BP banned from new US contracts :: BP is temporarily banned from new US contracts due to a "lack of business integrity" over the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the US environment agency says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20528958#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Payday loan rates 'to be limited' :: The government is to change the law to allow restrictions to be imposed on the interest rates charged for so-called "payday loans".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20531126#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Comet 'could close within weeks' :: Comet is unlikely to be trading beyond Christmas, the head of the company which wants to buy the insolvent electrical chain's website tells the BBC.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20522936#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
One in 10 workers underemployed :: One in 10 of all workers in the UK is unable to work as many hours as they want or need to, an official study of underemployment shows.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20509189#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Champions League could be doubled :: Uefa is considering scrapping the Europa League in favour of doubling the number of teams in the Champions League.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20523405
Where is Angola's oil money? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/0nTYpAFiadU/index.html
Rail commuters face 6% fare rise :: Some rail commuters in England will face a rise of nearly 6.5% for their season tickets next year.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20521307#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Spanish job seekers flee cities :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/I2bgJ7lirxY/
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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Apple tops 'innovative' list :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/pIROPGLcoxk/index.html
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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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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Portugal passes austerity budget :: Recession-struck Portugal passes a budget promising another year of spending cuts and tax rises, as protesters surround parliament.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20513821#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Music industry bullish on 2013 :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Ic0r2hcvOVk/
Defining fiscal cliff progress :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/zQcBm0Ezhis/
Corker: Don't wait to fix fiscal cliff :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/3nJaJ1Pb4bI/
Economist reacts to BoE hire :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ZdkzSI_rOkY/
Investing in our future: White House honors Dr. T. Berry Brazelton :: Investing in our future means investing in our children.
That's the message that Boston Children's renowned pediatrician T.Berry Brazelton wants everyone to hear, loud and clear.
Brazelton was one of 11 individuals from Head Start programs around the country who was honored by the White House on June 18th as a "Champion of Change." The Champions of Change program is part of President Obama's Winning the Future Initiative. If anyone has spent his life thinking about our future, it's Brazelton.
Along with guiding millions of parents in raising their children, Brazelton collaborated with Ed Zigler and Julius Richmond to create Head Start, a comprehensive early education program for low-income children that, as he says, gives "every child a chance to make the American dream come ...<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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Minister: Slovenia can avoid bailout :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/iCPnXVVwaR8/index.html
Rise of the Greek far-right :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/eeiGsatQJhY/
India's Singh promises reform :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/WadBRl-HbzA/index.html
Teacher Suspended For Playing Pro-Gay Marriage Song In Class; 'Same Love' By Macklemore & Lewis 'Offended' Michigan Student :: <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>Officials from the South Lyon Community School district in Michigan are under fire after their decision to suspend a teacher who allowed one of her students to play a song advocating marriage equality. Susan Johnson, a performing arts teacher, allowed an eighth grade student to play the song "Same Love" by Macklemore & Lewis for the entire class, a decision school administrators deemed worthy of a three-day leave, two of which without pay.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/teacher-suspended-playing-pro-gay-marriage-song-class-same-love-macklemore-lewis-offended-michigan
Firms bidding for Twinkies brands :: One of the best-known US snack food brands may survive as its bankrupt owner reveals it is in talks with 110 potential buyers.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20550442#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Egypt's Draft Constitution Imposes President Term Limits, Invokes Islamist Law, Protects Free Press :: <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>Egyptian lawmakers worked feverishly to finish a draft of the new constitution on Thursday, rushing to beat a court ruling that could threaten its legitimacy.</p><p>Egyptian state media are reporting on the assembly's piecemeal progress as members vote on all 235 articles, one by one.</p><p>So far, the assembly has voted to limit presidents' time in office to two terms of four years each. That measure will prohibit long tenures like the 30-year presidency of Hosni Mubarak, the dictator who was overthrown in last year's Arab Spring revolution.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/egypts-draft-constitution-imposes-president-term-limits-invokes-islamist-law-protects-free-press
Stocks rise on hopes of US budget deal :: Euro and industrial commodities are generally firmer on hopes that the US will avoid falling off its fiscal cliff at the end of the year
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf71fa9a-39e8-11e2-a00d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
Apple iTunes 11 Release Date Arrives: A Guide To The New Features :: <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>Media lovers, rejoice. As of Thursday afternoon, the all-new iTunes 11 is finally here.</p><p class="p1">With a clean new look and a few added features, iTunes 11 is completely redesigned to mold to your media experience as it changes. Whether it's the beautiful new expanding album effect, the stunning simplicity of the new Mini Player, or the flexibility of the new Up Next feature, iTunes 11 is all about celebrating the media junkie.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-itunes-11-release-date-arrives-guide-new-features-909790
US November 2012 Same-Store Sales Roundup: Blame The Weather :: <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>U.S. retail sales disappointed in November even accounting for expectations that Hurricane Sandy would hurt demand in the early part of the month. What wasn't expected was the winter storm that struck the same region a week later as many were still reeling from the superstorm.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-november-2012-same-store-sales-roundup-blame-weather-909658
Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Bog Down After Just2 Weeks, On Positioning :: <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>Fiscal cliff negotiations between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders stalled after two weeks because it seems neither Democrats nor Republicans want to be first to present a plan outlining spending cuts.</p><p>With 32 days to go before the nation goes over the so-called "fiscal cliff," ending all Bush-era tax cuts and triggering billions in automatic federal spending cuts, lawmakers are at odds as to who has made it clearer what needs to be done to avert the problem.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/fiscal-cliff-negotiations-bog-down-after-just-2-weeks-positioning-909632
Britney Spears Just The Latest Celebrity To Owe Taxes, List Of Other Celebrities Who Have Owed Taxes :: <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>Britney Spears may be a major celebrity, but she is also an American citizen, which means she owes taxes. Spears reportedly owes more than $37,000 in taxes, although her reps claim that is an error.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/britney-spears-just-latest-celebrity-owe-taxes-list-other-celebrities-who-have-owed-taxes-909710
UK banks face up to £50bn shortfall :: Bank's financial stability report published estimates of each of its concerns that suggested banks would have to raise between £20bn and £50bn in aggregate
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