Below are some of the best stories for investors from around the Web:

The Freakonomics blog says that obesity has been rising in America for much longer than previously thought.
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Whoah. Did Google (GOOG) just lose market share to these two?
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I want this chess set.
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I also want this robot maid.
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A leading peak oil theorist now sees demand limiting how high oil prices can go.
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The Dallas Fed blog shows some very positive economic charts.
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The Kirk Report gives some practical advice on how to be a better trader.
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An interesting list: the 10 biggest bankruptcies of all time.
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A great description of the best angel investor ever. He was an early investor in Google, for instance.
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Did a hedge-fund manager confess to his priest about insider trading?