http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of Notional Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal Information Systems. This guide offers an array of supply chain assurance methods to help federal agencies manage the risks associated with purchasing and implementing information and communications technologies (ICT) products and services. http://phys.org/news273318235.html Technology Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:44:05 EST news273318235 A highly debated topic in corporate finance is whether active risk management policies, such as hedging, affect firm value. New research from the University of Notre Dame and Stanford University shows that active risk management policies lead to an increase in firm value. http://phys.org/news259423798.html Other Sciences Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:10:13 EST news259423798 Earlier this month, heavyweight bank JP Morgan Chase announced it had lost at least $2 billion on a single trade — a figure that could grow as the firm struggles to unwind its position. The event has prompted a public airing of many questions: What went wrong, and why didn’t JP Morgan recognize the problem sooner? Should the bet be regarded as a risky proprietary trade, or a hedge designed to offset potential risks on other trades? And what will it take to prevent future blowups like this? MIT News spoke about the issue recently with Andrew Lo, the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Lo, an expert in financial markets, was recently named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine. http://phys.org/news257670245.html Other Sciences Thu, 31 May 2012 08:04:20 EST news257670245 Microcredit, which involves giving small loans to very small businesses in an effort to promote entrepreneurship, has been widely touted as a way to reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth. A multitude of both non- and for-profit institutions are spending billions of dollars each year on microcredit ventures in developing nations around the globe. http://phys.org/news226846362.html Other Sciences Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:00:01 EST news226846362 BP will resume deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in July, some 15 months after the British energy giant was thrown into crisis after a fatal oil spill in the region, a newspaper said Sunday. http://phys.org/news221068851.html Space & Earth Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:01:11 EST news221068851 Traditional techniques of risk management are unable to keep up with technological advancements, leaving some potentially dangerous innovations unregulated while over-regulating some that are relatively benign, according to a new book by the University of Sydney's Professor Alan Randall. http://phys.org/news218298903.html Other Sciences Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:35:12 EST news218298903 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of a special publication that can help organizations to more effectively integrate information security risk planning into their mission-critical functions and overall goals. http://phys.org/news218283374.html Technology Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:20:02 EST news218283374 Conflicting roles among military and civilian personnel is counterproductive to NATO's strategy for peace in Afghanistan, concludes PhD candidate Lillian Katarina Stene after six months in the country. http://phys.org/news212852337.html Other Sciences Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:50:02 EST news212852337 Nothing beats the feeling of starting up a new computer - be it a laptop, desktop or a major, custom-designed computing system. A new system is a blank slate with no worry of botnets, viruses or any other cybersecurity hazards. http://phys.org/news200135022.html Technology Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:03:54 EST news200135022 Asia's business intelligence software market excluding Japan should grow an annual 20.5 percent this year as economies rebound from last year's downturn, a report said Thursday. http://phys.org/news191757199.html Technology Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:30:06 EST news191757199 If you're looking for reliable information, then you won't necessarily find it in the newspaper. According to Dr. Susan Glover from the University of California in the US, public information from both informal and written sources, like newspapers, leads entrepreneurs astray. In a study just published online in Springer's journal Human Ecology, Dr. Glover took as an example how newspaper propaganda shaped the ore foraging strategies of the late nineteenth century Colorado silver prospectors. http://phys.org/news170504098.html Other Sciences Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:40:01 EST news170504098 The U.S. economy would be better served by letting failing firms file for bankruptcy rather than by bailing them out under presumptive federal policies that deem them to be "too big to fail," according to new research from Penn State's Smeal College of Business. http://phys.org/news159803303.html Other Sciences Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:49:20 EST news159803303 With the consequences of the current financial crisis spreading to the real economy, lawmakers are exploring new regulations to govern the financial markets. The concern among market participants is that policy-makers do not fully understand how risk management does and should work, and how derivatives can be beneficial. http://phys.org/news150558924.html Other Sciences Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:55:24 EST news150558924 A major reform of the way that NHS hospitals pay for legal liability insurance has led to improvements in patient safety, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. http://phys.org/news147272822.html Medicine & Health Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:07:01 EST news147272822