Top business news: 16 feb. 2013

lördag 16 februari 2013

17-Feb-2013 08:56

European markets at close: 13.02.2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/gGJxrEd7oJo/

Pompey hearing is adjourned again :: The High Court hearing to determine the future of Portsmouth Football Club is adjourned for a fourth time.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21444012

Deepening U.S., EU trade relations :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LswpUbb3Ih8/

Alcatel-Lucent's CEO to step down :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/vzXXlUxTnxA/

China bans television bling ads :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/EQ-ocIr57hs/index.html

OECD calls for action on taxes :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/dc5iohrgnHQ/

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

Obama unveils US and EU trade talks :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ikqAKpRpFOM/index.html

When stores go bust: How to get your money or goods back :: How to get your money or goods back
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21428970#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: Real-life Dragons' Den hopefuls :: The angel investors funding start-up businesses
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21367559#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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 – poverty reduction, quality education, protection from early labour, protection from early marriage, quality health care, po...
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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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Woman helps Japan nuclear power :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Zdp7Me7ZP8o/index.html

Mercury: Music is Brazil's soul :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/frKHyfMd8to/

Kenya's currency concerns :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/gWL877Lg9dk/

Seoul mayor build's 'Citizen's Hall' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/_5ZZOCujJTY/

China soccer gambling skews sector :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/HWxPNmt6ZZk/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...<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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From Apple CEO Tim Cook to Ted Nugent, entrepreneurs rock at State of the Union VIDEO :: Who are you going to call when you want to show you're committed to building an economy where innovative companies thrive?

The CEO of Apple, of course. That's what President Bill Clinton did when he invited John Sculley to sit in first lady Hillary Clinton's box at his first State of the Union address in 1993. And it's what President Barack Obama did when he invited current Apple CEO Tim Cook to sit in first lady Michelle Obama's box at tonight's speech.

For Cook's sake, let's hope this honor works… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
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17-Feb-2013 08:56 To

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...<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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Take This Job and Love It! :: In a down economy, when your job loses its lustre, it's worth taking a new approach to it. (Source: Psychology Today)
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Spending on Physician Services Crawls Out of RecessionSpending on Physician Services Crawls Out of Recession :: A slowly improving economy helped explain a 3.6% increase in spending on physician services in 2011 compared with 2.8% in 2010, says CMS. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
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Tim Tebow Under Fire After Announcing Plans To Speak At Anti-Gay Church :: <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 class="p1">Tim Tebow might be having difficulty with the New York Jets at the moment, but he's still a surefire hit with the Christian right. The Jets' backup quarterback has scheduled a speech at a Dallas megachurch, earning him plenty of online criticism because of the church's anti-gay stance.</p>
<p class="p1">Tebow is set to speak at First Baptist Dallas on April 28. There's no word on what Tebow will be discussing at a Sunday morning worship service.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/tim-tebow-under-fire-after-announcing-plans-speak-anti-gay-church-1090172

Live Stream 'Downton Abbey' Season 3 Finale Online: PBS To Broadcast Show For Free On Website :: <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>It all appeared to come and go so quickly. American fans of "Downton Abbey" waited almost a year to watch the third season of the soapy British drama, and now, less than two months after its first episode premiered, the show will again be on hiatus in the U.S.</p>
<p>The good news for any fan without access to a television set Sunday at 9 p.m. EST is that the third-season finale will be simulcast at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/series/downton-abbey-season-3/">PBS.org</a> -- and it will also be available for streaming in the days to follow.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/live-stream-downton-abbey-season-3-finale-online-pbs-broadcast-show-free-website-1090168

Where To Buy Comic-Con 2013 Tickets? Fans Vent Online After Tix Sell Out In Under Two Hours :: <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 <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.comic-con.org/">Comic-Con International</a> celebration this year will again be the place to be for fans of science fiction and fantasy, but anyone without an entry badge at this point might be out of luck: Tickets to the San Diego pop-culture phenomenon, scheduled for July 18-21, sold out in a little more than 90 minutes after they went on sale Saturday morning.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/where-buy-comic-con-2013-tickets-fans-vent-online-after-tix-sell-out-under-two-hours-1090148

NBA 2013 Slam Dunk Contest: Where To Watch Live Online Stream, Prediction, Preview :: <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 NBA is honoring the legendary Michael Jordan for his 50th birthday during All-Star Weekend, and every participant of the 2013 Slam Dunk Contest may look to do the same Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston.</p>
<p>Jordan won the competition twice, and is one of three players to ever repeat back in 1987 and 1988, specifically paying homage to Julius Erving with his free throw line throw down.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nba-2013-slam-dunk-contest-where-watch-live-online-stream-prediction-preview-1090154

NBA 2013 Three-Point Contest: Where To Watch Live Online, Prediction, Preview :: <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>According to legend, Boston Celtics great Larry Bird walked into the locker room just before the NBA's first ever three-point contest in 1986 and asked everyone: "Who's coming in second?"</p>
<p>It's unclear if any of the six participants in the 2013 field have that same kind of confidence, but all have proven abilities beyond the arc.</p>
<p>Each will have one minute to launch 25 three-pointers in two rounds to determine a winner in the 2013 NBA Three-point Contest Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nba-2013-three-point-contest-where-watch-live-online-prediction-preview-1090152

NBA 2013 Shooting Stars: Where To Watch Live Online, Prediction, Preview :: <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>Kicking off the NBA's All-Star Weekend Saturday is the Shooting Stars challenge at the Toyota Center in Houston.</p>
<p>The unique competition enlists one current NBA and WNBA player and a franchise legend for a non-stop shooting display.</p>
<p>The league has broken up each of Saturday's events, pitting the East versus the West. The two teams from the West will be captained by Houston's James Harden and Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook. Miami's Chris Bosh and Brooklyn's Brook Lopez will represent the East's two squads.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nba-2013-shooting-stars-where-watch-live-online-prediction-preview-1090134

American 'Downton Abbey' Located In Rhode Island: Mansions Of Rhode Island Now A Tourist Destination :: <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 British were hardly the only ones to live on large estates and have servants in the early years of the last century. And because of the enormous popularity of PBS' "Downton Abbey," mansions in Newport, R.I., have become tourist destinations for people wishing to get a glimpse not only of the lives of the rich but also of the lives of their servants.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/american-downton-abbey-located-rhode-island-mansions-rhode-island-now-tourist-destination-1089536

NBA 2013 Skills Challenge: Where To Watch Live Online, Prediction, Preview :: <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>Portland Trail Blazers rookie Damian Lillard will be pitted against some of the best point guards, young and old, Saturday night in the 2013 NBA Skills Challenge at the Toyota Center in Houston.</p>
<p>Lillard, the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year honors, is one third of the stars representing the West. San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker will look for his second straight Skills Challenge title, and Houston's Jeremy Lin will have the huge support of the Rockets home crowd.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nba-2013-skills-challenge-where-watch-live-online-prediction-preview-1090150

BitTorrent's new SoShare app lets you share files of up to 1TB for free :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/iAT3hy4MK94/story01.htm

Tough times for Anglo American :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/bOnfAL66Mmg/

17-Feb-2013 07:48

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17-Feb-2013 06:54

17-Feb-2013 06:51 2013

European markets at close: 13.02.2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/gGJxrEd7oJo/

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 – poverty reduction, quality education, protection from early labour, protection from early marriage, quality health care, po...
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The Open and Rocky Road Post-2015 :: What values does a Yemeni journalist who fuelled the Arab Spring hold in common with a former principal of the U.S. National Security Council? And how in turn will they see eye to eye with a Jordanian queen, or the president of Indonesia?
The subjects of this riddle are meeting in Monrovia as part of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's 27-member High Level Panel of Eminent Person's on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (HLP).
The purpose of the HLP is to lead the discussion around a new framework, the post-2015 development agenda, to replace the expiring Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The HLP's work will culminate with an advisory report to Ban in May 2013.
The meeting, which takes place between Jan. 30 and Feb. 1, is the third in a series of four. Previous meetings took place in Lon...
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European markets at close: 14.02.2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/c9I0BTEuMHI/

Where To Buy Comic-Con 2013 Tickets? Fans Vent Online After Tix Sell Out In Under Two Hours :: <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 <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.comic-con.org/">Comic-Con International</a> celebration this year will again be the place to be for fans of science fiction and fantasy, but anyone without an entry badge at this point might be out of luck: Tickets to the San Diego pop-culture phenomenon, scheduled for July 18-21, sold out in a little more than 90 minutes after they went on sale Saturday morning.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/where-buy-comic-con-2013-tickets-fans-vent-online-after-tix-sell-out-under-two-hours-1090148

NBA 2013 Slam Dunk Contest: Where To Watch Live Online Stream, Prediction, Preview :: <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 NBA is honoring the legendary Michael Jordan for his 50th birthday during All-Star Weekend, and every participant of the 2013 Slam Dunk Contest may look to do the same Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston.</p>
<p>Jordan won the competition twice, and is one of three players to ever repeat back in 1987 and 1988, specifically paying homage to Julius Erving with his free throw line throw down.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nba-2013-slam-dunk-contest-where-watch-live-online-stream-prediction-preview-1090154

NBA 2013 Three-Point Contest: Where To Watch Live Online, Prediction, Preview :: <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>According to legend, Boston Celtics great Larry Bird walked into the locker room just before the NBA's first ever three-point contest in 1986 and asked everyone: "Who's coming in second?"</p>
<p>It's unclear if any of the six participants in the 2013 field have that same kind of confidence, but all have proven abilities beyond the arc.</p>
<p>Each will have one minute to launch 25 three-pointers in two rounds to determine a winner in the 2013 NBA Three-point Contest Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nba-2013-three-point-contest-where-watch-live-online-prediction-preview-1090152

NBA 2013 Shooting Stars: Where To Watch Live Online, Prediction, Preview :: <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>Kicking off the NBA's All-Star Weekend Saturday is the Shooting Stars challenge at the Toyota Center in Houston.</p>
<p>The unique competition enlists one current NBA and WNBA player and a franchise legend for a non-stop shooting display.</p>
<p>The league has broken up each of Saturday's events, pitting the East versus the West. The two teams from the West will be captained by Houston's James Harden and Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook. Miami's Chris Bosh and Brooklyn's Brook Lopez will represent the East's two squads.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nba-2013-shooting-stars-where-watch-live-online-prediction-preview-1090134

NBA 2013 Skills Challenge: Where To Watch Live Online, Prediction, Preview :: <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>Portland Trail Blazers rookie Damian Lillard will be pitted against some of the best point guards, young and old, Saturday night in the 2013 NBA Skills Challenge at the Toyota Center in Houston.</p>
<p>Lillard, the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year honors, is one third of the stars representing the West. San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker will look for his second straight Skills Challenge title, and Houston's Jeremy Lin will have the huge support of the Rockets home crowd.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nba-2013-skills-challenge-where-watch-live-online-prediction-preview-1090150

Australian politics cools off on climate change – even as the temperature rises :: The 2013 poll will pit rampant denialism against grudging action based on political expediencyIn 2007, a tyro Australian opposition leader called Kevin Rudd held a summit in which he labelled climate change the "great moral challenge of our generation" and, rather optimistically, added "we should be at a stage in this country where climate change is beyond politics".Within months, Rudd swept to power in a landmark election that deposed John Howard, the long-term conservative prime minister and climate-change curmudgeon.Australia, one of the world's leading per capita emitters and the foremost coal exporter on the planet, swiftly signed up to the Kyoto protocol, with the government promising its own cap-and-trade bill. But in 2013, Rudd's idealism on the issue of climate change now appears ...
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February 2013 story tips from Oak Ridge National Laboratory :: (DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Precise optical imaging is vital for better diagnosis of breast cancer. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and New Mexico State University have produced a graphene sheet 40 inches in diagonal. By studying the effects of climate change on the Gulf Coastal region's economy, agriculture and energy production, ORNL researchers are addressing key questions posed by the Department of Energy while designing a tool that the scientific community can use to predict how climate change will impact small localized areas elsewhere. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
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Defending the Faith :: For researchers of all stripes, the meat-cleaver approach to tackling the United States' unsustainable deficit that has been at the center of political wrangling in Washington, DC, represents an obvious threat. Unprecedented pressure to avert fallout from spending cuts, tax rises, and other measures that will result from awkward compromises forced by the so-called fiscal cliff means that research budgets will be pushed toward the chopping block despite President Obama's stated commitment to "doubling funding for key research agencies to support scientists and entrepreneurs." Critics argue, as presidential candidate Mitt Romney did last fall, that much innovation can be fostered at lower cost by forgoing increases in government support for research and instead removing barriers to investmen...
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Barack Obama and the 'empathy deficit' :: The US president claims the 'empathy deficit' is a more pressing problem than the federal deficit, but empathy may be merely a product of changing scientific fashionsIn 2011, researchers at the University of Chicago conducted a simple experiment to ascertain whether a rat would release another rat from a cage without being given a reward. The answer was yes. After several sessions, the rats learned intentionally and quickly to open the restrainer and release the caged rats. The rats also repeated the behaviour even when they were denied the reward of reunion. Even more astonishing, when the rats were presented with two cages, one containing a rat, the other chocolate, they chose to open both cages and "typically shared the chocolate".For the researchers, the conclusion was inescapable: the...
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VIB applies for second poplar field trial :: (VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)) VIB asked the federal government for a license to perform a second field trial with genetically modified poplars. Wood from these trees can be converted to sugars in a more efficient and more environmentally friendly manner. One of the aims is to evaluate how the trees perform under realistic outdoor conditions. Another aim is to expose the wood to empirical conversion trials. The field trial will take place at ILVO Wetteren and falls under the "Ghent Bio-Economy" focal point of University of Ghent. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
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