News Headlines - 11 November 2013

▽BBC News - Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines declares state of calamity

Philippine President Benigno Aquino has declared a state of national calamity to speed relief efforts for victims of Typhoon Haiyan.

▽John Major is right to be shocked about the public-school elite's grip on Britain | The Guardian

The former Tory prime minister has a point: privately educated men dominate the Conservative party in a way unseen since the 1950s

▽JPMorgan Said to Weigh Chat-Room Ban Amid Regulatory Probes - Bloomberg

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), the biggest U.S. bank by assets, is weighing whether to ban traders from using electronic chat rooms to communicate with peers at other firms as the forums draw scrutiny from global regulators, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

▽Flybe cuts another 500 jobs to 'secure future' - Telegraph

Flybe's new chief executive will cut another 500 jobs, the number of aircraft it flies and its route network in an overhaul that won immediate plaudits from the stock market but riled the unions.

▽Boffins build R2-WEE-2: The urine-powered robot with a human-like heart • The Register

The "EcoBot" is powered by "electricity-generating microbial fuel cells that employ live microorganisms to digest waste organic matter and generate low-level power". Researchers at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory – a hook-up between the University of the West of England and University of Bristol – have spent ten years working on the beast.