News tagged with investments
A woman's touch: Physical contact increases financial risk taking
A woman's touch is all it takes for people to throw caution to the wind. That's the conclusion of a new study published online in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. If a female ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 11, 2010 |
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Study: Colleges suffer when endowment values wane
University investment decisions can deepen job losses and other financial cuts when market collapses carve into budget-supporting endowment funds, a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 26, 2010 |
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New bank tries to steer deals in technology, media
(AP) -- Code Advisors bills itself as a "next-generation" investment bank, but what it really wants to be is the deftest traffic cop at the raucous intersection of technology and media.
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Russia told to innovate or be left behind
(AP) -- Russia is 30 to 40 years behind developed economies in the technology sector and will lag further unless it innovates, Anatoly Chubais, the architect of the 1990s privatizations, warned Wednesday.
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Research shows profit, not politics, drives sovereign wealth fund
Investment funds owned by national governments -- known as "sovereign wealth funds" - now wield trillions of dollars in investment power globally, raising concerns that the funds could be used for political purposes and leading ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Study: Older investors are prone to mental misfires while playing the market (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain scans highlight differences between old and young minds focused on investment choices.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 29, 2010 |
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Venture capital investments decline in 4th qtr
(AP) -- Venture capitalists invested less money in U.S. startups in the fourth quarter and showed signs of spreading out those fewer dollars among more companies, reflecting continued caution amid uncertainty about the economy.
Jan 22, 2010 |
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The recession hits science
The lagging economy is hurting Massachusetts' vaunted life-sciences industry, and might especially hinder the development of new drugs, according to a report released today by MIT researchers.
Jan 08, 2010 |
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2010 should be a good year for clean tech
When a Redwood City company called Codexis disclosed Monday that it had filed documents in preparation of a Wall Street offering, some people said, "Co-who?"
Jan 08, 2010 |
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Financial instruments could be spiked with unfindable risks
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a result that may have implications for financial regulation, researchers from computer science and economics have revealed potentially impenetrable problems with the pricing of financial ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Banks and bailouts: Playing politics?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Banks with strong political connections were more likely to receive bailout money from the government—and more of it—in the past year than those with weaker ties, say University of Michigan researchers.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2009 |
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World Bank musters $5.5 billion for solar projects
The World Bank announced Wednesday 5.5 billion dollars would be invested in solar energy projects in five countries of the Middle East and North Africa in a bid to combat climate change.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 09, 2009 |
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EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
(AP) -- EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Study: Credit crisis, debt load a double whammy for investment
Firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nation's recent credit crisis slashed investment more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown, a new University of Illinois study found.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 09, 2009 |
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All wired up: Professor explains how technology really helps the economy
Information technology is all around us — but how does it really change the way we do business? Erik Brynjolfsson, the Schussel Family Professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, explores this question ...
Oct 23, 2009 |
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