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...their credit cards for flat-panel TVs and video games, factories sprouted around the world to make all the stuff that was crammed into consumers' SUVs. But amid the recession, spending has shrunk dramatically, as debt-laden U.S. consumers are learning to save - and those factories have a lot less to do. During the downturn, the rates at which industrial capacity was being utilized in the U.S. and Japan, the world's two largest economies, plummeted to the lowest levels on record. In China, the world's workshop, tens of thousands of factories making mostly low-end merchandise have shut...
...author of several best sellers. Since taking over in 1999, she steered the periodical to three National Magazine Awards. That level of achievement is pricey, and at just over 900,000 subscribers, Gourmet had only about two-thirds of the readers of Bon Appétit. Plus, it made less money per page of advertising. (Read "From Natural Disaster Comes ... an Instant Magazine...
...What is clear is that Justice was playing hardball. It refused to grant Birkenfeld a cooperating witness agreement - at which point some lawyers would have advised their client to cease cooperation - and instead offered a temporary, so-called queen for a day agreement, giving him much less protection for what he voluntarily disclosed. At one point they even dismissed Birkenfeld as a mere tipster, not a whistle-blower. "Those who seek to be treated as true whistle-blowers need to know they must come in early and give complete and truthful disclosures, with no dissembling or holding back or spinning...
...found that offspring of the animals who had eaten only the healthy items tended to choose those same healthy items when they became adults. They were also significantly more likely to have normal weight, blood sugar, insulin, triglycerides and cholesterol compared with the junk-food-eaters' offspring, who made less healthy choices as adults and were significantly more likely...
...adds that moms whose pregnancy fare was less than stellar can make up for lost ground until a child is about 2½. One way is through breast milk, which contains the good nutrients mothers are eating and provides the variety of flavors that will predispose a child to try new foods, says Greene. Commercial formulas, by contrast, are designed to deliver the same flavor profile day after day. (See the top 10 food trends...