05-Sep-2012 03:31

Gary Player: Life on the road :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ZUyeU0ngImQ/index.html

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

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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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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Facebook boss to hold on to stock :: Mark Zuckerberg says he will not sell any of his shares in Facebook for at least one year in a bid to shore up investor confidence.
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Australian Dollar Outlook - 09/05/2012 :: Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has fallen to fresh six week lows overnight as global uncertainty and concerns over weakness in the Chinese economy erased gains seen yesterday.
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FSA demands commission clampdown :: The UK's financial watchdog will call for a clampdown later on commissions paid for selling insurance, loans and bank accounts.
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Netflix open-sources Eureka to fill gap in Amazon's cloud :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/CgY8_g5N9-0/

Nokia's critical handset launch :: Will Windows Phone 8 rescue the Finnish handset maker?
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Does Africa really benefit from foreign investment? :: Who really benefits when investing in the continent?
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VIDEO: Reshuffle restarts Heathrow row :: The appointment of Patrick McLoughlin as transport secretary has re-opened the row over the possible expansion of Heathrow Airport.
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"Hundreds of thousands" of Nest learning thermostats sold :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/W1Uk2CwtIA8/

VIDEO: Lufthansa crew in second walk-out :: Lufthansa has cancelled at least 300 flights as cabin staff staged another day of industrial action at three of Germany's biggest airports.
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What newspapers and other media could learn from Reddit :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/5-jjOfjIqhM/

VIDEO: India police raid coal companies :: Police in India have carried out raids across 10 cities as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in the allocation of coalfields.
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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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China seeks internet monitoring :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yRGPX4F0cnk/index.html