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UT professors find mixing business with politics pays off

Now that the 2010 election is over, here is something to consider for the 2012 race: If you want to fatten your company's profits, contribute to a political campaign.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cryptographic voting debuts

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, in Takoma Park, Md., a new cryptographic voting system that could ensure accurate vote counts was used for the first time in a real election. MIT’s Ron Rivest, the Viterbi Professor ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5




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Stanford scholars examine big money's influence on elections

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United resulted in an unprecedented wave of independent – and strikingly negative – political advertising.

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Social media and the Internet allowed young Arab women to play a central role in the Arab Spring

Over the course of 2011's momentous Arab Spring uprisings, young women in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen used social media and cyberactivism to carve out central roles in the revolutionary struggles under way in ...

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

LIVE: Facebook goes public

(AP) -- It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut ...

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Poland seeks competitive edge through new technology

Poland, which is expected to post the European Union's highest growth this year, is hoping to further boost its competitive edge by investing in new technology, the country's e-government czar said Wednesday.

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created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Yahoo soap opera features new cast of leaders

(AP) -- Yahoo's dysfunctional turnaround efforts have morphed into a Silicon Valley soap opera, one that has taken another strange twist with the Internet company's ousting of CEO Scott Thompson just four ...

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created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Source: Yahoo CEO says he didn't mislead company

(AP) -- Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is assuring his colleagues that he didn't supply the incorrect information that led the troubled Internet company to list a bogus college degree in his official biography, according to a ...

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created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Yahoo confirms misleading info on new CEO's resume

(AP) -- A disgruntled Yahoo shareholder questioned the qualifications and integrity of recently hired CEO Scott Thompson after exposing a misrepresentation about the executive's education.

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created May 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Corporate political donations do not boost stock performance, KU professor says

(Phys.org) -- When trying to find a good stock pick, you might want to stay away from companies that make large political contributions, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Kansas and the University ...

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created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How WWII codes on Twitter thwarted French vote law

Twitter users turned Sunday's French presidential election into a battle between a green Hungarian wine and a red Dutch cheese in a bid to get round tough laws banning result predictions.

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created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

India's Infosys shares fall on US probe worries

Shares in Infosys, India's second-largest outsourcing firm, fell four percent in Mumbai on Monday after the firm revealed that US authorities were probing alleged irregularities in its business visas.

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created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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