Egypt, which refused to import of Ukrainian grain to last season, continued the unfriendly actions of the current marketing yearMarket participants offer the same answer in regard to Egyptian products.In the past marketing year, Egypt has taken a pause in purchases of Ukrainian grain because of the claims against the parties to the local processors. However, not enough time to start the new season, as the Ukrainian products were applied once again blocking action. Egyptian Public Prosecutor's... Read Full Story

World oil prices plunged producing countries in the present stock - falling of quotations was unpredented long $ 3,5-4 per barrel. What a long and painstaking grew a few weeks, it was destroyed yesterday's fall.Official prices of oil futures next month of delivery were:- In London on InterContinental Exchange Futures Europe - IPE Brent Crude - 66,53 (-3,35) $ / barrel.;- In New York for the New York Mercantile Exchange - Light, Sweet Crude Oil - 63,35 (-3,88) $ / barrel., Read Full Story

ScienceDaily (July 30, 2009) — A new study finds that a change in a single gene has sent two closely related bird populations on their way to becoming two distinct species. The study, published in the August issue of the American Naturalist, is one of only a few to investigate the specific genetic changes that drive two populations toward speciation. Speciation, the process by which different populations of the same species split into separate species, is central to evolution. But it's notori... Read Full Story

The Great Britain pound recovered from the two days of losses against the U.S. dollar and continued to gain against the euro today after the U.K. house prices data was released. The Nationwide Building Society reported a third month of gain in the real estate prices in United Kingdom. The average cost of a home went up by 1.3 percent in June, while the average forecast for the growth in June was near 0.2 percent. This news helped the pound to reach the highest level against the single Europea... Read Full Story

(Fortune Magazine) -- After two years of pumping money into the financial system to keep the economy afloat, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will have to reverse the process or risk an opposite problem: inflation. After much anticipation, he announced in July the Fed's "exit strategy" from its vast intervention, declaring it will happen "in a smooth and timely manner." It's reassuring that Fed officials are aware of the inflation risk, but their program is unlikely to succeed. Much research shows t... Read Full Story

The previous mapping methods are indirect in that they provide information on the physical location of a gene on a particular chromosome but without actually visualizing the gene's map position. A more direct approach is in situ hybridization, which involves hybridizing DNA (or RNA) probes directly to metaphase chromosomes spread on a slide and visualizing the hybridization signal (and thus the location of the gene to which the probe hybridizes) under a microscope.The DNA in metaphase chromos... Read Full Story

Federal Reserve officials will oppose the Obama administration’s proposal to strip the central bank of its powers to protect consumers from predatory lending. Policy makers will resist President Barack Obama’s blueprint because its new Consumer Financial Protection Agency would supplant the Fed’s authority to write rules on lending and disclosure practices on mortgages and credit cards. A review of the role of the 12 regional Fed banks also risks compromising the independence of t... Read Full Story

The World Bank raised its growth forecast for China this year and advised policy makers to delay until 2010 any additional stimulus plan to boost the world’s third-largest economy. China’s economy will expand 7.2 percent in 2009 from a year earlier, up from a 6.5 percent forecast in March, the Washington-based lender said in a quarterly report released today in Beijing. Stocks gained after the announcement. The World Bank joins Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and UBS... Read Full Story

Europe - The European Parliament rejected the proposed new classification of energy for television, which was to subdivide the class A. According to MEPs, this labeling, however, adopted for the refrigeration, would be too confusing for consumers and could be misleading.If two new categories of energy consumption have been accepted for all refrigeration appliances, a resolution against this labeling for televisions has been adopted by Parliament because of the possible confusion that could re... Read Full Story

France - A team from the Inserm has developed a rapid and simple diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Identify early Alzheimer's disease is not easy and the differences between individuals have not so far generate detection rules. The team of Dr. Celsius was interested to test the thickness of the gray matter of the brain.The gray matter contains the neurons that govern all motor functions, cognitive and sensory. Its thickness varies slightly between individuals. Knowing that the disease... Read Full Story