Currency 'skirmish' or 'war'? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/sx6OcLIQS74/
Dispute pits farmer v. Monsanto :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/R9-0JA_OpYc/index.html
Euro's existential question :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/E3pjjeletLA/index.html
Bolivia nationalizes Spanish company :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/mVD-pxFGrPw/
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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridp56514&cid=ct_15_46_f&fid1016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipsnews.net%2F2013%2F02%2Finvesting-in-kids-isnt-rocket-science%2F
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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html
Live: Italy's election aftermath :: The deadlock produced by the poll threatens prolonged political instability in a country now torn three ways, and raises the prospect of a second election
url: http://blogs.ft.com/the-world/liveblogs/2013-02-26-2/?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
Ashley sells Sports Direct stake :: Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley sells a 4% chunk of his stake in the retailer he founded, Sports Direct, for £100m.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21585456#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Apple offers kid apps fee settlement :: Apple is to offer US parents compensation for purchases in app games made by their children without permission.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21585378#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Italian impasse rekindles eurozone jitters :: Global equities suffer after inconclusive general election result sparks investor concerns that Italy will struggle to tackle its budget difficulties
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f79e88a-7fbb-11e2-8d96-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
'Action plan' for unified EU mobile market :: Neelie Kroes to tell ministers and industry she will use treaty powers to force telecoms overhaul and bring the sector back from 'near collapse'
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7dd43862-8009-11e2-adbd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
Pre-Market Movers (Spreadtrum, Dow Chemical, Fresenius Medical, General Motors, Credit Suisse, United Therapeutics, McDonald's, Titan International) :: <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>Spreadtrum Communications, Dow Chemical, Fresenius Medical Care AG, General Motors, Credit Suisse Group, United Therapeutics, McDonald's Corp and Titan International Inc, are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Tuesday.
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url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pre-market-movers-spreadtrum-dow-chemical-fresenius-medical-general-motors-credit-suisse-united
HP sells Palm WebOS assets to LG :: Electronics giant HP is selling off the code, staff and technology involved in its WebOS software to Korean firm LG.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21587666#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Banks suspected of tweaking risk measure :: EBA study finds 70% variation in capital held by banks and is to measure the riskiness of residential mortgages and lending to small and medium sized
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28c39e46-7f53-11e2-89ed-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
Virtual reality is mobile future, say Android :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/YkyDQv9qm-o/index.html
Shell in talks to buy €1.5bn Repsol assets :: Spanish oil group close to selling liquefied natural gas assets as it battles to maintain its investment-grade credit rating by cutting its debt
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eb015aac-7ffd-11e2-adbd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
Trayvon Martin One-Year Anniversary: Florida Gun Laws Haven't Changed :: <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>The shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin last February not only reignited a discussion about race relations in the United States. It was also among the first of a series of high-profile gun deaths that plagued the nation in 2012, a year <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map?page=2" target="_blank">when seven mass shootings occurred</a> across the country. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/trayvon-martin-one-year-anniversary-florida-gun-laws-havent-changed-1103405
Singapore Seeks To Cut Quota On Foreign Workers Amidst Worries Over Immigration, Rising Labor Costs :: <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 government of Singapore, which has long attracted talented foreign workers, now says it will cut the quota for foreign job-seekers and impose higher levies on companies that hire low-skilled foreigners.</p>
<p>While unveiling the new budget for 2013, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has also called on local business to improve the skills of their own workers in order to preclude the need of hiring from overseas.</p>
<p>However, Shanmugaratnam, who is also deputy prime minister, warned that the number of foreign workers cannot be reduced drastically.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/singapore-seeks-cut-quota-foreign-workers-amidst-worries-over-immigration-rising-labor-costs-1103229
Gold Prices Rise For Second Day On Bullion Bargain Hunting By Asian Buyers :: <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>Gold prices rose Tuesday for a second day on stronger demand from emerging markets exploiting recent price declines to buy physical gold, also known as bullion, and short-covering.</p>
<p>Those recent price declines have been steep. Gold has been falling since Oct. 4, 2012, when it closed slightly above $1,800 per ounce. On Friday it closed at $1,576.10. But on Monday it rose about 1 percent to $1,586.60 and the gains continued early Tuesday as the price closed in on $1,600.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/gold-prices-rise-second-day-bullion-bargain-hunting-asian-buyers-1103289
Egyptian Law Fails To Protect Public Assembly: Human Rights Watch :: <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>A proposed law regarding public demonstrations in Egypt has raised concerns that it will limit the right to peaceful public assembly and allow for police abuses.</p>
<p>The bill was drafted by the Justice Ministry and was submitted last week to the Shura Council, the upper chamber of the Egyptian Parliament, though it is not clear when a vote will be held.</p>
<p>International advocacy group Human Rights Watch has criticized the draft law and called for it to be amended.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/egyptian-law-fails-protect-public-assembly-human-rights-watch-1103462
A New Plan For Peace In War-Torn Congo: Vague, But Not Hopeless :: <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>A group of African leaders agreed this weekend on new path toward peace for the troubled Democratic Republic of the Congo.</p>
<p>The new framework, which is ambitious in scope but light on details, marks the latest attempt to bring stability to the vast country of 68 million, which sits at the art of the African continent. Conflicts have plagued the mineral-rich DRC and surrounding nations for decades; the most recent major disruption came last November, when a rebel group called M23 briefly seized the town of Goma on the DRC's eastern border.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/new-plan-peace-war-torn-congo-vague-not-hopeless-1103542
Hot Air Balloon Crashes In Egypt Killing 19 Asian, European Tourists :: <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>A hot air balloon caught fire and exploded near the Egyptian city of Luxor Tuesday, killing 19 tourists including British, French, Hong Kong and Japanese nationals.</p>
<p>The balloon, which was carrying 21 people, was flying at 1,000 ft (300m) when it caught fire and exploded before plunging onto fields west of Luxor, news agencies reported, quoting officials.</p>
<p>A spokesman from the Hong Kong government confirmed to the BBC that nine Hong Kong residents were involved in the accident and a team of immigration officers was being sent to Egypt.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hot-air-balloon-crashes-egypt-killing-19-asian-european-tourists-1103767
Final vote results confirm Italy deadlock :: While some politicians are already speaking of another poll, others express fear that the Five Star Movement will only gain in strength
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/562609dc-7f58-11e2-89ed-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
AUDIO: Liverpool to showcase UK's 'best business' :: Business leaders are launching a so called "international festival of business for Liverpool" in 2014, a government backed showcase for the UK, which is intended to attract inward investors.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21586825#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
AUDIO: Football TV rights 'drive customer base' :: Professor Chris Brady, dean of the of BPP Business School, explains the allure of television rights for football.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21586753#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
VIDEO: Petrol price rises hit rural drivers :: Rising petrol prices are hitting rural drivers, with fuel costing up to 2p a litre more in the countryside than in towns and cities.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21584226#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Inspects Preparedness For 'Actual Battle,' State Media Says :: <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>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected an artillery fire drill to ensure the preparedness of units for an "actual battle," state-run media said on Tuesday, a day after South Korea saw the inauguration of its first female president.</p>
<p>"An endless barrage of shells were fired by artillery pieces on the (simulated) 'enemy's positions,'" the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf;jsessionid�1F7CD2FA0C7470007B0B87382694CE#this">Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said</a>, but it did not give the precise time or location of the drill.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-inspects-preparedness-actual-battle-state-media-says-1103728
China to tighten shadow banking rules :: Credit flows system beyond traditional bank loans in China has increased fourfold in size since 2008, to about 40% of gross domestic product
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/223777b6-7fec-11e2-adbd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
DataDirect Networks brings out Hadoop appliance for enterprises :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/g2DgSEEjTGM/story01.htm
SFR problems hit Vivendi profits :: Vivendi profits fall as its SFR mobile unit struggles, but it still beats forecasts helped by its Activision Blizzard video games business.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21584349#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
VIDEO: Horsemeat tests continue in Holland :: The BBC's Anna Holligan visits a laboratory in the Netherlands to find out how meat products are tested for horse DNA.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21584071#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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