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Women want bargains but men prefer brand names

17 hours ago | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Women are better bargain hunters than men, with male shoppers seeking known brand names when deciding which store to go to, a Massey University study of consumers has found.


New driver of brand extension success found by UM professor

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Brand extensions, like Jeep’s strollers, Maxim’s hair color, or Apple’s iTunes are lucrative ways that a brand can increase its revenue and customer base-or confuse and alienate them. In an increasingly borderless world in ...


Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings

May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 34 vote(s) | User comments: 3

(AP) -- The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official ...


Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s) | User comments: 11

(AP) -- Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.


Belief in God 'childish,' Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 80 vote(s) | User comments: 19

Albert Einstein described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday.


Scientists are building database of bite marks

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community. For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify ...


Adding up business and energy

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Could a business practice usually reserved for boosting profits be used to help turn companies green by reducing their energy use? Writing in the International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage (IJSSCA), researchers ...


Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week - more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's ...


Firearms Microstamping Feasible but Variable, Study Finds

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 7

New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but did not work equally well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by researchers from the forensic ...


Study: Only select group of property fund managers outperform market

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Only a small group of elite property fund managers are able to consistently lead their funds to gains greater than the market, according to new research co-authored by a professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business.


Land tenure conflict in Kenya turning into strong inter-ethnic territorial claims

21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

North-West Kenya's Mount Elgon district has since the 1970s been the arena of a lurking land access conflict which boiled up at the very heart of the Sabaot community, the majority ethnic group in that part of the country. ...


Aiming to sway voters, candidates emphasize hot-button issues across party lines

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

The 2004 presidential candidates reached out to voters across the political aisle – but not in a genuinely conciliatory spirit, according to a new analysis which says that George W. Bush and John Kerry sought to peel away ...


Accounting practices ultimately affect global economy

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

How much a particular hill of beans is worth may depend on who’s counting the beans. When it comes to accounting standards in the business world, every bean counts, but the quality of financial reporting differs from country ...


Study looks at Arizona’s 'Megapolitan' future

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Two out of three Americans are expected to live in just 20 “megapolitan” areas in about 30 years, and one of these megapolitans – the Sun Corridor – is in Arizona.


A crash course in true political science

May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s) | User comments: 4

(AP) -- Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task - getting ...


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