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Public support grows for spending on mass transit and infrastructure

Public support is growing for expenditures on mass transit and infrastructure and remains high for education and health care, according to a National Opinion Research Center survey at the University of Chicago that has been ...

Other Sciences / Other

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Cattle producers advised to use caution as prices march higher

Cattle producers should be mindful to not get too caught up in reacting to high market prices, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist.

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Facebook sees slowing growth

Few experts were surprised when Facebook disclosed in its recent IPO filing that its user growth had slowed in the U.S. and Canada. But a deeper look at Facebook's user numbers shows its growth is also slowing ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Financial burden of prescription drugs is dropping: Costs remain a challenge for many

The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Justifying insurance coverage for orphan drugs

How can insurers justify spending hundreds of thousands of dollars per patient per year on "orphan drugs" – extremely expensive medications for rare conditions that are mostly chronic and life-threatening -- when this ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Economic factors impact orthopaedic trauma volume

Previous studies have found that human behavior during a recession is remarkably different than that during a bullish economy. For example, people tend to spend more time focused on working and less time engaging in leisure ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Firms' own social networks better for business than Facebook

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using Facebook and Twitter may be good for a company's bottom line, but firms can rake in even bigger profits if they have their own virtual brand community, says a University of Michigan ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

P&G marketing layoffs new sign of the times, expert says

Consumer goods giant Proctor & Gamble’s move to lay off some 1,600 employees globally, many in the marketing area, foretells a trend in which more companies will move their advertising dollars from traditional to digital ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Astronomers solve mystery of vanishing energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt

UCLA researchers have explained the puzzling disappearing act of energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt, using data collected from a fleet of orbiting spacecraft.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Super Bowl advertisers should skip TV ads, focus online

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last year’s hit Super Bowl ad, a Volkswagen spot featuring a boy dressed as Darth Vader, was unique in that it was actually released before the game.

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers examine influence of Super Bowl ads

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last year, Volkswagen's Super Bowl ad featuring a kid dressed as Darth Vader went viral online, helping the company earn an estimated $100 million in free publicity. This year, the automaker ...

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