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May 22, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and aging populations
May 22, 2025
Do the Rich or Poor Sleep More?

Observing the hours that working men sleep and engage in leisure activities, we can ask if per capita GDP matters.

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May 20, 2025
popular baby names
May 20, 2025
What Your Baby’s Name Says About You

With the Social Security Administration having just published its most popular baby names list, we can ask what a name signals.

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May 19, 2025
homebuyers
May 19, 2025
A Homebuyer Mystery

Looking at homebuyers, we have a mystery because the people that should be buying the most houses are not.

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May 4, 2025
speedy delivery
May 4, 2025
How Speedy Deliveries Became Faster

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May 1, 2025
Coffee Shop Neurology
May 1, 2025
Why Starbucks Is Working on Wait Times

Knowing the psychology of the queue, Starbucks's new CEO selected shorter wait times as part of his turnaround initiative.

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April 15, 2025
color of the year
April 15, 2025
The Colors That Influence Us

An example of the economic need for standardization, Pantone's color of the year gives our color palette a common denominator.

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March 21, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and world's happiest countries
March 21, 2025
Why the Happiest Countries Might Not Be So Happy

With the newest report on the world's happiest countries, we can decide if we agree with the reasons that lift countries to the top.

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March 19, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and too hot fast food
March 19, 2025
Why a McNugget Is Like Coffee and Tea

For their fast food beverages, McDonald's and Starbucks have had problems with coffee and tea temperatures.

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March 17, 2025
coffee prices
March 17, 2025
A Dark Side of Coffee

With the rising price of coffee beans, like egg heists and egg smuggling, coffee thefts in the U.S. and Brazil are up.

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March 14, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Texas lottery winners
March 14, 2025
How to Win a Lottery

Almost impossible, winning the lottery became easier in Texas when an out-of-state group used a courier service app.

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March 13, 2025
economic news roundup and new stadium for Manchester United
March 13, 2025
A New Stadium For Manchester United

Like most mega projects, the Manchester United proposal for a new £2 billion, 100,000 seat stadium sounds irresistible.

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February 27, 2025
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February 27, 2025
When We Do (and Don’t) Spend Our Gift Cards

Much more than a gift, unused gift cards have demand and supply significance that provide insight about consumers and producers.

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