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Research finds that consumers rely on signage over other ad media

Businesses looking for a sign on how to prosper in a down economy need look no further than their own indoor and outdoor signage.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hard times bring on ‘Lipstick Effect’

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lipstick and takeout food are not a panacea for dwindling retirement accounts and the anxiety of global economic woes.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Miami battling invasion of giant African snails

No one knows how they got there. But an invasion of African giant snails has southern Florida in a panic over potential crop damage, disease and general yuckiness surrounding the slimy gastropods.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Japan electronic giants eye chip merger: reports

Three of Japan's biggest electronics companies are to join forces in a chip-making venture, according to reports, days after a swathe of dire results from a sector struggling to compete globally.

Technology / Business

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: consumers keep up -- or down -- with the joneses during recession

(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumers relatively unaffected by economic downturns spend less on luxury items during recessions because social standards shift along with the cycles of the economy, according to a study led by a Duke University ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New poll shows Canadians want to make family a priority

Canadians want to make family a priority – 85 per cent want to spend more time with their families and 60 per cent want governments to support policy changes that make it easier to raise a family, according to a national ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India outsourcers see export growth slowing

India's flagship information technology and business services sector forecast on Wednesday that export growth would slow in the next financial year amid global "economic uncertainties."

Technology / Business

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Panasonic set for $10.2 billion loss

Japan's Panasonic on Friday warned it would see its worst-ever net loss of 780 billion yen ($10.2 billion) for the year to March, blaming the strong yen, flooding in Thailand, and acquisition costs.

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created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook surrenders its privacy in IPO documents

Facebook is baring its business soul.The unveiling came late Wednesday when the company that depends on people to share their lives online filed its plans to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Research: Is fair value really fair?

As the United States continues its struggle to emerge from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a practice known as fair-value accounting has been taking heat. Critics—mostly banking associations—say ...

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created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UN panel says retool world economy for sustainability

The world can no longer afford to ignore the environmental cost of economic growth and must redefine the very concept of national wealth, a UN panel of heads of state and environment ministers said Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 61

Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals

A burgeoning population of huge pythons - many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big - appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 8


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