The U.S. economy may be lagging right now but some U.S. companies are making up for lost profits by selling their products overseas. The eye- and skin-care products company Allergan has seen it's overseas Botox sales rise and the company has more than doubled its net income. Thank God for the insecurities of Latin American, European, African, Asian, and Middle Eastern women: Their fear of natural aging will keep the beauty industrial complex afloat! Is their any other neurotic beauty obsession we can export to these people? Gluten-free diets? Vagina "reconstruction" surgery? Pubic hair dye?[WSJ]

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