Scientists Seek Partners for Medical Isotope Process

By Reuters

Several companies are in talks with Canadian scientists on commercializing a new method to produce a crucial medical isotope without using feedstock from a nuclear reactor, one of the lead scientists said on Tuesday. (12:31 pm)

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The Need for More Protection for Home Care Workers

By Women's eNews

Elder-care jobs are booming as the U.S. population ages. A rule to extend federal wage protections to this predominantly female work force is in public comment stage; advocates push five reforms; one for each finger of a caring hand. (9:37 pm)

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Dell shares fall on earnings miss, outlook

By Reuters

Dell Inc forecast fiscal first-quarter revenue below Wall Street's expectations, stoking fears the PC industry has not fully emerged from its downturn and sending the company's shares more than 4 percent lower. (Feb 21)

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Manny Ramirez: The Perfect Moneyball Player

By IBTimes

Manny Ramirez is exactly the type of player the A's must sign in order to compete. (Feb 21)

Astronaut Glenn Calls Historic Flight 'Best Day' of His Life

By Reuters

Astronaut John Glenn, marking the 50th anniversary on Monday of his historic flight as the first American to orbit the Earth, remembered it as the best day of his life. (Feb 21)

Silicon Valley: The Rise of the Adolescent CEOs

By Reuters

Josh Buckley, chief executive of an online gaming start-up, is looking forward to next month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, particularly for the parties and the accompanying schmoozing with industry A-listers. (Feb 21)

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Silicon Valley: The rise of the adolescent CEOs

By Reuters

Josh Buckley, chief executive of an online gaming start-up, is looking forward to next month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, particularly for the parties and the accompanying schmoozing with industry A-listers. (Feb 21)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, MARK ZUCKERBERG, CALIFORNIA, FACEBOOK

New Labor Ruling for U.S. Home Care Workers

By IBTimes AU

The Department of Labor is now undergoing a public comment period up until the end of February concerning a new rule which tackles wage protections to two groups that are predominantly female: casual babysitters and companions for the elderly and infirmed. (Feb 20)

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Israel Strike on Iran Nuclear Facilities "Would Need 100 Planes"

By IBTimes

Speaking to the New York Times, Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula said the operation to simultaneously attack multiple sites in Iran would require planes Israeli jets to fly 1000 miles across unfriendly airspace and complex air-to-air refueling maneuvers if it were to succeed. (Feb 20)

MORE TOPICS: IRAQ, ISRAEL, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK

Fifty Years after Glenn Flight, U.S. Buying Rides to Space

By Reuters

Fifty years after John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, NASA no longer has the ability to fly astronauts in space, a decision Glenn lays squarely on the shoulders of the Bush administration. (Feb 20)

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