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Monday, November 17, 2014

Japan Slides Into Shock Recession (Newser Daily Digest)

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Japan Slides Into Shock Recession

Japan Slides Into Shock Recession

(Newser) - Japan's economy unexpectedly slid into recession as housing and business investment declined following a sales tax hike, further clouding the outlook for the global economy. The world's third-largest economy contracted at a 1.6% pace in the July-September quarter, the government said today, contrary to predictions it would... More  »
Newser located this story for you on Monday, November 17, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.

 
Facebook Plans 'At Work' Version

Facebook Plans 'At Work' Version

(Newser) - Bosses may soon be demanding that employees get on Facebook and do some work. The social media giant is getting ready to roll out a workplace version of its site called "Facebook at Work," insiders tell the Financial Times . The site—which will compete head-to-head with Google's... More  »
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Temporary 'Vacation Breasts' May Be Here by 2016

Temporary 'Vacation Breasts' May Be Here by 2016

(Newser) - Offering women the ability to test-drive breast implants first led plastic surgeon Norman Rowe to invent the InstaBreast —a "lunchtime lift" offering "instant breast enlargement" that lasts 24 hours, as ABC News puts it. Now he's hard at work on "Vacation Breasts." The NYC... More  »
Newser located this story for you on Monday, November 17, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.

 
Japanese Radiation Nears US Shores

Japanese Radiation Nears US Shores

(Newser) - Radiation from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster is finally nearing the West Coast, but at levels so low there's apparently nothing to worry about. A crowdfunded research group came to that conclusion after trolling for evidence of Fukushima's unique radiation "fingerprint" in the Pacific Ocean, Science reports... More  »
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The World Is Running Out of Chocolate

The World Is Running Out of Chocolate

(Newser) - Like grabbing a Snickers on the run or savoring a little dark chocolate in the evening? Then brace yourself, because chocolate production is failing to keep up with worldwide consumption and could fall behind by 2 million metric tons annually by 2030, two big chocolate makers tell the Washington Post... More  »
Newser located this story for you on Monday, November 17, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money, Lifestyle.

 
TV Host Wears Same Suit All Year, Makes Point

TV Host Wears Same Suit All Year, Makes Point

(Newser) - An Aussie TV personality has worn the same suit on-air for a full year, and not because he likes the smell. Karl Stefanovic, a presenter on Australia's morning news show Today, says he kept wearing the blue Burberry knock-off to make a point: "No one has noticed; no... More  »
Newser located this story for you on Monday, November 17, 2014 7:12 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.

 
Coming Soon: $1 Birth Control Shot

Coming Soon: $1 Birth Control Shot

(Newser) - Sayana Press is a pre-packaged shot, costs a buck, lasts three months, and could revolutionize the way women in poor countries approach birth control, reports the BBC . A three-way deal between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Pfizer, and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation is looking to make Sayana... More  »
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Ladies, Meet the Lumbersexual

Ladies, Meet the Lumbersexual

(Newser) - He's unshaven, a little dirty, and dresses like a woodsman. No, he's not a slob, he's … sexy? This guy—think Tim "the Tool Man" Taylor, Nick Offerman, or Chuck Norris—is a lumbersexual, apparently. And just what is that? He's the opposite of the... More  »
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McDonald's Shuns GMO Potato OK'd by FDA

McDonald's Shuns GMO Potato OK'd by FDA

(Newser) - A major Idaho potato producer has won some love from the FDA for its genetically modified spud, but don't look for the "Innate" potato in the deep fryers at McDonald's anytime soon. As the Idaho Statesman reports, the fast-food giant—a longtime major buyer of Boise-based JR... More  »
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Did US Experts Just Resolve 'Darwin's Dilemma'?

Did US Experts Just Resolve 'Darwin's Dilemma'?

(Newser) - Charles Darwin worried about a possible hole in his theory of evolution, but some American scientists may just have plugged it. For about a billion years after the dawn of life on Earth, organisms didn't evolve all that much. Then about 600 million years ago came the "Cambrian... More  »
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