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Economics & Business Apr 22, 2024

Study: If you give companies R&D credits, they are more likely to acquire startups

Firms that receive research and development (R&D) credits are much more likely to acquire venture capital (VC) backed startups, alongside investing in their own R&D efforts, according to new research by ESMT Berlin.

Economics & Business Dec 19, 2023

How government payments to the vulnerable can multiply to create economic growth for everyone

The economic fallout of COVID-19 left people around the world facing a significant threat to their livelihood. As governments scrambled to mitigate the pandemic's impact on their populations, many decided to use direct payments ...

Economics & Business Dec 15, 2023

'This is so crazy.' Tax spike pushes researchers to the brink of bankruptcy

Going into 2022, Zehra Parlak received a warning from her accountant: A looming change to the federal tax code threatened to torpedo the future of Qatch Technologies, the biomedical company she had founded six years earlier ...

Economics & Business Apr 13, 2023

Americans spend more time and money filing their taxes than residents of other countries

Tax Day falls on April 18 in 2023. But if you're one of the 20%-25% of Americans who wait until the last minute to file, don't panic—you still have time.

Economics & Business Feb 9, 2023

Why energy companies are making so much profit despite UK windfall taxes

Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year caused oil and gas prices to surge, triggering a cost of living crisis in many countries, including the UK.

Economics & Business Sep 20, 2022

New type of investment could narrow funding gap for climate adaptation projects

Creating a new type of investment could be the key to protecting infrastructure projects from the impact of climate change according to a new report.

Environment Sep 8, 2022

Rising seas fueled by climate change to swamp $34B in US real estate in just 30 years, analysis finds

Higher high tides, supercharged by rising sea levels, could flood all or parts of an estimated $34 billion worth of real estate along the nation's coasts within just 30 years, a new report concludes.

Economics & Business Jul 11, 2022

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act did little to affect executive pay, counter to what Congress intended

Through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress attempted to curb CEO pay by repealing a long-standing exemption that allowed companies to deduct large amounts of qualified performance-based pay. New research finds the ...

Social Sciences Jan 4, 2022

The cost of inaction for youth 'aging out' of Ontario foster care is estimated at $2 billion

Last spring, the Ontario government committed to redesigning the child welfare system to better prepare youth leaving state guardianship. As we head towards a provincial election in June 2022, few details of the proposed ...

Economics & Business Nov 2, 2021

Motorways shape the sociology of cities

The development of transport infrastructure is a central issue for states, which spend billions to connect cities. But what is their real effect on the municipalities concerned? Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) ...

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