In the years since the Great Recession, when housing prices dramatically fell, Wall Street investors have been buying large numbers of single-family homes to use as rentals. As of 2022, big investment firms owned nearly 600,000 ...
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2023
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A study by an assistant professor at The University of Texas at Arlington published in the Journal of Marketing shows that marketers of relatively high-priced products should consider keeping prices high, as many consumers ...
Economics & Business
Sep 5, 2019
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It's commonly assumed that the supply-and-demand economics of the consumer marketplace dictates price. If you are one of few retailers that sells a product consumers want, you can charge more. If supplies of that product ...
Economics & Business
Apr 11, 2023
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Some truffle producers in the eastern U.S. intending to grow European black truffles (Tuber melanosporum) are also accidentally cultivating winter truffles (Tuber brumale), a related species that looks nearly identical but ...
Ecology
Jun 26, 2023
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Travel might be restricted, but that hasn't stopped a growing community from taking their work, and their home, on the road. Inspired in part by Grey Nomads, these new digital nomads are embracing van life and everything ...
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2021
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When it comes to success on a crowdfunding site, race matters.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2019
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Scroll through any supermarket chain's social media feed and you're bound to see feel-good stories about charitable food donations to the community. What may seem like an altruistic gesture at first sight is actually helping ...
Economics & Business
Feb 23, 2022
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Have you noticed your favorite chocolate is a little smaller, there are fewer biscuits in the same-sized package or bags of chips contain more air?
Economics & Business
Apr 25, 2022
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A fare war between Uber and Lyft has led to billions of dollars in losses for both ride-hailing companies as they fight for passengers and drivers.
Business
May 11, 2019
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It is easy to get nostalgic for the era when most music lovers bought LPs. They would save their pennies for a Saturday trip to the local record store, before heading home clutching their glorious new vinyl in a plastic bag ...
Environment
Apr 8, 2019
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