Archive for October, 2011

Relationships connected to ‘pill’

A Stirling University researcher has connected relationship satisfaction with oral contraception. Dr Craig Roberts and seven colleagues examined women who use the pill when they meet their partner. They found these women were less sexually satisfied or attracted to their partners. However, the women were more satisfied with other aspects of the relationship and so [...]

Aggressive Growth Stock: Dick’s Sporting Goods

Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc (NYSE:DKS) has an impressive earnings history and analysts are expecting double-digit growth for the foreseeable future. The industry is doing well and the stock is priced to move. Company Description Dicks Sporting Goods is a full-line sporting goods retailing offering just about everything from running shoes and yoga mats to crossbows [...]

AppliancePartsPros.com Celebrates Customer Service Week

Popular online appliance parts retailer celebrates its award-winning customer service department during internationally recognized event. Encino, CA (PRWEB) October 04, 2011 AppliancePartsPros.com (APP), the popular online appliance parts retailer, is celebrating its award-winning customer service department as part of Customer Service Week, October 3-7th. Customer Service Week is an international event devoted to recognizing the [...]

Information for Sporting News Subscribers

After thoughtful analysis of current marketplace conditions for print magazines, we have decided to merge the bi-weekly (28 issues a year, including four double issues) print edition of Sporting News Magazine with our affiliated Sporting News Yearbooks. The resulting publication will continue to be called Sporting News Magazine, will be published monthly, and will generally [...]

The bell tolls for Meat Loaf

OK, all you haters on Meat Loaf, ask yourself this: who provided the pre-match entertainment at last years AFL grand final? Easy, you might say. It was Lionel Richie. But youd be wrong. Richie was the star attraction at the grand final replay, a week later. It was INXS who rocked the grand final the [...]

Quick look at week seven games

Heres a quick look at Week 6 in the Pac-12. Arizona and UCLA are off. All times are ET. Thursday USC (4-1, 2-1) at California (3-2, 0-2) 9 pm ESPN: USC has won seven in a row over California, including a 48-14 in last year. Cal has averaged just 10 points during that losing streak. [...]

K-State uses ground game to chew up clock and victories

MANHATTAN, Kan. | Kansas Stateamp;#x92;s offense can often seem out of place in the Big 12.lt;/pgt;lt;pgt;While most in the conference uses a no-huddle approach that reduces down time between plays, the Wildcats prefer to wait until the last possible moment to snap the ball. Instead of constantly throwing down field for big plays and quick [...]

Branstad touts benefits of sister-state relationships

DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad said Friday that Iowa’s sister-state relationships in eight foreign countries are paying dividends he never imagined. Branstad, who recently returned from what he called a “very productive” trade mission to South Korea, China and Japan, said that hit home when he had a 50-minute meeting with Chinese Vice President [...]

What to do about Bank of America?

FORTUNE — Bank of Americas stock is hitting new lows, it has received worse credit rating downgrades than its competitors, and a fresh shareholder lawsuit has hit the firm. If you were a member of the Board of Directors, what would you do? Im guessing youd be doing something to figure out where the company should [...]

Troy school to add BRAVE new program

Updated: October 3, 2011 2:19AM JOLIET — A new extracurricular activity for Troy Middle School students will tell Troy’s story and celebrate academic excellence. The Troy School Board approved Building Relationships Among Virtually Everyone, an after-school program designed for seventh- and eighth-grade students. Students involved in BRAVE will tell the district’s story by building relationships [...]