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Wattpad tries serial fiction, with help from Margaret Atwood :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/e2WmeSAX4hc/

Chinese factories hint at rebound :: Levels of manufacturing in China are continuing to contract, but at a slower pace in October, signalling the possibility of a gradual recovery, according to HSBC.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20053290#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Richard Mourdock: Conception From Rape 'Is Something God Intended' [VIDEO] :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Richard Mourdock, the Republican Senate candidate in Indiana, said Tuesday night that if a rape results in conception, it "is something intended by God." </p><p>Mourdock's comment in a televised debate (see video below) recalled the infamous "legitmate rape" gaffe by his party's Senate candidate in Missouri, Rep. Todd Akin.</p><p>Akin was showered with scorn for saying that women who were raped had a way of "shutting down"  pregnancy. His own party tried, without success, to force him out of the race, and he has fallen behind incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/richard-mourdock-conception-rape-something-god-intended-video-852770

Canada Senate Committee Recommends Cull Of 70,000 Seals :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Canada's Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans has recommended the "culling" (i.e. slaughter) of 70,000 grey seals in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://phys.org/news/2012-10-canada-senate-committee-endorses-cull.html">Agence France-Presse</a>. The committee hopes that removing the seals will aid to the recovery of depleted cod stocks.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/canada-senate-committee-recommends-cull-70000-seals-852766

HSBC's China Flash PMI Rises To 49.1; Shares Rebound :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>China's economy gave encouraging signs Wednesday morning as HSBC's flash Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 49.1 from September's final reading of 47.9.</p><p>A number above 50 represents expansion for manufacturing activity, while anything under 50 signals contraction, and the index has under 50 for a year as of the October report.</p><p>The "flash" version of the HSBC PMI is based on initial responses from 85 to 90 percent of those surveyed, MarketWatch reports. Sub-indexes covering manufacturing output and new orders also advanced.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hsbcs-china-flash-pmi-rises-491-shares-rebound-852769

VIDEO: Apple's new iPad targets Asian rivals :: Apple's new smaller iPad is aimed at competing with tablets made by rivals in Asia, like Samsung and Sony.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20053028#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Update: Costa Rica Rocked By 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An earthquake rocked Costa Rica Tuesday evening. According to reports, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit approximately 40 miles south of Liberia, on the northwest coast.</p><p>According to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/quake-costarica-idUSL1E8LO04Y20121024">Reuters</a>, the United States Geographical Survey is reporting the 6.6 magnitude earthquake's epicenter was 38 miles south of Liberia, at a depth of 11.8 miles. The earthquake occurred at 6:45 p.m. local time (8:45 p.m. EDT).</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/update-costa-rica-rocked-66-magnitude-earthquake-852757

Asian Shares Down, Awaiting Key China Data :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Asian shares faltered while the yen firmed Wednesday as investors stayed risk-averse, with continued weak corporate <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/earnings" title="Full coverage of Earnings">earnings</a> worldwide and worries about economic slowdowns.</p><p><span id="midArticle_1">Asian markets will also focus on HSBC's latest report on China's manufacturing sector, due around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday EDT, with any bad news likely to further hurt fragile sentiment.</span></p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/asian-shares-down-awaiting-key-china-data-852748

Bad news for network innovation: Investment in infrastructure startups is falling :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/CK69EFssWoo/

Dung Balls Are Beetles' Stinky Personal Air Conditioners :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In the African desert, surface temperatures can often shoot up past 140 degrees Fahrenheit. If you were caught in such conditions, you might do just about anything to cool off – even if it meant dancing on top of a ball of poop.</p><p>Admittedly, dung beetles aren't exactly as creeped-out by feces as we are, since excrement is the main staple of their diet. They even roll it up into spheres for a takeout meal! Now scientists say those balls of waste serve another purpose as well: They're also transportable (and slightly fragrant) air conditioners.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/dung-balls-are-beetles-stinky-personal-air-conditioners-852636

Report: Eva Longoria And Mark Sanchez Break Up :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It's been a bad week so far for New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez. After his loss on Sunday, in overtime, to divisional rivals the New England Patriots, reports are circulating that Sanchez and girlfriend Eva Longoria have broken up after dating for only two months.</p><p>In a report by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/eva-longoria-mark-sanchez-split-20122310">Us Weekly</a>, the breakup was confirmed by Mark Sanchez' rep and termed amicable. According to Sanchez' rep, "It really was about scheduling more than anything else. They will remain close friends."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/report-eva-longoria-mark-sanchez-break-852714

Saving or investing - what is best? :: How risky is it to invest your long-term saving?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20032135#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Waterstones upbeat on Kindle deal :: Waterstones's boss explains why he's decided to sell Kindles
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20046568#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Apple launches iPad Mini tablet :: Apple launches its widely-anticipated smaller tablet, the iPad Mini, at an event in California.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20042738#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&#8217;s biomedical research workforce. The goal of the study was to ensure &#8220;future US competitiveness and innovation in biomedical research by creating pathways through undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral training&#8221; that attract and retain the best scientists and prepare...
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Debate: Tax, jobs, misperceptions :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/EzmFyex6hDw/

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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Investing in our future: White House honors Dr. T. Berry Brazelton :: Investing in our future means investing in our children.
That's the message that Boston Children's renowned pediatrician T.Berry Brazelton wants everyone to hear, loud and clear.
Brazelton was one of 11 individuals from Head Start programs around the country who was honored by the White House on June 18th as a "Champion of Change." The Champions of Change program is part of President Obama's Winning the Future Initiative. If anyone has spent his life thinking about our future, it's Brazelton.
Along with guiding millions of parents in raising their children, Brazelton collaborated with Ed Zigler and Julius Richmond to create Head Start, a comprehensive early education program for low-income children that, as he says, gives "every child a chance to make the American dream come ...<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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France nears deal to rescue Peugeot :: Paris set to provide €5bn-€7bn of guarantees for the carmaker's lending arm in what would be its biggest intervention in the car industry since 2009
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f689b30-1d01-11e2-abeb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Day of reckoning looms for bond investors :: Amid record inflows into bond funds and frenzied buying of corporate debt, fund managers and strategists warn savers could be losing sight of risks
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb8a6b02-1cfa-11e2-abeb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

UBS ready to take axe to investment bank :: The restructuring, which will prompt the loss of several thousand jobs in the division, will be a drastic next step in a strategy unveiled almost a year ago
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/feb07dcc-1d37-11e2-869b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Flight delays must be compensated :: Airlines must pay compensation to passengers who are delayed by three hours or more, the European Court of Justice rules.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20050213#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Brussels drops women board quotas plan :: Viviane Reding had championed a scheme to require companies within Europe to have 40 per cent of board seats filled by women by 2020 or face sanctions
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb258dc8-1d1c-11e2-a17f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

European markets at close: 23.10.2012 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/c_BLFmXyjXA/

US foreign policy debate draws fire abroad :: The presidential rivals left many commentators around the world unimpressed, with some accusing them of 'China-bashing' and ignoring Middle East peace efforts
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Beer sales fall again across UK :: The sale of beer in pubs and supermarkets falls by nearly 6% in the three months to September, says the British Beer & Pub Association.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/20047453#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

New finance tax for 10 EU states :: The European Commission backs plans from 10 countries to launch a financial transactions tax to help raise funds to tackle the debt crisis.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20041588#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Incomes 'down 13% in four years' :: Incomes have suffered much more heavily since the current economic crisis began than in the aftermath of the UK's two previous recessions, figures show.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20048421#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Gulf oil industry at risk of cyber attack :: Damage caused by the Shamoon virus to oil infrastructure systems at Saudi Aramco and Qatar's RasGas bears the hallmarks of 'hacktivists', according to experts
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