19-Feb-2013 11:49

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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Lloyds fined for PPI payment delay :: Lloyds Banking Group is fined £4.3m for delaying compensation payments to up to 140,000 customers over Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) mis-selling.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21505351#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Novartis scraps payment to chairman :: Swiss drugs firm Novartis agrees with its departing chairman Daniel Vasella to scrap a scheme that could have paid him 72m Swiss francs over six years.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21504571#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Name and shame tax avoiders, MPs say :: Tax avoiders should be named and shamed to discourage the rich from using legal loopholes to avoid paying their fair share, a spending watchdog says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21502659#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Bridgestone shares get profit boost :: Shares of Bridgestone, the world's biggest tyre-maker, surge after it reports a 67% jump in net profit for 2012.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21501797#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Cameron calls for faster RBS reform :: The Prime Minister, David Cameron, calls on Royal Bank of Scotland to speed up the overhaul of its business.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21503031#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Fujitsu smartphones venture outside Japan, with elderly Europeans in mind :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/-B7f5c6xS2A/story01.htm

Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date Rumors: Device Will 'Definitely' Be Announced March 14 At An Event In New York [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>Ever since Samsung's recent announcement that it will not release the highly-anticipated Galaxy S3 successor, the Samsung Galaxy S4, at this year's Mobile World Congress, there had been a lot of speculation surrounding the release date of the handset.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-release-date-rumors-device-will-definitely-be-announced-march-14-event-new-york

Texas Woman Gives Birth To Two Sets Of Twins In A Day, But They Are Not Quadruplets :: <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 Texas woman bagged a one-in-70-million-opportunity when she delivered two sets of identical twins in a Houston hospital on the Valentine's Day.</p>
<p>Thirty-six-year-old Tressa Montalvo gave birth to four babies - two sets of identical twins at the Woman's Hospital of Texas in Houston. Yet the babies are not quadruplets, as they are share two different placentas, which make them two sets of identical twins, a news release from the hospital said.</p>
<p>The babies were born after 31 weeks of pregnancy through Caesarean section.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/texas-woman-gives-birth-two-sets-twins-day-they-are-not-quadruplets-1092406

London Market Report :: Shares in Intercontinental Hotels fall, despite the hotels group reporting a rise in revenues and profits for 2012.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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