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Analysis, Energy, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News, Solar Power

Are homes with solar worth more than non-solar homes?

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We have been talking about how much solar panels increase the value of your home for years. We use a simple calculation to determine the increase in value: We add the energy savings you’ll see per year for 20 years. Well, it looks like we’re not just blowing solar smoke; study after  study after study comparing sales of solar and non-solar houses show clearly that homes—even near-identical homes in the same community—sell for more with solar. But we know you don’t want to read a 200-page PDF to find out, so we’ve collected some of the most important information below.

 

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Analysis, Business, Globalism, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend, Report

U.S. healthcare most expensive and worst performing in a new international ranking

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The origin of the phrase “You get what you pay for” – the origin of that phrase is sometimes attributed to the fashion mogul Aldo Gucci, who said, “The bitterness of low quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded.” But Americans get neither quality nor affordability when it comes to healthcare.

 

 

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Business, Internet, Science & Technology News

Amazon changes prices more than 2.5 million times every day

An analysis by price intelligence firm Profitero on retail pricing habits has revealed a pretty staggering statistic: Amazon changes its prices more than 2.5 million times a day. By comparison, Walmart and Best Buy changed their prices roughly 50,000 times each in the entire month of November.

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Analysis, Business, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Showrooming is on the rise: Report

25% increase in the use of mobile phones in retail stores.

More shoppers are using their mobiles for ‘showrooming’, checking prices and product information while shopping in stores. There has been a 25% increase in the use of mobiles in retail stores, which has significant implications for retailers, according to JiWire’s Mobile Audience Insights Report for Q2 2013.

 

 

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Analysis, Latest Trend, sports

Pricing baseball seats like airline tickets

It’s impossible to set the “right ticket prices” months in advance of an individual ballgame.

On Opening Days across the country organists are again playing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at the baseball stadiums.  But there is another game being played in box office backrooms.  Seventeen out of the 30 Major League teams were using some form of dynamic pricing last year. dynamic pricing is the concept of raising and lowering prices in accordance with demand — to price ballpark tickets. This year, the practice seems likely to grow.

 

 

 

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A worldwide vanilla shortage is making ice cream a luxury

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Vanilla is a hot commodity at the moment.

At our current rate of consumption, we’re driving vanilla prices sky-high. The price for a kilo of the brown stuff has jumped from $25 to $40 in a single day, which means your summer ice creams might be an even more expensive treat than usual.

Virtually all of the world’s vanilla supplies are grown in Madagascar, Mexico and India. But in the last year, Mexico’s yield has dropped by a staggering 90 per cent, reports Management Today. In fact, India’s yields are struggling too, leaving Madagascar as pretty much the sole source…

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Business, Corporate Manipulation, Crazy Stuff, Current Events, Economy, Food, Globalism, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives

Speculators’ New Craze For Chocolate Leaves A Bitter Taste

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Be aware that chocolate inflation is about to hit home.
First they ruined the property market, and then they fouled up the banks and building societies, before wrecking the high street. Now hedge funds and other financial speculators are threatening the good order of the chocolate market. Cocoa prices have reached their highest levels for 33 years, increasing 150 per cent in the last 18 months, and financial speculators are being accused of inflating prices to make a financial profit. Cocoa crop failure in the Ivory Coast, the world’s top grower, is partly the cause, but some experts are blaming the London commodity market where cocoa is traded…
Animals, Breakthrough Thinking, Business, Crazy Stuff, New Viewpoints

Mini-Cow’s: Coming Soon To A Back Yard Near You?

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Perhaps THESE Cows Could Jump Over The Moon

It’s the little cow with a big future. Rising supermarket prices are persuading hundreds of families to turn their back gardens into mini-ranches stocked with miniature cattle.

Registrations of the most popular breed, the Dexter, have doubled since the millennium and websites are sprouting up offering “the world’s most efficient, cutest and tastiest cows”.

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Current Events, Hot Issues, Latest News, Report

Home Prices Down a Record 10.7% but Wall Street Yawns

Home Prices Down a Record 10.7% but Wall Street Yawns

Home prices fell the most on record in January while consumer confidence in the U.S. economy plunged this month, according to separate reports published yesterday.

While the reports reaffirmed pessimistic views that the country has entered a recession or is at least in a severe downturn, Wall Street greeted the news with a collective ho-hum.

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