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Perhaps not surprising, some college students are starting to get nervous. The health center at the University of Texas at Austin has been experiencing such a high volume of calls that an automated message now directs students to the center's website. If you are calling for general swine flu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spring-Break Legacy: Swine Flu Hits Colleges | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

If you surf, you’ve got Hollister. If you play polo you’ve got, well, Polo. And now, thanks to one enterprising Harvard Law School student, those who play lacrosse have Status Flow. When co-founder Kevin A. Valsi, a second-year student at HLS, launched...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bros Who Can Sew | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

It's not surprising that Wal-Mart offer lower prices than Toys "R" Us on consumables, one of the retail giant's core competencies. What should be more disconcerting for Toys "R" Us is that Wal-Mart often beats the toy company at its own game. For example, a collectable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Toys "R" Us Sell Toilet Paper? | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

After less than two years - albeit two very splashy, highly commented upon years - Portfolio magazine is closing. Since its revenues for the first quarter of this year were almost 61% lower than they were for the same period last year, the news is not that surprising. But it's still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portfolio's Flameout, or How to Burn Money Fast | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

Perhaps most surprising to the Pew researchers was that of the 7% of Americans who were raised unaffiliated, only half remained unaffiliated as adults. "Only Jehovah's Witness has a lower retention rate," says Pew analyst Gregory Smith. Unlike the disillusioned Catholics and Protestants who fled organized religion, these new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Church-Shopping: Why Americans Change Faiths | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

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