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Intuit buying Mint.com for 170 mln dlrs
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Financial software company Intuit Inc. announced on Monday that it has agreed to purchase personal finance website Mint.com for 170 million dollars in cash.
Poor money saving linked to general impulsiveness
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Financial imprudence is linked to other impulsive behaviour such as overeating, smoking and infidelity, according to a new study led by UCL researchers, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.
Electronic health records are valuable but won't be a panacea
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Turns out most Americans are all for moving to a comprehensive system of electronic medical records. They just don't think it's going to save us any money when it comes to health care.
Young People Doing Fine When It Comes To Saving Money
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Younger adults may be doing a better job saving for the future than many experts believe, according to a new study.
Candy bar or healthy snack? Free choice not as free as we think
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
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If you think choosing between a candy bar and healthy snack is totally a matter of free will, think again. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that the choices we make to indulge ourselves or exercise self-c ...
Disease prevention often costs more than it saves
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure. Take Mrs. Jones, a hypothetical 55-year-old obese woman at risk for diabetes. It costs $900 a year to ...
EarthTalk: What are some low-cost ways to make a home green?
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Dear EarthTalk: What are some simple low-cost improvements I can do to my home to make it greener? (Stefan Lonce, via e-mail)
Meltdown 101: Package sizes at the grocery store
Jul 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Your eyes are not deceiving you in the grocery store. Yes, your bag of Doritos just got bigger. No, the price didn't change.
Researchers customizing electric cars for cost-effective urban commuting
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based approach to electric vehicle design, ...
Water-saving technology focus of new grant
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many ornamental nursery growers test to see if their plants need water by sticking a finger in the soil to see if it’s dry. Or, they just water them whether they need it or not. University of Georgia horticulturists ...
UK Chinook choppers languish after software error
Aug 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A British newspaper says eight high-tech military helicopters have been out of service for eight years because defense officials tried to save money by installing homemade software in the aircraft.
Experts: UN program to save children didn't work
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The U.N. unveiled a multimillion dollar strategy a dozen years ago to save children worldwide, but a new study has found the program had surprisingly little effect in Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries.
Mass. center to build ocean monitoring stations
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Massachusetts ocean studies institute is building underwater data collection stations to help researchers understand the ocean's role in climate change.
Report: Calif. needs to think small to save water
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- By investing in water-saving technology, California's drought-burdened farmers could save enough water annually to fill four times over a reservoir that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger supports building, according to ...
Solar-powered safety: Road signs blink their warnings
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Across New Jersey, more towns are using solar-powered warning signs, capitalizing on the technology's effectiveness to inform the public, warn motorists of danger and save energy.
