Laura Matthews

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Laura is a U.S. politics reporter for the International Business Times. She was always fascinated by the BBC World News each morning on the radio in Jamaica. That, and a love for writing led her to a masters in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelors in media and communication from the University of the West Indies, Mona. She has worked for Gannett's Pacific Daily News in Guam, the Jamaica Observer, the Jamaica Gleaner, the Nassau Guardian in the Bahamas and Choices magazine for whom she ghost wrote the guidebook Help Your Child With Career Choice.

Laura Matthews

WHO Endorses Action Plan to Fight Dangerous TB Spreading in Europe

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday multidrug-drug-resistant tuberculosis is spreading at an alarming rate in Europe and they are prepared to endorse what they call an ambitious and rigorous action plan to fight multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB).

Would Apple Release iPhone 5 Without iOS 5?

It has been reported that Apple's manufacturing partners have begun assembling the iPhone 5, but the finished devices aren't being packaged as yet because the release build of iOS 5 hasn't been finalized.

iOS 5 Release Date: Speech-to-Text Feature Likely? [VIDEO]

9to5Mac reported that it got word that Apple's most prominent carrier partners have been seeded near-final builds of iOS 5 for final testing. The build the partners received is said to be newer than the betas seeded to developers and includes some unique features.

This Table Isn't Cheap: Google Acquires Zagat for $125M

About three years ago, Zagat put itself out there for anyone who wanted a taste at an estimated value at $200 million. But there was no bite. Google eventually sampled Zagat and like what they had and made an offer close to the asking price.

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