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Largest genetic sequencing study of human disease completed
A global team of scientists has completed the largest sequencing study of human disease to date, investigating the genetic basis of six autoimmune diseases. The exact cause of these diseases - autoimmune thyroid disease, coeliac disease, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes- is unknown, but is believed to be a complex combination of genetic and environmental ...
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UN urges collective efforts to achieve water secure world on Day for Biological Diversity
22 May 2013 150 Unless greater efforts are made to reverse current trends, the world will run out of freshwater, the United Nations said today marking the International Day for Biological Diversity and urging stronger scientific alliances to understand and protect natural resources. "We live in an increasingly water insecure world where demand often outstrips supply and where water quality ...
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World motorsport chief to visit Botswana
The president of the world motorsport governing body, Federation Internationale de I' Automobile (FIA), Jean Todt is scheduled to visit Botswana in August, Botswana Motorsport Association (BMSA) has confirmed. BMSA secretary general Joseph Khengere said Tuesday they had been in consultations with the FIA since affiliating to them earlier this year and the president will pay a visit to Botswana, ...
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Oz women cricketers Down Under on top of world after hefty pay-hike
Cricket Australia (CA) has announced that the country's top female cricketers will now earn up to 80,000 dollars within a year. The women team has won Women's World Cup and the T20 trophy, prompting CA to consider female cricket as professional, News.com.au reports. CA chief executive James Sutherland compared the women's cricket team to the men's cricket club, saying that the association ...
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Holden hangs in as Ford folds
See your ad here HOLDEN is not about to follow Ford Australia's example and pull out of local manufacturing, the company's managing director, Mike Devereux, said yesterday after market rival Ford announced it would roll down the curtain in October 2016."The Ford announcement reminds us how tough it is to manufacture in Australia, even when bringing out a car as technically ...
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Santa Barbara Business Beat
The Association of Women in Communications, Santa Barbara, will present its 2013 Women of Achievement Awards to Marsha Bailey, founder and CEO at Women's Economic Ventures, and author Kathleen Sharp at a luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 5 at the Montecito Country Club, 920 Summit Road, Santa Barbara. Admission to the luncheon is $45 for AWC-SB members and $60 for non-members. For ...
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Earnings Outlook Pandora expected to report sales gains
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Pandora Media Inc. is set to deliver its first-quarter results after the close of trading Thursday, and the results come at a time of rising competition and executive change at the online radio ...
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IPC Paralympic Shooting World Cup in Antalya Turkey concludes
Sports News: Male and female athletes competed in five categories over three days in the IPC Shooting World Cup in Antalya, Turkey this week. Turkey's Muharrem Korhan Yama took gold on home turf in the Men's 10m Air ...
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Scott Walker DNA proposal goes to finance committee
Madison -- The Legislature's powerful finance committee is expected to review Gov. Scott Walker's plan to take DNA from anyone arrested for a felony and anyone convicted of any crime. Right now Wisconsin collects DNA only from convicted felons and sex offenders. Walker's executive budget lays out nearly $6 million for the initiative. The money largely would come from an existing ...
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Tesco checkout staff see bonus pot halved as profits slump
Checkout staff at Tesco have seen their annual shares bonus pot halved after the supermarket giant slumped to its first annual profits fall in nearly 20 ...
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Rosicky Cech to lead Czechs against Italy in World Cup qualifier
Arsenal midfielder and team captain Tomas Rosicky and Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech were both named Thursday in a 21-man Czech Republic squad for the World Cup 2014 qualifier against Italy in Prague on June 7.Coach Michal Bilek also named one newcomer in the squad, defender Vaclav Prochazka from Czech top-flight side Viktoria Plzen.Italy lead qualifying Group B with 13 points from five games ...
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Corporate Recruitment Transformed New Breed of Service Providers
latest data shows that businesses around the world spend over $3,300 per hire on recruiting and this budget has increased by almost 6% in the last year. This means that US corporations spend nearly $72 billion each year on a variety of recruiting services, staff, and products - and the worldwide number is likely three times bigger. A critical part of the recruitment market is the market for ...
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Microsoft boosts Japan Azure offering adds data centers
IDG News Service - Microsoft will boost its Azure cloud offering in Japan, adding two domestic data centers to speed response times and improve reliability in the face of natural disasters. The software giant said Thursday that it would add cloud-based hosting services in two regions, one near Tokyo and one in the Kansai region further south. Redundancy is a priority in earthquake-prone Japan, ...
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Microsoft recruits Siri to highlight the iPad’s failings
Scroogled " campaign, because Microsoft is just attacking Google rather than focusing on selling its own products. It's a negative campaign dressed up as consumer championing, and I don't think it does the software giant any favours. However, I do like the new Windows 8 commercial which is a clever attack on the Apple iPad (a device I own and ...
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Lebanese union accuses finance ministry of intentional errors
The work of the Ministry of Finance is being obstructed at every corner by bureaucracy and an IT system that presents more problems than solutions. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) The Union Coordination Committee Wednesday accused the Finance Ministry of intentionally submitting salary scale bills with errors in them in a bid to delay the ratification of a wage hike in Parliament."On three different ...
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Unilevers CEO has a green thumb
Paul Polman calls himself a "hard-core capitalist." Sometimes you have to wonder. The day he became the chief executive of Unilever in 2009, Polman said the consumer products giant would stop providing earnings guidance and quarterly profit reports. "I figured that the day they hired me, they can't fire me," he says, "so that was probably the best moment to do ...
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Sharjah Transport invited to global conference
A delegation headed by Rahma Majid Al Shamsi, deputy director general of Sharjah Transport, will attend the event, which is one of the most important conferences in the field of transport. Nearly 252 companies and institutions were being expected for the ...
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Hewlett-Packard shares up 12 after earnings beat
+0.57% shares were up more than 12% in premarket trading on Thursday after the firm reported better-than-expected earnings for the second-quarter. The tech-giant was able to hold margins on its products, despite a drop in earnings. The firm is going through a turnaround which could take several years, said Meg Whitman, who took over as CEO in ...
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Auto Club to cut automobile insurance for 1 million customers
The average policyholder will see a $65 reduction in his or her annual bill. It's the Auto Club of Southern California's fourth rate decrease in the last nine ...
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Microsofts Xbox One reflects game change in home entertainment
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday unveiled the Xbox One, a next-generation video game console that aspires to be more than just a plaything. Not only will the Xbox One deliver an amped-up game experience, but it also will let users watch live TV, rent a movie and listen to music. Viewers can use their voice and gestures to control the TV too. Want to change the channel? Just tell the Xbox One to turn ...
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Syrias civil war mapped using new global events database
GDELT ) database as a source of information for journalistic storytelling. The New Scientist project also presents an excellent example of going beyond template-based maps and using GIS to visualise locational data. Aldhous ...
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House to vote on bill linking student loan rates to financial markets
House lawmakers are ready to pass legislation that links student loan rates to the financial markets in spite of a veto threat from President Barack Obama. Supported by Republicans, the bill would avoid a rate increase for students with new subsidized Stafford loans if lawmakers pass it, as expected, on Thursday. Democrats generally opposed the measure, which would provide some students a ...
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Zimbabwe The sweet business of Harares airport road
As part of a deal that Harare city council signed for the construction of a highway to the airport, the city is having to expand so it can award new land to the contractors. The contract says the city can pay for part of the $80m project in land, but Harare has run out of space.As a result it is re-designating agricultural land nearby.Signed in 2009, the public-private partnership is a sweet one ...
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Indigenous Peoples Protest Destructive Sarawak Dams Coruption at Industry Conference in Malaysia
More than three hundred indigenous people of the Penan, the Kenyah, the Kayan, and Iban ethnic groups protested this morning against the recently ...
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UPDATE 2-EU wants big companies to reveal national tax bills
Thu May 23, 2013 7:49am EDT * EU regulatory chief wants country-by-country tax reporting * New disclosure rules could be in place by 2015 By John O'Donnell BRUSSELS, May 23 (Reuters) - Europe's top regulatory official is seeking to force large companies to disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, a measure some politicians say could curb tax avoidance. Michel ...
Kazakhstan Focus
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Kazakhstan capital's next challenge
Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, has experienced rapid growth in recent years and has seen the completion of some impressive architectural feats, now there are plans by the government to build a huge indoor city within the capital, providing the country with a modern feat of engineering and a tourist attraction of which to be proud.
Astana and Dubai, despite vast differences, have a few things in common as cities. Dubai is not the capital of the United Arab Emirates, while Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana is one of the coldest capitals in the world while Dubai is in one of the hottest regions on the planet. But Astana, like Dubai, has experienced rapid development in recent years, due in large part to the relocation of the capital to the city, and like Dubai, it has had to make sometimes impressive adaptations to architecture and development in order to compensate for the climate. Read more
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