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...surge in insider selling at luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. in the past two weeks is raising red flags from jittery investors who nervously wonder if Toll and other homebuilding stocks may be overpriced and heading for a fall...
Robert Toll "has been an astute investor and has opportunistically sold stock" in the past, says Bob Curran, managing director at Fitch Ratings. "Many have suggested that they think the [homebuilding] stocks might be ahead of themselves." (See pictures of Americans in their homes...
...appears to have caught on and stuck. Zamor's HoopGirl began selling weighted, adult-size hoops in 2001, and other companies, including Los Angeles-based Hoopnotica, were founded soon after. Since then, the activity has gained thousands of followers worldwide. Hoopnotica's sales have more than quintupled over the past three years, according to co-founder Keaton Koechli, while HoopGirl's teacher-training program has grown from 24 instructors to more than 350 in 13 countries. Classes in the U.S. are typically offered in private studios, though Crunch gym members in Los Angeles can now take Hula Hoop Pilates. Enthusiasts...
...TIME that a 30% efficacy rate is still very low. By comparison, studies in Africa suggest that male circumcision can cut the risk of HIV infection in men by up to 60%. Still, in a field that has been beset by a series of high-profile failures in the past 20 years - in 2007, for example, two international trials of a promising Merck vaccine in about 4,000 people were stopped early, and later analysis suggested that the vaccine may have increased people's risk of infection - the results of the Thai trial are a turning point. "In terms...
...Should patients be nervous? Scientists have for years been examining the patient risk associated with a changeover of medical staff. Smaller studies conducted over the past two decades in Britain and the U.S. - where researchers label it the "July phenomenon," after the month in which medical students usually begin training - have often proved inconclusive. (See pictures from an X-ray studio...