20-Mar-2013 15:56

UK unemployment rises to 2.52m :: Unemployment rose by 7,000 to 2.52 million between November and January, according to official figures.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21857396#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Recovery 'taking longer than hoped' :: The official forecast for growth in the UK economy is cut from 1.2% to 0.6% by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21861322#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Chancellor gives help to home-buyers :: Chancellor George Osborne announces a new Help to Buy scheme, aimed at helping people to buy their own homes. He has also launched a mortgage guarantee scheme, to increase mortgage availability.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21849974#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

SDN can turn the network into a big data "curator," claims Juniper :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/8jH-h1Lfl0Q/story01.htm

Cyprus holds bailout crisis talks :: Political leaders in Cyprus are meeting for emergency talks after its parliament overwhelmingly rejected an international bailout deal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21855163#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

National Insurance payments cut :: Every company in the UK is to get the first £2,000 taken off their National Insurance (NI) bill in an attempt to boost job creation, the chancellor announces.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21857641#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Infrastructure spend boosted by £3bn :: The government says it will spend an extra £3bn a year to fund infrastructure projects in hope of boosting economic growth.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21860615#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: Miliband: 'Downgraded chancellor' :: Labour leader Ed Miliband has accused the chancellor of delivering "a more of the same Budget" in response to downgraded growth forecasts.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21861990#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Without human input augmentation, algorithms alone are making us dumber :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/PIm5yByPkuE/story01.htm

Sinkhole Swallows Pond: California Sinkhole Stuns Local Homeowner Mark Korb [VIDEO] :: <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><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2KRfFbPSdYo" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p>A new sinkhole opened in California on Sunday, stunning a Newcastle, California homeowner by swallowing his pond overnight.</p>
<p>Local homeowner Mark Korb woke up Sunday morning to find that his man-made garden pond had been completely drained by a hole in the earth.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sinkhole-swallows-pond-california-sinkhole-stuns-local-homeowner-mark-korb-video-1139273

Forget FICO: how data is changing the rules of credit and underwriting :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/XQ_z_7uxO7A/story01.htm

Kleiner Perkins' Michael Abbott: It takes two (teams) to build a successful app :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/YvL8M-L4YgM/story01.htm

VIDEO: Tax avoiders 'won't get away with it' :: George Osborne said his Budget was introducing "one of the largest ever packages of tax avoidance and evasion measures".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21863522#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

IMF head Lagarde's flat searched :: French police search the Paris apartment of IMF chief Christine Lagarde, as part of an investigation into alleged abuse of her authority as finance minister.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21858531#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: Cut in corporation tax to 20% from 2015 :: The chancellor announced that corporation tax would be cut by 1% to 20% from April 2015, and claimed it showed that Britain was "open for business".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21861510#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

JPMorgan Chase's Rating Downgraded To 3 By Government Regulators Over Management Concerns :: <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>JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) &amp; Co. was downgraded again over concerns about the company's management and its board, according to the Wall Street Journal. A confidential government scorecard dropped the bank, long considered one of the best-run on Wall Street, from a 2 down to a 3 on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the worst rating.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/jpmorgan-chases-rating-downgraded-3-government-regulators-over-management-concerns-1138899

VIDEO: Banking fines 'will support troops' :: Chancellor George Osborne has said that takings from fines imposed over the Libor banking scandal will be invested in the military.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21862289#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

CVS Caremark To Document Workers' Health Information, Employees Ordered To Pay Fine If They Don't Comply :: <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>CVS (NYSE: <a href="http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/CVS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CVS</a>) is enforcing a new policy which requires its nearly 200,000 employees who take advantage of its health plan benefits to submit their weight, body fat, glucose levels and other vitals. According to <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/03/20/cvs-pharmacy-wants-workers-health-information-or-theyll-pay-a-fine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABC News</a>, if a worker chooses not comply with the regulation, he or she will be forced to pay a monthly fine.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/cvs-caremark-document-workers-health-information-employees-ordered-pay-fine-if-they-dont-comply

Next Bond Movie: Who Will Be The New Director? Guy Ritchie, Matthew Vaughn And Joe Wright Among Experts Picks :: <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>MGM executives said the next James Bond movie will happen within the next three years. The studio is ready to capitalize off the success of "Skyfall" but the search for a director continues with no frontrunner.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/next-bond-movie-who-will-be-new-director-guy-ritchie-matthew-vaughn-joe-wright-among-experts-picks

Parents of Slain Teen, Shawn and Jennea Gordley, Forgive Neighbor Who Shot and Killed Their Son Caleb :: <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 Gordley family of Sterling, Virginia is taking the expression 'to forgive is divine' to heart.</p>
<p>A mere three days after their neighbor shot and killed their 16-year-old son, Shawn and Jennea Gordley say they already forgive him.</p>
<p>Caleb Gordley was accidentally shot and killed early Sunday morning after entering the wrong home following a night of drinking with friends reported the<a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/va-parents-forgive-neighbor-killing-teen-son" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> AP</a>.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/parents-slain-teen-shawn-jennea-gordley-forgive-neighbor-who-shot-killed-their-son-caleb-1139073