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NEWS 
April 25, 2022 Multi-coloured plants are suddenly a home décor ‘must-have’. Here’s how to keep them alive
Fads and fashion have always influenced the plants we keep. And so it is with variegated plants, which have become very popular with indoor plant enthusiasts these days. Variegated plants possess multiple colours – typically on their leaves, but in some cases on stems, flowers and fruit. Their patterns include stripes, dots, edges and patches. […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
March 16, 2018 How to humanely keep wildlife out of the garden
Some types of catnip can deter backyard visitors like deer, but the neighbor’s cat is sure to want to hang out, too. As with many things, in the garden, you pick your battles. (Illustration: Bill Kersey) You’ve no doubt heard the saying “she wouldn’t harm a fly.” It’s a phrase that could easily be applied […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
December 22, 2017 Keep the garden going this winter with these tips
This is a great time to clean the tools before spring. Diana C. Kirby for American-Statesman Central Texas, with its yo-yolike erratic weather, rarely has a serious winter. I mean a Buffalo, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Denver, Colo., kind of winter – frozen solid and miserably cold. While northern gardeners are enjoying their hot chocolate by […]
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COMPUTERS 
May 9, 2017 Nanofridge could keep quantum computers cool enough to calculate
Even quantum computers need to keep their cool. Now, researchers have built a tiny nanoscale refrigerator to keep qubits cold enough to function. Classical computers require built-in fans and other ways to dissipate heat, and quantum computers are no different. Instead of working with bits of information that can be either 0 or 1, as […]
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NEWS 
January 20, 2017 The Lesson of The 4G Mobile Revolution? Keep an Eye Out for Change, Disruption and Regulation
“Do not let your business become the next Nokia mobile phone.” – – “The 4G Mobile Revolution: Creation, Innovation, and Transformation at EE” Joint ventures are unique, but the joint venture that created EE was special. This venture represented more than just the joining of two businesses looking for more market share. This joint venture […]
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COUPONS 
December 7, 2016 Join me for a Webinar: Keep Customers Loyal With Coupons and Using Social Media to Spread
The cost of acquiring new customers is “typically three to six times that of retaining existing ones,” says Lawrence Friedman in his book The Channel Advantage. According to Bain & Company, just a 5% increase in your customer retention rates will increase your average lifetime profits per customer. With those kinds of numbers, there are […]
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COUPONS 
December 7, 2016 How To Keep Customers Loyal With Coupons
In yesterday’s post about how small business owners can learn social media, I noted that webinars gave business owners a great way to learn from experts without forcing them to jet across country to do so. Coincidentally, Anita Campbell was part of a great webinar yesterday afternoon put on by the Verizon Small Business Center […]
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COMPUTERS 
November 27, 2016 Demonetisation and Seasonality to Keep Indian PC Market Sluggish, Says IDC
Hit by a double whammy of seasonality and government’s move to scrap old Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes, the Indian PC market is expected to be “sluggish” in the coming quarters, research firm IDC said today. PC shipment saw a 22.5 percent fall in the third quarter this year to 2.51 million units compared […]
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October 25, 2016 How To Keep Customers Loyal With Coupons
0In yesterday’s post about how small business owners can learn social media, I noted that webinars gave business owners a great way to learn from experts without forcing them to jet across country to do so. Coincidentally, Anita Campbell was part of a great webinar yesterday afternoon put on by the Verizon Small Business Center […]
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COUPONS 
October 18, 2016 Join me for a Webinar: Keep Customers Loyal With Coupons and Using Social Media to Spread
The cost of acquiring new customers is “typically three to six times that of retaining existing ones,” says Lawrence Friedman in his book The Channel Advantage. According to Bain & Company, just a 5% increase in your customer retention rates will increase your average lifetime profits per customer. With those kinds of numbers, there are […]
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COUPONS 
October 18, 2016 How To Keep Customers Loyal With Coupons
In yesterday’s post about how small business owners can learn social media, I noted that webinars gave business owners a great way to learn from experts without forcing them to jet across country to do so. Coincidentally, Anita Campbell was part of a great webinar yesterday afternoon put on by the Verizon Small Business Center […]
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CLOTHING 
October 5, 2016 New Plastic Clothing Material Could Keep People Cool: Study
New Plastic Clothing Material Could Keep People Cool: Study American researchers have created a low-cost textile made of a plastic base that could cool the body when woven into clothing. The engineers suggested in the US journal Science that the textile could become a way to keep people living in hot climates cool without using […]
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