30-Oct-2012 16:27

Where are Africa's gadget makers? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/k99kcDqkKNU/index.html

Apple, Samsung peace treaty :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/HAQDkga7BJQ/index.html

Santiago Silicon Valley? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/PQril3Oxnso/index.html

Beauty sleep at 35,000 feet :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/CnlMRapLbC4/index.html

Taxing times in Monaco :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/g_qOEQ3KbAs/

Beer against the economic crisis :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Mz3CeM-ufS4/

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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Debate: Tax, jobs, misperceptions :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/EzmFyex6hDw/

Starbucks' taxes under scrutiny :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/4P0Ev4J0jxw/

Mantel wins historic second award :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ZyNUnGmGhDk/index.html

Space leaps draws advert cash :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/GpjgR4olWbk/

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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'No detail yet' for energy plan :: The prime minister announced the "intent, not the detail" of a plan to put energy customers on the cheapest tariff, the energy minister tells MPs.
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Once again, Netflix shows how to avoid a cloud meltdown :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ZErvu99-GhI/

Talks to save London taxi firm :: Administrators at the maker of London black cabs, Manganese Bronze, say they are talking to an "encouraging" list of parties interested in its rescue.
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Hurricane Sandy Devastates New York City Subway, Long Island Rail Road And Metro-North According To MTA :: <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>After being devastated with floods and power outages by Hurricane Sandy, New York City faces yet another issue with its subway system inactive due to damages from the storm. The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) had all bus, Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), Metro-North Rail Road and subways services shut down on Sunday at 7 pm in preparation for the storm that would wreak havoc on the cities underground transportation service.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hurricane-sandy-devastates-new-york-city-subway-long-island-rail-road-metro-north-according-mta

Why Do 'Christians' Celebrate Pagan Halloween? :: <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>October 31 brings to the United States and parts of Western Europe one of the most bizarre and incomprehensible of holidays – the Pagan ritual known as Halloween.<br /><br />I have long wondered why the people in the West – societies ostensibly based on Judaeo-Christian principles – celebrate a festival that likely traces its ancestry directly to pre-Christian, Pagan rituals of the ancient Celts of Ireland.<br /></p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/why-do-christians-celebrate-pagan-halloween-856197

Business faces more storm impact :: Business in the US East Coast continues to be disrupted by storm Sandy, including forcing US stock markets to close again on Tuesday.
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UBS Posts 3Q Loss, Plans To Cut 10,000 Jobs :: <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>Swiss banking giant UBS AG said it will shed 10,000 jobs across the globe, primarily at its struggling investment bank and trading arms, to cut costs and save about 3.4-billion Swiss francs ($3.6 billion).<br /> </p>
<p>The company will enact the job cuts over the next three years and will partially focus on "removing "excess management layers."<br /> </p>
<p>UBS currently employs a total workforce of about 64,000, about 6,600 in the United Kingdom.<br /> </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ubs-posts-3q-loss-plans-cut-10000-jobs-856191