Hearst unveils bill pay, subscription service
US publishing giant Hearst unveiled a Web-based service on Monday that lets users pay their household bills and manage their magazine subscriptions online.
View ArticleCross-arms could speed up connection of new electricity supplies
(Phys.org)—A revolutionary device developed by engineers at The University of Manchester and EPL Composite Solutions Ltd. could dramatically increase the capacity of the UK's electricity network,...
View ArticleGender equality's final frontier: Who cleans up
(Phys.org)—Working-class couples who buck convention and live together rather than marry take on traditional roles when it comes to housework, according to a new study by a Cornell sociologist.
View ArticleYouth face snakes and ladders on the path to full-time employment
Getting a job is a major concern for young Australians. Last year's National Survey of Young Australians showed a large rise in the proportion of young people valuing getting a job, from 16% in 2010 to...
View ArticleWhat's in health care proposals for 5 Americans
(AP) -- As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me?
View ArticleIt's another cold night for poor
Households on low incomes will feel the cold pinch of winter more than most as rising energy bills and promised cuts to welfare benefits threaten to push them beyond the brink of their financial...
View ArticleReport reveals economic, social costs of hunger in America
The Great Recession and the currently tepid economic recovery swelled the ranks of American households confronting hunger and food insecurity by 30 percent. In 2010 48.8 million Americans lived in food...
View ArticleSaving on energy bills: Meeting families in the middle
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study released today by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) identifies steps that energy efficiency program managers can take to deliver significant...
View ArticleCompany makes power bills more understandable, suggests how to save energy
It's often said that knowledge is power. Knowledge about power is what drives Opower, a 5-year-old online customer engagement platform.
View Article'Energy poverty' a growing problem
(Phys.org) -- Low-income households in Australia are increasingly at risk of "energy poverty", a situation in which a household must spend more than 10 percent of its disposable income on energy bills,...
View ArticlePotential debt problems more common among the educated, study suggests
(Phys.org)—Before the financial crash of 2008, it was highly educated Americans who were most likely to pile on unmanageable levels of debt, a new study suggests.
View ArticlePoll: Germans accept nuke exit despite rising bill
A new poll finds that a large majority of Germans back the government's decision to phase out nuclear power and switch to renewable energies within a decade, despite rising electricity bills.
View ArticleResearchers investigate whether disabled people can afford to keep their...
Researchers at the University of York are looking at the combined effect of changes to welfare benefits and rising energy prices on people with disabilities.
View ArticlePrepayment electricity metering leaves NZ children in the cold
A study by the University of Otago, Wellington just published in the New Zealand Medical Journal finds that households with children that use prepayment meters to pay for electricity experience greater...
View ArticleSquashed loft insulation 50 percent less effective
Research from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has shown that by squashing down loft insulation, for example under storage boxes, homeowners almost halve its performance.
View ArticleBritain's psychological inertia contributes to 'financial hardship'
Psychologists from the University of Sheffield will explore the truth behind behaviour costing the UK £7.6 billion, at the new Institute of Inertia launched today (Wednesday 23 September 2015).
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