Teens go mobile boosting wireless firms seek youth cash
Devin Walker a 16 year old Duke Ellington student embodies a surge in teen cell phone use. Teens ages 11 to 17 now account for about a third of users and spending is shifting from clothes to phones. Market researchers project teens 11 to 24 to generate 21 billion dollars in wireless revenue this year. Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile target youths with prepaid plans, expanding services in multiple markets as carriers court young customers.
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Devin Walker
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Devin
Yankee Group
NPD Group Inc
Port Washington, N.Y
Cohen
Barbara Martino
G Whiz
Grey Global Group Inc
Irvine
Calif
Boost Mobile LLC
Boost
Reston
Nextel Communications Inc
Virgin Mobile USA LLC
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd
United States
Sprint
Spring sales surge across local shops amid mild weather
Businessilk blooms as lawns and outdoor gear draw crowds from March to June. Worcester's Sales and Service in North Ridgeville reports peak lawn mower servicing while Sciarrillo's Ice Cream Emporium in Elyria enjoys steady crowds opening in April. Ilene's Dog n Suds in Route 254 stays busy with car hops ending in August and raincoats sell at the Backpacker's Shop in Sheffield Village. Capell's Hearth shifts from mowers to outdoor leisure gear in its first year without lawn equipment.
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Worcester
North Ridgeville
Sciarrillo
Elyria
Ron Sciarrillo
Sciarrillo’s
Hawaii
Ilene
Ilene Hampton
Hampton
Sheffield Village
Mark Kallerud
Kallerud
Capell
Hearth and Leisure
Carol
Home Depot
Satellite radio edges forward with rising subscribers
Satellite radio firms Sirius and XM grow their base amid shifting listener habits. XM reports 1.68 million subscribers with 320,000 added in Q1 and aims for 2.8 million by year end, while Sirius reaches 351,000 in Q1 up from 261,000, expanding nationwide availability excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
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Sirius
Alaska
Hawaii
Community colleges hailed as retraining engine amid global shift
Richard Messier, laid off from structural steel work, trains at Holyoke Community College for better prospects as 12 million Americans attend part time at one of 1,200 colleges. The system faces budget cuts, bureaucratic hurdles, and debates over mission.
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Mass
Richard Messier
Messier
America
Bush
Holyoke Community College
Massachusetts
Community College
California
Community College System
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