Dwolla a new player in electronic money transfers
(AP) -- Just as plastic rendered paper checks nearly obsolete, gadgets may soon do the same to credit and debit cards.
Business
Dec 1, 2010
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News tagged with money
Buyer backlash: Why do slogans about saving money increase spending?
A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research reveals a strange facet of consumer behavior: people behave differently when they encounter companies' brands than they do when they encounter their slogans.
Social Sciences
Sep 20, 2010
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Google plugs free PC-to-phone calling into e-mail
(AP) -- Google is adding a new e-mail feature that may persuade more people to cut the cords on their landline phones.
Internet
Aug 25, 2010
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Profits are so last quarter: Wall St. eyes revenue
(AP) -- Even in a tough economy, increasing profits can be easy: Just cut costs enough and the bottom line keeps improving. But companies can only do that for so long.
Business
Jul 20, 2010
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Study pins factors behind geography of human disease
If your home region has a hot, wet climate and a lot of different kinds of birds and mammals living in it, there's a really good chance the region will also contain numerous kinds of pathogens that cause human diseases.
Other
Apr 16, 2010
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Is Second Life's Economy Too Big To Fail?
One of the more interesting developments in terms of technology is the virtual economy -- and how it translates into something that involves real money.
Young People Doing Fine When It Comes To Saving Money
(PhysOrg.com) -- Younger adults may be doing a better job saving for the future than many experts believe, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2009
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Facebook says it passed key financial milestone
(AP) -- Facebook Inc. said Tuesday it achieved an important financial milestone, bringing in more money than it spent in the last quarter. The social networking site previously had said it didn't expect to achieve that goal ...
Internet
Sep 15, 2009
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Obama space panel says moon return plan is a no-go (Update)
(AP) -- A White House panel of independent space experts says NASA's return-to-the-moon plan just won't fly.
Space Exploration
Sep 8, 2009
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Fatal (fiscal) attraction: Tightwads and spendthrifts tend to marry (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to love and money, opposites really do attract, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2009
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