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eBay fined in France for selling upscale perfumes

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Online auction site eBay Inc. was fined euro1.7 million ($2.5 million) by a Paris court on Monday for failing to stop the sale of famous perfume brands like Christian Dior, Guerlain, Givenchy and ...


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The real thing? People are often unsure about telling authentic luxury goods from fakes

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Luxury goods are supposed to be expensive because of their quality: A sip of fine wine or the comforting feel of designer clothing should justify the price.





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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Postal services get exclusive '.post' address

Technology / Internet

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Global postal services will soon have their own address on the Internet, after the web's authority for assigning domain names ICANN, said on Friday that it had approved the new address dot post (.post).


Will a carrot or a stick prompt purchase of more carrots?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Would a so-called Twinkie tax help curb obesity rates? Should shoppers who buy healthy goods earn rebates? A new study will seek to unravel the likely implications of legislative attempts to promote healthy ...


Money changes what we think is fair, research finds

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Thinking of rewarding your sales department for a job well done? You might not want to make cash part of the pay-off.


Dutch PhD student develops device to combat noise

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (17) | comments 17

Johan Wesselink of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a device to actively combat noise nuisance. This invention curtails sound waves and vibrations by producing anti-noise. The researcher is confident ...


Security ID cards with built-in holograms

Security ID cards with built-in holograms (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic cards with security features are ubiquitous these days, having a wide variety of uses such as credit cards, employee cards, licenses, and so on. Many have holographic images, but they ...


Marketing Professor Studying Adolescents' Sources of Happiness

Marketing Professor Studying Adolescents' Sources of Happiness

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lan Nguyen Chaplin, an assistant professor in the Eller College of Management, says children and teenagers, in finding happiness, do not always place material things before personal relationships.


Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes (AP)

Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Fears that giant, voracious species of carp will get into the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to rising demands that the government close the waterway connecting the lakes to the Mississippi ...


Supermarket robot to help the elderly

Supermarket robot to help the elderly (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robovie-II, a retail-assistant robot designed to help elderly and disabled people shop in supermarkets, is being tested in Kyoto, in Japan.


White House rhetoric is important in forming foreign policy opinions

White House rhetoric is important in forming foreign policy opinions

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Surveys have shown that the public pays little attention to foreign policy, but politicians regularly cite the importance of public support for military actions overseas. Now, a new study has found that these ...


Decision soon on closing lock to stop Asian carp (AP)

Decision soon on closing lock to stop Asian carp

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A decision could come within days on whether to temporarily close a vital Chicago area shipping waterway in an increasingly desperate bid to stop the invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, ...



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