How technology opens the door for personalised pricing :: How online retailers can set prices just for you
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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:• 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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Kasab's Last Words: 'Please Forgive Me, Will Never Repeat Such A Mistake' :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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>Ajmal Kasab, one of the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai in India Nov 26, 2008, reportedly sought pardon in the name of God seconds before he was executed at Pune's Yerawada Central Prison Wednesday.</p><p>Kasab, 25, appeared nervous before his hanging but remained quiet. He didn't talk anything except responding to the queries from the authorities.</p><p>However, a Times of India report, quoting an official present at the time of the execution, said that Kasab lost his composure just before entering the gallows and mumbled that he was sorry for the crime he did.</p></div></div></div>
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VIDEO: How beer sales reflect global economy :: SABMiller, the world's second-biggest brewer, met expectations with a 12% rise in first-half profit, and said strong growth in Africa and Latin America should continue.
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VIDEO: How to fix the banks, and what next? :: Jeremy Paxman asks how the banks could be fixed, and what might be the next crisis to hit the financial industry.
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Remembering the coffee pot webcam :: How caffeine addiction led to the world's first webcam
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Coal resurgence calls undermine clean energy commitments :: How the world fell back in love with coal
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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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