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The Christian Science Monitor
| 12 months ago
The less you listen to immediate impulses, he says, the more you'll do for your long term financial health.
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CNN
| 12 months ago
David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the author of seven books, including a new novel, "Patriots." Washington (CNN) -- Nobody seems to have a positive word for Mayor Michael Bloomberg's...
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CNN
| 12 months ago
David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the author of seven books, including a new novel, "Patriots." Washington (CNN) -- Nobody seems to have a positive word for Mayor Michael Bloomberg's...
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The Los Angeles Times health blog
| 12 months ago
Comedian Jon Stewart drank from an oversized soda cup on his show as he bemoaned the New York City mayor's plan to ban the sale of super-sized sodas from ballparks and other thirst-inducing places. And, Stewart complained, the proposal did what...
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Adweek
| 12 months ago
Now Newsletter Subscription Get our free newsletters that cover the intersection of media, marketing and technology...The Photoshopped depiction of the mayor as an overly controlling nanny appeared in a full-page ad in Sunday's New York Times .
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
In the way that parents do, I remember that each time she told me about her soda-making days, she would remark on how small the glass soda bottles were (that she would reuse time and again), and how huge soda bottles were now (in the early '90s). She...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
Researchers followed more than 200,000 men and women for up to 38 years and found that regularly consuming sweetened drinks, either containing sugars or artificially sweetened, was associated with a rise of about 13 per cent in the risk of developing...
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NY1
| 12 months ago
Sunday's Celebrate Israel Parade on Fifth Avenue brought together more than 200 organizations, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senator Charles Schumer and thousands of onlookers to mark the Middle Eastern nation's 64th birthday. Organizers called the...
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Jerusalem Post
| 12 months ago
The day was set aside by the World Health Organization (WHO) primarily to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking, which kills around 6 million people a year. The idea is that smokers should abstain for 24 hours and hopefully use the break to quit...
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The Motley Fool
| 12 months ago
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is moving to ban the sale of sugary soft drinks in sizes larger than 16-ounce servings throughout New York City restaurants, movie theaters, and event venues. The move has been blasted from both the political right (Fox News)...
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Bogota Bulletin
| 12 months ago
Thousands of supporters of Israel are at New York City's Fifth Avenue for the annual Celebrate Israel Parade. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other elected officials were among the participants at Sunday's parade.
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Washington Post
| 12 months ago
The Washington Post After obesity rates in the United States began soaring in the 1980s, federal, state and local governments started to push back. Calorie counts were mandated for food packages and in many restaurants...Yet American waistlines...
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The Hill
| 12 months ago
Anti-obesity advocates have homed in on soft drinks over roughly the past five years, and Bloomberg described his proposal as a way for the city to take immediate action to curb obesity. He wants to ban sodas larger than 16 ounces at restaurants and...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
So, yes, people were scooping up free doughnuts with vigor outside Madison Square Park on Friday morning. It was, after all, National Donut Day, the 75th annual celebration of the confection, and Entenmann's, the big sweet goods maker, had some 7,500...
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PRWeb
| 12 months ago
June 01, 2012 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to curb obesity in his city. He wants people to be healthier, but his latest attempt to do that is causing a huge stir in New York City and around the world. Bloomberg wants to limit the size of...
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CNN Blog
| 12 months ago
This post is part of the Overheard on CNN.com series, a regular feature that examines interesting comments and thought-provoking conversations posted by the community. Friday happens to be National Doughnut Day , and a few readers are tying the...
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The Motley Fool
| 12 months ago
Huge Consumer Trend That Could Make You Rich Watch stocks you care about The single, easiest way to keep track of all the stocks that matter.....New York Mayor and public health crusader Michael Bloomberg struck another blow in the soda wars Thursday.
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The Los Angeles Times health blog
| 12 months ago
The restaurant trade group says that tomorrow's New York Times will contain a full-page ad from the CCF headlined The Nanny: You only thought you lived in the land of the free. It features an image of the mayor wearing nanny-like garb (i.e. a frumpy...
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The Independent
| 12 months ago
US Outlook The image of the sedentary, pop-swilling American is more than a stereotype; one in three people here is obese, and the numbers are going up, along with the incidences of chronic disease, such as diabetes, that disproportionately afflict...
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The Independent
| 12 months ago
Whether you're a staunch royalist or more of a put-the-royals-in-council-housing-then-poke-them-with... Despite a change in the universal jurisdiction legislation last year, Israeli officials and military... The term still lurks around certain...
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Newsbusters
| 12 months ago
On Friday's CBS This Morning, Gayle King sided with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg over his controversial proposed ban of soft drinks over 16 ounces in size: " I'm all for anything that's going to make us healthy ." Guest Jonathan Waxman, a...
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New York Observer
| 12 months ago
NYC Soda Ban Can Only Do Good' 5:56pm (Photo: Getty) Governor Andrew Cuomo discussed New York City's plan to restrict large soda containers on former Governor David Paterson's radio show this evening, and while he declined to wade into the debate, he...
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New York Observer
| 12 months ago
The American Beverage Association Slams Soda Ban 5:18pm You may no longer be allowed to do this in New York City. (Photo: Getty) The American Beverage Association, unsurprisingly, is less than happy with Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial plan...
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The Guardian
| 12 months ago
Justin Lane/EPA New Yorkers may be bracing themselves for life without super-sized sodas, but the proposed ban on big-cupped beverages leaves plenty of wriggle room for those seeking a calorific rush in liquid form. Mayor Michael Bloomberg 's...
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Newsbusters
| 12 months ago
In a challenging interview with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer questioned whether a plan to ban large sodas in the city was hypocritical: "You announced this on a Thursday. Today is Friday and it's....
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
Boehner (R-Oh.) did not parse his words to register opposition to the New York City mayor's proposal to ban Big Gulps from the Big Apple...C'mon, don't we have bigger issues to deal with than the size of some soft drink that somebody buys? New York...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
June 01 A three-bedroom condo, with panoramic views of Central Park and the Hudson, was extensively renovated...Bloomberg's official proclamation naming Friday, June 1, 2012, "NYC Donut Day." June 01 Here are the submissions illustrating the Gowanus...
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National Public Radio
| 12 months ago
So, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to ban nearly all sales of big, sugary drinks ...This comes after his earlier campaigns to stamp out smoking and trans fats. Comedy Central's Jon Stewart is among, we suspect, many New Yorkers who think...
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Leader Post Online
| 12 months ago
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg offered a full-throated defense of his proposed ban on large-size sugary sodas on Friday, calling criticism of the proposal ridiculous and saying his city is again leading the way in taking on critical health...
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NY Daily News
| 12 months ago
Mayor Bloomberg crankily defended his simultaneous support for a super-sized soda ban and Donut Day on Friday, denouncing his critics as ridiculous. C'mon! he said testily as Today show host Matt Lauer needled him for celebrating a holiday for fried...
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Popeater
| 12 months ago
Follow share this story I think Mayor Michael Bloomberg is right...The need to understand and then decisively act upon the latest findings regarding sugar consumption, diabetes, overall nutritional guidelines and policies, and the public health...
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MarketWatch
| 12 months ago
It's hard to imagine how a tiny beverage company in rural Switzerland could be in a position to advise the world's most recognizable and valuable brandCoca Cola. But thanks to U.S. and European Union regulatory foot-dragging and Swiss innovation,...
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Hollywood Reporter Film
| 12 months ago
The nation's theater owners have joined the growing chorus of critics objecting to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg 's proposal that his city ban sodas and other sweetened drinks larger than 16 ounces. The ban could affect revenue from...
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KSBY
| 12 months ago
Show this morning and defended his first-in-the nation ban on the sale of large servings of sodas and sugary drinks in New York City. The proposal would prohibit restaurants, movie theaters, food carts and ball parks from selling sugary beverages...
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The Globe & Mail
| 12 months ago
EDT The latest news and information for entrepreneurs from across the web universe, brought to you by the Report on Small Business team...Restaurants, delis, food carts among small businesses affected From restaurants to delis to food carts to arenas...
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NY1
| 12 months ago
After creating an uproar by proposing a ban on large sugary sodas this week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is celebrating the 75th annual National Donut Day. The mayor will issue a proclamation in honor of the day established by the Salvation Army in 1938...
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Voice of America
| 12 months ago
Laurel Bowman June 01, 2012 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has campaigned relentlessly against obesity, outlawing transfats in restaurants and forcing chain restaurants to add calorie counts to menus. His latest proposal would ban sugary drinks...
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The Salt Lake City Tribune
| 12 months ago
Utah soda drinkers proudly defended their right to drink as much as they want Thursday after hearing of New York City's plan to ban large sodas and other sugary drinks. Such a restriction would never happen in Utah, health advocates predict. " We can'...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 12 months ago
The corner shops and packed restaurants that line Big Apple streets could no longer sell huge, sugary beverages as part of a proposal announced Thursday that, by March, could prohibit the sale of several types of hyped-up drinks over 16 ounces -- the...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
So more than a few New Yorkers took it especially hard Thursday when they learned that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wanted to take away their plus-size sodas in restaurants, movie theaters, stadiums, arenas and mobile food carts, as a way, he said, of...
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Leader Post Online
| 12 months ago
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg extended his war against unhealthy habits Thursday with an unprecedented proposal for a city ban on super-sized sweet drinks. The ban, possibly taking effect by next March, would target what Bloomberg, already a...
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The Guardian
| 12 months ago
Archive Photos/Getty Images New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made headlines by announcing his administration's plan to ban the sale of sugary drinks offered in containers larger than 16 ounces. The proposed "large soda" ban would affect food...
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The Globe & Mail
| 12 months ago
In January, New York City embarked on an anti-soda marketing campaign, with subway ads showing obese people with amputations next to diagrams displaying growing soda sizes. The American Beverage Association argues that drinks groups are unfairly...
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About.com Nutrition Blog
| 12 months ago
New York City often takes the lead on health and diet issues. They were the first U.S. city to ban trans fats and to require chain restaurants to display the calorie counts of all their menu items. The latest NYC attack on fat is a plan to ban the...
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NY1
| 12 months ago
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest efforts to curb obesity could soon make large sugary drinks in the city a thing of the past. The city's proposed ban on sugary drinks larger than 16 fluid ounces would apply to service in nearly all restaurants, movie...
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Washington Post's The Checkup
| 12 months ago
His proposal to prohibit the sale of enormous servings of sugary soft drinks in the city's food-service establishments is meant to help whittle New Yorkers' waistlines. (The limit would be 16 ounces for bottled beverages and fountain drinks.) But the...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 12 months ago
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in the city's restaurants, delis and movie theaters. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg 's latest attempt to curb...
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Newsbusters
| 12 months ago
From her description of Bloomberg, to the good argument she found for such a ban; Cho was acting as a nanny-state advocate. She lauded the move saying this was not the first time Michael Bloomberg has been outfront on the issue of health and fighting...
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The Guardian
| 12 months ago
Mayor Bloomberg will put the proposed ban in front of New York City's board of health, a body he hand picks, so opposition is unlikely. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA Michael Bloomberg , the mayor of New York City, has opened a new front in his personal...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
In an effort to reduce the growing rate of obesity, Bloomberg has plans to implement a ban on large sodas and other sugary drinks in virtually every place but the home. His administration wants to ban the sale of these beverages in containers that...
