Top management teams at most businesses are charged with maximizing shareholder wealth, making any actions that impede this goal their sole responsibility.
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Clocks losing an hour in spring significantly affects how investors respond to companies that reveal unexpected levels of earnings, research shows.
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In the minds of some, the manifold ills of corporate capitalism have a single source: short-termism. Because investors increasingly ignore long-term value in favor of quarterly returns, corporate managers are thought to have ...
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Inequalities between men and women persist in many areas, with women still earning less than men on average. An even more striking difference is the "motherhood pay gap" that happens when women have children. Also known as ...
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The U.S. criminal justice system has expanded considerably since the 1970s. At the same time, male employment rates have dropped and racial earnings inequality has grown. Former inmates perform worse in the labor market than ...
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Researchers have been studying the performance of equity analysts working in brokerage houses for four decades. Most of these studies typically assume that the analysts work in silos.
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Amid the cost of living crisis in a world getting rapidly hotter, a new report published today reveals the staggering £113bn cash earnings of BP and Shell shareholders.
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Studies show that consumers believe people who work hard for their money have higher incomes, are more financially literate and are more comfortable taking on prudent financial risk.
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Edging a competitor out of the spotlight is one reason why companies tend to make announcements, such as earnings reports, earlier than they are legally required, according to a Penn State researcher. The push to report information ...
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A University of Queensland study has shown having a baby negatively affects a mother's employment earnings for up to 10 years.
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Income, refers to the consumption and savings opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time frame, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. However, for households and individuals, "income is the sum of all the wages, salaries, profits, interests payments, rents and other forms of earnings received... in a given period of time." For firms, income generally refers to net-profit: what remains of revenue after expenses have been subtracted. In the field of public economics, it may refer to the accumulation of both monetary and non-monetary consumption ability, the former being used as a proxy for total income.
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