Word: indexation
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...develop Type 2 diabetes as men measuring 29 in. to 34 in. around. Studies also supported the contention of many experts that the waist-to-hip ratio is a more accurate measure of obesity and a better predictor of heart-attack risk than the widely used body mass index...
...deaths due to diabetes each year in the U.S. could triple, to 622,000, by 2025. One way to reduce the risk, according to a 12-year study of milk-drinking men, is to switch to low- or nonfat dairy products. Another is to stay below a body mass index of 30; exceeding that number can almost double a man's chances of developing diabetes, according to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Meanwhile, the FDA approved the smallest diabetes testing system available, Sidekick, to join the list of recently developed tools for diabetics, including blood-sugar monitors with less...
Mark Davies, Betfair's international-marketing director, acknowledges the firm is caught in a bind, especially in the all-important U.S. market. And outside shareholders, including venture-capital firms Benchmark and Index Ventures, are growing impatient. But for the moment, the firm is betting that virtue will bring its own reward--in Australia if not in the U.S. Last month the government of the Australian island of Tasmania said it will allow online-betting exchanges, opening the door for Betfair to a huge market that it had resisted tapping illegally...
...years Yale: 304 years Edge: Harvard. As illustrated above, we value old things. We also have Sam Huntington. Acceptance Rate Harvard: 9.1% Yale: 9.7% Edge: Harvard. Egos thrive on exclusivity. Admissions Yield Harvard: 78% Yale: 68% Edge: Harvard; applicants on Yale’s wait-list. City Air Pollution Index (lower is better) Cambridge: 75 New Haven: 96 Edge: Harvard; our lungs. City Property Crime Risk (lower is better) Cambridge: 102 New Haven: 255 Edge: Harvard; people stealing in New Haven; people who own things at Harvard. So, there we have it: conclusive, empirical proof that Harvard is top-shelf...
...There is little doubt that Fidelity is feeling pressure from Vanguard, the low-cost fund company that specializes in passive index-fund investing as opposed to Fidelity's preferred style of active management. Index investing has soared in popularity. American Funds is a dominant provider of funds sold through financial advisers and has used that network to stoke its growth, as opposed to Fidelity, where only a portion of its funds are sold through advisers and which traditionally has relied on good performance so its funds stand...