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The High Price of College Text Books
If you are a full time college student this year, you are probably paying about $1,000 on college text books. According to reports, between 1986 and 2004 textbooks prices have increased an average of six percent per year –well above the rate of inflation.Why are text book prices so high?
NEW EDITIONSUsed books from last year [...]
December 12, 2006
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College Students; Biggest Back-To-School Spenders
College students (especially college freshman) are the largest back-to-school spenders. According the National Retail Federation, they are expected to dump 36 billion dollars into the economy this fall.RETAILERS LOVE COLLEGE STUDENTSCollege students are expected to spend 10 billion for electronic equipment. (Up 27 percent from last year)The list of "neccesitiies" include… Laptops, cell phones, digital [...]
December 12, 2006
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