Sisters and Brothers: It’s Complicated
Families bustle with the push and pull of conflict and cooperation. But just how profoundly in the end do family members affect one another in the only currency that really counts: evolutionary fitness? A new study out of Finland via Sheffield suggests the effects can be both profound and complex.
Hearing and Sight Loss Study First to Use Major Health Resource
Manchester scientists studying hearing and sight loss are the first to use key health data from UK Biobank, a research project of global importance based in the city.
Gen Y's Dirty Little Secret
Young adults who live at home into adulthood still rely on their mothers to do housework, new research has found.
Relationship, Familiarity and Intent, Influence what Australians See as Racist
Australian's have been accused of being racist but what is their everyday understanding of racism?
Important Brain Discoveries
Ten years after the Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience was established it now stands an innovative institution whose interdisciplinary research on DNA repair mechanisms in the brain is at the very forefront of the field.
New CEO helps Yahoo Shares Attain 18-Month High
The rise in shares of Yahoo Inc. was striking as the shares managed to reach their highest level in a span of more than a year and half. The sudden rise in shares of Yahoo Inc. is being attributed to Marissa Mayer, the new Yahoo Chief Executive, who is believed to be in a position to achieve a successful return of the company as a significant player in the sector.
Angela Merkel states EU budget deal to be Improbable
The chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel has raised uncertainties over the reaching of an accord in the next European Union budget that is to be held in a meeting in Brussels.
Wal-Mart Indian Employees Suspended over Bribery Allegations
Wal-Mart Indian Employees Suspended over Bribery Allegations
Why the Worst is Not Over For China’s Economy
Yesterday HSBC released its 'flash' PMI estimate of manufacturing activity in China's economy. It rose to 50.4 in November, up from 49.5 in October. For the first time in 12 months, China's manufacturing sector expanded!
Petition for Secession: The United is States Starting to Crack
Revolt is in the air, Fellow Reckoner! You can smell the gunpowder...taste the whiskey...feel the virtual ink blotting dot.gov petition forms.
British Doctor Gives Wrong Vaccines to Children for More than Three Years, Hundreds of Children now Face Health Risk
British Doctor Gives Wrong Vaccines to Children for More than Three Years, Hundreds of Children now Face Health Risk
Preventing Childhood Obesity Starts Early
The most practical way to prevent childhood obesity starts prior to conception with good maternal nutrition, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman told an audience of healthcare professionals at a nutrition symposium held at Massey University's Albany campus last week.
General Electric takes the Lead in Avio Acquisition
General Electric takes the Lead in Avio Acquisition
Facing Fiscal Reality: You Can’t Tax Your Way Out of a Spending Problem
'Ahh the French', as Orson Welles once declared in an infamous champagne commercial. The Hollywood legend made the point that French champagne has always been celebrated for its excellence. Today, the French are being punished for their excess. At least, that's how we see it.
Billabong Director to Investigate Leveraged Buyout Offer
Billabong International Ltd., the Australian surf wear manufacturer, which had expected buyers withdraw offers for takeover the previous month, stated on the 19th of November that one of the directors of the firm was set to investigate a probable Billabong leveraged buyout offer of the company.
Four Silvers for Australian Cyclists in Glasgow
Australia has walked away from the second leg of the UCI Track Cycling World Series in Glasgow with four silver medals.
Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Lower Reading Scores
Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that children born to mothers who smoked more than one pack per day during pregnancy struggled on tests designed to measure how accurately a child reads aloud and comprehends what they read.
Study Finds Link Between Declines in Kidney and Cognitive Functioning
Decreased kidney function is associated with decreased cognitive functioning in areas such as global cognitive ability, abstract reasoning and verbal memory, according to a study led by a Temple University researcher.
Lack of Vitamin C Could Permanently Damage Unborn Babies' Brains
Lack of Vitamin C Could Permanently Damage Unborn Babies' Brains
Advertising Industry Claims Links Between Obesity and Advertising are “Nonsense”
Australia's major advertisers have declared that the self-regulatory system for food-related advertising is already working effectively, regardless of a recent report by the Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC).
How China’s Economy is Following in Japan’s Zombie Footsteps
Japan's economy is a clear example of what can happen when the zombies take over.
EBay Has Been Sued as a Result of its Illegal Agreement with Intuit
E-commerce company eBay Inc. has been summoned on the 16th of November by the state of California and their Department of Justice as well. The case is a result of an illegal agreement of the e-commerce company eBay Inc. with Intuit Inc. that the former would not employ the workers of the latter.
HSBC to Sell $9bn Stake in China’s Ping An
HSBC Holdings Plc has confirmed that it is negotiating the sale of its 15.6 percent stake in China's Ping An Insurance Co., which is worth approximately $9 billion, as it tries to boost its profitability. On the 19th of November, shares of HSBC grew approximately 1.4 percent in Hong Kong after the biggest Europe's bank informed about its plans to sell stakes in the China's second-biggest insurer.
Australia’s ‘Eggs-in-One-Basket’ Banking Sector
The last six weeks of the calendar year are usually a lot like the last two turns in a major downhill ski race. You get a couple of steep, sweeping bends and then the finish line. At this point in the race, you can only screw up. It's too late to make up for lost time.
Virgin Enters Scottish Air as it Grabs New Routes
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd will be operating Heathrow routes to two Scottish cities, Edinburgh and Aberdeen after being offer take-off and landing slots at the Heathrow airport. British Airways was made to relinquish these slots after the successful acquisition of BMI by International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A.
Tired Rory to Reduce Schedule
Rory McIlroy admits he has "probably playeRory McIlroy admits he has "probably played too many extra tournaments" this season, but he is determined not to repeat the mistake next year.d too many extra tournaments" this season, but he is determined not to repeat the mistake next year.
Daily Physical Activity Can Help Prevent Age-Related Brain Atrophy
ACSM Research: Physical activity and energy expenditure are significant predictors of frontal lobe atrophy progression
Young Gamers Offer Insight to Teaching New Physicians Robotic Surgery
Using skills gleaned from video games, high school and college students outmatch medical residents in surgical simulations a new UTMB study finds
Amputee Athletes Maximize Their Physical Potential at UCSF
Amputee athlete Kristen Lusk, 14, scales up a 45-foot rock wall at the Bakar Fitness & Recreation Center located at UCSF Mission Bay.
US Labor Charge Filed by Wal-Mart Against its Union
There have been extensive protests outside Wal-Mart stores now for over months. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has now decided to take on legal action for the first time against their union who they believe is behind these actions.