Consumers are spending more time on mobile apps than on the web for the first time, a new report claims.
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Escalating national debt nears size of entire U.S. economy
The gross national debt will reach 100% of the economy in November 2011.
A reprieve won this week for the Obama administrationfrom some particularly scary economic news that had been projected to occur around Halloween.
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Men becoming ‘Manny’s’ a growing trend in a difficult economy
“Manny” Travis McGowin
In 2009, Greg Carroll’s boss asked him to slash his 500-person staff by half, so Greg left his executive chef job. Since then, Carroll has done some catering, some consulting and some cooking in private homes. But full-time work has proven elusive.
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Going beyond credit scores, predicting personal behavior
What is your Medication Adherence Score? Fair Isaac Co. thinks it knows what it is. They are the company that created the FICO credit score and they are branching out into new territory. Fair Isaac Co. is assembling disparate data in an effort to better understand a range of human behaviors.
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Why tablet users don’t want to pay for news content
11 percent of people own a tablet.
You are part of a small, but growing population if you own a tablet. A new Pew Research Center survey claims that 11 percent of adults now own a tablet of some sort, and reveals some interesting facts and trends related to tablet usage.
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Despite greater penalties, laser assualts on planes continue to grow
Laser attacks on planes continue got grow.
Despite increased penalties for anyone caught doing it, the number of dangerous laser assaults on aircraft cockpits continues to grow at an alarming rate.
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30% drop in hospital stays for heart failure, saving billions
Heart failure hospitalizations have decreased nationally overall.
There was a remarkable 30% drop in hospital stays for heart failure in Medicare patients over a decade. It is the first such decline in the United States and forceful evidence that the nation is making headway in reducing the billion-dollar burden of a common condition.
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Twitter users send 250 million tweets a day
Twitter reached the 100 million active-user mark last month.
There’s a whole lot of tweeting going on: Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo said users of the short-messaging blog are sending 250 million tweets a day.
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Banks demolish forclosed homes to ease housing market pressures
It has become cheaper for banks to demolish forclosed property than to continue to hold onto it.
The sight of excavators tearing down vacant buildings has become common in the foreclosure-ravaged city of Cleveland. The housing crisis hit this area early and hard. But the story behind the recent wave of demolitions is novel — and cities around the country are taking notice.
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Wireless subscribers outnumber people in the U.S.
There are more than 327 million wireless subscriptions in the U.S.
A new survey was released by CTIA yesterday with some interesting data on wireless subscribers in the U.S. The survey covers January 2011 through June 2011.
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Fewer people having babies amid weak economy
The U.S. birth rate has fallen sharply since hitting a high in 2007.
There is further evidence to add to the theory that the nation’s economic hard times have caused some families to delay having kids, according to a new report.
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Post-Employment Era: Humans need not apply
Perhaps comedian Steven Wright said it best:
“I lost my job the other day. Well, I didn’t really lose it. I know where it’s at, it’s just when I go there someone else is doing it.”
They say that the truest comedy is the funniest, and there is nothing truer than the statement above. Steven’s old job didn’t go anywhere… his employer just found someone more qualified, more efficient, or less costly to do it. In today’s economy where layoffs and a bleak job market are the norm, the joke has lost a great deal of it’s humor. But a good look at the data proves Steven’s point — all those jobs are still there, it’s just that employers are finding more qualified, more efficient, and more cost-effective help.
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