News tagged with price tags
Cost of next-generation Mars rover soars to $2.5B
NASA's next-generation rover mission to the surface of Mars needs more money - again.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 01, 2011 |
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After cutting value of life, EPA ditching the term
(AP) -- Bureaucrats are struggling with an age-old question: What is the value of our lives?
Jan 21, 2011 |
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New Kindle becomes Amazon's all-time best seller
Online retailer Amazon on Monday said its latest Kindle had become the company's best-selling product ever.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 27, 2010 |
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Amazon CEO hopes new Kindles stoke sales
(AP) -- Jeff Bezos isn't just confident you'll want a Kindle e-book reader. The CEO of Amazon.com is bracing for a future in which you'll also want ones for your kid heading to college, your spouse in a book ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 29, 2010 |
3 / 5 (1) |
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Apple to deliver cut-price computers to Taiwan after error
US computer giant Apple agreed on Tuesday to deliver computers to customers at massive discounts after mistakenly offering them at bargain prices, according to a Taipei consumer watchdog.
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Nobody's home: MIT economist measures how much foreclosures lower housing prices
Foreclosed homes dot the American landscape — they make up about one in 12 houses with under $1 million left on the mortgage. These foreclosures drive down home prices, both because they add to the housing supply and because ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Chinese shoppers buying 'grey market' iPads
Technology-mad Chinese shoppers are paying a huge mark-up for Apple's new iPad on the grey market, only days after the device went on sale in the United States.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 09, 2010 |
3 / 5 (1) |
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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
Mar 15, 2010 |
1 / 5 (1) |
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Eco-friendly building techniques don't have to significantly raise construction costs
Home builder Lance Schmidt hears it all the time: Green building costs more. But he and his colleagues are out to prove otherwise.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 09, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
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Consumers don't always equate higher prices with quality
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Cornell study finds that while higher prices may generate a more positive view of products, a higher price tag doesn't mean consumers will necessarily buy them.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Ecologists put price tag on invasive species
Invasive species can disrupt natural and human-made ecosystems, throwing food webs out of balance and damaging the services they provide to people. Now scientists have begun to put a price tag on this damage. In a study ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Startup embeds Web photos with shopping links
(AP) -- Inspiration comes in many forms, and in the case of James Everingham, it appeared as a pair of knockoff Christian Dior shoes.
Apr 12, 2009 |
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'Unfunded liabilities' a financial myth, expert says
A growing chorus of complaints about the U.S. government’s “unfunded” debts may be unsettling, but no cause to become unnerved, a University of Illinois tax expert says.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Health care overhaul cost may reach $1.5 trillion
(AP) -- Your lungs may work just fine, but the estimated price for universal health care could take your breath away. Health policy experts say guaranteeing coverage for all Americans may cost about $1.5 ...
Mar 18, 2009 |
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