Global banking scandals explained :: A guide to the current global financial scandals and how they are being dealt with by regulators around the world.
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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
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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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:• 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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Spain's Recession Deepens, Depositors Withdraw More From Banks :: Spain's recession is deepening and depositors are pulling their money out of the nation's banks, with 5 percent of total deposits getting withdrawn last month.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/378103/20120828/spain-recession-gdp.htm
390 jobs to go at Target Express :: Ireland's largest privately owned transport company announces it has decided to cease trading, with almost 400 people set to lose their jobs.
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Nook's UK odyssey starts at John Lewis, ink only :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/DpguZm8ryvk/
Tripbirds takes another swoop at social travel :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/M8wzwRlnlpE/
Magisto releases Android app for automatic video editing :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/8_T1t_owdTE/
Mega-nationals: World's Biggest Companies That Beat National GDPs :: Global firms such as Shell, Nokia and ArcelorMittal exceed the GDP of their home country in some cases.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/378055/20120828/nokia-arcelormittal-country-gdps-finland-luxembourg.htm
NI Water to seek extra funding :: Northern Ireland Water makes a profit of more than £133m this year, up from £112m in 2011.
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Spain's Recession Worsens on Austerity Measures :: Data shows Spain's recession worsened after austerity measures hurt spending
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/378041/20120828/spain-recession-economy-eurozone-sovereign-debt-crisis.htm
Vestas in talks with Mitsubishi Heavy :: The Danish wind turbine maker, long the subject of takeover speculation, is in talks about 'potential strategic co-operation' with the Japanese group
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28965096-f0d1-11e1-b7b9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
Oil company to explore new lands :: Edinburgh exploration company Cairn Energy is to hunt for oil and gas in new areas in Morocco and the Mediterranean.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-19395834#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
UK's Vital Service Sector Getting Weaker, Says CBI :: Survey research by Confederation of British Industry reveals service sector struggling more than expected.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/378015/20120828/uk-service-sector-cbi-recession-gdp-consumer.htm
VIDEO: Disaster training in the Middle East :: Firecrews from across the Middle East have been training at one of the biggest emergency training centres in the world, in northern Qatar.
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VIDEO: Heathrow third runway 'not right' :: The Transport Secretary, Justine Greening, has said that a third runway at Heathrow is "not the right thing to do".
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AUDIO: How should public sector pay be set? :: Matthew Hancock, Conservative MP and former chief of staff to George Osborne, and Dr Evan Harris, vice chair of the Liberal Democrat Federal Policy Committee, debate the government's idea to pay public sector workers more in high pay areas and less in low pay areas.
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No Fast Growth Rebound for India Amid Downgrade Fears :: India's economy likely remained in its deepest slump for nine years in the quarter ending in June, but high inflation and polarized politics leave the country's leaders with limited scope to crank up growth.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/377991/20120828/growth-rebound-india-downgrade-fears-economy-inflation.htm
Vale SA Resumes Operations of Australian Coal Mine :: Brazilian mining company Vale SA has resumed operations at its Carborough Downs coal mine, effectively lifting a declaration of force majeure, after a carbon monoxide leak forced the miner to suspend the operations of the mine on May 31 this year.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/377987/20120828/brazil-coal-vale-sa.htm
Australia: Capping loan-to-value ratios for property lending urged :: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is among the bodies to suggest that loan-to-value (LTV) ratios should be capped for property lending in Australia.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/377982/20120828/australia-loan-value-ltv-ratios-property-global.htm
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'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
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
India, China Press Each Other for Market Access :: India and China pressed each other for greater market access for their products from medicines to Bollywood films at a meeting of trade ministers on Monday, seeking to expand commercial ties between the Asian giants as they battle a global downturn.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/377937/20120828/india-china-market-visas-trade.htm
Union Shutters Cotter Dam Site Over Safety Issues :: All construction work at the Cotter Dam site was stopped on early Tuesday morning by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) over safety concerns.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/377933/20120828/union-shutters-cotter-dam-site-over-safety.htm
Foxconn International shares fall :: Shares of Foxconn International Holdings, the world's biggest contract mobile phone manufacturer, slump more than 8% after a dismal earnings report.
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VIDEO: Samsung feels impact from court ruling :: Samsung suffers a big fall on markets after a court rules against it in case brought over patents by Apple
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