FDA: Pharmacy's other drugs may be causing illness

NEW YORK (AP) ? Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind of injection from the company.

The New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass., has been under scrutiny since last month, when a rare fungal form of meningitis was linked to its steroid shots used mostly for back pain.

Monday's step by the Food and Drug Administration followed two developments. One was a report of a meningitis illness in a patient who got another type of steroid made by the company.

The agency also learned of two heart transplant patients who got fungal infections after being given a third product from the company during surgery.

The illnesses are under investigation, and it's very possible the heart patients were infected by another source, FDA officials cautioned. They did not say whether fungal meningitis was involved in the new report.

The current outbreak has sickened 214 people, including 15 who have died. For weeks, officials have been urging doctors to contact patients who got shots of the company's steroid methylprednisolone acetate, advise them about the risks of fungal infection, and urge them to take any meningitis symptoms seriously.

The steroid was recalled last month, and the company later shut down operations and recalled all the medicines it makes.

The FDA on Monday expanded its advice to doctors to contact all patients who got any injection made by the company, including steroids and drugs used in eye surgery as well as heart operations. The agency said it took the step "out of an abundance of caution" as it investigates the new reports involving the heart surgery drug and the second steroid, called triamcinolone acetonide.

Last week, federal health officials said 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who received steroid shots had been contacted. Nearly all the 214 illnesses are fungal meningitis; two people had joint infections.

Symptoms of meningitis include severe headache, nausea, dizziness and fever. The CDC said many of the cases have been mild, and some people had strokes. Symptoms have been appearing between one and four weeks after patients got the shots, but CDC officials on Thursday warned at least one illness occurred 42 days after a shot.

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Online:

New FDA advisory: http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/UCM322734.htm

Outbreak update: http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/outbreaks/meningitis.html

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fda-pharmacys-other-drugs-may-causing-illness-190649992.html

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EVB's real estate choices | Richmond BizSense

After pulling the plug last month on one of its under-performing branches, a local bank is building a new location from scratch amid a run of profitability.

Tappahannock-based EVB in early September shut down its branch in Bowling Green. About 50 miles south, construction is underway for its newest branch in Colonial Heights.

The new location, a 5,000-square-foot office that will replace a nearby smaller building, is expected to be complete this year, said EVB Chief Executive Joe Shearin.

?We continually look at sites and the markets they?re in on at least an annual basis to determine [whether we are] in the right spots,? Shearin said. ?We looked at Bowling Green?s market. It?s not growing on its own.?

EVB, like many of its peers, reduced branches over the past few years to shave expenses, mostly by consolidating the operations of branches that were close to each other.

The new Colonial Heights branch will be at 3012 Boulevard, about 200 yards from a current EVB branch.

?We had outgrown the [current] facility and couldn?t expand it because we leased it,? Shearin said.

The new branch is part of several construction projects in that part of Colonial Heights. Read more in a report from the Progress-Index.

The shuttered branch in Caroline County, at 202 N. Main St. in Bowling Green, struggled to grow its loans and deposits since the recession. Shearin said the bank had given it several years to see if it could turn a corner.

?We hadn?t been able to grow it, and we decided to exit that market,? he said.

It also was a bit isolated from the rest of EVB?s footprint in a part of the region dominated by other banks, including Union First Market Bank.

?The branch was a little out of our marketplace,? Shearin said. ?It didn?t seem to fit into our plans.

EVB owns the property and has it up for sale, Shearin said. Nearby EVB branches in Ashland and King William can serve customers of the closed branch.

EVB is one of several local banks that had struggled for more than two years after the downturn, but it has begun to turn the corner and post consecutive quarterly profits.

After losses in 2009, 2010 and much of 2011, the Tappahannock-based bank reported a $473,000 profit in the second quarter and a profit of almost $1 million through the first six months of the year.

EVB?s nonperforming assets were down to $22 million from $35 million at the end of the second quarter. That?s from a peak of $39 million in 2010.

With 22 branches, the bank doesn?t have any other real estate moves planned.

?Right now we?re comfortable where we are. We might relocate one here or there,? Shearin said.

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Source: http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2012/10/15/evbs-real-estate-choices/

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After cancer diagnosis, fertility clinic gives hope of family for local couple

by SHELLY SLATER

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WFAA

Posted on October 11, 2012 at 11:43 PM

DALLAS -- Nine months after getting married, Jennifer and Zac Fowler were living out their life's plan: Buy a home, then start a family.

That is, until Jennifer went in for a routine OBGYN visit.

"I was 36 at the time, and she wanted me to have a baseline mammogram," Jennifer Fowler said.

No reason for concern, just a proactive approach.

"I didn't have a family history, I didn't feel a lump -- I was completely blindsided," Mrs. Fowler said.

The mammogram showed cancer; a diagnosis that hit Jennifer in the gut.

"I struggled even telling family and friends I had cancer," she said. "I couldn't even -- those words wouldn't even come out of my mouth."

"When you're presented with something you can't fix, that you can't take care of, you feel helpless," Zac Fowler said.

After treatments were determined, the next big question: what about having kids?

That's where Dr. Karen Lee with Dallas Fertility Associates comes in. Her goal is to provide hope during a dark time.

"Get information," Dr. Lee said. "Try not to be paralyzed by the fear of this new diagnosis."

Leaning on Lee's knowledge, the Fowlers decided to freeze six embryos for later use.

"It was insurance for us, because we didn't know what the next five years was going to hold," Jennifer said.

The process of taking an early embryo from the freezing, into the thawing, and then transferring it into the woman is a very delicate process. At Dallas Fertility Associates, they say the rate of success is about 50 percent.

Jennifer had wait years to go through the process herself in order to get surgery and take medications.

"I did probably 10 pregnancy tests before I went in for the blood tests," she said.

"So when she took her 15 pregnancy tests in a row, she kept saying, 'Is this a line? Is this a line?'" Zac Fowler laughed.

It was a line.

Now 39 years old, Jennifer's in vitro fertilization was a success.

"I was really nervous and scared," she said. "I think in the back of my mind, I had this negative mindset of, 'What if this doesn't happen? Am I prepared to go through another loss?'"

"There have been emotional breakdowns, ups and downs [from] cancer rage to sobbing uncontrollably," Mr. Fowler said.

"It's hard," Jennifer Fowler said. "For two years, breast cancer defined my life. I feel like now I can close that chapter and open another and become a mom. It's a really cool feeling."

We asked her what it would be like to see and hold her baby for the first time.

"He's a miracle in my mind," Mrs. Fowler said.

E-mail sslater@wfaa.com

Source: http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/After-cancer-diagnosis-fertility-clinic-gives-hope-of-family-for-local-couple-173833531.html

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As Sugar and HFCS Falls Out of Favor, Investing in Natural Zero ...

By?Leopold Epstein

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) - Coca-Cola  - soda - sugarThe $56 billion dollar sweetener industry is under attack for America?s obesity epidemic. Though sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) are not the single cause of our bulging waistlines, according to three new studies published Friday October 12th, in the New England Journal of Medicine, they are the major culprits. The studies, which represent the most rigorous effort yet to see if there is a link between sugar-sweetened beverages and obesity epidemic, have found that replacing sugary sodas with water or zero calorie beverages appear to reduce the weight gained by people who regularly consume sugary beverages. In an editorial accompanying the papers, Sonia Caprio, MD, of Yale University, agreed with the findings and supported policies to reduce intake of sugary drinks, ?Such interventions, if successful may also help prevent the development of type 2 diabetes and its complications in youth.? Dr. David Ludwig, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children?s Hospital, who led one of the studies stated, ?I know of no other category of food whose elimination can produce weight loss in such a short period of time. The most effective single target for an intervention aimed at reducing obesity is sugar filled beverages.? A third study found a relationship between genetics, body mass index, and obesity risk appears to be magnified in adults who drink the most sugar-sweetened beverages.

If one consumed five 8-ounce diet sodas a week, as opposed to five 8-ounce sugary sodas, one can save 500 calories a week which comes to roughly a 10-pound weight loss in a year. It would sound as if one switches to diet sodas they would shed pounds while also lowering their risk of diabetes and heart disease. However, that hasn?t worked. A resent study at the University of Texas found that people who drank two or more diet sodas a day had a six-times-greater increase in waist circumference over a 10 year period than people who didn?t drink diet soda at all. Though scientist are not certain of the reason they do have a theory that calorie-free sweeteners interfere with signals to the brain that tell us when we are full. However another theory, if proven correct, might just change the way consumers and beverage companies choose their zero calorie sweeteners. The theory is that the non-nutritive sweeteners, also known as artificial sweeteners, used in diet drinks actually trigger sugar cravings the same way sugar does. If that is the case, however there are zero calorie natural sweeteners and low calorie natural sweeteners, like stevia?s compound Rebaudioside A (Reb A) and erythritol that does not prompt sugar cravings. If it turns out those artificial sweeteners do indeed trigger sugar carvings it could be a bonanza for the zero calorie natural sweetener or low calorie sweetener growers, manufactures, and suppliers who have been actively developing product.

Ingredion Inc. (NYSE:INGR), the $4.19 billion market cap corn refiners out of Westchester, Illinois, may have positioned itself as one of those producers when it further expanded its product line and introduced Enliten, a stevia based sweetener derived from a single?patented stevia strain.? The company claims that they have minimized the bitter, licorice tasting stevioside and maximized the sweet tasting Reb A, allowing for its superior consistency, quality, and taste. Enliten, which is produced in Balsa Nova, Brazil, is just one product that complements Ingredion?s large product portfolio, has also introduced another natural sweetener, a sugar alcohol product called Erysta. Sugar alcohol products have become popular as a sugar substitute because they provide a sweet taste that does not raise blood sugar to the degree that sucrose does because it converts to glucose more slowly and do not require much insulin to metabolize. However, many people report experiencing gas, bloating and diarrhea when consuming too much sugar alcohols.

Ingredion, which was once Corn Products International, has developed a diversified product line including starches, sweeteners, corn oils, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and more. The Company?s starch-based products include both industrial and food-grade starches. Its sweetener products include glucose corn syrups, high maltose corn syrups, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), caramel color, dextrose, polyols, maltodextrins and glucose and corn syrup solids, and Reb A. Ingredion declared its third dividend increase in the last year and a half with a quarterly dividend of $0.26 per share, a 30 percent increase over the previous quarterly amount of $0.20 per share,?reflecting strong earnings growth. Ingredion is selling for just over $55 per share, up 11 percent year to date, and just three dollars shy of its 52 week high. Though not an exciting stock, it does have a decent dividend and a diversified product line, and would be a stable company to have in ones portfolio However, if the natural zero or low calorie sweetener market continues to rise this company might be more than just a stable company to have in ones portfolio. Ingredion will release its 2012 third-quarter financial results for the period ended September 30th, 2012, before the market opens on Thursday, October 25th, 2012.

A British Company, PureCircle Limited (LSE:PURE), a stevia processor, last month announced it entered into two agreements with The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), one for investigation and development of stevia products as a commercially viable food product, and the other, which is contingent of the first, for a supply line of the actual product delivered to Coca-Cola. Though PureCircle does not expect an immediate impact on revenue or earnings it is expecting the agreements to have a positive long term impact. ?n August PureCircle announced it received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its patent application for a new high yield variety of stevia, grown by PureCircle in several global markets, including Paraguay and Kenya. Reb A accounts for 40% of Pure Circle?s revenue for 2012 as opposed to 90% in 2009. One reason is that Pure Circle has added proprietary new ingredients to its pipeline, including their natural flavor and sweetness enhancers called PureCircle Flavors, designed to work by combining sugar or HFCS, and stevia along with PureCircle Flavors?to deliver a range of better tasting, low cost, natural product formulations, with reduced calories.? 2012 fiscal revenue was off 15 percent to $45.4 million, and had an operating loss of $15.2 million.? In 2011 saleand revenue fell for a net loss of $3.7?million, and sales dropped 12 Percent to $55.3 million, compared with a $1.2 million profit in 2010.? Though the future of natural sweeteners is on an upswing, PureCircle needs to rise along with them.? Perhaps its new agreements with Coco Cola with help the company?s revenue rise.

Another company that is worth a look is Stevia First ?Corp. (OCT:STVF) a development stage stevia production and manufacturing company with a goal to be the first field to dinner table stevia company in the U.S., developing seeds and tissue high in Reb A.?Their goal is to crossbreed high grade stevia seeds and seedlings to produce disease-resistant plants with leaves that have a higher content of Reb A. They also recently announced a licensing agreement with Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, out of Ontario Canada, for its fermentation-based production methods that make it possible to convert the low-cost plant material into sweet steviol glycosides through controlled fermentation methods. If this process does indeed work on a large scale it would diminish the need to actually grow the entire stevia plant to remove the sweet extract. This process should guarantee a constant supply line of consistent product and would save up to 70% of the costs of extracting Reb A from the current method.

What Stevia First is attempting is produce quality stevia with two different methods, one, the old fashion way, by planting their product on its 1000 acre of land it leased in California?s Central Valley, and two with its fermentation process, which is also scheduled to be developed on the acreage.? What this could accomplish is that Stevia First could grow the plants for market and generate sales and income while it is developing the fermentation method and strengthening its base. Investors seemed positive with the possibilities of the fermentation method when it was announced as the stock rose from mid $0.20s to the mid -$0.70?s. In the past week trading has slowed and there has been a sell off and the stock is hovering just under $0.55 per share. Volume shifts and volatility should be expected on news or lack of news with a development stage company, and this nano cap company with a market cap of $28.8 million is no different. These companies move on news, good or bad, and chances are the next press release from the company will move the stock in one direction or another. Chances are if the company begins to plant and harvest stevia crops or begins development on their fermentation process look for the stock to swing upward.? The upside potential appears to outweigh the downside, with the war on sugary beverages, the change in attitudes of the consumer wanting a healthier alternative to artificial sweeteners, and the fermentation method that Stevia First licensed, makes Stevia First a company that has the potential to see its stock test its 52 week high. But caution is warranted as with any development company; expect more peaks and valleys as the company continues to grow.

Disclosure: Long KO, INGR, STVF

Source: http://marketplayground.com/2012/10/15/as-sugar-and-hfcs-falls-out-of-favor-investing-in-natural-zero-calorie-sweeteners-may-produce-healthier-profits-ko-ingr-stvf/

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Business events scheduled for Tuesday

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday:

WASHINGTON ? Labor Department releases Consumer Price Index for September, 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON ? Federal Reserve releases industrial production for September, 9:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON ? National Association of Home Builders releases housing market index for October, 10 a.m.

CSX Corp. reports quarterly financial results.

Intel Corp. reports quarterly financial results.

International Business Machines Corp. reports quarterly financial results.

Johnson & Johnson reports quarterly financial results.

Mattel Inc. reports quarterly financial results.

The Coca-Cola Co. reports quarterly financial results.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reports quarterly financial results.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. reports quarterly financial results.

Roche Holding AG, the Swiss drug maker, reports quarterly financial results.

BERLIN ? Germany's ZEW institute releases its monthly investor confidence index for Europe's biggest economy.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/business-events-scheduled-tuesday-181205790.html

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Asia stocks fall as China easing hopes dim

BANGKOK (AP) ? Asian stock markets were mostly lower Monday as hopes dimmed for aggressive moves by China to stimulate its slowing economy.

China's consumer price index for September rose 1.9 percent from a year earlier, easing from August's 2 percent rise, but analysts said closer examination of the figures suggest China's government and central bank will be cautious about doing more to boost growth in the world's No. 2 economy.

Dariusz Kowalczyk at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong said non-food inflation accelerated to a seven-month high of 1.7 percent, an indication of underlying price pressure that "reduces the odds of further monetary easing."

He said an interest rate cut by the central bank is unlikely although a reduction in the reserve ratio requirement ? the ratio of cash that banks must keep on hand ? might be possible later this year.

Kowalczyk said the producer prices index, which measures inflation at the wholesale level and fell 3.6 percent from the year before, was another negative signal since it is indicative of a weak level of economic activity.

"A combination of growth softness and less room to ease policy stance is a negative and should weigh on sentiment today," he said.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index vacillated between positive and negative territory until moving 0.5 percent higher at 8,579.34.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.1 percent to 21,110.10. South Korea's Kospi fell 0.6 percent to 1,921.74. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.1 percent to 4,482.50. Mainland China's Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.5 percent to 2,094.47 and the smaller Shenzhen Composite Index lost 1 percent at 857.16.

Concerns about global economic growth ? especially the direction of China's economy ? hurt Australian mining shares since Australia is a major exporter of iron ore and other minerals to China. Rio Tinto Ltd. lost 1.1 percent, Newcrest Mining fell 2.2 percent and Fortescue Metals Group tumbled 3.5 percent.

Falling gold prices hurt shares of related companies. Hong Kong-listed Zijin Mining Co., China's largest gold miner, fell 2.5 percent.

Japanese mobile phone company Softbank fell 5 percent after news reports said it had agreed to buy 70 percent of Sprint Nextel Corp. for $20 billion.

Still, investors found deals among Japanese blue chips. Honda Motor Corp. jumped 4.2 percent. Toyota Motor Corp. gained 2.1 percent. Toshiba Corp. rose 2.7 percent.

"Decent exporters are being bought and I think that makes sense," said Benjamin Collett, head of Japanese equities at Louis Capital Markets in Hong Kong.

Benchmark oil for November delivery was down 69 cents to $91.17 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

In currency trading, the euro fell to $1.2905 from $1.2958 late Friday in New York. The dollar rose to 78.54 yen from 78.38 yen.

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Source: http://finance.blogrange.com/finance-news/asia-stocks-fall-as-china-easing-hopes-dim/

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Girl shot by Taliban en route to UK

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Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai is transported from a hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Monday.

By NBC News and wire reports

Updated at 5:40 a.m. ET:?LONDON --?The 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban for promoting education for girls and criticizing the militant group traveled to Britain on Monday for further medical treatment, officials said.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Malala Yousufzai would receive specialized care in a hospital in the country?s National Health Service system.


"Last week's barbaric attack on Malala Yousafzai and her school friends shocked Pakistan and the world.? Malala's bravery in standing up for the right of all young girls in Pakistan to an education is an example to us all,? Hague said in a statement.

NBC's British partner ITV News, citing local reports, said Yousafzai was going to be treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England.

Pakistani military officials confirmed with NBC's Fakhar Rehman that Yousufzai's plane had departed for Britain early Monday.

Earlier, a medical team from the United Arab Emirates was sent to facilitate the transfer of Yousufzai to a hospital outside Pakistan.

Read more on this story at ITV News

It was agreed by a panel of Pakistani doctors and international experts that Yousufzai will require prolonged care to fully recover from the physical and psychological trauma, a Pakistani military statement said. The panel of doctors recommended she receive treatment abroad, the statement said.

Yousufzai's family was consulted and their wishes were taken into consideration, according to the military.

Attacked while leaving school
Yousufzai was leaving school in her hometown in the Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan on Oct. 9 when she was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban for speaking out against the militants and promoting education for girls.

Yousufzai, a cheerful schoolgirl who had wanted to become a doctor before agreeing to her father's wishes that she strive to be a politician, has become a potent symbol of resistance against the Taliban's efforts to deprive girls of an education.

On Sunday, tens of thousands rallied in Pakistan's largest city in support of Yousufzai.

The demonstration in the southern city of Karachi was by far the largest since Yousufzai and two of her classmates were shot.

Still, most government officials have refrained from publicly criticizing the Taliban by name over the attack, in what critics say is a lack of resolve against extremism.?

Opponents of Pakistan's government and military say the shooting is another example of the state's failure to tackle militancy, the biggest threat to the stability of the nuclear-armed South Asian country.

As doctors debated whether to send Malala Yousafzai abroad for care, thousands rallied in her name, including hundreds of schoolgirls who gathered in Afghanistan. NBC's Amna Nawaz reports.

The shooting of Yousufzai was the culmination of years of campaigning that had pitted the young girl against one of Pakistan's most ruthless Taliban commanders, Maulana Fazlullah.

?Public revulsion and condemnation?
The attack horrified people inside and outside Pakistan and sparked hope among some that it would prompt the government to intensify its fight against the Taliban and their allies.

?The public revulsion and condemnation of this cowardly attack shows that the people of Pakistan will not be beaten by terrorists.? The U.K. stands shoulder to shoulder with Pakistan in its fight against terrorism,? Britain?s Hague said in his statement.

But protests against the shooting have been relatively small until now, usually attracting no more than a few hundred people.

That response pales in comparison to the tens of thousands of people who held violent protests in Pakistan last month against a film produced in the United States that denigrated Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

Shakil Adil / AP

Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai was shot by the Taliban on Tuesday for speaking out against the militants and promoting education for girls.

Fresh Taliban attack
The Taliban struck again on Sunday night, attacking the police outpost near Peshawar with rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire, according to Reuters. Security officials said at least six policemen were killed, including two who were beheaded.

Seven policemen are still missing and presumed kidnapped. Several police cars and an armored vehicle were torched.

Complete World coverage on NBCNews.com

The Taliban has been blamed for many suicide bombings across Pakistan and have also staged sophisticated, high-profile attacks on the military, one of the biggest in the world.

Pakistan's interior minister said police had dispatched guards to protect journalists who had been threatened by Taliban militants angered by coverage of Yousufzai's case.

The Taliban, based mostly in the unruly ethnic Pashtun tribal areas near the Afghan border, have said they would now try to kill her father, a headmaster of a girls' school in Swat.

Reuters and NBC News' Fakhar Rehman contributed to this report.

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Obama touts benefits of auto bailout as debate looms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Saturday to sustain momentum from Vice President Joe Biden's strong debate showing by touting the benefits of one of his signature actions, the rescue of the U.S. auto industry, as he prepared for his next debate with Republican Mitt Romney.

"We refused to let Detroit go bankrupt," Obama said in his weekly radio address. "We bet on American workers and American ingenuity, and three years later, that bet is paying off in a big way."

The president will drop from view for several days to prepare for his second debate with Romney on Tuesday. By focusing on the health of the auto industry, currently benefiting from strong sales, Obama is reminding voters he came to the industry's rescue. Romney had opposed government help for automakers.

Obama is hoping to build on Biden's confident performance at the vice presidential debate on Thursday after his own listless debate performance last week gave Romney a sharp boost in opinion polls. He meets the Massachusetts governor for the second of three debates on Tuesday evening in a town-hall format.

In his address, Obama highlighted trade agreements that helped promote sales of U.S. autos abroad. Romney has called the Obama administration's record on trade weak and promised to wage much more aggressive campaigns to open markets abroad to U.S. goods and services.

"I want to see more cars on the road in places like South Korea imported from Detroit and Toledo and Chicago," Obama added.

Obama also said that "after 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and light trucks will average almost 55 miles per gallon - nearly double what they get today."

(Reporting By Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Peter Cooney)

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