VIDEO: Today's kids try the Commodore 64 :: BBC News has conducted an experiment to see what pupils of today make of the Commodore 64 home computer, as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19055707#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Shocking Fraud In For-Profit Colleges: Senate Probe :: For-profit colleges, which are squandering their resources at the expense of students' outcomes, are bilking the government and the public, a two-year investigation led by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, concluded.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368910/20120731/profits-tom-harkin-federal-loans-taxpayers-dropout.htm
Payment scheme likely if Heathrow grows :: A group of Tory MPs is urging BAA to defuse opposition to an expansion of Heathrow by proposing a compensation regime for those affected by the noise
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f4131d6c-d7f9-11e1-9980-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
Boehner, Reid Reach Deal To Avoid US Government Shutdown :: Democrats and Republicans in Congress reached a deal on Tuesday to fund federal government activities through next March and eliminate any threat of agency shutdowns that could upset voters ahead of the November 6 presidential and congressional elections.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368879/20120731/government-shut-down-reid-boehner-congress-budget.htm
US Postal Servce Will Not Make Required $5.5B Payment To US Treasury :: The U.S. Postal Service affirmed Tuesday that it will not make a required $5.5 billion payment due Wednesday to the U.S. Treasury for future retirees' health care costs, according to a published report.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368829/20120731/postal-service-mail-congress-health-care-treasury.htm
Homelessness Rising In England To Olympian Heights :: According to data management firm SSentif Intelligence, homelessness has jumped by 14 percent over the past year and by 25 percent in the past three years in England.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368820/20120731/uk-homelessness-economy-cuts-housing-social-services.htm
Happy 100th Birthday To Milton Friedman: A Century Of Freedom And Free Market :: If Milton Friedman were alive today, he would be 100 years old. The Nobel-prize winning economist has transformed the way many people think about the government and economic policy.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368809/20120731/milton-friedman-100-birthday-2012-free-market.htm
Rising US Home Prices Point To Housing Sector Traction :: U.S. single-family home prices rose for the fourth month in a row in May when adjusting for seasonal swings, suggesting the recovery in the housing market continued to gain traction.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368759/20120731/housing-home-prices-case-shiller.htm
Deutsche Bank To Cut 1,900 Jobs As Q2 Profits Fall :: Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB), is laying off 1,900 people, most of them outside Germany, in an effort to save €3 billion ($3.68 billion), as part of a broader strategic overhaul.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368694/20120731/deutsche-bank-db-cut-1900-jobs-q2.htm
Deutsche Bank To Cut 1,900 Jobs in €3bn Strategy Review After Earnings Miss :: Shares in Europe's second-largest bank rise sharply after job cuts placate investor concern over weak investment bank earnings.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368677/20120731/deutsche-bank-job-cuts-review-earnings-libor.htm
Castro Ready For Talks With U.S.: Are Cuban-Americans Willing To Compromise? :: Last week Cuban President Raul Castro said he was willing to engage the U.S. in talks in an apparent bid to relax five decades of diplomatic impasse.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368662/20120731/cuba-obama-rubio-castro-raul-embargo-travel.htm
Chinese To Land On The Moon In 2013 :: Reports said the exploratory craft is designed to land and transmit back a survey of the moon's surface.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368659/20120731/china-moon-landing-2013-space-dock.htm
RBI Cuts SLR By 1 Percent, Advocates Strong Policy Action From Indian Government To Reduce Deficit :: The Reserve Bank of India left the interest rates unchanged for the second time, but cut the Statutory Liquidity Ratio by 1 percent and growth forecast to 6.5 percent, reiterating its focus on containing inflation.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368607/20120731/rbi-cuts-slr-1-percent-advocates-strong.htm
Top After-Market Nasdaq Movers (Cirrus Logic, Rudolph, Vertex, Renewable Energy, Kona Grill, CafePress, Dendreon, PMC-Sierra, Seagate, Orexigen) :: The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Monday were Cirrus Logic Inc, Rudolph Technologies Inc, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc, Renewable Energy Group Inc and Kona Grill Inc. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were CafePress Inc, Dendreon Corporation, PMC-Sierra Inc, Seagate Technology PLC and Orexigen Therapeutics Inc.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368525/20120731/top-market-nasdaq-movers-cirrus-logic-rudolph.htm
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...
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Poor Oral Health Damages Economy :: Over 2 million people in the UK say they have taken time of work due to poor oral health. The UK's economy is being damaged unnecessarily with an estimated two million workers taking sick time off work due to poor oral health over the past five years. Most problems with teeth and gums are preventable with a good oral health routine, but around seven per cent of the UK's 29 million workforce have called in sick with teeth problems at least once in the past five years... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Ailing U.S. economy delivers a blow to 'medical tourism' :: Fewer U.S. patients are traveling abroad for non-emergency medical procedures, such as hip replacements or cosmetic surgery, ... (Source: USATODAY.com 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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How Much Inequality Is Needed to Support a Strong Economy? :: There's plenty of self-interest on display in the debate on inequality, but behavioral and experimental economic studies and other inquiries into the topic show that there's more to the issue than meets the eye.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridb03382&cid=ct_15_36_f&fid5661&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-good-the-bad-the-economy%2F201207%2Fhow-much-inequality-is-needed-support-strong-economy
Iran Sentences Four To Death For Bank Fraud :: A total of 39 suspects underwent a trial that lasted nearly six months before the verdict was announced.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/368320/20120730/iran-bank-fraud-court-death-sentence.htm
Healthy Eating Hindered By Parents' Work-Life Stress :: In a tight economy, with fewer jobs, many people end up working harder and sacrificing more to stay employed. A new study finds that one of those sacrifices is sometimes their own and their family's nutrition. While prior studies have implicated working mothers in providing less healthy family food environments, this is one of the first studies of family nutrition to look at fathers - in particular a population of urban fathers, who face higher rates of unemployment and under-employment... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Greek youth: To fight or flee? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/6gO8mHETMTc/index.html
Tanking Economy May Mean Kids Suffer More Abuse (CME/CE) :: (MedPage Today) -- Rates of physical abuse and brain injury among the nation's children have risen significantly in the early 21st century, and the recent economic recession and housing crisis may be a reason why, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today State Required CME)
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Rwanda: Too Many Babies Straining Economy :: [Focus]Rose Mukamurigo is a 54-year-old community health worker in Kayonza district, Eastern Province. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
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America Has A Great Economic Future :: Behind the headlines, American entrepreuers are solving the country's major economic problems and building the foundation for a great future for future generations. read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
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