The diet business in the US is a multi-million dollar industry, due to the quantity of overweight people in the states. In fact, over 60 million individuals living in the US at this time are considered obese, and the numbers are growing yearly.

The French government has announced that as of February 2007, smoking will be banned in all public places. Similar measures have been passed in New York City and elsewhere, and are seen by many business owners as threatening to their incomes as they run places where smokers make up a significant portion of their clientele.

In one of the best slam dunk contests we have had this past decade, Nate Robinson defeated Andre Iguodala in the finals to win the slam dunk championship. Yesterday?s contest marked the first time in the history of the competition that it went into a tie break situation after the final round.

All 15 members of the United Nation`s Security Council unanimously approved sanctions on Iran, Saturday, for its relentless refusal to cease the enrichment of uranium

Dr. John F. Richardson, President of ILAR Systems, Inc. of Newport Beach, California announces the release of technology driven financial models that work with Microsoft`s Excel spreadsheet. These models produce all of the financial reports necessary to manage and value the business enterprise. The models forecast eight financial statements - monthly, two years, quarterly, two years, annual, five-years, and six years of historical data plus a five-year projection.

IBM has bought the Internet Security Systems for $1.3 billion in an attempt to strengthen IBM`s ability to deliver security services to corporations.

With an unexpected comeback during last 10 minutes of play, Australia showed that they know how to play soccer and sent Japan to the locker rooms with 3 ? 1 to think about.

The photos of baby Suri, the daughter of the entertainment stars Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, were taken by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.

If it feels like you`ve been waiting 15 years for this moment, well, it`s probably because you have.

The recent acquisition of Flip Murray has given the Cavs another scorer they can bring off the bench. This is huge for the Cavs who are currently missing starting shooting guard Larry Hughes. This is a big score for GM Danny Ferry who got Murray without having to give up anything of value.

It doesn`t matter what business you run, you must have realized by now that if you don`t have customers, you essentially don`t have a business. The most successful businesses out there are ones that are constantly building up their customer base.

The Internet has not been officially defined as a true addiction, but it is known that a growing number of people have developed an obsession for some online activities and find it very hard, if not impossible; to reduce the amount of time they spend online.

When you are searching for a bit of entertainment in your otherwise boring day, online gambling is a great way to go. But there is one thing that is a bit more entertaining than just playing at your favorite online gambling site - playing strip poker.

Ask Jeeves recently announced Ask Jeeves Sponsored Listings, a new search advertising product that will allow advertisers to more effectively purchase, manage and optimize campaigns on Ask Jeeves and its advertising syndication network.

Moroccans living abroad account for roughly 12 percent of the country`s population. And Spain is home to Europe`s second largest Moroccan community.