Filed under: Company News , Healthcare The biggest horror show in movie theaters right now is not on screens but in the tubs of popcorn resting in audience members’ laps, if you ask one consumer advocate. Snacking on a medium popcorn and soda at one of Regal Entertainment Group’s ( RGC ) cinemas is the nutritional equivalent of eating three McDonald’s ( MCD ) Quarter Pounders slathered with 12 pats of butter, says the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The twist in the plot? Both Regal and AMC — the nation’s No. 1 and No. 2 theater chains — understate the calories in their popcorn servings by big amounts, according to laboratory analyses commissioned by the nonprofit. Regal, for example, indicates its medium popcorn is 720 calories, while its large is 960 calories, the center says. But both medium and large sizes end up containing about 1,200 calories, the Washington, D.C. outfit says. And because the kernels are popped in coconut oil, they contain 60 grams of saturated fat — three times the daily recommended allowance , the group adds. “You might think you’re getting Bambi, but you’re really getting Godzilla,” says Jayne Hurley, the center’s senior nutritionist. Continue reading In movie theaters everywhere: ‘Attack of the Artery-Clogging Popcorn’ In movie theaters everywhere: ‘Attack of the Artery-Clogging Popcorn’ originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Company News , Costco Wholesale Corp. I’ve always been a big fan of the phrase “keep it simple, stupid,” which apparently was created by a person who designed spy planes for a living. But keeping it simple is a lot easier to say than do when it comes to Securities & Exchange Commission filings. I know, because I’ve had to read plenty of them. In a nutshell, 10Ks, 10Qs, and proxy statements are usually anything but simple. Instead, they’re often dozens (or even hundreds) of pages written in some variation of English that I like to think of as accounting-speak mixed with lawyer-speak. So you can imagine my surprise — no sheer delight — when I recently came across the 10K filed by Costco ( COST ), the giant warehouse club. Continue reading Costco’s corporate documents are models of simplicity Costco’s corporate documents are models of simplicity originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Economy When Mia Hubbard of Greensboro, North Carolina, enters Wake Forest University next fall, she’ll receive a little financial boost from the nonprofit support group she joined in seventh grade. For six years, Hubbard has belonged to an adolescent girls’ group called College Bound Sisters, which focuses on fellowship, goal-setting, age-appropriate sexual education, and getting into college. Hubbard will complete the program by graduating high school and enrolling in college. At that point, she’ll receive a stipend of more than $2,000: a dollar for each day she’s been a participant in the group. Continue reading Teenage girls earn extra cash for college — as long as they don’t get pregnant Teenage girls earn extra cash for college — as long as they don’t get pregnant originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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