe to surge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8dqA5P-3ACU/index.html

Chinese set to buy Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Jb7nAkwLNow/

Saab signs Chinese takeover deal :: Cash-strapped Swedish carmaker Saab signs a deal to be taken over by two Chinese firms for 100m euros (£88m).
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15494135

Chinese firms snap up Sweden's Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TZJhNtvRRdo/

Europe Bailout Fund Chief Sees No Quick China Deal :: The head of Europe's bailout fund said Friday he does not expect to reach a conclusive deal with Chinese leaders during a visit to Beijing but expects the surplus-rich country to continue buying bonds issued by the fund.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/239425/20111028/europe-bailout-fund-chief-sees-no-quick-china-deal.htm

Europe Bailout Fund Comes Calling on Beijing :: The head of Europe's bailout fund said Friday he does not expect to reach a conclusive deal with Chinese leaders during a visit to Beijing but expects the surplus-rich country to continue buying bonds issued by the fund.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/239403/20111028/europe-bailout-fund-comes-calling-beijing.htm

China's Baidu sees profits surge :: Chinese search engine Baidu reports an 80% surge in profits for the third quarter, boosted by increased advertising sales.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15488426

30-Oct-2011 23:27 Chinese

Chinese investment in Europe to surge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8dqA5P-3ACU/index.html

Chinese set to buy Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Jb7nAkwLNow/

Chinese firms snap up Sweden's Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TZJhNtvRRdo/

30-Oct-2011 22:57 Chinese

Chinese investment in Europe to surge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8dqA5P-3ACU/index.html

Chinese set to buy Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Jb7nAkwLNow/

Chinese firms snap up Sweden's Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TZJhNtvRRdo/

30-Oct-2011 22:27 Chinese

Chinese investment in Europe to surge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8dqA5P-3ACU/index.html

Chinese set to buy Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Jb7nAkwLNow/

Chinese firms snap up Sweden's Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TZJhNtvRRdo/

30-Oct-2011 21:57 Chinese

Chinese investment in Europe to surge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8dqA5P-3ACU/index.html

Chinese set to buy Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Jb7nAkwLNow/

Chinese firms snap up Sweden's Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TZJhNtvRRdo/

30-Oct-2011 21:27 Chinese

Chinese investment in Europe to surge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8dqA5P-3ACU/index.html

Chinese set to buy Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Jb7nAkwLNow/

Chinese firms snap up Sweden's Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TZJhNtvRRdo/

30-Oct-2011 20:57 Chinese

Chinese investment in Europe to surge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8dqA5P-3ACU/index.html

Chinese set to buy Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Jb7nAkwLNow/

Chinese firms snap up Sweden's Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TZJhNtvRRdo/

30-Oct-2011 20:27 Chinese

Chinese investment in Europe to surge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8dqA5P-3ACU/index.html

Chinese set to buy Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Jb7nAkwLNow/

Chinese firms snap up Sweden's Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TZJhNtvRRdo/

30-Oct-2011 19:57 Chinese

Chinese investment in Europe to surge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8dqA5P-3ACU/index.html

Chinese set to buy Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Jb7nAkwLNow/

Chinese firms snap up Sweden's Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TZJhNtvRRdo/

30-Oct-2011 19:27 Chinese

Chinese investment in Europe to surge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8dqA5P-3ACU/index.html

Chinese set to buy Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Jb7nAkwLNow/

Chinese firms snap up Sweden's Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TZJhNtvRRdo/

30-Oct-2011 18:57 Chinese

Chinese investment in Europe to surge :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8dqA5P-3ACU/index.html

Chinese set to buy Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Jb7nAkwLNow/

Chinese firms snap up Sweden's Saab :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/TZJhNtvRRdo/

30-Oct-2011 15:57 a

Ford profit beats forecast :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/kip5GWsLqmw/

Nokia jumps off burning platform :: Finnish phone firm proclaims "rebirth". Will consumers listen?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15468181

Peugeot Citroën lowers earnings forecast :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yv8GDDfXs5k/index.html

Ex-Goldman Sachs director surrenders :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/pAop59Nagzc/index.html

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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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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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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New Jersey to host 2013 F1 race :: New Jersey will host a grand prix in 2013, a year after Formula 1 returns to the United States with a 2012 race in Austin, Texas .
url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/formula_one/15440153.stm

A Doctor's Alternative to PPACA ::  

The following was written prior to enactment of PPACA by the United States Congress.  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.  The opinion expressed is that of the writer and not the Association.

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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Obama reveals new refinance rules :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/grxVaj6I2yc/index.html

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)<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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Hewlett U-turn on selling PC arm :: Hewlett Packard says it has reviewed a plan by former chief Leo Apotheker to sell its personal computer arm and it now intends to keep it.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15487317

Opinionator: Spending More Doesnâ€™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)
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Is Amazon's Jeff Bezos the next Steve Jobs? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/4YeKv6AI9Qs/index.html

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)
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Malaysia aims for hi-tech future :: Malaysia aims for a lucrative, hi-tech future
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15475735

Does debt deal solve euro woes? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/UDY-LRhGBGs/index.html

Chelsea lose fan vote on stadium :: Chelsea FC lose a vote to buy back their stadium from a group owned by their fans.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15481301

Facebook sets up shop in Lapland :: Facebook is locating its first non-US data centre in a place with an inhabitant even more famous than Mark Zuckerberg.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-15477194

Pension scheme membership falls :: The number of people paying into occupational pension schemes has fallen again to just 8.3 million.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15479372

Nintendo warns of first ever loss :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/qIODPFFv6YU/

VW turns in stellar nine-month earnings :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/DcUtWkVxxtc/

Sony takes full control of Sony Ericsson :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/7tu_LYfR3MQ/

'Gold and silver' ATMs in India :: An Indian company launches what it says is the world's first cash machine to dispense diamonds as well as gold and silver coins.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-15478838

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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Plan to tie down package accounts :: Customers will be assessed for their eligibility for the insurance element of packaged bank accounts before any sale, under planned rules.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15476220

Stocks surge after deal reached :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/3Q20HqjMV-A/

Olympus Chairman to step down :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/GEWEij7_-aA/index.html

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.

“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,” said Suresh. “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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