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A plan for better banking: Researchers propose model of systemwide diversification

As much of the developed world continues to dig out from the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, a team of researchers at Harvard and in London has created a model of bank failure aimed at helping economies ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Banking on outlier detection: Simple computer model could act as early warning system for failing banks

Recent bank failures point to the continuing need for vigilance by regulators and investors. Now, a report in the International Journal of Operational Research, discusses the possibility of an early-warning system that s ...

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NJIT business prof says first-quarter bank profits will soon prove ephemeral

NJIT finance professor Michael Ehrlich predicts that the strong profits reported by banks in the first quarter will soon be followed by more losses. Ehrlich, a market failure expert, notes that the unexpectedly ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Flawed deposit insurance programs need reform, banking expert says

Government insurance programs that safeguard bank deposits should be reformed to ease taxpayers' undue stake in propping up the nation's banking system, according to research by a University of Illinois finance professor.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Sci-fi no longer, NREL engineers smart homes

Thanks to TV shows such as The Jetsons and Star Trek, many Americans grew up dreaming that homes of the future would be equipped with fantastic high-tech features. From automatic food dispensers to sliding do ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China rejects US ruling in solar dumping case

(AP) -- China's government on Friday rejected a U.S. antidumping ruling against its makers of solar power equipment and Chinese manufacturers warned proposed punitive tariffs might hurt efforts to promote clean energy.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Facebook falls flat in public debut (Update 3)

(AP) -- In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding ...

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Sony reports record annual loss

(AP) -- Sony Corp. racked up a record annual loss of 457 billion yen ($5.7 billion) in its fourth straight year of red ink as the once-glorious maker of the Walkman and PlayStation struggles toward a turnaround ...

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created May 10, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Space weather expert has ominous forecast

A stream of highly charged particles from the sun is headed straight toward Earth, threatening to plunge cities around the world into darkness and bring the global economy screeching to a halt.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 7

Middle class woe

the American middle class has been battered by the loss of well-paying jobs for the 70 percent of the workforce without a college degree and failed by would-be protectors in government and private institutions, said panelists ...

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created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 13

3Qs: How hacking will affect credit-card holders

Last Friday, a major Atlanta-based payment card processor, Global Payments, announced a server security breach that could affect more than 1 million accounts. We asked William Robertson, a cybersecurity e ...

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created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A policy of mass destruction

A new analysis showing how the radical policies advocated by western economists helped to bankrupt Russia and other former Soviet countries after the Cold War has been released by researchers.

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created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 40

Big sagebrush may need to count on its soil seed bank for survival

Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) is a key foundational species in an ecosystem that is threatened by invasion of cheatgrass and the subsequent increase in fire frequency. Critical to the conservation, reesta ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Elpida to be delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange

Japan's Elpida Memory, one of the world's top microchip makers, is set to be delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday in the biggest corporate failure in Japanese manufacturing history.

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created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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