economy

Disposable Diaper Sales are Down: What is the Real Reason?

October 8, 2011




The Wall Street Journal printed an article last week about how sales of disposable diapers are decreasing and sales of diaper rash ointment are increasing. The volume of diapers sold in the U.S. slipped 1% in the four weeks ended Sept. 4 from a year earlier, extending a string of similar or steeper declines stretching [...]

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Blood, milk and profits

July 3, 2009




Image credit: sweetbeetandgreenbean in flickr Blood We all need it. Most of us make enough of it and don’t lose too much of it. But some people will need donated blood due to medical conditions, accidents or surgery. Breast Milk Babies need it. Most women make enough of it to satisfy their baby’s needs. But [...]

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Creative Play is an Academic Pursuit

April 6, 2009




When people are talking about creative play, they often seperate it from academics. Reading, writing and arithmetic (the basic academic skills), as well as more advanced sciences and humanities are seen as crucial things to learn in school, to get you into a good college, and to get you a high paying job. But what [...]

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Of SUVs and manufacturing…

July 20, 2008




Our children will inherit a different world from the one we grew up in. And today was a reminder of that. Over the past few decades, the North American economy has been shifting further towards a service-based economy. Manufacturing jobs are being moved overseas and as a result, factories in Canada and the United States [...]

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