McDonald’s Wrapper Wins Taste Test With Preschoolers
A study of 63 low income 3 to 5 year olds from Head Start in San Mateo County shows children rate identical foods as tastier when served in McDonald’s packaging. Fries top the leade, with 77 percent choosing labeled over unmarked. carrots 54 percent to 23. burgers mixed. Researchers say branding alters taste perception and marketers target young kids.
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Chicago
McDonald’s
Diane Levin
Levin
Tom Robinson
Stanford University
San Mateo County
Calif
McDonald's
Pradeep Chintagunta
University of Chicago
American Home Mortgage files for bankruptcy protection
American Home Mortgage Corp a Melville New York based lender filed for Chapter 11 in Wilmington Delaware as one of the mortgage sector’s latest distress casualties. The company blamed extraordinary disruptions in markets a weak housing market and rising defaults for collapsing its value and cash flow.
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New York
American Home Mortgage Corp
Melville
Wilmington
Del
American Home Mortgage
Wall Street
Deutsche Bank AG
Wilmington Trust Co
Jpmorgan Chase & Co
Deutsche Bank
Wilmington Trust
Jpmorgan Chase
JMP Securities
Steven C. Delaney
Stockyards Springfield Prices and Hogs Negotiated
Eastern Cornbelt carcass prices span 0.5 to 0.9 inch bf with wide ranges from 60s to 80s. Illinois Direct Hogs posted 16 629 head with steady to higher tone and varied weights 300 to over 600 pounds fetching 30 to 38 dollars. Boar values run 26 to 32 dollars under 300 pounds and 11 to 15 dollars over 300 pounds.
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Springfield
Illinois
Local stock quotes from Wachovia Securities report
Southern Co 35.37 Southwest 15.76 Sun Micro 4.95 Super Valu 41.51 Unova 26.56 US Bancorp 31.12 USG 39.00 Verizon 43.42 Walgreens 45.15 Wal-Mart 47.02 Wellman 2.26 Watson Pharma 32.03 Wendy's 33.77 Whirlpool 98.96 provided by Wachovia Securities Carbondale member NYSE SIPC
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Southwest
Sun Micro
Super Valu
Unova
US Bancorp
USG
Verizon
Walgreens
Wal-Mart
Wellman
Watson Pharma
Wendy's
Whirlpool
Wachovia Securities, Inc
Carbondale
NYSE
SIPC
Alcoa Inc
Coke
Lee Ent
Allstate
ConAg
Lowes
Altria Group Inc
CVS Corp
McDonalds
Ameren
Devon
Metlife
Apple
Dillard's
Microsoft
Applied Materials
Discover Fin
Mips Tech
Cher
DuPont
NBT
Pepsi
Brunswick
Harrah's Harley Davidson
Pfizer
Burger King
Harris
Pier
Canadian Rail
Intel
Profac Coop
Integra
Prudential
CBRL
JC Penn
Qualcomm
CIFRA
Jones Soda
CINF
Kinder Morgan
Ryerson Tull
Clear Channel
Kroger
Sears Holding
Low Close
Aescorp
AMR
At&tinc
AbtLab
AMD
Alcatel Luc
Alcoa
Altrias
Ambacf
AmExp
Annaly
Bjsvcs
BakrHu
eoBay
BostonSci
CSX
Cvscare
CapOne
Cemex
Chevron
CitzComm
CocaCl
Coeur
CVRD
ConocPhil
Corning
Horton
Directv
Disney
Duke
ExxonMbl
Fanniem
Fordm
FredMac
Gap
Gateway
GenElec
GaMetr
Genworth
Globalsfe
GoldFlrd
Goldmans
Lallibrin
Harmonyg
Hewlettp
Hilton
HomeDp
Brazil
iShJapan
iShSing
iShTaiwan
Ishemmkt
Ishrest
Indymac
IBM
IntGame
Interpublic
Jpmorgch
John Jn
Kbhome
Kraft
Lsicorp
LehmanBr
LillyEli
Limited
MBIA
MGIC
Macys
Marathon
MasterOrd
Medtrnic
Merck
Merrill Lyn
Micront
MorgStan
Motorola
Nyse Eur
Nabors
NatSemi
Newmtm
Newscpa
NokiaCp
Nortellers
NovaStrrs
Nucor
OcciPet
Peabdye
PepsiCo
Petrolers
QwestCm
RiteAid
SaraLee
Schergp
Schimbrg
SwstAid
SprintNex
StdPac
Txucorp
TainSemi
AtdhIthGp
Valeroe
VerizonCm
VivoPart
Wachovia
WalMart
WmsCos
Wyeth
Xerox
Grain futures mixed as wheat climbs on CBOT
Chicago CBOT soybeans fell while wheat surged Monday finishing higher. Wheat for September rose to 6.64 per bushel, December corn held at 3.43, December oats gained 1 cent to 2.70, and November soybeans dropped 11 cents to 8.50 a bushel.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Associated Press
Stocks surge as Dow posts 286 point gain amid Fed watch
Wall Street rebounded from Friday losses with the Dow rising 286.87 points to 13,468.78, the largest one day gain since 2002. The S&P 500 climbed 34.61 to 1,467.67 and the Nasdaq rose 36.08 to 2,047.33 as traders eye Fed policy and credit conditions. Trading was volatile with mixed volume and uneven breadth while oil fell and bond yields ticked higher amid subprime credit concerns.
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New York
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Fed
Dow
Standard & Poor
Charles Norton
GN Capital
New York Stock Exchange
Norton
New York Mercantile Exchange
U.S
Aaron Gurwitz
Lehman Brothers Investment Management
Closing Stocks on NYSE Mixed After Monday Trading
NYSE shares closed mixed with big names like AT&T, ExxonMobil, and Goldman Sachs showing modest shifts. Notable movers included AMR, Ford, Pfizer, and Wells Fargo with broad activity across sectors and several large positions finishing near prior levels.
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American Academy of Pediatrics
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Delaney
American Home
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Cooper
Enron Corp
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