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Fleming is not alone. Frank Yeary, Citigroup's former head of mergers and acquisitions, left the bank last summer to become a vice chancellor at the University of California, Berkeley. Apparently, Yeary's boss at the time was a little jealous. A month later, Citi's head of investment banking, Michael Klein, left for Princeton University. Harvard has nabbed a top Wall Streeter as well: Edward Frost left the job of Goldman Sachs' head of investment management to join that school as executive vice president. (See pictures of 10 cities that are hiring at LIFE.com...
...states already have a head start. California, whose 11.2% March unemployment rate is the state's highest since 1941, is rushing to funnel $415 million in federal stimulus money to 49 job-retraining centers. Most of the training will be designed to qualify people for jobs in infrastructure construction, health care and green industries like waste recycling and wind-farm technology. In Texas, legislators will vote next month on a final version of a 2010-11 budget, already passed by the state senate, that boosts spending on higher education by $1.5 billion. That figure includes $500 million in federal stimulus...
...first detailed analysis comparing how our systems respond to glucose (which is made when the body breaks down starches such as carbohydrates) and fructose, (the type of sugar found naturally in fruits), researchers at the University of California Davis report in the Journal of Clinical Investigation that consuming too much fructose can actually put you at greater risk of developing heart disease and diabetes than ingesting similar amounts of glucose. In the study, 32 overweight or obese men and women were randomly assigned to drink 25% of their daily energy requirements in either fructose- or glucose-sweetened drinks. The researchers...
...chemicals that throw off the body's normal metabolism, setting the stage for atherosclerosis and heart attack. "This suggests that in the same way that not all fats are the same, not all dietary carbohydrates are the same either," says Peter Havel, professor of nutrition at the University of California Davis and lead author of the study...
...California Dreaming. Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort has more than 100 acres of forest, hills and meadows, plus hillside mineral spring hot tubs, a labyrinth, meditation gardens, a wellness center, pool and a gourmet restaurant. If that isn't enough to help you find your moment of zen, there's also the Pacific ocean, wineries and nearby golf courses to chill you out. The resort is also near Hearst Castle, which is worth a side trip - if you want to see how vacation living is really done. The resort's adventure package includes either an ATV rental, a half-day kayak...