News you can use: Holiday travel does not have to break the bank
The holiday season is a time for getting together to celebrate, but if that get-together involves traveling by air, ticket prices may become a major barrier to holiday cheer.
The holiday season is a time for getting together to celebrate, but if that get-together involves traveling by air, ticket prices may become a major barrier to holiday cheer.
Economics & Business
Oct 6, 2026
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Workplace gossip is often viewed as negative, but research from The James & Gail Ellis School of Business Leadership has shown that it can play a more complex role in organizational relationships.
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2026
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Findings recently published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics provide, according to the study's authors, the clearest cause-and-effect evidence to date that noncompete agreements reduce worker mobility and earnings—while ...
Economics & Business
Oct 6, 2026
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Young adults following physicians on TikTok consider them more accessible, credible and altruistic than their own doctors, even when the physician-influencers are selling products. Moreover, the followers haven't actually ...
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2026
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The University of York's Cost of Living Research Group has examined modern living standards across the city and revealed the extent of hidden pockets of poverty and inequality in one of the North's most affluent cities.
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2026
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Many of Australia's largest companies fail to show enough public evidence that workers affected by modern slavery can safely report concerns, a new Monash University–led report has found.
Economics & Business
Oct 6, 2026
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Research involving Durham University Business School reveals how retailers target customers most likely to spend more. Shoppers who take a more carefree approach to spending are more likely to receive personalized discount ...
Economics & Business
Oct 5, 2026
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Why does the expansion of wind energy sometimes meet with local resistance, even though renewable energy generally enjoys broad support? RIFS researcher Jörg Radtke used a representative survey of 6,284 people in North Rhine-Westphalia ...
Economics & Business
Oct 5, 2026
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The funniest post you saw this week may not have come from a friend; it may have come from a brand. Whether it is Kohl's, Wendy's, or Netflix, brands are behaving more like internet users than traditional advertisers.
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2026
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Since Labor won the 2024 general election, policy focused on children in the early years—from birth to school age—and their parents has moved sharply up the political agenda.
Economics & Business
Oct 5, 2026
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