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Size Zero obsession goes global as stimatization of fat spreads from West across cultures

Size Zero obsession goes global

Indicating the distressing trend of size zero has gone global, a new research has found how stigmatization of fat and obesity has spread from western countries across more accepting cultures.
iPad 2 sells well

iPad 2 continues success overseas

Around 600 people lined up outside a store in London Friday afternoon to get their hands on a new iPad 2 tablet computer from Apple.
Michael J. Fox and wife Tracy Pollan arrive at the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research benefit in New York

Five new genes linked to Parkinson’s

A new research has confirmed five new genes involved in Parkinson’s Disease (PD), bringing the total to eleven, showing that genetic factors play a greater role in the disease than previously believed.

U.S. students lag in science, tests say

In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama devoted several lines to the slumping stature of U.S. education, by our own standards and globally.
skier in NY

Experts: Blame La Niña For Northeast Blizzard

The snowstorm in the Northeastern U.S. that dropped several inches of snow was the result of a combination of an unusually cool Pacific Ocean and smaller than normal pressure differences between the North and South Atlantic.
Barcelona

Barcelona voted the best New Year ‘party capital’

Barcelona is the best place to party for New Year with best parties in the world, Skyscanner, a leading travel search site has revealed. The Spanish city tops the site’s list of most popular places for partying on New Year, followed by Edinburgh and Iceland.
Large euro sign installation is seen in front of the European Central bank headquarters in Frankfurt

'Euro can be saved if PIGS bow out'

The crisis-hit peripheral countries have more of a 'solvency problem' than a liquidity problem and their public finances cannot be brought to order without leading to a deep and prolonged recession, as long as they are part of the eurozone, analysts have said.
Woman with an umbrella walk past the logo of TUI AG outside the company's headquarters

TUI Travel posts full-year loss on weak UK trading

Europe's biggest tour operator TUI Travel reported a full-year pretax loss, blaming weaker trading in the UK, mainly due to increased winter losses resulting from capacity-led volume reductions. However, underlying pretax profit rose 4 percent on good turnaround progress.
Eurogroup Chairman Juncker, Belgium's Finance Minister Reynders and EU Commissioner Rehn address a news conference at the end of a EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels

Analysis: Break-up of eurozone needn’t be a difficult process

The force of political will binding together a seemingly crumbling euro zone is still strong, but the imperatives of domestic economic realignments could force members to an exit option, analysts have said; and the road out of the bloc doesn’t exactly look daunting.

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