19-Feb-2013 14:37

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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New Bank of England deputy governor :: Andrew Bailey is to be deputy governor of The Bank of England from 1 April, taking charge of making sure banks don't take on too much risk.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21506870#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Samsung teams up with Genband to beef up the enterprise tablet :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/U2_mKu1_k9Y/story01.htm

Robbers steal $50 million in diamonds :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BlqCewPSuiQ/index.html

Is Apple losing its cool factor? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/myW7M7pZrAA/index.html

Brussels Diamond Heist At Airport Nets Robbers $50 Million, Police Say Robbery Was Sophisticated, Quick :: <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> </p>
<p>Belgian authorities were hunting eight men Tuesday who robbed an aircraft at Brussels Airport of $50 million in diamonds, CNN reported.
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<p>The heavily armed suspects arrived in two vehicles, cut a hole in a security fence and drove up to the aircraft as a Brinks transport truck on the tarmac was unloading its contents into the Swiss aircraft, which was en route from Antwerp, Belgium, to Zurich, Switzerland.
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<p>The theft took only three minutes before speeding away. No shots were fired during the robbery.
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url: http://www.ibtimes.com/brussels-diamond-heist-airport-nets-robbers-50-million-police-say-robbery-was-sophisticated-quick

Oscar Pistorius Charged With Premeditated Murder; Reeva SteenKamp's Funeral Held :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/oscar-pistorius-charged-premeditated-murder-reeva-steenkamps-funeral-held-1092592

Open-source search tool Elasticsearch gets $24M :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/9DXDSQ9mbmY/story01.htm

Video recommendation engine Taboola raises $15M in fourth funding round :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/raI-4T_jUR4/story01.htm

Jeda Networks proposes yet another software-defined option for the data center :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/5QSumyhN9aw/story01.htm

Debit cards 'to give way to phones' :: The use of debit cards could decline within the next eight years, says the UK Payments Council, as we start to make payments by mobile phone.
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