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Malls and Retail Stores a No-Go for Depressed Shoppers
16 February 08 06:33 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Signs of depression: Loss of appetite Loss of interest in daily activities Loss of energy Hopelessness Self-loathing Recommendations for treatment: Don’t go shopping. Primed for Sadness, People Spend More A recent research experiment shows that people Read More...

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Amazon and SpiralFrog Looking to Cut Into iTunes' Market Share
05 October 07 02:03 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Spurred by the monolithic popularity of iTunes and the decline of CD sales, veteran online retailers like Amazon.com , start-ups like SpiralFrog and other companies are clamoring to get into the fray of digital music on demand. With so much competition, Read More...

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Universal Music Group Combats the “Apple Monster”
14 August 07 07:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To be hip is to be successful. And these days you see hip people, hip marketing and hip writing all climbing the success ladder with the ease with which Barry Bonds can smash a baseball out of the park. So it’s no wonder why hip Apple products like iPods, Read More...

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The iPhone vs. Duke University: iPhone 1, Duke 0
23 July 07 06:03 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Maybe the iPhones are jealous of the iPods. Maybe this is how Terminator 4 starts, in Durham, N.C., with a campus turf war between Apple handhelds. Duke University, the school that gave away iPods to its incoming freshman class of 2008 and that now sells Read More...

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Your Video iPod: It Plays Music, It Plays TV and Now It Preps You for Your SATs
06 July 07 11:35 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Thick books full of practice tests. Books with vocabulary lists. Books offering tips for word problems, reading comprehension and timed essays. Special tutors, rigorous training sessions, and now—the iPod. As high schoolers gear up for SAT season in the Read More...

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