Savers warned as banks pull best-buy savings rates - Daily Telegraph
26 May 2012, 12:54 am
Consumers are being urged to make the most of best-buy savings accounts after a number of banks and building societies withdrew market-leading offers amid fears that interest rates could plunge even lower. Just 24 hours after Christine Lagarde, the head of ...

More turn to the Ombudsman as complaints soar - The Independent
25 May 2012, 5:44 pm
People wanting to avoid being mis-sold to and treated badly could do worse than to look first at building societies when choosing products. Ms Ceeney said uphold rates against them were about 21 per cent, compared to about 50 per cent for banks.

Fragility fractures predicted to more than double in Latin America - News-Medical.Net
25 May 2012, 3:40 am
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), in cooperation with medical and patient societies from throughout Latin America, has today published a landmark report which compiles osteoporosis-related data on 14 countries and the region as a whole.

Child health advocates await Supreme Court decision - San Francisco Gate
24 May 2012, 6:29 pm
societies around the world recognize child literacy and elementary education as human rights. It’s actually guaranteed by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Article 24 of that Convention also guarantees the following: “States ...

Brave journalism on the continent - Mail & Guardian Online
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
show an astonishing and admirable determination to expose the wrongs in our societies. Not all African reporters have access to sophisticated tools or systems to aid their work, but this does not deter many young reporters, who have shown they are prepared ...

Hamish McRae: societies hinge on people being seen as individuals - The Independent
22 May 2012, 6:02 pm
One of the country’s most respected financial journalists and commentators Hamish McRae is an associate editor of The Independent. He was named Business and Finance Journalist of the Year 2006 at the British Press Awards.

Gastroenterology societies issue sedation curriculum for gastrointestinal endoscopy - EurekAlert
22 May 2012, 10:03 am
(May 22, 2012) – The national gastroenterology societies have issued a new document on sedation training for gastrointestinal endoscopy. The Multisociety Sedation Curriculum for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (MSCGE) grew out of the need for a complete and ...

NATO's chief on Chicago NATO protests: Mark of "free societies" - Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
20 May 2012, 10:48 am
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was not critical Sunday of anti-NATO protestors in Chicago because the NATO nations represent "free societies where freedom of expression is a fundamental." Rasmussen was asked whether protests distracted from ...

Aridity Could Lead to Major Problems for societies and Ecosystems - Kansas City infoZine
19 May 2012, 8:40 am
Warming climate may mean less rainfall for drought-sensitive regions of the Southern Hemisphere, according to results just published by an international research team. Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Geoscientist Curt Stager of Paul Smith's College in Paul ...

Restoration of uniform societies ll help restore morals — Mrs Brodie-Mends - Vanguard
12 May 2012, 5:45 pm
She is an indefatigable woman! At age 65, Mrs.Christiana Fadekemi Brodie-Mends (nee Bailey) is still seriously engaging girls in Girls Brigade at the Cathedral Church of Christ in Lagos where she is the Captain. She’s of the opinion that in the early ...