News tagged with dollars
If insurance companies pay out too often, farmers will be threatened with ruin in the long term
Insurance can help farmers to survive dry periods. However, it can also result in the long term in overgrazing and therefore threaten their existence if insurance companies pay out in periods of moderate drought ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Major scientific programs could be slashed or eliminated under debt-reduction deal
The American Physical Society, the nation's leading organization of physicists, is deeply concerned that proposals to drastically reduce the nation's debt would do serious harm to major scientific projects.
Aug 05, 2011 |
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US joining the Wendelstein 7-X fusion project
The USA is investing over 7.5 million dollars in the construction of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald. In the three-year project, starting in 2011, ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Rockets, doughnuts could face ax in US budget cuts
Hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars have been wasted on everything from doughnuts to rockets, auditors told Congress Thursday as budget-minded lawmakers prepared to slash science funding.
Feb 10, 2011 |
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New stem cell lines approved for tax-paid research
(AP) -- Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells and the government says dozens more cell lines should be available soon, opening a new era for the potentially life-saving ...
Dec 02, 2009 |
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More 'McBang' for your 'McBuck'
McDonald's seems recession-proof, its profitability apparently untouched by the newest economic crisis to hit America. Though the average family may not be able to eat out in style, they can afford a Dollar Menu double cheeseburger ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Treasury Returns Affected by Liquidity and Information Risks, New Study Finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on a seminal study recognizing the effect of liquidity on U.S. Treasury securities, a new study by a University of Arkansas researcher documents a strong, positive relationship between expected return ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Semiconductor sales down 28.6 pct in January: SIA
Worldwide semiconductor sales declined 28.6 percent in January from a year ago as the global recession continued to take a big bite out of the computer chip industry, an industry tracker said Monday.
Mar 02, 2009 |
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