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MONEY & FINANCES
U.S. Companies Shrink Packages as Food Prices Rise
Source: www.dailyfinance.com
U.S. food prices have been rising in the last year, but it seems the growth is only just beginning. A sharp jump in commodities' prices this year will soon result in sticker shock for American consumers.
 
Credit Score Confusion Leads to Controversy
Source: www.smartmoney.com
Consumers can now order their credit scores from more than 20 web sites, up from around five just a few years ago. But while consumers tend to think of one, uniform credit score, there are actually seven different scores for sale, each of which relies on its own magic mix of payment history, credit applications, debt and other factors.
 
US incomes rise, but disposable income drops. Blame oil prices.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
American incomes continued to rise in February, but not enough to offset rising prices at the gas pump and grocery stores. The unwelcome shift points to a potential danger spot in the economic recovery – the risk that inflation could chip away at consumer well-being.
 
 
Bill collectors trolling social media sites
Source: Source: Atlanta Journal News
Social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn, can serve as productive and efficient means of staying in touch personally, professionally, and politically; just ask young people in Egypt. However, careless use of such sites poses very real risks to one’s personal privacy, and potentially one’s employment.
 
Why you're paying more for groceries
Source: CNN Money.com
After holding steady for two years, food prices in the United States are rising once again, due to growing demand and tight supplies of wheat, corn and other key commodities.
 
$5 ATM fees coming our way?
Source: www.cnnmoney
JP Morgan Chase (JPM, Fortune 500) is currently testing the $5 ATM fee in Illinois and a $4 ATM fee in Texas -- both for non-customers who use its ATMs -- to see if they bring in enough revenue to introduce nationwide, according to sources familiar with the tests. A Chase spokesman declined to comment.
 

HEALTH & WELLNESS
"Lean gene" ups risk of heart disease and diabetes
Source: www.reuters.com
Being slim may not always lead to a lower risk of heart disease and diabetes, scientists said Sunday after they identified a gene linked both to having a lean body and to a higher risk of metabolic diseases.
 
10 Foods That Drive Weight Gain and Loss Identified by Harvard
Source: The Atlantic
Good food, bad food
In a new report published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, a team of Harvard researchers has revealed the results of a study of 120,877 people showing that small changes in lifestyle behaviors such as physical activity, sleep duration, and TV-watching are strongly correlated with long-term weight gain.
 
Fewer Emergency Rooms Available as Need Rises
Source: The New York Times
Hospital emergency rooms, particularly those serving the urban poor, are closing at an alarming rate even as emergency visits are rising, according to a report published on Tuesday.Urban and suburban areas have lost a quarter of their hospital emergency departments over the last 20 years,
 
 
Bitter truth: Diabetes can reduce lifespan by 6 years
Source: The Times of India
Developing diabetes in middle age may cut your life short by about six years, a new study has suggested. The study, involving over 250 scientists from 25 countries, was the first such research that linked reduction of life expectancy to having type 2 diabetes.
 
Lack of Sleep Linked to Childhood Obesity
Source: www.abcnews.com
The report, published in the latest issue of Pediatrics, said young children who skimp on sleep both during the week and on the weekends have a four-fold risk of obesity compared with their more well-rested peers.
 
Cartoon Characters Influence Kids' Food Choices
Source: www.webmd.com
Shrek and other cartoon characters influence the opinions of children about their eating preferences, a study shows. The study is published in the March issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
 

FAMILY
Why Families Need Health Care Reform Now More Than Ever
Source: The Huffington Post
We, as a global community, could and should be doing more if we value our women. The majority of the global burden of maternal deaths occurs in the developing world. In fact, 66% occur in just 11 countries.
 
'Moonface': Love, marriage and organ donation
Source: USA Today Your Life Health
But Doyle and Balcita have a history that reads more like a retired couple's. Balcita, 36, was diagnosed with a kidney disease called glomerulonephritis a few months into her freshman year of college, and by the time she met Doyle during her junior year, she'd had her first transplant with a kidney donated by her older brother.
 
 

EMPLOYMENT
Business Schools Put More Emphasis on Writing Amid Employer Complaints
Source: The Wall Street Journal
While M.B.A. students' quantitative skills are prized by employers, their writing and presentation skills have been a perennial complaint. Employers and writing coaches say business-school graduates tend to ramble, use pretentious vocabulary or pen too-casual emails.
 
Planned Tech Layoffs Remain Steady in February
Source: The Wall Street Journal Digital Network
Job cuts are slowing in telecommunications and accelerating in electronics, according to the newest planned layoffs report by Chicago-based outplacement company Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
 

EDUCATION
Ending U.S. Grant Program Would Imperil States' Need-Based Student Aid
Source: www.chronicle.com
Of all federal higher-education programs, none seems more directly threatened by Congressional budget cutters this year than the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership program, which was designed to bolster states' need-based student-aid programs, including work-study.
 
Adults With College Degrees in the United States, by County
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
While the primary source for these data is the U.S. Census Bureau, this interactive map makes use of historical Census data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.