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Online retailers have every reason to be concerned about negative reviews, as they severely reduce the appeal of a product. An extensive study by Marton Varga of Bocconi's Department of Marketing and Paulo Albuquerque (INSEAD), recently published in the Journal of Marketing Research investigates to what extent negative reviews can influence prospective buyers and finds that even a single bad impression can put people off a purchase.

The dark cloud hanging over Foxborough doesn't appear to be dissipating.

The Los Angeles City Council is so over the Hollywood strikes. Its members have voted unanimously to expedite entertainment projects in L.A. Council President Paul Krekorian and several of his colleagues introduced the motion last month, and it was approved on a 14-0 vote, with Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson absent. The council told various departments to […]

International Legal Forum is demanding Columbia University banish Israel-bashing groups Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voices for Peace once and for all for their antisemitic behavior.

On 21st October, 2023, after ascertaining the extent of damage to properties in the areas by the Akosombo Dam Spillage, Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State donated Ghc100,000 and promised to solicit support to help minimize the extent of damage the people are going through.

Ex-Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani faces up to $43 million in fines in a defamation trial that began Monday over statements he made about Georgia election workers after the 2020 presidential election.

Brian Beals was convicted in 1988, following the death of the child and the injuring of his mother in Chicago’s Englewood area

Streamer announces interactive game that will let you ‘compete with other players in games from the hit series’

Charlotte DUJARDIN (GBR) riding IMHOTEP during the FEI Dressage World Cup Grand Prix at The London International Horse Show.It was a British one, two, three in the London International Horse Show dressage grand prix results today (13 December). Charlotte Dujardin took first in the FEI World Cup qualifier, presented by Bret Willson Dressage International Ltd and supported by Horse & Hound, aboard Imhotep with a score of 81.76%. World champion Lottie Fry and Everdale […]

The veteran quarterback's fiercest critic might be in his own home.

In response to Uganda's criminalization of its LGBTQ populace, the U.S. has expanded visa restrictions to the country's officials.

Many fans of the Eurovision Song Contest have vowed to boycott next year's competition due to Israel being allowed to participate, with Iceland now threatening to pull out of the contest should they qualify

Check out a fresh view of the imagination-sparking formation that became known as the Face on Mars as some humans speculated it may have been sculpted by aliens.

Crystal Palace are keen on signing experienced players in January but are only keen on getting them on loan until the end of the season.

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has justified the organisation’s sole importation of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. Addressing the Senate Committee on Finance on Wednesday at the National Assembly Complex, Kyari said oil marketers could not cope with price oscillation in the downstream sector and

A fleet of trucks were staged outside the campus residence of Harvard president Claudine Gay, calling on her to resign.

A fleet of trucks were staged outside the campus residence of Harvard president Claudine Gay, calling on her to resign.

The Missouri Supreme Court has set an April execution date for Brian Dorsey, a central Missouri man convicted of killing his cousin and her husband in 2006. The execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. April 9 at the state prison in Bonne Terre. The date was set on Wednesday. It would be the first in 2024 in Missouri. Four of the 24 executions in the U.S. this year were in Missouri. Dorsey, formerly of Jefferson City, was convicted of killing his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Ben, on Dec. 23, 2006, at their home near New Bloomfield. Читать дальше...

The bankrupt behemoth still hopes to secure buyers for the 46 owned and 147 leased terminals remaining in its possession.

1. Why Wednesday night could offer Bay Area skywatchers a spectacle  SFGATE
2. Geminids meteor shower: How to view the event’s peak and what to know  The Washington Post
3. How to view the Geminid meteor shower in Minnesota  CBS Minnesota
4. The Geminid meteor shower peaks this week. Don't miss the best 'shooting stars' of 2023  Space.com

On Wednesday, the Austin Fire Department hosted its 19th annual Senior Holiday Lunch.

Practicing yoga nidra -- a kind of mindfulness training -- might improve sleep, cognition, learning, and memory, even in novices, according to a pilot study. After a two-week intervention with a cohort of novice practitioners, the researchers found that the percentage of delta-waves in deep sleep increased and that all tested cognitive abilities improved.

Justin Herbert had started 62 consecutive regular-season games plus one playoff game until suffering a season-ending right index finger injury Sunday