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Adolescents and teens with divorced parents could be prime candidates for the "affliction" known as compulsive buying.
Generation Y has compulsive buying genes
WACO, Texas, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A new Baylor University School of Business survey indicates at least 10 percent of Generation Y members are compulsive buyers. Associate Professor Jim Roberts and W.A. Mays, professor of entrepreneurship, said that after researching the "affliction" known
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“ The credit card is the tool of power and is the strongest predictor of compulsive buying. ”
Generation Y has compulsive buying genes
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“ There are literally billions of people in the world who burn biomass for cooking and heating, ”
Chemical from smoke could be health hazard
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“ We found isocyanic acid in a number of places, from air in downtown Los Angeles and air downwind of a Colorado wildfire, to cigarette smoke, ”
Chemical from smoke could be health hazard
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