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Apple's Dilemma in China
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Jobs had marketed the original iPhone to a generation of teens, eager to buy Apple products to express their own identities, but halfway across the globe in Asia, a billion potential consumers sought it as a symbol of wealth and prestige. Those markets …

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Summer of 2013: A very good year
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“Premier Alaskan Tours is adding another tour, People-to-People tour, which is going to invite affluent teens to experience Alaska's rough outdoors, and I think it will be beneficial to summer 2014,” said Warburton. People are not worried about sliding …

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340B drug discount program: Stop the abuse
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For many hospitals, these eligibility standards are easily reached, and some are benefiting from the program's deep drug discounts while still serving a relatively affluent clientele. Moreover, participating caregivers are not actually required to pass …

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Consumers Buying More Specialty Food, Survey Says
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Close to 75 percent of U.S. consumers report making specialty food purchases this year, a major increase since the economic downturn of 2009 when only 46 percent reported that they bought these high-quality products. Consumers surveyed say they spend …

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Lego looks to expand in China, the land of Lego knock-offs
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The company's famed ability to help kids express their creativity could strike a chord with newly-affluent parents seeking every possible advantage for their kids. … Lego, which has expanded into a huge range of branded products in recent years, may …

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This week's other huge (but little-noticed) fight: Wall Street's newest scheme
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According to the Congressional Budget Office, tax expenditures associated with the exclusion of pension contributions and earnings total 1.1 percent of the nation's gross domestic product, well over $100 billion annually. Unfortunately, this system …

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Urgent incentives needed for forests in Scotland
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Scotland contributes 65 per cent of total UK wood production, yet it is still a net importer of timber and timber products. Although Scotland is more heavily forested than the rest of the UK, the total … After the Second World War, afforestation …

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Mercator Report: Premium Credit Cards: Products Converge in a Consolidating …
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Mercator Advisory Group's newest report, Premium Credit Cards: Products Converge in a Consolidating market, updates key statistics on affluent and high-net-worth consumers. It analyzes statistics that are fundamental to card product development in the …

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Counterfeit! Why Fake Britain is on the rise
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Despite the normalisation of knock-offs, the less affluent still buy more fakes overall. While 90% of us think buying fakes is wrong, a large number of people say the fact that they do it anyway is because they … In China, for example, there has been …

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