| Bill Gates Issues Call For Kinder Capitalism
Free enterprise has been good to Bill Gates. But today, the Microsoft Corp. chairman will call for a revision of capitalism. In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the software tycoon plans to call for a "creative capitalism" that uses market forces to address poor-country needs that he feels are being ignored. "We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well," Mr. Gates will tell world leaders at the forum, according to a copy of the speech seen by The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Gates isn't abandoning his belief in capitalism as the best economic system. But in an interview with the Journal last week at his Microsoft office in Redmond, Wash., Mr. Gates said that he has grown impatient with the shortcomings of capitalism.
Dow surges, Central Pacific up 13%
HOKU) was the biggest loser of the day, down nearly 10 percent to $8.32 after its most recent earnings report disappointed investors. Hawaiian Holdings, (AMEX: HA), parent company of Hawaiian Airlines, was down 4 percent to $4.90; ML Macadamia Orchards (NYSE: NUT) closed down nearly .3 percent to $3.20; and Barnwell Industries (NYSE: BRN) was down 2 percent to close at $8.81. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 298 points after falling more than 320 points in earlier trading. S&P 500 ended up 28 points and the Nasdaq Composite Index closed up 24 points. .
Bitter Taste Receptors Activated By Food Peptides
Researchers from the Monell Center and Tokyo University of Agriculture have used a novel molecular method to identify chemical compounds from common foods that activate human bitter taste receptors.
The findings, published in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, provide a practical means to manipulate food flavor in general and bitter taste in particular.
"Identification of bitter taste compounds and their corresponding receptors opens doors to screening for specific bitter receptor inhibitors," said senior author Liquan Huang, PhD, a molecular biologist at Monell. "Such inhibitors can be used to suppress unpleasantness and thereby increase palatability and acceptance of health-promoting bitter foods, such as green vegetables or soy products."
While a little bitterness is often considered a desirable component of a food's flavor, extensive bitterness can limit food acceptance.
Best Answers to Sunday Question ...
Also don't even think about bringing a companion home if you're going to get really hammered. The girl who looked gorgeous last night might look like Barbara Bush the next morning after you've taken the beer goggles off -- Barnaby Scribbner. DFO: Why is it that guys are concerned about getting so hammered that they might not recall taking an ugly woman home with them the night before? But you never hear a woman complaining about being so wasted that she ended up with a guy who looks like General Grievous from the last "Star Wars"? There aren't that many handsome guys either. Seems to be a double standard here. .
Recap of Saturday, December 8
So if an event like that can't stop people from going to Virginia Tech, then the shooting in Omaha will not stop people from shopping at malls. Tobin Smith: We've unfortunately -- over the past seven or eight years -- had to talk about a lot of these kinds of events on our program. And the one thing we have learned is that we are not going to let insane people change our lifestyle. Joe Battipaglia: This shows us that Americans are heroes. This also shows us that in the future (at a place like a mall), people will be more aware and will maybe go to the authorities more readily if they see someone suspicious. Scott Bleier: What this event shows us is that women will still shop for handbags and men will still shop for electronics: that is the fact of the matter, especially when it is a disturbed person doing it.
Liberty Media acquires a controlling interest in Bodybuilding.com
Liberty Media Corp. has acquired a controlling interest in Bodybuilding.com LLC, a web-only fitness Internet retailer and online educational resource and community. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Liberty Media made the acquisition to enhance its overall web strategy, the company says. The retail and entertainment and news media company operates QVC Inc., No. 14 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, and IAC/InterActiveCorp., No. 26. Bodybuilding.com is a fast-growing leader in fitness nutrition e-commerce and the authentic voice of the bodybuilding community, as demonstrated by the success of BodySpace, the social network for bodybuilding athletes, says Michael Zeisser, senior vice president of Liberty Media. We look forward to driving collaboration among Bodybuilding.com and Libertys existing e-commerce and television companies.
New Eurosif Reports Identify ESG Challenges in the European Food and ...
Eurosif's raises awareness of social and environmental issues across European companies in a series of sector-by-sector reports, the two newest covering the insurance and food production sectors. SocialFunds.com -- Consumer health and nutrition is just one of the key challenges pinpointed by the European Social Investment Forum's (Eurosif) new report on the European food production sector. With 1 billion adults worldwide overweight, the report points to the risks and opportunities food producers face in providing healthier foods. Reports on the food production and insurance sectors released last week by Eurosif join their earlier reports on the hotel and tourism, chemical and automobile sectors.
Eurosif is a broad coalition of European groups whose mission is "to address sustainability through financial markets." Members include non-profit pension funds, financial service providers, academic institutions, research associations, and NGOs.
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