(Phys.org)—Investors often rely on the commonly published "expense ratio" of mutual funds as a predictor of performance, but this measure ignores "invisible" costs that occur when funds trade portfolio securities, which ...
Economics & Business
Feb 27, 2013
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Brokers are supposed to recommend investments that are in the best interests of their clients. But a study published in the February 2013 issue of the Journal of Finance has found that mutual funds offering higher broker ...
Economics & Business
Jan 30, 2013
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A former hedge fund portfolio manager was arrested Tuesday in what prosecutors called perhaps the most lucrative insider trading scheme of all time—an arrangement to obtain secret, advance results of tests on an experimental ...
Business
Nov 20, 2012
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Microsoft has launched an investment fund looking to give startups the cash to originate "game-changing ideas" in the tech sector.
Business
Jul 13, 2012
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California has had remarkable success in developing and deploying clean technology, using it to help fuel the state's economic rebound and drive its effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions, even as its population continues ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 16, 2012
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US computer giant IBM has signed a deal to purchase 20 percent of a subsidiary of Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista's EBX group in exchange for a $1 billion contract, the companies announced.
Business
Apr 5, 2012
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Large-scale microfinance programs are widely used as a tool to fight poverty in developing countries, but a recent study from the Consortium on Financial Systems and Poverty suggests that they can have varying results for ...
Economics & Business
Mar 21, 2012
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Three of Japan's biggest electronics companies are to join forces in a chip-making venture, according to reports, days after a swathe of dire results from a sector struggling to compete globally.
Business
Feb 8, 2012
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Facebook is finally going public. For investors lucky enough to get in on the IPO, the question is simple: Is this going to be the mother lode that puts their kids through college? Or an over-hyped dud?
Business
Feb 2, 2012
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Construction of Australia's new $120 million Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator has started in Singapore.
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2012
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