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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New York Times Moves To Sell About.com, Shedding Another Non-Core Asset :: The New York Times Co. is close to a deal to sell its About.com division for $270 million, a move that would shed another non-core asset.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371757/20120808/new-york-times-sale-answers.htm
News Corp registers $1.6bn loss :: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp swings to a loss partly due to the weakness of its publishing business, which includes newspapers like the Times and the Sun.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19187681#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Standard Chartered Scandal: The British Need To Stop Whining And Start Investigating :: Pity the City. America is on a witch hunt against London's financial center, ruthlessly exploiting a few rotten banking apples to pursue their own political scheme, or so British MPs would have you believe.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371737/20120808/london-new-york-financial-scandal-libor-regulators.htm
European markets at close: 08.08.12 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/kHdKyJA3-j0/
American Air: Success only option :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/vaO4pQKKZxU/
'We Need To Shrink' - Fannie Mae CEO :: Fannie Mae (OTC: FNMA), the largest government-controlled mortgage backer, reported its second consecutive quarterly profit for the first time in five years Wednesday, but its CEO said the company should cede business to private investors when the housing market finally recovers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371696/20120808/fannie-mae-ceo-mayopoulos-shrink.htm
Investors dig Rio Tinto despite profit drop :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/dZAllF25cXk/
StanChart fights back on Iran allegations :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/PKNRn3GZEfk/
Europe Financial Crisis: Italy, Spain Downgraded By DBRS :: Toronto-based credit rating agency DBRS, Inc., announced today it is downgrading the sovereign credit ratings of the Kingdom of Spain and the Republic of Italy from their current "A (high)" ratings." Italy was taken down one notch to "A.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371668/20120808/spain-italy-downgrade-dbrs.htm
Let Them Eat Cake: Kim Jong-un's Wife's Dior Handbag Costs As Much As A North Korean's Yearly Income :: Amnesty International believes 1 million North Koreans have died of starvation since the 1990s, while millions more remain malnourished.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371662/20120808/north-korea-kim-jong-un-s-poverty.htm
Fed Heads, Breaking Taboo, Talk Politics :: Two nonvoting members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors have broken a long-standing taboo against wading into politics by publicly talking about how election-year considerations affect the decisions of U.S. central bankers.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371650/20120808/federal-reserve-election-bernanke-rosengren-fisher.htm
Why the London Riots will Happen Again [ANALYSIS] :: As anniversary of English riots passes, Lianna Brinded examines how unanswered questions around shooting of Mark Duggan and the state of youth culture will spark more violence.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371644/20120808/london-riots-mark-duggan-asbos-society-politics.htm
Crash!: India's Roads Are The Deadliest In The World :: These figures also do not include the hundreds of thousands -- perhaps millions -- of Indians who are seriously injured by these frequent mishaps.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371635/20120808/indian-roads-accidents-fatalities-drivers-crashes.htm
HP Boosts Earnings Estimates After Firings Start :: Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), the No. 1 computer maker, raised its estimates for third-quarter earnings to $1 a share from 94 cents apparently because of higher demand, as well as the initial impact of firing 27,000 employees to shave costs.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371632/20120808/hp-firing-pc-server-goodwill-charges.htm
The One Safe Bet: Uncertain Bank of England Will Get Forecasts Wrong Again :: UK economy growth forecasts from Bank of England revised down - again - to zero as uncertainty reigns supreme
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371630/20120808/bank-england-growth-uk-economy-recession-forecast.htm
Bleak outlook from Bank of England :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/vhNwmGIPrGg/
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