Critics also bemoan a lack of adequate research to gauge the impact of some new developments on the local environment and economies.

CNN: Africa's 'new cities': Urban future or utopian fantasies?

On the other hand, some customers use retail websites for research before buying at a local store.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: The Internet Sales Tax Rush

Today, in contrast, the privately-funded, non-profit observatory has 22 full-time research astronomers, but does most of its local observing on four telescopes on Anderson mesa, a few miles east of town.

FORBES: Move up http://i.forbesimg.com t Move down