29-Sep-2011 18:43

Tablets: Ultimate Buying Machines :: Retailers have found an interesting characteristic of consumers who browse their websites using tablets: They're much more likely to pull the trigger on purchases than other online shoppers.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204010604576597151983657300.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Listeria in Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Outbreak Has Rising Toll :: At least 13 people, most of them elderly, have died after eating cantaloupe contaminated with listeria in the deadliest outbreak of food-borne illness in the United States in more than a decade.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/business/deaths-from-cantaloupe-listeria-rises.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Companies See Opportunity in Stopping Cellphone Hackers :: Although attacks are few at the moment, software developers say it's only a matter of time before computer hackers follow the money to cellphones.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/technology/companies-see-opportunity-in-stopping-cellphone-hackers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Health Insurers Seek Higher Premiums :: The cost of health insurance this year rose more steeply than in previous years, outstripping wages and adding uncertainty about the pace of growing costs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/business/28insure.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around Globe :: Protesters around the world have something in common: wariness, even contempt, toward traditional politicians and the democratic political process they preside over.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/world/as-scorn-for-vote-grows-protests-surge-around-globe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Blow-Dry Bar Scene :: New salons court women who want polished locks with chick flicks, drinks and style "menus."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204831304576595322366093848.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Jackson's Tour Director Alarmed Before Death :: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i�e3035a3d183fc027cd56f2df6514e3

Reebok to Refund $25M Over Shoe Dispute :: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?iC6205a6ee1b638f2d4118880c8680ff

Chicken Skin Beguiles Chefs :: By using chicken skin for its texture and flavor in all sorts of dishes, chefs are legitimizing what used to be a guilty pleasure.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/dining/chicken-skin-beguiles-chefs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

United Parcel Service's Management Is Creating Value - Motley Fool :: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/09/28/united-parcel-services-management-is-creating-valu.aspx

As troops defect, Syria risks civil war :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/aczXUxw2koc/us-syria-conflict-idUSTRE78R36J20110928

Rising Specter of U.K. Credit Crunch :: The Bank of England's new Financial Policy Committee is already bumping up against limitations—well before it gets formal powers in 2013.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204138204576598651376616390.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

James Kirchick: What American 'Political Prisoners'? :: An American hiker channels Noam Chomsky after two years in Iranian jail.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204422404576596832437307152.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Man stuck in woodchipper phones partner :: A New Zealand man who thought he was about to die after getting stuck in a woodchipping machine's conveyor belt called his partner to say goodbye, local media reported.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44708837/from/RSS/

Russia: How Putin Set Up His Kremlin Comeback :: It's official: Putin, Russia's Prime Minister, will run for President next spring, opening the door for him to reclaim his throne for another 12 years
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2094817,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopular

Well Blog: How Exercise Can Strengthen the Brain :: For the first time scientists showed that, in mice at least, exercise spurs the development of mitochondria in brain cells and may make the brain more fit, similar to the way exercise makes muscles stronger.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/how-exercise-can-strengthen-the-brain/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Solyndra Said to Have Violated Loan Terms :: Solyndra had such steep financial problems in late 2010 that the solar-panel company violated terms of its U.S. loan-guarantee agreement and technically defaulted on its $535 million loan, said people familiar with the matter.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204422404576596601891250510.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Op-Ed Columnist: 2 for 2, or 2 for 1? :: The breakdown in the Middle East peace process really does have us back at Square 1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/opinion/friedman-2-for-2-or-2-for-1.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Opinionator: Slow Food: Shared Meals, Shared Knowledge :: The slow food movement demonstrates that healthy food can also be affordable.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/shared-meals-shared-knowledge/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Boozing, Smoking and Bunnies - Fourth Estate Newspaper :: http://www.fourthestatenewspaper.com/4play/boozing-smoking-and-bunnies-1.2616249