01-Nov-2012 19:18 To

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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Poor Oral Health Damages Economy :: Over 2 million people in the UK say they have taken time of work due to poor oral health. The UK's economy is being damaged unnecessarily with an estimated two million workers taking sick time off work due to poor oral health over the past five years. Most problems with teeth and gums are preventable with a good oral health routine, but around seven per cent of the UK's 29 million workforce have called in sick with teeth problems at least once in the past five years... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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It's around the corner: RoadMap is this Monday! :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/M1_SaV_WJTo/story01.htm

'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' Projected To Dominate The 2012 Holiday Box Office :: <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><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id556&amp;p=.htm">Box Office Mojo</a> has released projections for the 2012 holiday season at the box office, and the prequel to the acclaimed "Lord of the Rings" trilogy "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is expected to come out on top. The film is slated to earn more than the "Twilight" finale "Breaking Dawn: Part 2" and the 007 film "Skyfall."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hobbit-unexpected-journey-projected-dominate-2012-holiday-box-office-857596

Pascual Perez Killed: Ex-Pitcher 'Hacked To Death' During Home Robbery In Dominican Republic :: <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>Former Major League Baseball pitcher Pascual Perez was killed in his home in the Dominican Republican during a robbery after being "hacked to death" with a machete, according to media reports.</p><p>Perez, a 55-year-old native of the Dominican Republic, last played for the New York Yankees in 1991. His career spanned 11 years, including four seasons with the Atlanta Braves.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pascual-perez-killed-ex-pitcher-hacked-death-during-home-robbery-dominican-republic-857593

Proof Of Armageddon? After Hurricane Sandy, New York Newspapers Are Actually Working Together :: <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>Ever since the days of Pulitzer and Hearst, New York has been known as a cutthroat town with fierce rivalries between newspaper publishers, but in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy this week, the old guard of Gotham's print media has adopted a new strategy: help each other out.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/proof-armageddon-after-hurricane-sandy-new-york-newspapers-are-actually-working-together-857570

RedPrairie To Acquire JDA Software To Battle Oracle, SAP :: <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><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; ">Shares of JDA Software (Nasdaq: JDAS) soared 17 percent after the supply chain specialist agreed to be acquired by private RedPrairie Corp. in a $1.9 billion deal.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="6" style="font-size: 22pt">The enlarged RedPrairie will be a bigger competitor to giants Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) and Germany's SAP (NYSE: SAP), both leaders in the sector.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/redprairie-acquire-jda-software-battle-oracle-sap-857582

To scale, telcos must learn from the ops community :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/C09PjJVDvdE/story01.htm

Nomura gets biggest trading fine :: Japan's biggest brokerage, Nomura Holdings, is fined $2.5m (£1.5m) for insider trading, the largest penalty handed down by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20163724#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Ailing U.S. economy delivers a blow to 'medical tourism' :: Fewer U.S. patients are traveling abroad for non-emergency medical procedures, such as hip replacements or cosmetic surgery, ... (Source: USATODAY.com 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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How Much Inequality Is Needed to Support a Strong Economy? :: There's plenty of self-interest on display in the debate on inequality, but behavioral and experimental economic studies and other inquiries into the topic show that there's more to the issue than meets the eye.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
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Healthy Eating Hindered By Parents' Work-Life Stress :: In a tight economy, with fewer jobs, many people end up working harder and sacrificing more to stay employed. A new study finds that one of those sacrifices is sometimes their own and their family's nutrition. While prior studies have implicated working mothers in providing less healthy family food environments, this is one of the first studies of family nutrition to look at fathers - in particular a population of urban fathers, who face higher rates of unemployment and under-employment... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Tanking Economy May Mean Kids Suffer More Abuse (CME/CE) :: (MedPage Today) -- Rates of physical abuse and brain injury among the nation's children have risen significantly in the early 21st century, and the recent economic recession and housing crisis may be a reason why, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today State Required CME)
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Rwanda: Too Many Babies Straining Economy :: [Focus]Rose Mukamurigo is a 54-year-old community health worker in Kayonza district, Eastern Province. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
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America Has A Great Economic Future :: Behind the headlines, American entrepreuers are solving the country's major economic problems and building the foundation for a great future for future generations. read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
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Survive Tokyo's subway sandwich :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/NAF3SuD3mgQ/index.html

Train vs. car race to Tokyo :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/aFiILdn3v_k/