Q&A: The data your car collects and who can use it
Your car knows more about you than you think.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 29, 2016
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News tagged with insurance
Measures of income should include health insurance, study finds
The value of health insurance should be included in official measures of U.S. income and poverty, because it will help us to better evaluate public policies like Obamacare, according to a new study by a Cornell economist ...
Social Sciences
Nov 20, 2012
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A neural network model predicts whether a bank can go bust
The learning mechanism of neurones has inspired researchers at the University of Valladolid (Spain) to create algorithms that can predict whether a bank will go bust. The model was correct for 96% of the banks that went bust ...
Economics & Business
May 5, 2015
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Sharing the risks, costs of biomass crops
Farmers who grow corn and soybeans can take advantage of government price support programs and crop insurance, but similar programs are not available for those who grow biomass crops such as Miscanthus. A University of Illinois ...
Ecology
Sep 4, 2013
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Parents' reliance on welfare leads to more welfare use by their children, study finds
If parents rely on welfare, do their children become more likely to follow suit?
Economics & Business
Jan 22, 2015
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Benefits of renting a home may be underrated
Renting rather than owning a home may not be as expensive as many people think, according to financial research from the University of Stirling.
Economics & Business
Jan 12, 2017
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Anthem: Hackers tried to breach system as early as Dec. 10
(AP)—The hackers who stole millions of health insurance records from Anthem Inc. commandeered the credentials of five different employees while seeking to penetrate the company's computer network—and they may have been ...
Internet
Feb 7, 2015
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Economist teaches how to conduct cause-and-effect studies on complex social questions
If you would like to produce good quantitative social-science research, try remembering these two words: "ceteris paribus."
Economics & Business
Dec 1, 2014
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Empirically rich new study finds most people alter their risk-management approach depending on the type of decision
Take a moment to consider some of the financial choices you've made in recent years. Do you have a consistent approach to your money, either by playing it safe or having a willingness to take risks? Or do you not have a set ...
Economics & Business
Dec 3, 2012
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Half of older US workers delay retirement plans
Older Americans, stung by a recession that sapped investments and home values, but expressing widespread job satisfaction, appear to have accepted the reality of a retirement that comes later in life and no longer represents ...
Economics & Business
Oct 14, 2013
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