• Relying on our intuitions alone for self-knowledge is dangerous, because thanks to the nature of the adaptive unconscious, they are often no more accurate than a shot in the dark.

    FORBES: Q: Who Knows You Best? A: It's Not You

  • No longer do gamers have to settle for sub-par performance because of a limited budget thanks to the Marauder's ground-breaking price.

    ENGADGET: Digital Storm launches Marauder series of desktop PCs for gamers on a budget

  • The task of complying with the tax code is now easier (thanks to computers) but also more difficult, because of the code's seemingly organic annual growth in length and obscurity.

    ECONOMIST: The costs of complying with America's tax rules

  • These are banks that have holes in their balance sheets, because, thanks to the restructuring of Greek sovereign debt, they can't now expect to get back all of the money that they lent to the government.

    BBC: Greek banks, the euro and the ECB

  • Only two countries are above the western European average: Slovenia, thanks to its wealth, and Turkey, because of its booming birthrate.

    ECONOMIST: The brainpower famine begins to bite

  • After five years of financial crisis, the European record is in: Northern Europe is sound, thanks to austerity, while southern Europe is hurting because of half- hearted austerity or, worse, fiscal stimulus.

    FORBES: If Austerity Is So Awesome Why Hasn't Poland Tried It? (Updated)

  • The industry has boomed in recent years, thanks to a stunning expansion of drilling in previously untapped areas because of the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which injects sand, water and chemicals to break apart rock and free the gas inside.

    NPR: EPA Methane Report Further Divides Fracking Camps

  • Nye won his seat, which represents all of Virginia Beach and the Eastern Shore as well as parts of Norfolk and Hampton, in 2008 by 13, 000 votes, thanks in part to a surge of African-American votes because Obama was on the ballot.

    CNN: The Sweep: How did Obama lose his mojo?

  • Striped bass are a big marine fish concern of the DEC not only because they are a prized game fish for recreational anglers, but also because they are full of PCBs, thanks to the General Electric plants upstream on the Hudson that pumped the contaminants into the water for 30 years until 1976.

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  • That is mostly because of domestic demand, but also partly thanks to its ability to devalue the zloty.

    ECONOMIST: The euro crisis is a threat to non-members too

  • Of course, I also have to say thanks because John invited a young Illinois state senator to address the Democratic Convention in Boston.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Nominates John Kerry for Secretary of State | The White House

  • That is partly thanks to high international prices for the grains of the Pampas, partly because of the short shrift Mr Kirchner offered to Argentina's creditors, and partly because the government has pumped money into the economy.

    ECONOMIST: The Americas

  • This year, as has been true for many years now, all across this nation, in cities and towns thousands of miles away from here, families are saying a word of thanks to a Senator they never knew or met because a Pell Grant helped open the door to college.

    WHITEHOUSE: Salve Regina University

  • Thanks to the "network effects" of these sites -- you join because your friends are already there -- it'll becoming increasingly hard to compete with the new king, or perhaps queen, of social bookmarking.

    CNN: Why Pinterest is 2012's hottest website

  • Instead, you may have gotten annoyed and stressed because you found yourself waking up at all hours of the night thanks to that little pinging sound.

    FORBES: Three Reasons You Need More Sleep

  • These firms have in effect been paying negative interest on their loans, says Mr Mikuni, because they have had to repay only part of their debt, thanks to waivers from the banks.

    ECONOMIST: Japan's financial institutions

  • It is built on small companies that want to test and refine things, in small dollar increments, with a greater degree of control than ever before possible (thanks to Google, frankly, because they invented or at least perfected the micro-buy known as pay-per-click).

    FORBES: Facebook IPO Flop Or Not: Did You Close Your Facebook Account?

  • That's because these investors often have large amounts of tax-free income, thanks to municipal bonds or Roth individual retirement accounts.

    WSJ: The New Capital-Gains Maze

  • This is important because, thanks to the 2010 Dodd-Frank law, it is now the job of the Treasury secretary to spot financial icebergs.

    WSJ: Review & Outlook: Treasury Gets a Citibanker

  • And it is also because high energy prices, while hurting consumers, boost government revenues thanks to the remnants of North Sea oil and gas production.

    ECONOMIST: Britain's economy

  • Britain's relationship with the EU is changing not because of any decision taken in Westminster or by the British people but thanks to "events, dear boy, events".

    BBC: Global economy: Britain out of Europe

  • It occurred because billions of souls have been able to pull themselves out of poverty thanks to global free trade, property rights, the rule of law and entrepreneurship.

    WSJ: Arthur Brooks: Republicans and Their Faulty Moral Arithmetic

  • That is because mortgage interest costs have been at historically low and stable levels, thanks to the Bank of England pushing its bank rate down to 0.5% in early 2009.

    BBC: New inflation measure proposed

  • For many deep pocketed skiers the difference between stock and custom is equivalent to one or two post skiing massages sprung for because the stock boots left them sore or the day of skiing paid for but missed thanks to burnt out legs.

    FORBES: Why You Need Custom Ski Boots - Now

  • Similarly, Max Hastings says in the Daily Mail that future success of the economy will be thanks to her and if the economy continues to stagnate it's because she is being ignored.

    BBC: Commentators react to Thatcher's legacy

  • Thanks to the diligent and widespread use by many companies of hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks, and because the earnings of many firms are reported on individual, rather than corporate returns, the U.S. raises very little tax revenue from corporations.

    FORBES: Obama's Pandering To The Business Lobby And The Truth About Taxes

  • Known as "ancient grains, " thanks to the advanced age of the species (a cool 5, 000 years old in some cases) and because they've managed to evade the industrial grooming of modern crops like wheat and corn, these old-school strains have retained their unique personalities.

    WSJ: Get Your Freekeh On | Consider This

  • He said StarTek was used by many games makers because now so many titles had a shelf life longer than ever thanks to multi-player gaming and the appearance of tools that let fans create their own levels.

    BBC: Gamers play for a living

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