News tagged with real
The real thing? People are often unsure about telling authentic luxury goods from fakes
Luxury goods are supposed to be expensive because of their quality: A sip of fine wine or the comforting feel of designer clothing should justify the price.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner home sellers
(AP) -- Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task.
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Study looks at effect of high foreclosure rates on local tax bases
(PhysOrg.com) -- Foreclosed homes and unsustainable growth can wreck the tax base of local governments. That’s the warning being issued by Auburn University’s Center for Governmental Services following its study of newly ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Sep 29, 2009 |
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LendingTree: Google to compete on loan referrals
(AP) -- LendingTree, which allows prospective borrowers to get quick offers from multiple lenders, claims Google is about to get into the same business.
Aug 27, 2009 |
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New study analyzing return of businesses to New Orleans after Katrina
LSU Professor and Chair of Environmental Sciences Nina Lam and Professor and Louisiana Real Estate Commission Chair Kelley Pace, along with colleagues from LSU, Tulane University and Texas State University, will publish the ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Aug 26, 2009 |
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SmartZip pinpoints hot homes in US foreclosure market
SmartZip has built a free online tool for prospective home buyers and real estate investors eager to mine gems from the rubble of the US foreclosure avalanche.
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Homebuyers gain an edge with Internet searches
In the colorful, centuries-long history of house hunting, when have so many buyers come to the table knowing so much about prices, neighborhoods and school test scores?
Aug 08, 2009 |
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NJ man is first to be charged with Web name theft
(AP) -- A northern New Jersey man is charged with stealing a prime piece of Internet real estate and reselling it to basketball player Mark Madsen in one of the nation's first prosecutions of a suspected domain name thief.
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Augmented Reality: Science Fiction or Reality? (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer graphics have come a long way since the birth of Atari Games over 30 years ago. Today, computer graphics seem very real and some day researchers will pull graphics out of your television ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Second Life data offers window into how trends spread
(PhysOrg.com) -- Do friends wear the same style of shoe or see the same movies because they have similar tastes, which is why they became friends in the first place? Or once a friendship is established, do ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Study separates russian flat tax myth and fact
Proponents of a flat rate income tax often point to Russia's 2001 switch to a 13 percent flat tax as nothing short of an economic miracle.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Got an unusual name? Facebook may think it's fake
(AP) -- Alicia Istanbul woke up one recent Wednesday to find herself locked out of the Facebook account she opened in 2007, one Facebook suddenly deemed fake.
May 18, 2009 |
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For sale by tweet: Social networking to sell homes
(AP) -- When you sign up for Facebook or Twitter, you expect to get a stream of random messages from the people that make up your virtual social network - but pitches on homes for sale?
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Web 2.0 for the real world
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers working on some of the most fundamental issues facing the future internet paradigm have developed - in their spare time, no less - a mobile platform that brings some of the most powerful ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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New research shows that your looks, creditworthiness may go hand in hand
New research suggests that a person's appearance may play a role in whether they are deemed trustworthy by financial lenders. The study is summarized in a working paper by Jefferson Duarte at Rice University's ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2009 |
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