Ira Epstein, director of the Ira Epstein division of The Linn Group, cited quantitative easing and early expectations for improvement in Christmas-related sales as factors that may help commodities.

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The findings were unchanged when the researchers took into consideration other factors, such as obesity and smoking, that could have influenced the results in the group of UK civil servants who were included in the study.

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