Stephen Hong

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Super Advertising: $3.5 Million for 30 Seconds

The National Football League’s annual championship game is consistently the most watched American broadcast on television.  The 2011 Super Bowl had an average audience of 111 million viewers, which surpassed the record-setting 106.5 million viewers drawn by the 2010 game.  It would not be at all surprising if this year’s game surpasses the 111 million …

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“9/10”: The Most Common (Yet Inconsequential) Fraction

I remember when gasoline prices eclipsed the $1.00 mark in the 1980s.  This inevitable event had a deep psychological impact on my parents, who bemoaned the constantly rising cost of gas (and other necessities) and determined our family had to tighten our belts to make ends meet. The remnants of America’s pre-$1.00 per gallon days …

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The Big Business of Mail-In Rebates

Many of you are in the midst of (and the most diligent of you have already completed!) your holiday shopping, so you have likely encountered one or more “mail-in rebate” offers which caught your discriminating eye.  If not, you are in the minority, as one source estimates over $8 billion of rebates were issued to …

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