The ease of pronouncing the name of a company and its stock ticker symbol influences how well that stock performs in the days immediately after its initial public offering, two Princeton University psychologists have found.
Other
Jun 23, 2006
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Geckos, snails and newts thrived on a Russian spacecraft that carried a Montana State University experiment last summer, but not bacteria, said an MSU microbiologist who is studying the long-term effects of space travel.
Jun 23, 2006
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The world’s fastest supercomputer, BlueGene/L, set a new performance standard on June 22, 2006. Housed at Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the ...
Hardware
Jun 23, 2006
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Americans’ circle of confidants has shrunk dramatically in the past two decades and the number of people who say they have no one with whom to discuss important matters has more than doubled, according to a new study by ...
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Jun 23, 2006
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Through dated geological records scientists have known for decades that variations in the Earth’s orbit around the sun – subtle changes in the distance between the two – control ice ages. But, for the first 2 million ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2006
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Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds says a wind farm off the Norwegian coast has reduced the population of Europe's largest eagle.
Jun 23, 2006
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"Smaller. Faster. Wildly complex." This could easily be the motto for semiconductors-the materials that, among lots of other advances in electronics, allow cell phones to continuously shrink in size while increasing the number ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 23, 2006
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Severe resource depletion and ecosystem destruction of coasts and estuaries began during Roman and Medieval times but have rapidly accelerated over the last 150-300 years, according to a new study in Science.
Environment
Jun 23, 2006
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Advanced Micro Devices was expected to announce late Friday that it would build a new semiconductor plant in upstate New York.
Business
Jun 23, 2006
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News that Australia's Telstra would cut another 2,600 jobs raised speculation about the nationwide telco's ability to maintain service levels.
Business
Jun 23, 2006
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