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Professor scrutinized for alleged conflict of interest (The GW Hatchet) A GW research professor is under scrutiny for allegedly violating another employer's conflict of interest policies by receiving at least $1.3 million from drug companies while hosting a public radio program about psychiatric drugs. Cooper Notification Announces MNS Channel Partnership With ArCom Systems (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Cooper Notification, a platform of Cooper Industries, Ltd., announced today that ArCom Systems, Inc., based in North Little Rock, Ark., has signed an agreement with Cooper Notification to be a Mass Notification System Channel Partner. Study: More high school students steal, cheat; local schools see some problems (New Jersey Herald) In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards. Tories, Grits hurl insults during political showdown (CTV Winnipeg) The showdown in Ottawa reached a fever pitch Tuesday as Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused his foes of "betraying" voters while the opposition said the Tories have been misleading the country. Can genes predict athletic performance? (Scientific American) What if sideline rage could be nipped in the bud with a quick genetic test that told Mom and Dad what sports – if any – Junior could master? The Boulder, Colo., company Atlas Sports Genetics today began selling just that sort of product: for $149, it says it will screen for variants of the gene ACTN3, which in elite-level athletes is associated with the presence of the muscle protein ... Learn about the Fresh Meat Market in the U.S.: Beef, Chicken, Pork, Turkey and Lamb in Retail and Foodservice (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) NEW YORK----Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Meat - Poultry industry is available in its catalogue. Costa del Sol Website Launch for Andalucian Dream Homes (PRWeb) Marbella-based Andalucian Dream Homes is reinvigorating the Costa del Sol real estate market with the launch of a brand new Spanish property website. Whilst most Spanish real estate agents are downsizing or falling by the wayside, Andalucian Dream Homes is renewing its commitment to the region with the launch of www.andaluciandreamhomes.com (PRWeb Dec 2, 2008) Read the full story at ... Anderson named to Better Business Bureau board of directors (Cleveland Advocate) The Better Business Bureau that serves the eight-counties of Southeast Texas and the Bolivar Peninsula, has announced 10 members of its board of directors who were recently elected by BBB Accredited Businesses. Each will serve a three-year term from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2011. Google CEO talks of good, evil and monopoly fears (Tiscali) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt on Wednesday detailed his theory of competition in the Web industry while saying Google's famous mantra of "Don't be evil" is often misunderstood. Crappy MP3 Sites, Comment Spamming & Enough Already (Search Engine Land) In covering search marketing for the past 13 years, I've tried not to be judgmental about certain marketing tactics some people might undertake. Search engines have "rules" that they themselves knowingly allow others to break.
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