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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.
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New film aims at Mexico wealth gap :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TN0a88pPgsU/

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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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...
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Intel maintains sales forecast :: Intel, the world's largest maker of chips for PCs, maintains its sales forecast for 2013, despite an industry-wide slowdown in computer sales.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22177723#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

American Airlines grounds flights :: American Airlines has to ground all flights across the US due to a fault with its computerised reservation system.
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Cleantech VC and the state of the IPO market :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/snkHE6YUKhE/story01.htm

Australian film industry hit by strong currency :: Why foreign film makers are giving Australia a miss
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22088976#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Hopscotch iPad app looks to teach building blocks of coding to girls :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/YmXnWqaHvRE/story01.htm

Don't hold your breath for a Microsoft Surface Windows Phone :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/JhytZ96dRjo/story01.htm

Study finds newspaper readers are engaged, but local papers need to do more on mobile :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/gpaEbpIT2tM/story01.htm

Google's Vint Cerf explains how to make SDN as successful as the internet :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/QdKtWDrdF4Q/story01.htm

Relegated clubs receive £60m boost :: The new Premier League parachute payments figure is agreed for the next three years, with relegated clubs to receive over £60m.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22171365

VIDEO: UK inflation rate holds steady :: UK consumer price inflation held steady at 2.8% in March, at its highest level since May last year, the Office for National Statistics said.
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Daimler to sell final stake in EADS :: Carmaker Daimler is selling its remaining 7.5% stake in pan-European aerospace and defence group EADS, the owner of Airbus
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Can Twitter elevate the "second screen" with live video? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/2Vl1-DdhUqU/story01.htm

EU Parliament agrees bank bonus caps :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/AtxS7qB5M48/

Podcast: The pros and cons of using Hadoop :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/1QdurX0kKwY/story01.htm

How China's city-focused electric car programs fell short :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/YVb3r-aCD68/story01.htm

This is why Apple wants to launch iRadio :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/0ZMcV22RoPg/story01.htm

Profits down at Johnson & Johnson :: Healthcare and pharmaceutical group Johnson & Johnson blames higher costs for a fall in quarterly profits, but its latest results still beat market expectations.
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