Another interesting finding from the article is the rise of price comparison applications.

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"Another interesting finding was that the workers left the nest voluntarily and were not carried away by other workers, " he writes in the same issue of the journal.

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Another interesting finding from the survey can be found in some of the background questions in the survey, specifically one regarding the nature of real estate investments that these investors purchased in 2013.

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