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Consumer confidence rises for second straight month; views remain downbeat amid high prices
Consumer sentiment confirmed its early-July reading, landing almost 12% above June, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.
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Newsom reverses on long-sought paid leave benefit for California teachers
The majority of California's roughly 300,000 teachers don't have access to the state-funded paid leave program that most new parents in the private sector do. Instead, many local school districts deduct the cost of a substitute ...
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Why bad health information can seem so convincing–and five ways to resist it
Recent reports have highlighted AI-generated "doctors" spreading dubious health advice to millions of social media users. Fabricated wellness trends can travel just as quickly. A supposed "pink jelly" weight-loss treatment, ...
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Survey highlights AI's potential to advance accessibility in work and learning
As artificial intelligence becomes part of how people work, learn and solve problems, a new University of Phoenix survey conducted by The Harris Poll finds that recent working learners see meaningful opportunities for AI ...
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Flexible working could help more women lead family businesses, researchers say
Digital workplace innovation could help more women entrepreneurs become leaders of family firms by making it easier to balance work and family life, according to new research from the University of East London.
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Public research and development money can unlock private investment and lasting economic growth
Strategic public investment in research and development (R&D) can begin boosting economic activity immediately, according to a study led by the University of Southampton. The research shows it can also mobilize private R&D, ...
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The trillion-dollar question behind corporate net-zero pledges
Corporate climate spending now steers trillions of dollars in transition finance worldwide. Does it drive genuine climate action? Research shows that accounting flexibility alone can make a company's reported emissions vary ...
Economics & Business
Jul 30, 2026
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Does court-ordered community service work?
For decades, court-ordered community service has been used as an alternative to incarceration. The intention is to reduce costs, provide restitution to the community and support individual rehabilitation. But does it actually ...
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2026
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Shoppers would fork out more for better farm animal welfare
Shoppers would pay more for their weekly groceries if it meant improved welfare for farm animals, according to new research from the University of Reading.
Economics & Business
Jul 29, 2026
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Black borrowers received few federal loans in the 1930s and 1940s, study finds
Historians have for decades chronicled instances of discriminatory practices under Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration mortgage programs, but the extent of these biases has been unknown. The first national-level ...
Economics & Business
Jul 29, 2026
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Understanding eras: Predicting audience preferences with new perspective on nostalgia
When brands spend millions every year to transport Super Bowl audiences back in time during commercials, what happens if they choose the wrong era? Knowing who prefers which part of history is valuable marketing knowledge, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2026
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To afford aging in place, older adults turn to 'Golden Girls' housing
In the much-loved 1980s sitcom, still in perpetual reruns, the four wisecracking women who share a house in Miami met through an ad on a supermarket bulletin board.
Economics & Business
Jul 28, 2026
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Simulating multiple financial risks at once can better predict resilience against future shocks
Could the 2008 financial crisis strike again? How would today's banks react? One way for government regulators to findout is to stress-test large financial institutions: analyze how their balance sheets would weather possible ...
Economics & Business
Jul 28, 2026
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Global North-South income gap has widened dramatically
The income gap between the global north (the advanced economies of the core) and the global south (the developing economies of the periphery) has increased by between 170% and 270% since 1960, according to a study by ICTA-UAB ...
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Jul 28, 2026
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AI models explain 17% of earnings-day stock moves, up from 5%
To explain the stock market's reaction to earnings results, investors and other market participants have used a standard tool for decades: the earnings surprise.
Economics & Business
Jul 28, 2026
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How international aid fragmentation affects corruption in developing countries
An SKKU research team led by Professor Travers B. Child of the SKK Graduate School of Business (SKK GSB) has become the first in the world to use micro-level data to demonstrate that aid fragmentation—the phenomenon in which ...
Economics & Business
Jul 27, 2026
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Research cautions that sometimes working together can actually spur inequality
Encouraging people to contribute to a common good can have a surprising drawback: a risk that rewards become concentrated among a smaller group, putting the rest at a disadvantage. Put more simply, "equality and cooperation ...
Mathematics
Jul 27, 2026
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New research turns the Dunning-Kruger effect on its head: Rethinking the confident incompetent
Researchers at the University of Bath and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) suggest that the celebrated Dunning-Kruger effect, often taken to mean the least competent people are the most overconfident, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2026
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A sweary boss might make you work harder (or want to quit)
Some people love to swear. In the workplace, some of those people might be in charge.
Economics & Business
Jul 27, 2026
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Study explores the hedging capability of cryptocurrencies in turbulent markets
The rapid growth of sustainable finance in recent years has fueled interest in green investment, ranging from green bonds and environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds to energy-efficient cryptocurrencies. While these ...
Economics & Business
Jul 24, 2026
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