28-Aug-2012 09:28

The U-turn loophole on Iran :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TNZ7WQTZmgM/

Phyllis Diller's funniest gags :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/iooEJuyxWp8/index.html

Swift breaks digital song record :: The US country star sets the record for the most digital downloads in the US for a track by a woman.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19341293#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Brains behind the most viral ad :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/OZUcQy4huPw/index.html

3D movies with no glasses? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/80HDYb-L7BY/index.html

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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Steve Jobs' home burglarized :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/dXzB5R2psnI/index.html

Can 'the Bolt' help your career? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/GnUgLto0aMg/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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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:&bull; 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).&bull; 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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G4S Olympics Security Fiasco Cost £50m :: G4S confirmed that the London Olympic contract it failed to uphold by not providing enough security cost it £50m
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/377978/20120828/g4s-olympic-cost-london-2012-nick-buckles.htm

Tier 3 spiffs up cloud management :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Efi54IajMnE/

Carbon Floor Price Axed by Labor Party; Tax Rate Linked with EU's ETS :: The $15 per tonne carbon tax floor price will be dumped by the Gillard Government following the conclusion of a deal with the European Union that would link the economic bloc's carbon pricing scheme to that of Australia's.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/377974/20120828/labor-nixes-carbon-floor-price-links-tax.htm

Virgin Australia Back in Black as FY Profit Soars 134% :: Efforts to lure corporate travellers from rival airliner Qantas Airways Ltd. had definitely paid off, as Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd., Australia&#039;s second-largest airline, posted a full-year profit of AU$22.8 million (US$23.6 million), up 134 per cent from the AU$67.8 million loss a year ago.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/377969/20120828/corporate-singapore-etihad.htm

G4S reveals £50m Olympics loss :: Security firm G4S says the failure to provide enough guards for the London 2012 Olympic Games has cost it £50m.
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Credit Agricole hit by Greek debt :: French bank Credit Agricole reports a dip in second quarter profits as it takes a 370m-euro hit on Greek debt at its unit Emporiki.
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Billabong to Embark on 4-Yr Restructuring Plan Amid TPG Takeover Bid :: Troubled Australian surfwear company Billabong International, in a do-or-die attitude, will embark on a four-year restructuring plan to help tide up and hopefully keep afloat the company even as it opened its books to second-time suitor TPG Capital.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/377960/20120828/surfwear-billabong-restructuring.htm

Asian Stocks Ease Marginally, Euro Falls :: Risk assets fell Tuesday with the investors awaiting an announcement of some monetary easing measures by the Fed at the meeting of central bankers and economists at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, later in the week.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/377948/20120828/asian-stocks-ease-marginally-euro-falls.htm

Supercycle' fears hit mining groups :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/FgfbYMY8em8/index.html