IMF global stability report warns long term growth hit by credit crisis (BBC NEWS)

Seeded on Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:21 PM EDT (BBC News)

IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato warned growth is slowing in the US economy due to the credit crisis, though currently bolstered by the buoyant Asian economies. He forecast growth in 2008 will be lower than 2006 and 2007.

rodrigo-rato, us-news, international-monetary-fund, federal-reservealan-greenspan

Eyes bigger than your stomach?

Seeded on Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:54 PM EDT (collisiondetection.net)

Ever wasted food (or overeaten) because your eyes were bigger than your stomach? Experiments by Cornell psychologist Brian Wansink show how poorly we estimate the quantity of food we're eating, because our perception is tricked by size illusions.

health, dieting, portion-control, weight-watchers, brian-wansink

Spain reminds designers the emaciated look is out - CNN.com

Seeded on Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:27 PM EST (CNN)

Following last year's move to to ban overly thin models from the runway at Spain's largest fashion show, Spain's government has now reached an agreement with major fashion designers to standardize women's clothing sizes to promote healthy body images.

fashion, health, body-image, clothing-sizes

'Farming in India began much earlier' : HindustanTimes.com

Seeded on Mon Dec 4, 2006 4:57 PM EST (hindustantimes.com)

Farming in India started much before than is generally believed. Professor VD Mishra said that new researches have revealed that agricultural practices in India started in Mesolithic period (6-7,000 BC), much before the Neolithic period (4000 BC) as is generally believed.

history, world-heritage, farming-in-india, indus-valley-civilization, indian-history, indian-society, quaternary-studies, gwalior-fort, indian-archaeological

More home markets 'extremely' overvalued - Sep. 21, 2006

Seeded on Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:02 PM EDT (CNN)

Summary of a study by Global Insight economists: Rising interest rates are making housing even less affordable in many areas where housing costs already far exceed incomes. Interest rates are currently at 6.4%, up from 5.8% a year ago. ARMs have increased even more.

business, markets, texas, florida, housing, real-estate, california, investing, real-estate-bubble, overvalued

Feature request: Show First 200 Words of Comments

Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:47 PM EDT

There has been some complaint about long comments. As someone who writes long comments, this gives me some pause. Personally, at least half of the comments I find most valuable are longer ones.

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newsvine, newsvine-suggestions, feature-request

Morningstar.com - Six Reasons to Not Take Returns at Face Value

Seeded on Sat Apr 15, 2006 12:15 AM EDT (news.morningstar.com)

Do you have investments with Fidelity, Vanguard, or American Funds? Haywood Kelly, CFA succinctly explains 6 reasons you should not take returns at face value -- and how pricing oddities can cost you money.

business, finance, investment

Encouraging Student and Teacher Participation on the Vine: A reason for user tagging

Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:58 PM EDT

(Note: Please don't vote for this article unless you really want more articles about Newsvine itself on the front pages. I don't. I just wanted to share and discuss a suggestion on a smaller scale. If you just like the idea, vote for it in the comments below.)

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newsvine, newsvine-suggestions, newsvine-tagging

Most overvalued housing markets - Apr. 7, 2006

Seeded on Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:28 PM EDT (CNN)

Is your home overvalued or fairly priced?

business, real-estate, real-estate-bubble

Google Is Worth Every Penny [Fool.com: Commentary] April 11, 2006

Seeded on Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:19 PM EDT (fool.com)

Popular opinion seems to have it that GOOG is overvalued. The major concerns are: The potential payouts for Click fraud and Google's seeming disinterest in refining any of its services well enough to monetize on them.

google, technology, finance, investment, goog

Study: Casual games can help your mental health - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:31 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

"People who maintain "healthy cognitive loads" like playing chess, doing crosswords and other activities appear to have lower rates of dementia, Alzheimer's Disease and other cognitive problems."

games, health, aging, mental-health

The "War on Terror" and Other Word Games

Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:35 PM EST

"WHAT really alarms me about President Bush's "war on terrorism" is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? It's rather like bombing murder. ... It's hard for abstract nouns to surrender. ...

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world, politics, war, semantics

News Branches: A Proposal

Fri Mar 3, 2006 1:52 PM EST

Newsvine has a great concept -- attract original writing, display it alongside traditional/wire articles, and provide spaces for people to discuss them.

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newsvine, guilds, newsvine-guilds

Many new immigrants to US change diet -- and not for the better

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:32 PM EST (EurekAlert!)

The main story is about a study on dietary changes among new immigrants. The others are about occupational downgrading, mobility, and life satisfaction.

immigrants, health