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• The $200 T-shirt that will fix your bad posture - SmartPlanet

  "As workers increasingly do work at a desk for hours at a time, it's easy to forget about posture. But over time, ignoring how you sit can impact you psychologically, lead to back pain, and cost employers billions of dollars in lost productivity. And while you can take a class, do exercises, or buy any one of the numerous devices designed to improve your posture, one company wants to make better posture as easy as putting on a shirt.  UpCouture, a fashion design company from Paris, has developed its organic cotton UP T-shirt that incorporates elastic bands -- with no rigid or semi-rigid parts -- to gently remind you to stop slouching during the day. "

  tags: health clothing fashion fitness france

• How the oil boom could change U.S. foreign policy

  "The United States is suddenly awash in crude oil. From 2008 to 2013, domestic oil production rose by 2.5 million barrels per day — the biggest five-year increase in the country's history. Last year, U.S. produced more oil than it imported for the first time since 1995."

  tags: unitedstates energy oil gas policy politics

• Exclusive: Dubai Group signs $10 billion debt restructuring deal - sources | Reuters

  "(Reuters) - Dubai Group has signed a $10 billion debt restructuring deal, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, marking the end of a perilous period which saw the emirate risk collapse under a mountain of debt obligations. "

  tags: dubai debt restructure recession boom expo

• King had a dream, Obama has a drone, Rev. Wright says - Chicago Sun-Times

  "If the Rev. Jeremiah Wright believes — as he’s claimed in the past — that he and President Barack Obama will be buddies again when he’s out of office, the firebrand preacher didn’t do himself any favors Wednesday. "

  tags: king obama wright politics

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