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...couch. In the first, researchers put 184 sedentary, overweight women on diets of 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day and exercise plans of varying intensity that ranged in duration from 30 to 60 minutes a day. The scientists expected that more exercise would yield greater benefits, and it did. But to their surprise, the difference was only marginal. Even 30 minutes a day of moderate exercise, such as walking, led to a weight loss of 14 lbs. over a year. Women who worked out vigorously for an hour a day lost only 6 lbs. more. The second study...
...before the market gives credit for solid growth through 2004. If you want to stay home, wait for cyclical stocks to retreat or for the economy to prove out, or focus on stocks that have lagged: defensive companies in food or health care or those with a secure dividend yield in the 2% to 5% range...
...date, the raw number of new hires has not broken any records—22 last year as compared with 23 and 24 in the previous two. But with three cases outstanding, the yield could reach 76 percent, which is among the highest offer acceptance rates to date...
MAIDMAN: He was even talking about the economy showing signs of recovery by then. So the low 3.11% yield of June was the anomaly, not where we are today, about 4.5%. Everybody is studying a move that's just nonsense...
MAIDMAN: Even though they've already had a pretty solid run, if nothing else you'll capture nice yields, maybe 7% to 10%. In addition, there will be more capital appreciation. As the economy recovers, balance sheets and credit ratings improve, and junk bonds rise. Now you have a price gain of maybe 10% plus your 7% yield...