Fatal (fiscal) attraction: Tightwads and spendthrifts tend to marry (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to love and money, opposites really do attract, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2009
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New study: Up to 90 percent of US paper money contains traces of cocaine
You probably have cocaine in your wallet, purse, or pocket. Sound unlikely or outrageous? Think again! In what researchers describe as the largest, most comprehensive analysis to date of cocaine contamination in banknotes, ...
Other
Aug 17, 2009
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Deal or No Deal? Game Show used to study Risk Aversion Behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in the International Review of Finance , published by Wiley-Blackwell, used data from the popular television game show, 'Deal or No Deal?', to explore risk aversion and economic decision-making ...
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2009
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Japan's DoCoMo eyes cash transfer by cellphone
Japan's top mobile telephone operator NTT DoCoMo said Wednesday it aimed to launch a new service enabling cash transfers simply by entering the recipient's cellphone number.
Business
May 27, 2009
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Money management sites promise financial salvation
Money management websites promising to save the Internet generation from financial disaster have made their case to technology trendsetters.
Internet
Mar 17, 2009
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Economists say copyright and patent laws are killing innovation; hurting economy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Abolishing patent and copyright laws sounds radical, but two economists at Washington University in St. Louis say it's an idea whose time has come. Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine see innovation as a ...
Economics & Business
Mar 5, 2009
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Sony TVs to have electronic money function
Sony's new liquid crystal display televisions will have an electronic money function to make it easier for users to pay to watch movies and programmes, the company said Monday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 2, 2009
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As Paris preps for Olympics, survey finds Coloradans still feel ambivalent about hosting
More than five decades after Denver said "thanks, but no thanks" to hosting the 1976 Winter Olympics, large numbers of Coloradans still feel ambivalent about going for gold.
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2024
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Early chances to identify terrorists are missed due to inadequacies in UK data sharing laws, says study
There are inherent flaws in the U.K.'s ability to obtain and exchange information to detect fraud and terrorism financing, according to research from Cardiff University.
Political science
Apr 23, 2024
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Give peace a chance: The way conflict can be eased, according to social psychology
How to reduce aggression when two parties are at odds? Ph.D. research by psychologist Lennart Reddmann shows that it can help to offer them a peaceful alternative. However, the attacking party benefits the most from such ...
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2024
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