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 City's Efforts Fail to Dent Child Obesity
| New York City schoolchildren are as heavy, or perhaps even heavier, than the national average, despite the Bloomberg administration’s dogged efforts to improve the health of city residents, ac... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The New York Times
Children Health Obesity Photos Wikipedia: Childhood obesity |
 Petrobras to sell $64.5b of new shares in record offer
| Rio De Janeiro: Brazilian state oil company Petrobras last week filed to sell up to $64.5 billion of new stock — the largest in capital markets history — sending its stock sharply higher... (photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR.) Gulf News
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 UPS Cargo Plane Crashes Near Dubai Airport
| Filed at 7:38 a.m. ET | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officia... (photo: Creative Commons / MoHasanie) The New York Times
Airport Dubai Photos Transport Wikipedia:Dubai Airport |
 Burger King to stop buying oil from Indonesian co.
More News | Environmentalists on Saturday praised Burger King's decision to stop buying palm oil from an Indonesian company accused of destroying rainforests. | The U.S. ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Kansas City Star
Burgerking Environmental Palmoil Photos Wikipedia: Burger King |
 BP spill costs hit $ 8bn as crews unearth clues
WASHINGTON: British oil giant BP has spent $ 8 billion to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the company has revealed as its crews retrieved key evidence from the seabed... (photo: US Coast Guard / PO3 Charly Hengen) The Times Of India
Disaster Oil Photos Pollution Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill |
 U.N. Raises Concerns as Global Food Prices Jump
| UNITED NATIONS — With memories still fresh of food riots set off by spiking prices just two years ago, agricultural experts on Friday cast a wary eye on the steep... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The New York Times
Agricultural Bread Photos Prices Wikipedia: Food |
 BP's oil spill costs have 'risen to $8bn'
| BP PLC says the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has risen to $8 billion (Euro6.2 billion) as it prepares to release the findings of an internal... (photo: WN / Akgun Semra) Irish Times
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 Magellan Petroleum Corporation Earnings Summary and Strategic Discussion
| PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Magellan Petroleum Corporation (Nasdaq: MPET) (ASX: MGN) (the "Company") reported a consolidated net loss of $1.5 mil... (photo: WN / Trigedia) redOrbit
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 IEA Predicts Greater Reliance on OPEC Oil
By RAKESH SHARMA | NEW DELHI—The global dependency on the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for oil will rise in the next five to 10 year... (photo: Creative Commons / Gryffindor) Wall Street Journal
Delhi Industry Opec Photos Wikipedia: OPEC |
 Bernanke Says He Failed to See Financial Flaws
| WASHINGTON — Ben S. Bernanke, who told Congress in 2007 that the subprime mortgage crisis was “likely to be contained,” said Thursday that he had f... (photo: AP / Jose Luis Magana) Herald Tribune
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