News tagged with coffee house
Did ancient coffee houses lay the groundwork for modern consumerism?
If you think that your favorite coffee shop is a great gathering place for discussion, you should have been around in the Ottoman Empire starting in the 1550s. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the ro ...
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Aug 24, 2010 |
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Sudden wealth part of Silicon Valley's everyday
(AP) -- In Silicon Valley, where sudden wealth is hardly something new and CEOs favor hoodies over bespoke blazers, Facebook's IPO on Friday didn't bring everyday life to a halt.
May 19, 2012 |
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Trashing old, unused medications best for reducing environmental impact
Returning extra medicine to the pharmacy for disposal might not be worth the extra time, money or greenhouse gas emissions, according to a University of Michigan study that is the first to look at the net ...
May 16, 2012 |
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Foxconn shows off changes at factory campus
The global controversy surrounding the treatment of assembly-line workers who manufacture iPhones and iPads - and just about every other consumer device - is triggering an unprecedented effort by Apple Inc. and its chief ...
May 11, 2012 |
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Mini-projector for smartphones
Their very small displays sometimes make smartphones diffi cult to operate. In the future, a projector will help: if the cell phone is standing on a table, for instance, it can project a large-format display ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 10, 2012 |
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Economics study homes in on factors influencing value of great art
Arzu Aysin Tekindor has never seen "Antiques Roadshow," the PBS television program that routinely subjects artworks and other collectibles to the burning question: What is it worth?
May 04, 2012 |
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Sales-tax collection likely in Amazon's future
When word emerged that Amazon.com Inc. was hunting for new warehouse sites, leaders in this business-friendly Southern state rolled out a welcome mat of tax breaks to lure the Internet retailer.
Apr 08, 2012 |
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Google creates a spectacle with project
(AP) -- If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Scientists: This man has your number
Attention, star scientists: Pierre Azoulay is watching you. Not literally, of course: Azoulay, an economist, inhabits an office tucked away in the MIT Sloan School of Management, far from any lab. But his ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Mexican experts excited to find ancient home ruins
(AP) -- The ruins aren't particularly impressive, just some stone and clay footings for houses that probably supported walls of wood or clay wattle. And it's that very ordinariness that has experts excited.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Mexico road project sets up fight over ruins
(AP) -- When neighbors in the hills east of Mexico City saw backhoes ripping up pre-Hispanic relics for a highway, they did something unexpected in a country where building projects often bulldoze through ...
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Feb 08, 2012 |
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