Word: reals
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...argument is flawed. New research by David Barker of the University of Iowa and Eric Miller of the Congressional Budget Office indicates that homeownership actually has little to no effect on how kids do in school. Their paper, "Homeownership and Child Welfare," which appears in the summer issue of Real Estate Economics, is drumming up interest in housing-policy circles for calling into question one of the basic rationales for encouraging people to own homes. It's yet another idea - like house prices always go up, and down payments aren't that important - being re-evaluated in the wake...
...also tweeted for Kmart. "I've had good friends and fellow bloggers say they have no use for Sponsored Tweets, and will un-follow me if I use it. They say I'm selling out, that it's Twitter blasphemy." If anything, Twitter is supposed to be real - at times, perhaps too real (no, I did not need to know the details of your stomach virus). That could be lost if it gets commercialized. "How do you preserve the authenticity of the conversation?" asks Pete Blackshaw, a brand strategist and social-media expert for Nielsen Online. "That's what everyone...
...them, will the message ring true - or reek of desperation? "Oh no," says Tom Aiello, spokesman for Sears Holdings Corp., Kmart's parent company. "A lot of brands have had successful campaigns go through the paid side." Still, brand strategists recommend that companies tread into the Twittersphere lightly. Real word of mouth is much more valuable. "I have urged clients to be very cautious about pay-to-say on Twitter," says Blackshaw. "Get the word out naturally. There's lots of love on the organic side; go for that first." (See more about Twitter...
...forgot this episode and were determined to test the robot on real rough terrain. After many weeks of jumping through hoops and pulling strings, we were given a rush appointment to test the robot on August 21, a week prior to both Lahiru’s and my departure from Sri Lanka. It was a memorable day for us because what we saw in the faces of the demining units and the commanders of the engineers’ brigade of the Sri Lankan army simply made all of those frustrations worth it. When the soldiers saw that Lahiru...
...question on investors' minds is whether the recovery is for real. While China's GDP growth was better than expected, at 7.1% year on year in the six months to June, part of that expansion was fueled by an astounding 201% increase in bank lending. The central bank started tightening in July, when new loans totaled just $52 billion - down sharply from $224 billion in June. The August number may come in at an even lower $36 billion...