06-Mar-2013 09:19

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

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 &#8211; poverty reduction, quality education, protection from early labour, protection from early marriage, quality health care, po...<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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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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Housing market 'still improving' :: UK house prices rose by 0.5% in February, the Halifax says, as the market continued to improve.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21681511#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

US-EU multi-trillion dollar deal? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/IUZUM8VsG6I/

Samsung to acquire 3% stake in Sharp :: Samsung Electronics agrees a deal to buy a 3% stake in struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp for 10.4bn yen ($110m; £75m).
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21680996#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Insurer L&G reports record sales :: Insurer Legal & General says it has shrugged off the tough economic times to report record sales and increase its dividend by 20%.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21681725#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

New Samsung phone: Eye-controlled? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ZnPcfQ-723w/index.html

Venezuela more equal, less stable now? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/moQqCDuGzHY/index.html

South Korea Says It's Prepared After War Threat :: <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>South Korea's military said Wednesday it was fully prepared to strike back at the North if its neighbor uses force, a day after Pyongyang threatened to scrap the armistice agreement ending the 1950-53 Korean War.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/south-korea-says-its-prepared-after-war-threat-1113135

The future of digital learning? News Corp.'s Amplify debuts its tablet for K-12 classrooms :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/36dvtpIdgGY/story01.htm

Asian Stock Markets Gain After Dow Hits All-Time High :: <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>Asian stock markets advanced Wednesday as sentiment was buoyed after the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a new record high Tuesday on the back of a bullish service sector data.</p>
<p>Japan's benchmark Nikkei surged 2.13 percent or 248.82 points to 11,932.27, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.88 percent or 197.71 points to 22,758.21. The Chinese Shanghai Composite advanced 0.93 percent or 21.64 points to 2,347.94, while South Korean KOSPI Composite gained 0.20 percent and India's BSE Sensex rose 0.72 percent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/asian-stock-markets-gain-after-dow-hits-all-time-high-1113121

What's A 'Mega-Commuter?' 600,000 Americans Spend 90 Minutes To Get To Work :: <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>Here's a scary fact: Nearly 600,000 Americans are "mega-commuters."</p>
<p>Don't know what that is? If you spend nearly 90 minutes and travel about 50 miles one way to get to work, then you're a mega-commuter. Unlucky you.</p>
<p>This is the first time<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb13-41.html"> the U.S. Census Bureau</a> has reported such a demographic category, according to the Associated Press, and the agency found that mega-commuters make up 8 percent of the population.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/whats-mega-commuter-600000-americans-spend-90-minutes-get-work-1113120

Samsung Galaxy S4 To Stick To Plastic Body To Strike Balance Between Manufacturability And 'Premium Feeling' :: <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>At a time when the <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-release-event-stream-live-times-square-analyst-suggests-two-variants-different" target="_blank">grand unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S4</a> March 14 in New York is just over a week away, the upcoming smartphone has already created such a craze that everyone in the tech world are waiting with bated breath to see what the next flagship device from the South Korean giant has to offer.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-stick-plastic-body-strike-balance-between-manufacturability-premium-feeling

Fox Takes Aim At ESPN With National Sports TV Channel :: <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>(Reuters) - <a class="mandelbrot_refrag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=NWS&amp;lc=int_mb_1001">News Corp</a> introduced a long-rumored national cable television sports channel, Fox Sports 1, on Tuesday, aiming to compete with leader ESPN in an increasingly crowded TV sports marketplace.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/fox-takes-aim-espn-national-sports-tv-channel-1113107

Is Pregnant Kate Middleton Having A Baby Girl? Duchess Reportedly 'Slips' She's Having A Daughter :: <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 simple, inadvertent utterance of the letter "D" was all it took for rumors to start swirling Monday about the sex of Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton's baby.</p>
<p>A woman handed 31-year-old Middleton a teddy bear, and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4826704/Kate-Middleton-drops-hint-that-she-is-expecting-a-daughter.html">The Sun</a> quoted her as saying:</p>
<p>"Thank you, I will take that for my d... for my baby."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pregnant-kate-middleton-having-baby-girl-duchess-reportedly-slips-shes-having-daughter-1113096

Asian markets track Dow record high :: Asian stocks continue a global rally after New York's main Dow Jones share index hits a record high.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21680542#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

All-you-can-read digital magazine service Next Issue Media expands to Windows 8 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/DAib6CZBzwY/story01.htm

What Happens To Kenya If Indicted Candidate Uhuru Kenyatta Wins The Election? :: <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>As provisional results from the Kenyan presidential election roll in, things are looking up for Uhuru Kenyatta, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity and may face a trial this year at The Hague.</p>
<p>Voter turnout was high on Monday, when at least 70 percent of Kenya's estimated 14 million registered voters poured into polling stations. Lines were so long that some polls were obliged to remain open for hours after scheduled closing times had passed.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/what-happens-kenya-if-indicted-candidate-uhuru-kenyatta-wins-election-1112964