Men are more optimistic than women about the economic outlook, Massey finance researchers say. Using consumer confidence data from 18 countries, they have identified a difference in outlook between sexes.
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Dec 11, 2007
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Crude oil from the wrecked 146 000-ton tanker, Hebei Spirit, is seen polluting the sea off South Korea in this Envisat image.
Environment
Dec 11, 2007
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Five satellites launched last February to probe magnetic storms around the Earth will move into prime observing position next month, but they already have produced important new information on the interactions between the ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2007
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With findings highlighted on a recent cover of Developmental Cell, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have shed important new light on key trafficking mechanisms within epithelial cells. Epithelial ...
Dec 11, 2007
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The Boeing Co. announced the successful U.S. launch of the second of four Italian COSMO satellites.
Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2007
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A Palm Beach, Fla., circuit court judge has ruled in favor of homeowners who lost citrus trees when the state tried to halt the spread of canker disease.
Other
Dec 11, 2007
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A study suggested that U.S. skiers are less likely to head to the slopes if their backyards are snow-free, despite how much snow is reported at ski areas.
Other
Dec 11, 2007
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A Humane Society of the United States survey determined that people know more than they thought about chimpanzees, including the fact they are endangered.
Dec 11, 2007
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The 2007 melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet broke the 2005 summer melt record by 10 percent, making it the largest ever recorded there since satellite measurements began in 1979, according to a University of Colorado ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2007
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Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new model of global carbon and nitrogen cycling that will fundamentally transform the understanding of how plants and soils interact with a changing atmosphere and ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2007
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