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Gephardt pushes for investment in health research
Yahoo! | 4 minutes ago
JOHNSTON, Iowa ? Former U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt pushed Friday for Iowa to expand its focus on public health, arguing the state has the medical infrastructure in place to make it a leader in the field.

Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them
Indianapolis Star, The | 11 minutes ago
LONDON A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.

Weekly accounts
Times (London), The | 1 hour 16 minutes ago
Credit Jonathan Taylor is returning to Whitehall. The former senior executive at UBS is to become managing director of financial services at the Treasury in the new year. He previously has served as private secretary to Nigel Lawson and in other senior Treasury roles.

Channel 4 dials up YouTube deal
Variety | 1 hour 24 minutes ago
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Gephardt pushes for more investment in medical research, says it can cut costs, find cures
Sun (Baltimore), The | 2 hours 2 minutes ago
Former U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt pushed Friday for Iowa to expand its focus on public health, arguing the state has the medical infrastructure in place to make it a leader in the field.

Harmonic Goes Lite for Cable IPTV
Cable Digital News | 2 hours 4 minutes ago
Adding yet another proprietary idea to the coming cable IPTV wave, Harmonic Inc. (Nasdaq: HLIT) is proposing Docsis Lite, an architecture that would send video traffic through IPTV-optimized edge QAM devices, bypassing the cable modem termination system (CMTS).

Kevin Maxwell given 45 days to find 1m
Times (London), The | 2 hours 12 minutes ago
KEVIN MAXWELL, the youngest son of the disgraced media tycoon Robert Maxwell, was given 45 days yesterday to find £1 million and avoid being made bankrupt for the second time in 12 years.

Light Reading - Broadband - Calix Files for an IPO - Telecom News Analysis
Light Reading | 2 hours 20 minutes ago
Why wait for 2012? The end of the world is starting right now: Calix Networks Inc. has filed to go public.

Cable Digital News - Video - Harmonic Goes Lite for Cable IPTV - Telecom News Analysis
Light Reading | 3 hours 3 minutes ago
Adding yet another proprietary idea to the coming cable IPTV wave, Harmonic Inc. (Nasdaq: HLIT) is proposing Docsis Lite, an architecture that would send video traffic through IPTV-optimized edge QAM devices, bypassing the cable modem termination system (CMTS).

Kidnapped British yacht couple fear they could be killed 'within a week'
Telegraph (London) | 3 hours 37 minutes ago
A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates fear they will be killed within a week unless British officials open negotiations with their captors, it emerged last night.

Light Reading Europe - Services Software - MTS Exec: Partners, Processes Key to Success - Telecom News Analysis
Unstrung.com | 3 hours 56 minutes ago
Senior exec at Russian giant MTS says carriers need to focus on partnership management and internal processes to succeed in the Internet world

Talk of Mitchells & Butlers pension deficit rising by 375m
Telegraph (London) | 5 hours 40 minutes ago
Mitchells & Butlers was in focus amid chatter the company has seen a huge increase in its pension deficit.

Lord Burns seeking public-service credentials in next Channel 4 chief
MediaGuardian | 6 hours 58 minutes ago
The newly appointed Channel 4 chairman, Lord Burns, is making the search for a chief executive his number one priority

Unstrung - Handhelds - Moto Snaps Up RadioFrame Assets - Telecom News Analysis
Unstrung.com | 8 hours 3 minutes ago
Motorola is buying into cheaper, low-power iDEN technology

100 TV shows that defined the decade
Telegraph (London) | 8 hours 42 minutes ago
Planet Earth, the Doctor and The Office ? plus a big dose of reality. We count down the top 100 television programmes that defined the noughties.