News tagged with saving money

'Drunkorexia:' A recipe for disaster

It is well known that eating disorders are common among teens and college students. Heavy alcohol consumption is another well-known unhealthy habit of this age group. A new study from the University of Missouri shows that ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Quicker testing for viral infections saves money and lives

A new method for quickly identifying individual viruses and recognising how they bind to host cells may become a vital tool in the early control of winter vomiting disease and other virus-based diseases. In ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Denmark levies world's first fat tax

Denmark Saturday became the first country in the world to impose a fat tax after a week in which consumers hoarded butter, pizza, meat and milk to avoid the immediate effects.

Technology / Business

created Oct 01, 2011 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (6) | comments 10

Improved irrigation system provides water and cost savings

Installation of a water-conserving irrigation system has helped the University of Michigan reduce the amount of water used on irrigation by 68 percent, saving an estimated $141,000 a year.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Trade-off budgeting is a good money-saving technique

(PhysOrg.com) -- Budgeting and saving are words we hear regularly, but they can seem incredibly daunting when unsure how to do them.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study says, with counseling and education, there is life after bankruptcy

Although declaring bankruptcy was once thought to be a desperate, when-all-else-fails solution, in this new millennium of economic uncertainty, it has become a common option for people who are in deep debt. The question ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tracing families' escape from poverty

For all the detailed tools developed to study finance in past decades, relatively few scholars have brought those methods to bear on a pressing social question: How do poor people manage their finances?

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Imagine your future self: Will it help you save money?

Why do people choose present consumption over their long-term financial interests? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research finds that consumers have trouble feeling connected to their future selves.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Buyer backlash: Why do slogans about saving money increase spending?

A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research reveals a strange facet of consumer behavior: people behave differently when they encounter companies' brands than they do when they encounter their slogans.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New products plug you into electric-bill savings

Check your electric bill lately? Did it make you wince? You probably wondered where all those kilowatt-hours went.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: 'Generic' brands save you money, even if you don't buy them

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from the W. P. Carey School of Business suggests the simple presence of the store brand can save you money at the grocery store, even if you don't buy it.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Asking 'why' instead of 'how' helps consumers achieve goals of saving money or losing weight

People who become focused on how to achieve a goal may have a harder time achieving their aims than people who think abstractly about why they want to do something, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Rese ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Candy bar or healthy snack? Free choice not as free as we think

If you think choosing between a candy bar and healthy snack is totally a matter of free will, think again. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that the choices we make to indulge ourselves or exercise self-c ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Young People Doing Fine When It Comes To Saving Money

(PhysOrg.com) -- Younger adults may be doing a better job saving for the future than many experts believe, according to a new study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2