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Frugal companies are consistent, not reactive, study says

(PhysOrg.com) -- Frugal companies succeed commercially in part because they consistently control spending and are resourceful with people and products rather than cutting costs reactively, according to a new ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Taking cues: Sometimes environmental cues can activate thrifty behavior

Consumers are constantly bombarded with subtle and even subconscious cues from their environment. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines whether these cues activate goals that affect behavior in the long t ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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America hits the brakes on health care spending

Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation's economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years of historically low growth, the government reported Monday.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Student-built satellite to prepare NASA instrument

(PhysOrg.com) -- When the M-Cubed satellite, built by University of Michigan students, goes into orbit, it will become the first CubeSat to test a NASA instrument for major space missions. It is scheduled ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anderson Forecast: U.S. economy stalled, employment 'horrible,' but no new recession

In its third quarterly report of 2011, the UCLA Anderson Forecast's outlook for the nation's economy is "far worse" than it was just three months ago.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

When the brain decides

Every day we have to make decisions that involve evaluating or choosing between options, often without much information to go on. So how we do it? How do we prevent analysis paralysis?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Coupons.com gets $200M investment

(AP) -- Digital coupon provider Coupons.com Inc. has received $200 million from undisclosed institutional investors, making it the latest Internet company to attract significant attention from the investor community.

Technology / Business

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UH professor given commendation for medical innovation in asthma

A University of Houston (UH) pharmacy professor's decade-long questioning of conventional medical dogma in the treatment of asthma earned him a prestigious international honor as a top medical innovator.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google devoted to search and staying nimble: CEO

Google executives assured investors that the Internet giant remained devoted to search and advertising while embracing risky new projects that could lead to big payoffs.

Technology / Business

created Jun 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Allure of iPad, other tablets hurting PC sales

Last year, the popularity of Apple Inc.'s iPad hurt PC sales. This year, that trend is continuing, as new data from two market research firms indicate PC shipments declined in the first three months of 2011.

Technology / Business

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Imaging the paintings under the paintings of the Old Masters

Gaze upon Rembrandt's The Night Watch, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, or one of the great Dutch master's famous self-portraits. Contemplate Caravaggio's Boy with a Basket of Fruit, Supper at Emmaus, or the famed Italian ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like a lightbulb going off

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine being able to see to the penny how much it costs to use your jumbo high definition television or your tiny nightlight – in real time. That’s what a dozen University Hills ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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