Americans typically spend $70 billion more in December than in the average of November and January (the months around December). In a recent National Science Foundation-sponsored interview, Joel Waldfogel, the Carlson School's ...
Economics & Business
Dec 23, 2011
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As Christmas fast approaches and you are drawing up a shopping list of seasonal gifts, you may not realise that many of the choices you will make will be influenced by the ancient Greeks.
Other
Dec 18, 2012
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Officially this is not another gift guide. Instead I'd rather consider it the first of two roundups either of products I just haven't gotten to this year or some I have just couldn't find a home for.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 17, 2009
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New high-tech devices will get US consumers to open their wallets for the upcoming holiday season, driving retail spending higher, a survey showed Tuesday.
Business
Oct 16, 2012
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It's getting hard to keep Christmas gifts a secret these days. Last year, Twitter posts revealed what President Obama was buying for his daughters a few days early.
Other
Dec 14, 2012
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Are you shopping for a child who dreams of being an astronaut or visiting outer space?
Education
Dec 6, 2018
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It's Christmas Eve, you still have gifts to buy, and as the hours tick by, your options grow thin.
Business
Dec 7, 2017
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They say appearances can be deceiving. In the case of gift giving, they might be right.
Economics & Business
Dec 17, 2019
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A family gets a surprise phone call informing them that their holiday gifts on layaway have been paid for a by a stranger. A passerby discreetly slips $1,000 into a donation bucket among the $1 bills. Instances of anonymous ...
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2012
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Some 31 percent of US consumers have purchased tablet computers, and most of the others want one, a survey showed Wednesday.
Business
Oct 31, 2012
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