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Airport dating: Love at first flight? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/tMhksp8NW0s/index.html

'Ideas CEO' puts creativity into action :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ExCIj_0xRLk/index.html

Insuring against catastrophe :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/AI0nK-0HEaA/

Insuring against catastrophe :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/AI0nK-0HEaA/

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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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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Live coverage: Autumn Statement :: News, comment and analysis as George Osborne, chancellor, lays out his plans to get the UK economy back on track
url: http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2012/12/live-osbornes-autumn-statement/?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Big Pharma Facing Patent Cliff And Declining R&D Returns :: <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>For most of its history, pharmaceutical companies' core mission has consisted of developing new drugs to advance medical care. But over the past several years, drug companies' return at this central task has steadily declined, which has put pressure on them to reduce research and development funding, and enter partnerships that don't require the fixed costs of their own laboratories and employees.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/big-pharma-facing-patent-cliff-declining-rd-returns-919311

Tax firms may face government ban :: Accountancy firms that help multinational business to dodge tax should be banned from working for the Government, says a senior MP.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20609963#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: Tesco's Fresh and Easy 'lost its way' :: Tesco is launching a strategic review that may lead to the sale or closure of its US-based Fresh and Easy chain, the company has confirmed.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20608693#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Record EU fine for TV makers :: EU anti-trust regulators impose a record 1.47bn euro fine on Samsung, Philips, LG Electronics and four other firms for TV price-fixing.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20608949#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Israel's E1 Plans: Why It Is Obama Vs Netanyahu :: <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>Amid condemnation pouring in from the international community over Israel's construction plans in occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, the relationship between U.S. and Israel is being subjected to an increased scrutiny for real or perceived tensions.</p><p>When five European nations — Britain, France, Spain, Sweden and Denmark — decided Monday to summon Israeli ambassadors to protest Israel's construction plans, doubts were raised in Tel Aviv on whether Washington was complicit to the European decision.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/israels-e1-plans-why-it-obama-vs-netanyahu-920257

Pickfords faces pension scrutiny :: The Pensions Regulator is to scrutinise a deal in which the Pickfords removal firm was bought out of administration while relinquishing its pension scheme.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20592674#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

KP Nuts sold to German company :: The company that makes KP Nuts, Hula Hoops and McCoy's crisps has been sold to a German firm for a reported £500m.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20607637#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Obama to lobby business on US debt limit :: As part of the fiscal cliff negotiations, the president is to ask senior executives to pressure Republicans to increase the US borrowing authority
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/caa5f726-3e95-11e2-91cb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Pre-Market Movers (Rio Tinto, Nokia, Facebook, BHP Billiton, Transocean, Dynavax, CBRE, Apple, Carnival Corp) :: <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>Rio Tinto Plc, Nokia Corp, Facebook Inc, BHP Billiton, Transocean, Dynavax Technologies, CBRE Group, Apple Inc and Carnival Corp. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday.</p><p>Rio Tinto Plc (RIO) stock surged 3.26 percent to $51.93 in pre-market trading. The stock has a 52-week low of $41.59, a 52-week high of $63.18 and $92.88 billion in market capitalization.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pre-market-movers-rio-tinto-nokia-facebook-bhp-billiton-transocean-dynavax-cbre-apple-carnival-corp

VIDEO: Autumn Statement: Osborne's approach :: A look at George Osborne's approach to reducing Britain's debt ahead of the Autumn Statement
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20608925#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

UK service sector 'slows again' :: Activity in the UK service sector grew at its slowest pace in almost two years in November, a survey indicates.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20607630#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Climate change hits world food supply :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/NkZDuma92Pw/index.html

Geminids Meteor Shower 2012 All Set To Dazzle Skies In December :: <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 Geminids Meteor Shower 2012 peaks overnight Dec.13 and Dec.14 and good visibility of the showers is likely to happen, Patch has reported.</p><p>While Perseids Meteor Shower 2012 hogged the limelight in August, the Geminids appear to be relatively a younger meteor shower that occurred first in the 1830s at rates of about 20 per hour.</p><p>Over the decades the rates appear to have increased to 80 and 120 per hour at its peak. The meteor with its reported origins from an object known as 3200 Phaethon is considered to be an asteroid and not a comet.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/geminids-meteor-shower-2012-all-set-dazzle-skies-december-920223

PMIs signal eurozone economy bottoming out :: New data show business activity is still contracting but at a slower pace than expected, lifting hopes that the worst is over for single currency bloc
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e5361f04-3ec1-11e2-87bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Eurozone recession 'to continue' :: While the rate of economic contraction eased in November, the eurozone is still on course for another quarter of recession, a survey indicates.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20605874#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Osborne: No miracle economic cure :: Chancellor George Osborne will tell MPs there is "no miracle cure" for the UK's economic problems when he delivers his Autumn Statement.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20600442#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

AUDIO: Multinationals 'going round law' on tax :: Andrew Hosken examines how it is that much of their revenue can end up in tax havens and asks who helps these companies arrange their tax affairs.
url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9775000/9775483.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Commodities Drop as Fiscal Cliff Worries Linger :: <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>Commodities slumped Tuesday as the White House rejected Republicans' budget proposal which might save $2.2 trillion. The plan involves cutting half the revenue increases and doubling the reduction in healthcare that Obama's administration proposed. The deadlock raised concerns that the fiscal cliff problem would not be resolved before the year-end and would lead to recession in the world's largest economy. In the Eurozone, financial ministers might discuss at the EU meeting on December 13 about the bailout fund to Cyprus.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/commodities-drop-fiscal-cliff-worries-linger-920167

Deal reached to end LA strike :: Agreement is reached to end a strike at the port of Los Angeles which has been disrupting the busiest shipping complex in the US, the mayor says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20605432#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

US Stock Futures Signal Higher Open Ahead Of ADP Employment Report :: <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>The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Wednesday ahead of the Automatic Data Processing's (ADP) National Employment Report.</p><p>The futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.43 percent, the futures on the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index were up 0.43 percent and those on the Nasdaq 100 Index were up 0.45 percent. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-signal-higher-open-ahead-adp-employment-report-920127

Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Update For Samsung Galaxy S3 Released With Lots Of 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>After rolling out the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update for the AT&amp;T variant of its flagship Galaxy S3 smartphone Tuesday, Samsung started to push the Android 4.1.2 update to the international version of Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) Wednesday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/android-412-jelly-bean-update-samsung-galaxy-s3-released-lots-new-features-920099

Tesco retreats from loss-making US foray :: Retailer to review Fresh & Easy stores and announces departure of division's head after facing cumulative losses of £850m on £1bn investment
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Tesco to review US chain future :: Tesco is launching a strategic review that may lead to the sale or closure of its US-based Fresh and Easy chain, the company confirms.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20603686#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa