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...that bag, but I'm not going to buy it today, I'm going to wait one day and if I really love it so much I'll come back and buy it." Now we do know from our research studies that 60% of consumers will not buy the car or the bag the day after, simply because the dopamine is falling down to a level where you can't justify going back to the store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Shoppers Make Decisions in a Recession | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...really nice day. Then you hear a bang. Everyone looks up, and you see people flying through the air.' PETER VON DE VORST, Dutch journalist, after a driver plowed his car into spectators at a royal parade in Holland, killing seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...that goes for transportation and the 34% that pays for housing. Cataloging expenses using software like Quicken or Mint.com or jotting them down, may be annoying, but it can be life-changing. "It gets people thinking when they realize they spend five times as much on their car as they do on recreation," says Robert Manning, a consumer-finance research professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here's the Best Way to Save Even More | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...through the fiction that certain costs are "fixed." The typical family spends $1,303 a year on electricity; by simply unplugging appliances when you're not using them, you can shave 5% to 10% off that bill. And when was the last time you shopped for cheaper car insurance? It's an expense that's out of sight most of the year but a significant chunk of what we spend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here's the Best Way to Save Even More | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...first 100 days, President Barack Obama has had to address such issues as torture, pirates, increasing unemployment, trouble in the Big Three car companies and corruption on Wall Street [May 4]. And yet for the first time in a long while, I have seen Americans begin to have hope for a stronger America. Congratulations, Mr. President, for giving Americans something they were seeking and sorely lacking. Anthony P. Johnson, PHILADELPHIA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

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