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There was no shortage of Barbie paraphernalia at the event - cases and cases of Barbie and friends, one Barbie impersonator, even a life-size hot pink Volkswagen Beetle, complete with a pop-out makeup trunk. "Barbie girls can't go anywhere without being able to get glam at a moment's notice," says Liz Grampp, director of marketing for Barbie at Mattel. Collectors even had a heated debate about how to best maintain the value of Barbie; some say a mint-condition Barbie should include the original plastic wrap and cardboard box, while others claim that Barbie can only...
...surprisingly, the scheme has accounted for more than half of all new companies founded thus far this year. "The auto-entrepreneur plan has been an impressive success, beyond what we'd been counting on," says Hervé Novelli, secretary of state for small- and medium-size businesses...
That means the program may not have a big impact on the 3.3 million people currently out of work in France. And even if most of the projected 500,000 new companies launched this year wind up prospering, their tiny size isn't going to mitigate the country's economic decline of 3% this year. Perhaps the movement's biggest impact will be to reverse long-held negative attitudes in France about starting a small business. "There are a lot more people out there in France who would love to try their hand at running a business and selling...
...hurdles ahead in 2011 and 2012: "Nearly two-thirds of the states already project a budget gap in FY 2011. Of the remaining states, many note that it is simply too early to know if a gap will occur, although several indicated that one is likely. The size of these projected gaps raise warning sirens-loud ones. Several states will need to close double-digit budget gaps yet again...
Earlier reports from Perera's group had found that higher prenatal exposure to PAHs is associated with lower weight and smaller head size at birth and developmental delays at age 3. Studies of children in China who live near coal-burning plants have found that PAH exposure is associated with delayed motor development. The current Pediatrics study, however, is the first to link exposure to reduced performance on IQ tests. Kids in the low-exposure group scored a mean IQ of 101.6, while the mean score in the high-exposure group...