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Japan's top mobile telephone operator NTT DoCoMo aims to launch a new mobile phone cash transfer service

Japan's DoCoMo eyes cash transfer by cellphone

Technology / Business

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Japan's top mobile telephone operator NTT DoCoMo said Wednesday it aimed to launch a new service enabling cash transfers simply by entering the recipient's cellphone number.





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Poverty measurement in the US: Income transfers alone won't eradicate poverty

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Barack Obama promised to halve poverty within ten years. His Republican opponent, John McCain, vowed to "make the eradication of poverty a top priority of the McCain Administration." Even in the current economic situation, ...


Communication problems in dementia care cause physical strain

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Excessive physical strain in dementia care is not so much related to equipment or the resident's body weight as it is due to communication problems and misunderstandings. This is shown in a new study from the Sahlgrenska ...


Health in low-income countries: Outsourcing and cash incentives may help

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contracting private providers of healthcare services and giving cash incentives to patients are two strategies that have been proposed to increase access to healthcare in low income countries. In two new Cochrane Systematic ...


Analysis: 'Cash for Clunkers' program is expensive way to cut carbon emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

New UC Davis estimates say the federal government's Cash for Clunkers program is paying at least 10 times the "sticker price" to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.


Internet and videogame addictions have been a growing problem during the past decade

Cyber junkies can unplug at US retreat

Technology / Internet

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The first US retreat for Internet addicts has opened its doors, welcoming a teenager that was captive to World of Warcraft online role-playing videogame.


Fuel economy higher, thanks to Cash for Clunkers

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Cash for Clunkers may have run out of money, but certainly not gas.


Microsoft says cost-cutting CFO to step down

Technology / Business

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year and will be replaced by the man now responsible for the books at the division that produces Microsoft Office and other ...


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Blackberry maker RIM to buy back $1.2 bln in stock

Technology / Business

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Blackberry smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) announced Thursday it would buy back 1.2 billion US dollars worth of its stock to prop up the sagging share price amid heightened competition.


Cash register receipts a new BPA concern

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

If you read environmental news on a regular basis then you know that consumers are in an uproar about the revelation that SIGG water bottles contain bisphenol-A (BPA), despite the company's previous BPA-free advertisements. ...


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Facebook says it passed key financial milestone

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook Inc. said Tuesday it achieved an important financial milestone, bringing in more money than it spent in the last quarter. The social networking site previously had said it didn't expect to ...



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