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...Louis, Mo., and Grand Rapids, Mich. And at the end of April, the emerging brand scored the big one: 7-Eleven announced it would roll out Drank to stores nationwide. During the testing phase, Drank doubled 7-Eleven's sales expectations. While it takes the convenience chain five to six months to test and roll out most drinks, 7-Eleven rushed Drank to market in just 90 days...
...Federal Reserve says the stress tests were a one-time thing and it has no plans to do them again. One problem with regularly repeating the tests is that they are expensive and time-consuming. The current one took 150 bank examiners six weeks to complete. Bert Ely, a bank-industry consultant, says bank executives don't want the stress tests to return. While Ely says he does believe the stress tests have influenced how regulators will view banks in the future, he's not sure he sees the point in them. "This is the government trying to steer business...
Freshman Rachel Brown of the Harvard softball team was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in a league announcement last Thursday. Brown, a pitcher, made the All-Ivy First Team, one of the Crimson’s six all-league selections. In her rookie season, Brown shattered the Harvard single-season strikeout record, recording 211 on the season. Her total was tops in the league, and she ranks ninth nationally with 9.8 strikeouts per game, another Crimson single-season record. Brown finished the season with a 16-7 record and a 1.49 ERA in 28 appearances. Her four...
...brief ceremony was conducted by Judge Robert Hanson, whose 2007 ruling that the state's same-sex marriage ban treated gay and lesbian couples unequally under the law, landed the case in front of the Iowa Supreme Court. (Hanson's decision was in response to a lawsuit by six gay and lesbian couples denied marriages.) The teenagers each carried a calla lily. The couple shed a few tears and shared a laugh when the judge asked if they wanted to be referred to as "spouses" or "partners." (They went with "spouses.") An impromptu celebratory lunch followed at a brew...
...Facing blanket Republican opposition, Chairman Henry Waxman had to nail down support from all but six Democrats on his Energy and Commerce. The liberal Californian, a longtime environmental leader, predicted passage by the end of next week. Virginia Democrat Rick Boucher, who represented coal country Democrats in talks with Waxman, concurred. It would be the first global warming bill to get that far in the House, which is expected to easily pass the measure that is a key part of President Obama's agenda. Legislation faces a bigger challenge in the Senate, where influential Democrats oppose...