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The article, “Sometimes, We Want Prices to Fool Us” by Stephanie Clifford and Catherine Rampell is about price lowering, coupons, and discounts concerning businesses. Most consumers prefer those retail stores that offer coupons and price discounts. In fact, some customers stop shopping in those places that do not lower their prices. It is unfortunate that consumers do not understand the drawbacks of constantly lowering the price of a commodity. Lowering or granting simpler prices has a negative effect on budgets, inventory, and profits of a business. Before complaining about the set prices, it is necessary for consumers first to understand the business world. When a business constantly grants...

Name Instructor’s Name Course Date How Engineering Students Use Texts to Communicate Normally students go to higher learning institutions to acquire knowledge through learning. This knowledge can be disseminated through various communication tools such as emails, textbooks, magazines, face-to-face teaching, texting and web browsing (Hassini, 2006). This paper will specifically focus on how engineering students use various forms of texts to communicate and acquire knowledge in their respective field. Engineering is a course that requires the regular writing of research papers, reports and project proposal. There are also presentations and assignments to submit. As a result of technological...