14-Nov-2012 13:18

Santiago: S. America's 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

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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rida61198&cid=ct_15_62_f&fid3958&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAIBSPublicPolicyReports%2F%7E3%2FMfFH2zngYBc%2F2012_06_18.html

Today's Economic Events And The Age Old Game of Technical Indicators :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/todays-economic-events-age-old-game-technical-indicators-877886

Europe aviation carbon tax paused :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/2M54PPLe8do/

Austerity anger drives Europe strikes :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/aSPlgYI_icU/index.html

EU defends women on boards plans :: The European Commission defends its proposals to have at least 40% women non-executive directors on the boards of big, listed companies by 2020.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20322317#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

EU workers in austerity protests :: Tens of thousands of workers are staging protests and strikes across Europe against rising unemployment and austerity measures.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20320993#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Power giant SSE's profits up 38% :: SSE, the gas and electricity supplier which increased bills by 9% last month, sees half-year profits rise 38.3% despite "challenging" market conditions.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20322003#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

IMF, European Union Publicly Brawl On Conditions For Greek Aid, Sowing Uncertainty :: <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 sharp exchange between top European Union and International Monetary Fund officials Monday night bared a rare public rift between those institutions' approaches to the endless euro zone financial crisis, stoking fears a moment of reckoning for the Continent could be due.</p><p>In an unsettling break with decorum, Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the Eurogroup of finance ministers, publicly clashed with IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde over whether Greece would be granted two more years to meet debt reduction targets of 120 percent of GDP.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/imf-european-union-publicly-brawl-conditions-greek-aid-sowing-uncertainty-877088

Greece's economy shrinks further :: The Greek economy shrank 7.2% in the third quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, statistics agency Elstat says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20325229#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Foreigners In Libya Targeted By Militias, Amnesty International Says :: <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>Foreigners in Libya have increasingly been subjected to human rights abuses since the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi last year, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_22860.pdf">according to a new report from Amnesty International</a>.</p><p>"In a prevailing atmosphere of lawlessness, racism and xenophobia, undocumented foreign nationals in Libya are at continuous risk of exploitation, arbitrary and indefinite detention in harsh conditions, as well as beatings, sometimes amounting to torture," the report reads.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/foreigners-libya-targeted-militias-amnesty-international-says-877402

Jordan protests after gas price hike :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/g008lfCk7qk/index.html

VIDEO: Reding welcomes EU boardroom move :: EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reading hails a "breakthrough initiative" that will force publicly listed European companies to place women in boardroom positions.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20322464#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Bank predicts protracted recovery :: The Bank of England cuts UK growth forecast, with recovery 'slow and protracted' and inflation staying higher than first thought.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20324359#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Irn Bru firm and Britvic to merge :: Soft drink rivals AG Barr and Britvic agree the terms of a merger which creates one of Europe's largest soft drinks companies.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-20322017#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Indian inflation slows in October :: India's inflation rate slows in October, hinting that price pressures on food and fuel may be easing in Asia's third-largest economy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20322736#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

UK unemployment continues to fall :: Unemployment fell by 49,000 to 2.51 million between July and September, official figures show, due largely to a fall in the number of young people out of work.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20323096#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

US Pledges $30-Million Additional Aid To Syria :: <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> </p><p>The Unites States Wednesday pledged an additional $30 million in humanitarian aid to Syria, bringing the total U.S. aid to the strife-torn nation to $200 million.</p><p>U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the announcement after talks in Perth where she was attending an annual summit with her Australian counterpart Bob Carr and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his Australian counterpart, Stephen Smith, Reuters reported.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-pledges-30-million-additional-aid-syria-877776

EU 2013 budget talks in crisis :: The EU Commission has to redraft the EU's 2013 budget after a row over extra funding torpedoes negotiations.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20322844#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa