Behavioral Management Plans Help Kids Lose Weight

Approximately 17 percent of American children and teens are obese, defined as having a body mass index (BMI, a measure of weight in relation to height) at or above the 95th percentile for their age and sex. Children who are obese are at increased risk for asthma, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, sleep apnea, psychological harm, and other weight-related problems.
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New Book Talks about Starting an Online Dating Site: Its …

October 18, 2008, USA
Have you ever wondered what it is like to run an online dating site? Are you thinking about starting an online dating business, because you believe it is an excellent source of income? Do you think you need a lot of money to get started? What is really in store for you if you do decide to take on this new venture?
With all of the dating sites on the World Wide Web, you would think that adding another site would not be feasible Read the rest of this entry »

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Emergency Medical Services Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call …

October 31, 2008 11:00 am ET
Dawn Brock - J.P. Morgan
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Third Quarter 2008 Emergency Medical Services Corporation’s Earnings Conference Call. My name is Lacy and I'll be your coordinator for today. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. We’ll be facilitating a question-and-answer session towards the end of this conference. [Operator instructions]. As a reminder, this Read the rest of this entry »

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AgFeed Industries Announces $10 Million Share Buyback Program …

About AgFeed Industries, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Market listed AgFeed Industries (
) is a US
company with its primary operations in China. AgFeed has two profitable
business lines - premix animal feed and hog production. AgFeed is China's
largest commercial hog producer in terms of total annual hog production as
well as the largest premix feed company in terms of revenues. China is the
world's largest hog producing country that produces over 600 Read the rest of this entry »

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Preferred stock still a solid investment

Banks, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, utilities and others sell preferred shares, instead of bonds, to raise cash. In normal times, preferreds don't have much price appreciation potential. Instead, investors buy them for the steady dividends, which typically equate to 4 to 6 percent yields.
A lot as happened since my July column. For starters, the government, in effect, took over mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Read the rest of this entry »

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Bank of America says Merrill to cut 2009 earnings

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Citizens Bancshares Corporation Announces Third Quarter Earnings

3rd 3rd
(In thousands, expect per share data) Quarter Quarter
2008 2007 Change
Income Statement
Net income available to shareholders $618 $668 (7.5%)
Net income per diluted share 0.29 0.32 (9.4%)
Total revenue 6,360 6,813 (6.6%)
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Obama Proposes Small Business Rescue Plan

today proposed a plan of tax cuts and loans for small businesses hurt by the current credit crisis, a temporary program he said is needed to help Main Street and complement what has already been done for Wall Street.
, a daily diary of campaign 2008 on washingtonpost.com,
that the Democratic presidential nominee told a courthouse crowd that the program would be a way of "extending our hand to the shops and restaurants, the start-ups and small Read the rest of this entry »

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Money mkts in lockdown; o/n rates near target, 3-mth high

LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Interbank money markets remained
gummed up on Tuesday, with overnight lending rates indicated
close to official policy targets but three-month borrowing still
cripplingly expensive as European policymakers struggled to
arrest the deepening financial crisis.
European Union finance ministers gathered in Luxembourg on
Tuesday to discuss ways of protecting savers' deposits and
counter the market turmoil that saw the region's Read the rest of this entry »

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Old Web idea of micropayments finally finds a home

NEW YORK (AP) — Seventeen-year-old Alexis Corocan spends about $5 a month on clothes, accessories and eyes of various shapes and shades for her online persona on IMVU, a popular Internet hangout.
For 29 cents, for example, she can buy a set of deep gray eyes framed by dark lashes. Sixty cents gets her a white tiger. Or for $1.21, she could have an infant named Baby Candy.
Five dollars a month doesn't sound like much, but through these microtransactions Read the rest of this entry »

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