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...HEALTH: Some kinds of stress can boost your immune system...
...China, where supplies of the traditional cure for erectile dysfunction-tiger penis-have shriveled, men in search of an extra boost have been snapping up doses of knockoff Viagra. Although they're illegal, the fakes are so widespread that American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says it's having a difficult time selling the real thing. Last week Pfizer's job grew even tougher. China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) overturned the company's patent rights to Viagra, potentially opening the Chinese market to a flood of cheap, locally made generic rivals...
MONEY: Investing in real estate; how to boost your...
...income you take in now. Yet if you also have to pay retiree medical costs and are depending on only your 401(k) and Social Security, you will be left with about 57% of your preretirement income, according to a study by the benefits firm Hewitt Associates. To boost your nest egg, don't retire until 67, the age at which many workers are eligible for full Social Security benefits, and contribute an additional 2% of savings to your 401(k) plan...
...automatic mechanism under which cuts in vat are triggered by, say, rising unemployment. Other economists call for a one-year cut in vat to provide a short-term stimulus to the euro-zone economies. A study by economists at the European Commission shows that a 1% vat cut could boost the economies of major E.U. nations by about 0.5% - or more than double the impact of a similar-sized reduction in income tax or corporate taxes. But the idea faces stiff opposition. Better Budgets Jon Blondal says it's no coincidence that nations currently running budget surpluses, such as Canada...