While the results of the study may seem obvious, they do provide support for urban planners who have long argued that denser communities are healthier because they foster social interaction, because they are--despite appearances--more environmentally friendly, and because they encourage more day-to-day physical activity.

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The gold market continues to consolidate recent choppy day-to-day trading activity.

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The market continues to consolidate recent choppy day-to-day trading activity.

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Almost immediately, researchers discovered something new: the first signs of a universal architecture of brain connections underlying most day-to-day neural activity.

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Further out, LBO-driven loan volume is set to rise after Labor Day as the recent pickup in auction activity generates new-issue paper.

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The take-home message is that an hour of vigorous activity every day may not be enough to compensate for our deskbound (or sofa-bound) lives.

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Looking beyond Labor Day, LBO-driven loan volume is set to rise as the recent pickup in auction activity generates new-issue paper.

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In the U.S., refinery crude-input volume fell 145, 000 barrels per day to 557 million barrels per day on maintenance activity at its Pascagoula, Mississippi refinery.

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Despite all the sideline activity, Stronach has no intention of easing himself out of the day-to-day affairs of the automotive company.

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