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...types of rebukes that come to mind when I am marching along and I and hear the perennial heckle about the candidate’s absence. And such bratty behavior pales in comparison when considering the more powerful argument against the primary: One of the smallest and most affluent states in the country (not to mention one of the most predominantly white) has the power to greatly influence the presidential candidate offered by each of the two major parties...

Author: By Robert G. King | Title: First in the Nation | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

...geek segments of the 90s. Message board posters, many of whom post anonymously like Mackey, most closely resemble someone you might run across at an exclusive country club. The predominant users of financial discussion boards are male (77%), over 55 years of age (35.8%) and members of the most affluent segments of suburban society. According to Hitwise and Claritas, a company that segments the U.S. population by consumer behavior data, the typical financial message board poster lives in the world of large homes, expensive clothes, luxury cars and foreign travel, and holds the largest share of the nation's personal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Still Uses Message Boards? | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

...Based on the demographics of visitors to the official iPhone site, we know that potential buyers skew slightly male (51.8%), are likely to be between the age of 18-24 (31%) and fit into an affluent urban demographic (11.6%). But it's interesting to note that over 47% of visitors to the site, where you can learn about and purchase the extravagant piece of hardware, earn less than $60,000 a year. Searches for the iPhone first peaked in January of this year as Steve Jobs uncharacteristically pre-announced the new device at the annual MacWorld Conference. Searches began ramping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Closer Look at iPhone Lust | 7/11/2007 | See Source »

...ULTRA-AFFLUENT Latin America has the highest level of the superrich (at least $30 million), when defined as a percentage of the total number of rich individuals living in a region...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dashboard: Jul. 16, 2007 | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

People who give and receive honeymoon gifts are part of an emerging demographic: so-called transumers, a mash-up of transient consumers, who prize collecting experiences, discovering new things and living in the present. George Ritzer, editor of the Journal of Consumer Culture, says the trend reflects an affluent, hyper-consumerist society in which the Internet has accustomed people to ephemeral pleasures. "The middle class can get all the toys they want," he says. "That leads to a desire for services ... and nonmaterial experiences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Better Than Table Linen | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

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