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Five Autism Stocks

While there may be money to be made in drugs for autism because of strenuous promotion, the actual value of such drugs is very low. The Autism Research Institute has surveyed 26,000 members for the results of various treatments on their children: www.autism.com/treatab...
Note that many supplements, chelation, and diet changes were far more beneficial than drugs.

Five Apple Predictions for 2009

Thin people do not live the longest (BMI <19). In the USA for years, people who used to be called overweight (BMI 25-29) live the longest. Only the heavyweights with BMI >35 have the shorter life spans of the BMI<19.

See: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2001:49(7):968-979.

High body mass index does not predict mortality in older people: analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Aging.
Grabowski DC, Ellis JE.

Actually, GM's Rick Wagoner Wasn't So Bad

And one reason Rick Wagoner has done so much better than many auto CEOs is that his background is engineering. It was the ascendency of sales, marketing and accounting CEOs beginning in the 1950s that many believe caused the damage. Jaques Nasser of Ford was not well liked, but he also made significant changes, such as giving up the idea that Ford could produce a competitive automatic transmission.