"If you read a lot of books, you'll learn a lot, " she told the children before moving on to her area of interest -- having a healthy lifestyle.

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Resistance for the SPX is at the round-number 900 area, which is home to the heaviest out-of-the-money call open interest in the May series.

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The ECB will then try to stop Europe from spiraling into even lower prices by cutting euro-area interest rates from their current level of 1%, or by buying corporate bonds to help increase the money supply.

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Still, for Beltway-minded investors, agriculture should be an area of interest.

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But so far only one area has expressed an interest in creating a Care Trust - the rest of the Health and Social Services infrastructure has remained solidly unimpressed by the idea.

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Marco Rubio of Florida and Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana have made an effort to talk about issues of interest to middle-income voters, an area in which Republicans have been sorely lacking.

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Regional banks have also steered clear of the other main area where credit is deteriorating, sub-prime lending (high-interest loans to borrowers with patchy credit).

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One area of interest for the auto industry is trying to reinterpret colors associated with fuel-efficient vehicles.

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The app provides information about each building or landmark in the area giving the user an at-a-glance understanding of what restaurants, museums, shops and others places of interest are nearby.

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South Africa's success in this area is attracting interest from other African countries, according to Brendon van Staaden, the CEO of Inter-Active Technologies.

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In the euro area, for instance, it has grown by one-third since the eve of the crisis in August 2007, even though interest rates are barely lower now than then.

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Given the strategic importance of the energy sector and the Soviet Union's capacity -- and willingness -- to apply leverage in this area on the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe, it is clearly not in the interest of the West or the governments of Eastern Europe to enhance that capability.

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