The blackbox in your car
(PhysOrg.com) -- It is expected that within the next month officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will declare that all cars must have an event data recorder inside the vehicle.
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Overly easy to steal cargo from transport networks
Each year, billions of euros worth of goods are being stolen from European transport networks. A discouraged transport and logistics sector has more or less chosen to tolerate the problem. But there are solutions, according ...
Engineering
May 24, 2011
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Personal income up, but are we better off?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although U.S. personal income per capita has risen 5.7 percent since 2000, an increase in tax-exempt benefits provided by the government and employers accounted for all of the income growth in the past decade, ...
Economics & Business
Mar 31, 2011
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SAfrica's MTN launches mobile insurance program
(AP) -- A South African mobile phone giant has joined with an insurance company to launch a program in Ghana that will allow subscribers to pay for life insurance through their mobile phones, a company official said Wednesday.
Telecom
Mar 23, 2011
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Study: Over 16-year span, Wisconsin teacher salaries lag private sector wages
New research by a University of Illinois expert in employment relations and labor economics shows that, for more than a decade, Wisconsin teacher salaries have fallen behind changes in the cost of living as well as wage growth ...
Economics & Business
Mar 2, 2011
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Insurers are scouring social media for evidence of fraud
Now there's another reason to be careful about what you post on Facebook: Your insurance company may be watching. Nathalie Blanchard found out the hard way.
Internet
Jan 26, 2011
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New report calls for family-security insurance
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Berkeley Law and Georgetown Law have released a blueprint for a national insurance program -- which would replace wages when people need to take time off for health and care-giving. The report ...
Economics & Business
Dec 6, 2010
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Hourly workforce carries burden during recession
The United States workforce, battered by an economic slowdown, now includes a record number of workers who are involuntarily working part-time due to reduced hours or the inability to find a full-time job.
Economics & Business
Aug 31, 2010
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AIG pays $23M in Gulf spill claims, total may rise
(AP) -- Taxpayers took another hit, this one indirect, from the oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion through insurance claims related to the disaster.
Environment
Aug 6, 2010
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Mysterious 'insurance file' posted on WikiLeaks
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks has posted a mysterious encrypted "insurance file," touching off speculation about what it contains.
Internet
Aug 1, 2010
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