05-Nov-2013 14:13

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

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

Preeclampsia. :: Authors: Valente AM, Economy KE
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Scientist reveals secrets of laughter :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Q4rVTHC1bjQ/index.html

From NZ family farm to the U.N. :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/I8AFwrTG9jQ/spc-leading-women-helen-clark-2.cnn.html

Payday loan rollover plan challenged :: Payday lenders are divided over a plan to limit the number of rollovers of short-term, high-interest loans, MPs hear.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24817215#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Nike+ Move will turn your iPhone 5S into an activity tracker :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/x8Wa3qJxT6M/

BMW sees car division profits stall :: Luxury German carmaker BMW has seen profit drop in its key car division as weak European markets and investment in new technologies weighed.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24815947#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

HTC Forecasts Tough Holiday Season With Significant Reduction In Q4 Revenues :: <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>On Tuesday, HTC (TPE:2498), the Taiwanese smartphone maker released consolidated results for the third quarter of this year, and reported a $102 million loss during the period. The company posted a quarterly revenue of NT$47 billion ($1.6 billion), with a gross margin of 20.4 percent and a negative operating margin of 7.4 percent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/htc-forecasts-tough-holiday-season-significant-reduction-q4-revenues-1455378

Industrial Internet startup Seeq raises $6 million :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/_MvxcoQ9ziM/

Somali remittances granted reprieve :: Somali money transfer service Dahabshiil has won an injunction preventing Barclays from cutting its banking services.
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Unions voice fears over Npower jobs :: Two of the UK's biggest unions raise concerns over potential job losses at one of the "big six" energy firms, Npower.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24818512#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: 1m people can't get a bank account :: More than a million people in the UK do not have a bank account, and many more cannot get a fully-fledged current account.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24821408#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

EU sees 'hope' but also lower growth :: The European Commission says the EU's economy is at a "turning point", but cuts next year's eurozone growth prediction and says unemployment will stay high.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24817818#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Vivendi Sells Majority Stake In Maroc Telecom To Etisalat In $5.7B Deal :: <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>French communications and media company Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV) said on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, or Etisalat, to sell its majority stake in Morocco's Maroc Telecom (FRA:MSPA) for 4.2 billion euros ($5.7 billion), as Etisalat expands overseas while Vivendi shifts focus to its media and content business.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/vivendi-sells-majority-stake-maroc-telecom-etisalat-57b-deal-1455238

Single mothers lose benefit cap case :: Three single mothers and their children lose a challenge to the government's benefits cap, with the High Court ruling it does not breach their human rights.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24818747#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Time Warner Inc (TWX) Earnings Preview: Q3 2013 Results Suffer By Comparison To Robust Q3 2012 :: <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>Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX), which owns such prominent media properties as CNN and HBO, is expected to report slightly lower third-quarter profit in comparison to the blockbuster results the U.S. media giant booked in the year-earlier quarter.</p>
<p>Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect the New York company, which reports Wednesday, to announce net income of $835.2 million, or 89 cents per share, compared with $838 million, or 86 cents per share, in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue is expected to edge up to $6.94 billion from $6.84 billion.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/time-warner-inc-twx-earnings-preview-q3-2013-results-suffer-comparison-robust-q3-2012-1454366

What Do Business Leaders Do With Their Free Time? [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-1104c72b-2522-56cd-c759-152cfc946680">What do corporate directors like to do when they're out of their boardrooms? That's the question <a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/10/what-board-directors-really-do/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harvard Business Review posed to more than 1,000 board members around the world</a>, and it turns out, most of them really like sports and fitness-related activities, followed by activities related to art, culture and design.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/what-do-business-leaders-do-their-free-time-infographic-1454850