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Dear Alexa, My friends and I went to the movies last weekend, and at the end of the night I realized I paid more for my popcorn, soda and candy, than I did for my actual movie ticket! Why are movie concessions stands so expensive? Please Explain! Kate Well Kate,... [read more]
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Facebook’s active user base grew by only 1.7 percent in May. That’s about half its usual growth rate, and it came after similarly slow growth in April. According to Inside Facebook, a blog and research firm that tracks the site’s traffic, most of the site’s growth is now coming in developing countries.