Obama Administration Outlines R&D Funding Priorities for FY 2014 :: Federal activities that support the bioeconomy and biological innovation should be prioritized in fiscal year 2014, according to a memo from the White House to federal agencies. Such activities include “enhancing translational sciences” and training programs to prepare students for the bioeconomy workforce. The Obama Administration outlined its blueprint for a bio-based economy in April 2012.
Among the other funding priorities laid out in the memo are several administration favorites, including advanced manufacturing, clean energy, climate change, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. In terms of climate change, the top priority for research is scientific activities that advance understanding of vulnerability of human and natural systems to climate e...
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Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Screening for Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancers: Nine Updated Systematic Reviews for the Guide to Community Preventive Services :: Conclusions:
Findings indicate new and reaffirmed interventions effective in promoting recommended cancer screening, including colorectal cancer screening. Findings can be used in community and healthcare settings to promote recommended care. Important research gaps also are described. (Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine)<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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Sleep Regulation Influenced By Dopamine Levels :: According to a study published in the journal PLoS Biology, dopamine, a neurotransmitter that helps controls the brain's reward and pleasure centers, also plays a role in sleep regulation. The study was conducted by researchers from CIBERNED (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas), dependant on the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the Carlos III Health Institute, and from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona. Dopamine is produced in the pineal gland... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Investing in our future: White House honors Dr. T. Berry Brazelton :: Investing in our future means investing in our children.
That's the message that Boston Children's renowned pediatrician T.Berry Brazelton wants everyone to hear, loud and clear.
Brazelton was one of 11 individuals from Head Start programs around the country who was honored by the White House on June 18th as a "Champion of Change." The Champions of Change program is part of President Obama's Winning the Future Initiative. If anyone has spent his life thinking about our future, it's Brazelton.
Along with guiding millions of parents in raising their children, Brazelton collaborated with Ed Zigler and Julius Richmond to create Head Start, a comprehensive early education program for low-income children that, as he says, gives "every child a chance to make the American dream come ...
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Asian Shares Nudge Up As Investors Await China Data :: Asian shares crawled higher on Tuesday after sharp losses the day before but gains were limited as investors, worried about a global economic deceleration, waited for Chinese trade data due later in the day that could set the tone for risk appetite.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/361181/20120709/shares-nudge-up-gains-seen-capped-before-china-data.htm
Rare Earth Miners from China Create Alliance to Build Reserves :: At least eight major producers of rare earths based in China's Guangdong Province have formed an alliance, the Guangdong Rare Earth Industry Group, in compliance to the federal government's pronouncement to start building a rare earths reserves.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/361174/20120709/rare-earths.htm
Global Markets Overview - 07/10/2012 :: Nervousness about Europe's debt crisis, an economic slowdown in China and the onset of domestic earnings season pushed U.S. stocks lower for a third-straight day Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 36.18 points, or 0.3%, to 12736.29. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index gave up 2.22 points, or 0.2%, to 1352.46.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/361170/20120709/healthcare-jp-morgan-goldman-sachs-ftse-hang.htm
Intel invests $4bn in ASML to back R&D :: US group buys 15% stake for $3.1bn and commits $1bn to Dutch outfit's R&D plans in a sign of industry's concerns over semiconductor miniaturisation
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In numbers: Women in politics :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/gc7WD3Ta9FM/index.html
Countering the Livestock‐Targeted Bioterrorism Threat and Responding with an Animal Health Safeguarding System :: SummaryAttacks against livestock and poultry using biological agents constitute a subtype of agroterrorism. These attacks are defined as the intentional introduction of an animal infectious disease to strike fear in people, damage a nation's economy and/or threaten social stability. Livestock bioterrorism is considered attractive to terrorists because biological agents for use against livestock or poultry are more readily available and difficult to monitor than biological agents for use against humans. In addition, an attack on animal husbandry can have enormous economic consequences, even without human casualties. Animal husbandry is vulnerable to livestock‐targeted bioterrorism because it is nearly impossible to secure all livestock animals, and compared with humans, livestock are le...
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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, ...<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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Monti Blames 'Northern' Countries For Spiking Bond Yields In Italy, Spain :: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Sunday the return of sovereign bond yields to dangerous levels last seen before the European Union summit in June is a concern and needs to be addressed by euro zone finance ministers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360669/20120708/italy-pm-euro-zone-must-tackle-high-bond-yields.htm
New Great Game Being Played In Afghanistan, Without The US :: China and India are set to sink billions of dollars into Afghanistan, perhaps the world's last great untapped center for natural resources. Where is the U.S.?
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360574/20120707/afghanistan-china-india-u-s.htm
India's Generic Drug Healthcare Policy To Benefit Millions Of Poor Patients :: The Indian government has taken a major step toward its ambitious vision of achieving 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
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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Alcoa Earns 6 Cents In Q2, Excluding Items, Beats Estimate :: Alcoa (NYSE: AA) posted a second-quarter loss as a slump in aluminum prices to near two-year lows offset growing demand in the aerospace and automobile markets.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/361140/20120709/alcoa-earnings-aa-second-quarter.htm
Alcoa Beats Estimates In First Major 2Q Earnings Report :: Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA), the largest U.S. aluminum manufacturer, reported better-than-expected second quarter earnings Monday as auto and aerospace orders rose in the the second quarter's first major earnings report.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/361135/20120709/alcoa-beats-earnings-2q.htm
Japan, World's Third Largest Economy, In The Stranglehold Of A Recession :: Japan, which is still floundering from last year's earthquake-tsunami, is once again nearing a recession, economists say.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/361081/20120709/japan-current-account-surplus-core-machinery-orders.htm
World Economies Slowed In May, Even White-Hot Brazil Disappoints: OECD :: The world's major economies extended their slowdown in May, with conditions deteriorating significantly in India and Italy, according to a statistical indicator released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Monday. Even in Brazil, one of the few economies surveyed that is expanding, the pace of growth slowed.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/361051/20120709/economic-news-oecd-brazil.htm
WellPoint To Buy Amerigroup For $4.9B :: Health Insurer WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) agreed to buy the managed-care company Amerigroup Corporation (NYSE: AGP) in a roughly $4.9 billion cash deal to expand its presence in Medicaid space.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360954/20120709/wellpoint-wlp-buy-amerigroup-agp-4-9.htm
Obama To Seek Tax Cut Extension For Annual Incomes Under $250K :: President Barack Obama will call for a one-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts for families earning less than $250,000 per year, according to a White House official, seeking to spare the economy the impact of taxes going up on Jan. 1.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360953/20120709/tax-cut-obama-middle-class-bush-irs.htm
President Hollande's First Budget was the Easy One :: In an effort to raise over €7 billion, French President François Hollande and his Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced in their Budget on Thursday 05 July 2012, measures that included an increase in the tax rate from 50 per cent to 75 per cent for all income over €1 million - about £790,000 at the current exchange rate.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360940/20120709/president-hollande-s-first-budget-easy-one.htm
Panel On India's Controversial GAAR Policy To Modify Draft Guidelines :: A panel constituted by India's Finance Ministry to look into the implementation of the controversial General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) policy Monday decided to reduce the number of illustrative examples in the draft guidelines.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360929/20120709/committee-india-s-controversial-gaar-policy-modify.htm
UK Politicians Round on Banking Industry Ahead of Parliamentary Inquiry :: Ed Miliband, Ed Balls, George Osborne, Vince Cable and David Cameron have all spoken out about the banking industry and the need for reform since the Libor scandal broke.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360921/20120709/banking-reform-uk-ed-miliband-cable-balls.htm
VIDEO: Firms compete at Farnborough airshow :: The Farnborough International Airshow is getting under way, as commercial aerospace continues to defy recession in Europe.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18768128#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Rupee Touches One-Week Low Against Dollar, Indian Markets Trade In Red :: The Indian rupee Monday breached the 56-mark to reach 56.03 against the dollar on weak global cues and heavy demand for the U.S. currency from banks and importers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360864/20120709/rupee-touches-one-week-low-against-dollar.htm
Australian Stock Market Report – Afternoon 7/9/2012 :: It was a less than ideal start to the new trading week, with shares losing ground for the third consecutive session. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) fell 0.9 pct or 39.2 pts to 4159.8. Today was also around 20 pct quieter than last Monday. It is important to note that last week was one of the quietest so far in 2012.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360842/20120709/australian-stock-market-report-afternoon-7-9.htm
Online Investment Fraudsters Milked $113M from Aussie Victims :: An estimated $113 million were lost over the past five years to online-based scams that according to the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) had victimised thousands of Australians.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360817/20120709/online-investment-fraudsters-milked-113m-aussie-victims.htm
China Inflation Rate Eases to 2.2% in June :: In order to spur growth, China may introduce further policy easing as consumer demand continues to fall.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360804/20120709/china-inflation-policy-easing-central-bank.htm
China Inflation Rate Slows To 2.2% In June :: The rate of inflation in China slowed down in June from the previous month, showing signs of a gradual decline in price pressure to make room for monetary easing.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/360773/20120709/china-inflation.htm
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