19-Feb-2013 09:41

Alcatel-Lucent's CEO to step down :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/vzXXlUxTnxA/

China bans television bling ads :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/EQ-ocIr57hs/index.html

OECD calls for action on taxes :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/dc5iohrgnHQ/

Games to keep you safe abroad :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/_caawFTaARQ/index.html

Economy class goes gourmet :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/XNsTd-sf7ls/index.html

Obama unveils US and EU trade talks :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ikqAKpRpFOM/index.html

Investing in Kids Isn't Rocket Science :: The Millennium Development Goals challenged the world to cut extreme poverty in half, dramatically reduce child mortality, and make primary education universal, but Jody Heymann and Kristen McNeill say the world can do more.
In their report, “Changing Children’s Chances”, released by the World Policy Analysis Centre on Wednesday, Heymann and McNeill map the world’s commitment to essential development needs of children in terms of the official laws, policies, and programmes that exist at the national level.
Based on an extensive understanding of international agreements and norms, Heymann and McNeill identify eight critical areas of need – poverty reduction, quality education, protection from early labour, protection from early marriage, quality health care, po...
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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)
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Seoul mayor build's 'Citizen's Hall' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/_5ZZOCujJTY/

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:&bull; 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).&bull; 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...<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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Danone to cut 900 jobs in Europe :: French food and drink company Danone says it will cut 900 jobs after weakness in southern European economies hit sales.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21503225#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Tax avoiders 'named and shamed' :: Tax dodgers should be named and shamed to discourage the rich from using legal loopholes to avoid paying the taxman, a spending watchdog says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21502659#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Pakistan Hazaras Refuse To Bury Dead After Deadly Quetta Bombing; Blame Govt For Negligence :: <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>Pakistan's ethnic minority Hazaras continued to stage a sit-in Tuesday refusing to bury the bodies of scores of people killed in a bomb blast in Quetta Saturday.</p>
<p>The Hazaras, who practice Shia denomination of Islam, in Sunni-majority Pakistan and Afghanistan, blame the Pakistani government for its negligence in acting against Sunni extremism to contain the violence.</p>
<p>Saturday's attack that killed at least 89 people and injured some 169 was carried out by a Sunni militant group targeting Hazaras on the outskirts of the southwestern city of Quetta.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pakistan-hazaras-refuse-bury-dead-after-deadly-quetta-bombing-blame-govt-negligence-1092342

Watchdog warns of energy bill rises :: Consumers face higher energy bills as the UK becomes more reliant on imports, the chief of the energy watchdog warns.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21501878#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Should the euro never have existed? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/E3pjjeletLA/index.html

Police call for ticket resale laws :: London's Metropolitan police has called on the government to introduce legislation around the resale of tickets to gigs and sports events.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/21499552#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

China bans footballers for fixing :: China's football authorities ban 33 players and officials for life and strip Shanghai Shenhua of its league title after a match-fixing investigation.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21502085#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Danish brewer rebounds to profit :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/j9qRH4mp_3c/

Apple named most valuable brand :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BkGeZctoxp4/

Nestle recall after horse meat discovery :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/YZh0GxWzH4M/index.html