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Researcher finds people will forgo luxury for green products when status is on mind

Environmentally friendly products are everywhere one looks. Energy efficient dishwashers, bamboo towels, the paperless Kindle and, of course, the ubiquitous Prius are all around. But why do people buy these "green" products? ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Shopping study: Do free samples really make you buy products?

(PhysOrg.com) -- As you do your holiday shopping this year, you'll probably encounter plenty of free sample stands at the big warehouse stores and grocery stores. Common sense might tell you that eating a bunch of samples ...

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

EU court adviser backs Google in ads row with LMVH

An adviser to Europe's top court on Tuesday backed US Internet giant Google in a row with French luxury product maker LMVH over online advertising.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Asian start-ups gain as Facebook's Saverin looks East

Far from the Wall Street limelight, Facebook's co-founder Eduardo Saverin is keeping a low profile in Singapore, investing his wealth in tech start-ups while enjoying a life of luxury.

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Online video distributors gather to court advertisers

Yahoo Inc. staged its glitzy presentation for advertisers in a theater near Central Park, with appearances by Katie Couric, "CSI" creator Anthony E. Zuiker and, via video, Tom Hanks.

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created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook billionaire shuns luxury for startup life

(AP) -- Facebook co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate Dustin Moskovitz is by many accounts the world's youngest self-made billionaire. But the 27-year-old isn't sipping champagne in the Caribbean.

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created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Italy launches private high-speed train

Italy launched Europe's first private high-speed train service this week, as the country looks towards the more liberal economy that Prime Minister Mario Monti wants to put on the rails.

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created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Consumerism and its antisocial effects can be turned on -- or off

Money doesn't buy happiness. Neither does materialism: Research shows that people who place a high value on wealth, status, and stuff are more depressed and anxious and less sociable than those who do not. Now new research ...

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created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 36 | with audio podcast

Pawnshops spread to Internet

In a sputtering economy, cash-strapped consumers are flocking to a new way of getting quick, short-term loans: online pawn stores. It's yet another instance of online retailers pouncing on the turf of a brick-and-mortar industry.

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created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Protein behavior might hold the key to synthetic silk

The world may just have moved a step closer to the reality of comic books.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Computer scientists collect computing tools for next-generation machines

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers using the OLCF's resources can foresee substantial changes in their scientific application code development in the near future.

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created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Schilling's company launches first video game

(AP) -- A teenage Curt Schilling got a paper route so he could afford an Apple II just like the one his Little League coach owned.

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created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Amazon makes India debut with Junglee.com

(AP) -- Amazon.com is coming to India, with the Thursday launch of Junglee.com, a watered-down version of its global shopping portal.

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created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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