Recipe for Relevance: Blend Digital Health Developers and Clinical Providers |
- Recipe for Relevance: Blend Digital Health Developers and Clinical Providers
- Kaggle Aims To Connect Companies With Successful Data Scientists
- Insight: Power rustlers turn the screw in Bulgaria, EU's poorest country
- South Korea says to strike back at North if attacked
- Malaysian troops still hunting gunmen after Sabah assault
- Kenyans await outcome after tight presidential vote
- Napa Valley Comes to New York for a Pizza-making Party
- South Korea says to strike back at North if attacked
- Kenyans await outcome after tight presidential vote
- Malaysian troops still hunting gunmen after Sabah assault
- Mexico's lower house passes bill to remove lawmaker immunity
- Are these men Venezuela's next rulers?
- South Korea military says ready to strike back if North attacks
- Quotes about the death of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez
- Mexico's lower house passes bill to remove lawmaker immunity
- 10 More Creative Ways to Finance Your Startup
- South Korea military says ready to strike back if North attacks
- India Says Cadbury Evaded Taxes
- China Sovereign Wealth Fund Rebounds
- Mourning Hugo Chavez
Recipe for Relevance: Blend Digital Health Developers and Clinical Providers Posted: 05 Mar 2013 11:05 PM PST I wanted to capture a few quick top-of-mind reactions to a much-needed, well-executed event I attended Tuesday night, a "Meeting of the Minds," co-sponsored by the digital health incubator Rock Health and the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). The goal: bring together healthcare providers who have specific pain points with technologists eager to develop solutions. |
Kaggle Aims To Connect Companies With Successful Data Scientists Posted: 05 Mar 2013 10:46 PM PST Over 80,000 data scientists from all over the world have now participated in Kaggle's data competitions - games where scientists compete for cash prizes to solve business problems for major companies. Kaggle competitions have helped improve premium pricing for Allstate, improve hospital pricing for GE, find talent for Facebook, and map the universe's dark matter for NASA. They're able to do this because these companies have well-defined problems that are well-suited for this type of problem. |
Insight: Power rustlers turn the screw in Bulgaria, EU's poorest country Posted: 05 Mar 2013 11:00 PM PST |
South Korea says to strike back at North if attacked Posted: 05 Mar 2013 10:32 PM PST SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - South Korea's military said it will strike back at North Korea and target its top leadership if Pyongyang launches a threatened attack in response to what it says are "hostile" drills between U.S. and South Korean forces. One of North Korea's top generals, in a rare appearance on state television on Tuesday, said Pyongyang had torn up its armistice deal with Washington and threatened military action against the U.S. and South Korea if the drills went ahead. The military exercises began on March 1. ... |
Malaysian troops still hunting gunmen after Sabah assault Posted: 05 Mar 2013 10:23 PM PST FELDA SAHABAT, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysian soldiers expanded their hunt for elusive Philippine militants on Borneo island on Wednesday, a day after an all-out assault with fighter jets, mortars and hundreds of troops failed to end the security crisis. The nearly month-long confrontation in Sabah state was sparked when gunmen sailed from the nearby southern Philippines to press an ancient claim to the resource-rich region. ... |
Kenyans await outcome after tight presidential vote Posted: 05 Mar 2013 10:25 PM PST NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities hope to deliver the final outcome of a presidential vote on Wednesday, after partial results gave a lead to a politician wanted in The Hague over tribal violence after the last election over five years ago. Counting since Monday's vote has been slow, and a new electronic system has been plagued by hitches, leading to complaints by political parties and anxiety among voters fearful that a flawed process could lead to another violent dispute. ... |
Napa Valley Comes to New York for a Pizza-making Party Posted: 05 Mar 2013 10:29 PM PST Until last week The Hotel Detective was clueless as to how to make pizza at home. But he spent last Wednesday lunch in the company of Jack and Dennis Cakebread, proprietors of Cakebread Cellars, one of Napa Valley's top wineries, learning that it's |
South Korea says to strike back at North if attacked Posted: 05 Mar 2013 10:33 PM PST |
Kenyans await outcome after tight presidential vote Posted: 05 Mar 2013 10:25 PM PST |
Malaysian troops still hunting gunmen after Sabah assault Posted: 05 Mar 2013 10:23 PM PST |
Mexico's lower house passes bill to remove lawmaker immunity Posted: 05 Mar 2013 09:35 PM PST MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's lower house of Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to strip federal lawmakers of criminal immunity, part of a larger reform push in Latin America's second-largest economy. The vote was 376 in favor to 56 opposed, with five abstentions. The bill aims to amend the country's constitution to make federal senators and deputies subject to the country's criminal justice system, but still protect lawmakers from being detained for the duration of their terms in office. ... |
Are these men Venezuela's next rulers? Posted: 05 Mar 2013 10:44 PM PST National Assembly speaker Diosdado Cabello and vice president Nicolas Maduro both have claims to the interim leadership. |
South Korea military says ready to strike back if North attacks Posted: 05 Mar 2013 09:25 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's military said on Wednesday it was fully prepared to strike back at the North if its neighbor uses military force, a day after Pyongyang threatened to scrap the armistice agreement ending the 1950-53 Korean War. "If North Korea undertakes provocation and threatens the lives and safety of our people, we make it clear that we have all preparations in place for a strong and decisive punishment not only against the source of the aggression and its support forces but also the commanding element," a major general of the South Korean military told a press conference. ... |
Quotes about the death of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Posted: 05 Mar 2013 09:43 PM PST |
Mexico's lower house passes bill to remove lawmaker immunity Posted: 05 Mar 2013 09:35 PM PST |
10 More Creative Ways to Finance Your Startup Posted: 05 Mar 2013 09:22 PM PST Every startup needs access to capital, whether for funding product development, for initial rollout efforts, acquiring inventory, or paying that first employee. Most entrepreneurs think first of bank loans as the primary source of money, only to find out that banks are really the least likely benefactors for startups. Thus "creative" really means maximizing non-bank financing. |
South Korea military says ready to strike back if North attacks Posted: 05 Mar 2013 09:25 PM PST |
India Says Cadbury Evaded Taxes Posted: 05 Mar 2013 07:36 PM PST India accused Mondelez's Cadbury unit of dodging about $46 million in taxes by pretending to produce candy at a factory that didn't exist, getting a tax exemption for new plants. |
China Sovereign Wealth Fund Rebounds Posted: 05 Mar 2013 08:03 PM PST China Investment Corp. posted a 10.65% return on its overseas investments last year, marking a rebound from last year's loss. |
Posted: 05 Mar 2013 08:17 PM PST Venezuelans took to the streets after Vice President Nicolás Maduro announced the death of President Hugo Chávez. |
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