29-Oct-2013 21:35

Hong Kong transforms airport :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/mnTfLmB4FTE/spc-gateway-hk-cruise-ship-terminal.cnn.html

Tech boss who dares staff to fail :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Nela6MP34cs/index.html

Is the $18B JPMn settlement fair? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/2Qv-mAyuRss/index.html

'No‐one actually goes to a shop and buys them do they?': attitudes and behaviours regarding illicit tobacco in a multiply disadvantaged community in England :: ConclusionsNational strategies to reduce illicit tobacco may have limited impact in communities during a recession and where illicit trade is part of the local culture and economy. There may be potential to influence illicit tobacco use by building on the ambivalence and unease expressed around selling to children. (Source: Addiction)
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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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Advertisers get creative at airports :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/PkzoP1bKQEk/index.html

Small-tablet spec comparison: iPad mini with retina display vs. Google Nexus 7 vs. Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ToeWkuLpKTA/

VIDEO: When energy 'big 6' faced MPs :: Senior executives from Britain's big energy firms have been defending their pricing policies.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24736468#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

World Series 2013: Game 6 Prediction, Preview, And Schedule For Cardinals - Red Sox :: <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"><p>The <strong>St. Louis Cardinals </strong>are one loss away from being eliminated from the 2013 World Series. On Wednesday, the hopes of the National League champs rest on the shoulders of a 22-year-old rookie.</p>
<p>Five months ago, <strong>Michael Wacha</strong> was of barely legal drinking age and had yet to pitch in an MLB game. Now. He'll look to beat the <strong>Boston Red Sox</strong> and force a deciding Game Seven.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/world-series-2013-game-6-prediction-preview-schedule-cardinals-red-sox-1446374

News On Facebook: How Social Media Is Changing News Consumption [Infographic] :: <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"><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-0131328a-059d-b47f-90a4-8117345c7559">Whether or not they're looking for news on their Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) newsfeed, about one in three U.S. adults end up getting some of their news from the social media site, according to a <a href="http://www.journalism.org/2013/10/24/the-role-of-news-on-facebook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new study by Pew Research Center in collaboration with the Knight Foundation</a>.</p>
<p dir="ltr">"I believe Facebook is a good way to find out news without actually looking for it," wrote one survey respondent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/news-facebook-how-social-media-changing-news-consumption-infographic-1446304

Apple hit with class action over faulty iMac screens :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/WXReJyxVTPY/

Xbox One Vs. PS4 'Battlefield 4' Gameplay Footage, What's The Verdict? [VIDEOS] :: <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"><p>"Battlefield 4" was just released and the game gives the first chance to compare gameplay on Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One and Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4. Video reviews of multiplayer maps as well as single-player missions have surfaced and there are plenty of opinions to go around.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/xbox-one-vs-ps4-battlefield-4-gameplay-footage-whats-verdict-videos-1446356

LinkedIn Corp (LNKD) Earnings Watch: How Will Mobile Advertising Growth Impact Third Quarter Results? [VIDEO] :: <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"><p>After the closing bell on Tuesday, LinkedIn Corp. <a href="https://www.google.com/finance?cid210501" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(NYSE: LNKD)</a> is expected to report adjusted fiscal third-quarter earnings of 32 cent on revenue of $385 million, according to analysts polled by Reuters. During the same period a <a href="http://investors.linkedin.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseIDq8071" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">year-ago</a>, the social media company posted a profit of 22 cents a share on revenue of $252 million.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/linkedin-corp-lnkd-earnings-watch-how-will-mobile-advertising-growth-impact-third-quarter-results

Accidental Bitcoin Fortune: Kristoffer Koch Forgets About $27 Bitcoin Purchase In 2009, Finds They Are Now Worth $866,000 :: <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"><p>While some have turned bitcoins, a digital currency designed to be as anonymous as cash, into fortunes with <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/silk-road-shutdown-ny-us-attorney-seizes-28-million-bitcoins-belonging-ross-ulbricht-1442640" target="_blank">underground drug empires</a> or <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/texas-based-man-charged-sec-running-bitcoin-related-ponzi-scheme-which-raised-about-60m-present" target="_blank">Ponzi schemes</a>, others just did it on accident. Kristoffer Koch spent less than $27 (150 kroner) to buy 5,000 bitcoins in 2009, an amount now worth about $866,000.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/accidental-bitcoin-fortune-kristoffer-koch-forgets-about-27-bitcoin-purchase-2009-finds-they-are-now

McDonald's Corp (MCD) Exploits Ronald McDonald House Despite Giving Scant Financial Support, Report Alleges :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/mcdonalds-corp-mcd-exploits-ronald-mcdonald-house-despite-giving-scant-financial-support-report

Largest Family Tree Assembled By 'Genome Hacker' Yaniv Erlich, Comprised Of 13 Million People :: <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"><p>One of the world's biggest family trees to ever be assembled has been created by a renowned "genome hacker."</p>
<p>Yaniv Erlich recently presented what may be largest family tree, comprised of 13 million people and stretches back to the 15th century, at the American Society of Human Genetics' annual meeting in Boston on October 24, <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/genome-hacker-uncovers-largest-ever-family-tree-1.14037" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nature reports</a>.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/largest-family-tree-assembled-genome-hacker-yaniv-erlich-comprised-13-million-people-1446346

Myanmar FDI: China Accounts For One Third Of Foreign Investment In Myanmar With $14 Billion :: <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"><p>Chinese companies account for a third of the nearly $44 billion of foreign investment Myanmar has approved since 1988, highlighting China's long history of dominance in its impoverished Southeast Asian neighbor.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/myanmar-fdi-china-accounts-one-third-foreign-investment-myanmar-14-billion-1446282

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Begins 30 Month Sentence At North Carolina Prison :: <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"><p>Former United States Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. began a 30-month sentence at a North Carolina federal prison on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Jackson, the son of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., was convicted of misusing roughly $750,000 in campaign funds in February. The former representative was ordered to report to a Butner, North Carolina federal prison complex no later than Nov. 1, and <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/29/us-usa-crime-jackson-idUSBRE99S02K20131029" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">according to Reuters</a> appeared at the penitentiary on Monday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/former-rep-jesse-jackson-jr-begins-30-month-sentence-north-carolina-prison-1446280

Is Lou Bega Dead? 'Mambo No. 5' Singer Begs Fans To Stop Mistaking Him For Lou Reed :: <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"><p>As tributes flooded in for Lou Reed following his death over the weekend, another, lesser known Lou reportedly experienced a sudden upsurge in sympathy on social media.</p>
<p>Lou Bega, the German singer best, or perhaps only, known for his cover of "Mambo No. 5," which became a pop anthem of the '90s, claims that his family has received an outpouring of condolences since Reed's death from people confusing the two musicians.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lou-bega-dead-mambo-no-5-singer-begs-fans-stop-mistaking-him-lou-reed-1446310

Energy boss calls for market inquiry :: The boss of one of Britain's largest energy companies tells MPs that there should be an inquiry into the whole market.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24730122#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa