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...have been in India less than three years, but both companies are expanding. Heineken bought a 37.5% interest in India's largest alcohol company, United Breweries, while Carlsberg has invested $53 million to reach its target of 5% of the Indian beer market this year. InBev, which recently bought competitor Anheuser Busch, has just launched Budweiser in India and plans $96 million in investment...
...popular South Beach diet, a more lenient version that invokes the same low-sugar principle. But other modern diets remain pretty far-fetched. One example is the cabbage-soup diet, which promises that adherents will lose 10 lb. in a week by eating only cabbage soup. A more challenging competitor might be the lemonade diet, which requires dieters to subsist on a concoction of lemon juice, maple syrup, red pepper and hot water for as long as 10 days. While it may not rely on sound science, Siegal's cookie diet looks that much more appealing by comparison...
...company that is steering clear of the crappy economy, however, is Hallmark's biggest competitor, American Greetings. "Our cards don't specifically call out negative or challenging times," says spokesman Frank Cirillo. "It's a time of year when people can embrace their relationships and focus on the other people in their lives that give them strength throughout the year...
...education professor at the University of Iowa named Everett Franklin Lindquist (who later pioneered the first generation of optical scanners and the development of the GED test) developed the ACT as a competitor to the SAT. Originally an acronym for American College Testing, the exam included a section that guided students toward a course of study by asking questions about their interests. In addition to math, reading and English skills, the ACT assesses students on their knowledge of scientific facts and principles; the test is scored on a scale of 0 to 36. Both the ACT and the SAT have...
...turnout election, Coakley won the nomination with 47 percent of the vote—nearly 20 percent more than her closest competitor, Congressman Michael E. Capuano, who represents Cambridge, Somerville, Boston, and Chelsea in the U.S. House of Representatives...