News tagged with credit markets

Channeling corporate cash and asset reserves into job creation

U.S. commercial banks and large nonfinancial corporations have been carrying huge cash hoards and other liquid assets, totaling $1.4 trillion. At the same time, small businesses have been locked out of credit markets, preventing ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 15

Do consumers purchase interesting products with credit and boring products with cash?

People who pay cash focus on different aspects of products than people who use credit cards, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lost in translation: Credit card bill notes curb cardholders' monthly payments

Credit card customers are likely to pay less toward their credit card debt because their monthly bills display information about the minimum required payment amount, American and British researchers report in the Journal of ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Family businesses: 'Success and Familiness Go Hand in Hand' according to new research

Against the backdrop of the toughest economic times in living memory, family businesses seem to be not only surviving, but thriving, according to research conducted by law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards and the University of ...

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created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Sony, Epsilon execs to testify

(AP) -- Executives from Sony and online marketing firm Epsilon will go before lawmakers on Thursday to try to explain recent data breaches at their companies that have exposed email addresses, credit card numbers and other ...

Technology / Business

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People who overuse credit believe products have unrealistic properties

A University of Missouri researcher says people who overuse credit have very different beliefs about products than people who spend within their means. Following a new study, Marsha Richins, Myron Watkins Distinguished Professor ...

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created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researcher says Chinese credit market remains underdeveloped

The Chinese government has made several reforms to its economic policies in recent years. Despite these reforms, a new study shows that Chinese households are not utilizing their credit market to its fullest extent. Rui Yao, ...

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created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Biology, training and profit sharing make best traders

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge researchers have identified a group of traders consistently able to outperform the market, even during the credit crisis.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Artificial Intelligence to tackle rogue traders

As the Credit Crunch continues to affect the worldwide markets the need for efficient methods to combat financial fraud has become more important than ever. Now researchers at the University of Sunderland are working on ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Economist says renewed financial crisis looms unless government acts

(PhysOrg.com) -- Another crippling financial crisis looms unless the U.S. government thaws credit markets that are starting to freeze up amid a lingering and deepening recession, a University of Illinois economist ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3