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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Cathay Pacific in surprise loss :: Cathay Pacific posts an unexpected first-half net loss amid higher fuel costs and a drop in demand for corporate travel.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19174943#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Slowing Global Steel Output Threatens Prices of Coal As Well As Earnings of Global Miners :: Prices of coal used for making steel has been forecast to further slide and could hit rock bottom to its lowest price in two years, as global steel output slows down spurred by the deepening debt crisis in the Eurozone.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371417/20120808/coal-steel-eurozone-china-rio-tinto-australia.htm
China Unveils New Production Limit for Rare Earths Producers :: China, in a bid to regulate its disorderly rare earths industry, has issued a production limit guideline for its producers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371416/20120808/rare-earths-manufacturing-environment.htm
Tea prices rise as output falls :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/3opj7c4FDgU/index.html
China's bad stock run, despite reforms :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1APB_HKIay4/index.html
Monti under pressure to say 'no bailout' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/FSPwWkJFnCI/index.html
Starbucks teams up with Square, will accept Pay with Square :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/DypZIO3EKsk/
Bank 'to cut growth forecasts' :: The Bank Of England is expected to say UK economic growth will be close to zero in 2012, rather than the 0.8% predicted in May, when it updates its forecasts.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19174649#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Enemy within: Stealing corporate info :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/bYHIC1t72jg/index.html
Queensland Sex Worker Wins Discrimination Case against Motel Owners :: Flesh trade in the mining region of Queensland got a legal boost this week as the state's Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) ruled in favour of a sex worker who was banned by a local motel from conducting her business at the establishment.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371389/20120807/queensland-sex-worker-wins-discrimination-case-against.htm
UK job placements slide in July :: The number of people being placed in jobs in the UK falls for the second straight month in July, although the pace of decline slows.
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Global Markets Overview - 08/08/2012 :: The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index topped 1400 for the first time in three months after a Federal Reserve official called for additional central bank stimulus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 51.09 points, or 0.4%, to 13168.60, rising for a third consecutive session.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371383/20120807/jp-morgan-goldman-sachs-ftse-hang-seng.htm
Bill Clinton hearts energy efficiency, Ivanpah & tattoos (who knew) :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/hNraVzEnrgg/
Thai firm eyes Tiger brewer stake :: Heineken's bid to take control of the maker of Tiger Beer takes a surprise twist after a Thai firm offers to buy a stake in the brewer.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19174142#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Australian Dollar Outlook - 08/08/2012 :: Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is lower this morning, currently trading around USD1.0550, after mixed data from both sides of the Atlantic failed to provide any real direction during the offshore trading session.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371380/20120807/australia-dollar-usd-aud-eur-commodities-europe.htm
Patent troll Intellectual Ventures seeks "VP of Global Good" :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/V6LOU_Crbms/
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