China dives into North Sea waters :: A look at why China is showing greater interest in the North Sea, with two major deals signed with oil firms in the past week.
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NIH Advisory Group Recommends Changes for Biomedical Research Workforce :: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) should make changes to workforce policies in order to promote the long-term sustainability of the biomedical research workforce, according to a new report by a government advisory group. NIH must address the increasing completion time for graduate degrees, low postdoctoral pay, and declining proportion of young researchers who obtain tenure-track positions.
The report by a working group of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director considered the future of the nation’s biomedical research workforce. The goal of the study was to ensure “future US competitiveness and innovation in biomedical research by creating pathways through undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral training” that attract and retain the best scientists and prepare...
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Life lessons from Marissa Mayer :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/aZjm5YCwXn8/index.html
Want to get teens interested in math and science? Target their parents :: (Association for Psychological Science) Increasing the number of students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math - the STEM disciplines - is vital to national competitiveness in the global economy and to the development of a strong workforce. But the pipeline leading toward STEM careers begins leaking in high school, when students choose not to take advanced STEM courses. Now a new study goes beyond the classroom to examine the unique role that parents can play in promoting students' STEM motivation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
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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)<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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Soft euro, bad crops: Good news? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/YfXVzSMLmpY/
Selling sperm, eggs to survive :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/GGoQ07lns7I/
Coke: We used Olympic tickets :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/JPu8F5LDJsE/
Spain: Families fight for homes :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/NRTTYpEz8iU/
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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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 ...<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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Worker admits £2.4m bank fraud :: A woman who used to work in online security for Lloyds pleads guilty to carrying out a £2.4m fraud of the bank.
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South Africa phone company fined :: South African communications company Telkom is fined $54.8m (£35m) for using its dominant market position to "bully" competitors.
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Zara veteran named new Esprit CEO :: Shares in fashion retailer Esprit Holdings surge 40% after it names an industry veteran from rival Zara as its new chief executive.
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Singapore firm sues Wall St giant :: Morgan Stanley is being sued by a Singapore investment company over a financial product that was allegedly "designed to fail".
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India Will Modify Taxation Policies To Allay Investors' Worries: Finance Minister :: India's new finance minister P Chidambaram has said that his topmost priority is to regain the investors' confidence.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371125/20120807/india-modify-taxation-policies-allay-investors-worries.htm
Intercontinental sees profit jump :: Intercontinental hotels, the world's biggest hotelier, reports a sharp jump in profits, thanks in part to increased sales in China.
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Devops grows up, Opscode preps services, solutions for enterprise use :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/sEbU-sEgB8E/
AUDIO: Working from home 'more productive' :: Science reporter Rebecca Morelle investigates whether flexible working makes more sense than sitting in an office
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VIDEO: IHG's Solomons on good performance :: As the world's biggest hotel company, Intercontinental, reports a sharp jump in profits, chief executive Richard Solomons spoke to the BBC about the company's performance.
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