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Eat less and live heathier longer lives

phoenixreic — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:38:00 +0000

Or could it be too much bad food makes for unhealthy lives.

Fewer calories equals a longer life — At least in monkeys
Cutting daily calorie intake by 30 percent may put the brakes on the aging process, have beneficial effects on the brain, and result in a longer life span, according to a new 20-year study of monkeys published in the journal Science. (src: cnn.com)

UK scientists create sperm in lab

phoenixreic — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:26:00 +0000

Hmmm, is this a good thing or not ?

Mortgage Defaults: Many Are Intentional, Study Finds

phoenixreic — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:59:00 +0000

Most people can handle a 10%-20% drop but how many can swallow a 50%-60% drop ! This problem seems to be contagious. If all your neighbors walk away, are you going to stay and keep paying the same bank that is getting bailed out by the fed (via your tax dollars) ?

Mortgage Defaults: Many Are Intentional, Study Finds (time.com)

The Dollar’s Demise: Is China Signaling the Beginning of the End?

phoenixreic — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:51:00 +0000

Time to stock up on gold ?

Can you modify the price ?

phoenixreic — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:42:00 +0000

If you are one of the early buyers into this luxury condo project on the Las Vegas strip, it’s tough luck.

Buyer’s Remorse Hits Vegas Project City Center Development Resists Requests to Renegotiate Prices of Condos Sold in Boom (WSJ.com)

Drink To Your Health

phoenixreic — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:11:00 +0000

Soon we can buy an over-the-counter pill for longer life ?

The Great American Bubble Machine

phoenixreic — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:23:00 +0000

Goldman Sachs and Wall Street may have created a bubble but I think a lot of average americans jumped into the game too. Greed seems to be as infectious as swine flu.

Matt Taibbi on how Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression (Rollingstone.com)

Bailout Nation

phoenixreic — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:16:00 +0000

China puts off Internet filter

phoenixreic — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Internet means trade$ and no country wants to lose out especially in this global competition for consumers.

Coconut Opener ?

phoenixreic — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:39:00 +0000

Don’t have a knife or machete? No problem, get this guy.