31-Oct-2012 20:56

HP & the next 75 years. :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/vUyr5wX0AZU/story01.htm

Halloween History, Pagan Beginnings :: <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>Today, Halloween is a day of tricks, treats, candy, pumpkin carving, cider drinking and costume wearing; but the holiday has evolved immensely from its pagan beginnings.</p><p>Over 2000 years ago, the Celts, a people who lived in what is now the United Kingdom, Ireland, and northern France, celebrated their New Year on November 1. The New Year was associated with the end of summer and harvest season, and the beginning of cold, destructive winters. The Celts would often kill and eat weak livestock that they believed would not survive through the winter.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/halloween-history-pagan-beginnings-856991

Apple iPad Mini Review Round-Up: Features 'Worth The Price' Over Rivals, Critics Say Before Release Date :: <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>We're just two days away from the <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-ipad-mini-unveiled-release-date-set-friday-nov-2-pre-orders-begin-oct-26-852474" target="_blank">official release date</a> of the iPad Mini, Apple's 8-inch tablet designed to compete with other 7-inch tablets already on the market, including Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-ipad-mini-review-round-features-worth-price-over-rivals-critics-say-release-date-857005

Ellen's Sofia Vergara Costume Shows Off Her 'Pumpkins' For 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>Providing a much needed dose of humor in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Ellen DeGeneres got a lot of laughs with a curve enhancing costume on Wednesday's Halloween-themed episode "Ellen."</p><p>The always comedic talk show host appeared on her day time talk show, in an extremely padded glittering emerald dress modeled after her pal, Sofia Vergara's, sexy Emmy dress.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ellens-sofia-vergara-costume-shows-her-pumpkins-halloween-856994

"Imagine Making That A Little More Fun" -- Q&A With CEO Of Gamification Startup Badgeville :: <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><em>Filing expense reports never sounds like a fun task. But Kris Duggan wants to help companies figure out how turning even the most mundane types of paperwork into games can help motivate employees, improving efficiency and cutting overhead costs along the way. Since his company Badgeville was started in 2010, the company has gone through two large rounds of fundraising in 2011 and 2012, raising around $40 million in the process and helping put the term "gamification" on the map as something more than another Silicon Valley-esque flavor of the month.</em></p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/imagine-making-little-more-fun-qa-ceo-gamification-startup-badgeville-856990

For ed tech startups, pudgy is better than lean, says Princeton Review founder :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/nWqMNmY_8ao/story01.htm

VIDEO: Heseltine issues growth challenge :: The former Conservative minister has said funds for businesses should be transferred out of London and into the regions.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20150603#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

'Hurricane Sandy Is A Taste Of What's To Come Under Obama, Romney' :: <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><iframe allowfullscreen="" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Po4NAoHp1bw?list=UUukxQJsxZWcyv_0IgqGR6-Q&amp;amp;hl=en_US" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe></p><p>Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested Wednesday --  the second time this month – while bringing supplies to protesters opposing the Keystone XL pipeline in Winnsboro, Texas.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hurricane-sandy-taste-whats-come-under-obama-romney-856940

NYC co-working spaces and startups step up for Sandy refugees :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Xho_W6iMxbU/story01.htm

Obama Mobilizes FEMA As Sandy Damages Soar Into Billions :: <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>With President Obama moving to hasten the federal government's response to Hurricane Sandy, assessment firms are predicting the storm's cost will reach into the double-digit billions.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/obama-mobilizes-fema-sandy-damages-soar-billions-856925

Europe's top airlines fly high :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/hRNaXY4rRCs/

Brooklyn Nets vs New York Knicks Home Opener Postponed :: <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 wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Brooklyn Nets home opener against their new cross-town rival New York Knicks has been postponed.</p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">This will be the Nets inaugural season in Brooklyn, and they were set to open the brand new $1 billion Barclays Center Thursday night, but the hurricane devastated the New York area, causing massive flooding and shutting down much of the city's public transportation system.</span></p><p class="p1">New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his office will formally announce the postponement Wednesday, according to USA Today.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/brooklyn-nets-vs-new-york-knicks-home-opener-postponed-856988

Judge approves Gers liquidation :: A judge approves a motion for the former Rangers Football Club to be handed over to liquidators.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20141946#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Hurricane Sandy Travel Update On Planes, Trains And Automobiles :: <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>Airlines axed another 2,801 flights Wednesday, bringing Hurricane Sandy's grand total to roughly 19,500 cancelations since Sunday.</p><p>Many of Wednesday's cancellations were for flights into and out of New York City, where the LaGuardia airport remained closed, with no word on when it will reopen. Newark and JFK airports opened Wednesday "on a very limited operational schedule," according to Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Ron Marsico. Most flights were for cargo and airline repositioning.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hurricane-sandy-travel-update-planes-trains-automobiles-856831

FOREX VIDEO - MARKET ALERT OCTOBER 31ST 2012 :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/forex-video-market-alert-october-31st-2012-856951

Ahead Of Crucial Two Weeks, Greek Government Coalition Shatters, Two-Day Strike Called :: <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>As the financial markets turned their attention to New York City and the aftermath of a massively destructive hurricane there, half a world away in Europe, another storm was brewing as the Greek government appeared on the brink of collapse.</p><p>The headline news of the day was the very public rift between former Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, who leads coalition party Pasok, and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, whose New Democracy party is another member of the now very fragile governing bloc.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ahead-crucial-two-weeks-greek-government-coalition-shatters-two-day-strike-called-856938

Portugal backs tax-rise budget :: Portugal's parliament backs a tax-raising budget designed to meet eurozone demands, as hundreds gather in Lisbon to protest.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20150726#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

US exchanges open for business :: The stock markets in New York have reopened after their longest closure since 9/11 due to the superstorm Sandy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20151276#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Advanced Equities settlement another headache for Bloom Energy and cleantech :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/t7cpVyaQg14/story01.htm

Gmail finally beats Hotmail according to third-party data [chart] :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/gf_pKhe2pPc/story01.htm