Kids are fatter today than they once were. Lifestyle changes are doubtless to blame. One such change involves the ready availability of sugar-rich soda in many schools, where formerly the choices were just water and milk. Happily, that trend may be reversed. In a deal brokered by former President Clinton and the American Heart Association, the big makers of soft drinks have agreed to a strategic retreat from the nation's schools. The pact banishes almost all ... [full story]

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Acquires a Controlling Interest in Cascade Timberlands LLC Fidelity National Financial, Inc., a Fortune 500 provider of outsourced products and services to a variety of industries, today announced that it has acquired an approximately 70% controlling interest in Cascade Timberlands LLC ("Cascade Timberlands"). The primary assets of Cascade Timberlands are approximately 293,000 acres of productive timberlands, known as Oregon tree farm, located on the eastern side of the Cascade mountain range extending from Bend, ... [full story]