Prescription opioid companies increased marketing after Purdue Pharma lawsuit, study shows
Purdue Pharma is inextricably linked with the opioid crisis.
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Oct 9, 2023
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Too many Facebook friends bad news for charities: study
New research suggests the more friends we have on Facebook, the less likely we are to share information about charitable causes.
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Aug 6, 2012
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Economic benefits of illegal immigration outweigh the costs, study shows
The economic benefits of illegal immigration are greater than the costs of the public services utilized, according to an expert at Rice University's Baker Institute of Public Policy.
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May 18, 2020
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Tripling Internet access would do more good than tackling HIV: study
Dramatically expanding broadband access would boost the global economy and could do more good than investing in HIV prevention or clean drinking water, according to a study published Thursday.
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Dec 11, 2014
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Study: Being conscientious is one of the strongest predictors of success in the workplace
Organizations are always looking for the ingredients that make a good employee, with many turning to personality tests as a means to find out.
Social Sciences
Nov 5, 2019
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Calls for businesses to better use employee benefits to support low earners
New research by the Work Foundation finds that while businesses increasingly recognise employee benefits as vital in the global race for talent, many are failing to maximise their value for low earners amongst their workforce.
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Nov 21, 2018
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Lithuania's blue blooms gone as flax farming ends
Lithuania, where the delicate blue blossoms of linseed were once so abundant they became a staple of folk songs and poetry, has turned to imports as growing the plant at home has become too expensive.
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Apr 29, 2012
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Polarization increases with economic decline, becoming cripplingly contagious
The rise of populist movements is changing political systems around the world. As support for these "anti-elite" movements intensifies, many are scrambling to understand whether economic decline and intensifying inter-group ...
Economics & Business
Dec 11, 2020
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Will the real unemployment rate please stand up?
America's unemployment rate—most recently reported as 6.1 percent—has long been used to gauge the country's economic well-being. But a new working paper released by Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public ...
Economics & Business
Sep 10, 2014
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Are the wealthiest countries the smartest countries?
It's not just how free the market is. Some economists are looking at another factor that determines how much a country's economy flourishes: how smart its people are. For a study published in an upcoming issue of Psychological ...
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Mar 17, 2011
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