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• Poorer kids often depressed as teenagers
The main finding shows the continuity of family adversity over generations -- from family-of-origin to a young adult's family," lead researcher K.A.S. Wickrama, a professor of human development and family studies at Iowa State University in Ames ...
• Mantyhose’: Not your mom’s pantyhose
... that beer belly — from the "mirdle" (man-girdle) to Australian designer Equmen's Core Precision Undershirt, touted as the "Spanx for men." A small group of male pantyhose enthusiasts from America, Canada and Europe even set up a Web site, the U.K ...
• UK retailer Marks & Spencer to cut 1,230 jobs
LONDON - U.K. retailer Marks & Spencer Group PLC said Wednesday it will cut 1,230 jobs and close 27 of its stores in a drive to reduce costs, as Britain's retail sector continues to struggle. Chairman Stuart Rose said in a statement the company had ...
• Satyam scandal could be 'India's Enron'
This has put a question mark on the entire corporate governance system in India," said R.K. Gupta, managing director at Taurus Asset Management in New Delhi. Raju, who founded Satyam more than two decades ago and who took it public in 1991, said about ...
• McDonald's supersized retirement plan
Employees who put 5 percent of their salary in the company 401(k) receive a company match of as much as 11 percent, turbocharging their savings right off the bat. To make sure employees take advantage of the program, McDonald's has made enrollment ...