A form of diabetes common in overweight adults now strikes kids so often that many should be routinely tested, said a panel convened by the American Diabetes Association. A decade ago, nearly all cases of childhood diabetes were Type 1, in which the body fails to make insulin. But Type 2, an obesity-related disease in which the body can't respond well to insulin, has surged and now accounts for as many as 300,000 childhood cases. The panel recommended testing every couple of years beginning at age 10 for youngsters who are more than 20 percent overweight and have risk factors such as a family history of Type 2 diabetes or African, American Indian, or Hispanic ancestry. The September earthquake in Taiwan, where most memory chips are made, drove memory costs up, analysts say.
Analysts expect prices to plateau at the new, higher levels soon.
Competition from a new wave of more-streamlined PCs should prevent further increases. The profit just isn't there. Cooling the borrowing fever Playing the stock market with borrowed money could get tougher for traders as brokers tighten purse strings and regulators scrutinize the practice. The amount borrowed from brokers to buy stocks has risen at a record rate in the past three months. As a percentage of market value, margin debt is the highest it has been since September 1987, before the market crashed.