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Older workers spend less on necessities and health care

More older Americans are choosing to continue to work or are returning to the labor force. The number of workers age 65 and older is predicted to increase by more than 80 percent by 2016. In an ongoing study, ...

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shifts in consumer spending and saving will usher in a new economic era

(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumer spending will lag rather than lead the recovery from the current recession, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Social welfare cuts ultimately come with heavy price, researchers say

(Phys.org) -- Slashing government funding for Medicaid, food stamps and other programs that serve the poor – while politically popular with some lawmakers and many conservatives – may do more harm ...

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created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (26) | comments 209

GM to pull ads from Facebook: report

General Motors late Monday confirmed that it is pulling its advertising from Facebook because it determined paid ads had little impact on consumers.

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created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Social Security's IT system could benefit by joining the cloud, scientist says

The Social Security Administration (SSA) should restructure its already massive information technology (IT) systems so they can be readily scaled up, much like the systems used by Google and Amazon, William L. Scherlis, professor ...

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

Identifying poverty levels requires accurate measurements

When food prices spiked in 2008, the number of households that moved into poverty was overestimated by about 60 percent, according to a recent University of Illinois study. In middle-income countries such as Mexico that have ...

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created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: consumers keep up -- or down -- with the joneses during recession

(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumers relatively unaffected by economic downturns spend less on luxury items during recessions because social standards shift along with the cycles of the economy, according to a study led by a Duke University ...

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

FCC accepting objections to Verizon's planned spectrum buy

Those opposed to Verizon Wireless' deal to purchase wireless spectrum from Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks for $3.6 billion must file objections with the Federal Communications Commission by Feb. ...

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests yet another cause of personal debt: searching for the ideal mate

Many Americans went into personal debt before the economic recession hit the country in 2008. Why? For some men, the biggest factor may have been intense competition to find a spouse.

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Why are wealthy consumers less likely to buy luxuries during a recession?

During an economic downturn, even people who are not directly affected spend less on goods and services that signal social status, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Battery research: Bionics reduces filling time

The latest development by engineers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, Germany) is inspired by nature. To fill the porous electrodes of lithium-ion batteries more rapidly with liquid electrolyte, they ...

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created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Imec unveils innovative technology for an ECG patch

Imec and Holst Centre announce an innovative body patch that integrates an ultra-low power electrocardiogram (ECG) chip and a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio. This unique combination fuses power-efficient ...

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created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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