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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Wrecked warehouses and toppled cheeses: Italy counts cost of quakes :: The last thing Italy needed was a disaster costing billions of euros in its most productive region. But that was what happenedSabrina Federzoni steps gingerly into a puddle of syrupy, black balsamic vinegar pooling at the bottom of a curved iron staircase. "It is slippery. Be careful," she warns as she surveys the attic scene: oak casks, some dating back to 1912 when her great-grandmother founded the Monari Federzoni balsamic vinegar operation, lie in a jumble, rivulets of "black gold" seeping from their cracked seams on to the grey cement floor."It takes years to make this product," says Federzoni, whose family business exports 70% of its vinegar to 50 countries, including Britain. "To see it ruined like this, it is so sad."The wave of seismic activity that began on 20 May in northern Ita...
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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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Global Round Of Central Bank Easing As Inflationary Pressures Abate :: To some extent, monetary easing has been accommodated because of stable-to-lower inflationary pressures.
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ISM Services Index In US Slows To 30-Month Low In June :: The Institute for Supply Management said its services sector index, which covers about 90 percent of the economy, dropped to 52.1 in June from the prior month's 53.7, to mark the worst reading since January 2010.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/359896/20120705/ism-services-index-june-manufacturing.htm
Challenger: US Planned Job Cuts Fall To 13-Month Low In June :: Planned layoffs fell to a 13-month low in June as U.S. employers announced 37,551 job cuts, a 39 percent reduction from May, according to a report from consultants Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/359855/20120705/challenger-planned-job-cuts-june-layoff.htm
US Private Employment Up By 176,000 From May To June :: U.S. private employment rose by 176,000 from May to June, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to an ADP report issued Thursday.
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Lenders Ask Kingfisher To Sell Assets :: A consortium of lenders of the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines Thursday asked the Indian private carrier to sell its properties in Goa and Mumbai and to come up with concrete steps to "improve its operations.".
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/359835/20120705/lenders-ask-kingfisher-airline-sell-assets.htm
It's green growth or nothing | Chris Huhne :: We have no choice. High energy prices are here to stay and resource-frugality is our only hope for a sustainable futureMuch of our economic debate implies we must choose between going green or going for growth. That view may be the opposite of the truth. There is now hard evidence that the real choice is between green growth or no growth at all.For the first time in the postwar period, energy and other commodity prices are unusually high for this point of the global recovery. Normally the cost of basic materials falls in real terms for at least two years after a recovery begins. In the past, this boosted real incomes, supported spending and fuelled recovery.No more. Today there is a different phenomenon in the developed world: the "squeezed middle". Far from boosting incomes and spending, ...
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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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French oil tax to cost Total up to €160m :: France's move to raise some €550m through a one-off tax on inventories could help depleted government coffers but hurt the struggling refining industry
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India's Generic Drug Healthcare Policy To Benefit Millions Of Poor Patients :: The Indian government has taken a major step towards its ambitious vision of achieving the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by initiating a $5.4-billion plan that would allow the government sector doctors to prescribe generic drugs to the patients free of cost.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360542/20120707/india-s-new-generic-drug-health-care.htm
Top Post-Market Nasdaq Movers (Human Genome, Netlist, Synacor, Nanosphere, Jamba, Gevo, Glu, ZAGG, Xyratex, Splunk) :: The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Friday were Human Genome Sciences Inc, Netlist Inc, Synacor Inc, Nanosphere Inc and Jamba.
The top after-market Nasdaq losers were: Gevo, Glu Mobile Inc , ZAGG Inc, Xyratex Ltd and Splunk Inc.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360513/20120707/top-market-nasdaq-movers-human-genome-netlist.htm
Are Foreign Holdings Of US National Debt A Threat To Our Economy? :: As the U.S. government spends an unprecedented amount of money to fix the economy, there's an equal need to raise the cash needed to pay for those fixes. As a result, Uncle Sam is forced to borrow from countries with high savings rates, such as China, to help cover the budget deficit.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360505/20120706/foreign-holdings-national-debt-treasury-threat-economy.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)<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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UCLA hosts major conference on curing brain diseases and disorders :: Top researchers from UCLA will join fellow neuroscientists, advocates and policymakers at a three-day conference to promote a common cause: Combining the world's best scientific minds with the sharing of resources and information to transform our understanding and treatment of brain diseases within 10 years.
The inaugural annual "Meeting of the One Mind for Research Campaign: Curing Brain Disease," presented by the independent nonprofit One Mind for Research, will take place from May 23 to 25 at Covel Commons on the UCLA campus.
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Garen Staglin, co-founder of One Mind for Research and a longtime UCLA supporter, will deliver opening remarks at the conference, which will also feature presentations by actress G...
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Too much work? Do less, not more :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/19NquJaSjuc/index.html
Do black tech entrepreneurs face institutional bias? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Uy3QTPolITo/index.html
Midprice Retailers Struggle To Compete :: As the gap between America's middle class and the wealthiest 1 percent has widened, luxury retailers and discounters continue to grow, while midprice brands are finding it difficult to compete.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360476/20120706/retail-inequality-nordstrom-jc-penney.htm
Americans Too Broke To Go Bankrupt? US Bankruptcy Filings On Pace To Fall To Pre-2008 Level :: The pace of bankruptcy filings in the U.S. is slowing down to pre-recession levels, but don't cheer just yet –because hundreds of thousands of Americans might have been too broke to file for bankruptcy.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360412/20120706/bankruptcy-court-filing-pre-2008-broke.htm
London Olympics: Top Three Crazy Corporate Rules Medalists :: In the run-up to the London Olympics, Lianna Brinded awards her own medals of dishonour for the maddest corporate rules that sucks the fun and the spirit out of the greatest spectacle on earth.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360211/20120706/london-olympics-games-2012-corporate-sponsorship.htm
Mauritius Says It Will Cooperate With India To Avoid Abuse Of DTAA, Offers Two Islands For Business Development :: Mauritius has conveyed its readiness to cooperate with India to plug in the loopholes in the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), the tax treaty that exists between the two countries.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360208/20120706/mauritius-will-cooperate-india-avoid-abuse-dtaa.htm
New Clues Discovered To Explain Tendon Injury :: Tendon disorders cost the UK economy more than £7bn a year and now scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have identified a vital component of tendons which could help treat them. The research, published in the highly regarded Royal Society journal Interface, found that a component of tendons known as the interfascicular matrix (IFM) is essential for their function... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Top After-Market Nasdaq Movers (Xyratex, Celldex, Sequenom, Fifth Street Finance, Applied Micro Circuits, Informatica, Alexza, ValueVision, Amtech, Alaska Communications) :: The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Thursday were Xyratex Ltd, Celldex Therapeutics Inc, Sequenom Inc, Fifth Street Finance Corp and Applied Micro Circuits Corporation.
The top after-market Nasdaq losers were: Informatica Corporation, Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc, ValueVision Media Inc, Amtech Systems Inc and Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360116/20120706/top-post-market-nasdaq-movers-xyratex-celldex.htm
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