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• Report: Movie smoking inspires teens to puff
Tobacco use remains the single-largest cause of preventable death in the United States, accounting for more than 400,000 premature deaths each year.
• Cheerleading is by far the riskiest sport for girls
Cheerleading, in fact, is far more dangerous than any other women’s sport, accounting for 65 percent of all catastrophic injuries in high school girls’ athletics and 67 percent in colleges.
• Analyst Actions: Lehman, Hewlett-Packard, Novatel Wireless
He believes its weak bottom line is driven by a one-time charge related to ongoing internal accounting review and bad debt expenses. He also notes management indicated unfavorable product mix, execution issues, and delays in higher margin products ...
• Student info published online in security breach
In a statement, Princeton Review said they launched an investigation as soon as they were made aware of the problem and will be retaining a forensic accounting and security team to "review the incident and evaluate our security and policy procedures.
• Fannie, Freddie shares lose 25 percent of value
They can't keep playing games with the accounting rules to avoid taking their losses," Falcon said. The first intervention, he said, is likely to be government support for sales of the companies' debt.