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Reckless Spending, Not Illness or Job Loss, Causes Most Bankruptcy
Aug 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Simple overspending has driven most personal bankruptcies in recent years, a change from previous decades when illness and unemployment were major factors, concludes a new study from the University of California, ...
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Survey: Fewer than 2.2M households unready for DTV
Jun 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A survey sponsored by broadcasters says nearly 2.2 million households that rely on antennas for their TV reception are unprepared for the shutdown of analog TV signals on Friday.
Private equity firms win battle for bankrupt Polaroid
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Bankrupt Polaroid Corp. has been bought by a pair of private equity firms after a judge threw out the acquisition of the iconic inventor of instant photography by another investor.
Phone home and call likely answered on the cell
May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional landlines. It is the ...
700,000 callers phone digital TV hot line
Jun 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nearly 700,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts that occurred Friday.
Under the weather: Early-life rainfall has lasting effect on Indonesian women
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Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Indonesian women born into rural communities in rainy years grow taller, stay in school longer and live in households with greater wealth than women born in years with lower rainfall, a new University of ...
Young People Doing Fine When It Comes To Saving Money
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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.
A bright future with solar lanterns for India's poor
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country's future energy security, according to Professor Govindasamy Agoramoorthy from Tajen University, ...
Paradoxically, food insecurity may be underlying contributor to overweight
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Both household food insecurity (HFInsec) and childhood overweight are significant problems in the United States. Paradoxically, being food-insecure may be an underlying contributor to being overweight. A study of almost ...
Staying together 'for kids' sake' isn't always best
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Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The research is clear: Adolescents tend to fare better -- academically and behaviorally -- when they live with both biological parents. But when their parents frequently argue, young adults are significantly ...
How green is your house? Recycling favorite activity among Brits says new survey
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Seventy percent of households always separate their rubbish for recycling, but only 2 percent buy their energy on a green tariff, according to the early findings of a major new annual household survey, called "Understanding ...
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