News tagged with middle class
BlackBerry's annus horribilis in Indonesia
Few companies better understand the difficulties of doing business in Indonesia than BlackBerry maker Research In Motion.
Jan 01, 2012 |
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China to top world in e-commerce by 2015: report
China, already home to the world's largest online population, is likely to replace the United States as the biggest e-commerce market by 2015, according to new research.
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Fast food most popular with middle incomes
(Medical Xpress) -- A new national study of eating out and income shows that fast-food dining becomes more common as earnings increase from low to middle incomes, weakening the popular notion that fast food should be blamed ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Class in session: Upper middle class preschoolers silence less fortunate peers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Preschool upper middle class children tend to ask for help and argue their points effectively -- sometimes to the detriment of their classmates from working class families.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2011 |
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How American consumers view debt: a case study
A new study published this month suggests that while younger Americans are more smitten with credit cards and debt than older Americans, the older generation helps enable their children by encouraging use of credit as a "safety ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 19, 2011 |
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People like us: why some middle class families opt for the local comp
(PhysOrg.com) -- A book co-authored by a UWE academic delves into the assumptions and motivations of liberal parents in making decisions about secondary schools.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2011 |
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A middle class that copes by shopping secondhand
Conventional wisdom holds that people try to mimic the behavior of the next social class above their own.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Can middle class families make urban schools better?
Due to the economy, more middle-class families are passing on private schools in favor of the local public school.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2009 |
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