Electric cars with cutting-edge green technology and vehicles remote-controlled by smartphones caught the eye Wednesday at the first Tokyo Motor Show held since Japan's devastating earthquake.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 30, 2011
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Electronics sales are set to light up an otherwise dreary US holiday shopping season, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.
Business
Nov 9, 2011
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When it comes to mobile shopping, so far there's more buzz than buy.
Business
Sep 1, 2011
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The acute economic downturn that began in 2008 sometimes is called the "mancession" to reflect its harsher impact on men than women. As recently as last November, 10.4 percent of adult men were unemployed as compared to 8 ...
Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2011
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Fewer Mexican immigrants returned home from the United States during 2008 and 2009 than in the two years prior to the start of the recession, a finding that contradicts the notion that the economic downturn has hastened return ...
Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2011
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Much coverage of the economic downturn has focussed on its immediate impact, yet it is likely to hold long-term implications for family life. A research study 'Changing Lives and Times' funded by the Economic and Social Research ...
Social Sciences
Jun 19, 2011
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A plunge in US violent crime over the last two years despite the economic downturn appears to confirm what experts have long known -- that poverty alone does not drive delinquency.
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2011
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Since 2008, the U.S. economy has been "seizing" uncontrollably. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher says that a comparison of the multifaceted economic downturn with the uncontrolled spasms of an epileptic is not inappropriate ...
Economics & Business
May 12, 2011
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In August, new airline regulations from the U.S. government will go into effect. They include refunding passengers checked bag fees if luggage is lost, increasing the compensation bumped passengers receive and imposing time ...
Economics & Business
May 3, 2011
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German software giant SAP said on Thursday that it made a net profit of 403 million euros ($600 million) in the first quarter, a four-percent gain which fell short of expectations.
Business
Apr 28, 2011
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