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Food Stamp Usage Is Declining
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 1:54pm | 451Read More...Food stamp benefits fell 3.1 percent in December. The decline has been attributed to the approximated 230 basis point drop in participation and roughly 80 basis point decline in benefits/person. According to Macquarie Research, this is the "ninth consecutive monthly decline since the November 2013...
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What Makes This Online Dating Company Spark Up Investor Romance?
Sunday, March 6, 2016 - 4:47pm | 1457Read More...With 15 percent of U.S. adults saying they’ve used online dating sites or mobile dating apps, according to Pew Research Center, the space is clearly growing. SNAP Interactive (OTC: STVI) notes that it is profitable and cash flow positive. Furthermore, according to CEO Alex Harrington, the...
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Stifel Introduces 'LaBarometer,' A Monthly Metric Tracking Low-Income Consumers
Monday, November 3, 2014 - 12:24pm | 240Read More...Taylor LaBarr of Stifel introduced on Monday a new tracking metric called “LaBarometer” that attempts to quantity the “changing financial pressures on low-income consumers.” The results from the monthly metric could provide investors with potential impacts on sales at...
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Food Stamp Cuts Affect Retailers and Consumers
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 10:52am | 573Read More...With the expiration Friday of $16 billion in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits first enacted in 2009, approximately 48 million Americans will see cuts in their food stamp benefits. The cuts, which average $36 a month for a family of four, will not just affect those...
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Postal Service, Food Stamps, and Fannie Mae: The End of The Common Family?
Monday, August 8, 2011 - 8:48am | 833Read More...With a constitutional business potentially in default, food stamps on the rise, and a government controlled mortgage company posting losses, could the image of the common family be in jeopardy? Rather an end to the common family, here is why the common family is only redistributing itself....
