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U.S. companies that will be the most profitable in 2012

January 19, 2012

The market appears to anticipate rapid growth from Apple.

24/7 Wall St. forecasts the publicly traded U.S. companies that will have the highest profits in the year ahead every January. For 2012, Apple is likely to pass Exxon Mobil as the most profitable corporation in the Fortune 500. It already passed the oil giant in market capitalization for a while last year. The market appears to anticipate rapid growth from Apple comparable to that of the past two years. The stock has reached several all-time highs recently and now trades around $425, up nearly 25 percent in the past year.

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Young couples share everything including passwords

January 18, 2012

It has become fashionable for young people to express their affection for each other by sharing their passwords.

Boyfriends and girlfriends have long signaled their devotion to each other by various means — the gift of a letterman jacket, or an exchange of class rings or ID bracelets. Best friends share locker combinations.

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American drivers keeping their cars longer

January 17, 2012

American drivers are holding on to their cars and trucks for longer, new data suggest.

New data suggests American drivers are holding on to their cars and trucks longer as they put off buying new vehicles in the face of high unemployment and a struggling economy.

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War on baby girls goes global

January 17, 2012

Sex-selective feticide is warping the balance between male and female births and consequently skewing the sex ratios for the rising generation.

The world over the past three decades has come to witness an ominous and entirely new form of gender discrimination: sex-selective feticide. The feticide is implemented through the practice of surgical abortion with the assistance of information gained through prenatal gender determination technology. All around the world, the victims of this new practice are overwhelmingly female and occurs all around the world. In fact is is almost universally female.

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Why prepaid debit cards are the fastest-growing form of electronic payment

January 14, 2012

The fastest growing form of electronic payment in the U.S. are prepaid debit cards.

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25 Technologies I Didn’t See at CES

January 13, 2012

Futurist Thomas Frey: After spending the past three days scouring the showroom floors at CES, watching people become overwhelmed by what they saw, I tended to be more underwhelmed by what I didn’t see.

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Bored workers turn to chocolate, coffee and booze: study

January 13, 2012

Employers need to take steps to reduce employee boredom and encourage healthy eating.

Are you reading this because you are bored at work? New research suggests that you are probably also munching on chocolate and guzzling coffee. And an after-work beer doesn’t sound bad either, does it?

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More than half of employers say they can’t find qualified workers

January 13, 2012

A survey of employers found a huge jump in U.S. employers saying they were having trouble filling open jobs.

There are 13 million people in the United States looking for work. It seems like anyone who wants to hire someone would have little difficulty doing so.

But many employers are saying otherwise.

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More employees work multiple jobs to make ends meet

January 12, 2012

More and more employees are taking on multiple jobs in order to make ends meet.

There are fewer people working part time. But, More people are working multiple jobs. The job market continues to be a mixed bag for millions of workers across the country.

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Women embracing new technology at a higher rate than men

January 11, 2012

Women express more interest in buying tablets, laptops and smartphones.

Two thousand consumers were recently surveyed about their buying habits with unexpected results. The survey found that women are embracing new technology and gadgets at a higher rate than men. The insight, provided by retailer HSN, has left men everywhere responding with a characteristic “Whuh?”

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Less than one third of Americans will buy a new TV in 2012

January 11, 2012

3D technology hasn’t saved TV.

People are watching less broadcast and cable TV, according to a survey from Accenture. Less than a third intend to buy a new TV in 2012. Smartphones, tablets and computers are eroding traditional TV viewing — bad news for TV manufacturers and traditional content providers.

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Cyborg insect power breakthrough

January 10, 2012

Researchers are a step closer to finding a reliable power source for the bug-borne sensors.

Scientists have been pushing hard to outfit robobugs, or some may call then insect cyborgs, with tiny electronic sensors–saying these insect-machine mash-ups could prove invaluable in applications ranging from search-and-rescue to espionage. (Video)

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